Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you might want to know about running On-Tap Trivia at your bar. Can't find your answer? Get in touch and we'll help.

Every Monday we email you a complete, ready-to-run trivia night: presentation slides, a Host Q & A Sheet with every answer, printable team answer booklets, a marketing poster, and a bonus game. You connect a laptop to your screen and someone from your team hosts the room from the Host Q & A Sheet. There is nothing to write and nothing to prepare. It is the same professionally produced content used by venues that have run trivia for years.

A TV or projector, a laptop or tablet to run the slides, printed answer booklets, and someone from your team to host. A microphone is highly recommended but not mandatory. If your venue already shows sports on a screen, you already have most of what you need. Setup takes about ten minutes.

No, but you do need a host. Someone has to read the questions, keep the energy up, engage with the teams, and keep the night flowing, and that person plays a big part in why customers return week after week. It does not have to be a professional quizmaster. A bartender, manager, friend of the bar, or outgoing staff member can do a fantastic job.

We make hosting easy. The Host Q & A Sheet includes every answer, helpful hints, interesting extra facts to share, and clear prompts for running the quiz. On screen, music cues let your host know exactly when to move on to the next question, keeping the night flowing naturally. Everything is designed so your host can walk in confident, focus on entertaining the room, and build the relationships that turn first-time players into loyal regulars.

You get the slides as a PowerPoint file, plus PDFs for the Host Q & A Sheet, answer booklets, and poster. Everything opens in standard software, so there is nothing extra to buy or install. You can present straight from a laptop, tablet, or even a USB stick.

A TV works perfectly. A 40-inch screen is plenty for most bars, and larger venues often use a projector or multiple screens so every team can see. As long as your screen can connect to a laptop or tablet, you are set. No special hardware is required.

Immediately. Subscribing takes about two minutes and you get instant access to your first pack, so you could run your very first trivia night this week. There is no onboarding call, no waiting period, and no setup fee.

Yes. Our packs are written and edited for a US audience, with American spelling, references, and cultural touchpoints. The questions are designed to feel fair and fun for a typical US bar crowd, not too obscure and not too easy.

Our quiz packs are designed to be run exactly as they arrive. Each week we carefully select a balanced mix of rounds and questions to appeal to a wide audience, so every team member has the chance to contribute. We aim for the Goldilocks zone: challenging enough to be rewarding, but never so difficult that the room loses interest or so easy that the quiz becomes predictable. The result is a fun, inclusive trivia night that keeps beginners, regulars, and seasoned quiz teams equally engaged.

Most bars build to a steady, loyal crowd of teams within a few weeks of running a consistent weekly night. Trivia attracts groups of two to eight who stay for the whole night and come back regularly. The key is consistency: same night, same time, every week.

There is not a one-size-fits-all answer. Some venues attract 10 to 15 teams from their very first night, while others build steadily over several months. The biggest factor is consistency. The busiest trivia nights are almost always the ones that run every week, are well promoted, and create an atmosphere people genuinely enjoy returning to.

Think of trivia as building a community rather than hosting a one-off event. Teams form habits, invite friends, and word of mouth grows over time. If you commit to running your quiz every week and support it with in-house promotion and social media, you will give yourself the best chance of developing a busy, profitable trivia night.

Even if only two or three teams turn up in the early weeks, run the quiz anyway. Those first teams are your foundation. If they have a great experience, they will come back, bring friends, and help create the momentum that turns a quiet start into a packed weekly event.

Bar tabs, a round of drinks, a meal voucher, or a small cash pot all work well, and they keep spend inside your venue. Many bars offer a first, second, and second last-place prize to keep every team engaged and get them back the following week. You do not need to spend much; the competition and bragging rights do most of the work.

Your fresh pack is delivered by email every Monday morning, giving you until trivia night to plan around it. That means you can run your trivia night on any day that suits your venue. Most bars choose a quieter weeknight to fill seats. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are the most popular nights.

You can cancel any time from your account in a couple of clicks. There are no lock-in contracts, no cancellation fees, and no awkward phone calls. If you cancel, you keep access through the end of your current billing period.

Yes. You can download two complete trivia night packs for free, with no credit card required, so you can run a real night before you ever pay anything. It is the best way to see the quality for yourself and get your crowd hooked.

Nothing bad. Your subscription simply continues, and you can run that week's pack whenever you like or skip it. Packs do not expire, so you will never lose content you have paid for. Consistency helps build your crowd, but life happens and the choice is always yours.

Absolutely. The packs are great for fundraisers, birthdays, corporate nights, and other private bookings. A single one-off pack is perfect if you only need trivia for a specific event rather than every week. All formats are included either way.

We include a customizable poster template with every pack to make promotion easy. Posting your weekly trivia night on social media, putting up the poster in-venue, and telling your regulars is usually enough to get started. Once teams discover your night, word of mouth does the heavy lifting.

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