In the 'good old days' you could have a competition on the TV or radio that would require getting answers to questions correct. You would have to be very 'brain

In the 'good old days' you could have a competition on the TV or radio that would require getting answers to questions correct. You would have to be very 'brainy' or well read, maybe even have educated friends to help you to get all the answers. You could also admire the 'genius' of those able to get the answers right. To take a simple example, where was such-and-such an author born? If you had grown up in the same village as the author or read one of his/her books then you could answer the question. But, if you had no such head start, a trip to the library or asking a well educated friend would be the only way. Nowadays, with Wikipedia, the answer is provided by 'OK Google' in the first paragraph of the first result. This effectively makes it impossible to run competitions on TV/Radio/print that require high levels of 'general knowledge'. In fact, even the phrase 'general knowledge' is not used as often as it used to be!!! Although it is great to be able to look up everything and anything instantly, I liked it in the days when there was some rewards and respect for knowing stuff that nowadays is deemed to be 'trivia'.