PAVLOV
TRIVIA TRAINING

Become the
Smartest Person
in the Room.

Most trivia players hope their weak spots don't come up. Champions identify them and turn them into their strengths. Whether you're chasing your next championship or just tired of blanking on Opera, Pavlov is here to level up your game.

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John Keats
Literature · Poetry
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René Magritte
Visual Art
Music · Classical ↗
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Frédéric Chopin
Born
1810
Origin
Polish
Era
Romantic
The poet of the piano — composed almost exclusively for solo piano through nocturnes, études, and polonaises. Died of tuberculosis at 39.
Pavlovs
01 Polish composer
02 Nocturnes
03 Mazurkas & Polonaises
04 Minute Waltz
05 Lover of George Sand
Highlights
1830 Leaves Poland forever
Left Warsaw at 20 amid the November Uprising — he would never return, carrying a jar of Polish soil with him to Paris.
1839 Piano Sonata No. 2 — the Funeral March
The third movement became the world's most recognizable funeral march — and was played at his own funeral ten years later.
How it works

Learn enough.
Or learn everything.

Every card is built as a natural depth ladder. Pavlovs teach you the common trivia triggers. Read the highlights to get more familiar. Go deeper to truly master the subject and make the knowledge stick.

01
Find Your Gaps
A quick diagnostic finds the categories costing you points — Opera, Poetry, Geography, whatever your blind spot is. Now you know exactly where to focus instead of guessing.
02
Train the Pavlovs
Pavlovs are your retrieval triggers — cues that fire the right answer automatically. Learn them for any subject and you'll rapidly upgrade your trivia game.
03
Go Deep. Master It.
Pavlovs are just the start. Get absorbed in a subject to really make it stick and keep leveling up above the competition.
The Pavlov Method

Ring the bell.
Know the answer.

A trivia pavlov is a reliable trigger — a cue that fires the right answer automatically. Just like Pavlov’s bell triggered his dogs. Master this concept and questions that seemed impossible will suddenly become easy.

Frédéric Chopin — Pavlovs
01 Polish composer
02 Nocturnes
03 Mazurkas & Polonaises
04 Minute Waltz
05 Lover of George Sand
06 Heart buried in Poland, body in Paris
Frédéric Chopin
Test Yourself

Can you answer
these questions?

Watch how knowing a Pavlov rings a bell and makes a tough question feel easy.

Visual Art
Question 1 of 2
Pavlov Cue
Belgian Surrealist painter of men in bowler hats
A
Salvador Dalí
B
René Magritte
C
Max Ernst
D
Giorgio de Chirico
Pavlov
Belgian Surrealist René Magritte
Magritte (1898–1967) placed ordinary objects in extraordinary contexts. The Son of Man — a bowler-hatted figure with an apple obscuring his face — is among the most recognised images in art history.
Report Card

Know exactly
where you stand.

Every domain graded A through F. Your strongest categories, your blind spots, and how far you’ve come — all in one place. No vague percentages. No guessing. Just honest grades that show you exactly what to work on next.

Train for a week and watch your weakest category climb. Pavlov tracks your improvement over time so you can see the work paying off — from D+ to B and beyond.

B
Overall Grade
6 of 9 domains assessed · 214 cards explored
History
A-
90%
Music
B+
87%
Mythology
B
83%
Visual Art
C+
77%
Literature
C
73%
Science
D+
67%
★ Strongest
Greek Mythology A+
American History A
Classical & Opera A-
✗ Weakest
Roman Mythology D
Painting & Drawing D+
European History C-
C+
B
+11 pts in 2 weeks
History · Music · Mythology all improved
Content Drops

Stay current.
Stay sharp.

Trivia doesn’t stand still and neither does Pavlov. New content drops throughout the year — timed to real events, new categories, and the topics most likely to come up next.

Oscar season? Nobel week? A new world leader? We build the cards so you don’t have to do the research yourself.

🏆
Oscar Season 2026
Nominees, directors, and historical Oscar trivia
15 cards
World Cup 2026
History, host nations, and legendary matches
20 cards
🔬
Nobel Prize Week
New laureates across every category
12 cards
📰
Year in Review 2025
The biggest trivia-relevant moments of the year
20 cards
Lineage

Every card knows its
place in history.

Navigate the full chain of succession. Works for Presidents, Monarchs, Popes, and more.

US Presidents
British Monarchs
Edward IV
York · 1461–83
Edward V
York · 1483
Richard III
York · 1483–85
Henry VII
Tudor · 1485–1509
Henry VIII
Tudor · 1509–47
British Monarchs ↗
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Richard III
House
York
Reign
1483–85
Died
Age 32
The last Plantagenet king — killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field, ending the Wars of the Roses and the medieval era of English monarchy. Shakespeare made him history’s most famous villain; archaeology proved truth is stranger than fiction.
Pavlovs
01Last Plantagenet king
02Battle of Bosworth Field (1485)
03The Princes in the Tower
04“A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!”
05Body found under a Leicester car park (2012)
Highlights
1483 Princes in the Tower
His nephews Edward V and Richard of York vanished from the Tower of London. Whether Richard ordered their deaths remains one of history’s most debated mysteries.
1485 Battle of Bosworth Field
Killed in battle by Henry Tudor’s forces. The last English king to die in combat. His crown was reportedly found in a thorn bush and placed on Henry’s head on the battlefield.
2012 Body Discovered in Leicester
His skeleton was found beneath a council car park in Leicester — confirmed by DNA. Reburied in Leicester Cathedral in 2015, over 500 years after his death.
Notable
Shakespeare’s portrayal as a hunchbacked villain was Tudor propaganda — his skeleton showed scoliosis but not a hunchback.
Last English king to die in battle — he charged directly at Henry Tudor in a desperate attempt to end the fight personally.
The Richard III Society has campaigned for centuries to rehabilitate his reputation from Shakespeare’s portrayal.
His two-year reign ended the 331-year Plantagenet dynasty — replaced by the Tudors.
Related
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Henry VII
Defeated him at Bosworth — founded the Tudor dynasty
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Edward IV
His brother — Richard served as Lord Protector for Edward’s sons
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Henry VIII
Henry VII’s son — the Tudor dynasty Richard’s defeat made possible
Explore
The mystery of the Princes +
Shakespeare vs. reality +
The car park discovery +
The Wars of the Roses +
Connections

Pull one thread.
See where it goes.

Every card links outward to the people, movements, and ideas around it. Start on Magritte — follow a connection to Dalí — follow another to Breton and the Surrealist movement. The rabbit hole goes as deep as you want.

VISUAL ART ↗
🎩
René Magritte
Born
1898
Origin
Belgian
Movement
Surrealism
Pavlovs
01Belgian Surrealist
02Bowler hat figures
03Ceci n'est pas une pipe
04The Son of Man (apple face)
Related
Salvador Dalí
fellow Surrealists · complex rivalry
Explore More →
The 80/20 principle

You don't need
to know every opera.

You don’t need to know 500+ Operas to be good at the category — you really just need to remember 20 or so and you’ll be surprised at how easily that covers most Opera questions. Same with Poetry, Classical Music, and every other category that feels intimidating.

Pavlov is built around this reality. We’ve done the work to find the high-frequency subjects in every category to help you master the ones that account for <20% of the field but >80% of the questions. Learn those first, and then go deeper to become a trivia genius.

You'll be surprised how quickly a scary category becomes one of your strongest.
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OperaFeels impossible
~20
Must-know operas that account for the vast majority of opera questions in competitive trivia
Full Pavlov set in the app →
Master these and Opera becomes one of your strengths
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PoetryFeels impossible
~25
Must-know poets who appear in competition trivia again and again — the same names, the same works
Full Pavlov set in the app →
Master these and Poetry becomes one of your strengths
Knowledge domains

12+ domains.
50+ categories.

12+ domains, 50+ categories at launch — each built from the ground up with deep knowledge cards, Pavlovs, and connections that let you follow the rabbit hole. Categories marked as coming soon are already in development.

MythologyFolklore & Legend
Greek GodsRoman GodsNorse MythologyHeroes & MonstersEgyptianCeltic
100+ cards at launch
HistoryPeople & Events
US PresidentsEuropean MonarchsAncient WorldWorld LeadersWars & ConflictsAsian History
100+ cards at launch
MusicComposers & Artists
Classical & OperaJazz & BluesRock & PopMusical TheatreMusic Theory
100+ cards at launch
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Visual ArtArtists & Movements
RenaissanceImpressionismModern ArtSculptureArchitecturePhotography
100+ cards at launch
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LiteratureAuthors & Works
PoetsNovelistsPlaywrightsShakespeareChildren’s LitWorld Literature
100+ cards at launch
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ScienceDiscoveries & Minds
PhysicsBiologyChemistryAstronomyInventorsMathematics
100+ cards at launch
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GeographyPlaces & Wonders
Countries & CapitalsUS States & CitiesMountainsRivers & LakesLandmarksNatural Wonders
100+ cards at launch
📜
Religion & PhilosophyIdeas & Beliefs
The BibleWorld ReligionsAncient PhilosophyModern PhilosophyEthics
100+ cards at launch
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Film & TVDirectors & Classics
DirectorsBest Picture WinnersClassic FilmsTelevisionFilm Movements
100+ cards at launch
🏆
SportsAthletes & Moments
Olympic ChampionsIconic AthletesChampionshipsRecords & Firsts
100+ cards at launch
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Business & EconomicsIndustries & Ideas
Entrepreneurs & CEOsInventionsEconomic ConceptsFamous Companies
100+ cards at launch
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Language & WordsOrigins & Meanings
EtymologyFamous PhrasesWord OriginsLanguage Families
100+ cards at launch
1,000+
Knowledge Cards at Launch
12+
Domains
50+
Categories
5,000+
Pavlovs at Launch
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