TALKING TRIVIA and SHOP

Talking Trivia  by  Tim Rich I recently caught up with Mykal Duffy and wanted to pick his brain about Trivia and other topics. He made team of the week in Week 3 of OQLUSA. During the pandemic, I played online trivia with him on a few occasions. Two that stood out were The Big Quiz Thing’s food themed trivia and Andrew’s Bar Exam Music Trivia. Our paths would cross again when both of us left our Regions teams to form a new one called the Delaware River Bridge Trolls. Rich:  When did you first get into trivia as a hobby? Where did you play and what was it like? What are your favorite categories and least favorite categories? Duffy: Probably my first exposure to trivia was when I was in 2nd grade my school got a TRS-80 and I was chosen to be one of the first students to use it and they had me do a program where I was naming all of the US State Capitals. Maybe 5 years after that, my mom bought Trivial Pursuit and my brother and I would take turns just reading the cards off t...

  TALKING TRIVIA and SHOP  By Tim Rich I recently caught up with Smarter How’s Dan Blim and he not only made D2 team of the week, but TOTW Overall in all of OQL USA Season 11 Week 1. It just so happens he wrote the Week 3 Friendly set.  Dan is an original member of Smarter How and began their Season 1 in Division 3 of OQLUSA along with my team The Orphans Have a Real Heavy Rep. We lost a nail biter in Week 8 45-43. Their Captain Fred Bush scored an amazing 24(7) against us. Time is precious but I was able to ask 10 major questions so you all will get to know Dan the trivia player a little better. RICH:  How did you like the week one set and have you ever made OQL TOTW OVERALL for the highest score of any seat in the league? BLIM: As always I enjoy the questions—interesting things to learn, the pleasure in recalling something. I’ve only made TOTW on a couple occasions, and never the overall TOTW, so it feels a bit bizarre still to be in that position. Just the right ...