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Never Leave Home Without Before the beginning, there's you at your house. Here are the key things you need (not including your keys)! Note that some of these are also attachments on this page (on mobile, click on the Info tab above; on a browser, check the le...

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...

Prep Steps  Arrive at your location ~30-20 minutes before trivia begins. Give yourself extra transit AND pre-game time if this is your first time at this location! Set up your sound system and start playing music (if you are DJing the event), and be sure t...

Only If You Think of Time as Linear Trivia Mafia employees are paid for 2.8 hours of work; however, most hosts are actually working a slightly shorter shift. A Trivia Mafia game should run at least 1.5 hours, but no longer than 2 hours. Too long, the players...

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 Terhark and Sean McPherson), and we want to make su...

Tiebreakers Ties are exciting! They add an element of suspense and drama! Don't panic.  After you're done scoring and reading answers AND allowing for any disputes/corrections, announce that, “There is a tie for X place!” Call up ONE representati...

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 The below guide will help you take the most profesh and useful team photos after trivia is over, no matter your photography skill set! Note: If you have rad non-team photos that you want to share from your event, please either email...

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...

Hosts may play regular trivia or theme events, so if you host on Tuesday and want to play Wednesday, go ahead! If you are a big fan of "The Office," then dress up in your best Angela cardigan and go play!  The honor system still applies! If you host on a Su...

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...

Leniency and Accuracy 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. How strict should you be?? Isn't this a test about facts? Don't sweat it too much...