Los Angeles is probably the best place in the world to have a brainpan crammed with trivial knowledge. Staff writer Adam Tschorn (@artschorn) knows this first-hand, having turned a Cliff Claven-esque penchant for useless information (Did you know that Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president born in a hospital?) into a run of television game-show research (“Win Ben Stein’s Money”) and writing (“Twenty One,” “It’s Your Chance of a Lifetime” and “Weakest Link”) gigs in the early aughts.⁠ *Correction: Scum and Villainy Cantina's bar trivia takes place on Wednesdays at 8 p.m.* ⁠ He and his colleagues hit the local pub-quiz circuit to see if they could leverage frontal lobes filled with folderol into free drinks, bar swag and bragging rights. (They did OK for themselves, one time coming within one right answer of a free steak dinner for the team.) ⁠ ⁠ Here’s a look at some of the best pub-quiz places he’s played at over the past few months. Every one has a little something extra going on — game-wise, food-wise or decor-wise — that will leave you feeling like you’ve won.⁠ 📸: Brian van der Brug, Wally Skalij, Adam Tschorn and Myung J. Chun