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Behind the Scenes

Obviously, that's just a figure of speech — there's no jam here, ladies and gentleman, just good old sweet, sticky Quiz Meisters goodness. And if you think that sounds gross, well, you've obviously never had the strange and confusing pleasure of one of Hayden's patented peanut butter and jelly massages. Man, that's a whole other stratosphere of relaxing.

Speaking of Hayden, this month has seen the Quiz Meisters audio-visual stalwart busily and prodigiously putting together a couple of snazzy new multimedia segments for your playing pleasure. Be on the lookout for a new CSI style celebrity face-guessing game, a planet-sweeping true or false segment featuring intrepid globetrotter Graham Hughes of Graham's World fame, and a mind-bending brain stumper called "What's in the Fridge?" where punters are given a rare glimpse inside the Quiz Meisters refrigerator (for a fleeting 6 seconds) before having the door slammed on their gawking faces and being asked to recall the icebox's contents.

How closely we're willing to base the details of this new game on the real Quiz Meisters fridge (the one that sits whirring contentedly away in our tiny kitchenette at QM Headquarters) is a point of contention in the office, as some feel a true-to-life portrayal would essentially constitute an invasion of privacy and reveal to you, our dear subscribers, facets of our lifestyles the knowledge of which may compromise our already tenuous credibility.

Whilst it's common knowledge, for example, that Pete has stockpiled a seemingly limitless supply of Pauls Rev* (AKA I can't Believe it's not Milk) which threatens to burst from its ever-shrinking chilly cell, and spill out through the fridge door in a tidal wave of vitamin A at any moment, our more squeamish trivia fans may be surprised, and a little put off, by the sight of Steff's jockstrap dangling limply from the freezer door because having it "nice and nippy" apparently helps him to run faster during his mid-afternoon workout.

Our very own eccentric Romanian songbird has also been working hard, adding a plethora of new covers to his already impressive canon, and even making a rare appearance at the Quiz Meisters studio to film a shiny new introduction for his famous DVD segment. Sure, he may have forgotten to wear pants on the day, and the wreak of stale vodka seeping from his pores could have killed a small child (yes, another one) but at Quiz Meisters we take care of family, no matter how drunk, belligerent, or dangerous they may be. I mean, let's face it: if drunk, dangerous belligerence wasn't rife, we'd be devoid of our livelihoods.

Thankfully, once filming wrapped and Opera Boy had been paid his "wage" (a large portion of which he managed to drink before even making it to the carpark), we threw our Eastern European cousin safely into a waiting cab and sent him on his merry way. We can only assume that he made it back to his... wherever he lives in one piece, and we're all crossing our fingers that the late night glassing of a Russian bouncer last week by a man police are describing as a "drunken, pantless, screaming madmen with bulging eyes, an abrasive accent, and a beautiful soaring tenor" has nothing to do with him.

In other news, our first show at the Beach Road Hotel went off with a nice big Bondi bang (I think we've all had one of those, in our dreams if not in waking life) and our weekly gigs at The Courthouse and The East Village continue to rope in the crowds on Mondays and Tuesdays respectively. Our occupation of the First State won't be letting up any time soon, either, with the Goonellabah Tavern in Lismore being the latest NSW pub to jump aboard the Quiz Meisters train. Stay tuned to the Now On section of our website for all the details.

That's it from your friendly neighbourhood Meister for this month, my little quiz cats. Don't forget to find us on facebook if you haven't already, and keep an eye on your inboxes for more sticky jam-packed updates heading your way soon.

*Most of Pete's Rev has long been stolen by his co-workers, who continue to replace it with butter, full-fat milk, cream, and anything else white and gelatinous they can find. Also, the lack of an apostrophe to denote ownership in the product name "Pauls Rev" is not a typo — it is in keeping with the product's branding, and clearly indicates that Rev, besides being high in vitamins A and D, is also made from the remains of at least two guys named Paul.