It can mean trite, commonplace or unimportant. If that is the case whether or not you win or lose a trivia competition should surely be also trite or unimportant. Try telling that to the competitors. Today trivia, when paired with the word competition is a celebration of who can recall the most obscure or arcane fact under pressure. The facts may be unimportant, the competition is not. Rarely is the prize of any actual value but the bragging rights are priceless.
We may not be playing for sheep stations - no it's far more important than that.
Tonight we were at a Redland Rhapsody Choir trivia night to raise funds to send the singers south to a choral concert.
Money was raised. This is good. We didn't win. This is bad. I could say that it doesn't matter if you win or lose it's how you play that counts - but when it comes to trivia competitions everyone knows that is a big fat lie. The company was good. The result wasn't.
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