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Brainstormer Pub Quiz®

  • Bar and Hospitality Industry Promotions
    Turn a slow night into one of your busiest nights of the week!
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  • Corporate Events
    All the fun and excitement of a trivia show at your company party.
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  • Quiz Dates!
    'A Smart Event For Singles!' We are now looking for select venues to host this fun, new event.
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What is the Brainstormer Pub Quiz®?

Brainstormer is a LIVE team trivia contest hosted at your venue. This promotion is held at scores of locations and draws in bar customers week after week. It is also a great 'ice-breaker' party idea for company events.

Themes include
  • General Knowledge
  • Current Events
  • Music & Movies
  • Arts & Literature
  • Sports
  • Science
  • Famous Faces (picture round)
  • Others!

Be sure to check out our sample questions.

Various Formats

How does Brainstormer work?
  1. Form Teams
    Create teams of players (we recommend teams of 4-6).

  2. Battle of the Brains
    Quizmaster fires the questions and teams compete by writing their answers.

  3. Tally Scores
    Quizmaster tallies the scores and announces the team standings after each round.

  4. Award Prizes
    Lucky winners receive real prizes provided by you. Losers get to try again the next time! Prize suggestions

Hosting Options

  • Host Your Own
    This is our most popular offering. Our Deluxe Quiz Packs include everything you need to run the show! Learn more.

  • Quizmaster
    SF Bay Area only. We can supply a professional Quizmaster to host the event at your venue. Please contact us for more information.

Sample Trivia Questions

We strive to make our questions unique, entertaining, informative and challenging. Our content is compiled by a team of experts in the US. All content is relevant to North American audiences and is constantly updated.

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  1. In 2005, Fox Searchlight Pictures said it had bought the rights to make a film about the life of this rapper who was killed in 1997?
  2. Texas Holdem seems to have taken the world by storm in the past few years. Which comes first, the 'Flop' or the 'River'? 
  3. In 2004, what famous U.S. prisoner became inmate number '55170-054'? 
  4. What classic mob movie starts with the line: 'As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster'? 
  5. In a September 2003 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, who was voted greatest rock guitarist of all time? 
  6. What is the world's largest structure made by living organisms?
  7. Which vitamin, derived from carotene, improves the eye's ability to see in the dark? 
  8. Between January 5 and March 14, 1962, who set the impressive record of playing every minute of 45 consecutive NBA games?
  9. In 2001, which movie character was voted the 'best baddie' in cinema history, according to an Internet poll?
  10. In 2005, sales of what item fell 4.2% in the U.S., to its lowest level since 1951?
     

ANSWERS - 1. Christopher Wallace (Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls), 2. Flop, 3. Martha Stewart, 4. 'Goodfellas', 5. Jimi Hendrix, 6. Great Barrier Reef, 7. Vitamin A, 8. Wilt Chamberlain, 9. Hannibal Lecter, 10. Cigarettes (tobacco)

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What people say

O'Neills' 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
O'Neill's Irish Pubs (San Mateo and San Francisco)

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