When is National Trivia Day?
Wednesday January 4thMany people who accumulate and hoard tidbits of useless information on January 4th are commemorated on National Day. Of course, National Trivia Day is the National Trivia Day.
Each year, the holiday honors the collectors of unconnected, irrelevant data, facts, history, and quotes. They are the ones who usually deliver these often surprising portions of history when friends and family members least expect it.
The word "trivia" was used to describe something new in ancient times.
Informally trade concerns and answers about their youth's common culture. The first inter-collegiate quiz bowls were created by Columbia University students Ed Goodgold and Dan Carlinsky after writing trivia columns. They collected culturally (and emotionally) relevant yet virtually useless data. The students slammed the tests trivia competitions. TThey later published Trivia (Dell, 1966), the first book to discuss trivia in the modern new sense. This book also landed on the New York Times bestseller list, despite its ranking.
