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And is your trivia team ready to handle the challenge? Here’s the date. Sunday, July 17, at the Recovery Sports Bar and Grille. A select number of “play-in” and “legacy” teams will attempt to win the coveted Silver Shaker, the second-most important Capital District trivia championship trophy (after Trivia Bowl, of course). So here’s how…

I haven’t learned yet, have I? I’ve tried for The Chance for eight years.  And The Chance keeps rejecting me. It hates me.  It wishes I never heard of it.  It thinks that I’m weird and desperate and pathetic. Be that as it may, I’m not taking “get lost” for an answer.  Not any more.…

On Tuesday night, I arrived at Graney’s Stout bar on Broadway in North Albany for their first Tuesday night trivia game, and this game would be special – a “Hooters Reunion” of the best trivia teams to ever win at the legendary restaurant. Among the classic teams to return for another round – Lynch’s Mob,…

It was the spring of 2007.  My Street Academy team at the time consisted of myself, Rich Mahady, Tracey Stein, her boyfriend Ken Secor and my wife Vicki.  The final question that night was on the category of movie monsters.  We were in the lead and bet a sizeable amount to lock everyone else out…

Seven of the eight teams who qualified for the Elbo Room $1,000 Spring Tournament finals showed up last night at Elbo Room.  Stern Fans, who qualified in the first week and then hadn’t shown up since, arrived.  So did the Skidmarks and the Fist and Team Schooled and Woo Hoo a Go Go and Get…

So prior to last night’s round of competitive team trivia, I was at Crossgates Mall, “doing a nice” for my daughter Cassaundra. Cassaundra, who lives in Seattle, called me at around 4pm Eastern, asking if I knew whether there were any Lids hat stores other than in Colonie Center or in Crossgates Mall.  I said…

I’ve never heard of Team Fist before.  But apparently they showed up last week with a goofy team name, something like “I’m Sick of Osama Jokes,” or something along those lines.  Last night, they named themselves Team Fist, essentially named after the Elbo Room dinner entree sandwich with about six different meats and a fried…

So here’s what happened.  Thursday night at Elbo Room, my Street Academy team bet the farm on a question involving South America.   And of late, you know what’s been going on regarding my team and South America. Anyways, the question that came up was the identity of the South American country that borders the Atlantic…

The dream is always the same. Instead of going home, I go to the neighbors’. I ring, but nobody answers. The door is open, so I go inside. I look around, but no one seems to be there. Then I hear the shower running. So, I go upstairs to see what’s what. Then I see…

Last night, several of the top trivia teams in the Capital District met up at the American Legion post in North Albany for a competitive trivia game – with the proceeds going toward the Relay for Life. I got there early, as I usually do for trivia games.  Eventually other teams showed up – Dan…