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!




Podcast on Sunday!

May 8th, 2010
Doubloons, skull & crossbones rings, and gift certificate for rum were awarded to the biggest Goonies in the house at the most recent lunar quiz: behold JERK ALERT‘s Booty!


I also humbly request your presence at my next adventure – this Sunday at East Burn, during the standard Triviology fun, Synth-Bio Productions will be recording a podcast. I’d love a great turnout, with folks ready to tell their best quizzery stories to the nice people with the microphones. Come out and play with me! Showtime is at 6:00.

Upcoming special events:

LOST Quizzery – on a mysterious Saturday evening in June . . .
Co-hosted by ShanRock & Kyle

Triviology champions for the week of 5/2/10 – 5/6/10:

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
SO-CRATES

Monday @ 7:00 *Kid books quiz
714 SE 20th Place
WISTFUL & PENSIVE

Monday @ 8:00
2221 SE Hawthorne
TEAM EVIL JESUS

Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
FUNKE COLD MEDINA

Tuesday @ 8:00
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
TEAM JENNA

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
CINCO SEXIES

Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
PUKE & CRY

Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
NO MODERATION

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

Goonies Never Say Die!

May 1st, 2010
Fellow Goonies, get ready for tomorrow’s quiz adventure at Peter’s 19th Hole (@ 7:00)! Rich stuff awarded to the winning team will include a trophy, gift certificates to the bar . . . and I have a feeling that there might be some Baby Ruths involved as well. On Monday (also @ 7:00), there will be yet another lunar quiz for the young at heart – go to Ella Street Social Club for Pooh, Whos & Wild Things, which will challenge your knowledge of kids books.

And now, an opportunity for all you glory whores out there to amp up your quizzery experience (I’m looking at YOU, Willocalypse, Midas Touch My Balls, and Drunken Regrets!) . . . next week, the good people of Synth-Bio Productions would like to attend a night of Triviology for a podcast! I believe this will be the launch of a monthly podcast focusing on all kinds of gaming in Portland (which is a capital idea!), and this first episode will focus on all of the nominees of the recent BarFly awards for Town’s Terrific-est Trivia Jockey! David Walker & Polly Pospisil (who was a distinguished fellow BarFly nominee) would like to interview players, so I’d of course love a great turnout, with folks ready to tell their favorite Triviology stories. As of now, it looks like La Merde will be the chosen venue (Thursday, May 6th @ 9:00), but I’ll post the details on my website as soon as we’re sure. If you prefer your glory in written format, remember that you can have your own team page – just send me anything you want to say about your crew and I will post it. Check out the latest addition, which finally unravels the mystery of how team Linda Is A Whore got their name!


Upcoming special events:

LOST – on a Saturday evening shortly after the series finale . . .
Co-hosted by ShanRock & Kyle

Triviology champions for the week of 4/18/10 – 4/22/10:

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
BEA ARTHUR’S DICK IN A BOX

Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
TOOK A PAGE FROM YOUR PLAYBOY

Monday @ 8:00
2221 SE Hawthorne
TEAM EVIL JESUS

Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
LINDA IS A WHORE

Tuesday @ 8:00
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
ELVIS IS CARI’S DAD

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
LINDA IS A WHORE

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
FISTS OF FUEGO

Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
D.C.

Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
PIMP STICKS

Thursday @ 9:00

Triviology champions for the week of 4/25/10 – 4/29/10:

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
McFIVE

Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION

Monday @ 8:00
2221 SE Hawthorne
Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
LINDA IS A WHORE

Tuesday @ 8:00
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
STEWART TRIFECTA

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
LINDA IS A WHORE

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
SUDDEN LITTLE DEATH OVERTIME

Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
FANNY BURPERS

Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
DUDES

Thursday @ 9:00
Thanks for playing with me, everybody!

Your trivia jockey,

Shannon Donaldson
ShanRock’s Triviology
(503) 957-7806


“Materialism is a disease of the mind starved for ideas.” -Jacob Needleman