Flagship Trivia is THE premier, award-winning trivia game in town.
Join us for seven rounds of ten questions each, with a special theme round each game. Questions get progressively difficult as the night continues, so players at all levels will enjoy a challenge. Flagship Trivia is always free to play. Winning teams win prizes!!
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ADVANCES
August 1
Welcome to August! Last week’s weather was pretty good. Wonderful temperatures didn’t melt me. But August is famous for the “dog days”. I hope it won’t be too bad.
July ended on a weird note for me. On the morning of the 31st, I woke up with incredible pain in my lower left back. My first thought was I had slept wrong. But the pain got worse, and nothing seemed to help. I tried some Deep Blue ointment and a massage gun. Didn’t help. Then I thought it might be a kidney stone. I tried to avoid the trap of self-diagnosis, but the pain was worse than anything I had ever experienced. My car is in the shop, so I called Bill at the gym to come home. We debated over Urgent Care and the ER. We correctly assumed that I would need a CT scan, so we went to the ER. On the way to the ER in the car, my pain suddenly went from 9 to 2. By the time I got to the ER, it was gone. But since I was trying not to self-diagnose, I went through the door. There was no one there, and I went directly to triage. Then to a room, then to a different room. There I received wonderful care from many caring nurses at Meritus. I got an IV, but never any drugs. They took blood. I got the CT scan. Eventually, nature called. They wanted a urine sample. But right after I hit the flusher, I saw a dark spot in the bottom of the toilet. The CT scan confirmed a 4 mm stone. And as they say, “this, too, shall pass.” And it did. Other than trace blood in my urine, I was fine. After 7 hours, I went home. No other stones were seen in the CT. I pray that never happens again. Wowzers. That was pain.
Here are the advances for this week. Here are the questions: "Lorgnette" is the proper term for a pair of glasses with what? Who was the first emperor of Rome? What is the technical term for a 20-sided die? And the unrelated answers: John Augustus Roebling, Alaska, Manticore.
Have a great week, and we will see you at trivia!
NEWS
July 31
Highest Scoring Teams for the Week
Here are the high-scoring teams for this week. What a great week!
July 31
Highest Scoring Teams for the Week
Here are the high-scoring teams for this week. What a great week!
B Cubed|Rumsey|65
Sexy Beasts|Rumsey|65
Shellbacks|Café del Sol|64
Otterbeinsteins|Tortuga|64
In Last Place So Far|Café del Sol|63
FLAGSHIP TRIVIA AT THE BOXCARS
August 3
August 3
Take me out to the ballgame! We are going to go to the Hagerstown Boxcars game on Saturday, August 22. The game starts at 6:00. If we can get at least 2 people to go, tickets will only be $10. If not, the tickets will be $16. I will buy the group tickets, and you repay me. I need to know by next weekend if you want to go, and I will need your money so I can buy the tickets. Food and drink will be your responsibility. As a bonus, if we can get at least 20 people signed up, they will recognize our group on the scoreboard!
TWO THINGS
March 11
I feel I need to bring up a couple of issues. One was dealt with a couple of years ago and now is coming back. The other is a clarification.
First, we ask you not to bring pages of research with you. When we used to announce the theme round in advance, teams would print out the internet and bring it with them. We don't announce the theme round in advance any longer to make it more fair to all the teams. So I thought this problem had gone away. We do give you the advance questions over the weekend ahead. I know that some people like to research the questions in advance of the weekly game. But I've heard that some teams seem to be taking this to the extreme. Please don't bring excess printouts of research with you to the game. If it continues to be a problem, I will have to discontinue posting the advance questions on the weekend and then everyone will get them at the same time, when the teams come in for the game. I have always strived to make this a fair and fun game for everyone. If a team is bringing a pile of papers with them as resources, it gives the impression that the team may have other resources (state capitals, periodic table of elements, list of presidents, etc.). If you want to look up the advance questions at home, you shouldn't have more than one page.
Second, I know that some trivia companies allow the last-place team to choose the next week's theme round. Here are a couple of things that are different from the way we do it. First, I have six locations. That means there would be six teams that finish last. I can't have 6 theme rounds. Also, I don't announce the theme rounds in advance. As I said above, when I did, some teams would conduct reams of research. Also, I found that by announcing the theme round in advance, it put teams that came in to have dinner and decide to play trivia. They won't have had the chance to do research which puts them at a disadvantage.
Please remember the number one goal of Flagship Trivia is that everyone have fun! Have fun, folks!
First, we ask you not to bring pages of research with you. When we used to announce the theme round in advance, teams would print out the internet and bring it with them. We don't announce the theme round in advance any longer to make it more fair to all the teams. So I thought this problem had gone away. We do give you the advance questions over the weekend ahead. I know that some people like to research the questions in advance of the weekly game. But I've heard that some teams seem to be taking this to the extreme. Please don't bring excess printouts of research with you to the game. If it continues to be a problem, I will have to discontinue posting the advance questions on the weekend and then everyone will get them at the same time, when the teams come in for the game. I have always strived to make this a fair and fun game for everyone. If a team is bringing a pile of papers with them as resources, it gives the impression that the team may have other resources (state capitals, periodic table of elements, list of presidents, etc.). If you want to look up the advance questions at home, you shouldn't have more than one page.
Second, I know that some trivia companies allow the last-place team to choose the next week's theme round. Here are a couple of things that are different from the way we do it. First, I have six locations. That means there would be six teams that finish last. I can't have 6 theme rounds. Also, I don't announce the theme rounds in advance. As I said above, when I did, some teams would conduct reams of research. Also, I found that by announcing the theme round in advance, it put teams that came in to have dinner and decide to play trivia. They won't have had the chance to do research which puts them at a disadvantage.
Please remember the number one goal of Flagship Trivia is that everyone have fun! Have fun, folks!
FLAGSHIP TRIVIA at SEA CRUISE
November 25
For information about the 2026 Flagship Trivia Cruise to Bermuda, click on the link above.
BENDERS PLAYERS
August 23
For Bender’s players: If you are going to come, please contact the bar at 301-432-5813 to make a reservation. Lately, we have been having record crowds, and it would help the staff get tables ready if they knew you were coming and how many are in your party. Thank you!