How To Play

It is always FREE to play trivia. 

Prizes

• gift certificates to the bar ($40 - 1st Place, $20 - 2nd Place)
• drink tickets (redeemable for non-premium beers or well alcohol drinks) distributed at my discretion - usually by winning a special "drinking round" or for answering random toss-up questions or if I just feel like it because I like you or your team name
• promotional tchotchkes/knickknacks/trinkets - e.g. keychains, glassware, t-shirts, beer koozies, etc.

Getting Started
Before the game, pick up a packet of answer sheets and a pen for your team from the podium.
Give your team a name and write it on your answer sheets so I have a way to identify you and keep track of scores. (Funny team names might earn you an extra point.)

I introduce the game and the rules before every game.

The Game
In each round, I show the questions on the television screens positioned around the bar and introduce each of the questions by reading through them one time. After I read through them once, I put the questions on a loop on the TV screens so you can revisit any questions that you want to think more about. When finished with your answers, turn in your answer sheets to me so I can start scoring. 

Game ​Scoring
Scoring is pretty simple - every correct answer is worth 1 point. You do not lose points for wrong answers.

However, while the previous two sentences are generally true, you will also usually have the option to "double" the point values for any individual answer.  To "double" an answer, just mark the box on the right hand side of the trivia answer sheet (there is different box for each answer line). "Doubling" makes a correct answer worth 2 points. However, if you "double" an answer and you are incorrect, you will lose 2 points. This is the only way that you can lose points. If you don't ever double, you won't ever lose points...but, you also likely won't finish at the top of the standings.

Time Bonuses
To keep the game moving, an 8-minute timer will be started after I have read through the questions and started the questions on a looped cycle. Sometimes, there will be a time bonus displayed:

• If you turn in your answer sheet within the first 3 minutes, you will get 3 bonus points.
• If you take 3-5 minutes, you only get 1 bonus point.
• If you use more than 5 minutes, you get no bonus points (but will of course get credit for anything you answer correctly).

This is a mechanism to encourage your team to be quick with your answers and also to give me a chance to start scoring before the end of the round rather than receive an onslaught of answer sheets at the end of the answering time.

Example answer sheet.