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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…

It’s nice to see when someone from the Capital District can get on a game show like “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” or “Jeopardy!” and take home some money.  With that in mind, congratulations to Stephanie Ferreria, an Albany State student who took $10,000 from the producers of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”…

After my first failed attempt in 2006 to win the championship chalice of competitive team trivia, I vowed that I would do whatever it took to win.  Although I played team trivia as a solo act, the one-man wrecking crew of “Street Academy,” on occasion I would bring friends in and have teammates.  So by…

Oh man, if last night was the money round for the Elbo Room Trivia championship, I should have just gone home. A year off on one answer, a decade off on another, I couldn’t hit anything correct. And when the 20th and final question rolled around, although I had a semi-respectable 70 points on the…

As we get closer to February 6, and the day when the best trivia teams in the Capital District face off in Trivia Bowl VI, I thought I’d share some memories of past Trivia Bowls.  I wasn’t involved in the competitive bar team trivia scene until the summer of 2005, so I missed out on…

We’re coming down the home stretch.  There’s still a chance for teams to make the finals – in fact, before tonight began it was possible for a team to walk into Elbo Room for the first time – right off the street, don’tcha know – and win both weeks and get into the tournament. And…

It would take some getting used to.  The “Wall of Foam” – the trophy panel honoring the name of each person who tried one of the 101 beers from the establishment that previously operated at this location – is now covered with a Guinness advertising mirror.  The bright lights are now replaced with more subdued…

As the headline mentions, Revolution Hall is undergoing some changes in their Monday night trivia setups. First off, trivia has moved up from a 9pm start to an 8pm start.  Since the NFL’s regular season has endd, and Monday Night Football won’t be shown on the big Rev Hall digital projection screen, instead we get…

Man, it’s been a while. It’s almost as if I hadn’t played team trivia at Elbo Room for the last three weeks. Oh wait… I haven’t played trivia at Elbo Room in the past three weeks. Well, it’s good to be back in the mix. Last night’s game was a close battle, as several trivia…