The Benefits of Group Trivia Games
The Benefits of Group Trivia Games
6 Good Reason to Get the Gang Together for Group Trivia Games
People love getting together to pit their wits against trivia questions. These days, group trivia games are hugely popular—whether at home, via Zoom and, as things continue to reopen, even in bars and pubs.
In our trivia game Boom Again, we include more than 2200 questions on pop culture for people who grew up in the Baby Boom years. So we’ve given a lot of thought to all things trivia.
Trivia get-togethers are popular because they’re fun—but if you play trivia, you’ll be pleased to know that there are also plenty of other benefits.
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You get to show off all that otherwise useless knowledge.
We often tend to focus on in-depth knowledge as a measure of how intelligent a person is. After all, if you’re going make a living as an expert in something, you’d better know it inside and out. You wouldn’t want to, say, trust your finances to someone who’d merely dabbled a bit in the stock market.
It’s nice once and a while, however, to celebrate that other type of knowledge. You know, the fairly useless kind. The stuff we’ve picked up over the years—whether in school, because it’s a hobby, or just out and about.
In a trivia game, if the question asks, “On the ‘Dating Game,’ how did host Jim Lange end each show?” and you can jump up and throw an exaggerated kiss, it means all those hours sitting in front of the TV are finally paying off.
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Group trivia games help you connect.
Thanks to trivia, you’re able to build a community through the sharing of common knowledge. When playing trivia, you might meet a kindred spirit who’s nailing every movie question—just like you are. You’ll find things you have in common with other people that you might have otherwise never learned.
This is especially true with trivia games, like Boom Again, that are played in teams. You get to interact with your fellow teammates as you try to figure out if it was, say, Mrs. Beasley or Chatty Cathy who was Buffy’s beloved doll on TV’s “Family Affair.” Or one team member might only remember “Mrs….Mrs….,” triggering another teammate to correctly shout out “MRS. BEASLEY!”
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With the rise in specialized trivia games, you get to dig into a favorite topic or subject.
It used to be when you played a trivia game like Trivial Pursuit, you needed to know a little bit about everything. Now trivia games are being released that focus on certain topics.
Boom Again, for example, specifically zeros in on pop culture of the Baby Boom era. If you lived during that era, you’re likely to know many of the answers because you listened to the music, watched the TV shows and enjoyed all the fads and fun of the ‘50s, ’60s and ‘70s.
It’s not just a trend with board games played at home, either. At bars across the nation, they’re hosting special trivia nights, often with a theme, such as Harry Potter trivia, sports trivia or music trivia, and so on.
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Group trivia games are good brain exercise.
Playing trivia is a great brain workout—and a whole lot less sweaty than taking your brain out for a jog.
In fact, research suggests that older adults who regularly participate in social activities that also engage their memories or make them think (vs. passively watching TV or watching paint dry) show higher brain function than those who don’t. In other words, “use it or lose it.”
Trivia helps you use it while having fun at the same time.
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Knowing things helps, but a lot of it is just plain luck.
While having a good general knowledge base is helpful in trivia, what you need to know is quite random. You might know next to nothing about, for example, cars. But then a trivia question comes up about the Ford Pinto, which just happens to have been the first car you owned back in high school.
Suddenly, owning that potentially explosive car was all worth it.
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Lastly, group trivia games are fun.
And isn’t that the main reason you play trivia games in the first place? Well, that and to show off your extensive knowledge of all things trivial.
If you’re planning a group trivia get-together, check out Boom Again, which is ideal for few friends or a bigger crowd. It’s available exclusively online, and you can find it at BoomAgain.com.
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