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!




The Cubicle Quiz is Mandatory!

October 3rd, 2009
Tomorrow’s Cubicle Quiz re: Office Space & The Office is indeed mandatory, but it will be a Casual Saturday (wear your Hawaiian shirts and flair!), and there will be booze. On the meeting agenda: rundowns of Initech, Wernham-Hogg, and Dunder-Mifflin. We will be working on your team-building skills, so you will group yourself into squads of 5 or fewer, and there will be prizes for the winners, along with the title Employees of the Month. Punch in at 7:00 at Peter’s 19th Hole, since there will is a ping pong tournament scheduled in our usual conference room. Also, now is the time to take some petty cash out to buy tickets for the annual Barfly Trivia Bus, with me, Trivia Jock ShanRock, as your guide. I’ll host a round of drunked-down quizzery at several different bars – you do the thinkin’ & drinkin’, and we do the drivin’! The bus rolls on October the 10th, and the nerd-tastic champion team wins $100 cash-money!

Wordstock descends upon Portland next week, and once again, I will prepare several quizzes in conjunction with this annual festival of the written word. The theme this year is “be a literary omnivore,” thus, I will include a taste round at each of my Wordstock trivia nights, in addition to extra literature questions. Fear not – there will still be plenty of pop culture, but this will be the bibliophiles’ chance to shine! As usual, you can play as much Triviology as you like, as I prepare fresh questions each night. The Wordstock quizzes, for the week of Oct. 4th – 8th, are: East Burn (Sun @ 6:00), Hawthorne Hideaway (Mon @ 8:00), Sewickly’s (Tue @ 7:30), Peter’s 19th Hole (Wed @ 8:00), & La Merde (Thu @ 9:00). All of my other venues will employ the standard awesomeness of Triviology.
This Tuesday, the 6th, I will finally breach the NorthWest quadrant by launching a monthly quiz atO’Brien’s! I am absolutely honored to have the man I call my “trivia sensei,” Drew, be your host at this venue. Drew has been creating and hosting adventures which combine trivia and booze since the 1980s . . . and now he’s back! Showtime is at 7:30.
Last Monday’s “Arrested Development” quiz, I Just Blue Myself, was a huge success, with our busiest night yet at Ella Street Social Club. So successful, in fact, that in addition to the weekly quizzery there, we’ve decided to host special themes here the first Monday of each month. Therefore, on November 2nd at Da Club, Kyle will host an “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” quiz – there will be karate and friendship for everyone!

Upcoming Special Events:

Saturday, October 10th @ 7PM – 1AM
$100 cash prize to the winning team of four!
*Read about a past trivia bus I hosted to get a taste of the majesty.

SIMPSONS TRIVIA NIGHT – Who are you to resist?!
Saturday, November 7th @ 7:00

Triviology champions for the week of 9/27/09 – 10/1/09:

Sunday @ 6:00

1800 E. Burnside
BEA ARTHUR’S DICK IN A BOX

Sunday @ 8:30
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
P. IN THE V.

Sunday @ 9:00

1204 SE Clay

STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?

Monday @ 7:00

714 SE 20th Place
DR. FUNKE’S 100% NATURAL GOOD TIME FAMILY BAND SOLUTION

Monday @ 8:00

2221 SE Hawthorne
MIDAS TOUCH MY BALLS

Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
TEAM ACTION GO YES!

Wednesday @ 8:00

5701 NE Fremont
BOOM! GOES THE DYNAMITE

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
EL CID’S FAX MACHINE

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st

THE WINGNUTS


Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick

SMARTYSLACKS


Thursday @ 9:00

301 SE Morrison

NEVER GO FULL RETARD


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

I Just Blue Myself!

September 26th, 2009
A few months ago, Kyle hosted a lunar quiz all about Arrested Development – it was a great hit, and laughter rang throughout the land. But those who discovered Triviology only after the event have gnashed their teeth and wailed their lamentations because they missed all the Bluthy fun. Therefore, by popular demand, Kyle will host yet another quiz, with fresh questions about the show, this Monday, September 28th, 7:00 at Ella Street Social Club. This is your last chance people – don’t miss I Just Blue Myself!

Congratulations to Midas Touch My Balls, our inaugural champs at The Hutch on Holgate! This Wednesday, our regular trivia jockey for this weekly venue, Michele, will be making the quizzery for you. Remember that there is ample reward for your trivia prowess here – $50 gift certificate for the winning team, and $25 for the runners-up. Come mark your territory at the newest Triviology bar!

Upcoming Events:

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT RETURNS!
Monday, September 28th @ 7:00

CUBICLE QUIZ – Office Space & The Office Lunar Quiz
Saturday, October 3rd @ 7:00

Saturday, October 10th @ 7:00
$100 cash prize to the winning team of four!
*Read about a past trivia bus I hosted to get a taste of the majesty.

Triviology champions for the week of 9/20/09 – 9/24/09:

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 E. Burnside
BIG BUCK HUNTER S. THOMPSON

Sunday @ 9:00
1204 SE Clay

NERDY . . . YET INTIMIDATING!

Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?!

Monday @ 8:00
2221 SE Hawthorne
FELLATIO HORNBLOWER

Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/cash prizes & ShanRock!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
SO-CRATES

Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
MUH ON YOU

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
GLEN BECK’S DRUNKEN SHITHOUSE

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
*Congratulations to the innaugural champs!!!

Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick

MR. K


Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrison

NEVER GO FULL RETARD


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