r/triviahosts

What do you guys use to carry all your stuff? I have two 10-inch speakers, a mixer, mic, two speaker stands, desktop mic stand, all associated cords, laptop, charger, expanding folder with answer sheets/worksheets/sign up links, a box of pens, a flashlight, scissors, a folding desk lamp, a surge protector, tip jar, little tray for answer sheets, electric and duct tape........ I think that's it lol. I have been cramming everything that will fit in a laptop messenger type bag and just making several trips, but I would love to hear any clever solutions you have. Thanks!!

A little later than I planned originally, but thanks to everyone who took part in the question swap. The compiled list has been sent out with a couple of notes.

If you were expecting the questions but didn't get them, please check your recent emails as there were a couple of people I messaged about issues with submissions. If I get updated lists from these people, I will get them added and send out an updated version of the question swap to all.

It was more time consuming than I though and definitely more effort. I will give it a little time and consideration before the next one and will look to improve the process too. I will let you know when question swap 2 is coming up though!

A big thank you to everyone who took part!

I have hosted trivia for the past few years and have dealt with a fair few cheaters, but none of them have caused any trouble past me giving them a nudge ‘cmon man it’s trivia’ or public humiliation if it gets bad, but I just started at a new place and it’s getting pretty bad

I recently started at another location of the bar chain I’ve been hosting at for the past year, and only one patron has been attending both venues. This guy is blatantly looking up answers, and not even doing a good job at hiding it (putting exact decimal points on metric/imperial conversion rounds). I nudged him personally and also gave the team an indirect shoutout about cheating and a 0 in that round, but the behavior continued.

Since I’m just starting up at this venue I’m a little nervous about a direct confrontation. We only have around 3 teams now, including the bartender, so I don’t wanna actively scare away patrons, but this is getting a bit much. Any advice?

I ran a particularly successful audio round during my last session, called the Great American Music Road Trip, and I wanted to share it with my fellow hosts.

10 questions. For each question I played a song by two different musical artists, both of whom are from and/or are strongly associated with a US city.

These are the ones I used:

Dropkick Murphys, Pixies - Boston

Smashing Pumpkins, Muddy Waters - Chicago

Prince, The Replacements - Minneapolis

Jimi Hendrix, Pearl Jam - Seattle

Imagine Dragons, The Killers- Las Vegas

Ice Cube, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Los Angeles

Louis Armstrong, Dr. John - New Orleans

Taylor Swift, King of Leon - Nashville

Pitbull, Gloria Estefan - Miami

Devo, The Pretenders (Chrissie Hynde) - Akron, OH

But! Here is the fun part. I also gave out a blank US map and asked the teams to map each city and then "connect-the-dots" in order, and finish by drawing a a circle around the Great Salt Lake. If they got all the cities in the right place, it makes the shape of a shark/fish. So -- the bonus question answer was the shape of the connect-the-dots ("fish" or "shark").

This round was a big hit (pun intended). I'm always looking for audio rounds that are not just "name that tune", so if you have any fun audio rounds please post them here!

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I need a list of before and after titles, reality shows and horror movies that share a word. The shared word will end the first title and begin the second. Here's what I have so far:
Love Island of Dr. Moreau
Kitchen Nightmare on Elm Street
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Have Eyes
The Real World War Z
Cape/Primal Fear Factor
The Blair Witch Project Runway

Any others? Thanks

Hi folks,

The submission window for the first Question Exchange is closed. I will get these all compiled and sent out to users who participated over this weekend most likely, or definitely by the end of the month at the latest depending on life throwing anything unexpected my way!

Thanks to all who have submitted questions!