Pick a topic you're interested in.

Learn one new interesting fact about it.

Bring up that bit of trivia in a conversation this weekend.

That's all there is to the challenge.

This is intended to help out the people who find themselves hitting that conversation wall and not knowing what to say next, but it can also help people who want to go out with a more self-amusing attitude.

This is also a great way to demonstrate value. You're probably thinking "Being a trivia dork? Yeah, you're demonstrating low value," but find me a woman who doesn't find intelligence attractive. Okay, now don't ever date that woman and find someone with a better head on her shoulders. That better woman does find intelligence attractive. But, that's not really how you're going to DHV with your new bit of trivia.

What you want to do is frame the information as something you just learned. Someone who knows a lot is just intelligent and that's okay, but someone who is always learning more is a guy with a busy, interesting life, and we all know that's highly attractive to women. Ever watch standup comedy? You'll notice that every story or anecdote is about something that just happened to the comic. "So last week my girlfriend broke up with me..." Wow! Amazing how that comic keeps getting dumped every single week! Of course he doesn't, but framing a story as something that just happened makes it more interesting. "Two years ago my girlfriend broke up with me..." Zzzzz, the audience just went to sleep. Same thing applies to all conversations. "I just learned this bit of trivia" is more interesting than "I know this bit of trivia."

It also allows you to display your intelligence without being a know-it-all douchebag. This is a big stumbling block for intelligent guys. You always hear about how you should be fine with women because they like smart guys, but you can't really convey your intelligence in an opener, so they never learn you're smart and thus never become attracted. Or, you're so eager to display how smart you are that you force the conversation in that direction in a really unattractive way. "Hey, do you have a law degree? Because I do. And from a really good school, too. Ask me where." The context of having just learned something gives you a social pass for bringing it up. Consider "Do you know what the Ikea Effect is?" versus "I was just reading about this thing called the Ikea Effect."

Finally, and maybe this should have been firstly, be congruent. You do want to pick something you think a high percentage of girls would find interesting, but more important is to pick something you find interesting. If you find it interesting, you're going to convey that with your voice. You'll sound confident talking about it, and she'll pick up on your vibe and become interested in it. And make sure it is something you actually do know about. It's easy to see through someone who is faking intelligence. That's why it's best to pick something you're actually interested in, because you already have this pool of knowledge and you're just adding to it.

Finally Part 2, if you need some inspiration, today is Friday which means Science Fridays on NPR. Tomorrow is Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, and of course there's plenty of recent episodes of Fresh Air to get caught up on. Or, go to Barnes and Noble, buy a book from the New in Nonfiction rack, and spend a couple hours this weekend reading. You know you have the time, just play WoW or Diablo 3 or Angry Bird Star Wars a little bit less.