Trivia Bowl XXI: L.A. Times Wins 2nd Rice Cup

  A new venue, a new night of the week and three familiar names in the winners’ circle highlighted Trivia Bowl XXI, AAJA-Los Angeles’ annual fundraiser, held Oct. 20 in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times Team 2 won the competition with 39 points out of a possible 80, defeating

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Trivia Bowl XXI Questions and Answers

ROUND ONE: CURRENT EVENTS and HISTORY 1. After 67 years calling Dodgers games from Ebbets Field to Chavez Ravine, this Hall of Fame broadcaster retired. Name him. Vin Scully 2. October 17 marked the 27th anniversary of what earthquake, which shook the Bay Area? Loma Prieta earthquake (some slight misspellings

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Mark Your Calendars! Trivia Bowl Date Announced

Every year, we go big with our interactive, dynamic, and competitive trivia night – all to help fundraise for student scholarships while also vying for bragging rights as reigning champ! It will be a fun night full of games, trivia, auction, raffles, and lots of prizes! Join us: Thursday, October 20,

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Trivia Bowl XIX is a rousing success

Trivia Bowl XIX ended the same way that six previous competitions did, with the formidable Japanese American Bar Association again winning the spirited team competition and taking home the Rice Cup. The event, held Friday, Oct. 10, at the ABC7 studios in Glendale, also crowned Cerrell Associates as the winner

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Trivia Bowl 2014 Quickly Approaching

 Coming up Friday, October 10, 2014: Trivia Bowl XIX, our 20th Anniversary Celebration! David Ono, ABC7 anchor, returns to emcee our signature event hosted by ABC7 and complimented with beverages from Coca-Cola, and Kirin. Join us to support AAJA-LA’s many wonderful programs and compete for a chance to bring home

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Trivia Bowl: 2013 Competition Rules

AAJA-LA developed, abides by and enforces the following International Trivia Bowl Federation competition rules. 2013 Competition Each team may have as many as 10 members. Once the competition begins, no substitutions are allowed. No one may sit at a team table except its 10 original designated players. Trivia Bowl XVIII

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Trivia Bowl: 2013 General Information

Join us for Trivia Bowl XVIII and our 32nd Anniversary Celebration! David Ono, ABC7 anchor, returns to emcee our signature event hosted by ABC7 and complimented by donated dinner and from Wahoo’s Fish Tacos and complimentary beverages from Coca-Cola, and Kirin. WHO: Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) Los Angeles Chapter WHAT: A fun, interactive,

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In Memoriam: Mario Machado – Pioneer Los Angeles TV and Radio Broadcaster (1935 – 2013)

The face — and especially the voice — reminds us of his pioneering work as the first Asian American newscaster in Los Angeles. Mario Machado, longtime news anchor for KCBS, has died, but the legacy captured through his decades of work garners praise for the man who also played a

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Year in Review: Trivia Bowl XVII a resounding success — again

 OCTOBER 2012 Imagine combining the competitive pressure of Jeopardy with a colorful Mardi Gras celebration and you end up with the AAJA-LA Chapter’s Trivia Bowl, held on October 12, 2012, hosted by David Ono and ABC7. In its seventeenth year, AAJA-LA’s signature event is recognized as the “Granddaddy” of Chapter

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