Confessions Of A Quiz Bowl Geek

The real reason behind why I must destroy you at this

Many people will tell you that Trivial Pursuit is simply a board game; a cocktail party diversion or a way to get the family together for pizza and laughs on a Friday night. For most folks, at least the nerdy ones I know, this statement is entirely true. For a few people, people like me, it is a death match of intellectual cunning.

I am by nature, a pretty nice person. Regularly, I will observe people in social settings to assure they are comfortable and having a pleasant time. I make an effort to be interested in people's lives and am a generally gregarious fellow on most occasions. Bring a box of Trivial Pursuit and it's like inviting the fox to the hen house. All social mores are tossed aside, politeness bites the dust. It is on.

My Aunt Melody first introduced me to Trivial Pursuit on Christmas Day, 1981. She had given the game to my mother as a gift. My parents, grandparents and aunts and uncles, after playing a full game or two, were kind enough to let me play along even though I …