Samizdat Holiday Award for Creative Stupidity

Is it a bad thing to be completely oblivious to current events? Is there any real harm in not knowing historical precedents or pressing contemporary news? Apparently, the answer is 'yes,' and not merely in an abstract manner. The following Chicago Sun-Times article explains the concrete dangers of not knowing shit:

Woman hospitalized after Trivial Pursuit game

While most college students can earn an intoxicated trip to the hospital without any help, these folks were creative about it. There's nothing like punishing a wrong answer with substances, the intake of which make the respondent even more likely to give a wrong answer.