You know you're into trivia if......

[pikeprof]

I posted this to my FB page and the responses, like mine, are slated to radio trivia contests.

Mine were,,,

You've read the World Almanac and you've learned to regard such activities as dressage and snooker as sports.

But, I know you folks are into different trivia realms. What would be the thing that people would know you're into trivia?

[Muskrat]

But, I know you folks are into different trivia realms. What would be the thing that people would know you're into trivia?

"you find the history and usage of the Plimsoll Line to be fascinating."

[Momma Snider]

I remember phone numbers and birthdays. We have a friend with nine kids who calls me to ask when his kids' birthdays are. Phone numbers are a visual thing, but the birthday thing is kind of complicated. I see the year as a circle, kind of like a clock, with February at 12:00 (probably because that's when my birthday falls, and when I was a child and first started seeing this circle, that was important) and the weeks are kind of circles superimposed over their months. I just have an image of the person kind of connected with the date in the circles. I don't consciously do this, it's just how my brain works. It's the same with remembering when certain events happened in the past. I always know, without thinking about it, where I am in the yearly circle calendar, and events imprint themselves.

Is that weird?

[koozbane]

You know you're into trivia if. . .

your "family vacation" is to T.C.O.N.A.
saying the capital of Burkina Faso makes you giggle.
naming the highest navigable lake makes your friends giggle.
you keep a book by each toilet for study purposes.
you own stock in highlighters.
you trust, and use, Wikipedia.
Sploofus and Sporcle are in your favorites list.
you block Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc. but play Millionaire, 5th grader, etc.
family, friends, coworkers and strangers randomly want to play "stump the nerd" with you.
you miss a week of pub trivia and hear repeatedly, "Wow, someone else won."
you own a Jeopardy! water bottle, T-shirt, pencil, keychain, and/or baseball hat.
you tape Jeopardy! while watching it.
your Christmas list included "registration for a Miller's Analogy Test".
you own more than one SparkChart.
you check this message board or jboard.tv more than once a day.

[silverscreentest]

You know you're into trivia if. . .

You and ten of your real life friends as well as thirty additional Facebook friends have been on Jeopardy!

[skullturfq]

I keep three books of hockey trivia in my bathroom.

And just today, I read that Nicol Williamson died, and I realized that I know him as "that actor from that puzzle Ken Jennings posted on his blog one time."

[edvz]

You know you're into trivia if. . .

...you get two Phone-A-Friend calls from Millionaire every time they
tape a show?

[TheConfessor]

You know you're into trivia if. . .

...you get two Phone-A-Friend calls from Millionaire every time they
tape a show?

You obviously haven't watched the show in recent years.

[edvz]

Yup, you're right.

No more phone-a-friend?

[carlopanno]

You know you're into trivia if. . .

... every time you hear an "Animal Farm" or "1984" question the first name that pops into your head is Eric Blair, not George Orwell.

--c

[gameshowcongress]

Yup, you're right.

No more phone-a-friend?

The better one was at the Disney park version where there was "phone a complete stranger" and it rang a payphone in the park where the contestant could ask someone for help.

[carlopanno]

Yup, you're right.

No more phone-a-friend?

The better one was at the Disney park version where there was "phone a complete stranger" and it rang a payphone in the park where the contestant could ask someone for help.

The one in Anaheim had a phone just outside the attraction and Cast Members would flag down Guests to be "strangers."

--c