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Trivia
The trivia (singular trivium) are three lower
Artes Liberales, i.e. grammar, logic and
rhetoric . These were the topics of basic
education , foundational to the quadrivia of
higher education, and hence the material of
basic education and an important building
block for all undergraduates. The word
trivia was also used to describe a place
where three roads met in Ancient Rome.
The Latin neuter noun trivium (plural trivia)
is from tri- "triple" and via "way", meaning
"a place where three ways meet".
In the 1960s, nostalgic college students and
others began to informally trade questions
and answers about th ...more
Artes Liberales, i.e. grammar, logic and
rhetoric . These were the topics of basic
education , foundational to the quadrivia of
higher education, and hence the material of
basic education and an important building
block for all undergraduates. The word
trivia was also used to describe a place
where three roads met in Ancient Rome.
The Latin neuter noun trivium (plural trivia)
is from tri- "triple" and via "way", meaning
"a place where three ways meet".
In the 1960s, nostalgic college students and
others began to informally trade questions
and answers about th ...more
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So maybe we never would have realized we were so compatible if we hadn't been trading song lyrics and movie dialogue. That's textbook trivia right there."
Mindy looks unconvinced. "But that's how *everybody* gets together. They find some dumb thing they both know a little about that they can talk about until the waiter brings dinner. According to you, there probably isn't a marriage or a relationship or a friendship anywhere today that wasn't jump-started by trivia."
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