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Meet your
Excesss Trivia Masters
Below is our photogallery of Excesss Trivia hosts. Click on any portraits to read a bio and see a list of current shows where you can
find that host!
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Doctor Mystery comes to us from
his previous position as Adjunct Chair of Trivial Studies at CERN, in Meyrin,
Switzerland. Doctor Mystery was born in Princeton, New Jersey, to Gladys
Trumboldt, and a man known only as donor BHX-13267. He does not specify the
year of his birth, claiming that the experiments make it irrelevant, anyway.
He is adamant that he has never worked for the CIA.
Doctor Mystery has both a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Trivia and a Bachelor of Science degree in Triviology from Aarhus University
in Denmark. His MAST (Master of Arts and Sciences, Trivial) comes from MIT
and his Doctorate of Arts of Minutiae and Notions is from the University
of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh Scotland.
His past life experience includes a year and a half playing
tuba in the heavy metal/acid metal band Uranium Hexaflouride, a fellowship
at the Banzai Institute, some time as a cashier at Virgin Records in London,
and a year as Alex Trebeks mustache-comb valet. He is such a good shot
with a rifle that he qualified as an alternate for the US Olympic bi-athalon
team in 1988, in spite of being unable to ski.
Doctor Mystery also apparently spent an indeterminate amount of time in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
and Gdansk, Poland which he insists also had nothing whatsoever to do with
the CIA.
His hobbies include driving vintage race-cars, organic gardening,
amateur rocketry, and raising pufferfish in captivity.
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Doctor Mystery's Trivia interests:
- Music History
- History
- Physics
- Geography
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Dr Mystery's Current Trivia Shows:
- Trivia Thursdays!
Hound Dog's Pizza
8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
$10 first two games $15 second game $20 last game gift certificate prizes!
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Mr. Quiz doesn't have a middle
name, but if he did, it would be trivia.
Or maybe Hieronymus, Ronnie for short.
Either way, you don't want to mess with him. Mr. Quiz
is a veritable bottomless inkwell of titilating trivia, ready to take
you on a useless knowledge experience. Hop on the intergalactic trivia
bus and journey to the nearby lands of the relatively random and obscure.
Take a trip to the far-reaching regions of "how the hell were we supposed
to know that?" that actually lie deep inside the voids of your subconscious.
All are certain to find Mr Quiz's obsession with questions about the highbrow, the lowbrow, and the merely factual to be both infectious and irksome.
He loves his music, he loves his movies, and he loves knowing more than you do about all the stuff he just looked up for the trivia show.
That smirk on his face? He isn't laughing with you, he is taunting
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Mr. Quiz's Trivia interests:
- History
- Geography
- Music
- Movies
- Pop culture
- Art
- Literature
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Mr. Quiz's Current Trivia Shows:
- Trivia Wednesdays!
The Summit
10 p.m. - 12 p.m.
$10 Summit Gift Certificates for all 4 games!
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Host Name: The Knowledge Bomber, Ego De Factoid
Bio: Factoid is the product of trivia and gaming combined.
During a time of what seemed to be the last moments of Earth’s existence, the leading minds in the Trivia and Gaming communities pulled together to stop an evil alien threat known as The Boredom Elite.
The Boredom Elite were a strong race of gray-skinned, monotone abominations that had the power to make any human fall into a deep unending sleep. The world was on the edge of destruction when, in a moment of hope, Factoid appeared to the world to battle these vile creatures. Created with the mind of a million super computers and the spirit of the world’s greatest gameshow hosting legends, Factoid used his powers to not only defeat The Boredom Elite but to restore consciousness to the innocent victims of The Boredom Elite.
Now, Factoid roams the Columbus area, training a new generation to be ready for the day the Boredom Elite return. |
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Knowledge Bomber's Trivia interests:
- Movies
- Music
- Video Games
- Literature
- Science
- History
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I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things: my friends, and... uh... my thermos.
My story? Okay.
It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin' on the porch with my family, singin' and dancin' down in Mississippi.
1791 was the year it happened. I was 24, younger than you are now. But times were different then, I was a man at that age: the master of a large plantation just south of New Orleans. I had lost my wife in childbirth, and she and the infant had been buried less than half a year. I would have been happy to join them. I couldn't bear the pain of their loss. I longed to be released from it. I wanted to lose it all... my wealth, my estate, my sanity. Most of all, I longed for death. I know that now. I invited it. A release from the pain of living. My invitation was open to anyone. To the whore at my side. To the pimp that followed. But it was a vampire that accepted it.
NOW it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a "triple dare you"? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare.
When I came to, the general back-alley ambience of the suite was so rotten, so incredibly foul. How long had I been lying there? All these signs of violence. What had happened? There was evidence in this room of excessive consumption of almost every type of drug known to civilized man since 1544 AD. What kind of addict would need all these coconut husks and crushed honeydew rinds? Would the presence of junkies account for all these uneaten french fries? These puddles of glazed ketchup on the bureau? These were not the hoofprints of your average God-fearing junky. It was too savage. Too aggressive.
So in the end, was it worth it? Jesus Christ. How irreparably changed my life has become. It's always the last day of summer and I've been left out in the cold with no door to get back in. I'll grant you I've had more than my share of poignant moments. Life passes most people by while they're making grand plans for it. Throughout my lifetime, I've left pieces of my heart here and there. And now, there's almost not enough to stay alive. But I force a smile, knowing that my ambition far exceeded my talent. There are no more white horses or pretty ladies at my door.
The truth is that I'm a bad person. But, that's gonna change - I'm going to change. This is the last of that sort of thing. Now I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life. I'm looking forward to it already. I'm gonna be just like you.
The job, the family, the fucking big television. The washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electric tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisure wear, luggage, three piece suite, DIY, trivia game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing gutters, getting by, looking ahead, the day you die
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The Wizard's Trivia interests:
- Movies
- Music
- Pop Culture Master!
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There are few things in this world that Science and Technology cannot explain... the story of The Count is believe to be among these things.
It is unknown as to where, when, or how Count Carl Chime-Buzzer was born, or even if you would call it "born".
He is believed to have lived thousands of years, and has dedicated centuries to studying the art of Elite Quizardry deep within the mysterious halls of the fabled “Triviatorium”.
The REST of his years were wasted joyriding through time and space on a self-made bicycle/time machine that had baseball cards in the spokes to make that cool “tick tick tick” sound as he cruised about. All other information on Chime-Buzzer is speculation - except that we DO know that he has returned to OUR time- bringing action-packed trivia, free bar tabs, and trans-dimensional good times to all. |
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Count Carl's Trivia interests:
- Movies
- T.V.
- Music
- 8-Bit Covers
- Science
- Video Games
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Fraught with mystery and packed with more secrecy than those lost catacombs in Egypt, The Quiz Whiz Kid's story is never an easy one to hear. The origin of this trivia host is possibly the only thing that can make you scratch your head more than his titillating quizardry.
2005 was the year the Franklin County Police pulled, what the coroner described in his autopsy as, "a pale, nude man with the haircut of a horse", out of the Ohio River. Thought to be dead for more than a week, the unidentifiable body remained strangely preserved. After months of studying the body it became clear that the person on the slab was something more than just a person. Biological and neurological modifications had made him something completely different all together. Evidence of thousands of surgeries came to the surface and it was agreed that this "horse-maned", John Doe could only be classified as metahuman. It was only a few days before the body was stolen and reactivated by Excesss and Dr. Quiz, that scientists discovered an infra-red tattoo under each eyelid reading: Q. W. K.
After being promised by his rescuers that his destiny was potentially the best thing Earth could hope for, the Quiz Whiz Kid spent the next six years working at a coffee shop, reading comic books and seeing way too many movies. Q.W.K. joined a band called The Clean Plate Club in 2008 and toured most of Europe that summer. Rumor has it he worked in a prestigious university as a janitor, fall of 09, and published three revolutionary mathematics journals with the help of Robin Williams. On a whim, Q.W.K. submitted a portfolio to a tattoo shop in Columbus for an apprenticeship and the next day his would-be mentor was found horribly wounded with self-inflicted facial tattoos. The design was identical to that submitted by Q.W.K. the day before. The Shop will remained unnamed for legal reasons.
It's been a wild ride for the old Quiz Whiz Kid up to this point and I couldn't be happier that he's finally arrived to host some of the most epic trivia this city has ever seen. Bring your brain and prepare to get quizzed. One piece of advice i can offer you is to never look him directly in the eyes for too long. Three words: accidental cerebral purge.
I miss my family.
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The Quiz Whiz Kid's Trivia interests:
- History
- Science
- Literaure
- Movies
- T.V.
- Music
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In the late 1980's, Churpin Daly was a fast talking Hollywood attorney at the top of his game. He was the best in the business, often using slick mind tricks and deceit to win his case. In 2000, when Churp became lead council in the defense of Ray Lewis, his son Max decided things had gone too far. Days after the Lewis trial, Max wished upon a birthday cake for his father to lose the ability to lie. Churpin filed a plea bargain, conceding that he would tell the truth 100% of the time when speaking into a microphone.
Just like that, Churpin Truth was born. His super lawyer powers helped him to identify a magnificent glitch in the system. He immediately set to work with an old timey Playskool microphone, asking himself all the biggest questions about life and the cosmos, knowing that he could produce only correct answers, regardless of having any prior knowledge. His supernatural inability to give fallacious answers has made him a high value target to medical researchers, economists, and students of theology. Telling these experts that they “can't handle the Truth,” Churpin explains that the great secrets of the universe are so awe-inspiring that they would shatter their untrained minds.
In preparation for what he calls “The Great Reveal”, C.T. travels to bars and restaurants and delivers answers to the collective consciousness. By doing this, he hopes that mankind will attune itself to grasp the true nature of the Everything.
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Churpin Truth's Trivia interests:
- Pop Culture
- Sports
- Puzzles
- Riddles
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Churpin Truth's Current Trivia Shows:
- Thursdays!
Max & Erma's
Easton
411 Metro Place N.
Columbus, OH 43017
(614) 889-8111
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8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
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Max and Erma's gift certificates for all 4 rounds!
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Doctor Thinkenstein was born in the small Austrian village of Schlzupfelzecht to a local government Decimal-Checker and a former goat-woman in the Heinzfranz Traveling Circus. After a traditional Austrian upbringing consisting of fatty meats and stern silence, young Thinkenstein attended Krupzf-Baden University in Litz on a Referencing and Filing scholarship.
Recognizing his potential, his professors started to groom him towards a rewarding career in Factual Organization, with hopes that the proof of the One Fact Theory could finally be discovered. As Thinkenstein worked towards his doctorate, he secretly started to delve into the trivial sciences, knowing that if he was ever discovered the punishment would be severe.
When he presented his dissertation on Random Facts: The Key to Controlling the Mind, he was immediately expelled and branded a madman. After quickly securing an online doctorate from University of Phoenix, Dr. Thinkenstein immigrated to Columbus and set up a secret lair to continue his experiments in private.
It is rumored that he has assembled a trivia-generating abomination to create “games” for the doctor to test his theories on local “trivia teams”. Of course, that would be crazy.
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Dr Thinkenstein's Trivia interests:
- MWAH HAH HAH HAHH!!!!!!!!
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Born to a gypsy family of trivia masterminds, a small boy traveled the world carefree with nothing but his family and the clothes on his back.
But one frightful event turned his world upside-down. It was a cold and dreary night at an underground Trivia Match in Columbus, Ohio where disaster struck. Canadian mobsters, after the knowledge and secrets of the quizzical gypsies, ransacked the show and left nothing but death and destruction. However -by sheer happenstance- the young boy from the tribe survived, thanks to the efforts of a random passerby, none other than the great Quiz Whiz Kid. With nowhere left to turn to, the small boy entered the guidance of the Quiz Whiz Kid and trained in the finer points of game show trivia. The Brain Wonder was a quick study and used his extensive background to rise to true trivia wonderment. It was under this apprenticeship the young boy earned the title Luke the Brain Wonder, and was eventually accepted into the League of Excesss. It is here he hones his skills and awaits a day where he may exact revenge upon the wrongdoers of his family.
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Luke the Brain Wonder's Trivia interests:
- 90’s 00’s Rock Music
- World Geography
- Video Games
- Classic Cartoons
- Current TV Shows
- Board Games & other Nerdy Stuff
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He was born in the swamps, in the back of a saloon. He grew up eating rattlesnake meat, and drinking homemade booze. Retaining his murky upbringings, as a teenager he traveled to the Mountains of Madness in order to train with the ghosts of survivalists who failed to survive. Even as a young man-beast, he would not make their mistakes.
Having made a secret pact with forces unknown to the rest of the world, the man-beast known only as M spent the next undisclosed amount of time researching the fears and desires of humans. M knew that one day a great storm would come, presenting itself as an intricate balance of knowledge and nonsense. M knew that the people would hear. M knew they would come to see. M knew their minds would literally blow under the pressure of so much amazement, so he wisely chose to bestow such wonder unto the world in the form of trivia, an ancient gateway between the Old Ones, Shel Silverstein, and the humans inhabiting Earth.
A mutual friend of M and Udo Kier once suggested a moniker to appeal to the humans. As it was a stupid suggestion of a moniker, neither it nor the one who suggested shall not be named here.
M instead adopted the title of The Mad Mentalist, so as not to confuse fans of Fritz Lang.
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Mad Mentalist's Trivia interests:
- All things odd and obscure
- sciences
- arts
- anything you want
- everything you need
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The Intellectual Destroyer has an insatiable hunger for trivia. From a young age, he endlessly consumed knowledge. Starting with simple small picture books, he consumed about 150 books by age 3. With a need to absorb more facts, he went to the local library, where he is now banned for obliterating the non-fiction section from art to home repair. His reputation started to grow along with his appetite. He moved to museums and theaters to expand his scope. His inadvertent destruction of three floors at MoMA New York led to his eviction from the city, but he remained determined to not let a bit of information slip outside his grasp. He puttered around down the east coast; Boston, Philly, Baltimore then he hit the mother lode of useless knowledge in Washington DC. With his profile too high, he took on the disguise of Sean Cutler: a handsome, bespectacled, gentleman from Cleveland, Ohio.
With the authorities fooled, he gained access to vaunted institutions like the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress. He leapt from building to building, attaining a massive collection of trivia tidbits. The rampage lasted a week before his eventual subdual. The FBI, none too pleased with his antics, considered locking him away to 542 years in prison. Thankfully, one of the prosecutors decided that this wealth of information should not be put in jail. Intellectual Destroyer was charged with the task of sharing his index of facts with the populace, doling it out through a quiz show.
The winners of the games will be handsomely rewarded for their efforts. He currently resides in Columbus, where he can be found behind the mic at shows around town.
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The Intellectual Destroyer's Trivia interests:
- you will just have to come and see for yourself
- his special ability: taking YOUR submitted trivia categories, and then stumping you with the questions he writes
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The Intellectual Destroyer's Current Trivia Shows:
- Thursdays!
Max & Erma's
Reynoldsburg
4279 Cemetery Rd.
Reynoldsburg, OH 43026
(614) 771-0455
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with your Host the Intellectual Destroyer
Max and Erma's gift certificates for all 4 rounds!
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The Mystery Fox is a small to medium sized Trivia Host -slightly more dainty and droll than the common Excesss Host.
As is true with all XS Trivia Hosts, the Mystery Fox often travels to bars and special events to gather others for a night of game-show styled Trivia Bonanza.
When encountered in the wild, meeting a Mystery Fox has long believed to be a sign of good luck and good fortune. Mystery Fox are said to possess superior intelligence, long life, endless amount of cheesy jokes, and various magical mental powers.
The Mystery Fox is often presented as a trickster, with motives that vary from mischief to benevolence. Stories tell of The Mystery Fox playing tricks on overly proud Trivia Contestants, Savants, and boastful commoners.
Mystery Fox is thought to employ her wits and knowledge to lead travelers astray in the manner of Fun through Trivia Games. Another tactic is for the Fox to confuse its targets with Prizes, Flashing lights, and queries of pop culture.
Be on the lookout for the wisecracking Mystery Fox! Rewards of such an encounter include enchantment, merriment, defeat of the monotony of daily life,, and an unexpectedly enjoyable evening. |
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Mystery Fox's Trivia interests:
- Pop Culture Fads
- Antiques
- Art and Design
- Science and Technology
- T.V.
- Politics
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Mystery Fox's Current Trivia Shows:
- Thursdays!
Max & Erma's
Reynoldsburg
8050 E Broad St.
Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
(614) 367-0370
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8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
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Max and Erma's gift certificates for all 4 rounds!
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Hi there! I didn't hear you come in. I'm the Wisdom Wunderkind, but my friends just call me Aaron. I grew up in a place called Greenville Ohio, where there wasn't a whole lot else to do other than learn useless information so I could one day be a trivia host. Holy cow! It paid off! Here I am 7 years later hosting for Excesss Trivia.
I love music of varying types, though I have a strong affinity for polka and hard bop. I play the sitar and kazoo, but have always wanted to learn the gong. I love crappy movies and good movies, but hate mediocre ones. After college, I became an aspiring artist, as I received my BA and felt obliged.
I AM the Wisdom Wunderkind. Join me in this journey through the synapses of your brain.
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Wisdom Wunderkin's Trivia interests:
- history
- general music trivia
- more mind bending abstract categories
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One night while toiling in his attic fortress of Dave-itude,
Excesss was struck with a bolt of lukewarm slow-moving cobalt lighting
that eminated quite unexpectedly from a faulty USB port on his girlbot.
That bolt led to his awareness that high-quality gameshow-style trivia
games were needed in his universe, and that he alone was being called
upon by forces unknown to allow the Forces of Absolute Random Trivia (F.A.R.T.)
to consume him.
Despite his mad scientest level of commitment to developing
the ultimate trivia gameshow experience, he is unable to participate in
person as much as he would like; a curse placed upon him as a small child
forces Excesss to start singing karaoke whenever he is in public, which
somewhat hinders his abilities to function as an adequate Trivia Master.
Instead, Excesss acts as a conduit, channeling the forces
of the arcane trivial magicks from the parallel random-knowledge dimension
into his secret society of trivia masters.
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Excesss' Trivia interests:
- Dirty Stuff
- Music Stuff
- TV & Movie Stuff
- Crazy Stupid Obscure Stuff
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Excesss Current Trivia Shows:
- random, few and far between... you are more likely to catch him at
his karaoke shows!
only his Facebook
friends know for sure when he will pop up at a trivia show!
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Excesss Trivia is always on the lookout for energetic, reliable,
motivated individuals who love trivia! Think you got what it takes to host
a trivia night? Contact us!
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