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 21 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
The Waypost on Mondays at 7
The Shaku Bar on Tuesdays at 7 *Final quiz at this beloved venue was on 4/14;
they are sadly closed!
Dots on Wednesdays at 7
Bare Bones on Thursdays at 7
East Burn on Thursdays at 7
Special Events!
OSCAR QUIZ 2026 CHAMPIONS!!!
1st Place: One Daddy's Boy After Another
2nd Place: Bea Arthur's Dick In Vera Wang
CLASH OF THE TRIVIA TITANS 2026!!!
1st Place Titan Champions: Arnold SchwarzeKnickerBocker
2nd Place Titans: The C*nty Bobys
3rd Place Titans: Alexander CamelToe
1st Place Olympian Champions: Drumroll Please...
2nd Place Olympians: TIE between Mr. Pork's Boyz & Therapist's Orders
Titan Teams (13+ wins):
Ska Rules You Suck
Amanda Hug'n'Kiss
Alexander CamelToe
Arnold SchwarzeKnickerBocker
The C*nty Bobs
Stuckhome Syndrome
A Squirrel’s Whisper
The Real Housewives of Monroe Street
Studio 54
OSCAR QUIZZERY and Viewing Party 2025 Champions: CONCLABIA!
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!
June 5th, 2010
Tomorrow (Sat. June 5th) is your big chance to show off Portland’s intellect to the world – I will host the local edition of the annual World Quizzing Championships at The Spare Room at noon. The quiz is free to play, it lasts a couple of hours, and is played by individuals (rather than teams) playing simultaneously around the world. If you’re reading this, chances are excellent that you have a healthy competitive spirit, so you might well get a kick out of seeing how you stack up against Hungarians, Malaysins, Irish, Indians and Canadians when it comes to trivia. Don’t be intimidated by the fact that this is an international quiz – I guarantee that you’ll find at least some of the questions on the easy side. The categories include culture, sciences, lifestyle, history, media, world, entertainment, sport & games. Here are a couple of recent sample questions: “What theoretical physicist’s 1998 book ‘A Brief History of Time’ was followed by his 2005 book ‘A Briefer History of Time’?” & “Before his arrest on corruption charges and removal from office in January 2009, this US politician was involved in a number of controversies and saw his popularity rating dropping to almost zero. Who is he?” The latter question was accompanied with a picture of the politician in question:
This Monday is a special day for Triviology, too! Charlene will debut a brand new 7:00 quiz at Jade Lounge, a gorgeous little southeast bar with a delicious menu and finely crafted cocktails (check out this recent review of their excellent happy hour). Adventuresome souls who rode my annual BarFly Trivia Bus last year will recall that this is the bar where we met. As usual, I will have extra prizes on hand for the premier quiz, so there will be loot for at least the three highest scoring teams. Meanwhile, on the westside, Margaret will host Mel Brooks quizzery at Ella St. Social Club, while I rock forth with standard quizzery at Hawthorne Hideaway – there’s something for everyone! OK, back to researching questions for my upcoming LOST trivia night . . .
Saturday, June 5th @ NOON
FREE
Monday, June 7th @ 7:00
Mel Brooks Trivia
Monday, June 7th @ 7:00
LOST Quizzery
Saturday, June 12th @ 7:00
Triviology champions for the week of 5/30/10 – 6/3/10:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
THERE’S NO “I” IN “MEAT”
Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION
Monday @ 8:00
TEAM EVIL JESUS
Tuesday @ 7:30
4901 SE Hawthorne
FUNKE COLD MEDINA
Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
DON’T HATE US CUZ WE’RE BLACK WATCH
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
ACTION SET GO!
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
TEAM STEFANIE
Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
ODIE & THE DIRT LEGS
Thursday @ 9:00
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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June 1st, 2010
First order of business – Triviology will proceed as usual tonight, for the quiz must go on! And, as if your Monday night choices for trivia weren’t awesome enough already (HawHide AND Da Club!), next Monday I’ll debut another weekly venue: Jade Lounge, with Charlene as your trivia jockey. By the way, thanks for coming out to our fantastic premier at The Speakeasy last week. Spook E. Raccoon really marked this place as his lair by scavenging the first win, but lots of other teams earned prizes, too. You know, the last time that I gave away movie tickets to a sneak preview, Jeff Bridges finally won an Oscar (the preview was for Crazy Heart) . . . since last week’s advance screening was for Get Him To The Greek, I can’t wait to see if Puff Daddy is finally recognized by The Academy for HIS body of work!
I should also announce that we are retiring a Triviology venue – Wxyz is on hiatus from the quizzery. We may return in the fall, but for now, your Tuesday night quiz dilemma is simply whether to play at The Speakeasy or at Sewickly’s. It’s a win-win situation, but here’s a compelling argument for Sewickly’s – they have launched an amazing new happy hour every day from 4:30 – 7, which they will continue offering ONLY to trivia players untill 9:00 on Tuesdays! Their already cheap (and stiff!) drinks well drinks will be only $2 – that shit is bananas! Also, they have expanded their menu to include several items for only $3: Caesar Salad, beef gyro, chicken quesadilla, a trio of sliders . . . that is so inexpensive, people – who are you to resist?!
If matching your wits against fellow Portlanders isn’t challenging enough for you, this Saturday brings a rare opportunity to dole out intellectual smackdowns to Liberians, Singaporeans, and of course The Dutch . . . June 5th is the annual World Quizzing Championships! Individual competitors world-wide will take the same quiz at roughly the same time, which is why I will start the Portland quiz at noon. The competition runs a couple of hours, and includes topics in several different categories. Don’t let the fact that this is an international competition intimidate you – some of the questions will be totally easy for most Americans (“Although she had already created and starred in the comedy series 30 Rock, this American actress and comedienne gained international fame when she impersonated Sarah Palin on a number of occasions on Saturday Night Live. Her name?”), though others are indeed much tougher (“The castle of Durnstein near Vienna held which famous prisoner from December 1192 to early 1193?”). I don’t expect the USA to beat the British, who are the perennial champions, but we did kick Bangladesh’s butt last year, and this year I’d like to crush Latvia, too – join us! Also The Spare Room has amazing hashbrowns, and they serve breakfast all day.
Saturday, June 5th @ NOON
FREE
Monday, June 7th @ 7:00
Mel Brooks Trivia
Monday, June 7th @ 7:00
LOST Quiz Night!
Saturday, June 12th @ 7:00
Triviology champions for the week of 5/21/10 – 5/28/10:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
I SMELL A. PUJOLS
Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION
Monday @ 8:00
2221 SE Hawthorne
Tuesday @ 7:30
4901 SE Hawthorne
FUNKE COLD MEDINA
Tuesday @ 8:00 *debut!
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
I AM YOUR HOST AND MY NAME IS SPOOK E. RACCOON
Tuesday @ 8:00 *finale!
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
MOTO KITTY
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
OH PROMISED DESTINY!
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
TEAM PEACE
Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
ODIE & THE DIRT LEGS
Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision
HAROLD & MAUDE SQUAD, BITCHES!
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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