The Trivialism blog

Leagues used to be all about live multiplayer games. Now a league admin can set a whole season of AI-generated quizzes that everyone completes on their own time — with a separate leaderboard that rewards actually finishing the work.

A founder’s note: what this thing actually is, the Discord bot I’m weirdly proud of, the mobile apps on the way, the day-job boss who made me rename it, and the slightly ridiculous goal I’m chasing as a one-person team.

The word “trivia” started life at a crossroads and spent a few centuries being taken very seriously. A short, slightly chaotic history of how we got from the liberal arts to pub quiz night.

Type any topic and get a ready-to-play trivia quiz in about ten seconds — up to 50 questions, shareable with a code, and spoiler-free so you can play it yourself.

A native Discord bot that runs live trivia rounds in voice and text channels — now in open beta, with a few rough edges we are sanding down.

iOS and Android apps are being tested internally right now. Here is where they stand and what has to be true before we open them up.

Trying to pin down who invented the pub quiz, and when, turns out to be its own little trivia question — one with no clean answer. A wander through the murk, plus a confession about what this site used to be called.