The pursuit was trivial

It finally happened. Notwithstanding the vast amount of knowledge I’ve accumulated over the years, albeit mostly trivial in nature, I’ve hit the wall I saw coming. I predicted that soon many quiz show questions would be about Harry Potter or those Lord of the Ring/Hobbit characters. Since I know absolutely nothing about these fictional people, and do not care enough to learn about them, I knew I would be at a disadvantage. I thought they would show up on Jeopardy first, and maybe a few questions have. But, to my dismay, these topics have made it into my local crossword puzzle. Recently, two of the first three “across” clues were: Head of Slytherin House, in Potter books (five letters) and “The Hobbit” dragon (also five letters). If this trend continues, I will be reduced to a trivia relic.