Trivial Knowledge OR Knowledge of Triva

Playing Brainblast trivia makes for a very good time. It gets you out of the house for a couple of hours to socialize with friends and if you have the right team mates, win some cool prizes.
For about an hour and a half, you are cut off from your cell phone so you don't have to worry about texts, incoming calls, and voice mails. Where we normally play, Las Trojas in Rocket City USA, known to many as Huntsville Alabama, we can enjoy a fine dinner and awesome drinks while we deliver the red a$$ to the opposing teams.
Our team has morphed over the last year or so we have been playing to include some awesome vessels of useless facts. Useless except when you are kicking butt at a Brainblast event that is.
If you are still working on building your team you should consider these simple tips.
First of all, it may seem like a great idea to have a bus load of people on your team. We have tried this a few times, and it does expand your knowledge base somewhat. Unfortunately though, it also makes for more distractions as people way down on the other end of the table can't hear what is being said on the other end. Obviously while debating the answer you need to whisper or talk in a low tone as to not help out the opposition.
There is also the problem of trying to divide up the winnings.
Our team captain. Sandy. came up with a good and fair way to do this, but it makes it much more difficult on large teams.
While we welcome anyone who would like to join us at anytime, we have pretty much decided that a mega size team isn't the best way to go.
What you need among your team mates is a couple of nerd fanboys. They seem to know trivia on movies and television shows pretty well.
Someone like Sandy, who I just mentioned, is a retired daycare provider and seems to have  a good knowledge of children shows and music from her years in that (what would have to be, Hellish) job. She is now a private investigator and brings in a vast array of info from that field.
We have a couple of engineers that play regularly with us, and of course that helps. They both are quite the history buffs and that is a tremendous asset.
One of our occasional team players, Bill, is very knowledgeable on musicals. Both Broadway and big screen. As disturbing as this fact was for all of us to find out, it has paid off on more than one occasion.
I am one of the fanboys I mentioned above. While I myself can not offer to much, their has been a time or two that a movie quote or Star Trek fact or something that only I knew the answer to was asked, and I was able to  contribute to a number one victory.
We have lucked out by having one team member who is truly the anchor of our team. Our teams Michael Jordan or Cam Newton. His trivial knowledge, er, knowledge of trivia is outstanding and he is always fun to hang with, win or lose. He knows who he is.
All of teams players are perfect for what we need. It makes for a great team experience.
The key to a winning team is diversity. You can never really pin down which direction Brainblast may be going that week, so your information sources should be from many fields.
Remember, the main thing is to have fun, and while losing is obviously not as much fun as winning, it is better than not playing at all.
Next time you find yourself in North Huntsville on a Tuesday night, drop by Las Trojas. Chances are we will be there. Go against us if you dare, or join us for the evening. It will be a blast.