TALKING TRIVIA and SHOP

  I recently caught up with Ed’s Tucker Warner who made TOTW in Week 7. Tucker is an active member of the trivia community and very loyal to his friends. We sat down at Ribalto in Greenwich Village for some delicious Neapolitan pizza and chatted about trivia and other vital topics. Tim: Congrats on TOTW last week. What stood out to you about the set and did you realize your teammate Abhi also got TOTW? Tucker: Thanks! Two of my teammates got six direct questions right, so I figured either Abhi or Robin Falco would make TOTW. I had a 12(5), so I was only the third-highest scorer on my team. It was a really good game for my team overall! Tim: How did you first get into trivia as a hobby? Tucker: I’ve been a huge baseball fan my entire life, and I think baseball fandom naturally lends itself to trivia more than almost any other interest does. Even when I was a really young kid, I was constantly reading books about historical baseball players, trying to memorize the 3,000 home run club...

  I recently caught up with Shawarma Chameleon’s John Walker who made TOTW in Week 5 of Season 13. He grew up in Poughkeepsie, a place I have visited often in my youth. We tried the 5-course menu which is a hefty $285 per guest. Rich: You have been close to TOTW a few times the past couple seasons. What was it about the Week 5 set that finally got you the honors? Walker: I was very happy to have The Sundays in my seat. Anyone who knows me will not be surprised that I still have my tape from the early 90s. Also Kwaidan came up in a Mimir set awhile back and I added a flashcard at that time. I suspect that these two gets may have made the difference for me, this week.  Rich: How did you first get into trivia as a hobby? What is your favorite and least favorite subject? Walker: My friends and I started going to bar trivia in Brooklyn regularly in 2015. I never played any online trivia nor got really into trivia until OQL. My least favorite subject is sports, and it isn’t even cl...