Kipper’s Trivia Night

Kipper’s triva was the best EVER. I am so sad he has left us. Kipper please come back and visit and have Trivia AGAIN! We miss you!

Still lovin’ and lovin’ the Saturday matinée version even more. With more notice will bring more friends next time.

I apparently wrote my review in the wrong place, so I’ll write a short version here.
The drinks are strong and cheap, the questions are fun and nerdy, but the organization ruined my night. Too many breaks and a seriously delayed start ran it till 1am, making it a pretty impossible night for anyone with a 9 – 5 job.

Lots of fun but I just wish they would start way earlier. I was going on Mondays for a couple of months straight but going home from a bar at 130 – 2 am on a Monday night was pretty damn rough and made Tuesday Hell at work.

I love this man and his trivia night. As a fellow host, I can appreciate how hard it is to come up with fun good stuff week after week after month after month. He does it and I said so in a «Best of SD» issue of Citybeat like this:
For the most flat-​out fun and entertaining trivia night in town, no one can touch Scolari’s Trivia Night (3936 30^th St., North Park), happening every other Monday. The late-​start time (usually 10:30), drunken heckling and multiple smoking breaks keep away the less-​than-​hardcore, but hysterical host Kipper rewards his players with a never-​ending list of creative categories. Players answer questions about sexual deviances, identify spices from samples in Dixie cups and hear the phrase «Fuck your mother» in 10 different languages. Audio and visual rounds are dished out via a laptop and inspirational music from Rocky and Transformer films bumps all night long. For the final round, teams cram to name as many cable channels, Saturday Night Live cast members or Nicholas Cage movies as they can in a few minutes. The regulars take it very seriously, so when an innocent bystander or smart-​ass newbie yells out an answer, ruining it for the players, it’s advisable to calmly step away from the offending person. A room full of that many Saved by the Bell experts plus alcohol can be a very dangerous thing.

i’ll say this; our team lost harder than anyone else, and i’m still giving this five stars. super fun, and kipper is an awesome game show host.
yes, i know you’re not used to having fun on mondays. yes, i know you’re worried that a tuesday hangover will make you miserable at your shitty job that makes you miserable anyway. ignore yourself + enjoy yourself.

Viva Jesse and the Rippers! I’m a huge fan of Kipper’s Trivia Night. I haven’t missed a single one since I started coming a few months ago, and thanks to some serious myspace harrassment, we’ve been getting out at a semi-​decent hour for a few weeks now. Kipper gives me a hard time about it over the mic, but it’s totally worth it to get a half an hour more sleep on a Monday night. Categories are great, but my poor team always takes a dive on the 80’s music related rounds. «Strength in numbers» is definitely something to take to heart, and there’s absolutely no telling what random pop culture trivia you’ll realize you had filed away somewhere in the nerdy recesses of your brain. My team languished near the bottom of the standings the first few times we came out, but have since commenced on a steady upward climb and haven’t finished lower than 3^rd in a couple of months. We’ll take it one of these days, but in the mean time, have amassed quite an impressive collection of crappy — er, AWESOME prizes. The Virgin Mary nightlight currently resides in my upstairs hallway, and prevents any late night stumblings on the landing. Last week’s booty was a Nascar desk calendar. 2007. And one of these days, we’ll get around to watching the Kathy Lee Gifford holiday special DVD.

I have to say, the questions were awesome… Kipper’s got his demographic nailed down. The questions clearly got tougher as the round went on. The cartoon pet round was so fun… I felt like «Oh MAN, i *know* this one!» How could I forgot the name of Dr. Claw’s cat?!
However, why does it start so late!?! 10pm on a Monday night! I had to leave early as did my teammates… probably a little more than halfway through and it was 11:30p. Wish it was earlier!

Kipper rules. He pulls the most amazing questions out of his ass bi-​monthly. We stopped going, but only because of work schedules. Shit runs pretty late ya know?
Last time we went we won a towel with a huge Cheetah on it. I use that thing all the time and it never fails to make me feel tough as nails.

So my first KTN experience was with guest-​host Anna, and it was a blast! We came in second place! Might need to recruit a friend or two to fill in a few knowledge gaps in order to take home the prize.
Be prepared to stay up late on a Monday night. A lot of fun for only $ 2/​person plus drinks (which ain’t cheap)

It’s awesome. Wish I was able to go more often. Props to Kipper for putting up with my team and I (mostly me) whenever we do come.

Way fun. $ 2 per person, teams of up to 5 people.

$ 2. $ 2 is very important. The newspaper delivery boy in Better Off Dead was very insistant on being paid his $ 2. You could buy, maybe not all of New York, but possibly some of the Bowery off of the native Americans for $ 2. $ 2 is worth like $ 1 in Europe.
$ 2 is not a whole lot of money. For $ 2 at the Whistle Stop bar, you can yell at Kipper, make up a silly team name, and possibly win real American cash (which I will stress is not worth much in Germany, where I am currently writing this review).
The first time I came, I was put on a team with the 6^th Angela I have met (I seem to collect them) and a pair of triatheletes. They did not know a lot about 80’s movie robots or 80’s sitcom catch phrases, but they knew a bit about people who made records who should have never been given record deals.
The second time I came, I was put on Anna’s team, who in a different century I used to drive, with my brother and various other junior high students, to concerts and Punk Rock Denny’s (Navajo & Fletcher Parkway — oh the stories I can tell). Our team was named 20 Points From Griffendor (when you go and hear the rules, you will understand).
In conclusion, it is fun. Kipper comes up with fun categories and questions, and the atmosphere is enjoyable. Also, alcohol can be bought for resonable prices, even with worthless American currency. As far as I can tell, you can show up alone and they will put you on a team, so no longer do you have to be lonely. Show up already.

I have to give 5 stars to anything that let’s me get my inner nerd on in a good way.
So, I’ve always been into trivia, etc. Did Academic League and Academic Decathlon in High School, I guess you could say I did College Bowl at UC Irvine, but trivia at that level is just insane. You have your über-​geeks, and then your über-​geeks with photographic memories – basically, you have no chance.
Anyway, the 1^st and 3^rd Mondays of each month offer a night of fun. $ 2 per person, teams of up to 5 people. Winning team takes the cash, runners up get gag prizes. It’s a lot of fun.
I hope that I have not done my last trivia night. I missed the last one while on vacation up in the Pacific Northwest, and the next one is September 1^st, the day before I fly out of LA to Japan for a year.
Anyway, get your ass down to the Whistle Stop if you like trivia. It’s mainly pop culture, so don’t expect to have to have a lot of book-​smarts to succeed at this.

The following is a testimonial from a real KTN participant. Your results may vary.
Before Kipper’s Trivia Night, I was an awkward geek with a penchant for making random off-​key pop culture references that usually garnered me a lot of blank stares and a lot of prematurely ended dates.
Thanks to Kipper’s Trivia Night, I now have a place to channel my vault of random useless knowledge and relive moments of glorious nerddom every 1^st and 3^rd Mondays of the month! I’m still not going home with a girl, but at least I know all the useless trivia I’ve acquired over the years will net me a trinket which can be used to spread joy — or horror — to my friends and loved ones (last time a 3^rd place tie finish netted us a frightened looking kitten statuette with a strangely lifelike pelt of fur)!!
Or better still, if the team manages to not screw ourselves over royally during the numbers round, we may even have a shot at a large cash prize!
That’s right Mavis, Mittens gon’ be eatin’ good in the neighborhood tonight — with leftovers from APPLEBEE’S!
What makes this trivia night more epic in my eyes is that Kipper’s coming up with these questions by hisself through diligent research and an undying dedication to thwarting the geekiest of geeks and publicly humiliating them when they think they know more than him. I can tell you now geeks, NO ONE knows more obscure trivia in this world than Kipper and Wikipedia and sometimes IMDb.
In all seriousness, this is hands-​down probably the best $ 2 + drinks you can spend in town on a Monday night. Get a team together and throw your hat in the ring, NOW.

Oh dear sweet Kipper and his fierce nerd minions!
I have never actually placed higher than Fourth at this thing and I blame that on a few things (being a late nerd-​bloomer, always having the answer on the very tip of my tongue, being born in 1984, etc.) but mostly I blame it on getting drunk half way through and pretty much lose any kind of cred. that I had.
HOWEVER, I believe that that is only a testament to the amount of fun you have. You will never witness a better show put on by Kipper, everyone is there to have fun, and, hey!, cash prizes!
If you have a wealth of seemingly useless knowledge and want to pit it against San Diego’s best, this is the place for you!

I’ve been meaning to check out Kipper’s Trivia Night for many, many moons. But, when I was working on the 91X morning show full time and heading into the studio at 4:00 a.m., partaking in the infamous Monday night trivia fiesta was out of the question. Now that my schedule is semi-​normal, I’m happy to say that I’ve been to two different installments of Kip’s famous brain challenge… and it’s some of the most fun I’ve had at any bar in San Diego.
I’ve never claimed to be a Rhodes Scholar and watching Jeopardy just makes me sad. Somehow, Kipper makes me feel a little better about myself. Or… maybe not? His questions are all pop fiction related and it certainly says something that I can name every David Hasslehoff song that’s ever been released… but I have no idea which country borders Iran. My history professor would be so disappointed.
*sigh*
But yeah, if you’re sick of the standard bar and DJ thing, you should really check this out. It’s clear that Kipper works his ass off researching 60+ questions every 1^st and 3^rd Monday of the month. It only sets you back $ 2 and the winning team of up to five people gets to take home all the cizzash that is collected that night. How dope is that? The only knock I can think of is the commitment to sleeping in on Tuesday. Trivia isn’t over until 1:00 or 1:30 a.m., so hopefully you don’t have to work a paper route a few hours later.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to watch some archived TMZ videos in preparation for the next contest.

Kipper’s long running trivia night at The Whistle Stop is bar none the best in town. Since the night first began at Scolari’s his questions have been funny, interesting, well researched and varied. The move to the Whistle Stop has not been without its negatives, such as the ridiculously high prices (for the kind of crowd we bring in on a Monday night, would dropping a dollar off drafts and drinks really be the end of the fucking world?) for an incredibly watered down drink. Others have taken issue with the dominance of certain veteran teams who have relationships with Kipper outside of trivia. Fortunately Kipper is resolving that issue, so hopefully the future it can be more competitive and entertaining for everyone.
Details:
1^st and 3^rd Monday of every month
Be there at 9:30 to find seating, usually gets going around 10
5 people per team, $ 2 buy in, winner take all

After having been to every Trivia Night in San Diego (The Field, Winston’s, Dublin Square, Adam G’s at the Whistle, Punk Trivia at the Ken, Jay Spazboy’s at Chasers and Shakespeare’s) that I personally know of– and if you know of more please let me know– I can say that Kipper’s Trivia Night is without a doubt the best Trivia Night in town, and its really not even close. Kipper writes all of his own questions with new and creative categories every week. And theres almost always an audio round and a visual round, something that none of the others can claim.
Kipper as a host is personable, thoughtful, clever, witty and speaks very clearly. As far as the bar goes, the drinks are $ 5.50 for a well which always sucks because you’re obligated to top $ 1.50 or $.50, if you don’t have exact change and if you tip $.50 you’re a dick, which sucks since the bartenders are nice, especially Renee. I agree with Amy J., there packing in 75 people a night which is a lot for a Monday for anything, maybe a drink special wouldn’t hurt.
I’ve read some other reviews and people seem to complain about the same teams winning, and yeah, its a problem and he is working to change it, but part of the reason that team always wins is because they’ve been going for 2+ years and know how it works. The numbers category is tricky for the first two or three times you go. In between the original at the late Scolari’s Office and at the Whistle, I think I’ve won 13 times, but the first four or five teams we went we finished in dead last, and had accepted that we would never win, but we liked the questions and we always had a blast. And my team and I still do. For my money its the best thing to do in San Diego with your money.