Trivial Matters

I do love trivia. This morning, I served as trivia host for an event held by the Boomers In Athens group.

The main event for the event was a coffee roasting demonstration put on by the Jittery Joe's folks. The demonstration was fascinating. Charlie Mustard walked us through the process.

Next to alcohol, I suppose coffee is the drink of choice for writers. Maybe for everybody.

My trivia portion of the program came after the coffee demonstration and was done on the porch/deck of the facility. We were limited on time so I went with just three sets of questions rather than the usual six sets.

The topic was movies, something about which most people can claim at least a little knowledge. The winner was a lady named Carol who finished the game with the highest number of points after correctly answering a question about the movie "The King's Speech."

Madeline Darden, who runs the Boomers group, offered what she called "a vast selection of crappy prizes" for those who took part.

I love making up trivia questions because I try to draw on areas of common interest yet focusing on minutia of which we may or may not be aware.

Writing trivia questions involves doing meandering research, which is a great mind-cleaner.

Today's trivia event went well and I am hoping they ask me to do it again.