Bar trivia,
without the paper.
Players scan a QR code — nothing to download, no signup, no per-player fees. Run a hosted Game Night, an Emcee round, or Open Play on autopilot — or schedule trivia night and let it run itself.
How it works
Three steps. Five minutes. You're running trivia.
Queue your night in 90 seconds
Pick categories or load a saved night plan. 73,000 questions across 533 categories. Add your own custom questions anytime.
Players scan and play
Show the QR code on the TV. Players are in the game in seconds — nothing to download, no account needed.
Run the night, hit "next"
Questions stream live to phones and the TV. Scores update in real time. You control the pace — pause, extend, or skip whenever.
Everything you need for trivia night
Run the night
Game Night Mode
Multiple rounds, breaks, leaderboards, and a structured flow — perfect for a hosted event. Breaks between rounds run on a countdown the TV and every phone can see, and tonight's game can start itself at a set time.
Players Vote
Run a night where the crowd picks: before each round, players vote on the next category from a ballot you control (six options by default). Most votes wins. The crowd steers the playlist.
Emcee Rounds Pro
The host asks questions live, players submit answers on their phones, and the host judges in real time.
Team Mode
Play as 2–12 teams you name, or let each table name its own. Nobody plays teamless, one answer per team is a switch away, and team standings show on the TV and every phone. Perfect for a packed bar.
Quick Start
One tap and you're live: one round on your venue's game night defaults, with your timers and teams already set. For the night someone asks for trivia and you have no plan.
TV Display
A dedicated TV view shows questions, scores, and leaderboards. Works on any screen with a browser.
Question Bank
73,000 built-in questions across 533 categories. Add your own custom questions anytime.
Workplace-Safe Mode
One switch keeps the night to topics cleared for a work event — no alcohol, sex, drugs, gore, politics or religion — with plenty left to play. On every plan, free included. How it works →
Let it run itself
Scheduled Game Nights Pro
Put trivia night on a weekly schedule and it runs itself — the lobby opens ahead of time, rounds play out, and the final leaderboard rolls at the end, even with no host in the building. TVs just stay on the TV screen.
Open Play Pro
Self-serve trivia on autopilot. Players drop in anytime and play at their own pace — no host needed. Today's, this week's and this month's leaderboards rotate on the TV. Optional geofencing keeps it bar-only.
Game Night Defaults
Set your venue's usual night once — format, timing, difficulty, teams — and Quick Start, Start a night and every scheduled night play it. Home shows it in one line, beside what's on this week.
Night Plans
Build your night once — rounds, timing, teams — and save it as a plan. Next week, start it in one tap; a scheduled night can play a saved plan too.
Bring them back
Leaderboards
Round scores, night totals, and a monthly venue leaderboard — for players and, when a team keeps its name, for teams across nights. Give your regulars something to chase.
Player Accounts
Optional, and free for players. An account carries their stats across every venue that runs Trivia Fun, unlocks a photo avatar, and takes about ten seconds — by email, Google or Apple sign-in.
Also on iPhone and Android
Players who'd rather tap an icon can get the free Trivia Fun app from the App Store or Google Play — the same game, one tap from the home screen, and it can buzz them before each round. Nobody needs it to play. Get the app →
Round Alerts
Stepped away from the table? A player can turn on round alerts and their phone tells them when the next round starts — on Android in the browser or the free app, and on iPhone in the free app or from the Home Screen.
Why Trivia Fun
Built for venues, not players. Compare it to what you're using now.
| Trivia Fun | Paper trivia | App-based competitors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing for players to download | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Live scoreboard on the TV | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ |
| Multiple modes (Game Night, Emcee, Open Play) | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Trivia night can run itself (scheduled, hostless) | ✓ | ✕ | Limited |
| No per-player fees | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Add your own questions | ✓ | ✓ | Limited |
| TV ads between rounds | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Setup time | ~5 min | Hours of prep | Varies |
Built for bars & venues
Trivia Fun is designed for the real world — loud rooms, impatient crowds, and bartenders who don't have time to fiddle with tech.
Not a bar?
The same engine runs one-off events. It holds a hundred players and survives bad wifi because it grew up in bars — which turns out to be exactly what a room full of strangers needs.
Schools, clubs and nonprofits raising money without printing a single answer sheet.
See how it works →Office and remote teams, with a Workplace-Safe mode that vets the question pool for you.
See how it works →December parties that need a game everyone in the room already understands.
See how it works →Evening socials for a room of attendees who flew in and do not know each other yet.
See how it works →Rooms with nine-year-olds and grandparents in them, on the same leaderboard.
See how it works →Weddings, reunions, church halls, lock-ins. Tell us what you are planning and we will say whether it fits.
Talk to us →Ready to run trivia?
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