I had been to a few Live Prize Trivia nights around town from time to time. During this COVID 19 we created a team with some friends over Zoom and have been playing online with both hosts Morgan Wisbey and Rick a few times a week. To be honest it really gives us something to look forward to instead of heading into deep depression mode. The hosts have good senses of humor that help us all have a needed laugh. Our team Wu Han Solo has actually been doing decent coming in top 3 a couple of times now. I recommend checking this out if your into trivia... thinking a bit... and drinking a bit. read more

Trivia Night is so fun! Elisabeth is the best! She chooses her song clues wisely! My group of eight friends go there every Tuesday and have the best time. The staff at OG's is always pleasant and thorough. Savannah rocks. read more

Even though we came in last place, we had a great time. Elizabeth was very entertaining and kept us all on point. I'd like to make it a Thursday night habit! From Team Chuze Wizards. read more

We have a large group that frequent Orfila Winery in Escondido every Wednesday. We stumbled upon Trivia night on Thursday a little over a year ago and have gladly incorporated it into our schedule. The venue is beautiful and inviting, the wine is great but the addition of Trivia has absolutely been the cherry on top. Elizabeth from Live Prize Trivia is an absolute joy, always enthusiastic and engaging. Orfila Winery provides generous prizes for the top 3 teams. Wine of course, which is why we all were there for Wine Wednesday get togethers in the first place. Now we can add Thoughtful Thursday to our gatherings calendar. read more

Tonight's sub was rude, obnoxious, and inappropriate. I will never play again IF this person is here. I've never posted a negative comment in my life. I've played at this location weekly for years. I've never had a complaint about the "host"! This person is NOT a HOST. This evening was no fun at all. The person who is usually here is terrific! She's a second grade teacher. read more

Started playing this past summer once a month up at Orfila Winery in Escondido. BEST IDEA EVER!! I have friends come from all over San Diego to join in playing...all the way from La Mesa to La Jolla to Carlsbad! We all LOVE the Team Trivia night! Our team has only won the trophy once, but regardless of where we place, we all have a BLAST! Liz and Lexi are GREAT hosts! And the gang at Orfila are great! What a great venue, especially in the summer! Being only once a month, it becomes a 'special occasion' that we all look forward to. They're wonderful enough to let you bring in outside food, so long as you buy the wine & other beverages from the tasting room. So we all look forward to our 'potlucks'. This next time we are going with a Chinese Food theme! I've even considered hitting some of the other Live Prize Trivia nights at other venues...but my team and I just LOVE the monthly night out at Orfila!! We get to play out in the tent they use on the patio for weddings and it's all lite up beautifully at night! I just hope this review doesn't bring in too many more teams to have to beat! read more

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Narrow range of questions. The focus on 1990s TV shows and human anatomy is eccentric and a put off. Definitely catered to a narrow cliqueish audience. The same teams dominate this pseudo-trivia mutual admiration society. Also, the sponsor seems to think she is doing people a huge favor by letting them spend money in overly drawn out competitions with her arbitrary rules. read more

Definitely not the best trivia in town. Questions are all over the place and only like 10% of them make for an interesting game.

April hosted a trivia night at Barrel Republic, and it was the best trivia I have attended! The extra touch with the music made it fun for everyone. Such a fun evening, thank you April! read more

Really enjoy Mean Gene hosting every Tuesday at The Oaks in Santee. His musical clues make the evening even more fun. Groups of regular teams here and happy hour till 7 keeps us coming out! read more

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Strategic Trivia? Cool! Live Prize Trivia provides a unique experience for those looking to flex their intellectual muscle with a healthy dose of laughter and good people. THE GAME: Unlike most bar trivia I've experienced, this one gives players the opportunity to add some strategy to their game by assigning different point values to questions they're sure or uncertain they know the answer to. This makes the game much more of a player's game where a team can lose just as easily from a bad decision as an incorrect answer. The questions vary in difficulty week to week and often make you rack your brain for minute details most people overlook. This makes sweet taste of victory when you get a question right so satisfying. Hosts at Live Prize Trivia nights are always fun, quirky, and sometimes snarky trivia enthusiasts themselves and often play on other nights they don't host. My Monday night host, Jeff, takes the teasing from his weekly teams in stride and fires back in kind as only he can (usually with raucous laughter). THE VERDICT: Get out there and play! -- As with all social trivia events, the game is made or broken by the community of people that frequent the game. My favorite night has nearly all the same teams each week and this makes the night lots more fun. Get a few friends together and head out for a few weeks. Get to know your competitors and it'll enrich your trivia game exponentially! read more

"Your enthusiastic host will then ask the first question and play a song. Your team will have the length of the song to discuss, debate, and turn in your answer. After the song is over and the answers are in, the host will anounce the answer and then ask the next question as the game continues." This sounds horrible and tedious. read more

**Sigh** I wish they had more variety in the questions that span several decades... That is true trivia -- knowing who played Captain Stubing on the Love Boat... Knowing what show Mary Tyler Moore first starred in... What won Best Picture in 1939 at the Oscars? What was the Beatles first Album? I could go on... the pop culture questions are ridiculous, I guess is what I'm saying. Quit asking Hulu/Netflix/Amazon Prime questions. Quit asking "Which rapper is featured on... (enter name of song here)?" It is lame and tiresome. read more

Our team has such fun there, whether we win, place, or lose. It's fun, the people who play are great, the trivia hosts are awesome! We go to Tilted Kilt, downtown on Wed nites but want to start going to another one on another day of the week. Downtown parking sucks so unless you live there, it's difficult. So we may go to TK in Mission Valley where the parking is easy. read more

Best trivia ever! I have never had such a boner-inducing experience like the one I have with Live Prize Trivia. Not only is it a thinking game, but a drinking game that is fun for the whole family. The number of points each team earns turns into a number of drinks that they may pass onto another team. The entire experience is extremely welcoming not only to the teams that show up every week, but to all newcomers. Laughter is highly infectious and spread around the bar like HIV in Africa. However, what makes this experience orgasmic is the host of the game. Not only does he make hilarious dick and fart jokes and play awesome music, but he is not bad to look at either. Nothing ruins my trivia experience more than having a morbidly obese ogre for a host. Although he has a difficult time with simple addition and a slight speech impediment, you cannot have all the brains with all of that beauty. The questions range from extremely simple to extremely obscure. For the most part, the questions pertain to all age groups. I have probably learned more from this trivia experience than I ever did attending my high school history classes. However, in order to correctly answer some of the TV questions, you would have to either be an elderly person or have watched TV your entire life without leaving the house. Overall, Live Prize Trivia is a great time. It has taken my mundane Monday nights and completely transformed them into an exhilarating experience that auto-erotic asphyxiation cannot match. Highly recommend for you to attend. read more

I love Wednesday night trivia at Princess Pub. Jeff is the best Trivia Host in the world. Seriously it's science. SCIENCE!! Vinegar Strokes Rules!!! read more

Love live prize trivia every Tuesday at Kelly's! Rhianna is the best!

I recently moved to San Diego and have been dying to explore the night life in Hillcrest. I finally made it to Urban Mo's and it happened to be trivia night--their new Monday gig! I got their around 7:30pm on Monday and it was relatively full. I was by myself and wanted to scope it out. Jesus was the trivia host from Live Prize Trivia and explained it was their first night in a new installment of Monday night trivia at Urban Mo's. Jesus was friendly, funny and approachable and I appreciate the fact that he even "invited" me to play trivia even though I was alone. The questions weren't extremely hard and I'm typically horrible at trivia. The DJ played 90s music which I loved and sang every lyric to! I ended up getting a friend to join me and we had a blast! The place started getting PACKED with all the diverse hotties of Hillcrest. Everyone was extremely friendly and genuinely having a good time. I loved the vibe and I'm glad they added Monday night trivia at Urban Mo's. We left around 10pm. On the bike ride home I noticed not very many establishments were as full as Urban Mo's. In the words of 311, "Don't stay home this time!" and I'm glad I made it out. I will definitely be back and I will also check out the other Live Prize Trivia nights/locations. Be a good sport! Don't cheat. They will call you bitches out!!! PS: Check out their website for ONE free answer a day for that night's trivia!!! read more

I just placed a tip-top review for the Tap In Tavern in San Marcos, with much of our enjoyment at this venue being a by product of an incredibly wonderful time with Live Prize Trivia, hosted by Lara. She was nothing short of awesome and we look forward to enjoying a trivia game with her again very soon. Good going, Lara, and thank you for such a GREAT time! read more

I have been playing live prize trivia for over 2 years now. Come hell or high water, I am there every week to play. It is so much fun!!! Where else can you hang with your friends, learn something new, test your knowledge, and most importantly, drink beer all at the same time?? What a great way to make a slow night busy and draw a new crowd into your establishment!!!! read more

We love LIZ @ Ofilia. Awesome friends and tons of fun. Out Amon your smart pants and come join us!!!

Wednesday night at Princess Pub! It's a great time. Even if Jeff can't pronounce half the answers correctly! :)

Awesome Trivia Night! Played it for the first time last week and had a blast!

Rhinna is the most dope host ever, recommend for everyone

I've been going to live prize trivia with friends for over a year now. It's a good time. The questions are reasonable and I like how you can wager points at the end. read more

Great host, best trivia in town. Pretty damn good 90's playlist too!! Also, $3 Dos XX bottles & $5 Newcastle pints @ Princess Pub tonight

A group of friends and I have been going to trivia at Orfila Winery on Thursdays for almost a year now and absolutely LOVE it! Liz is our host and she is fantastic. She has a great personality and interacts wonderfully with the crowd. We started out with only a few of us and have gotten several friends hooked on it as well! Thank you for providing something to look forward to each week BEFORE Friday! :) read more

Loved the trivia night. I think that you did an amazing job with all the questions. I had such a blast and I can't wait to come back!

I've been to a bunch of trivia nights in San Diego, and Live Prize is consistently the best. Great questions, and a fun format that encourages conversation. In particular, the Wednesday night trivia at Hooley's in El Cajon is really fantastic. The awesome hosts, Matt and Elizabeth, are super nice and create a welcoming atmosphere that's never aggressive or too competitive. They're definitely the reason I keep coming back each week. Go to a Live Prize Trivia night - you won't regret it! read more

My group of friends and I go every night and we LOVE IT! Nicole (quiz master) is really sweet and is happy to re-read questions or help clear things up for you. I highly recommend going with a group. You'll have fun even if you don't do really well. read more

We love live prize trivia! Applebee's in Oceanside on Wednesday nights is where we always are! Best free entertainment around

Really enjoy the questions they do at pubs, specifically the knotty barrel on Thursday nights. Jeff is also an awesome host.

Best live trivia I've been to from Boston to Coronado Bay! Jeff is great, witty, funny and the trivia is challenging, fair and fun! Definitely recommend the one at Princess Pub in Little Italy on Wednesday nights at 7:00!- Joe from "Units Matter" read more

I've been attending Live Prize Trivia at the Company Pub in Poway for the last couple of years. Kyle's a fantastic host, he plays great music during the quiz (often with subtle and not so subtle clues). The questions are very varied, allowing everyone on the team to contribute. Simply put, a very entertaining evening. read more

Live Prize Trivia is an absolute blast. I go once or twice a week. The host at the blarney stone is super cool and makes the game just that more entertaining. I highly recommend checking out one of the venues if there is one near by. You won't regret it. read more

Usually these trivia nights are great. However tonight was not great. We were at Sycamore Den and the question was "what two Shakespearean comedies start with the letter A?" We answered with As You Like It and A Midsummer Nights Dream. After we turned in our answers, the trivia person read the correct answers, which turned out to be As You Like It and All's Well That Ends Well. Woah woah woah wait. I know what you're thinking, yes A Midsummer Nights Dream IS a comedy. We thought the same thing. We were pretty annoyed that we had the right answers but we didn't get the credit for it (especially since there was bonus points on the line). We went up to tell them that A Midsummer Nights Dream should count. They replied with "it's not a comedy", except that it absolutely is. So we told them that it IS a comedy. So then they relented and said "well, we don't count it because it starts with just the word A and not a word that starts with A". Not cool. So there's fine print for your questions? We're supposed to just read your mind about what made up rule your opinion says applies? This isn't about points or trivia, it's about a rude person who was called on their mistake and they chose to make us the wrong ones. If you make a mistake, own up to it. If someone can answer your trivia question better than you can, don't make up a rule to make them wrong. We won't be returning for trivia anymore. Not to try and be turds about it but just that now we know the human element is too present and it's not gonna be fun wondering if our answers will count. There's enough trivia elsewhere. read more

We attend trivia on various nights of the week. All venues are good. The hosts are super fun and it is a great night out for a group of friends. Even if you don't win there is always beer, music and conversation. How can you lose? Check it out! read more

They run a great trivia game at many SD area locations every week!

I've been playing Live Prize Trivia for a few months now at the Wednesday night event at Tap That in Oceanside. It is such a blast. Our host, Ed, is absolutely the best. His personality is perfect for the game, the music he plays is great, he really keeps things moving along. Live Prize Trivia is so much fun. Highly recommend. read more

The Live Prize trivia crew is easily the best out there - I always have a blast when I play, no matter the venue, and the hosts keep the game lively and fun. I've made some great friendships, introduced my other friends and family to the trivia circuit, and look forward to playing every time I have the chance. You don't have to be a super-genius to have a great time. Prizes vary by venue, but they're awesome for a free game. read more