When is National Trivia Day?
Wednesday January 4thMany who accumulate and hoard tidbits of useless information on January 4th are commemorated on National Day. Of course, National Trivia Day is National Trivia Day!
Each year, the holiday honors the collectors of unconnected, irrelevant data, figures, history, and quotes. They are the ones who usually deliver these often surprising portions of history when friends and family members least expect it..
The word "trivia" was used to describe something new in ancient times..
College students in the 1960s began to informally trade concerns and answers about their youth's common culture. Columbia University students Ed Goodgold and Dan Carlinsky created the first intercollegiate quiz bowls after writing trivia columns. The earliest intercollegiate quiz bowls were created by Columbia University students Ed Goodgold and Dan Carlinsky. They collected culturally (and emotionally) relevant yet virtually useless data. They conducted scientifically (and emotionally) relevant yet highly biased data. The students slammed the tests trivia competitions. In the first book discussing trivia in the modern new sense, TThey later published Trivia (Dell, 1966), the first book to discuss trivia in the modern new sense. This book also landed on the New York Times bestseller list, earning a spot on the New York Times bestseller list.
