Trivia

[Donner Kebab]

Where does the origin of the word Trivia come from?

[woofgang]

the roman habit of putting up notice boards where 3 roads meet (tri via)the notice boards were used to post small pieces of local information amongst other things

[andy hughes]

According to something I heard today on the radio (I think) the 'tri via' was a point in Rome where three roads met, and it was known as a meeting point for ladies to gossip. The unimportant gossip becamse known as ' the conversation of the tri via' which mutated into 'trivia'.

[rinkytink]

Nice one Andy, I heard the same thing on the radio - what station was it ?