Added: 09/18/2007 |
You Don't Have To Be Smart To Be Good At Playing Trivia PursuitFor many years now there has been a prevailing myth that only really smart people are able to win at the game Trivial Pursuit. That is not necessarily the case as anyone can have a treasure chest of facts locked up in their heads that could help propel them to Trivial Pursuit victory. There is a reason they call it Trivial Pursuit and not Only Those With A Doctorate Degree Can Win Pursuit.
Myth number one that will be destroyed right now is that you have to be smart to play Trivial Pursuit. Nothing could be further from the truth. By its very nature the information contained in Trivial Pursuit is trivial and trivial knowledge is not knowledge gained by 6 years of law school or medical school. Trivial knowledge is gained by living your life and taking in the experiences around you and also paying attention to things like the History Channel and anything else that offers you information on a daily basis. I have played Trivial Pursuit against doctors and other seemingly intelligent people and they were not match for my endless supply of useless information. It has happened in some circles that seemingly smart people have been known to do very poorly at Trivial Pursuit. If you want to do well at Trivial Pursuit then just pay more attention to the world around you and spend more time watching educational television. Remember that the questions in Trivial Pursuit come from a general range of questions and really do not require any real level of detailed knowledge about any one topic. Even the science questions are kept at a 7th and 8th grade level to make the playing field even for everyone. So the myth that only Albert Einstein can win at Trivial Pursuit is just that, a myth. That is not to say that winning a game of Trivial Pursuit does not make you feel a little smarter because it does. Consistently winning at Trivial Pursuit can also get a person the reputation for being quite intelligent whether that reputation is earned or not. So you can use this particular myth to your advantage if you know how.
Another popular misconception about Trivia Pursuit is that it takes a very long time to play and is Monopoly-like in its boredom factor. This is also not true as, unlike Monopoly, Trivia Pursuit has a defined objective and a way of crowing a winner for each game. Depending on the version you are playing it can be said that the game can take a little while because sometimes you can get involved in a string of questions that no one gets right and the game stalls for a while. That is why it is a trivial pursuit and not an educational pursuit. Sometimes trivial information can be, well, trivial and not everyone is familiar with all trivial information. But that being said once you get beyond the stretches of incorrectly answered questions the game can move quite quickly. It also depends on how long you allow people to ponder the answers to questions as you are playing the game. Most people set a short time limit to guess answers because, when it comes to trivial information, if you do not know it off the top of your head then the chances are pretty good that you will still not know the answer 15 or 20 minutes later.
So there you have it, a couple of myths and misconceptions about the game Trivia Pursuit all cleared up and set straight. Now that you know that intelligence really has nothing to do with success at Trivial Pursuit you can now go out and try the game for yourself and see that it is true. Trivial information is collected over the years of your life and it is not something you can pick up a book and study for so if you are not very good at book learning you can still be extremely good at playing Trivia Pursuit.
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