As readers of my other blog may know, I am a sucker for a Pub Quiz, or Trivia Night, or whatever you call it when you are trying to answer questions while also drinking beer.

I've been out to two different quiz nights here in D.C. (one was in Arlington, if you want to quibble). I could be going out every night Sunday-Wednesday and quizzing, if I could only find people to make a team with me and if I only had the budget to buy the inevitable beers such a task would necessitate.

Most of the time, I've gone to Kitty O'Shea's in Arlington on Wednesdays. The positives here: this is where our few friends in the area are most likely to join in. The negatives: it starts at 9 p.m. on a weekday, which makes working people cringe. It's also nearly impossible to get there easily from our house on public transport.

This week, I managed to cajole a couple friends to join me for a Tuesday night Pub Quiz here in the District. I'm not sure the public transport is much easier (especially to get back home, as the buses run only about once an hour late night) but it starts at 7 p.m., a time I'm hopeful will be easier to rope more people into.

There are downsides at Stetson's. The bar area is tiny - I arrived about 20 minutes before the quiz and not only were all seats taken, the crowd was two or three deep at the bar. This made it hard to get a drink, and meant our team was standing and trying to write answers without a table to set the paper on. It made sense with the number of people packed in on a 95-degree evening the bar also wouldn't have any air conditioning, at least not any effective AC. Still, depsite standing and sweating, I can't help but enjoy the pub quiz. And we managed to make a respectable showing for having just three people. Now I just have to keep at it until I find a team and venue where I can relive my glory days.