Q is for Quiz Bowl

When I was in high school, I was on the quiz bowl team.  I loved being on the team.  There were all kinds of trivia questions asked.  Some had to do with things we learned in school and others were completely random.  I found that I was good to questions from literature and from the Bible.   Sometimes, I had no idea how I knew the answers to questions.

I can remember that the first question I ever answered in a quiz bowl tournament was the name of the RCA dog.  If you are wondering what it is, the name is Nipper.  The little one that added a few years is named Chipper.  I remember this by remembering the phrase "a chip off the old block."

If my college would have had a quiz bowl team or a trivia bowl team, I would've joined.  However, the college didn't have one.  Trivia is something that I love.

I wish dictionaries would add the definition of trivia that it's taken to be "facts."  Most still call it "unimportant fact" as relating to "trivial."  This hasn't been true for many years.  I think the common use of the word "trivia" has been around since I was born.

It seems that I don't have the phrase origin of "chip off the old block," but I do have reviews of different types of chips.  Here are a few of those.

Lay's Wavy Ranch Potato Chips

Tia Maria Megastrip Tortilla Chips

Miss Vickie's Mesquite BBQ Potato Chips

Sun Chips Harvest Cheddar Flavor

Kettle Brand Crinkle Cut Chips Salt and Fresh Ground Pepper