How Do You Guess The Answers In Trivia Questions?
• Realize that the questions have answers. The most useful piece of knowledge in guessing trivia answers is this: questioners do not normally ask questions that are completely impossible. That knowledge enables you to vastly reduce the range of potential answers. • For instance, this question from Trivial Pursuit: Which English king built Whitehall Palace? You may think you don’t know the answer, but actually you probably do! You can reason that the answer is probably going to be a king who is at least moderately well-known – after all, they are not going to ask the question if the answer is Offa of Mercia, as that would be too hard. So, how many English kings can you name? If you’re like most people, you’re probably limited to Henry 8th, Richard the Lionheart, King John, and Alfred the Great. You probably know from the Robin Hood films that Richard the Lionheart and King John didn’t build “palaces” – in those days it was more about castles than palaces. Alfred the Great was even earli
