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!




Brain Drain Bus & Don Draper Drinks!

October 16th, 2010
Last chance to buy tickets to my annual BarFly Brain Drain Trivia Bus . . . there are just a very few seats left, so act now if you want to snatch them up! We will travel to several bars, and I will ask a round of drunked-down trivia at each. To the victors go not only glory and a trophy, but $100 cash money! Freaks of the Industry is the team to beat – they took the gold last year, and tomorrow they will ride once again . . .


I recommend fortifying yourself with biscuits & gravy at The Slammer beforehand – I will be hosting my weekly Breakfast of Champions at 2PM. And save a little room in your liver for classic cocktails at Gypsy Lounge on Sunday – I will be hosting Mad Men quizzery there during the bar’s season finale viewing party. These will of course be different questions than we used at our Mad About Mad Men lunar quiz earlier this year. Dress up sweet and sharp, kids – there will also be a costume contest!

Upcoming special events:

Saturday, October 16th, 7PM – 1AM
Hosted by ShanRock
*$100 cash prize to the champion team!

Mad Men Season Finale Party!
Sunday, October 17th @ 7:00
Gypsy Lounge @ 625 NW 21st
Hosted by ShanRock
*Mad Men trivia, costume contest, classic cocktails, & screening of the season finale!

Vampires from Polidori to The Coreys!
Sunday, October 31st @ 6:00
East Burn @ 1800 E. Burnside
Hosted by ShanRock
*All literature, film, history, TV, etc. about blood-suckers is fair game!


Triviology champions for the week of 10/8/10 – 10/14/10:

Breakfast of Champions!
Saturday @ 2:00
500 SE 8th
PUBLIC EDJAMAKATORS

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
ANALOG ASTRONAUTS


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

Monday @ 7:00
2342 SE Ankeny
DIGITAL COSMONAUTS

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

Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
THERE’S NO “I” IN “MEAT”
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
TAKE TO THE WOODS

Wednesday @ 8:30
2524 SE Clinton
SLOWLY EVOLVING


Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
KARL HUNGUS FEATURING UNO!

Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision

Thanks for choosing Triviology, folks!

Your trivia jockey,

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


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

Ice Cream Trivial Tonight!

October 12th, 2010
Oh my, have I ever been delinquent in my “weekly” updates! September was so very extra busy with special events and such – trivia fundraisers for ECO & FirstBook, lunar quizzery, my annual WordStock trivia nights, and newfound fame for two of my minions! And so many more special events in the very near future . . .

First of all, on this very night, I will host an “Ice Cream Trivial” at Jade Lounge. I haven’t done a taste round in quite some time, and since they make their own ice cream at Jade, it’s the perfect choice for tonight’s Whammy round! Each team will taste several different kinds, and earn a point for each flavor correctly identified. I will be your host, as I have taken over trivia jockey duties at this venue. (Fear not, Charlene fans – she will still make beautiful trivia for you at The WorkShop Pub every hump-day at 8:30!) If you don’t come to the Ice Cream Trivial tonight at 7:00, we will mock you Eddie Murphy-style (we know you can afford it, cuz it’s free!):

And while I’m tempting you with food, remember that every Saturday at 2 PM brings the Breakfast of Champions! Bloody Mary bar for only $4, biscuits & gravy for only $2, and the greatest hits of Triviology for only an hour and a half of your time. I will be your host this Saturday at The Slammer, then Jon will resume his weekly duties there as a freshly married man (it has been a very nuptual summer here at ShanRock’s Triviology)!


And it is not too late to buy tickets for this Saturday’s BarFly Brain Drain Trivia Bus! Only $80 for a team of four, and the victors receive $100 cash – feel free to immediately convert those winnings into alcohol! My material will be drunked down for the booze bus, so come play with me . . . because you’ll have to wait a whole nother year until the next one!

Upcoming special events:

Saturday, October 16th, 7PM – 1AM
Hosted by ShanRock
*$100 prize to the champion team!

Mad Men Season Finale Party!
Sunday, October 17th @ 7:00
Gypsy Lounge @ 625 NW 21st
Hosted by ShanRock
*Mad Mean trivia, costume contest, classic cocktails, & screening of the season finale!

Vampires from Polidori to The Coreys!
Sunday, October 31st @ 6:00
East Burn @ 1800 E. Burnside
Hosted by ShanRock
*All literature, film, history, TV, etc. about blood-suckers is fair game!

Triviology champions for the week of 9/12/10 – 9/16/10:

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
GOVERNOR TWINKLETOES
Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
MOTHERS OF RETENTION

Monday @ 7:00
2342 SE Ankeny
BUT STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?

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

Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
BIT SCREAM PENIS

Wednesday @ 8:00 *Final Yur’s quiz
717 NW 16th
KATHLEEN TURNER OVERDRIVE

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan
SPARKLE MOTION

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS

Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
ODIE AND THE DIRT LEGS

Thursday @ 9:00

Triviology champions for the week of 9/19/10 – 9/23/10:

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside


Monday @ 7:00
714 SE 20th Place
KATHLEEN TURNER OVERDRIVE

Monday @ 7:00
2342 SE Ankeny
TEAM EVIL JESUS

Tuesday @ 7:30
Sewickly’s (w/ShanRock … & cash prizes!)
4901 SE Hawthorne
STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?

Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
CARPOOL LANE PROSTITUTES

Wednesday @ 8:30 *Premier night!
2524 SE Clinton
SERENITY

Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
ODIE AND THE DIRT LEGS

Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MERIWETHER LEWIS & CLARK

Triviology champions for the week of 9/26/10 – 9/30/10:

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
THE STANLEY CONEHEAD EXPERIENCE


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

Monday @ 7:00
2342 SE Ankeny
BUT STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?

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

Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
BUT STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?

Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
CARPOOL LANE PROSTITUTES

Wednesday @ 8:30
2524 SE Clinton
XY


Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
ODIE AND THE DIRT LEGS

Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision
DIRTY DRIFTERS

Triviology champions for the week of 10/1/10 – 10/7/10:

Breakfast of Champions Debut!
Saturday @ 2:00
500 SE 8th
ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS

Sunday @ 6:00
1800 East Burnside
HOLD ON TO YOUR YOGURT!


Monday @ 7:00 *Sassy Magazine Lunar Quiz!
714 SE 20th Place
DIE, EVAN DANDO, DIE!

Monday @ 7:00
2342 SE Ankeny
ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS

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

Tuesday @ 8:00
609 & 1/2 SE Taylor
BUT STILL, WHERE DID THE TRIVIA COME FROM?
Wednesday @ 8:00
4606 NE Glisan

Wednesday @ 8:00
4515 SE 41st
DAPPER MUSK OX

Wednesday @ 8:30
2524 SE Clinton
COCK & BALLS


Thursday @ 9:00
2025 N. Kilpatrick
ODIE AND THE DIRT LEGS

Thursday @ 9:00
301 SE Morrision


Thanks for choosing Triviology, folks!

Your trivia jockey,

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


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