Testimonials

Hospitality Industry and Corporate Clients

'Thank you very much for your hard work in presenting our Quiz. The evening went extremely well I don't think any of our clients had been to a quiz evening before. It ended up with a tie breaker. Some clients even requested we run another quiz night next year!'

Event Co-ordinator with International Insurance Law Firm, New York City
(January, 2008)

'We had a fantastic time and everyone thought the Quiz was great fun! One of the better events we've had. Thanks again, and hope we can work together in the near future.'

Business Operations Analyst, San Francisco
(January, 2008)

'Every customer in the bar became involved and couldn't get enough. The pub was delighted with the business!'

Stephen Patterson (Owner)
Finn McCool's Pub, New Orleans
(January, 2008)

''When looking to put on a first class event in entertainment, there is no-one better than the minds at Brainstormer. I should know, having been in this business for 28 years.'

Nick Jones
The voice of Sports in Bermuda
(January, 2008)

'Brainstormer Trivia was easily the highlight of our Relay For Life event. Having walked around a track for 8 hours to honor those affected by cancer, over 100 students participated in the trivia contest, despite its starting at midnight. This is simply a must have, and we will definitely use it next year!'

Stuart Prenner
co-Chair Yale University Relay For Life
(May, 2007)

'The event went over with flying colors. Thanks so much for the positive spin on a boring dinner.'

SF Bay Area Corporate Event Planner
(January, 2007)

'Brainstormer proved to be a wonderful way for my clients to meet and get to know each other! Our Quizmaster, Mark, did an excellent job facilitating the evening with a good dose of humor and wit! Thank you!'

Brandi de Carli (Regional Director)
Table for Six Total Adventures
(2006)

'It has been good for us to have a supply of questions from Brainstormer. Tuesday night has become a very significant event at the Rose and Crown'

Tony Babb (Owner)
Rose and Crown Pub, Palo Alto, California
(May 2006)

'A lot of the regulars will come down around 5 or 5:30 to grab a good table, and they'll have dinner while they're holding it. And they're always here until it ends around 11.'

Paul Rudd (Manager) Sean Kelly's, Missoula, Montana
(Client 2001-current)

'O'Neill's has been hosting Brainstormer for seven years. On Quiz nights we are about four times as busy.  Sometimes you can't get a table...'

Eoin O'Neill ( Owner)
O'Neill's Irish Pubs, San Mateo and San Francisco, California
(May 2006)

'Brainstormer is very good for business. Our quiz has enjoyed great success this summer. We boasted 26 teams for the last 2 weeks!'

Ashley Sheridan (Owner)
Anna Liffey's Bar, New Haven, Connecticut
(Client 2000-current)

'All in all, it was more than we thought possible ... The room was completely filled! People who didn't know each other teamed up and are excited about next week'

Wendy Halambeck (Owner)
Albatross Pub, Berkeley, California
(Client 2000-current)

'We have been using the Brainstormer packages now for eight years and receive a new set of questions each week. The bar business has dramatically increased on what used to be a slow Tuesday night'

Flor O'Sullivan (Owner)
Scruffy Murphy's Bar, Sunnyvale, California
(Client 1998 -current)

Publications

'The contests, held Wednesday evenings at the Kentucky Street pub (Finbar Devine's), have become so popular that the pub books solid with reservations.'

Santa Rosa Press Democrat
(July 2006)

'Brainstormer Pub Quiz ® nights are so popular here that fans gather around thicker than a pint of Guinness.'

USA Today

'...armies of young men and women arrive an hour early to commandeer tables; bar business has increased four-fold from the pre-quiz days'

New York Times

'...for a quiz night, it has a professional setup...'

Washington Post

'The action of the Brainstormer Pub Quiz ® is restricted entirely to whispering and writing. (And drinking) ... with patrons tippling back Guinness with one hand and scribbling furiously with the other. It's like the SATs, basically, but there's booze.'

Blake de Pastino, Missoula Independent, MT

'...it was fun to watch tables get friendlier with each other...'

Sarah Knott - Cincinnati.com

'On the regular (Brainstormer Pub Quiz ®) nights, there's often standing room only in the 200-capacity pub (The Dubliner - Cincinnati, Ohio)'

The Buzz Magazine

'Brainstormer Pub Quiz ® challenges customers, boosts profits. Operators say they are enjoying increased success and profits, and their patrons have had tons of fun as a result of the event'

Nightclub and Bar Magazine

'The place came to life as tables filled with groups of friends and co-workers who caught the spirit, had dinner and joined in on the pencil-and-paper challenge' -  Nancy Kimball - Daily Inter Lake (Kalispell, Montanta)