as each test requires specific knowledge on a wide variety of subjects, making it virtually impossible for a person to achieve a high score without teammates. Each week, the party with the highest score bags $60 in gift certificates to Sophia’s; second place walks away with a round of free drinks that can be redeemed any time during the week; and third place picks up a round of drinks that can be redeemed that night only. However, don’t worry if you don’t make it in the top three - the group with the best team name wins a round of shots, winner of the tie breaker wins a six-pack of beer or a bottle of wine, and other prizes are given as well. It is a night that mixes the intellectual with the comical as participants attempt to answer mind-bending questions while under the influence.

However, the patrons of trivia night are not typical college town bar goers. Instead of seeing crowds of students who recently turned 21 guzzling bottles of Budweiser and slurping body shots of Jose Cuervo, trivia night frequenters enjoy their drinks in a lively, yet more relaxed and mature atmosphere. Kevin Wan, the 29-year-old co-owner of Sophia’s and emcee of trivia night explained, “Many of the people here tonight are grad students and this is their only night out.” Trivia night has tapped into a new audience of Davisites who are not necessarily partygoers or regulars in the area’s bar scene. When trivia night