Adding Music: Whichever team gets the high score in I Don’t Feel Tardy gets to choose one song from that round which I’ll play as “adding music” while the final scores for the night are being calculated (some people just can’t wait to hear the “Hawaii 5-0″ theme song one more time!).

Awards: I hand out a variety of awards each year at February’s Clash of the Trivia Titans. In addition to the trophies and prizes for the several highest scoring teams, many non-competitive trophies (which you, the players, select) are awarded: Best Shit-Talkers, Favorite Foes, Best Costumes, Favorite Venue, Best Bartender, etc.

Barfly Back to School Trivia Bus: Miss Jen Lane of Barfly Fame has been hosting super-fun (but super-safe!) boozehound buses in Portland for a decade, and I am honored to occasionally host one of her “bus babies,” including the annual mobile trivia challenge bus!

Birthday Smackdown Week: My birthday just so happens to fall at the halfway mark to the Clash of the Trivia Titans. To serve as a reminder of this forthcoming championship, and to give players a chance to ask the trivia jockey questions for a change, throughout the last week of August, triviologists get a chance to earn points by stumping me at the end of each pub quiz!

Carpetbaggers: The team Yankee Go Home invented this term for successful teams which venture forth from their home venue to defeat Triviologists at another venue. Basically, a carpetbagger would be any team that attempts The Octogasm.

Cash: What you win at Sewickly’s - my only Triviology venue which offers cash prizes. The bar puts up a buck a brain, so the more friends you bring along to play, the more you could win off of them!

Casio Peia: This honorary award belongs to AlliTron, who used to play live I Don’t Feel Tardy rounds on her Casio for us. Alas, Texas has stolen her away.

Clash of the Trivia Titans: This trivia championship occurs in February of each year. The event loosely marks the anniversary of ShanRock’s Triviology, and also marks the beginning and end of each “trivia season.” Clash of the Trivia Titans 2010 will be held on 2/28/10!

The Deuce: This is the two-point set of information in the I Am A Walrus round.

Dum-Dums: Candy you get when you answer an I Am A Walrus incorrectly. They soothe the agony of defeat.

Lunar Quiz: A couple of times a month, I host supplemental trivia nights which focus on particular themes (here is a list of my past & future lunar quizzes). As with any ShanRock’s Triviology event, it is free to play with prizes for the champions. The Lunar Quizzery is held the first Saturday each month at Peter’s 19th Hole at 7:00, AND the first Monday of each month at Ella St. Social Club, also at 7:00.

Natalie Portmanteau: This is one of my signature question types. Combine the titles of two different films to form one new title for one point (ex: Gorillas in the Mist PLUS Mystery Men = Gorillas in the Mystery Men!).

Nerds: Candy I give out whimsically throughout the night. Here are a few actions which have warranted free Nerds: doing the Humpty Dance, doing a Peter Lorre impression, humming the “The More You Know” theme, and juggling.

Olympian Open: The first of two competitions which comprise the annual Clash of The Trivia Titans. Anyone is welcome to play in the Olympian Open, and the team victorious becomes the wild card team which goes on to compete against the winningest teams of the year in the Titan Invitational.

Onesie: This is the one-point set of information in the I Am A Walrus round.

Prizes: Prizes are awarded at the end of each pub quiz. Most venues offer gift certificates as awards, but others (La Merde and HawHide) offer T-shirts, and Sewickly’s even gives cash to the champions! At lunar pub quizzery, in addition to gift certificates to Peter’s, I award special prizes depending on the theme (Star Wars gear for Science Faction, vinyl LPs for I Don’t Feel Tardy, gift certificates to Movie Madness for Cinema Trivioso, etc.).

Pub Quiz: The same exact thing as a trivia night. To say there’s a difference is like saying that a film is different from a movie . . . what matters is the quality of the particular movie you’re seeing, regardless of whether it is called a film or a movie.

Scarves: My hand-knit scarves are the official uniform of the Clash of the Trivia Titan champions (additional clothing optional). These shamrock-green beauties bear white stripes which represent the years I have been making the trivia. Here are the 2008 champions modeling them! I’m a regular Madame Defarge!

Shenanigans: A team may call “Shenanigans!” if they catch someone cheating. Mind you, this is very rare - in five years, I’ve only busted three teams doing so. It’s always fun to mock those who actually cheat at TRIVIA. Herein is one such story.

Smarties: Candy you get when you answer an I Am A Walrus correctly. They accentuate the thrill of victory.

Switcheroo: Teams switch answer sheets with each other at the end of each round; when I call “Switcheroo!,” it is time to write down your final answer and hand it over!

Three-fer: This is the three-point set of information in the I Am A Walrus round.

Titan Invitational: The second of two competitions which comprise the annual Clash of The Trivia Titans. Anyone is welcome to play in the Olympian Open, and the team victorious becomes the wild card team which goes on to compete against the winningest teams of the year in the Titan Invitational.

Traitor Trivia: Every so often, one of my teams ventures forth to supplement their Triviology fix at one of the plethora of local pub quizzes that has popped up in my wake; Fellatio Hornblower has deemed such a practice “traitor trivia.” Mind you, they do so with my blessing; there is plenty of room in this town for all of us!

Trivette’s Syndrome: The act of exclaiming an answer audibly enough for opposing teams to hear; usually occurs due to uncontrollable enthusiasm for the subject matter.

Trivia Night: The same exact thing as a pub quiz. To say there’s a difference is like saying that a film is different from a movie . . . what matters is the quality of the particular movie you’re seeing, regardless of whether it is called a film or a movie.

Triviology: My friend Dave came up with this title to describe my pub quizzery. His band is good, so you should go see them.

Whisper Paper: Scratch paper which I supply. The first team I heard call it “whisper paper” was Willocalypse, because one of their members has trouble controlling his excitement when he knows the answers . . . which is frequently. Now, he speaks with his pen.