How to Use trivia in a Sentence

trivia

noun
  • That’s trivia, mainly, and not the worst thing in the world.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The 90-minute trivia event will include a Q&A and meet and greet.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Trebek had been the face of the trivia show since 1984.
    NBC News, 26 Nov. 2020
  • In the new game, one player takes the stage and is asked a trivia question.
    Jake Dressler, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2022
  • The Buckeyes are the squad that would stump you in this trivia question.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 14 Mar. 2022
  • There are theme nights, trivia nights, food and drinks.
    John Pana, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2021
  • There is a lot of trivia to glean from this sojourn as well.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
  • Anything from karaoke, and trivia, to emo and vinyl nights.
    Chevaz Clarke, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2020
  • GameDay premiered in 1993 and has amassed a lot of trivia along the way.
    Shannon Russell, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2020
  • By the way, some trivia to stump your friends: Who was the last person to throw a pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers?
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Want to play a fun game of trivia while hanging out at home?
    Kelly Kazek | Kkazek@al.com, al, 19 Aug. 2020
  • And, a bit of trivia — Carter is the daughter of the late actress Dixie Carter.
    Oline H. Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, 8 June 2021
  • Nobody wants to play a trivia game that’s too easy, nor one that’s too hard.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Play games like charades or trivia to keep the mood bright and happy.
    Venus Australis, refinery29.com, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Plan a spooky corn hole game, hide-and-go-seek tag or a Halloween movie trivia.
    Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2020
  • There will be pregame trivia and a bunch of great beer and liquor specials during the evening as well.
    Amanda Kondolojy, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The box contains 24 cards with Christmas movies to watch, along with a bit of trivia on each film.
    Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Halloween facts to make for a fun game of Halloween trivia for adults and kids alike.
    Ashley Leath, Country Living, 30 Sep. 2022
  • For a while, that fact was little more than a fun trivia question in a bar quiz.
    Charles Finch, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2021
  • Some were full of random trivia, such as the fact one out of every two people in the world live in Asia.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Sign up to be one of up to ten trivia teams, with one ticket required per team.
    Washington Post, 17 June 2021
  • He’s now the answer to a trivia question, and one of the dreamers in the Pacific Northwest.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Gone was all the trivia, whirling away in a sandstorm of memory.
    Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 29 Sep. 2020
  • In a bit of trivia, Schwindel became the 2,000th player to play in a game for the A’s in franchise history.
    Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 June 2021
  • On Monday nights, bar bingo brings in quite the crowd, and trivia takes place on Thursday nights.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2023
  • This isn’t just a trove of record-collector trivia, though.
    Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
  • In addition to sharing the new date, and the new poster for the film, King was challenged to a Kissing Booth trivia game.
    Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 21 May 2020
  • But there’s a code of honor here at Walsh’s online trivia.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Then half of each group did the cognitive training, while the rest played a simple trivia game.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Hold a costume contest, award the best (or worst) karaoke singer or give your Grammy trivia game something for participants to strive for.
    Bradley Geiser, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024

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