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!




Team T-shirts, Anyone?!

January 18th, 2010

Ladies and gentlemen, the trivia jockey has an important question for YOU, although it is not of a trivial nature . . . this is a matter of great import – who wants team T-shirts?! My annual Triviology tournament nears (Clash of the Trivia Titans!), so I have looked into having customized Tshirts made. The front would still remain as the large leprekey logo on the pre-shrunk American Apparel shirts I already have . . .
. . . but YOUR team name would emblazon the back. Turns out that it would cost a mere $3 more per shirt, so you could buy as many (or as few) team shirts as you want for only $16 dollars apiece! Let me know if you might be interested in having some made, and I’ll arrange everything for you. The turnaround time is a couple of weeks, so I’d probably want to order them within a week or two, to ensure that you’ll be able to wear them at the tournament. For now, just let me know if you’re interested, and then I’ll collect all of the details later.

Upcoming special events:
Xanadu (the film!) Quiz Night – Do the ‘Du!

Saturday, Jan. 23rd @ 7:00

Harry Potter (the books & films) Quiz Night!
Monday, Feb. 1st @ 7:00
Back To The Future (the whole trilogy, but mostly the first film) Quiz Night!
Saturday, Feb. 6th @ 7:00

Clash of the Trivia Titans
Sunday, Feb. 28th

First Triviology champions of 2010!:

Sunday, 1/3 @ 6:00

1800 E. Burnside
JIM’S NOT HERE

Monday, 1/4 @ 7:00 *MADMEN quiz night

714 SE 20th Place
PEGGY OLSEN’S BASTARD CHILDREN

Monday, 1/4 @ 8:00

2221 SE Hawthorne

TEAM EVIL


Tuesday, 1/5 @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
LINDA IS A WHORE

Tuesday, 1/5 @ 8:00
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
SASSY TICKLE

Wednesday, 1/6 @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ

Wednesday, 1/6 @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
HOT KARL MARX BROTHERS

Wednesday, 1/6 @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
PONIES WITH AXES

Thursday, 1/7 @ 9:00


Sunday, 1/10 @ 6:00

1800 E. Burnside

HAN SHOT FIRST!


Monday, 1/11 @ 7:00

714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION

Monday, 1/11 @ 8:00

2221 SE Hawthorne


Tuesday, 1/12 @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)

4901 SE Hawthorne
LINDA IS A WHORE


Tuesday, 1/12 @ 8:00
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
MYSTERY TEAM

Wednesday, 1/13 @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont

BEA ARTHUR’S DICK IN A BOX


Wednesday, 1/13 @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
WHO DAT NINJA?!

Wednesday, 1/13 @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
GHOST BUFFET

Thursday, 1/14 @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
PIMP STICKS

Thursday, 1/14 @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision

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

I’ll Miss You, Aughts!

January 5th, 2010

Welcome to 2010! I’ll miss the aughts – they’ve been good to me. I hope you all had a blessed Festivus. I, for one, look forward to getting back to the grind, making the quizzery for you and all. For the first theme night of the new decade, we will look back to 1960, and the advertising agency of Sterling Cooper . . . Mad About MADMEN will be held tonight (1/4) at Ella Street Social Club at 7:00. Period dress is encouraged; period behavior (such as smoking while pregnant and sexually harassing the trivia jockey) is decidedly discouraged. Trophy and prizes (not including a corner office or a “new girl”) for the champions! But wait . . . there’s more! This Wednesday, the weekly quizzery will resume atPeter’s 19th Hole at 8:00. How much would you pay for all this? Don’t answer yet – this Thursday atKenton Club‘s 9:00 quiz, I’ll throw in movie passes to an advance screening of Crazy Heart, starring Jeff Bridges! All this can be yours for the low, low price of zero dollars – do not miss it!
Thanks to a burst of post-holiday energy, I have recently done some work on my website. First, I finally updated the Hall of Fame page, so that every team’s win for the 2009 season is now fully recorded. I also added a page which lists all of the thematic quizzes I have done over the years. In light of the forthcoming Portland stop of a very special Broadway show, I have decided that the next lunar quizshall be Xanadu! Saturday, January 23rd, 7:00 at Peter’s. Leg warmers will be provided for those who gave theirs up for adoption in the 1990s.
And finally, because I like to stimulate your eyes as well as your mind, enjoy these pictures of sickly holiday sweaters from Sewickly’s:
. . . and bid a fond farewell to the final Peter’s champions of 2009, Who’s Mistress #14?:

Triviology champions for the holiday season:

Sunday, 12/20 @ 6:00

1800 E. Burnside
BARBARIANS AT THE GATES FOUNDATION

Monday, 12/21 @ 7:00

714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION

Monday, 12/21 @ 8:00

2221 SE Hawthorne

FELLATIO HORNBLOWER


Tuesday, 12/22 @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
BARBARIANS AT THE GATES FOUNDATION

Tuesday, 12/22 @ 8:00
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
THE BUNGHOLE LIQUORS

Wednesday, 12/23 @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
FULL-ON COLUMBIA HATERZ

Wednesday, 12/23 @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st

Monday, 12/28 @ 7:00

714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION

Monday, 12/28 @ 8:00

2221 SE Hawthorne

TEAM EVIL


Tuesday, 12/29 @ 8:00
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
GIRLS RULE BOYS DROOL

Wednesday, 12/30 @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
WHO DAT NINJA?!

Wednesday, 12/30 @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st


Thursday, 12/31 @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision

I look forward to making beautiful trivia with you in 2010!

Your trivia jockey,

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


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