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Three months ago, the trivia company Geeks Who Drink offered a solicitation in the reddit form r/albany, asking for people who might be interested in hosting games for their company. A bit of background.  Geeks Who Drink hosts trivia games nationwide, and they even have a cable television show.  And even though I have a…

I haven’t played competitive team trivia in a while – mostly because of other projects that have sapped my time – but when a trivia host contacted me and asked if I would be interested in participating as a “ringer” for a team in an upcoming Capital District charity event, I said sure. And with…

Saturday afternoon.  Over two dozen teams at the Holiday Inn Express in Latham for the sixth annual summertime trivia championship. And I had to make sure that a pattern didn’t continue. See, the Street Academy trivia team has won three of the previous five trophies – all in odd-numbered Summer Bowl events.  And then we’ve…

Every year, the competition for the Capital District’s trivia elite becomes more and more acute.  And there are only two trophies worth winning for the bar and tavern trivia teams – the big bowl from February’s Trivia Bowl, and the summer classic “Silver Shaker” of Summer Bowl. And today is the day for Summer Bowl,…

Over the weekend, I received this message from a trivia player in the Hudson Valley.  And although I wasn’t sure how to respond… I do have some ideas, based on my personal experience in playing bar and tavern trivia. Here’s the tweet in question. @chuckthewriter Do trivia hosts have the right to discriminate against repeat…

I want to take you back a decade, before we start this year’s Trivia Bowl recap. A decade ago, the “Trivia Nights Live” game was called “Team Trivia,” and was played every Tuesday night at the Hooters in Crossgates Mall.  Thirty to forty teams participated each week, including one team who showed up, got hammered,…

It’s Thursday night and I’m nervous as hell. Here’s what happened. Last week, my Street Academy trivia team claimed the victory for the night in the Big Brothers Big Sisters “Big Brains Trivia” game.  Out of a possible 65 points (five ten-question rounds, including some bonus questions), we scored 60.  Spent the night brushing off…

My Street Academy trivia team has participated in the annual Big Brothers Big Sisters “Big Brains” trivia tournament for the past three years.   In doing so, we’ve raised a lot of money for the organization, and we’ve had a great time in doing so. Last night, my team – which included my friends Donna and…