Quoting: "Dave, that sounds about right about
winning most of these types of competition. Of course, I
won't complain that much because I've often had enough
help in winning those types of contests.
There
is a lot of team trivia competitions here, sure, but
it doesn't mean they're all that good. Then again, I
went to a halfway decent one here for a long time
until my usual trivia partner had her nights off
changed."
I actually managed to figure out what some of the
company that marketed Team Trivia's sources for questions
were (they cribbed them from a number of quiz books
and of course, Trivial Pursuit).
I usually
played alone, and it was the only game in town for me
(1996-97), which is why I have a more positive memory of
it.
On a related note, "Brain Men" by Marcus Berkmann is
an absolutely great book about Pub Quiz culture in
the UK. Amazon-UK can have it for you in a
week.
-Myron