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Do my eyes deceive me? Are they back? Yes they are… back again… it’s the Skids… tell a friend… The trivia team known as the Skidmarks have returned to the Elbo Room for the trivia tournament.  Sure the tournament’s three-quarters of the way done, but they said they were going to win big tonight and…

It’s tough being the king of the mountain. Everybody wants to crown you. And that’s what’s happening right now. It seems that team Sighed, Bush! has made it their personal goal to win this tournament – if for no other reason than to dethrone me. Case in point? Nothing feels better than beating @chuckthewriter in…

I received an invitation through one of my Facebook friends for a game of competitive team trivia at the Sheehy-Palmer VFW post.  Why not.  I figured it would be a fun game and a good time. Especially when I found out that the host of the event was former PYX 106 morning jock Bob Mason.…

“So I promise to read your blog if you list my Twitter handle in the blog post.” “I’ll read your blog if you announce the superiority of the Gannett news service over the Hearst news service.” “I’ll read your blog if you change the name of our team back from Sighed, Bush! to…” Wow.  You…

Wow, eleven teams tonight for a game of trivia.  Nice.  About freakin’ time. And the four big teams – Street Academy, Woo Hoo a Go Go, Team Fist and Sighed, Bush! were in the house.  As were several other squads – the Haterzz, and some other teams whose names completely escape my memory. Still, it…

I’ve heard a hundred different reasons why The Chance and I won’t ever get together.  I’ve heard the sympathetic reasons.  “You’re too smart, you’ll take all their money.”  I’ve heard the encouraging reasons.  “There’s only so many spots available, you gotta just keep trying until a spot opens.”  I’ve also heard the vicious reasons.  “You…

Can we wrap the tournament up right now, please? Let’s be honest.  There are really only five teams that come to Elbo Room with any reasonable frequency.  Four of those five teams are locked in for all intents and purposes, and the fifth team (the Haterzz) are all but mathematically assured of a spot in…

There are basic verbal terms and phrases that one can use in describing your basic trivia event.  There’s the “murder question,” in which the final answer is so tough that it stumps everybody.  There’s the “Baker Triple,” so named after Trivia Nights Live host Kevin Baker’s proclivity to have the answer for a multiple-bonus question…

It’s Monday night, and I’m heading over to Brown’s Brewing to play my Monday night trivia game there.  I really enjoy playing trivia at Brown’s, it’s a nice atmosphere and there are several good trivia teams there to compete against – mostly A Few Cards Short of a Deck, the Precious Little Princesses and a…

I wasn’t supposed to be at Elbo Room last night.  My plan was to go to the Times Union Center and play in that “Thinkfast” trivia competition, for the chance to win a trip to one of several destinations.  You know, the one where the prize was sponsored by a timeshare company. So last Monday,…