Brilliant trivia whiz Paul Tarson is great at answering little questions but horrible at answering the big ones - like what's he going to do after grad school? When his father withdraws his funding, Paul is forced to confront his future and much procrastinated dissertation deadline - until he discovers the First Annual Ann Arbor Pub Trivia Tournament. Paul and his buddy James quickly form a team and rise to the top. When they get a shot at the championship at the exact same time his dissertation is due, Paul's course of action is not quite as trivial!