Thanks for asking. Actually, it went terrible. As mentioned before, I competed in the finals of a trivial bowl (tournament of champion) this week. Out of 19 teams, each of which had won a slot by winning a weekly competition earlier in the year, we came in like 16th. Pathetic. Thing is, I'm good at trivia, but not the kind of trivia they do, since it's rather literary/pop-culturey. The team that won was actually comprised of the guys who manage the competition on most other weeks. They weren't cheating, but obviously, if I came up with a trivia quiz, the people I know the best would probably do the best.
Anyway, perhaps it's time for Trivia Logica:
Some believe that the internet is the demise of trivia. If just about any fact - no matter how obscure - can be looked up in a few seconds on the internet, what's so great about someone who has a lot of these facts memorized? Pit a trivia genius against a know-nothing with a Wi-Fi enabled cellphone, and the know-nothing will win every time (unless, perhaps, the time limit is a killer).
But as Joseph Weisenthal pointed out, this doesn't mean trivia has to die, it just has to evolve...
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