There was an article in the Halifax News about FALCON and the Applebees where he plays.
Nice article, did you contact the reporter Wayne? or how did the article get started?
Players should contact their local papers to suggest a similar article, especially if you are in need of new players or looking to form a team.
There's a pic of FALCON too.
http://www.halifaxnewsnet.ca/Entertainm ... wanted--/1"Trivia buffs looking for a fun way to hone their skills and play against others from across North America need look no further than the Clayton Park Applebee’s on Tuesday nights.
That particular restaurant is the only NTN Buzztime location in Nova Scotia. Buzztime is the company responsible for producing the interactive trivia game competitions and bringing them to TV screens at more than 4,000 locations across Canada and the United States.
Wayne Neily lives in King’s County, but regularly makes the weekly trek to Clayton Park to compete. In addition to helping hone his trivia skills, Neily said it’s a fun evening of social interaction with like-minded people.
“I started this when I was living in Winnipeg. I went into a bar and discovered it by accident in 1988 and have been playing ever since because I really like it,” he said. “I’m more fanatic about it than most people. We’d like to get more people out because many don’t know about it.”
Buzztime offers a variety of trivia games across a broad spectrum of subjects, including pop culture, world history, music, geography and sports. The game with the largest following and most prestige is Showdown, which has a 25-year history.
That game runs from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time, but Neily said it’s a good idea for players to show up by 8 p.m. to play some of the preceeding half hour games. A number of other trivia games are played before Showdown, including ‘Canada, Eh!’ (Canadian trivia) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Neily said he and his Clayton Park group members each have their strengths and weaknesses. While he’s lacking in TV and movies, he considers himself an old hand at science and geography and has reasonable success with history. But philosophy and modern literature aren’t his forte. He and his group are encouraging anyone interested in a wide range of trivia to join them.
“Last year we won against all the Applebee’s in North America that were playing,” he said. “The highest we’ve been ranked this year (out of the 4,000 or so locations) was 42.”
Participants don’t pay to play, and anyone interested just needs to show up on Tuesdays at the Clayton Park Applebee’s. "