My problem is that it feels like they could have been much more useful.
Annoyingly often it is also the most useful questions that are closed while things I consider trivia style/karma-farming operations like: "what is the reason for x" seems to be totally OK.
I too find those trivia questions and their answers interesting but IMO they are a distraction.
SE aims to answer every relevant question, even basic questions. Karma is a reward for the users which do activities to generate the relevant Q&A entries.
Annoyingly often it is also the most useful questions that are closed while things I consider trivia style/karma-farming operations like: "what is the reason for x" seems to be totally OK.
I too find those trivia questions and their answers interesting but IMO they are a distraction.