two trivias remain in 2025:

December 2nd

december 16th

103 Maine Street, Brunswick

Hardback and paperback books for sale

silliness guaranteed, learning likely

Trivia at Moderation has something for everyone, with themes and questions on as wide a range of topics as I can manage.

We start with the signature stream of consciousness round - ten questions of increasing difficulty, each linked to the one before and after it by some connection you have to figure out.

After one theme round and a picture round, you spin the wheel to decide on the themes of the second half! See some recent questions below to get an idea.

Don’t like the questions? This is a democracy - I’ll take any suggestion and make a round out of it, if you promise to come back.

Play in teams of up to six, or come on your own and join the bar team, where there’s always a spot for you on the roster.

This week we celebrated unclehood in all its glory, from the good (Uncle Phil) to the bad (King Claudius) to the melancholic (Uncle Vanya) and so much in between. We also learned why the Beatles are overrated, horripillation is nothing to worry about, and how Stephen King keeps his secrets. Congratulations to our winners

brain cheese

and runners up

your favorite trivia team’s favorite trivia team

TQF returns in two weeks, see you on December 2nd!

avuncular fun

some recent themes have included…

French poetry; Robert Pattinson; famous cats; world currencies; sports venues; roadside attractions; biopics; German materialism; Chinese geography; the number twelve…

And here is a five-question round to flex your trivia muscles on (scroll down for answers):

KINDS OF A THING

  1. Banku from Ghana, Klose from Germany, Bao from China, and Gyoza from Japan are some of the many varieties of what worldwide treat?

  2. The Telemark style, which distributes weight by arching up in the middle; the twin-tip, used for landing backwards; savek and golos, they asymmetric style favored by the Saami — these are all kinds of what?

  3. What are you deciding on if you are choosing between a post, a sweep, a draw, a reverse, or an option?

  4. What can be classified as passive soaring, active soaring, elliptical, high-speed, or honey garlic?

  5. Hinge, gliding, pivot, saddle, and condyloid are some of the kinds of what?

answers

  1. dumplings 2. skis 3. football plays 4. wings 5. joints

tricky, indeed