From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!zeppo!whuxlb!Anonymous Newsgroups: net.games.triv Title: TRIVIA - (nf) Article-I.D.: whuxlb.577 Posted: Fri Sep 17 18:43:44 1982 Received: Tue Sep 21 09:56:01 1982 #N:whuxlb:5900003:000:622 whuxlb!Anonymous Sep 17 17:59:00 1982 This is not a question, just a curious anecdote: trivia can be used as a weapon. A history teacher in my school assigns readings every night (of course). the next day, he asks a question from a topic we choose, out of a trivia book. if we get it right, no quiz, if not, zappo!. we can always tell when a quiz is prepared, by the questions he asked. two so far have been: "what is the name of the race track in [ some german town ] " correct answer-- "uh, what did you say was the first question on the quiz??" "What is the olympic event that is 26 miles long" (no quiz that day). trivia can be deadly. :=