'The brotrayal!': Guy misses a bar trivia freebie because his nerdy friend points out the barman's mistake, friendly feud ensues

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jun 6, 2025 9:00 PM EDT

Trivia night is a nerd's bread and butter. Showcasing their skills and intricate knowledge of random lore, bar trivia is a haven for proud know-it-alls. However, if your buddy—an engineering genius who's memorized the entire Silmarillion—invites you to bar trivia night, be prepared for the most humbling intellectual experience of your life. 

For us regular folks, trivia night is a reminder that we are, in fact, NOT smarter than a 5th grader. So when this man's best friend ruined his chance at an easy question, he was rightfully furious. Perhaps he should have brushed up on his geeky knowledge, getting his soul in perfect unison with his mind to avoid another embarrassing trivia encounter—but alas, he did not. 

Next time, he'll be a little more careful with his trivia night questions, dutifully avoiding the homie who ruined his shot at a free drink over the world's easiest trivia question. 

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  • My friend shotblocked me Some time ago I went to this nerd themed bar, and one of the gimmicks is there is a drink where if you order it, they ask you a fictional lore question. If you get it
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  • right, you get a free shot. So this bartender ask me what 3 animals are you officially allowed to bring to hogwarts. I answered cat, rat, and owl. He said wrong, it's
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  • cat/toad/owl and Ron's rat was a snuck in exception. Ok guy fair enough, no free shot for me. Fast forward a few months, I'm at this bar again with my friend. I
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  • order the same drink, the bartender doesn't recognize me so he asks me the same hogwarts question. Before I can answer, my friend leans over and says "Hey
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  • isn't that the SaMe QuEsTiOn he asked you last time?" I just turn and look at him like bro...really. Bartender says "oh did I? Alright I'll give you a different one." I don't
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  • remember what the new question was but I got it wrong. Since that day I have maintained that he should have had my back regardless of the arguably murky
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  • ethics of taking advantage of the situation for the free shot, and his position is that I lost any moral high ground I had by frequently referring to this incident as "The Brotrayal"
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  • AncientSith "Teacher you forgot to give us homework" a boy.
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  • spambot_mods Guess you can't bring him to Hogwarts cause he's a RAT
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  • GOmery This is the same guy who raises his hand right before the bell rings to let out and reminds the teacher to collect last night's homework.
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  • 3secondruletaco ⚫ So not only does he owe you for the obvious original subterfuge, but I'd say the debt's been escalated as he's also trying to shirk a well- earned and beautifully named title, The Brotrayal Someone collect him already
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  • ILostMyAccountan Next time he has a new girl, "Nice to meet you. Hey, didn't your last girlfriend have that same....shirt, dress, whatever?"
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  • Particular_Title42. But this is how we learn isn't it? Bartender is clearly not a Ravenclaw. Neither is your friend.
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  • DewyHaze he 100% shoulda shut his mouth and let u run it back omg like where's the loyalty fr. that man jumped in unprovoked just to ruin ur lil redemption arc over a trivia
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  • shot?? nah. u weren't scamming anyone, u were playin the system like any of us would. u had every right to call it a brotrayal and honestly he should be buying u a round every time y'all go back there now.
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  • FrostyExplanation... Sounds like a "best friend" move. I would definitely screw my mates like that. I would also buy them a shot later though.
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  • Intrepid-Macaron5... That guy sounds like he dreams to be the President of an HOA.
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