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I was not able to attend the most recent round in the Elbo Room trivia game, due to another commitment.  However, host General James was kind enough to forward the scores from the game, so that I can include them here. Team Fist won for the first time in this tournament cycle, earning five playoff…

“Why won’t you print our proper name in the blog?” This was a paraphrased e-mail that I received from Kit, the captain of a team I’ve listed in the standings as Team Bush.  Well, there’s the word “Side” that’s supposed to be in front of the word “Bush,” but … well … “I can’t print…

Three weeks away.  My Street Academy trivia team are three weeks away from tying Lynch’s Mob with eight consecutive weekly wins. But we have to keep on playing.  One game at a time.  You can’t play five games at a time.  Unless you’re a chess grandmaster and there’s five chessboards in front of you. And…

The first time I heard there was a trivia event scheduled for the Times Union Center, I was intrigued.  Was this some sort of “World Series of Trivia” competition, in which the best trivia teams in the Capital District would compete against each other for riches and swag and massive bragging rights, almost on the…

The record is eight.  Eight consecutive weekly wins.  The record was set many, many years ago by the legendary trivia team Lynch’s Mob.  Eight consecutive wins at Hooters in Albany. And currently my Street Academy trivia team has enjoyed four consecutive wins at Elbo Room.  Halfway to matching Lynch’s Mob’s record. Now I’ve been at…

Wow.  Another battle tonight at Elbo Room, as Team Fist, The Haterzz and Street Academy battled all night for the big win. Again… only three teams played last night.  Three. So let me figure out what is going on here. This is a tournament where the winning team can earn $1,500.  The second place team…

I have to keep trying.  Keep pushing forward.  Never give up.  Never surrender.  By Grapthar’s hammer… Um… yeah. For those of you who find these “Chance” blogs and decide to read down to the bottom to find out if I got the postcard o’ doom, well, I didn’t get the postcard o’ doom this time.…

Thanks to the NFL Network’s exclusive broadcast of the New York Giants’ complete 36-7 beatdown of the Carolina Panthers, the Elbo Room had more patrons last night – and, by extension, more teams playing. Good.  More competition is a good thing. And if it weren’t for a miserable four-point question at the beginning of the…

Okay.  With a win tonight, the Street Academy trivia team can essentially lock themselves into the tournament. Yeah, I know it’s only two weeks into a 20-week tournament, but come on… the top eight teams get into the tournament, and only about six or seven teams show up each night. And last night… it was…

It’s ba-a-a-a-a-a-ack… While the Capital District has seen a growth of “Trivia League” competitions, with multi-week tournaments and a grand prize at the end, the Elbo Room was the first bar in the area to offer a trivia tournament with a big grand prize. For those of you who haven’t been following this blog since…