ShanRock's Triviology

ShanRock's Triviology ShanRock's Triviology has offered exceptional quizzery all over Portland for over 21 years! ShanRock's Triviology offers exceptional quizzery all over Portland!

ShanRock has seen a million faces, and she's quizzed them all!

Check out my cohosts at Dot's Cafe tonight…they better not upstage me! Join the creepy gang for trivia at 7:00!
06/10/2026

Check out my cohosts at Dot's Cafe tonight…they better not upstage me! Join the creepy gang for trivia at 7:00!

I just received some unfortunate news, Triviology patrons. The powers that be at EastBurn have apruptly decided to close...
06/10/2026

I just received some unfortunate news, Triviology patrons. The powers that be at EastBurn have apruptly decided to close; tonight will be their last night of existence. I truly wish we could have had at least one more trivia game together there, but it is not meant to be. I’ve been at East Burn since they opened way back in 2008, and we’ve had quite an array of wonderful shenanigans there. I chose this picture as a beloved memory because it includes very good friends who I met through the quizzery, as well as one of the greatest bartenders in Triviology history, Paul. I must also thank John Doyle, who took over for me at East Burn last year so that I could host at Bare Bones (where trivia nevertheless persists!). John carried that torch with joy and intelligence, and I know you will miss playing with him each Thursday. And thanks to all of you who have been hanging at East Burn with us from the Iron Maiden Voyage to the Final Countdown! I’d even like to thank AutoCorrect for invariably insisting on changing East Burn to “east sperm.” Godspeed.




Here are the bonus prize winners from The Snug PDX last week! It was White Russian’s first time playing Triviology, thou...
06/09/2026

Here are the bonus prize winners from The Snug PDX last week! It was White Russian’s first time playing Triviology, though they are regulars at The Snug. That’s how we do at Triviology…you can get Snug Bucks even if you don’t get the highest score! Shoot your shot at quizzery tonight at 7:00!



I’m not gonna lie…I want that W! Please vote for ShanRock’s Triviology as Best Trivia Night in Portland via Willamette W...
06/09/2026

I’m not gonna lie…I want that W! Please vote for ShanRock’s Triviology as Best Trivia Night in Portland via Willamette Week’s Readers’ Poll! Go to their website, find the Best of Portland section, choose Arts and Entertainment, and scroll on down to best trivia night. Thank yoooooooo!





Behold the Pony Express! Perhaps a decade ago, biker Lisa was a beloved regular of mine at a venue that no longer exists...
06/07/2026

Behold the Pony Express! Perhaps a decade ago, biker Lisa was a beloved regular of mine at a venue that no longer exists. Happily, she rolled back into my Bare Bones life a few months ago, helming a mighty new crew. I’m delighted that they shared this photo with me to demonstrate their excellence out in the streets!



The power of Pride Month manifested in the two teams who tied for first place at quizzery last night: The HomoGeniuses a...
06/04/2026

The power of Pride Month manifested in the two teams who tied for first place at quizzery last night: The HomoGeniuses and Sounds Gay…I’m In! I have also placed The Transwers in an honorary bronze position to round out the LGBTQ podium. Let’s keep the joy going! Play trivia tonight at 7:00… Bare Bones or EastBurn. Also, a hearty shout out to old school Triviology player and local artist Mike Bennett who created this lovely Pride rainbow many years ago.





Here is something fun that happened last Wednesday which involves multiple teams from multiple venues. Post Dot's Cafe t...
06/03/2026

Here is something fun that happened last Wednesday which involves multiple teams from multiple venues. Post Dot's Cafe trivia, members of a couple of teams and I will often stroll down to the Rhinestone, a relatively new bar which we also love! We were sitting by their plate glass window when two beloved teams that play at Bare Bones walked by. We pressed up against each other upon the glass and they moved on; this was immediately followed by a Midnight Express impression from from 4 Non Toms. Apparently, this trivia jockey sighting sparked a wave of gossip authored by The Fighting Mongooses…they insisted that I was “on a date“ and were speculating wildly about who this phantom date was with. Should I be flattered that people think I travel in an entourage to go on dates? We didn’t take a group photo that night, so I have included at least one person that was present; the Trivia Wolverine is a member of the Diane Kruger Effect. Anyway, remember that gossip can be fun, so let the rumor mill churn at Dots tonight! In between flapping your gums, play trivia starting at 7:00.




Y’all just get it. In a whammy round a couple of weeks ago, I asked you to identify the signature weapon of particular f...
06/02/2026

Y’all just get it. In a whammy round a couple of weeks ago, I asked you to identify the signature weapon of particular film characters. The example I gave is that Jason Voorhees certainly may have killed with a harpoon and/or a liquid nitrogen tank, but his signature weapon is the machete. Y’all really picked up what I was putting down because my explanation organically turned into a call and response…

Me: “When I say Jason, you say machete…JASON!”
Y’all: “MACHETE!”
Me: “JASON!”
Y’all: “MACHETE!”

You nailed it! Will you wield wit as your weapon again tonight? Please do! The Snug PDX at 7:00!


Our dear old friend Jim, of the 4th Place Ponies, shared his final Portland trivia night with us at The Waypost last wee...
06/01/2026

Our dear old friend Jim, of the 4th Place Ponies, shared his final Portland trivia night with us at The Waypost last week. We’ll all miss him, and wish him the greatest adventure in Philadelphia! Join us for our first Jimless night at the Waypost tonight, trivia at 7:00. And if you raise a glass in Jim’s honor, make sure it’s loaded with cherries…he would want it that way!

I have the sort of scrupulous patrons who ask me to remove a point from their answer sheet when somebody has marked one ...
05/30/2026

I have the sort of scrupulous patrons who ask me to remove a point from their answer sheet when somebody has marked one of their wrong answers as correct. Surely then, you kind people must also be the type to choose VOTE over SKIP for Triviology in Willamette Week’s Best of Portland poll? It all adds up per the transitive property: if Triviology is the best pub quiz in town, then y’all are the best trivia players in the land of Port…we all win! Bring it all home by going to Willamette Week’s Best of Portland section on their website. Select Arts and Entertainment, then scroll down to Best Trivia Night…BOOM, there we are! Please and thank you.



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