Trivia Articles & Blog
A growing collection of articles on what makes a great trivia topic, why fans love it, and how good quiz questions come together.
Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert: How Difficulty Works in Our Quizzes
Every quiz on Trivia Gauntlet uses the same structure: 20 questions, split into four difficulty levels of five questions each. Questions appear in ord…
Read article →From "Disney's Folly" to Frozen: Twelve Turning Points at Walt Disney Animation Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios, founded in 1923, is the longest-running animation studio in the world. Its history is not a steady climb. It nearly wen…
Read article →How the Quizzes on Trivia Gauntlet Are Made
Trivia Gauntlet started from something simple: I like trivia, and I like rewatching shows. Some of my favourite series are ones I have gone back to fo…
Read article →How to Host a TV Trivia Night at Home
A trivia night does not need a pub, a quizmaster or a stack of printed sheets. With a few friends, a screen and a quiz on a topic everybody knows, you…
Read article →Insomnia Cafe, Montauk and Cave Game: What Famous Shows Were Almost Called
Hardly any show, game or film keeps the name it started with. Titles change because of trademarks, because a rival used something similar, because a m…
Read article →Slap Bass, a Bass Recorder and a VHS Tape: The Stories Behind 16 Theme Songs and Scores
A good theme tells you which show is on before a single character appears. Many of the best-known ones were not planned that way. Some were chosen by …
Read article →The Roles That Almost Went to Someone Else
It is hard to picture Walter White without Bryan Cranston or Gandalf without Ian McKellen. Yet many of the most famous casting decisions in recent TV …
Read article →Turned Down: Nine Hits That Were Rejected Before They Made It
While researching the quizzes on this site, one pattern kept coming up. A surprising number of the most popular shows, books and manga of the last thi…
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