Trivial Retreat
In this new spin on an old classic, players get answers from the back of a Trivial Pursuit Genus Edition card and then try to guess the questions—or invent better ones.
234 Do Ghosts Eat?
You wait around for years for another Trivial Retreat, and then two come along pretty much at once! See how our players adapt this time to coming up with questions to Trivial Pursuit answers, and whether or not they’ll fall prey to a Ponzi scheme.
Previous Episodes
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June 5, 2024 — Trivial Retreat 3232 Last Week is Not History
It’s the third instalment of Trivial Retreat, the game where we play the original Genus edition of Trivial Pursuit backward, where players must invent or guess the questions and categories based entirely on what’s on the back of the card. Points are awarded partly on guessing the right questions, but let’s face it, they’re really doled out by how much (or how little) players annoy the host…
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August 4, 2021 — Trivial Retreat 2
161 Cleveland Browns Callback
It’s Trivial Retreat, the game where we play the original Genus edition of Trivial Pursuit backward, where players must invent or guess the questions and categories based entirely on what’s on the back of the card. In this episode, a brave group ponders the history of the NFL, the only international war crime tribunal to usurp the executive powers of the U.S. government, and a diminutive Muppet troll.
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June 17, 2020 — Trivial Retreat!
133 Did You Play Music, Dr. Boogie?
Welcome to Trivial Retreat! In this new spin on an old classic, players get answers from the back of a Trivial Pursuit Genus Edition card and then try to guess the questions—or invent better ones.