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A vehicle of cultural hegemony: what forms of trivia are included—and which are excluded? Who defines them? Whose history, geography, or “general” knowledge is privileged?
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A means of symbolic power and capital: Bourdieu would note how “knowing the right trivia” can confer status in social groups; the pub quiz might become a stage for performing cultural capital.
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A discourse‑forming rite: Foucault would look at how pub quizzes crystallize regimes of truth—making trivia seem objective and neutral when it’s shaped by editorial and cultural choices.
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A platform for counter‑hegemony: a left‑wing twist could reclaim the format by including alternative histories, marginalized voices, or questions about power structures—turning the quiz into a site of resistance rather than reproduction.
common knowledge based largely on a common BELIEF
general knowledge // generalised knowledge, how created? how constructed?
