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You’ve got a few of your friends together and are having a good time at a local bar.  You discover, while the server is pouring you a fresh beer, that in about ten minutes there will be a round of competitive team trivia at the bar, in which teams of people will answer questions and…

Anybody who thought this week’s round of questions at Elbo Room would be a cakewalk did not understand how difficult the questions are getting, as we get closer to the money final round. And it all started when trivia host General James asked the first question – a two-pointer. “What is the color of the…

While five teams are locked into the tournament finals (Stern Fans, Team Schooled, the Sneaky Petes, Street Academy and the Flabbies), there are still six teams fighting for the available three playoff spots.  (NOTE: After further review, the Flabbies are not locked in after all; although it would take a perfect storm to knock them…

Well, this is a fine kettle of fish. Due to illness, work-related projects and a trip to Quebec City (me), there wasn’t any Street Academy players at Elbo Room last night. But fear not, O followers of team trivia.  General James was kind enough to alert me to the top three, and apparently Team Schooled…

That’s right.  I can hear it like the thunder on the horizon.  The seventh annual competition for trivia supremacy in the Capital District.  Trivia Bowl 7, the invitation-only grand final, will be held on February 5, 2011 – at Wolf’s 1-11 in Albany, with the first question at 1:00 p.m. Trivia Bowl 7.  The showcase…

So I’m driving to Rochester last Friday for the PBL basketball game, and one of the benefits of driving on the New York State Thruway is that I can pick up several Canadian AM radio stations on my journey.  One of them is CFZM, AM740 in Toronto; as “Zoomer Radio,” they play classic oldies of…

I got a message from one of the Elbo Room trivia teams last week.  Essentially they read the blog, and they thought I had their name inaccurately listed on the score sheet.  It wasn’t that I had their name inaccurately listed.  Well… actually, it was intentionally inaccurately listed. See, as much as I would love…

Last week, just as the game was about to end, Elbo Room trivia host General James mentioned that because the Elbo Room’s Thursday night games did not fall on Christmas or New Year’s Day – and because the bar would be open on those days for football games and drinking and eating, there would be…

When it comes to competitive team trivia, although getting the answer to a question is important, what’s more important is knowing WHY you get that answer correct.  What was it in your past that reminded you of where you were and what you were doing when that answer came to your mind? Okay, forgive me…

In the 1980’s, there was a running joke about the NHL playoffs – with 21 teams in the league and 16 teams invited to the playoffs, it seemed as if the regular season was designed to eliminate the Winnipeg Jets from the postseason. This is what is currently happening in the current iteration of the…