After hosting several “fill-in” trivia games for other trivia hosts, I received my first-ever regular trivia night – Tuesday evenings at Beer Bones Bar and Grille in Loudonville. Last week’s debut went very well, with seven teams competing for the big prize (a gift card from Beer Bones Bar and Grille). So this week, I…
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And your new regular trivia host … Chuck Miller!
In 2024, I “retired” from the competitive team trivia community. After fifteen years of answering questions about every imaginable topic (and getting most of them correct), I felt that my playing time had run its course. Then, last July, one of my friends asked if I would consider being a substitute host for him; he…
Read MoreThe Sister Mary Elephant of trivia hosting
Background. A couple of months ago, my friend Ed asked if there was any way that I could substitute for him as a trivia host for a few games this summer. I’ve played trivia for many years, but I hadn’t gone over to the hosting side – this would be an entirely new experience. No…
Read MoreThe loophole that brought me back to the local trivia game
Last year, after nearly two decades of success in local and national bar / tavern trivia championships, I put down my pencil and walked away from the competitive bar trivia scene. I felt that I had achieved all I wanted, and in my mind there was no need to continue on. So at last year’s…
Read MoreThe Results of Summer Bowl XIII
And in the end, I finished as a winner. Well, I didn’t win the tournament, if that’s what you thought I meant. No, I finally put the final flower in a 17-year-long garden of team trivia competition. From the first day I walked into a Tuesday night contest at Hooters in Crossgates Mall, to last…
Read MoreTonight is the end of a personal trivia career, win or lose.
It seems like an eternity ago. But nearly twenty years ago, I stopped into the Hooters at Crossgates Mall on a Tuesday night, and played competitive team trivia as a one-man team – and finished the night in third place, winning a bucket of chicken wings that would have fend a four-man squad. That was…
Read MoreThe Results of Summer Bowl XII
Although I haven’t done as many bar and tavern trivia events of late, I’m still eligible to participate in the Capital Region’s “championship” tournaments. And that includes the Summer Bowl, which my Street Academy team has won FOUR TIMES. I remember winning Summer Bowl I way back in 2010 on a question regarding holidays in…
Read MoreThe Results of Trivia Bowl XVIII.
The final question involved the category of “Up in Smoke.” My Street Academy trivia team had 125 points, tied for 10th place among 30 different teams. We were 17 points away from the lead, but needed a lot of luck to claim the big prize. We went all in. “In what year did Colorado and…
Read More3 x 6 = 18. Trivia Bowl 18, that is.
I’m going back into competition this Saturday. The top trivia company in the Capital District, Trivia Nights Live, has returned with their annual “Trivia Bowl” competition. The event, to be held at the Ancient Order of Hibernians building in Albany, will feature the top teams of trivia experts in a fun game of remembering useless…
Read MoreThe Results of Summer Bowl XI
The last time there was a Summer Bowl trivia championship was three years ago. Pre-COVID-19. My Street Academy trivia team had won the championship for the fourth time in ten tournaments, and since there were no Summer Bowl championships in 2020 or in 2021, the trophy stayed safe and protected in my living room. Yesterday…
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