They can be really fun, provided the trivia is interesting and pitched at the right level of difficulty, and you enjoy the company of the people at your table. And there’s no cheating.
They aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but then, what is? (Cups of tea aren’t my cup of tea.)
It’s important to differentiate between trivia and unimportant information.
Trivia questions, ideally, should deal with things so that the questions are entertaining or refer to things the average person would know about, even if they don’t know the answer. The answer is best if people learn something new by the answer.
For example, “Other than Babe Ruth, what member of the Baseball Hall of Fame wore #3 for the New York Yankees?”
Baseball again: “The NY Yankees honor their best players by plaques in ‘Monument Park.’ Name three former Cardinals who have plaques there.”
TV: “Who was the first person to star in two shows on two different broadcast networks in the same time slot?”
Just naming dates and stuff is unimportant information, and can get pretty dull. But the right questions can be tantalizing. The hard part is creating them.
No, really, I take my daughter so Wife is sure someone knows what to if she has a seizure, like she did during the tournament Saturday. I say, “Renee’s a SpEd teacher, FFS.”
“Jenny says turn off the radio
Jenny says turn out the light
Jenny says turn off the video
You beat yourself up to bring yourself down
Let it go! Let it go! Let it go!”