I’ll  be traveling  and getting  ready to travel  this coming  weekend, so I got in touch with my trivia team and let them know what’s  in store for next week’s  trivial  pursuits!

Our normal “team” trivia  night  is Monday, though  our  game  will  be  canceled  for Memorial  Day.  Our “B” team night  Thursday  won’t work either – I’ll  be playing  an 80s  music theme  night and have to work early Friday.  Tuesday we’ll  just  be getting  back into town, so…

Wednesday, then?

I have invited  the team  to join Mike and I at The Owl in Milan. Mike really  wants  to  check  out this place (IKR)?  Mr. “I hate trivia” excited  about  a new trivia  spot (lol)! Yes, he claims to hate trivia, but spends quite  a lot of time taking quizzes  on the Sporcle site!

I’ve invited three others, but will be surprised if we can get even  one  more player  joining  us.

I have  no plans to schedule  weekly  games  here – Mondays and Thursdays  will remain  as our “regular” trivia  nights, though Wednesday  may occasionally  be subbed on weeks where Thursdays  won’t  work.

Tomorrow (May 23) I plan  to play at OG for one last time.  Just  me – I have  not  invited  anyone else. After this last night, I won’t  be inviting my team  to play here  again, unless it’s  a “special” engagement   (such as girls trivia nights). We had a good run playing  here, and it’s  time to give it up!

I’ll  never  forget  the one  on one trivia battles I would occasionally  have with other soloists  there in 2016 and 2017 ( both of whom play with teams now). I still think  there  is no better  test of a trivia player’s  mettle than going  out  on  your own – even if just occasionally.

I think a trivia  tournament  with team maxes  of 1 would be interesting! Or a “just two” tourney. A duo tournament  would REALLY make you  think about who your best  trivia  partner  would be. Would it be your significant  other? Or someone  else? I’ve  played with many other different  players  as duos before besides  my “regular” partner Mike, including  Kim, Brad, Dave, Evan and Stacy.

Ideally, an ideal trivia  partner is strong in categories  in which you are weak (and vice versa). They should also have a good idea what things you know about (and vice versa). I teamed  up up with  one other player unofficially  in a semifinal  game once with… very interesting  results! It was quite the “experiment.” Aside from neither  of us knowing the final question  we did…quite well!

There  really  are some great trivia  soloists  and duos out there. These  days, the magic minimum # for our team to do really well is three.

Well, that’s  about  it for now! Next trivia recap will be Friday…