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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,…

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…