The Pursuit Of Trivia

Oh, how I miss trivia. It's only been a little more than two weeks since I last was able to host or play bar trivia, and I miss both (hosting and playing) dearly.

I miss the competition, and I miss the competitors, even though the only person you actually compete against in bar trivia games is yourself - it's you against your own memory. If your memory fails you, you lose.

The more obscure or arcane the trivia questions are, the better I do in trivia games. It no doubt has something to do with how weird tidbits of information get lodged in ones brain while actually useful information just slides right out like so much garbage down a trash chute.

For anyone who may be interested, here are ten of the best  trivia questions I've ever come across.

1) Everyone knows Clark Kent is Superman, but do you know what Clark Kent's middle name is?

2) What country flies the oldest unchanged national flag?

3) In what five non-sporting events were Olympic medals awarded in Olympic competition between 1912 to 1948?

4) What percentage of people will become victims of paranoia brought on by mass-media sensationalism?

5) What inductee in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is the son of an inductee in the National Hockey League Hall of Fame?

6) What is the only other mammal besides human males that can suffer from prostate cancer?

7) If you spent $1,000 a day, how many years would it take you to spend one billion dollars?

8) What was the only country other than the United States where Elvis Presley appeared in concert?

9) How many states are there in the United States of Mexico?

10) What is the best selling novel of all time?

There you go, questions that once you either knew because you inadvertently stumbled across them or were just weirdly curious about the particular topic and decided to find out the answer.

Or google, eh?