Over the past 30+ years, I have written trivia quizzes for a variety of live shows, publications, and web sites. From 1996-2001, I served as the trivia master for the New York Times Trivia Quiz. An archive of quizzes covering a wide range of subject matter is still available on the New York Times site. I also post my Question of the Day Monday through Friday to a mailing list of almost 300 players. You can also tackle some of my trivia questions in the Trivia Hound trivia game app.

My most recent crossword puzzle book is "Encyclopaedia Britannica Crosswords." I have had more than 2,300 other crossword puzzles appear in such publications as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Games Magazine, Brain Games, Washington Post, Newsday, Simon and Schuster Crossword Puzzle Books, and Dell Champion Crosswords. I also write many word puzzles for the 7 Little Words word game app.

You can find a selected list of my publications listed on my writing resume. You can also read more about me in this Isthmus article.





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Some of my favorite sites:

  1. Ray's Question of the Day
  2. Internet Movie Database
  3. All-Music Guide
  4. Onelook Dictionaries
  5. Information Please
  6. PaperBackSwap.com
  7. Board Game Geek
  8. The Madison Wordplayers
  9. Ken Jennings: Confessions of a Trivial Mind
  10. Netflix
  11. Goodreads (My account)
  12. Stevens Point Trivia Contest
  13. Primate Info Net
  14. Primate Portal



You can reach me at: raytriv@gmail.com
URL: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/people/hamel/index.html
Last updated April 15, 2013.