Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
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 MoreGod 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 MoreEd 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 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 MoreIt 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 MoreLast 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,…
Read MoreSometimes the stars are aligned in just the right way. Sometimes the lucky penny lands right side up. And in last night’s round of trivia at Elbo Room, things worked out just fine for Street Academy, my trivia team. See, all tournament long we were booed, we were goofed on, we took a ton of…
Read MoreIf you go to Elbo Room to play trivia on a Thursday night, you learn something very quickly. The host, General James, puts up with a lot of stuff every time he hosts. The microphone works about 75% of the time. The location in the bar where he hosts has the worst lighting imaginable, it’s…
Read MoreBefore I begin this week’s recap of the trivia tournament at Elbo Room, I need to let all trivia teams in the Capital District know about an upcoming event. A charity fundraising trivia competition, which will benefit the Relay for Life, will be held on Wednesday, May 26, at the American Legion North Albany Post…
Read MoreAdding Jeremy and Alexis to my Thursday night Street Academy trivia team has really paid off. More times than not, we’re either in the lead at the half (winning the free pitcher of beverage for doing so), but the final question – the one that could earn us playoff points for the finals – kills…
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