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Never Leave Home Without Before the beginning, there's you at your house. Many hosts prep a bag (or pouch) that always has their essentials: app cards, backup pens and answer sheets, a dongle, a phone charger. You know if you will want breath mints, maybe som...

Showing a New Hire the Hosting Ropes Thank you for being a Trivia Mafia Host Trainer! Your experience and skill in presenting Trivia Mafia trivia are invaluable, and we hope this guide will assist you in teaching new hosts how to be a good ambassador of our b...

Pre-game Arrive at your location ~20 minutes before trivia begins. Give yourself extra time if this is your first time at this location! Connect with the manager (or bartender) and get the three prizes (typically gift cards). These are given out for first...

A Trivia Mafia event should last 1.5 to 2 hours. Too long, the players will get antsy. Too short, the customer site is losing patrons. Two hours from intro to pack-out, just right. SAMPLE SCHEDULE (for 8pm start) 7:40pm Arrive and set up sound, then set up t...

Welcome to hosting for Trivia Mafia, the world's greatest bar trivia company.  Thank you for being a Trivia Mafia host! Nearly everyone who works here is, or has been, a host (including the founders, Chuck and Sean), and we want to make sure that you find as ...

Ties Ties happen. This adds an element of suspense and drama! Don't panic. After you're done scoring and reading answers, let teams know they have a tie to break for X place. (You only need to do this if the tie affects the top three place...

Big Fans, Small Focus Theme trivia events can be incredibly fun! You do not need to be a fan to host successfully, but it helps. ;)  Plan to arrive 20-30 min prior to the start, and to begin exactly on time. You are likely to have more first-time players tha...

Photo Best Practices By Brianna Liestman   The below guide will help you take the coolest team photos after trivia is over, no matter your photography skill set! Reach out to me if you have any questions. TL;DR - The Most Important Bits Take Landscape...

Trivia Mafia's Covid-19 Policy All Trivia Mafia hosts are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. All Trivia Mafia hosts are encouraged to wear masks during their trivia shifts, in accordance with local policies and personal comfort, with exceptions for ...

Prepping for your Private Event Every Private Event is a little different, so we recommend running through this entire checklist at least one full day prior to when you host! Should you run into an item you can't identify or question you can't answer, reach ...

Paid Time Off and Holidays PTO All Trivia Mafia employees (full or part time) accrue Paid Time Off (PTO) at the rate of 1 hour per 28 hours worked. Employees may use their PTO for any shift they had the reasonable expectation to work. Took a planned vacatio...

Taking Vacations, Wellness Time, or a Leave of Absence Staff can take time off from their duties as needed (or desired), so long as they get their work covered for the duration. We're not interested in policing your reasons! We just need to get the work done....

Getting A Sub If you know you are unable to keep a shift, you are going to require a substitute host to run your regular trivia night, and it is up to you to find and confirm that sub host in a timely fashion. Many of our hosts stay on the lookout for extra s...

Here are some of the frequently used jargon, terminology, acronyms and abbreviations used internally here at Trivia Mafia, LLC.  Term/Abbv Simple Definition Longer Explanation       IGL Initials Game Live newest offering from Trivia ...

Trivia Mafia began in 2007 as a weekly Sunday trivia night in Northeast Minneapolis, then called "Chuck & Sean's Trivia." It started small, but quickly grew, and was soon dubbed "the best bar trivia in Minneapolis." By 2009, they were getting asked to run game...