How to Use trivia in a Sentence

trivia

noun
  • The 90-minute trivia event will include a Q&A and meet and greet.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nobody wants to play a trivia game that’s too easy, nor one that’s too hard.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Halloween facts to make for a fun game of Halloween trivia for adults and kids alike.
    Ashley Leath, Country Living, 30 Sep. 2022
  • He’s now the answer to a trivia question, and one of the dreamers in the Pacific Northwest.
    BostonGlobe.com, 16 Oct. 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
  • Then half of each group did the cognitive training, while the rest played a simple trivia game.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Halloween trivia time for tweens and teens will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m., via Zoom.
    courant.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • But that choice is more than a way to test our recollection of trivia.
    NBC News, 9 Dec. 2021
  • LeVar Burton is finally going to be the new host of a trivia game show.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2021
  • First, Mississippi State is the trivia answer for who was No. 1 on the first draft.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Manager Scott Servais seems set that this can be a team to end that piece of trivia, too.
    Tim Booth, ajc, 1 Oct. 2022
  • For a complete list of all of the events (including an arts trivia night on Wednesday), check out dallasartsmonth.com.
    Christopher Wynn, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Plus, an exclusive clip from Saul (seen above) and some trivia.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Special shout-out to Team Pup-N-Suds, which will always be my trivia-team name from now until the end of time.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2022
  • This trivia game is like studying for a test – if your school taught classes on the history of rap.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Some trivia for you: which car was given away during Carey's first aired episode?
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2022
  • As for more fan trivia that suggested Speak Now was next?
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2023
  • Last trivia question: What street briefly served as the city's main drag after the 1906 disaster?
    Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The brewery has a locals-only feel, where food trucks park out front and serve snacks and where trivia is played weekly.
    Megan Dubois, Chron, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Contestants answer trivia questions for the chance to earn a spin that stops on one of a sequence of lighted squares on the Big Board.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022
  • As a trivia question, many folks on April 30 might have guessed it correctly.
    Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2022
  • These trivia questions are guaranteed to create a night full of laughter for the whole crew.
    Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 13 Dec. 2022
  • That's where Christmas trivia comes into the festive mix.
    Kristen Adaway, Woman's Day, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Leno asks the two teammates trivia questions worth money.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The rabbit hole of trivia around this movie goes delightfully deep.
    Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Three panelists are all competing for a spot in the hot seat to answer trivia questions for a $1 million prize.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2022

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