NYC quiz preview: Monday, Oct 7

Hello, my hometown! The BQT makes an encore appearance at the class-tastic SubCulture, with another heapin' helping of NYC's absolutely best live trivia event (as if there's any competition…), this Monday, October 7. It happens at 7:30pm, and advance tickets are yours for the taking…though consider arriving early, because this evening's preshow will be a full episode of The Big Quiz Thing TV show (still airing several times a week on NYC Life, yep!).

EdP didn't expect that.

Now then: the quiz. This evening's video puzzle is called "Who the Heck Was That?," a game concept that should be familiar to any BQTers who were present for our storied Hail to the Trivial Presidential Quiz Spectacular. History, history, history: See below…

It's a two-fold question: First, tell us the name of the dude we're talking about, and for a second point, identify which of those three pictures is his handsome mug. (Both answers here.) So we got ten of these, various colorful characters from relatively recent world history, for you to mull over.

As for the audio round, I can't go into quite as much detail: I've named it "Letter Salad," and it's…well, that might be all I can say, and even that might not be accurate. Basically, I came up with the title before I fully fleshed out the idea, and honestly, I haven't even 100 percent decided what's gonna happen. How about this: Here's what band I considered, but rejected…

Foxy!

Also on the multimedia tip, four-parters about cocktails and the history of pop music, plus a Text Message Challenge on the cutting-edge topic of book publishing. And a question about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you nerds. Be here (or on Facebook or Twitter) the day of the show for a Not-So-Secret Secret Clue to nudge you in the right direction.

So…what about prizes? $200 cash jackpot, naturally, and much, much more. We'll tell you shortly…