Holy Crap, Summer Bowl just snuck up on me! And I already had a full day planned. … it just meant adjusting my schedule as necessary. I was scheduled to drop off my artworks and photos at the New York State Fair, which is a three-hour drive to Syracuse and a three-hour drive back. I…
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When you see “__cke_,” it’s “Hockey,” not “Bucket.”
Remember a month or so ago when I attended a tryout for Wheel of Fortune at the Saratoga Casino Hotel? Yeah. I tried out. I didn’t get picked to play the game on stage, and that was fine. It’s not like they were going to send me an e-mail and ask me to try out…
Read MoreThe difference between wings and tenders
Last night, I played trivia at Rivers Casino. Of late, trivia has been a bit of a struggle – the game was cancelled last week due to a casino poker tournament (but not before most of the trivia teams showed up, not knowing that trivia was cancelled that night), and I’m still getting used to…
Read MoreTime for the Trivia Unification Tournament
Nothing like waking up on Sunday morning in Boston … driving through nasty roads and snowy terrain to get back to the 518 … and competing in my second consecutive trivia cham0pionship competition. And there were some wins … and losses … in my effort to claim the first-ever Capital District Trivia Unification Tournament, a…
Read MoreHow I survived Geek Bowl XII
It’s Saturday morning, and I’m waking up in Boston. I’ve been recruited by the Stir Crazy trivia squad – the team who won the 2017 World Tavern Trivia Championships – to participate in Geek Bowl XII in Boston. I’m game. Actually, they asked me to play in Geek Bowl XI in Seattle last year, but…
Read MoreThe results of Trivia Bowl XIV
Yesterday was the 14th annual Capital District “Trivia Bowl,” one of five different championship trivia tournaments on my 2018 schedule. Guess you could call it a different type of “Competition Season” for me. Nearly forty teams arrived at Wolf’s 1-11 for the big event. For my team, I had a grouping of various players from…
Read MoreIt’s time for Trivia Bowl XIV this Saturday…
This Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Wolf’s 1-11 in Colonie, the fourteenth annual Trivial Bowl will commence. Wow. Has it been that many Trivia Bowls? Yeah, it kinda has. Background. I’ve participated in thirteen of the fourteen Trivia Bowls, starting with Trivia Bowl II where I participated as a guest on the Tres Hombres squad. …
Read MoreSo I qualified for the Trivia Unification Tournament finals… YAY
Some background. A few months ago, the Capital District’s bar and tavern trivia companies put together a competition which would crown an overall trivia champion. The Trivia Unification Tournament, if you will. Teams needed to play for at least twelve weeks in their respective locations, and the top team from each venue – as well…
Read MoreDid I win $1,000 in trivia last night?
Every three months or so, the Wednesday night trivia game at Rivers Casino has a $1,000 winner take all night. To qualify for that night, you have to have played enough Wednesday night contests at the casino to be eligible. My one-man Street Academy trivia team has done so. And, in accumulating more points in…
Read MoreTrying to stay ahead in trivia…
Going into the next few weeks, I’ll be participating in several championship trivia tournaments. Hopefully I will do well. The first championship tournament is next Wednesday, when Rivers Casino in Schenectady is hosting their $1,000 trivia championship. I’ve played the majority of the weeks necessary to qualify for this event, and in fact, going into…
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