About Cheap Trivia

You didn't open a bar to spend your Tuesdays staring at empty tables.

But there it is again. The sound of your ice machine. One guy nursing a beer at the end of the bar. Your best server clocking out early because tips aren't worth staying for.

You've tried the usual fixes. Hired a trivia host for $200 a night — they showed up late, read questions off their phone, and half the regulars said the trivia was too easy. Tried writing your own — spent 6 hours on Google one week, then never did it again. Downloaded "free" trivia — same 40 questions everyone else in town is using.

Meanwhile, the bar three blocks over is packed every Wednesday. Full kitchen running. Tabs open till close. That could be you.

That's why we built Cheap Trivia.

We're a minority-owned business run by people who spent years inside bars, restaurants, and the trivia hosting scene. We watched owners get burned over and over by expensive hosts who didn't care, trivia questions written by someone who's never set foot in a pub, and "solutions" that cost more than they made back.

So we built the thing we wished existed: a complete, ready-to-run trivia night delivered to your inbox every week — written by real trivia hosts, tested in real venues, priced so any bar can afford it.

What you get with Cheap Trivia

• 700+ unique trivia packs in the library — movie trivia, sports, music, decades, holidays, themed nights. Never run out of material.
• Weekly subscription that drops a complete night in your inbox every Sunday. 4 rounds. 40+ questions. Picture round included.
• PDF and PowerPoint formats — print the answer sheets, project the questions, or both. Your call.
• Zero prep required. Open, print, host. First night live in 5 minutes.
• Zero hosting experience needed. If you can read questions out loud, you can run this.

Who's already using Cheap Trivia

Hundreds of bars, restaurants, breweries, hotels, country clubs, corporate event planners, cruise ships, senior living communities, churches, and schools run weekly trivia with our packs. Venues in 48 states. Events from 12 players to 300+.

"Our trivia nights have been a huge boost to our Thursday evenings. Our community loves it, and we've seen an almost 300% increase in sales. Highly recommend!"
— Dave, Owner, The 1762 At The Warwick Hotel

"Trivia night has been a popular addition to our weekly schedule, and we have seen an increase in both new and repeat customers because of it!"
— Brandie, General Manager, Rubber Soul Brewing Co.

Real humans. Real support.

Email us with a question, hit reply, and a real person responds — usually within a few hours. Need help picking the right pack for your crowd? Want to swap a round? Hosting your first night and nervous about it? We've done this a thousand times. We've got you.

What real operators are seeing

The case for trivia isn't speculation — it's documented across the industry. A CNBC report (April 2023) on the bar-trivia revival pulled named numbers from operators around the country:

• Brooklyn Brewery doubles previous-night sales on its Thursday trivia event, drawing roughly 150 attendees (CNBC, 2023).
• Brooklyn's Talea Beer Co. reports nearly double the revenue on trivia nights vs. typical weeknights (CNBC, 2023).
• Milwaukee's Tap Yard: +30% revenue on trivia nights across 5 locations (CNBC, 2023).
• Omaha's Varsity Sports Cafe: $2,000–$3,000 ahead of typical weeknights on trivia (CNBC, 2023).

The macro picture matches. The National Restaurant Association's 2025 State of the Restaurant Industry reports that 70% of operators with loyalty programs say those programs help boost customer traffic. And US Foods' 2024 Diner Dispatch (n=1,005) found 55% of diners now prefer in-restaurant over takeout — up from 43% a year earlier — citing atmosphere (66%) and socialization (52%) as the top reasons. Trivia is the lowest-labor way for a bar or restaurant to deliver exactly that.

The math is simple.

An average trivia night brings in 30 extra customers. Average bar tab is $20. That's $600 in extra revenue on a night that used to be dead. A Cheap Trivia subscription runs $16/week. You do the math.

Built by bar people. For bar people.