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.…
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Week 3 of the 2012-13 $2,000 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
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…
Read MoreWeek 2 of the $2,000 2012-13 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
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…
Read MoreWeek 1 of the $2,000 2012-13 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
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…
Read MoreWas 77 tickets enough?
Nine weeks ago, I entered a trivia tournament at Graney’s Stout. The grand prize offered at the end of the tournament were four tickets to a Jets-Dolphins game at the former Joe Robbie Stadium, along with two nights’ hotel accommodations. Every time a team won that week’s trivia competition, they would receive some raffle tickets.…
Read MoreAn Offer Against the Chance
Last May, I was in the middle of planning a Times Union Community Bloggers’ golf tournament, when I received a Twitter message that offered me a very interesting and intriguing choice. The message was from a casting director, who was looking for contestants to participate in a pilot episode of a potential new game show.…
Read MoreThe Log and the Chance
It’s Sunday, August 5, and I’m riding the train down to New York City for another try with The Chance. Another audition. Only this time, I’m not traveling alone. For the first time since I started auditioning for this show, I’m actually auditioning with someone. And would you believe it’s everybody’s favorite blog-snark, D357? That…
Read More“You should give the tickets to me.”
The other day, I was talking with an acquaintance about my latest trivia competition. I’m currently playing in a nine-week tournament at Graney’s Stout, with the grand prize being four Jets-Dolphins NFL tickets and two nights’ lodgings at a Miami Beach hotel. “Sounds like a really tough tournament,” he said to me. “It is,” I…
Read MoreGraney’s Stout Trivia: If 9 Were 6
The fun part about playing competitive team trivia in the Capital District is that you can win some great stuff. And by “great stuff,” I mean your could snag anything from restaurant gift certificates to cash money. And in some instances, you can win some big-ticket items – and when I say “big ticket items,”…
Read MoreBlue lines and placards
I’ve recently started playing – well, the proper term is WINNING BIG – at the Wednesday night trivia game at Graney’s Stout. I’m participating in a 9-week tournament, in which teams have a chance to score four Jets-at-Dolphins football tickets, plus two nights of hotel accommodations in Miami. No airfare, though – I’ll have to…
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