January 4 was #NationalTriviaDay. In honor of the event, we look at a Japanese show which made the translation to American television about weird and wonderful trivia.

https://www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-338-hey-spring-of-trivia/

RT @NavalInstitute@twitter.com

By the end of WWII, U.S. industrial might and the need to fight on two fronts resulted in the U.S. Navy having a greater tonnage of combatant ships than all other navies combined. In 1947, the U.S. had 3,820,000 tons versus the world's combined 2,860,000 tons. #NationalTriviaDay

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1610783611761958912

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Our last #NationalTriviaDay fact: At the end of the 19th century, library work was considered to be too overwhelming for women, and in 1900, the Brooklyn Public Library Association proposed building “a seaside rest home for those who had broken down in library service.”

RT @CityofTacoma@twitter.com

We know!!! 🙋Thanks for feature, @Jeopardy@twitter.com! (Clue from the 1/3/23 air date.) #NationalTriviaDay #tacoma #Jeopardy

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CityofTacoma/status/1610796702642089984

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During the 1930s enterprising seamstresses from Durham University robe maker William Gray & Son ran a secret Valentine’s Day delivery service, conveying cards between students at men’s and women’s colleges

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https://twitter.com/burgonsoc/status/1610636105417723905

RT @UniofOxford@twitter.com

Today is #NationalTriviaDay!

In honour of the occasion, we're sharing some random facts about the University of Oxford.

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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/UniofOxford/status/1610584283168772097

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The home of the Frankenstein MSS. I have spent many unforgettable moments in this spectacular library, poring over MSS by Percy and Mary Shelley.

RT @bodleianlibs@twitter.com

To celebrate #NationalTriviaDay (US), here are a few facts about the Bodleian through the centuries 🧵

The Duke Humfrey’s Library is the oldest part of the current Bodleian. Opened in 1488, it only lasted around 60 years.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/bodleianlibs/status/1610660874158587906

RT @dean_frey@twitter.com

Did you know that Christopher Plummer, who played Sherlock Holmes in Murder By Decree, 1979, & Nigel Bruce, who played Watson in many films from 1939 to 1946, were 2nd cousins?
#NationalTriviaDay

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dean_frey/status/1610682064889876481

RT @dean_frey@twitter.com

Did you know that Christopher Plummer's great-great grandfather was Canada's 3rd Prime Minister, John Abbott? Of course you didn't!
#NationalTriviaDay
Plummer Photo: Hank Walker
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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/dean_frey/status/948990974427983872

Happy #NationalTriviaDay! To find out how glamorous Trivia can really be, check out our short video on those two words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1MJd1RKSMA

#holidays #WorldBrailleDay, #WorldHypnotismDay, #NationalTriviaDay, #NationalSpaghettiDay, #PopMusicChartDay, #FreeFlowerBasketDay, #DimpledChadDay, #TomThumbDay

#holidays #WorldBrailleDay, #WorldHypnotismDay, #NationalTriviaDay, #NationalSpaghettiDay, #PopMusicChartDay, #FreeFlowerBasketDay, #DimpledChadDay, #TomThumbDay

RT @PulpLibrarian@twitter.com

#NationalTriviaDay: the typeface used in The Prisoner is a modified version of Albertus. There are no dots above 'i' or 'j' and the 'e' is left open.

You may consider leisure caravanning to be a 20th century invention.

The first touring caravan is considered to be the Wanderer designed by Victorian author Dr. William Gordon Stables, built by the Bristol Wagon Works Company in 1884.

#NationalTriviaDay #Victorian #Victoriana #Wanderer #Caravan #CaravanLife #History

Dr. Sables' book 'The Cruise of the Land Yacht Wanderer' detailed his tour of 1300 miles to Scotland, a free version published online at https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37687/37687-h/37687-h.htm

It's that time of the week again and its national trivia day! So warm up your noggins and dust off your noodles for the wise Wednesday quiz. Comment your answer below. Answers will be released later today.

#WiseWednesday #quiz #quizquestion #trivia #ask #comment #goodluck #trivia #nationaltriviaday #triviaday

Hogwarts didn't always have bathrooms. Before adopting Muggle plumbing methods in the eighteenth century, witches and wizards simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence. #NationalTriviaDay

RT @pottermore@twitter.com

Hogwarts didn't always have bathrooms. Before adopting Muggle plumbing methods in the eighteenth century, witches and wizards simply relieved themselves wherever they stood, and vanished the evidence. #NationalTriviaDay

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/pottermore/status/1081242428105998336