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…
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Week 4 of the 2012-13 $2,000 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
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…
Read MoreThe Soul of the Chance
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.…
Read MoreWeek 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…
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