Even more teams announced for Trivia Bowl VIII

We’re getting closer to the big day.  And now more teams are being announced as receiving invites for Trivia Bowl VIII – the Super Bowl / Masters / Daytona 500 / Stanley Cup of Capital District competitive team trivia.  And with this updated list, I can, where available, note the bar or tavern or restaurant that most of these teams currently represent.

• Stop The Bus (current champion, Legends on Lark)
• Stern Fans (Trivia Bowl IV champion)
• Lynch’s Mob (Trivia Bowl I, II champion, Recovery Room-Troy)
• Street Academy (Trivia Bowl III, VI champion, Brown’s Brewing / Elbo Room)
• Team Load (Trivia Bowl V champion, Legends on Lark)
• Tres Hombres (various bars)
• Village Idiots (Side Door Cafe)
• Blue Rude (a “merged” team of Blue Mooned and Joe Rude; Blue Mooned plays at various locations, Joe Rude plays at Side Door Cafe)
• Hap’s Collapse (Buffalo Wild Wings)
• Seals Team Six (Graney’s)
• D-Railed Amigos (Graney’s)
• WT’s United (Washington Tavern)
• Clueless (Pizzeria UNO)
• The Magicians (McGeary’s)
• Touched By An Uncle (Pearl Street Pub)
• Social Blackout (Legends on Lark)
• Champions of Chestertown (Junior’s)
• The Friends (Martel’s)
• Tap This! (Jessica Stones)
• Send it in, Jerome (McGeary’s)

And now we add more teams to the dance card.  They include:

• Team Gretchen (Hill Street Cafe)
• DENSA (Across The Street Pub)
• Chinese Chicken (Professor M. Barley’s)
• The Dude Abides (Del Lanes)
• Just The Tips (Pinhead Susan’s)
• Pootie Nation (Katie O’Byrnes)
• Surf Tulsa (Pizzeria UNO)
• A Few Cards Short Of A Deck (Brown’s Brewing)
• Sky Hawk (multiple locations)

There’s still a couple of slots left open – one slot for the Elbo Room Tournament winner, which will be decided on Thursday – and a couple of at-large bids.

The game this weekend is going to be so good…

In the immortal words of Bart Scott – Can’t wait!