Trivia for Bars
A weekly trivia night gives people a reason to come in on your quietest night, and a reason to stay. Guests stay about 2 hours and order 3.5 drinks each on average. Your own team hosts, from a ready-to-run pack at US$49 a week.
Weeknight Revenue, Every Week
A dead Tuesday costs you the same staff and the same lights as a busy one. Trivia fills the room for a couple of hours, and teams order rounds while they play.
~2 hrs
How long a trivia night keeps guests in their seats
3.5
Drinks ordered by the average guest across the night
Weekly
The same night every week, so it becomes a habit
The Drinks Alone
An illustrative night, before any food.
40 guests × 3.5 drinks × $8
$1,120
One week of On-Tap Trivia
$49
The 2-hour runtime and 3.5 drinks per guest are typical trivia-night averages from our team. The 40-guest turnout and $8 drink price are illustrative assumptions, not results. Plug in your own numbers.
More on this in how trivia lifts weeknight revenue.
Your Team Hosts. We Write the Night.
You still need someone on the mic, and that person is a big part of why regulars come back. You do not need to pay an outside quizmaster to do it.
Your pack lands on Monday
A complete trivia night arrives as a download every Monday. Your host has the week to read it over.
Print and set up
Print the Host Q & A Sheet and one Answer Booklet for each team. Plug a laptop into your TV or projector.
Your team hosts
A bartender, manager or outgoing regular runs the room from the Host Q & A Sheet. Every answer and helpful hint is on it.
Finish with the Bonus Game
Close the night with the Bonus Game, announce the winners, and tell everyone the date of next week's quiz.
See the full setup guide or read how to host a trivia night at your bar.
Everything You Need. Nothing You Don't.
Each weekly pack is a complete, ready-to-run trivia night written by people who have hosted thousands of them. Open it, set up your screen, and you are done prepping.
Trivia Slides
PowerPoint format, 5 rounds, 10 questions per round.
Bonus Baffler
Bonus Baffler clues at the end of each round.
Host Q & A Sheet
Every question and answer, plus extra clues and information to make your host look amazing.
Team Answer Booklets
Printable PDF. Title page, 5 rounds of 10 questions, and a notes page.
Marketing Poster
Poster template. Add your bar name, day of the week and kick-off time.
Bonus Game
At the end of the night, a fun bonus game that gets everyone out of their seat.
Pack vs Hosted Trivia Companies
The biggest cost in bar trivia is the host fee. At a $175 per-night rate, a year of weekly nights is $9,100. A year of On-Tap Trivia packs is $2,548.
| Option | Who hosts | Cost to your venue | Minimum term |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-Tap Trivia pack | Your own team | US$49 a week ($196 every four weeks), or $69 for a single pack | None, cancel any time |
| Hosted trivia company | Their quizmaster | Most do not publish it. Trivia Mafia lists $150 per event for a four-week trial, then $175 per event | Varies by company |
| Bar game platform | Software, players on phones or tablets | Buzztime lists $199 to $299 a month | Six months (Buzztime) |
| Write your own | Your own team | No fee, but hours of writing and checking every week | None |
Competitor prices are from each company's own website as of October 2026 and may change. Company names are trademarks of their owners. On-Tap Trivia is not affiliated with them.
See every option side by side in bar trivia companies compared, or browse our head-to-head comparisons.
Free Bar Trivia Questions
Read through a full set of sample questions and answers in six themed rounds, with each answer one tap away.
Bar Trivia in Your City
Packs are delivered digitally, so any venue in the country can run them. Local notes for some of the cities we serve:
Trivia for Bars FAQ
Trivia gives people a reason to come in on a night they would otherwise stay home, and a reason to stay. A trivia night runs about 2 hours, and the average guest orders 3.5 drinks across the night. Run it every week and it becomes a habit, so the same teams come back.
Pick the night you most want to fill, usually your quietest weeknight. Then run it on the same night and at the same start time every week. Consistency is what turns a one-off crowd into regulars.
No. You need a host, but it does not have to be someone you pay by the night. A bartender, manager, owner or outgoing regular can run a great room. With On-Tap Trivia they work from the Host Q & A Sheet, which has every question and answer, extra information to share and helpful hints, so there is no host fee.
A TV or projector, a laptop to run the PowerPoint, a microphone, and a printer for the Answer Booklets (one for each team). If your bar already shows sports, you probably have most of it.
It depends on who hosts. Most hosted trivia companies do not publish venue pricing; Trivia Mafia lists $150 per event for a four-week trial, then $175 per event. With On-Tap Trivia your own team hosts, so you pay only for the pack: US$49 a week (billed $196 every four weeks), or US$69 for a single pack. No setup fee and no lock-in contract.
Every pack is a complete night: a PowerPoint of five rounds of ten questions with Bonus Baffler clues at the end of each round, a Host Q & A Sheet, printable Answer Booklets, a marketing poster you can add your bar name to, and a Bonus Game to finish the night. It arrives every Monday as PowerPoint and PDFs.
Yes. Download two complete trivia nights free, with no credit card. Run one at your bar and see how it goes before you pay anything.
Run Your First Trivia Night Free
Download two complete trivia nights, no credit card. Run one at your bar this week and count the rounds.
2 complete packs · No credit card · Instant download