Quizmaster Trivia

Only missing the last star because I, as a woman, never ever get any sports questions correct when out with my girls. (And because we have seen people phone-​cheating without a call on it) So we aren’t well rounded in our smarts otherwise we’d rock these bad boys.
Have gone many a times while Ryan was the quizmaster and enjoy this format of trivia above any other we’ve tried. Not super hard, definitely not simple, but a good mix of old, new and FUN.

Sorry for heckling you so much, Kevin.
You made it easy though, and Heart and I are quite the combo when it comes to the whole heckling thing. It was all in good fun, I promise you. I think you know that.
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The review:
Quizmaster Trivia: a roving trivia company that sets up «shop» at various bars and restaurants across MKE. It’s Kevin and some other guy who I think does the trivia stuff more than him but Kevin’s our guy. I recently participated in a super-​long «season» with my team, Solar Boner. (This team included elite Joseph S, see his FTR of Quizmaster for additional detail, ya dingus.)
The trivia, in retrospect:
This trivia was not the hardest I’ve ever come across, nor was it the easiest. As Joe noted, it’s comprised of six sets of five questions each, and each week there’s a «surprise category» round at the end, though Kevin seemed to default to a «music clip» category towards the end of our season. (Five seconds of a song is played, name the artist and the song kind of stuff. Oftentimes the songs in question were more «current» hits, although if I remember correctly one time it was a Black Flag song I think…) The other categories? Your requisite geography, history, sports, film and television, etc. There’s also always an accompanying «picture page» each week, and one question from each category save for the surprise one has a «visual clue» via this «picture page.»
Quizmaster also gives out a clue via social media to try ‘n get ya to follow their Tweety-​times and their FB page and all that. Check it out if you want.
Eff off with the quotes, Rachel. Damn.
Anyways, Quizmaster. My team narrowly beat the Rally Cats out for the title of top dog/​dawg in this particular «season» or «round» or whatever. (Good show you guys. We’ll see you at the combined par-​tay…)
Thx for the fun this late winter/​spring, Quizmaster! It’s on to volleyball league on Wednesdays.

Quizmaster puts on bar trivia at a bunch of different places in town. What bars, you ask? Beat it, punk! Google that shit or go to their website, dingus!
The format is 2 hours or so of 6 rounds of 5 questions each. Each round has a respective category. Teams can have up to 8 players. There are prizes for 1^st and 2^nd place, and also for Best Team Name of the Night. Usually bar tabs of $ 10-​$ 30. Special prizes sometimes, like beer and bottles of booze. I recently participated in an 8-​week league play series that included appearances of the queel (go to the website, ya mongoloid) and some serious competition that resulted in my team being the overall winner! Whoop. There was also a contest to see which team drank the most over the series. We just missed out on that one too. All I got was a gross hangover from the 6 snakebites or kamikazis I drank in 30 seconds in a last push to snatch victory from the jaws of YO MAMA, MUHFUGGA.
This is a well organized, well run trivia night. Kevin the Quizmaster is a cool-​ass dude and is your host at many of the participating venues, and I think he has a partner who does some as well. Quizmaster’s website is great and becomes part of the game as that’s where you get your weekly «quiz hint» in articles posted on the page devoted to your bar. They’ll put a picture of you and your teammates’ ugly mugs up there as well, provided you win or at least come up with a good name.
That part makes it really fun. By «good name» I mean offensive, funny, or both. The winner of the best name contest is chosen by audience reaction, sometimes laughs, sometimes applause, and once in a while, disgusted groans. My team name almost got me in a fight once. No joke! That was when I played at Replay, which is a douche magnet. See Luke R’s review for more info on that slop ditch. The trivia nights really depend on your venue, so pick a place you would go to anyway.
My only (small) complaint is that I wish the questions were a bit harder, but I understand that Quizmaster needs to appeal to a broad audience. Unlike me, most folks aren’t packing a staggeringly god-​like knowledge base in their spectacularly wrinkled brain. Sometimes it’s just too damn easy, so not quite 5 stars. If you own a bar and think you want some trivia drunks, give ‘em a call! If you decide to go play, don’t be a putz and use your cellphone to cheat, ya putz. Fun times, nerd! Go get ‘em!