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A Boston Red Sox fan in New York City writing about baseball, and the world around him.
2021-03-13 16:52
Hello everyone. I am finally back on my blog, after a long absence! My computer went out on me in late October of last year, and it took me a while to getting around to get a new one… Read More
2021-03-13 16:52
I had the pleasure of being a part of group of four Red Sox bloggers who took part in "Playing Pepper 2021: Boston Red Sox." We were asked six questions concerning the club for 2021 by… Read More
2020-10-22 14:46
Facebook Live Trivia Night is taking this week off, with the presidential debate happening tonight. Enjoy the circus, we will be back again next Thursday night, October 29th at 8 PM. See you… Read More
2020-10-07 17:27
Hello Trivia FolksAs most of you know, we had technical difficulties last week and had to end our Facebook Live Trivia Night after just two rounds. Hopefully everything will be fine for our… Read More
2020-09-11 02:22
It's that time of year again. It has now been 19 years since our city, country and way of life was so viciously attacked on the morning of September 11, 2001. As many of you who read my… Read More
2020-09-04 14:30
We had another terrific night of Trivia on Thursday night, our twenty-second edition of Facebook Live Trivia Night. Yes, we have now been doing Trivia on Facebook for an amazing five months!… Read More
2020-08-30 23:22
With this continuing pandemic going on all around the world, I had to find ways to pass the time while in my house. I watched plenty of TV and movies, and read and re-read lots of books. But… Read More
2020-04-24 21:06
Our third edition of "Facebook Live Trivia Night" brought in another big crowd, with the high of 35 watching at the highest point. The night belonged to my old friend and fellow Red Sox fana… Read More
2020-04-10 17:03
Yesterday we had our first "Facebook Live Trivia Night", as the country continues to be in shutdown mode with pandemic still going on. So I went to Facebook and did the Trivia Night I would… Read More
2020-03-14 15:29
I had the pleasure of being a part of group of three Red Sox bloggers who took part in "Playing Pepper: 2020 Boston Red Sox." We were asked six questions concerning the club for 2016 by Dan… Read More
2020-01-21 15:20
Trivia folks: some sad news to pass along to you. I am no longer hosting Trivia at Professor Thom's anymore. I was told by text message last night that my services as host was no longer want… Read More
2020-01-20 17:07
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, January 21st at 8:30 PM, with "Australia Trivia" as the Special Category, in honor of the country's upcoming holiday this coming weekend. It will… Read More
2020-01-15 16:19
It was a rainy Tuesday night in New York and we had a small, but enthusiastic turnout for Trivia. The guys from DIMS pulled away by the third round, getting a perfect score in the Q Tr… Read More
2020-01-13 15:57
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, January 14th at 8:30 PM, with "African American Trivia" as the Special Category, in honor of the upcoming Martin Luther King national holiday. It… Read More
2020-01-08 16:27
We got the decade of the 2020s off to a good start on Tuesday night, as 10 teams were in for Trivia. (I was a bit concerned when we just had a handful of folks in at 8 PM, but it was a late… Read More
2020-01-06 16:31
Trivia Night will open up the decade of the 2020s this coming Tuesday night, January 7th at 8:30 PM at Professor Thom's, with "Events From 2019" as the Special Category. It will seven questi… Read More
2019-12-24 16:00
I want to wish all of you out there a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and a wonderful holiday season.As I always do every Christmas here at the blog, here is the WPIX Yule Log (the ori… Read More
2019-12-18 15:46
We closed out Trivia Night for 2019 last night, with another small crowd on a cold and rainy night. We had a good night of Trivia, with good scores for both Christmas rounds. The top three t… Read More
2019-12-16 16:48
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, December 17th at 8:30 PM, with “Christmas Trivia” as the Special Category. It will be seven questions (plus a special bonus que… Read More
2019-12-11 16:32
We had a small crowd in for Trivia on a rainy night in New York City on Tuesday, and a close race between the top three teams. But the guys from DIMS pulled away late and won the night with… Read More
2019-12-09 16:24
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, December 10th, at 8:30 PM, with “Trivia of the Decade: 2010-19” as the Special Category. It will be seven questions about events that… Read More
2019-12-04 16:40
We had 10 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and we had a Michigan basketball game that brought a few fans that played, and that's always a good thing. We had to go with a makeshift mic u… Read More
2019-12-02 17:56
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, December 3rd at 8:30 PM, with "December Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be things that happened in the final month throughout history… Read More
2019-11-27 16:00
We had a smaller crowd for Trivia this week, as the Thanksgiving holiday kept some folks away. But eight teams took part, and we had a close contest though the evening. The top three t… Read More
2019-11-25 16:21
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, November 26th at 8:30 PM, with "Thanksgiving Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to that grand American holiday… Read More
2019-11-20 15:47
We had a nice turnout last night, with 11 teams participating, and a lot of folks in the bar, as most teams had a large number of players, and it was a great atmosphere as well. We had the t… Read More
2019-11-18 21:35
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, November 19th at 8:30 PM with “Disney Movie Trivia” as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to films made by th… Read More
2019-11-13 15:45
It was a rather cold night in New York City on Tuesday night, but we had a good crowd turn out for Trivia, as 11 teams played. Our friends from DIMS got off to a great start, and were leadin… Read More
2019-11-12 14:20
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, November 12th at 8:30 PMThe Sneak Peek question for this week is:"The South by Southwest Festival takes place each year in what city?"I look forw… Read More
2019-11-06 15:59
We had a nice turnout on Tuesday night, as the bar had Celtics, Bruins and a Michigan basketball game on, and 12 teams played Trivia. We had a nice little celebration for our beloved bartend… Read More
2019-11-04 15:43
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, November 5th at 8:30 PM, with "Election Trivia" as the Special category. It will be seven questions connected to American elections throughout th… Read More
2019-10-30 15:22
We had a small turnout on Tuesday night for Trivia, with six teams taking part. The boys from DIMS won the night, rolling up 50 points and the victory. It was still close going into IQ Trivi… Read More
2019-10-28 14:54
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, October 29th at 8:30 PM at Professor Thom's, with "Halloween Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seve questions connected with the Hallow… Read More
2019-10-23 15:48
We had 11 teams in for Trivia on a rainy night in New York on Tuesday night. We had a close race between five teams going into IQ Trivia, and top two of the teams were separated by just one… Read More
2019-10-21 20:48
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, October 22nd at 8:30 PM, with "World Series Trivia" as the Special Category, in honor of the opening night of the 2019 World Series between the H… Read More
2019-10-16 15:22
We had in seven teams on Tuesday night, and a two-team horse race through the night between the teams of DIMS and Effervescence. The latter team led throughout the evening, and was ahead by… Read More
2019-10-14 17:25
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, October 15th at 8:30 PM, with "October Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to the month of October in history… Read More
2019-10-09 15:36
We had 10 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and it was a good turnout despite the Yom Kippur holiday beginning last night. It was good to see an old Trivia regular, Brad Cook, in last ni… Read More
2019-10-07 14:56
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, October 8th at 8:30 PM, with "Italy Trivia" as the Special Category, in honor of the upcoming Columbus Day holiday and the celebration of Itali… Read More
2019-10-04 16:31
Well, the 2019 Red Sox did not repeat as World Series Champions, and the season overall was one huge dumpster fire. But that takes away nothing from the greatness that was the 2018 champions… Read More
2019-10-02 14:30
We had 11 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and it's good to see the crowds begin to increase again. It started off an unusual night, as all the teams were logjammed after two rounds, wi… Read More
2019-09-30 14:07
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, October 1st at 8:30 PM, with "American Pop Music Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions about some of the great Americans wh… Read More
2019-09-25 15:16
We had seven teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night. The number of teams was still on the light side, but many folks were on each team, so the crowd overall was a bit bigger. It was another wi… Read More
2019-09-23 14:46
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, September 24th at 8:30 PM, with "Emmy Awards Trivia" as the Special Category, in honor of the Emmys happening last night. It will be seven ques… Read More
2019-09-18 14:55
We had 8 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and a close race between three teams into the final rounds. BTW, the Q Train lightning round of "Member of Congress or Porn Star?" was a succes… Read More
2019-09-16 14:32
Trivia will be happening on Tuesday night, September 17th at 8:30 PM, with "September Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to the month of September in his… Read More
2019-09-11 04:24
It has been incredibly 18 years since the attacks on the World Trade Center occurred on September 11, 2001. In many ways it feels like it was nearly a lifetime ago, and in some ways it feels… Read More
2019-09-11 04:14
We had seven teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and a rather lively crowd in as well. We had a close three team race heading to the finish, but the guys from DIMS pulled it out, as they w… Read More
2019-09-09 15:16
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, September 10th at 8:30 PM, with "21st Century TV Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions about TV shows of all kinds since… Read More
2019-09-04 15:11
Well, Trivia didn't happen last night, as Professor Thom's was a ghost town on the day after another major holiday. I had a sneaky feeling the Labor Day might do this, it has happened a few… Read More
2019-09-02 14:31
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, September 3rd at 8:30 PM, with "21st Century TV Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions about TV shows of all kinds since 2… Read More
2019-08-28 15:16
We had 10 teams in for Trivia last night, and our friends from DIMS weren't in, due to other commitments. But my old friend and onetime Trivia regular Charles Evans was in, and it was such a… Read More
2019-08-26 15:44
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, August 27th at 8:30 PM, with "Purple Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to the color of purple in history… Read More
2019-08-21 15:14
We had 11 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and it was another win for our friends from DIMS. They pretty much led throughout the night, rolling up 44 points for the victory. We had a cl… Read More
2019-08-19 14:30
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, August 20th at 8:30 PM, with "August Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to the month of August in history and… Read More
2019-08-14 14:59
We had 10 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and a group of folks from my Tower Records days came in to join in on the festivities (hence the reason I was wearing my Tower shirt last nigh… Read More
2019-08-12 14:10
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, August 13th at 8:30 PM, with "Woodstock Artists Trivia," in honor of the 50th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock concerts from 1969. It wil… Read More
2019-08-07 15:46
We had another great night of Trivia on Tuesday night, as eight teams took part. Two of our regular teams, DIMS and Bob and Cato, took the night off so the trivia night was a bit more wide o… Read More
2019-08-06 15:25
I've been a baseball fan all of my life, and especially during the reign of Bud Selig as the commissioner of MLB. So when I heard he was publishing his biography "For the Good of the Game: T… Read More
2019-08-05 14:51
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, August 6th at 8:30 PM, with "Red Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to the color red in history and pop cultur… Read More
2019-07-31 15:08
We had nine teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and for the second time in the last two months, we had another perfect game done on Trivia Night! I've been doing Trivia for over 13 years a… Read More
2019-07-29 15:34
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, July 30th at 8:30 PM, with "Blue Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to the color blue in history and pop cul… Read More
2019-07-24 15:46
We had another fine summer turnout for Trivia last night, as 11 teams took part. I guess I made the July Trivia round a little too tough, as the scores were on the lower side, but just about… Read More
2019-07-22 14:56
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, July 23rd at 8:30 PM at Professor Thom's, with "July Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to the month of July i… Read More
2019-07-17 14:41
After a few weeks of the crowds being down for Trivia, most likely due to the summer vacations and holidays, we had 11 teams in last night, and saw a few old friends I hadn't seen in a while… Read More
2019-07-15 15:19
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, July 16th at 8:30 PM, with "Space Trivia" the Special Category in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing coming up next we… Read More
2019-07-10 15:36
We had another smaller crowd on Tuesday night, as eight teams took part. But the night went great, and the top four teams were separated by four points going into IQ Trivia. We had a tie bet… Read More
2019-07-08 16:52
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, July 9th at 8:30 PM, with “Baseball Movies Trivia” as the Special Category, in honor of the All-Star Game that night. It will be se… Read More
2019-07-03 14:51
We had one of the smaller turnouts for Trivia Night on Tuesday due to the July 4th holiday, but it didn't dampen the spirits of those who played, and we had a great race to the finish. But i… Read More
2019-07-01 14:56
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, July 2nd at 8:30 PM, with "July 4th Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected with events that happened throughout hi… Read More
2019-06-26 15:14
History was made on Tuesday night at Professor Thom's. Firstly, we were back in the Loft last night, as the bar hosted many Michigan baseball fans who were in for the College World Series. E… Read More
2019-06-24 14:49
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, June 25th at 8:30 PM, with “Canada Trivia” as the Special Category, in honor of next Monday, July 1st being Canada’s national… Read More
2019-06-19 15:28
We had nine teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and a four-way tie for first after the second round. But it turned into a tough three-team fight after the lightning round. By the IQ Trivia… Read More
2019-06-17 14:54
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, June 18th at 8:30 PM, with "June Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven songs connected to the month of June in history and pop cultur… Read More
2019-06-12 15:33
We had nine teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, on a very pleasant night in New York. It was good to see some old friends back for Trivia for the first time in a while, as it was "The Retu… Read More
2019-06-10 16:53
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, June 11th at 8:30 PM, with “Fathers Trivia” as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to fathers in pop culture… Read More
2019-06-05 16:16
We had 10 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday, and I surprised by the return of Michael, one of the players for the team known as DIMS. Michael is a longtime regular who was away in L.A. for a wh… Read More
2019-06-03 16:07
Trivia will be happening on Tuesday night, June 4th at 8:30 PM, with "World War II Trivia," seven questions connected to the worst conflict of the 20th century, in honor of the 75th annivers… Read More
2019-05-29 15:04
On a rainy spring night in New York, we had a smaller crowd in for Trivia last night, as seven teams took part. It was also the day after a holiday weekend, so the crowds are normally down t… Read More
2019-05-27 15:11
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, May 28th at 8:30 PM, with "Q-Tip Trivia" as the Special Category. This is the category where I will ask you seven general knowledge questions… Read More
2019-05-22 15:08
We had 12 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, and we were back on the main floor of Professor Thom's. The scores for the first two rounds were a bit on the lighter side, as I guess I made… Read More
2019-05-20 16:58
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, May 21st at 8:30 PM, with "Memorial Day Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to that special holiday where we… Read More
2019-05-15 15:22
We were back in the Loft for Trivia on Tuesday night, as the Bruins had their Game 3 playoff game downstairs. We had a party up there that concluded a bit late, so we started a few minutes a… Read More
2019-05-13 13:57
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, May 14th at 8:30 PM, with "May Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected with the month of May in history and pop c… Read More
2019-05-08 15:11
We were back on the main floor for Trivia at Professor Thom's last night, and we had a fine turnout of 12 teams. It was an unusual night in that it was a close race throughout the evening, w… Read More
2019-05-06 14:42
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, May 7th at 8:30 PM, with "Mothers Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions about mothers in history and pop culture, in cele… Read More
2019-05-01 16:18
We moved Trivia up to Professor Thom's Loft last night, as both the Bruins and Celtics had playoff games at the same time. It was an enjoyable night there, as we had 13 teams turn out, and j… Read More
2019-04-24 15:03
Hello Trivia Players: Unfortunately Trivia Night at Professor Thom's didn't happen last night. The Bruins fans flocked in for Game 7, an even bigger crowd than what was expected. But unfortu… Read More
2019-04-22 14:35
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, April 23rd at 8:30 PM, with "France Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to that great European country in his… Read More
2019-04-17 15:09
We had a terrific crowd of 17 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, after taking last week off. The sports gods were good to us, as both the Celtics and Bruins were off from their playoff se… Read More
2019-04-15 14:40
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, April 16th at 8:30 PM, with "April Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to the month of April in pop culture a… Read More
2019-04-07 15:29
A quick reminder to everyone that Trivia Night will NOT be happening this week, as I will be away at Fenway Park for the home opener on Tuesday. Trivia will return next Tuesday, April 16th… Read More
2019-04-03 14:32
We had another terrific crowd in for Trivia on Tuesday, as 14 teams took part. The bar had a huge crowd, as it seemed most teams had at least 5 or 6 folks per team. Going into IQ Trivi… Read More
2019-04-01 15:46
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, April 2nd at 8:30 PM, with "1979 Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions on events from that final year of the 1970s in pop… Read More
2019-03-27 14:47
We had 13 teams in for Trivia on Tuesday night, another fine and rather spirited group as well. It was a rather tight race throughout the evening, with the top five teams separated by just f… Read More
2019-03-25 14:52
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, March 26th at 8:30 PM, with "Major League Baseball Trivia" as the Special Category, in honor of the official opening of the 2019 MLB season thi… Read More
2019-03-20 14:48
We had another terrific crowd in for Trivia on Tuesday night, as 15 teams took part in the festivities. We had a close race between five teams, and two of those teams were separated by the s… Read More
2019-03-18 14:39
Trivia will be happening this Tuesday night, March 19th at 8:30 PM, with "March Trivia" as the Special Category. It will be seven questions connected to the month of March in history and p… Read More
2019-03-13 15:58
I had the pleasure of being a part of group of four Red Sox bloggers who took part in "Playing Pepper 2019: Boston Red Sox." We were asked six questions concerning the club for 2016 by… Read More
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