BQT recap: Change is good
Plus, Above, you see the image from question No. 1 in tonight's video round, "Celebrities vs. Monsters." Funny, right? Worth it, even though it's pretty easy to name both the celeb and the monster (or rather, the movie that the monster is from). We have fun at the Big Quiz Thing. Plus, tonight's audio r

The first NOT-SO-SECRET SECRET CLUE
All right, here it is, the very first Not-So-Secret Secret Clue, for tonight's quiz—your unfair advantage as thanks for reading this blog (or following us on Twitter or Facebook). At some point during this evening's game—7:30pm at

Introducing…the Not-So-Secret Secret Clue
Yes, Ringo was the real star…At this Monday's show, we're trying something new. Actually, we're trying it before the show. Starting this week, one question during the competition will be the subject of the Not-So-Secret Secret Clue: The day of the game, I will fire up the Commodore 64 and grace my followers with a "secret" clue (because really, how

Death of a quizmaster
I was a little blindsided by the news, just the other day, that Ken Ober has died. Not that I particularly cared about the well-being of Ken Ober—I'm often perturbed about how much people mourn for celebrities with whom they have no personal connection. Rather, what blasted me with a tsunami of nostalgia was the simple memory of Ober's greatest claim to fame, the late-'80s MTV game

The Third Annual Menorah Horah
Your quizmaster is back on the variety-show tip, in December. Check this out…Ah, yes, the Schlep Sisters. On the right that's burlesque performer Minnie Tonka, co-originator of the long-ago Big Jewish Quiz Thing, and one of my coperformers at last spring's "