trivia
IPA: trˈɪviʌ
noun
- Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information.
- A quiz game that involves obscure facts.
- (Roman mythology) An aspect of the Roman goddess Diana, pertaining to her role as guardian of trivia (crossroads or forks where three roads meet); used as an epithet.
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Examples of "trivia" in Sentences
- Oh, and there are some useful (?) train trivia too.
- So, now we know why this book of trivia is on the best seller's list.
- Another piece of trivia is that Joe Abbey has never lost an election.
- In the ads, Ram drivers sparred in trivia competitions about the two shows.
- A piece of trivia is that Jimmy attended Rocky Mtn College in Billings, MT for about a semester when he was unknown.
- Two further pieces of trivia from the BBC via Wikipedia: it is the first story since Genesis of the Daleks where the Tardis does not appear, and the only Who story where the villain is never named.
- Conversion, Deep Prayer | Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. If someone interested in trivia was to ask me to name the ten historical persons who have had the greatest impact on my life (aside, of course, from the Lord and his Mother), my list would include Saints Augustine,
- Well, if anyone should ever assert that my own interest in presidential trivia is in any way peculiar, I can point to ianrandalstrock's wonderful ranking of presidents ordered by how many states joined the Union during their terms of office (top spot goes to the otherwise obscure Benjamin Harrison, with six) and other superb lists including how many of them were outlived by one (Polk, Garfield, Harding) or both (Kennedy) of their own parents.
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