International Trivia Day

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International Trivia Day
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International Trivia Day

This day celebrates information of little value and the individuals who not only remember these bits and pieces of useless information but also enjoy sharing them with others.... i.e ME !

Latin Term

The word trivia comes from the Latin term for the intersection of three paths. In the Middle Ages, the word came to refer to the subjects - rhetoric, grammar, and logic - studied by those who followed the Liberal Arts field.

Of Little Importance

The modern day usage of the word trivia to mean something of little importance can be traced back to the publishing of the book - Trivialities, Bits of Information of Little Consequence - by British author Logan Pearsall Smith in 1902.

Knowing and sharing trivia as a hobby and a pastime, however, did not become popular until the 1960s when the weekly newspaper of Columbia University, the Columbia Daily Spectator, published a trivia game on February 5, 1965. Soon, trivia became a popular game played at parties and at a competitive level.

Did You Know…

…that the term factoid, which is now used as a synonym of trivia originally referred to a piece of unreliable information that is accepted as a fact because it is repeated very often?

Trivia

I know that peanuts are in dynamite

Newtons theories weren’t quite right

The cheetah is the fastest cat

A Kitti hog nose is the smallest bat

Russia is the biggest place

Yuri Gagarin first man in space

I know how many stairs there are to heaven

That great cream teas come from Devon

The Taipan is the most venomous snake

Mary Berry likes to bake

Disney has the biggest fleet

Mr. Hernandez, has size 26 feet

I know love is all you need

And only women bleed

The Amazon is the longest river

blood is cleaned by your liver

I know that Arnold will, always be back

The densest thing is a hole that’s black

The answer to everything is forty-two

That’s Panda’s love bamboo

But most of all what’s at the peak

I know that I’m a massive geek

The game was created on December 15 1979, by Chris Haney and Scott Abbott.

The design of the game board is based off of a ship’s wheel—six separate spokes leading to the center or winner’s circle.

The artwork for the game was by 18-year-old Michael Wurstlin. 

Haney and Abbott realized they needed $75,000 to create a prototype game board, the pieces, and print the cards. They searched for investors and many people turned them down. But, in the end they got 34 people to invest. Four years later, those investors were each getting five-digit returns

Trivial Pursuit hit the public in 1981. One game cost £48 (around $58) to make and it was only sold for £10 ($12). It didn’t start to make a profit until 1983.

Over 100 million copies of the game have been sold in 26 countries in over 17 different languages.

Fifty special editions of Trivial Pursuit have been made. Some of the well known ones includes:

• Star Wars Classic Trilogy Collector’s Edition
• Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Edition
• The Rolling Stones Edition
• Power Rangers 20th Anniversary Edition
• Baby Boomer Edition
• Trivial Pursuit Mini Pack: Hollywood Flicks
• Trivial Pursuit: Country Music

The original game had 6,000 questions printed on 1,000 cards.

Trivial Pursuit has made over $2 billion.

The most people playing Trivial pursuit simultaneously is 2,112. The participants took part in a tournament organised by Hasbro to celebrate the 20th birthday of the game at Paris Bercy sports arena, Paris, France on 9 October 2004. tournament

I hate when people ask me what I'll be doing in 2 years time.. Come on guys I don't have 2020 vision.

FINISH WITH A SONG

This is Janet Kay with Silly Game