TALKING TRIVIA and SHOP

By Tim Rich   I recently caught up with Trash Panda’s Kelsey Barcomb who made TOTW in Week 11. Kelsey is a longtime OQL veteran and was the first Pop Solos Friendly Ambassador around the time when I started as the OQLUSA Secretary of Friendlies. She was on the first Friendly Writer team that competed in the Magnusson Trebek Trophy tournament. I had to go back to Denver for the third time this season to get this exclusive. Thanks to the staff at this establishment. https://www.snoozeeatery.com/menu/restaurant/ballpark/ Rich: What do you remember about the set last week and when did you realize you were putting on a TOTW worthy performance?  Barcomb: First, I should acknowledge that my teammate Andy Saunders also made TOTW and the whole team had a strong game! There wasn’t necessarily much that was strongly in my wheelhouse, but a couple of my questions I knew from having traveled to the pertinent locations (Switzerland and Alaska) and it was a rare instance in which I was in t...

  by Tim Rich   I recently caught up with Jasmine Leonas who made TOTW in Week 10. I went out to the Mile High City and sat down and talked about trivia and other viable topics. I had the Korean Beef Barbacoa at Dos Santos in Denver. Rich:  This is your first TOTW in Week 10. How did you like the set and what stood out for you? Leonas: I don’t remember! I tend to immediately dump questions from my brain right after the game ends. I do remember getting the vague sense during the game that the content felt very friendly to my wheelhouses, and thankfully a lot of them fell directly in my seat. I have long argued that all trivia has an element of luck to it. You better your chances by studying and reading and absorbing new information, but you have no control over the questions you’re asked. You can know a little about everything and then a lot about a few things, and then when those few things hit you all at once in a game, it’s a glorious feeling.  Rich:  It must ...