All articles filed in trivia

It’s Saturday afternoon. I’ve already taken care of my morning chores, now it’s time to drive to the Capital Hills Golf Course and participate in a very special trivia event. Nearly two dozen of the Capital District’s top trivia teams set aside their Saturday afternoon plans and joined me. Because we’re all playing a trivia…

I’ve known Paul Harseim for nearly ten years.  He was one of Kevin Baker’s “assistants” when the local “Trivia Nights Live” game was a Tuesday night 35-team affair at Hooters in Crossgates Mall.  After each question, each team would hand Paulie the answer slips, and then he and General James would help Baker with the…

Here we are at the Bayou Cafe in Glenville.  My Ruck-specific “We Are Your Nemesis … Fear Us!” trivia squad.  Myself and 25 other trivia teams. We’re ready to play, and “Catch the Mania” trivia host Scott Mumford has our questions.  Everything started out with some great promise. And in the end… Well, before I…

Last week, it was all about getting rid of that 52-point score from earlier in the week.  We did that. Now, it’s time to eliminate a 65-point blemish from earlier in the season. And through hard work from Donna, Dylan, Matt and myself, the Ruck-specific “We Are Your Nemesis … Fear Us!” trivia squad completed…

Two weeks to go and the Ruck-specific “Nemesis” team is locked and loaded. All we need to do this week is score at least 66 out of a possible 90 points. Simple, you say?  Yeah… here’s the rub. By participating in this tournament for all 16 weeks – including next week – we get to…

The important part of last night’s game for my Ruck-specific “Nemesis” team – Donna, Dylan and yours truly for the night – is that we finished in second place at the tournament – even with a poor showing in the sixth round (everybody’s favorite category – “Science”), and we took home some bar swag as…

A decade of competitive team trivia championships. Seven teams have won nine of those championships. Now it’s time to see if any of those teams will win again – or if someone else will claim the championship of useless knowledge and minutiae. Yep.  Trivia Bowl X.  Thirty-four teams at the ready.  Legacy squads.  Local tournament…

It’s going to be a very tough trivia tournament finals. Why? Because last night at the “Catch the Mania” trivia game at the Ruck, it seemed that no matter how well my Nemesis team of Donna, Dylan, Matt and myself did – we hit perfect tens in three categories – so too did the two…

Trivia Bowl X, the tenth iteration of the championships of competitive team trivia, will take place this Saturday at Wolf’s 1-11 on Wolf Road in Colonie.  Yes, I mentioned in an earlier blog that it might be held at the Wolf’s in downtown Albany, but the location is now at the Wolf’s on Wolf Road. …

Every year, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region puts together a “Big Brains” trivia event, with the proceeds benefiting their organization and helping young men and women in our community.  And every year, my Street Academy trivia team participates in this event.  Last year, we took third place for the night. This year,…