ShanRock's Triviology: Portland's Best Quizzery Since 2005!
Trivia Jock ShanRock hosts fun and
unique trivia nights all over town, several times a week. It's only $5 per team to play, and the victorious crew walks away with prizes . . . and perhaps more importantly, glory! Have you tried the rest? Now try the best! Willamette Week's Best of Portland, that is! Also, I am thrilled to have been selected by the people of Portland as their Favorite Trivia Night in the Portland Mercury Reader's Choice Survey many times! In addition, I have been honored as Best Entertainer In North Portland, have won BarFly's Town's Terrific-est TJ several times, and had my La Merde quiz night awarded the Portland Monthly title of Best Bar To Play! Triviology and Portland have been making beautiful trivia together for over 20 years; join me for the next 200!
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Weekly Triviology Games!
Played on paper so you can interact with your new
frenemies...seeking allies and building rivalries!
$5 per team to play; max team size five
East Burn on Sundays at 5
The Waypost on Mondays at 7
The Shaku Bar on Tuesdays at 7
Dots on Wednesdays at 7 *No trivia Xmas Eve or NY Eve!
Bare Bones on Thursdays at 7 *No trivia Xmas Day
East Burn on Thursdays at 7 *No trivia Xmas Day
Special Events!
OSCAR QUIZZERY and Viewing Party 2025 Champions: CONCLABIA!
CLASH OF THE TRIVIA TITANS:
The 20th Anniversary of Triviology!
Sunday, February 23rd
CHAMPIONS: Ska Rules, You Suck!
Titan Teams (14+ wins):
Rocky Horror Muppet Show (most wins of the season!)
Stuckhome Syndrome
Boy Stuff
Ska Rules You Suck
4th Place Ponies
The Wild Barabaras
Perminator 2: Judgement Spray
Studio 54
WILD CARD SEED: Muff Stuff!
This is the Super Bowl of trivia; the Oscars of pub quizzery...there will be one team to rule them all! Everyone is invited to compete in this annual two-tiered Triviology tournament for loads of trophies, prizes, and glory! Even if you have never played trivia before, you are welcome to join in the Olympian Open. After those teams receive prizes, the Olympian champion will be awarded their trophy and become the wild card seed which goes on to compete in the Titan Invitational, along with the winningest squads of the whole trivia season. The biggest prize that the overall Titan champions will receive is a free, private, customized quiz which ShanRock will host in your home, at your work, or for your favorite non-profit organization. Come one, come all! Any inquiries may be sent to shanrockstrivia@gmail.com.
OSCAR QUIZ & VIEWING PARTY 2024!
CHAMPIONS: Bea Arthur's Dick In Vera Wang!
CLASH OF THE TRIVIA TITANS 2024!!!
CHAMPIONS: Boy Stuff!
The Titans of 2024:
Fetaljuice
Boy Stuff
Stuckhome Syndrome
Ska Rules You Suck
Muff Stuff
A Squirrel's Whisper
4th Place Ponies
LAST YEAR'S CLASH OF THE TRIVIA TITANS CHAMPS!!!
Thank you to everyone who came out to join the fun! A good time was had by all...and glory abounded! Here are your 2022 Clash Of The Trivia Titan Champions...
1st place Titans: At Least We Came
2nd place Titans: Planet 9
Olympian Champion/Titan Wild Card Seed: Dave’s Not Here, Man
Favorite Foes: Diamond Dogs
Best Bartenders: East Burn
Favorite Venue: Cruzroom Annex
Hope you have a lovely Pride Month...and have a lovely Pride Life!!
Art by our friend, Mike Bennett!
Online Oscar Trivia 2021 Champs: Bea Arthur's Ding Dong!
The time you've spent cooped up watching movies all year is about to pay off; Oscar quizzery will reward you! This Academy Award season pits Lakeith vs. Kaluuya, Billie Holiday vs. Ma Rainey, Hillbillies vs. Hollywood elites...and nominees from previous years will be included as well. The game will be over in time for you to add a touch of glamour to your own pajama ensemble while you enjoy the red carpet; the Academy Awards begin at 5:00.
Clash of the Trivia Titans 2021 Champs: Midas Touch My Balls
2nd Place Titans: Sober Regrets
Olympian Open Champs: Drunken Regrets
**Thank you to Willamette Week and Business Insider for the recent articles on Triviology's video trivia games!**
DOMination: Fast & Furious Quizzery!
Saturday, June 6th, 7pm
Thanks to everyone who participated in this fun, ridiculous game, and congratulations to all the teams that won prizes! I am proud to say that 100% of the proceeds from this fundraiser went to Don’t Shoot Portland, a very worthy and important organization.
Clash of the Trivia Titans 2020 Champions!!!
1st Place Titan: Son of Sushi (from various venues)
2nd Place Titan: Sigourney Fever (from Zach's Shack)
3rd Place Titan: Shut The Fuck Up, Jeff! (from Lombard Pub)
1st Place Olympian: Darryl's Lesbian Haircut (from Bare Bones)
2nd Place Olympian: A Squirrel's Whisper (from Bare Bones)
Best Shit-Talkers: Nash Bridges (from Speakeasy)
Favorite Foes: Prancine (from Peter's)
Spirit Bunny Award: Sigourney Fever (from Zach's Shack)
Underdog Team: Cobros (from Lombard Pub)
Best Bartender: Michael at Lombard Pub
Favorite Venue: East Burn
Oscar Pub Quiz 2020 Champions: Bea Arthur's Dick in Vera Wang!
The Rick & Morty Trophy from a 2018 theme quiz!
2018 CLASH OF THE TRIVIA TITANS CHAMPIONS!
1st Place Titan: It’s Raining Mennonites (from The Speakeasy)
2nd Place Titan: Interfaith Penis Alliance (from Bare Bones)
3rd Place Titan: TIE between I’m With Stupid (from Peter’s)
& Montavillains (from Bare Bones)
1st Place Olympian: Popeye The Sailor Moon (from The Waypost)
2nd Place Olympian: Darryl’s Lesbian Haircut (from Bare Bones)
Best Bartender: Michael at Lombard Pub! (Shoutout to Sadie at Peter’s for losing the trophy by only one vote!)
Best Venue: Bare Bones! (Shoutout to Marisa, whose awesome bartending is a big part of the Bare Bones love!)
Best Shit Talkers: 4th Place Ponies (from Bare Bones)
Favorite Foes: Montavillains (from Bare Bones)
Underdog Award: Power Bottoms (from The Waypost)
Spirit Bunny Award: Triple Axl Rose (from East Burn - a team of four Kurt Russells! See if you can guess which Kurt is from which film in the picture below!)
OSCAR QUIZ CHAMPIONS: LOOSE STUHLBARGS (a subsidiary of Team Boyfight™)!
Sunday, March 4th, 2018!
July 17th, 2010
I once wrote a piece for BarFly about collective nouns for people (a clash of punks, an ennui of hipsters, etc.). I recently realized that a gathering of trivia jockeys should also have a particular group name: a query! Check out my glossary, which includes the other fun Triviology terms that I, and you, have come up with over the years.
Here some random highlights of a few of my venues, in case you’d like to venture from your home turf in search of The Dirty Dozen: Sewickly’s has cash prizes and new menu items; The Hutch on Glisan offers $100 in gift certificates split between the two highest scoring teams; Peter’s has not only a new happy hour during trivia, but brand new AC to cool off those hot summer nights!
I’d also like to give a shout out to a great, local, non-profit organization: Curious Comedy Theater. Weekends in July, they are doing an innovative show wherein local comics do covers of classic comedy routines. I’ve already seen “Steve Martin,” “Woody Allen,” the filthy “Red Foxx,” and the lovely Virginia Jones of Dr. Spaceman as Bill Hicks, but I want to go back and see “George Carlin,” “Sam Kinison,” “Monty Python,” and most importantly, Phyllis Diller!! Lots of other comedy covers too, throughout July – check their website for more details.
Upcoming special events:
I Don’t Feel Tardy 3: Annual Music Quiz
Saturday, July 31st @ 7:00
*All genres and eras of music are fair game, and there will be song ID and trivioke!
Damn Fine Quizzery – And Hot!: Twin Peaks Trivia
Monday, August 2nd @ 7:00
The Happiest Quiz On Earth: Disney Trivia!
Saturday, August 21st @ 7:00
*The animated films, not including Pixar.
Triviology champions for the week of 7/11/10 – 7/18/10:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
TEAM AWESOME
Sunday @ 8:00
717 NW 16th
FUNKE COLD MEDINA
Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION
Monday @ 7:00
2342 SE Ankeny
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER
Monday @ 8:00
Tuesday @ 7:30
4901 SE Hawthorne
FUNKE COLD MEDINA
Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
DRUNKEN REGRETS
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAG
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
CARPOOL LANE PROSTITUTES
Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
KARL HUNGUS
Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision
FEAR! FEAR FOR YOUR SAFETY
Thanks for making quizzery with me, gang!
Your trivia jockey,
Shannon Donaldson
ShanRock’s Triviology
(503) 957-7806
“Materialism is a disease of the mind starved for ideas.” -Jacob Needleman
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July 10th, 2010
It IS UniCornHole season . . . UniCornHole
being the mighty team who won at four of my venues this week! They sat
out Wednesday night quizzery, but won every night they played (as Funke
Cold Medina & Kathleen Turner Overdrive). If you are wondering who
to cast envious eyes upon, behold these masters, fresh from their first
win of the week at Yur’s Bar & Grill:
And while I’m handing out kudos, I’d like
to sing Margaret’s
praises. Since her regular venue, Da
Club, was closed for Freedom on Monday, she had a rare night off to
actually play some Triviology (sounds like
fun, right?). But when she arrived at Jade Lounge, poor
Charlene
was looking and feeling sickly, so Margaret sent her home and hosted
the quiz instead. I’ve got a great crew working for me – thanks to
Charlene for being such a trooper and thanks to Margaret for making the
trivia on your night off!
And don’t worry about Charlene, folks, she
snapped back to health in time to lead her teams at Speakeasy to a
victory over Sewickly’s!
You see, we have a friendly little SouthEast intramural competition
each Tuesday – since we are simultaneously challenging our players with
the same questions, we compare the scores at the end of the night to see
who reigns victorious over the quadrant. There’s even a trophy which
lives at each triumphant bar for the week – congratulations to With Friends
Like BlackWatch, Who Needs You?! for winning the night for
Speakeasy! We’ll get it back next week though . . .
Twenty years ago, Laura Palmer was found
wrapped in plastic. Two years ago, Margaret
hosted a lunar quiz in her
honor. Now it is time to reprise the whole macabre affair. Monday,
August 2nd, at 7:00, you are summoned to Ella
Street Social Club to answer a few questions about the night this
horrible crime happened.
Animated Disney Quizzery!
On a Saturday evening at Peter’s this summer –
date TBD
ShanRock is
your host; $100 is your prize!
Triviology champions for the week of
7/4/10 – 7/8/10:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
*closed for freedom!
Sunday @ 8:00
717 NW 16th
FUNKE COLD MEDINA
Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
*closed for freedom!
Monday @ 7:00
2342 SE Ankeny
KATHLEEN TURNER OVERDRIVE
Monday @ 8:00
ROSCOE’S REVENGE
Tuesday @ 7:30
4901 SE Hawthorne
FUNKE
COLD MEDINA
Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
WITH FRIENDS LIKE BLACKWATCH WHO NEEDS YOU?!
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
PUBLIC EDUMACATORS
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
BATTLEHORN GREYWOLF
Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
TUGBOAT CROSS THE RIVER STYX
Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision
UNICORNHOLE
Thanks for making quizzery with me, gang!
Your trivia jockey,
Shannon Donaldson
ShanRock’s Triviology
(503) 957-7806
“Materialism is a disease of the mind
starved for ideas.” -Jacob Needleman
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