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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.…

Wolf’s 1-11 was packed to the rafters with trivia teams.  Classic teams like Lynch’s Mob and Tres Hombres and Stern Fans.  New trivia teams like See You Next Tuesday and Send It In Jerome and Origami Swans.  And solid consistent squads like Clay Aiken’s Skidmarks, Brown Van Experience and Woo Hoo a Go Go.  The…

Now, the final recap of a previous Trivia Bowl.  This one took place in February 2009, and I was looking forward to a tough competition at Broadway Joe’s in downtown Albany. And it was a very tough competition.  It looked like 40 different teams had hunkered down at Broadway Joe’s, and the hosts from Baker’s…

Conan O’Brien got better treatment. Here’s the situation.  Back around September or so, Brown’s Brew Pub moved their Wednesday night trivia games to Monday nights at Revolution Hall.  Marc Palozzi and Anthony Chiera were hired to replace Zack Hilton as trivia hosts, and people could watch the Monday Night Football game on a big screen…

This coming Saturday at Wolf’s 1-11 is the sixth annual Trivia Bowl, and the top invitation-only teams will battle it out for the right to claim the championship Trivia Bowl. These teams were hand-picked by the hosts of the various Trivia Nights Live teams – Baker, General James, Murray, Charlie, and the rest.  Automatic berths…

Between the time I won the 2007 Trivia Bowl competition and the chance to defend my title at Trivia Bowl IV, a few things actually happened with the Trivia Bowl itself. Normally, the Trivia Bowl trophy was placed on display at Hooters in Crossgates Mall. I continued to play Tuesday night trivia at Hooters, and…

Okay.  Here’s how this works.  The eight teams that showed up were fully fortified and ready to go.  $2,500 was on the line – $2,000 for first place, $500 for second place, and dat’s it. Each question was worth a varying level of points, the harder the question, the more points you can earn.  You…