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So you want to be an Initials Game Live host? Great choice! This guide, and the pages that follow, will outline everything you'll need to know to become a successful IGL host.  Before You Arrive First, your pregame checklist:  On the day of your event, ...

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Hosts may play regular trivia or theme events, but Trivia Mafia staff are ineligible for participation in our large competitive tournaments. This includes all events for which we sell tickets and/or at which there is a monetary prize (i.e. the Tournament of Ch...

The Official Trivia Mafia Pronunciation Guide for Words We Use a Lot Thank you for caring about saying words right. This document contains words we use frequently (as opposed to one-off words) that we’ve heard hosts have a hard time with. Have an idea that sh...

Sometimes it is tricky to determine when to give full or partial credit for an answer that doesn't perfectly match what our Editorial team has provided. Don't sweat it too much! You got this. You have three key resources: the internet: teams are not allowe...

Become a Content Creator If someone doesn't currently work for us but is interested in writing questions for pay, they can apply here. Existing staff can submit question ideas at any time by emailing them to submissions@triviamafia.com, which is monitored by...

The host is the reporter-on-the-scene - but all you have to do is report back. Include the info in your Host Feedback, and/or send an email or Slack message to the Host Manager to pass along to the correct person.  We ask sites to give us 48 hours notice for ...

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Some best practices for reviewing applications as they come in: Simply did they answer all the necessary questions completely? Quality of answers (did they spend time with our application? Bonus points if you can tell they had fun filling it out and didn't...

Host interviews should take about 30-45 minutes, and can be scheduled on Google Meet or Zoom.  Link to Interview Template. Usually best to save template as a copy and title with the name of the candidate and date of interview. Save to shared interviews ...

Once interviews have been completed, interview notes are reviewed and a candidate is selected for a particular location, Mary Kate extends the offer via email. This email lists the location we have in mind, day of the week (and if it's weekly, monthly etc,) an...

For both Trivia Mafia and The Initials Game Live, we create an image deck for posting on Meta (FB and IG). This deck is focused on What’s Happening in a limited sense: new schedule events/customer sites, schedule event changes (Long Term Schedule Changes, one-...

What is a Cancellation: Customer needs to call off regularly scheduled event one time, so we are making sure that it's communicated to the public, to the customer and host, and to billing.  Why would this happen: The Customer may have a conflicting or overl...

What is a Long-Term Schedule Change? Customer wants to change the day of the week, start time, or frequency of their event. Why would this happen? Could be that they received player/host feedback that they wish trivia started earlier/later, they have a sche...

What is a Hiatus: Customer wants to take a planned, extended break from their event. Why would someone go on Hiatus: Could be a seasonal shift (most common for summer, especially), they are doing some remodeling/renovations and will not be open, or they are...

Why is this happening: Customers are ending service with us, which could be for a variety of reasons! The business may be closing; trivia may not fit in to their budget or they are underwhelmed with the results; their contract may have been for a limited run...

What: is Airtable, even? Our main company database is housed within Airtable. Information is separated into Bases, Tables, and Records. Tables can be synced between bases to share information instead of duplicating it. Automations built into Airtable, as well...