Pub quiz
in Nijmegen
If you let a group make its own teams, friends sit with friends and half the room doesn't really play. From €195 for the group.
Why we choose the teams instead of letting the group do it
Letting teams form on their own is the quickest way to ruin a quiz night, and yet it happens almost everywhere. If you leave it to the group, you get friends with friends and one department against another. Usually that produces one team that knows everything and one team that realises after two rounds that it can't win any more, and that team stops taking part. So we make the teams beforehand, mixed, putting the people who talk to each other least together. That feels awkward at the start and is forgotten after one round.
What we need for that is a list of participants, or at least a rough picture: which departments there are, who is new, and whether partners or clients are coming. With that picture we make the teams and print the team cards in advance. Beyond that it's the usual story: a room where everyone can see the screen, power, and an hour for set-up that doesn't count towards the programme time.
What goes wrong with teams people choose themselves
- Friends with friends, so the same conversations as always
- One team that knows everything and one team that drops out
- New colleagues who don't fit in anywhere
What we want to know beforehand
- Which departments or groups there are
- Who is new or just back from leave
- Whether partners, clients or guests are coming
Frequently asked questions
Don't people mind being assigned to teams?
Being assigned a team feels a bit awkward when people arrive, and that's over after the first round. We announce it at the start and explain why, and in practice it's the part people talk about afterwards.
How big do you make the teams?
Teams of four to six people work best. With fewer than four it goes quiet when nobody knows an answer, and with more than six some people stop joining in and someone starts looking at their phone.
Everyone in our group already knows each other. Is it still worth assigning teams?
With a group that already knows each other well, assigning teams still changes the dynamic, because it breaks up the usual cliques. If there really isn't a single newcomer or outsider, we drop it and divide the teams by strength instead.
Is there a minimum price for a quiz night?
A quiz night has a minimum of €195, even for a small group. Below that, the preparation and the evening itself no longer balance out. Above that, the length and the number of rounds decide what you pay.
Tell us about your pub quiz
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