The World Series of Pop Culture (season 1)

The World Series of Pop Culture (season 1)

"The World Series of Pop Culture" is a VH1 game show tournament program. The first season was taped in New York City from April 29 - April 30, 2006 at the Ziegfeld Theater (a movie theater named in homage of the former Ziegfeld Theatre). The top prize was $250,000 provided by Alltel Wireless. The tournament first aired on July 10, 2006, concluding on August 3, 2006. The hosts for the first season were Pat Kiernan and Lisa Guerrero.

The inaugural competition was won by Atlanta-area residents Mason Spencer, Jodi Roth and Alexandra Clark, collectively known as El Chupacabra. They split the $250,000 cash prize, and won an entry for Season 2.

Tournament Bracket

16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5
RD1=Opening Round (July 10-13)
RD2=Quarterfinals (July 14 & 20)
RD3=Semifinals (July 27 / August 3)
RD4=Finals (August 3)

RD1-seed01=
RD1-team01=The Boeghy Bunch
RD1-score01-1=3
RD1-score01-2=2
RD1-score01-3=4
RD1-score01-4=
RD1-score01-5=
RD1-seed02=
RD1-team02=Highly Effective People
RD1-score02-1=2
RD1-score02-2=0
RD1-score02-3=1
RD1-score02-4=
RD1-score02-5=

RD1-seed03=
RD1-team03=3 The Hard Way
RD1-score03-1=0
RD1-score03-2=2
RD1-score03-3=3
RD1-score03-4=3
RD1-score03-5=1
RD1-seed04=
RD1-team04=PDX 503
RD1-score04-1=2
RD1-score04-2=3
RD1-score04-3=0
RD1-score04-4=2
RD1-score04-5=3

RD1-seed05=
RD1-team05=Cheetara
RD1-score05-1=33
RD1-score05-2=3
RD1-score05-3=2
RD1-score05-4=3
RD1-score05-5=3
RD1-seed06=
RD1-team06=Team Smarty Pants
RD1-score06-1=34
RD1-score06-2=2
RD1-score06-3=3
RD1-score06-4=0
RD1-score06-5=1

RD1-seed07=
RD1-team07=Velvet Rope Revolution
RD1-score07-1=2
RD1-score07-2=4
RD1-score07-3=3
RD1-score07-4=20
RD1-score07-5=4
RD1-seed08=
RD1-team08=Lazer Wolves
RD1-score08-1=3
RD1-score08-2=0
RD1-score08-3=2
RD1-score08-4=21
RD1-score08-5=1

RD1-seed09=
RD1-team09=Sexual Chocolate
RD1-score09-1=2
RD1-score09-2=3
RD1-score09-3=1
RD1-score09-4=21
RD1-score09-5=
RD1-seed10=
RD1-team10=Peanut Butter & Ginelli
RD1-score10-1=3
RD1-score10-2=1
RD1-score10-3=3
RD1-score10-4=22
RD1-score10-5=

RD1-seed11=
RD1-team11=We're What Willis Was Talking About
RD1-score11-1=2
RD1-score11-2=3
RD1-score11-3=3
RD1-score11-4=24/3/0
RD1-score11-5=2
RD1-seed12=
RD1-team12=El Chupacabra
RD1-score12-1=4
RD1-score12-2=1
RD1-score12-3=2
RD1-score12-4=24/3/1
RD1-score12-5=3

RD1-seed13=
RD1-team13=Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike
RD1-score13-1=31
RD1-score13-2=2
RD1-score13-3=3
RD1-score13-4=3
RD1-score13-5=2
RD1-seed14=
RD1-team14=I ♥ Jake Ryan
RD1-score14-1=32
RD1-score14-2=4
RD1-score14-3=2
RD1-score14-4=2
RD1-score14-5=3

RD1-seed15=
RD1-team15=The Men of Vision
RD1-score15-1=30
RD1-score15-2=2
RD1-score15-3=2
RD1-score15-4=
RD1-score15-5=
RD1-seed16=IQ
RD1-team16=Almost Perfect Strangers
RD1-score16-1=31
RD1-score16-2=3
RD1-score16-3=3
RD1-score16-4=
RD1-score16-5=

RD2-seed01=
RD2-team01=The Boeghy Bunch
RD2-score01-1=3
RD2-score01-2=2
RD2-score01-3=1
RD2-score01-4=3
RD2-score01-5=3
RD2-seed02=
RD2-team02=PDX 503
RD2-score02-1=2
RD2-score02-2=3
RD2-score02-3=4
RD2-score02-4=1
RD2-score02-5=1

RD2-seed03=
RD2-team03=Cheetara
RD2-score03-1=3
RD2-score03-2=10
RD2-score03-3=2
RD2-score03-4=2
RD2-score03-5=
RD2-seed04=
RD2-team04=Velvet Rope Revolution
RD2-score04-1=2
RD2-score04-2=11
RD2-score04-3=3
RD2-score04-4=3
RD2-score04-5=

RD2-seed05=
RD2-team05=Peanut Butter & Ginelli
RD2-score05-1=31/1
RD2-score05-2=1
RD2-score05-3=0
RD2-score05-4=30
RD2-score05-5=
RD2-seed06=
RD2-team06=El Chupacabra
RD2-score06-1=31/0
RD2-score06-2=3
RD2-score06-3=4
RD2-score06-4=31
RD2-score06-5=

RD2-seed07=
RD2-team07=I ♥ Jake Ryan
RD2-score07-1=2
RD2-score07-2=3
RD2-score07-3=2
RD2-score07-4=3
RD2-score07-5=1
RD2-seed08=IQ
RD2-team08=Almost Perfect Strangers
RD2-score08-1=3
RD2-score08-2=2
RD2-score08-3=3
RD2-score08-4=2
RD2-score08-5=4

RD3-seed01=
RD3-team01=The Boeghy Bunch
RD3-score01-1=1
RD3-score01-2=3
RD3-score01-3=2
RD3-score01-4=3
RD3-score01-5=35
RD3-seed02=
RD3-team02=Velvet Rope Revolution
RD3-score02-1=3
RD3-score02-2=2
RD3-score02-3=3
RD3-score02-4=1
RD3-score02-5=34

RD3-seed03=
RD3-team03=El Chupacabra
RD3-score03-1=1
RD3-score03-2=4
RD3-score03-3=2
RD3-score03-4=2
RD3-score03-5=32/1
RD3-seed04=IQ
RD3-team04=Almost Perfect Strangers
RD3-score04-1=2
RD3-score04-2=2
RD3-score04-3=1
RD3-score04-4=3
RD3-score04-5=32/0

RD4-seed01=
RD4-team01=The Boeghy Bunch
RD4-score01-1=41
RD4-score01-2=1
RD4-score01-3=3
RD4-score01-4=2
RD4-score01-5=
RD4-seed02=
RD4-team02=El Chupacabra
RD4-score02-1=40
RD4-score02-2=4
RD4-score02-3=5
RD4-score02-4=3
RD4-score02-5=

IQ = Internet Qualifiers

Competition highlights

* Almost Perfect Strangers had an 'almost perfect' Sweet 16 round, in which they answered every question correctly, with the exception of a steal from the opposing team, Men of Vision.
* In one instance, two contestants from El Chupacabra and We're What Willis Was Talking About exhausted the list of possible tiebreaker answers (the category was "American Idol" finalists), which necessitated a second tiebreaker. Notably, they listed the Idol finalists in order from the first to the fourth season. The team members also provided an equal number of correct answers in the second tiebreaker, which led to a "third" tiebreaker. El Chupacabra finally broke through in the third tiebreaker, with one correct answer to zero.
* Even though the Semifinals were to be continued along with the Finals, VH1 revealed the teams that would be in the Finals by showing a commercial with the teams following the first showing of the Semifinals.
* The final question of the competition dealt with the name of the fictional college attended by Denise Huxtable on "The Cosby Show". Both players failed to provide the correct answer, Hillman College.

"Pop Culture" contestants in pop culture

* Peanut Butter & Ginelli team members Mike Ginelli and Brian Turtle invented the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon trivia game.
* Velvet Rope Revolution team member Dave Callaham co-wrote the 2005 feature film "Doom".
* Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky & Mike team member MacArthur Antigua was previously a contestant on an episode of "The Weakest Link".

After the Tournament

* El Chupacabra, as defending champion, returned for the 2007 tournament, where they lost in the first round.
* The members of Cheetara would go on to replace Lisa Guerrero as backstage interviewer(s) for the 2007 tournament.
* Martha Scales, a member of I Heart Jake Ryan, appeared on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" during pop culture week, where she won $25,000

External links

* [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/wsopc/series.jhtml Official season 1 site]


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