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A World of Pain: 5th Annual Fest Trivia Contest

Donnie was a good bowler, and a good man.

This year's trivia contest featured a controversial second round. (Why is everything about Lebowski DC controversial? That's SO unDude...) But, considering it was live, and more about the moment than the questions themselves, and I lost the questions, I'll only post the written portion. The quiz abides:

Pt 1: WHO SAID IT (Attribute the following quotes, and indicate where they were said)

“Guess we can close the file on that one.”

“That had not occurred to us, Dude.”

“If you can’t ride in a car, how do you get around on Shamus?”

“I don’t want to be responsible for any delayed after-effects”

“Darker than a black steer’s toochus on a moonless prairie night.”

Pt 2: MULTIPLE CHOICE/MATCHING

Whose toes do we not see close up?
a) Dude
b) Bunny
c) Nihilist woman
d) Maude


What kind of milk does the Dude buy?
a) 2%
b) 1%
c) light cream
d) half & half

What’s the name of the head of the Southern Cal Bowling League?
a) Bill Selliger
b) Karl Burkhalter
c) Tom Franklin
d) John Merriworth

Where was Bunny the whole time?
a) San Diego
b) North Hollywood
c) Palm Springs
d) Las Vegas


Match Donny’s shirt color with the correct name or sponsor.
orange Roy
beige and red Anthony
yellow Park Cleaners Southside
BONUS: Which does he wear twice?

Pt 3: ONE-to-TWO WORD ANSWERS
What color is the Dude’s bowling ball?

How old is Larry Sellers?

What does the chief of Malibu (a real reactionary) throw at the Dude?

Who is the first one in the movie to say: “This aggression will not stand.”

Pt 4: Essay (Scored 1 to 10)
Is the Stranger dead or alive? Defend your answer on back.

I also decided I won't be posting answers any more. So, if you'd like to know how you did, just ask me. I'll even score your essay--and maybe one day even write the ultimate answer...

Costume Controversy

The costume contest at the 5th Annual Lebowski DC Don't-Call-Me-"Fest"-Or-The-Real-Lebowski-Fest-Will-Call-Lawyers
showed that, whatever they are, this bunch ain't a bunch of amateurs.

After last year's simple, non-controversial choice, this year's decision, was, well, not exactly a lightweight. In the end, the winner ground up some ingenuity, percolated it through some dedication and brewed up a pot of victory. (I won't tell you what he did with the filter.)

But just because the losers are bereaved doesn't make them saps. So, they have their moment, too, in the West Wing.

Vote for your Lebowski Achiever in the comments. I give you, the Top Five:






1. Is there a Ralph's around here?








2. Are you a Lebowski Achiever?









3. Some Chinaman took them from me in Korea.











4. He has health problems.











5. He fixes the cable?

Pictures from the 5th Annual Fest

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What's your drink, Dude?

Some Chinaman took them from me in Korea

He fixes the cable?

Are you a Lebowski achiever?

Ever heard of a little show called "Branded"?

Donny was a good bowler, and a good man

You know me, I can't complain

Those are good burgers

No, like I said, Wu peed on my rug

A costume champion, and an amateur

Is there a Ralph's around here?

5th Annual Fest Costume Winner

5th Annual Fest Trivia Winner

The occasional acid flashback

You want a toe?

I'm a Lebowski, you're a Lebowski

The Early Favorites - Costume Contest

In the end, last year's controversial costume contest went to Walter.

The 5th Annual Lebowski DC is still two months away, but that's not too early to rank this year's likely winners for the costume contest. Many were unhappy with my choice of Walter over the Kill-Your-Fucking-Car guy, but I defend and stand by that decision here. This year's early favorites:

1. Chris Chase -- He has made it clear to me already, on several occasions, that his costume will be the clear winner, "if I can pull it off."

2. Jeremy Becker -- Still stinging from last year's close loss, Becker intends to claim what he thinks is rightfully his.

3. Ben Horowitz -- To rank the two-time defending costume champion third is an insult. Will he rise to the challenge or, like Arthur Digby Sellers, is his creativity on life-support?

4. Robbie Jaffe -- In previous years, the Saddam costume would have won him the crown. Last year it was only good enough for third place. Will he abide another poor performance?

5. Ben Cooper -- They say the bums will always lose, but last year Cooper pulled off a fantastic In-N-Out Burger hat without even realizing that those good burgers were from the movie. If that's not a naturally lazy, Dude-like move, I don't know what is.

Two-One-Two

Some know it as an NYC area code, I know it as the score I rolled Friday night.

The only pin I left on the lane was a single one in the third roll in the 10th. Add to that two sets of back-to-back strikes, and you have:

212

The DUDE Tournament - Champion

As the true NCAA tournament comes to a close in the other room (I refuse to watch any more Ohio State games, in any sport. Except perhaps bowling), so concludes the DUDE tournament in thissa here room, where we have thai sticks instead of bad calls, and Bob playing instead of 8(teen) year olds.

FINAL FOUR

1. Walter vs. 2. Brandt
No coincidence that today is the Jewish holiday of Passover: Three thousand years of beautiful basketball, from Moses (Malone) to Red Auerbach, you're goddamn right we're living in the fucking past. And in the lane.

12. The Urn vs. 4. Bunny
Where was she, when she didn't even kidnap herself? Winning, that's where. On the court, winning.

DUDE CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Walter vs. 4. Bunny
Bunny was a good player, and a good lay. She was...she was a nymphomaniac. She was a woman who loved cable, and Vegas, and as a sex fiend she explored the beaches of southern California, from La Jolla to the sandy back of a Volkswagon. She lost, like so many second-rate porn stars of her generation, in hi-definition. In your wisdom, Walter, you took her (to the hoop), just like you took so many others in this DUDE tournament to the hoop, including Woo, Liam, and 'Nam. These young players gave their wins. And so did Bunny. Bunny who loved Nihilists. And so, Bunny Lebowski nee Fawn Knutsen, in accordance with what we think your losing wishes might well have been, we remit your final, mortal, voluptuous remains to the bosom of Sheri in Logjammin, who you loved so well.

Good night sweet princess.