Thursday Night Trivia Coming To Roosevelt Island Graduate Hotel Anything At All Restaurant Starting March 21, You're Invited To Join In The Fun - Monday Night Trivia At Nisi And Wednesday Night Trivia At Granny Annie's Too

Roosevelt Island Thursday Night Trivia

is coming to the Anything At All restaurant

starting March 21

at the Graduate Hotel on the Cornell Tech campus (22 North Loop Road).

Graduate Hotel General Manager Mohit Malhotra reports:

We are starting a new trivia league beginning March 21 at our Lobby restaurant. This is recurring every other Thursday starting March 21.

According to Anything At All:

Test Your Smarts Trivia with NYC Trivia League

Join us for Test Your Smarts Trivia, hosted by NYC Trivia League on select Thursdays from 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Anything At All.

Are you a fanatic for fun facts? Assemble your dream team and head over to Anything At All at Graduate New York.

Hosted by NYC Trivia League, this event is free and open to everyone, so make sure to bring your A game.

Also, Roosevelt Island's Granny Annie's hosts a Wednesday Night Triva contest

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and Nisi Kitchen hosts a Monday Night Trivia too.

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 Have fun.

Roosevelt Island Nisi Kitchen Restaurant Hosting Trivia Night Monday March 13 - You're Invited For Prizes, Surprises & Specials

According to the Roosevelt Island Nisi restaurant (549 Main Street) Instagram page: 

This Monday we are hosting our first trivia night we hope to see you all there to have some fun and win some prizes.

$8 Island cocktail and $25 beers bucket.

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He Is The Former Roosevelt Island Resident, 12 Game & $411,000, Jeopardy Game Winner? The Answer Is ...

Who is Austin Rogers?

According to the Roosevelt Island Twitterverse:

Old home on #rooseveltisland pic.twitter.com/eo8WeCxXLb

— Austin Tyler Rogers (@austintylerro) October 24, 2017

2000-2002.

— Austin Tyler Rogers (@austintylerro) October 24, 2017

Here's more on the 12 game Jeopardy winning streak of former Roosevelt Island resident Austin Rogers



and his appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.



Austin Rogers will be appearing in the Jeopardy Tournament Of Champions beginning November 6.

Good luck.

Maybe we can get Austin to return to Roosevelt Island and host a Trivia Night at Cornell Tech Cafe?

Roosevelt Island Resident And Public Relations Expert Janet Falk Writes Lyrics For NPR Ask Me Anything Trivia Game - How Well Did You Play G-L-O-R-I-A?

Reported last year that Roosevelt Island resident and Public Relations expert Janet Falk

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was a contestant on a NPR trivia game show with her daughter. Ms. Falk reports today that she recently wrote a trivia game for NPR's Ask Me Another program. According to Ms. Falk:

G-L-O-R-I-A

My Game on NPR

You may have heard I was a contestant on Ask Me Another, the NPR trivia game show, in April 2014.

Perhaps you know one of my talents is re-writing the lyrics of popular songs, usually to celebrate the milestone birthday or anniversary of a family member.

You can hear the game I wrote based on the song Gloria, by Van Morrison. The guitarist of Ask Me Another, Jonathan Coulton, plays the melody and sings my revised lyrics. The contestants guess the name of the woman described -- and then sing and spell her name, like Van Morrison.

Listen to the segment or enjoy the entire show;...

Yes, I was paid for this game, but, more important, now I am a contributor to NPR; someday, that may be useful in my work as a Public Relations professional.

Please let me know how well you did playing the G-L-O-R-I-A game.

Here's the Spell My Name game created by Ms. Falk


How well did you play G-L-O-R-I-A?

Roosevelt Island Resident Sally Hamburger Appears On NPR's Sunday Word Puzzle Challenge - She Does Very Well

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Janet Falk reports:

Roosevelt Island resident Sally Hamburger participated in the NPR puzzle broadcast on Sunday morning, March 22, at 8:40 am on WNYC.

Each week listeners are asked to solve a word challenge and a winner is selected to play a different word puzzle on the air.

Sally is a crossword puzzle enthusiast, so it was no surprise that she was one of 3,200 people who correctly solved the challenge.

Listen to how she did matching wits with Will Shortz and you can play along

The transcript is here.

UPDATE 11:30 - Roosevelt Island's NYC Council Member Ben Kallos adds:

Congratulations to Roosevelt Island resident Sally Hamburger who appeared on @NPR Sunday Puzzle this weekend (h/t @Rooseveltisland)
— Ben Kallos (@BenKallos) March 23, 2015

Roosevelt Island Mom And Daughter Team Compete In NPR Ask Me Another Shaquille O'Neal Word Pun Triva Quiz With Hannibal Buress

Roosevelt Island resident Janet Falk reports on her recent appearance at NPR"S Ask Me Another radio quiz show program. Ms Falk and her daughter Rebecca Rindler were tested on their knowledge
of NBA legend Shaquille O'Neil and word pun skills in a game called

Shaq To The Future

Image Of Shaquille O'Neil From the NBA

According to Ms. Falk:

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One in 1,000

My Moment of Fame on NPR

As a contestant on Ask Me Another, I joined an elite group of trivia-loving competitors.

I went head-to-head with my daughter Rebecca in a battle of the wits on my favorite radio show.

It was seven minutes of fame and butterflies-in-the-stomach-inducing glory in front of an audience of 200 envious bar patrons, each one wanting my place in the spotlight.

The activity was wordplay and involved Shaquille (Shaq) O'Neal.

How did I do?

Well enough that members of the audience cheered "Go, Janet!"

Listen to the segment starting at minute 6:00 -- or enjoy the entire show, which was broadcast on Saturday, April 11 at 3:00 pm in New York City.

Please let me know if you figure out one of the questions I did not get. It is easier when you're not in front of a microphone, of course.

The audio web cast of the show is here (starting at 6 minute mark)



 and  transcript of the show is here.

Shaqtastic job Ms. Falk and Ms. Rindler! 

Fun Times With Trivia Tryst At Roosevelt Island's Riverwalk Bar & Grill - RIRA Delegates Win Big

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Last night was another fun time at the Riverwalk Bar & Grill Tuesday Trivia Tryst Night.

I must admit to feeling some frustration during the evening as my aging brain cells struggle to recall answers to trivia question hiding way, way, way deep inside my skull. Sometimes, the frustration is alleviated as an answer, even better, a correct answer, manages to find it's way out of my mouth and onto the answer sheet. A drink often helps - even if it's only Ginger Beer.

Anyway, last night's game was won by the team of Sphincter Wink composed of Manhattan Park RIRA delegates Ava and Joe together with their friends John and Skylar

and here's is their winning Trivia Tryst Award Slip.


Congratulations on your victory.

I am also happy to report that after an embarrassing last place finish the previous week, my team of me and B came in third of thirteen and got 10 bucks off our tab. Great job B!

Why not come by next Tuesday for Trivia Night and have some fun. Maybe former champs Crazy 8's will be there to challenge for the Trivia Title.

More Nighttime Entertainment Comes To Roosevelt Island - Wii Bowling, Trivia, Karaoke and Ladies Night At Riverwalk Bar & Grill - WOW!

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More night life comes to Roosevelt Island. The good folks over at Roosevelt Island's Riverwalk Bar & Grill have come up with a series of Weekly events including Monday Night Wii Bowling, Tuesday Night Trivia, Wednesday Night Karaoke and Ladies Night on Thursday.

A fun and nice crowd showed up for Monday Night Wii Bowling

Last night was Trivia Night hosted by Trivia Tryst. Roosevelt Island's first Trivia Night was won by the dynamic Crazy 8's team celebrating below.

Crazy 8's Celebrating Their Roosevelt Island Trivia Win

Crazy 8's happens to be composed of two Roosevelt Island bloggers, Urban Newlyweds and Evina Scott. Why not give them a look?

Tonight at 8 PM is Karaoke - Can it get any better than this?

UPDATE 4:40 PM - A happy Roosevelt Island Trivia Player adds:

... I also saw that you covered Riverwalk's trivia last night. We were there (the Guild of Calamitous Intent), but fell from 2nd place to 9th. Eek. We're definitely going to be back next week, though. It was a blast!..