# Wanna Play a Trivia Tournament? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 22, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756 "2006-06-22T19:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/21 "2006-06-26T16:07:29Z")
Well, feh. Stupid Dark Tower and Fruit questions. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/22 "2006-06-26T16:17:47Z")
1. :smack: The questions definitely change. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/23 "2006-06-26T16:25:20Z")
What the hell is with all of these weird sci-fi and fantasy questions?! NERDS! šŸ˜‰ Iā€™m a good guesser. 3rd place šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/24 "2006-06-26T16:28:09Z")
Fun! I just know Iā€™ll forget to do it every day, though. ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/25 "2006-06-26T16:36:14Z")
9/10, took me longer than anyone though šŸ˜•šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/26 "2006-06-26T18:18:22Z")
1. My husband could have answered that Sword of Shannara question, but not me. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/27 "2006-06-26T19:07:32Z")
10/10, 896. Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/28 "2006-06-26T19:09:35Z")
I forgot to mention, trivia is one of my few true skills. If I do badly at this then I wasted my time even worse than I originally thought šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/29 "2006-06-26T19:13:17Z")
Iā€™ve officially signed up on the main site to play trivia games. Another sink for my timeā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/30 "2006-06-26T20:21:10Z")
10/10 - 920 points. Trivia is very important to me. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/31 "2006-06-26T22:13:59Z")
9/10 in 66 seconds. I concur about song lyrics Iā€™ve never heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/32 "2006-06-27T06:00:44Z")
1. I had to guess on a question about a Drew Barrymore movie Iā€™d never seen. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/33 "2006-06-27T09:59:56Z")
The link didnā€™t work this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/34 "2006-06-27T11:38:12Z")
The link worked for me. ( I tried it after reading **twickster** ā€™s post). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/35 "2006-06-27T12:28:17Z")
Well sure, _now_ it works. And, FTR, plot points in genre fiction do not make good trivia questions. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/36 "2006-06-27T14:02:43Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] And, FTR, plot points in genre fiction do not make good trivia questions. [/QUOTE] Agreed, but Iā€™d like to replace the word ā€œgenreā€ with ā€œobscureā€. Do we all get different questions or what? I havenā€™t seen **Little Nemo** ā€™s Drew Barrymore movie question, for example. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/37 "2006-06-27T14:42:26Z")
Yep, as far as I can tell there are a couple dozen questions for each quiz & they pop up randomly. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/38 "2006-06-27T16:58:22Z")
The second time around I got a fill-in-the-blank from a quote from the New Testament I had never heard, another plot question about a Stephen King book, and a question about a trade the Colorado Avalanche made in 2001 (which, miraculously enough, I guessed right). Oh, also one about a plot point in a movie calledā€¦ ā€œFor Keepsā€, I think. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/39 "2006-06-27T20:07:09Z")
Joined today. Only 639 on my first try. I wasnā€™t sure what kind of questions to expect so I was a little slow. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756/40 "2006-06-27T20:16:21Z")
Oh, this is fun. Iā€™ve never done this before. ::signs up and plays:: ā€¦Blah. I got _seven_ wrong and I only scored 711. I suck. ā˜¹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-a-trivia-tournament/361756.md?page=3)