Trivia Night @ your library is a program in which teams compete against each other in answering questions from various topics to win prizes. Trivia Night can be adapted as a fun free event or a successful fundraiser.
How to facilitate a trivia event in your community
DIY Trivia Night Instructions (8 page PDF)
This family event is formatted so that all ages will enjoy participating and will actually assist their older or younger team members with their unique knowledge of all things trivial. Community members choose their own teams of 5 to 8 people, who can range from family members to coworkers to singles groups. From working together on tough questions to joking with other teams, team members bond with each other and other teams to create a fun, stimulating environment filled with friendly competition. Everyone has fun at Trivia Night!
We’ve done the prep work so that you don’t have to!
Sample forms and question files can be sent to you electronically so that you can more easily adjust them to suit your own needs. The DIY instructions include ideas for adapting things for your library or organization.
Why is all of this great information, including sets of question, available for free?
We’re librarians. We like to help people. And also, once we have used a round of questions at our event here in Topeka, we can’t re-use it, so we might as well share it!
NOTE: Questions will be emailed directly to the trivia organizer. Please don’t post our question sets online, so that we can continue to share and trade them with other trivia groups.
Read this guide DIY Trivia Night Instructions (8 page PDF) and then contact Lissa Staley at estaley@tscpl.org for assistance in organizing your own trivia event.
2 Responses to How to: Trivia Night @ your library
Amy Barrilleaux
April 19, 2011
I actually live in Madison, Wisc., but I wanted to thank you for putting together such a great trivia night guide. Trivia nights have not caught on so much here, but my husband and I thought it would be fun to organize one as a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We’ve never actually been to a trivia night, so I’m so glad to have found your website to give me some idea about how to go about putting one together. Thanks again!