The date. July 18, 2010.
The event. A summer gathering of the top trivia teams in the Capital District. All the legends of bar and tavern trivia, including the Trivia Bowl 6 and Elbo Room Tournament champion Street Academy squad, in the hopes of winning the first-ever “Triple Crown of Trivia” – and doing so in a single calendar year.
That’s right, along with Trivia Bowl and the Elbo Room Tournament, this new invitation-only “Summer Bowl 1” will be considered one of the trivia “major” championships.
Teams will be limited to six members per team, with a top prize of $500 for the winning squad.
So far, the teams that are being invited to the competition are:
- Street Academy
- A Few Cards Short of a Deck
- Tap This!
- Surf Tulsa
- Ommegang
- Mudrat Detectors
- The Tuesday Nighters
- Woo-Hoo A Go-Go
- Blue Mooned
- Stern Fans
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More teams are receiving their invites.
And the championship will be held in the Recovery Room in Troy.
It should be a great time, with the top squads –
Wait a minute.
It’s going to be held in a Recovery Room?
The sports bar chain that once told me I couldn’t play at their establishments because I won too often?
The sports bar that told me I couldn’t play because I was only one person and not technically a “team”?
Well, I guess at this point it’s time to end my two-year boycott of all things Recovery Room. I’ve made one concession to the Recovery Room’s demands in that I now have trivia teammates (who when I contacted them regarding the event, said, “we’re so there”), and since Street Academy is currently on a championship streak…
There’s no question. I’m going in. Boycott over.
You really think I’m going to stand idly by and watch someone else win the big trophy, just because I had a disagreement in 2008? Not without a good fight.
So let the trivia trash talking begin right now on this blog. Bring your best taunts and teases from the tremendous top trivia talent!
And let’s count it down to Summer Bowl 1!
Chuck The Writer 
You’re a man of principle, Chuck…too bad that principle is greed.
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Hey it was greed on their part that they told me I couldn’t play because I was winning too many times there…
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Only 6 players per team…Chuck, are you gonna have enough room for all your minor league Brand X trivia host friends?
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oh i get it, when WooHoo beats Street Academy two seasons in a row for first place [defeating Street Academy a third straight season by finishing second] Elbo Room Trivia is a fun thursday night activity. Street Academy [finally] wins a tornament, it’s transformed in to a major championship, part of an elusive triple crown?!?
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Woo Hoo –
Realistically, you’ve got two majors, but they’re both from the same tournament. So essentially you’ve got two claret jugs. Street Academy, however, has a claret jug and two green jackets.
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Triple Crown of Trivia?!…it reminds me Chuck was an also-ran to Tres Hombres at Saratoga Trackside Trivia… in both tournaments.
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Yes, but that tournament has been retired… sort of like Fourstardave and Cigar.
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I can’t wait to see how people do against Bluemooned when they are limited to a mere 6 players per team.
A Few Cards Short of a Deck will be short about 2/3 of their team. And Street Academy can only bring 3 trivia hosts, plus the two angels who tolerate him during the regular year.
Woohoo-a-gogo, you guys are pretty cool. I hope you finish in a close second place to us.
-Wayne of Bluemooned
P.S. Glad to know that Chuck has ended his two-year menstrual cycle against the Recovery Room. Heaven forbid they try to make a profit on people who order something other than diet soda.
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Wayne… Keep it clean. Or else you’ll just be staring at this again.
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That is a truly horrible sight. I hate seeing you happy.
My comments are perfectly clean, and perfectly accurate.
Let’s see how you do against Bluemooned on equal terms, at your favorite restaurant.
See you at the Bowl. Good luck, you are going to need it.
-Wayne
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Wayne, you should try winning a regular weekly game before setting your sights on a bowl game. It’s quality, not quantity that counts…that’s why your team regularly trails 2 or 3 Hombres.
I’ll agree that pic is a horrible sight. It’s a Polar Pukearama. Chuck’s head is getting so big he can wear that bowl for a hat.
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We have been winning a lot lately.
We will let our performance speak for itself at the bowl.
-Wayne
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Chuck, i have a question for you. What’s your email address?
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I’ll send it to you privately.
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