trivial

There are at least two usages of "trivial". One is to describe answers, and the other is to describe questions/tasks.

Answers: A trivial answer is something which is either immediately self-evident or which conveys no information.

Questions/Tasks: A trivial question can perhaps be defined as something for which either the answer or the method of finding the answer is known by the person asked the question.

Answers: When asked to describe yourself, a nontrivial answer would be, "My name is Joe Schmoe. I'm 5'10" and weigh 170 lbs." A trivial answer would be, "I'm a human. I know English."

Questions/Tasks: In mathematics, computing the values of integrals is a trivial task, (even though it can be hard), because the methods for computing integrals are known.

by Alexander TG May 10, 2006

Trivia

The act of answering questions regarding information that is often useless or inapplicable. An excuse for the uneducated to feel knowledgeable.

A: I'm great at trivia.
B: You're great at baloney.

by EA2 August 24, 2010

trivia

the act of asking a question about something and someone answering it

Lets go play movie trivia.

by Useless Trivia Man September 9, 2003

TriviaCrack

Literal crack in the app world.

person 1: Dude why are you always texting?! I'm right here!
person 2: I'm not texting.
Person 1: Then what are you doing?
Person 2: Playing triviacrack
Person 1: oh, is that fun?

by csm1106 January 3, 2015

hq trivia

A cell phone game that has a live host and a chance to win real money. A game that lags like a bitch and you will never win because the questions are impossible. Plus the host scott can’t shut the fuck up and pisses everyone off.

I can’t stand to play hq trivia anymore because scott can’t shuthp and the question are impossible.

by Ben Dover Boi February 10, 2018

trivial disinformation

Feeding bad information or faulty logic to the opposing team when playing Trivial Pursuit in an effort to steer the team toward the wrong answer. Especially effective when done under the guise of lending a helpful hand.

Johnny's encyclopedic knowledge of geography and sports history, combined with the expertly-disguised stream of trivial disinformation that he gave the enemy, won the game for us tonight.

by jboyardee October 19, 2007

Triviawhack

When playing pub trivia or pub quiz, a triviawhack is when only one person on a team knows the answer to a particular question, and that answer turns out to be correct. Triviawhacks (or t-whacks) are an indicator of a person's contribution to the team, since without the particular person, the team's aggregate score would be lower by the number of t-whacks they had.

Coined by a group of trivia afficianados in the Southernmost city of the US, Key West Florida.

Fred made the difference in our victory tonight with two triviawhacks. He was the only one on our team who knew that "The Big Sleep" was based on a book by Raymond Chandler.

by Key West Bob April 29, 2019