The Street Academy trivia team has notched four consecutive victories at Side Door Cafe; four more breaks the record. Are there any trivia teams strong enough to stop this juggernaut?
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Trivia at the Fuller Roadhouse
It’s been a long day. Yes, I know most days are 24 hours in length, there’s nothing truly longer or shorter about them. But I needed to go play trivia, and there’s unwritten rule #5 when it comes to trivia in the Capital District – don’t play more than twice a week with the same…
Read MoreMore on the “Little Red Schoolhouse” / “Answers Please” project
Got a decent response to my Friday blog post about the history of WRGB’s “Little Red Schoolhouse” / “Answers Please” high school quiz show. Over the past few days, I’ve put in plenty of dates and information from various sources – indicating, wherever possible, dates and times the show aired, opponents, who won, who retired…
Read MoreThe Results of Summer Bowl 1
There’s a lot of motivation going through me right now. It’s been a few days since the Albany City School District shut down my high school. And now I’m going into a restaurant to play in a championship trivia tournament – Summer Bowl 1 – into a restaurant that once told me I couldn’t play…
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Remembering WRGB’s “Little Red Schoolhouse” and “Answers Please”
From 1963 to 1989, the Capital District’s top students looked forward to their day in the sun – a chance to compete on WRGB’s 1960’s televised quiz show “Little Red Schoolhouse,” which was later rebranded “Answers Please” in the 1970’s and 1980’s. In its nearly 30 years of existence, the show’s format remained relatively the…
Read MoreThe Summer Bowl 1 trivia teams are…
God I feel like Don Weeks in a blizzard, and a million kids tuning in to hear if they have school or not. Be that as it may, the following teams have been invited – and have accepted their invitations – to Summer Bowl 1, the big-time one-day summer trivia tournament at Recovery Room (Troy)…
Read MoreWhy “A Few Cards Short of a Deck” will be short a few cards at Summer Bowl 1
Ed and Melissa, two of the members of the trivia team A Few Cards Short of a Deck, are getting married this weekend and going on their honeymoon shortly after that. Congratulations and many blessings for your marriage. Of course, this eventually means that they won’t be able to participate in the upcoming Summer Bowl…
Read MoreThe Invite-Only Trivia Tournament “Summer Bowl I”
The date. July 18, 2010. The event. A summer gathering of the top trivia teams in the Capital District. All the legends of bar and tavern trivia, including the Trivia Bowl 6 and Elbo Room Tournament champion Street Academy squad, in the hopes of winning the first-ever “Triple Crown of Trivia” – and doing so…
Read MoreElbo Room 2010 Trivia Tournament FINALS
It did not start out as a good day. I had spent the last 48 hours hacking and wheezing, my body violently battling a 24-hour cold that wanted to stay an extra day. At about 445pm, I got a text message from my trivia teammate Jeremy that they might be late for the Elbo Room…
Read MoreWeek 16 of the 2010 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
Last night, only six teams showed up for the final round of the Elbo Room Trivia Tournament. The last variable in terms of the standings, Big Red Machine, arrived and qualified, via the attendance rule (12 out of 16 games) for the final round next Thursday. There. Mystery over. Now let’s play the game. Actually,…
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