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Is Trivia Useless?

Is Trivia Useless?
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     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grade 5
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.11

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    downloaded, smivia, trivial, celebrity, hollywood, literature, e-mail, hosts, edition, jeopardy, public, daily, fortune, rage, favor, radio
     content words:    In Rome, My Line, Bet Your Life, That Tune, Hollywood Squares, Trivia Encyclopedia, Trivial Pursuit

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Is Trivia Useless?
By Phyllis Naegeli 		  
1     Trivia, smivia. What does it matter? Isn't it just useless facts? Some may thing so.
 
2     But, it can be lots of fun. It's in books. It's in games. It's on the Internet . It's on TV. It even has its own holiday on January 4th. It may seem useless. But, not all would agree.
 
3     The word "trivia" comes from Latin. "Tri-" means three. "Via" means road. When you put them together the word means, "the meeting place of three roads, as in a public meeting place." In Rome, people thought these types of places were common. That's how our word "trivial," came to mean "of small importance."

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