Tony's Trivia - Chicago

07/02/2024

It's 🎉TRIVIA NIGHT🎉every Tuesday at Austin Community Tavern starting at 7 pm.

We play five rounds of eight questions each. The questions vary from pop culture 🎤, sports 🏀, history 🏰, general knowledge 💡, and more. They cover everything from 🕵️ Mission Impossible to 🌲 Minnesota, and 💪 John Cena to 🐒 The Jungle Book. You can play solo or with friends and family. It's guaranteed to be a great time! 😎

Also, It's Free 🆓 to play, have fun 😁, and they have Fantastic Food. 🍕 Stop in early for dinner and stay for the show. Prizes will be awarded for 1st 🥇, 2nd 🥈, and 3rd🥉Place. Plus someone will have a chance to win $350!

07/01/2024

Join us for an exciting Trivia Night at Roxann Sports Bar every Monday at 7 pm. It's free to play, and we offer $5 martinis to add to the fun. Bring your friends and family to enjoy a great time and a chance to win prizes for the top teams! 🎉🍸

06/27/2024

🚨Thursday Trivia🚨
Join us for a fun-filled Night at Blackbirdie Golf Simulator & Sports Pub inside the Midwest Training and Ice Center in Dyer, IN. The game starts at 6:00 pm and it's completely free to play. Top teams will be awarded prizes, so put your thinking caps on and get ready to win.

We will be playing five rounds of eight questions each, covering a variety of categories such as general knowledge, sports, pop culture, music, and more. You can expect questions ranging from Big Ben to Beyonce and Harley Davidson to Harley Quinn, we've got it all covered.

This event is open to players of all ages, making it a family-friendly activity. Whether you want to play solo or with friends and family, trivia night is guaranteed to be a good time.

As an added bonus, one lucky person will have the chance to win $350! Who knows, it could be you. Join us for an unforgettable night of fun and games.

06/27/2024

Hypatia the Greek Philosopher Skinned Alive with Seashells

Knowledge can be a wonderful thing, but in the case of the ancient philosopher and mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, it also lead to her doom.

Hypatia was one of the most important intellectuals of Byzantine Empire in the 4th Century, and she was also a woman.

Her story is both inspiring and terrifying.

Hypatia was born around 355, when the Roman empire had just split, leaving Alexandria in a disconnected state of religious and social unrest.

Members of all religions - Christians, Jews, and pagans - were now living together in perpetual strife.

Over the next few decades, their constant clashes would wipe out even more of the library's contents as they struggled to define their new boundaries.

The Egyptian city of Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC - about 600 years before Hypatia was born.

Alexandria became a culturally sophisticated region of the world in a rather short amount of time.

It was not only a beautiful city, but it held the Library of Alexandria, which contained more than half a million ancient scrolls.

The city overflowed with artifacts and became a place where intellectualism could thrive, despite the ever-present degree of ignorance, slavery, violence, and religious strife.

Alexandria offered man the opportunity to pull himself from the muck of fear, and embrace something larger than himself through the power of thought.

And in the case of Hypatia, women as well.

Hypatia was a thinker of the highest order, a teacher, and an inventor - but she was also a pagan and was not afraid to speak her mind in a landscape of religious separatism, conflict, and fear.

Being a woman of intelligence, beauty, and strength could not save her from the shocking end she would meet at the hands of her own people.

During a dangerous time when science and religion were often pitted against one another, it was precisely her knowledge and fearlessness that would place a target on her back.

Her life of excellence would come to mean nothing, as a clash of powerful men rendered her one of the most tragic scapegoats in history.

Hypatia had many admirers, one of whom was the civil governor of the city, Orestes .

He was mostly a pagan and often in league with the Jewish community, who did not want to give all of Alexandria over to the Christian church.

Despite his complicated beliefs, he supported the separation of church and state, and defended both Hypatia and her father Theon.

Of course, Cyril and Orestes clashed, specifically around the time when the Jews began a violent conflict with the Christians.

As a result, Cyril turned aggressively on the Jews and expelled them from the city, looting their homes and temples.

Orestes was appalled and complained to the Roman government in Constantinople.

Cyril tried to apologize for his rash decision, but Orestes refused the reconciliation and was subsequently targeted for assassination by 500 of Cyril’s pernicious monks.

Even though Hypatia was not involved directly in these proceedings, she was a friend of Orestes and pontificated in the realm of non-Christian theology - two things that made her an easy target for an increasingly angry sect.

In such a male-dominant political struggle, it made sense to target the woman who did not accept the ways of the dominant paradigm, but used her intelligence to cast doubt upon their devotions.

Hypatia was a woman of intelligence and accomplishment - something quite unusual for women of the time.

A woman like Hypatia was greatly feared by many in Alexandria.

Because of this - and the fact she believed in paganism - many accused her of worshiping Satan. She had to be silenced for good.

A magistrate named Peter the Lector gathered his fellow religious zealots, and hunted her down as she made her way from giving a lecture at the university.

They ripped her from her carriage and proceeded to tear her clothes, pulling her along by her hair through the streets of the city.

The group then dragged her into a nearby church where they stripped her and grabbed whatever they could find to destroy her.

In this case it was the roofing tiles and oyster shells that laid around the freshly constructed building.

With them, they tore her flesh from her body, skinning her alive in the name of all Christiandom.

Her remains were then ripped apart and burned at the altar.

The University of Alexandria, where she and her father Theon had taught, was burned to the ground as a sign of intolerance.

In the aftermath of her slaying, there was a mass exodus of intellectuals and artists who feared for their own safety.

A newly-minted sense of Christian power was installed in the great city......

Sometimes death is a symbol that survives the test of time.

Hundreds of years after her assassination, Hypatia - a Renaissance-style intellectual who defended the separation of church and state - lives on, associated with the struggle for freedom.

06/25/2024

It's Trivia Tuesday at Austin Community Tavern starting at 7:00 pm. It's Free to play, Fun, and they have Fantastic Food! The top teams will win a prize and one lucky person will have a chance to win $350!

06/20/2024

Get ready for an exciting Trivia Night every Thursday at Blackbirdie Golf Simulator & Sports Pub. Unwind with a refreshing drink as you put your knowledge to the test. Participation is free, and the top teams get to take home a prize. This event is perfect for all ages, so bring your friends and family for an unforgettable evening of fun! The event starts at 6:00 PM.

06/17/2024

Hey there! Don't miss out on the fun at Roxann Sports Bar's Trivia Night every Monday starting at 7 pm. It's completely free to play, and they've got $5 martinis to make the night even better. Bring your friends and family, and get ready to have a blast. Plus, the top teams get to take home a prize! 🎉🍸

06/17/2024

Helen of Sparta, better known as Helen of Troy. She was the most beautiful woman in the Hellenic world.

She was the daughter of Leda and sister of Castor and Pollux. Wife of Menelaus, she was kidnapped by Paris, which led to the Greek expedition against Troy. Almost three millennia have passed and the figure of Helen continues to stir the imagination of poets, writers, painters and more recently, filmmakers.
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06/13/2024

🚨Thursday Trivia🚨
Join us for a fun-filled Night at Blackbirdie Golf Simulator & Sports Pub inside the Midwest Training and Ice Center in Dyer, IN. The game starts at 6:00 pm and it's completely free to play. Top teams will be awarded prizes, so put your thinking caps on and get ready to win.

We will be playing five rounds of eight questions each, covering a variety of categories such as general knowledge, sports, pop culture, music, and more. You can expect questions ranging from Big Ben to Beyonce and Queen Mary to Quicksilver, we've got it all covered.

This event is open to players of all ages, making it a family-friendly activity. Whether you want to play solo or with friends and family, trivia night is guaranteed to be a good time.

As an added bonus, one lucky person will have the chance to win $350! Who knows, it could be you. Join us for an unforgettable night of fun and games.

06/10/2024

🎉Monday Night Trivia🎉
Don't miss out on a fun night out for all at Roxann Sports Bar in Crete, IL📍 at ⏰7:00 pm⏰.

We will be playing five rounds of eight questions each 🤔📝. The trivia will cover a variety of topics such as general knowledge 🌍🧠, sports ⚽🏀, pop culture 🎬🎤, music 🎵🎶, and more 🤩. You can expect questions ranging from Scotland 🏴 to Survivor 🏝️ and astrology ♊️♈️to Abraham Lincoln 🎩.

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06/06/2024

Join us for a fun-filled Thursday Trivia Night at Blackbirdie Golf Simulator & Sports Pub inside the Midwest Training and Ice Center in St. John, IN. The game starts at 6:00 pm and it's completely free to play. Top teams will be awarded prizes, so put your thinking caps on and get ready to win.

We will be playing five rounds of eight questions each, covering a variety of categories such as general knowledge, sports, pop culture, music, and more. You can expect questions ranging from Big Ben to Beyonce and Queen Mary to Quicksilver, we've got it all covered.

This event is open to players of all ages, making it a family-friendly activity. Whether you want to play solo or with friends and family, trivia night is guaranteed to be a good time.

06/03/2024

Experience the ultimate night of entertainment and challenge your mind at Roxann Sports Bar tonight at 7:00 pm! Trivia is back, and it's free to participate.

The top teams will win cash prizes, and to make it even better, it's $5 Martini Mondays! Come and showcase your trivia prowess and enjoy a discounted drink.

06/03/2024

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05/27/2024

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day.

No Trivia tonight. We'll see you next week!

05/23/2024

Get ready for an exciting evening at Blackbirdie Golf Simulator & Sports Pub inside the Midwest Training and Ice Center. Join us for Thursday Trivia, where it's free to play and the top teams win fantastic prizes. Whether you come alone or with friends, you're in for a great time. The fun starts at 6 PM with questions covering a wide range of categories and topics. See you there!

05/22/2024

Trivia night takes place every Wednesday at Social 45 in Frankfort, IL, starting at 7 pm. The top three teams win prizes: $75 for 1st place, $50 for 2nd place, and $25 for 3rd place.

05/20/2024

🎉Monday Night Trivia🎉
Don't miss out on a fun night out for all at Roxann Sports Bar in Crete, IL📍 at ⏰7:00 pm⏰.

We will be playing five rounds of eight questions each 🤔📝. The trivia will cover a variety of topics such as general knowledge 🌍🧠, sports ⚽🏀, pop culture 🎬🎤, music 🎵🎶, and more 🤩. You can expect questions ranging from Scotland 🏴 to Survivor 🏝️ and astrology ♊️♈️to Abraham Lincoln 🎩. Whether you want to play solo 🙇‍♂️ or with friends and family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦, trivia night is assured to be a good time 🥳. Plus, the top teams will receive a prize.🤩🎁🏆

05/16/2024

Test your inner Einstein at Blackbirdie Golf Simulator & Sports Pub every Thursday with trivia starting at 6:00 pm. It's free to play, fun, and the top teams win a prize!

Blackbirdie is located inside of the Midwest Training and Ice Center.

Send a message to learn more

05/15/2024

🚨WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRIVIA🚨
Join us at Social 45 in Frankfort, IL every Wednesday night for trivia 🤩🎉and Wine Wednesday 🍷featuring half price bottles!

The game starts at 7:00 pm ⏰, it's free to play 💸, and the top teams will be awarded prizes 🏆. $75 for 1st🥇 , $50 for 2nd🥈, and $25 for 3rd🥉 place!

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Also, Someone will have a chance to win $350!💰 It could be you.

05/15/2024

Congratulations to Austin Community Tavern trivia winners!

05/14/2024

It's 🎉TRIVIA NIGHT🎉every Tuesday at Austin Community Tavern starting at 7 pm.

We play five rounds of eight questions each. The questions vary from pop culture 🎤, sports 🏀, history 🏰, general knowledge 💡, and more. They cover everything from 🕵️ Mission Impossible to 🌲 Minnesota, and 💪 John Cena to 🐒 The Jungle Book. You can play solo or with friends and family. It's guaranteed to be a great time! 😎

Also, It's Free 🆓 to play, have fun 😁, and they have Fantastic Food. 🍕 Stop in early for dinner and stay for the show. Prizes will be awarded for 1st 🥇, 2nd 🥈, and 3rd🥉Place. Plus someone will have a chance to win $250!

05/13/2024

Monday Trivia every week at Roxann Sports Bar in Crete, IL starting at 7 pm.

05/08/2024

🚨TRIVIA NIGHT!!!🚨
Join us at Social 45 in Frankfort, IL every Wednesday night for trivia! The game starts at 7:00 pm, it's free to play 💸, and the top teams will be awarded prizes 🏆. $75 for 1st🥇 , $50 for 2nd🥈, and $25 for 3rd🥉 place!

We will be playing five rounds of eight questions each. The trivia will cover a variety of topics such as general knowledge, sports, pop culture, music, and more. You can expect questions ranging from Scotland to Survivor and aliens to the Airforce. Whether you want to play solo or with friends and family trivia night is guaranteed to be a good time .