triv.i.a  (triv' e a), n. pl.

1. matters or things that are very unimportant, inconsequential, or
inessential.  The President's mind was clouded with trivia.  2. an all-night
contest in which teams are awarded points for correctly answering very silly
questions.  Trivia was the most difficult mind exercise since the freshman
swim test.  3. a long-standing tradition held at a prestigious liberal arts
college in nortwesternmost Massachusetts, just west of Price Chopper and
North of Colonial Pizza, broadcast over WCFM, at midnight, on the final day
of classes.  If it hadn't been for trivia, more students would have passed
Economics that year.  4.  a rare species of web-footed shark known for
outrageous celebrity imitations and colorful plumage.  The professor was
unduly alarmed by the harmless platoon of trivia.