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!
October 19th, 2009
They won $100 cash, and a cheap trophy, for dominating the quizzery on this annual adventure. Jealous? You too, can
ride the bus, but you’ll have to wait another year for
Triviology to go mobile again. 14 mighty teams battled it out . . . and battle we did! Sarah put the “fight” in team Boyfight:
. . . and she may or may not be responsible for the mysterious black eye which appeared on the face of a wrestler on an opposing team:
. . . see?. . .
But what, pray tell, is this mysterious “Elevegeddon”? Well, Triviology currently rocks forth at 11 different venues, and to achieve the “Elevegeddon,” your team (or any individual members) must simply play at all of them – wins aren’t necessary. And the benefits of achieving this feat, aside from the obvious glory of marking your territory all over town? Wellsir, completing the Elevegeddon grants you one (and ONLY one) tally point towards “Titanship” in my annual tournament, The Clash of the Trivia Titans, which is held each February.
During the tournament, everyone is welcome to participate in the first quiz of this two-tiered competition, The Olympian Open. Whoever wins the Open becomes the wild card seed to compete in the main event, The Titan Invitational, and will quiz up against other teams who have earned their Titan status by gaining a particular number of wins during the preceding year. So, let’s say that the qualifying number of wins is 15 this year (it won’t be as high as that, though!) – if your team only has 14 wins, and you score an Elevegeddon, that extra tally point bumps you up to Titan status!
To keep track of the venues at which you’ve played, I have made quiz schedules which resemble punch cards. Grab one at any of my trivia nights, and your trivia jockey will initial it to verify your attendance, after the quiz. 11 venues – collect ’em all! And remember, playing trivia at the sparsely attended venues increases your chance of victory! Play now at Ella Street Social Club (Mondays @ 7:00) and Hutch on Holgate (Wednesday @ 8:00) before they get all super-popular and you have to show up way early to get a seat!
Upcoming Special Events:
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA QUIZ
Monday, November 2nd @ 7:00
SIMPSONS QUIZ NIGHT
Saturday, November 7th @ 7:00
Triviology champions for the week of 10/11/09 – 10/15/09:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 E. Burnside
THE DEVIATED SEPTUMS
Sunday @ 9:00
1204 SE Clay
PUJOLS DOESN’T CATCH
Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
THE DUDZ
Monday @ 8:00
Tuesday @ 7:30
4901 SE Hawthorne
TODD BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
BOOM! GOES THE DYNAMITE
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
BAT PENATAR
Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?
Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
Thursday @ 9:00
Thanks so much for making beautiful quizzery 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
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October 10th, 2009
Looking for more territory to mark with your trivia prowess? Then ride the Barfly Super Trivia Challenge Bus with me tomorrow (Saturday, October 10th) – tickets are still availabe! If you miss it, you’ll have to wait another whole year for a crack at winning the $100 cash prize (and a cheap trophy!), just for showing off how smart you are while partying with your new frenemies! The bus will transport us to several different bars all over Portland, and I will host a drunked-down round of trivia at each. We’ll meet at a top secret location, where you’ll enjoy free appetizers and do some smack-talking to your rival teams, then launch forth into a night of quizzery adventure like no other. Barfly bussers pay no cover charges, and are the envy of all who witness their radness – join us! If you’d like a taste of how the mobile Triviology rolls, read this summary of the 2007 bus. Costumes are NOT required . . . but they are awesome!!
Dozens of lucky
Triviologists won extra prizes during this week’s
Wordstock quizzery. Congratulations to one and all for your impressive literature knowledge AND for your superior taste buds, which identified different flavors of vodka, jelly bellies, and baby food. By the way, for those of you that won the handsome tote bags I handed out this week, the ticket contained in the package within gains you free entry into the
Wordstock book fair, which will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Oregon Convention Center. It so happens that I have a few of those tickets left over – if you’d like one (or a Wordstock water bottle or poster), just shoot me an Email (shannon@shanrockstrivia.com) or a text message (503/957-7806), and the first four folks who request them can come on over to my pad and pick them up (and see where the trivia magic happens!). And speaking of free stuff, if you like beer, you should attend my
Peter’s 19th Hole quiz this Wednesday, the 14th. Trivia starts at 8:00, but Budweiser representatives will be there at 7:00 with beer samples – come drink up!
Saturday’s Cubicle Quiz on “Office Space” & “The Office” was an excellent team-building opportunity, and when it’s time for performance reviews, the legion of Triviologists which attended will receive special consideration for promotions. As for the quizzery, I fear that these guys, The Tits, may have suffered from a lack of teamwork. Someone spent a little too much time mugging for the camera while a team conference was in session:
The Cubicle Quiz champions, and the Employees of the Month, are “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster”!
I’ve got a couple more great thematic quizzes on the horizon. First of all, on Monday, November 2nd, there will be an “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” quiz at Ella Street Social Club, showtime at 7:00. I’m already writing the questions, and its some of the funnest “research” I have ever done! Kyle is also a huge fan of the show, and will be your host at this event. Also coming soon is the much anticipated Simpsons quiz! Join Michele at Peter’s 19th Hole on Saturday, November 7th for this event . . . as Moe would say – who are you to resist?!?
Upcoming Special Events:
Saturday, October 10th @ 7PM – 1AM
$100 cash prize and a cheap trophy to the winning team!
Maximum team size = 4
BUDWEISER BEER SAMPLES!
Wednesday, October 14th @ 7PM – 8PM
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA QUIZ
Monday, November 2nd @ 7:00
SIMPSONS QUIZ NIGHT
Saturday, November 7th @ 7:00
Triviology champions for the week of 10/4/09 – 10/8/09:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 E. Burnside
THE CANDY ASSES
Sunday @ 9:00
1204 SE Clay
PUJOLS CROWDS THE PLATE
Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?
Monday @ 8:00
Tuesday @ 7:30
4901 SE Hawthorne
THE ILLEGITIMATE SONS OF MRS. BUTTERWORTH
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
THUG MURDER
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
TEAM BOWL
Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
THE BEARD AND THE LADIES
Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
Thursday @ 9:00
Thanks so much for making beautiful quizzery 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
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