Best Trivia Companies in the Twin Cities
Sporcle Live Trivia
Sporcle Live Trivia has evolved a little bit after the pandemic started. Originally being old school with paper and pencil, guests would write in their answers and have a runner to bring the answers up to the host. Nowadays, all of the trivia-ing is done on the phones. What I love about Sporcle is the ability to rank each question. Meaning, you can put more points on answers that you are more confident about.
Format: Regular Round, Mystery Round, Final Round for each game.
The Regular Round has 8 questions with teams receiving the categories related to the questions at the start of the game. Teams can wager higher numbers on answers they are more confident about.
The Mystery Round consists of 4 rapid-style questions with varying topics and formats.
The Final Round requires teams to wager 0-15 points based solely on the category. Once wagers are in, the question is read.
Team with the highest points after the Final Round wins.
Trivia Mafia
Trivia Mafia is a local MN trivia company. First starting as a trivia night in 2007, it quickly became one of the best bar trivia companies in the Midwest. With each round of 5 questions carrying a different theme, I will admit that this trivia can be difficult if you don’t know much about the theme. This is all the more reason to be sure that your friends have a variety of knowledge!
Format: The game is played over 8 rounds.
All rounds contain 5 questions except the image round, which has 10. There are 2 general knowledge rounds. All other rounds have themes.
Scores are tallied twice during the game, one after round 4; and again at the end.
Teams can select one second-half round to be their “Mega Round.” This allows them to earn extra points by weighting each answer withing that round 1-5 points.
Get a Clu Trivia
Another trivia option is the local Get a Clu Trivia company. With a few locations throughout the Twin Cities, this place is less intense than some of the other trivia companies so you might be able to ease into the trivia game.
Format: 6 rounds of trivia are played with 3 questions in each round.
Bonus halftime and final questions. Halftime is a 4 part answer.
Final Question is a point wager 0-20pts.
Put 4 answers in correct order for full wager.