Where can you go for trivia fun?

CHENEY – If you happen to know which president of the United States served 32 days in office, or maybe the name of the Bon Jovi album that contained the song, “You Give Love a Bad Name,” you might be up for trivia at Eagle’s Pub, 414 First St.

From 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Friday, people can join Chuck Zeller, a self-described “super senior” majoring in history at Eastern Washington University, who comes up with the questions, serves as emcee and checks everyone’s answers. He’ll also come to your table to explain the rules and how the trivia game works.

Kim Hartman, manager of Eagle’s Pub for about a month, said the pub has been hosting trivia as long as she can remember. On busy trivia nights there could be 60 to 65 customers sitting around the tables, she said.

The Tuesday night game differs from the Friday night game in that Zeller plays music between the 10 rounds of trivia on Fridays. Players must write the artist of the song on their answer sheets. Zeller awards a raffle ticket for each correct answer and has a drawing for “Eagle Bucks” between rounds. Each Eagle Buck can be used toward a dollar off the teams’ tab or saved to use later.

“Minors can come and drink pop and hang out with their friends,” Zeller said, since the pub allows minors until 9 p.m.

The winning team gets a free pizza.

Zeller said he gets his questions from the Internet, Trivial Pursuit and history books from school. He also said he double-checks answers to make sure they are correct.

Not only does Zeller lead customers in trivia at Eagle’s Pub, he also does it for Eagle Entertainment, part of EWU.

“We come every Tuesday and Friday,” said Grant Griffith. “I’ve won first place one time.”

The atmosphere of the trivia competition is jovial. Some people shout out misleading answers. Zeller gives hints and when players win Eagle Bucks, their friends give them a good-natured heckle. They also groan at an answer that seems so simple after hearing it.

“I’m in a presidential mood tonight,” Zeller told the crowd. He asked several questions involving William Henry Harrison and sang a song to the crowd to help them memorize the names of the U.S. presidents. He asked which president was the first to put a Christmas tree in the White House – Benjamin Harrison; which changed the voting age to 18 – Richard Nixon. And the answer to which president served 32 days? William Henry Harrison, who caught pneumonia after his inaugural address.

Zeller also asked questions about pop culture and sports and a little bit of recent headline news.

At the end of the game on a recent Tuesday, the team “EWU 63, Grizzlies 0” was the winner.

Along with their pizza, team members get bragging rights. At least until Friday.