TALKING TRIVIA

Emily White is a veteran of OQL and has made TOTW 4 times in Season 17. One big highlight was in April of 2024 when she wrote the April Regions friendly and it was playrest by three other players by the name of Emily.  I met up with her at Omaha Kebabs, an Armenian restaurant to conduct the following interview.  Tim:  You made TOTW in week 7, 8, and9. How did you like those sets and did you Britney anything? Emily: To be honest, apart from a pair here or there, I don’t really remember sets long after I’ve played them. They must have been in my wheelhouse, though! I didn’t Britney anything in Week 7, but in Week 8, I was lucky to snag the recent Super Bowl MVP pair. I started playing fantasy/daily fantasy football about three years ago, and it really helps the current player names stick in my head. I definitely couldn’t have gotten a Britney on MVPs from even a decade ago, apart from, like, Tom Brady. Also, I got the Bridgerton pair in Week 9, which is pretty funny because...

 I recently ventured down to Tampa to interview Greg Fanoe who made TOTW in Season 17 week 8 of OQL USA. This is his fifth time making team of the week and he was the only one to get a full house on the set.  He also got a full house in OQL UK on 3/18, making TOTW. I met up with him at one of Tampa's first Michelin starred restaurants, Rocca in Tampa Heights. Their tableside mozzarella cart was fascinating and  I tried the Agnolotti, a stuffed pasta that I had never had before. For such a nice place, it was very affordable. Tim:  How did you first get into trivia as a hobby? What are your first memories of it? Greg: I’ve always been interested in trivia. My family was big on Jeopardy! & Trivial Pursuit from when I was a kid. In high school I was part of my quiz bowl team at Walton High in Marietta, GA which was reliably a top level team until our longtime coach retired not long after I left (my team got top 5 at both of the first two NAQT nationals in 1999 and 20...

I recently caught up with longtime OQL vet Steve Winer.  He is a 14 season vet of OQL and has written many friendlies and playtested even more. He recently got Team of the Week honors for Season 17/ Week 8.  We stopped by Louie's Pizza in Woburn, Massachusetts, a city just outside of Boston. The linguica and hamburger pizza was delicious. Rich: How did you first get into OQLUSA? What team were you on? Steve: I saw a post in the LearnedLeague message board.  Started back in Season 3.  Initially was on Extraneous Abstract Thoughts - eventually wound up on Cooler Heads which is my current team. Rich: How did you like playing in D1 last season? What was the experience like? Steve: Definitely a challenge between no free guess and the quality of the opposition.  I did enjoy getting to play against so many great quizzers. Rich: When did you first get into trivia as a hobby? Steve: Played Quiz Bowl in High School in Burlington VT.  I also played a lot of Trivial Pu...