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handed off to a 3rd year student who had expressed interest. Brennan McVeigh hosted trivia during his time on campus. Because of the alternating schedule of co-op students a new host was required every four months. McVeigh would always return to host during his academic terms. In 2009, fans of trivia caused a public outcry when the weekly event was left off of a "Top Quiz and Trivia Nights" list published by local newspaper
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where the semi-final, quarter-final and final frames required a best of three win to progress. The tournament was the idea of supervisor Bryn Taylor-Evans and designed and managed by head supervisor Gillian Stanton. Ultimately Taylor-Evans won the tournament before returning to his home country of
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Trivia at the T-Room originated every Friday starting in 2002. A student from PEI, where pub quizzes are very popular, spoke with the T-Room management and they agreed to start trivia to aid in Friday night sales. In 2004, due to the graduation of long-time trivia host Brent Desroches, trivia was
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It is commonly believed that the bar is named for its shape, but this is unlikely as it is actually closer in shape to a letter "L". It is more likely that the T-Room name came from students abbreviating the name Nova Scotia Technical College to "Tech" in conversation.
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On March 19, 2022, the first annual T-Room pool tournament took place at the bar across its two tables. The event was a celebration of the intense competition that regularly occurred at the back of the bar on the pool tables. The tournament used
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in April 1997. For several years the former TUNS faculties formed a college called Dalhousie University Polytechnic (nicknamed DalTech) but in 2001 the college structure was dissolved and the faculties simply became part of Dalhousie University.
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On 4th February 2023, a second tournament took place, with first place taken by student regular, Steve Newfie. Amongst the organisers, the tournament was jokingly referred to as the "Bryn Taylor-Evans
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From its inception the T-Room was a popular hang out for Engineering students, as well as those attending neighbouring Dalhousie University. Trivia nights, or
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and Morris Street. It was opened in 1937 by Fredrick H. Sexton on the campus of the Nova Scotia Technical College, which is today the Sexton Campus of
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nights as they were then known, were a local favorite and still take place at the venue every Friday night to this day.
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Today, the TUNS campus is known as the Sexton Campus of Dalhousie University. It includes the T-Room, the Faculty of
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Wales. Prizes for the winner and runner ups consisted of single beers up to a full 'bucket' (five beers on ice).
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Circa 1980, NSTC became the Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS). The provincial government forced TUNS to
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and quickly gained popularity. The drink soon earned the nickname the "
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