National Trivia Day

ORIGIN
Robert L Birch of Puns Corps. founded National Trivia Day. The first celebration took place as early as 1980, a year before the popular board game, Trivial Pursuit, debuted.

DESCRIPTION
This holiday recognizes collectors of facts broad or deep that they enjoy sharing or using to win trivia games or contests.

HOW TO CELEBRATE
Pull together a group of friends and family and play trivia on Kahoot!

Take out your edition(s) of Trivial Pursuit to make sure your knowledge is still relevant and expanding

Watch Jeopardy! and relive the glory days of Alex Trebek.

Watch Fandom 5 Fandom's awesome trivia show!

TRIVIA ABOUT TRIVIA

 * In North America, the game Trivial Pursuit peaked in 1984, when consumers bought over 20 million games.
 * Steven Point, Wisconsin, holds the largest current trivia contest at the University of  Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s college radio station WWSP 89.9 FM.  During the April 2013 event, the university hosted the 44th annual contest. Typically, 400 teams participate, ranging from 1 to 150 players.  The competition, which is open to anyone, spans 54 hours over a weekend with eight questions each hour.
 * The first season of the popular television trivia show Jeopardy! premiered on March 30, 1964.