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This is now week 5 of the trivia tournament, and since there is now a new rule stating that teams have to show up for at least 12 of the 16 weeks in order to qualify for the tournament, it means that teams can’t just show up for a couple of weeks, qualify, and then…

There was barely any parking spots to be found in downtown Troy last night, as I went out to play Wednesday night trivia at Meka’s Lounge. The whole downtown area was packed with green-wearing patrons and pubcrawlers, while most of Troy’s bars and taverns had Irish-themed entertainment and live acts like Hair of the Dog…

A few days ago, Wayne from the Blue Mooned trivia team questioned why, after my personal decision not to play competitive team trivia at a Recovery Room establishment, did I willingly walk into a Recovery Room sports bar in Troy on Super Bowl Sunday and play for football tickets.  He calls shenanigans. Well you know…

I would have had a better night if I stayed home and slept in.  Suffice it to say that when you burn off your two skips on the third and fourth questions (what city was originally known as Dairy Church, Pennsylvania; in what film did Jennifer Lopez play a member of a Scrabble club), and…

This week at Elbo Room, several legacy teams returned to the Delaware Avenue bar and grille for their chance to win free food and beer, as well as the $1,500 grand prize.  These were teams that hadn’t been at Elbo Room since the last tournament, and all of a sudden I saw Stern Fans, The…

When I played trivia at Brown’s years ago, there were several dominant trivia teams.  One of the more memorable trivia teams was a squad who took their name from an iconic scene in the Will Ferrell movie “Step Brothers,” where Ferrell and John C. McGinley make a music video called “Boats n’ Hoes.”  I’d link…

Looks like things are picking up for the Elbo Room Trivia Tournament.  Tres Hombres, a “legacy” team who have played at various other Elbo Room tournaments, braved the rainy weather to arrive at the restaurant for the game.  And after one week, Mayhem – who rebranded themselves as Wehrmacht last week – are now calling…

It’s almost as if I never left. The Taproom at Troy’s Brown’s Brewing last night was as packed with hungry and satisfied customers.  I went over to the hostess station and, almost from memory, requested my reserved Table #21 upstairs for trivia. Yep.  Trivia was back at Brown’s Brewing, nearly six months after the last…

Yeah, there was no way I was going to stay away from this. While everyone else who posted responses on my blog about whether or not Mayhem cheated to win the most recent Elbo Room trivia tournament, or whether there was any impropriety in one of their members also working on the Elbo Room staff,…

Snow’s coming down all over the Capital District.  I’ve played for several Tuesday nights at Pizzeria UNO in Crossgates Mall, and later moved my game to Wolf’s 1-11 on Wolf Road.  But last night, all I wanted to do was get to a trivia game and play and win and go home.  In that order.…