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So it’s Thursday night, and I’m at Recovery Room in Guilderland, waiting to participate in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region “Big Brains” trivia fundraiser. There’s already a buffet dinner (with tasty Recovery Room eats), and I’ve run into a couple of my Facebook friends who are playing on other squads. I’m…
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Normally I don’t try to use this blog for fundraising purposes. However, this time I would like to ask for your help. This coming Thursday, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region is hosting their annual “Big Brains Trivia Tournament,” a fundraiser to help the organization and its goals of providing education, assistance, mentoring…
Read MoreI’ve missed too much in the past few months. And I need to return to some semblance of normalcy. And for me, “normalcy” began Saturday afternoon. And that began with my return, for the first time in months, to competitive team trivia. Background. For a while, I was doing trivia recaps at Graney’s Stout for…
Read MoreAfter nine months in that little strip plaza next to what used to be Mohawk Mall, the Tilted Kilt brewery and eatery “breastaurant” in Schenectady has finally died out. And honestly, I am not surprised. Nor could I care. Because I gave Tilted Kilt at least two tries to succeed. And both times … they…
Read MoreOn Saturday, February 4, 2017, dozens of teams will compete for the Capital District’s championship of useless knowledge and minutiae, the Trivia Bowl. This is big. And the number of teams competing in this annual challenge keeps growing and growing. So who are this year’s competitors? I’ve got them listed here. Note: some teams have…
Read MoreI should not be here tonight. My leg still feels like someone injected me with a can of Fix-A-Flat. Yet while I’m aching, I have to gtet back to some semblance of normalcy. And “normalcy” means competitive team trivia. Playing team trivia has gotten me through various humps and valleys in my life, and the…
Read MoreBefore I stat with this week’s Trivia League recap, I want to mention something. Last Tuesday, my friend Matt and I checked out a different trivia game over in Niskayuna at the Tilted Kilt pub. This trivia game was associated with the World Tavern Trivia company – the same company for whom I played on…
Read MoreLet’s fix a couple of things. First off, I mis-labeled one of the teams, who just changed their name to “New Phone Who Dis?” Apparently it’s a reference to a sketch from the FXX comedy series You’re The Worst, which I tried to watch for a few episodes and just gave up. Wasn’t as funny…
Read MoreThis year, in addition to my regular trivia runs, I’ve also had fun as a “hired hand” for other teams. Earlier this year, I helped the Stir Crazy trivia team claim second place overall in the World Tavern Trivia Championships, and last night my friend Kat Brown asked if I would return to the Trinity…
Read MoreNo, you didn’t miss an update. I didn’t think my schedule would allow me to recap the entire twelve-week trivia tournament, so I didn’t bother to recap Game 1. And when I arrived at Graney’s Stout, I had players from at least three different trivia teams say to me, “Where was the blog last week? …
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