January 4th, 2014 – – NATIONAL TRIVIA DAY Trivia has an unknown beginning. In ancient times, the word was appropriated to mean something very new.The adjective trivial, though, was introduced to English in the 15th century, refers to unimportant matters. In February 1965, trivia emerged. The singular form of the word is “trivium”, referring to matter of interest only to an undergraduate. Tri, means three and via means way, representing the topics of basic education: grammar, logic, and rhetoric . Trivia now means vague and obscure bits of dry facts. It is also an ambiguous remembrance of modern culture. Trivia had slowly evolved from quizzes to game, jokes, puzzles, news and history, over the years. The National Trivia Day is observed in schools,, in contests of any forms. At home, the day is spent playing trivia pursuit, or games of knowledge..... Nostalgic college students in the 1960s along with others, began to informally trade questions and answers about the popular culture of their youth. After writing “trivia” columns, Columbia University students Ed Goodgold and Dan Carlinsky created the earliest inter-collegiate quiz bowls that tested culturally (and emotionally) significant, yet essentially unimportant facts, which they dubbed “trivia contests”. Trivia (Dell, 1966) was the first book treating “trivia” in the radical new sense, authored by Ed Goodgold and Dan Carlinsky. This book achieved a ranking on the New York Times best seller list. In North America, the game, Trivial Pursuit. peaked in 1984, a year in which over 20 million games were sold. Steven Point, Wisconsin holds the largest current trivia contest at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s college radio station WWSP 89.9 FM. April, 2013 hosted the 44th annual contest which usually has 400 teams ranging from 1 to 150 players. The contest, which is open to anyone, spans 54 hours over a weekend with eight questions each hour.
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