On Saturday night, we concluded our first run at a trivia league with the $1,500 League of Champions Title Match at the 51st Street Speakeasy. Other than a drunk host, non-showing hosts and a sudden appearance be the blue screen of death on my 2008 Dell Computer, it went off without a hitch.
If a trivia league doesn't make any sense, here's where I attempt to explain it. You see, most bar trivia nights around the country simply award cash and prizes to the top three teams at the end of each match. We do that, too, but this year we added a league element where regular teams earn points based upon where they finished at each trivia night. After a three-month qualifying period, the 14 teams with the most points are invited to a big title match with a large jackpot. That's what we had on Saturday night.
Before we get to the standings for this final match, a few things of note:
• We're still hosting TLO Trivia Night four nights a week. If you've never played before, get some friends together and come out. It's free to play and the worst possible scenario is that you'll finish 4th and / or have fun with your friends.
• League of Champions 2.0 will start soon. We'll likely simplify the scoring and make a few other changes to get more teams involved. Details to come.