Trivia Points Are Gold: Inside Bozeman’s Trivia Community

Editor’s note: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the MSU Exponent, its editorial staff, advisers, or Montana State University.A free bar tab for the winning team, $2 shots each round, local beers and unpredictable topics sum up the bar trivia community in Bozeman. The most successful teams need upwards of 20 members, each studying a different major, one obsessed with Minecraft, and others with random historical facts tucked in their belt. Even then, getting half of the answers correct is barely feasible. To these players, trivia points are gold. Many MSU students make their way to the bar for trivia, especially in the winter with longer nights. Friends I know who play weekly have one goal: don’t wait until the weekend to get a few beers down. If it’s seemingly impossible for anyone in our generation to even buy a house, why not get hammered on a Wednesday night?

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