Duo finds success taking trivia seriously BY JULIE HINDS • FREE PRESS POP CULTURE WRITER • August 5, 2008 Sitting in the same home office at separate computers, Sandy Wood and Kara Kovalchik spend their days tracking down the kind of stuff that can keep you awake at 3 a.m., in a good way. Why are tennis balls fuzzy? What's the title of the "Sanford and Son" theme? Is there really a Hidden Valley Ranch? "We work holidays, we work evenings," says Kovalchik. "We put in more hours now than we ever did," chimes in Wood. You could describe the husband-and-wife team from Birmingham as trivia experts, but that would trivialize what they've accomplished. Trivia experts win contests at bars or play along with "Jeopardy." They're the ones you call if you really, truly need to know Kenny G's name. Wood and Kovalchik (who know, of course,...
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