Put your pop culture skills to the test at trivia night

By Tiffany Reagan

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Leona Laurie hosts a trivia night every Monday at the Villard Street Pub.

The Pub is located at 1417 Villard St. and trivia lasts from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Laurie, who had to persuade the owners for a year to let her host, brought her love of random facts all the way from the Bay Area.

"I was on a pub trivia team there and I loved it," she said.

Laurie was also drawn to trivia because she knows a lot of know-it-alls and show-offs.

She believes trivia night at the Villard Street Pub is the best in town because there are a lot of prizes, it stays on a tight schedule and the Pub offers a wide variety of food.

"It's more difficult to justify spending time on a week night at a bar without having a meal involved," Laurie said.

"It's a mild enough commitment that it can fit into anyone's schedule the way other social events during the week cannot."

Laurie will only be hosting trivia night for another four weeks. It has been so popular, though, that Villard Street Pub is going to continue the new Monday night tradition without her.

(The full text of this article is available on the Daily Emerald's site.)