▁D ynast ies , ▁and ▁the ▁fixed ▁stars ▁has ▁prem ature ly ▁aged ▁me . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁nost alg ic ▁college ▁students ▁and ▁others ▁began ▁to ▁inform ally ▁trade ▁questions ▁and ▁answers ▁about ▁the ▁popular ▁culture ▁of ▁their ▁youth . ▁The ▁first ▁known ▁documented ▁label ing ▁of ▁this ▁cas ual ▁par lor ▁game ▁as ▁" T riv ia " ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁Columbia ▁Daily ▁Spect ator ▁column ▁published ▁on ▁February   5 , ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁The ▁author , ▁Ed ▁Good g old ▁( né ▁Ed win ▁F . ▁Good g old ; ▁born ▁ 1 9 4 4 ), ▁then ▁started ▁the ▁first ▁organized ▁" t riv ia ▁cont ests " ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁Dan ▁Car lin sky . ▁Ed ▁and ▁Dan ▁ ▁wrote ▁the ▁book ▁T riv ia ▁( D ell , ▁ 1 9 6 6 ) ▁which ▁achieved ▁a ▁ranking ▁on ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁best ▁s eller ▁list ; ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁an ▁extension ▁of ▁the ▁pair ' s ▁Columbia ▁cont ests ▁and ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁other ▁Good g old ▁and ▁Car lin sky ▁t riv ia ▁titles . ▁In ▁their ▁second ▁book , ▁More ▁T rivial ▁T riv ia , ▁the ▁authors ▁critic ized ▁pract ition ers ▁who ▁were ▁" ind isc rim inate ▁enough ▁to ▁conf use ▁the ▁flower ▁of ▁t riv ia ▁with ▁the ▁we ed ▁of ▁min ut iae "; ▁T riv ia , ▁they ▁wrote , ▁" is ▁concerned ▁with ▁t