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I knew there was something wrong with this scoring. Follow along with me. Last week, my Nemesis team had an off night.  No argument there, and as the team captain, I’ll take the lumps.  We actually got knocked down from 10th place among all “Catch the Mania” teams around the Capital District to 16th place,…

The Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region are once again sponsoring a trivia contest fundraiser, and here’s how you can participate – and maybe even win some cash and prizes. This January, there will be four different locations and four different chances for teams to test their knowledge of magnificent minutiae, all to…

Last week was a big three-stage boost for my “We Are Your Nemesis … Fear Us!” trivia team.  We took the overall win last week and earned the $20 “Ruck Bucks” certificate, so that’s a major plus.  And in the overall cumulative standings, we’re now in third place among all Ruck teams, and tenth place…

So I understand it’s still the third week of the tournament, and there’s 16 weeks to play.  And although we did reasonably well last Monday at the Ruck, after two weeks of play we fell in the overall score from 7th to 17th place among all Catch The Mania teams participating – and, worse than…

Recap from last week.  My all-star trivia team, which for this tournament is known as “We Are Your Nemesis … Fear Us!”, came in second place in Week 1 of the Ruck trivia tournament.  If your team is looking to participate in this tournament of champions, here’s the rules and the parameters at this link.…

It took three tries, in writing that headline, to NOT type the words “Elbo Room.” For years, I played in the Elbo Room big money tournament.  My Street Academy trivia team won it twice, and came in second place twice.  But the minute the tournament became a “raffle” tourney, in that teams received raffle tickets…

Let’s just cut to the chase.  I’m not going to make this any easier or faster.  Just rip the Band-Aid off the wound so quickly that it’ll make someone scream Kelly Clarkson’s name. The e-mail o’ doom arrived yesterday.  As long as I don’t open that e-mail, there’s still a microscopic possibility that I’ve made…

This was the last thing I expected.  I’m so used to going to New York City and trying out for The Chance – the game show whose name I dare not speak, even though everybody who has read my blog for the past four years knows exactly who “The Chance” is. I’ve tried out for…

It’s been a part of my trivia schedule ever since the Elbo Room started hosting tournaments.  A Thursday night competition at the Delaware Avenue bar, a trivia tournament that often runs through the fall and winter (and sometimes there’s a spring tournament as well).  Teams play for weeks and weeks for the opportunity to participate…

It’s time to give the coveted Silver Shaker award back.  My Street Academy trivia team has held the Summer Bowl chalice, the symbol of supremacy in summertime team trivia in the Capital District, for the past year. Now we have to defend this championship against 29 other trivia squads. Trust me.  Street Academy will ALWAYS…