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!
August 4th, 2009
From Day One of ShanRock’s Triviology, “The Token Sports Question” has been a staple feature of my quizzery. But now the day has finally come for sports fans to rule the roost – tonight’s (Saturday, August 1st) lunar quiz is all about Junior Varsity Sports Trivia for Benchwarmers! I will be your host, but Brad of JV Sports Trivia Night (held fortnightly at The Tanker) is the author of the questions. The quiz will feature many of his signature rounds: This Week in Sports (athletic current events), The Mendoza Line (general sports), The Ocho (unusual sports), Off the Court (personal lives of athletes), The Presidential Challenge (competitive eating – I promise it’s nothing gross . . . we decided against mayonnaise), and a “Token Academic Round” . . . Revenge of the Nerds (the lowest scoring team chooses the theme)! We also have JV Sports Trivia to thank for those movie passes to Funny People & 500 Days of Summer which I gave out last week – thanks for sharing, guys!
This Tuesday, Trivia Jock Scott will be your host at Sewickly’s, as I will be making the trivia at a fundraiser for the Democratic Party of Oregon, who will be throwing a Birthday Bash for Obama! This free event runs from 6 – 11, and includes DJs, a rapper, a raffle to win sweet prizes, and a chance financially contribute just by drinking beer. I will host a Triviology quiz from about 7:30 – 9; $5 donation per person to play; prizes for the champs. Come join the fun at Backspace!
Here are the Triviology champions for the week of 7/26/09 – 7/30/09:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 E. Burnside
SWEATHOGS
Sunday @ 9:00
1204 SE Clay
Monday @ 6:00
714 SE 20th Place
NO AC = NO QUIZZERY!
Monday @ 8:00
Tuesday @ 7:30
4901 SE Hawthorne
SWEATY LITTLE JOCKS
Tuesday @ 8:00
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
TRIPLE X – WHY?
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
LAST CALL
*My new friends at Last Call Trivia took the night! You have my permission to go check out their quizzery (I don’t mind if you stray, as long as you always come home to me!). I failed to get a picture of the champs, however I did capture the lovely ladies of Bea Arthur’s Dick In A Box sharing a beverage.
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ
Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
Thursday @ 9:00
Thanks so much for playing my quizzery, 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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August 4th, 2009
. . . That This Movie Sucks! I won’t disagree with that statement, but that is actually the name of the winning team at Wednesday’s Triviology quiz. We had fun with our extra Ugly Truth prizes this week, and hell, it even brought people together! A couple of rookie teams (Team Loneliness & The Battlesnakes) joined forces to put on a bit of a fashion show for us at East Burn. Lookin’ good, guys!
My next lunar quiz will be held Saturday, August 1st, 7:00 at Peter’s 19th Hole. I will be your host, but the material will be written by Brad of Junior Varsity Sports Trivia for Benchwarmers (he will also be in attendance to help me pronounce the names of Turkish and Nigerian athletes). We will maintain a format similar to Brad’s fortnightly quiz at The Tanker – here are some rounds to expect: The Mendoza Line (general sports), The Ocho (unusual sports), Off the Court (personal lives of athletes), a Presidential Challenge (feats of strength!), and a Revenge of the Nerds academic challenge!
Looking a bit farther into the future, I will host trivia at the Democratic Party of Oregon’s Birthday Bash for Obama! This free event is on Tuesday, August 4th at Backspace, and it’s sure to be lots of fun. Come on down if you’re in the mood to support the Democratic Party . . . or, if you’re in the mood to support Sewickly’s, fear not – the quiz must go on, and will do so with Scott as your host.
Before signing off, I’m looking for a bit of advice, and hoping that the folks to give it to me are on this Email list. First of all, I’ve got all of these great pictures of Triviology events, and I want to share them with the world! I used to post them on MySpace, but that website is SO two-thousand-and-LATE! Any recommendations for a good, user-friendly site on which to post these wonderful photos for you all to see? Also, I’ve just gotta get me one of those smartphone thingies! Obviously, it would be sooo handy to be able to look up things on the spot while I’m making the quizzery, especially since I don’t have wi-fi at all of my venues. Many of you seem to own different handheld devices, so I’m hoping you can help point me in the right direction. Do I go with Blackberry, with Apple’s iPhone, or with something non-fruit related? I just don’t know . . . but I’d appreciate any advice you can offer. Thanks, folks – I hope to quiz you soon!
Here are the Triviology champions for the week of 7/19/09 – 7/23/09:
Sunday @ 6:00
1800 E. Burnside
THE WISE LATINAS
Sunday @ 9:00
1204 SE Clay
BUTTERFACES
Monday @ 6:00
714 SE 20th Place
STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?
Monday @ 8:00
Tuesday @ 7:30
4901 SE Hawthorne
PAPER PUSHING PAMBY POOS
*This win was the result of a grueling three-way tie with Organic Hard Pops and Dave’s Sleazy Sleaze of the Seven Seas . . . kudos to all of you for hanging in there!
Tuesday @ 8:00
9920 NE Cascades Parkway
DONYO
Wednesday @ 8:00
5701 NE Fremont
KATHRYN HEIGL’S UGLY TRUTH IS – THAT MOVIE SUCKS!!
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
CHAPPELLE SHOW’D
Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
Thursday @ 9:00
Thanks so much for playing my quizzery, 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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