Core Idea 1
Trivia Lightning Teams
Category: General Trivia
10-question rounds with 20-second timers.
One steal per round per team.
STUDboards
Trivia Night Board
Pub-trivia rounds, theme quizzes, buzzer sprints, picture clues, and team-table formats built for hosted trivia nights.
STUD is the poker chip for IRL challenges. STUD use is optional. Groups should agree on rules and any STUD amount before play.
Open the interactive Trivia Night Board
25 Core Ideas / 11 STUD Sides
Hosted trivia, bars, living rooms, watch parties, and mixed groups
Scene: Trivia Night. Group size: 4-20. Time: 15-45 min.
Categories
- General Trivia
- Theme Trivia
- Speed + Buzzer
- Visual + Clue Trivia
Core Ideas
Core Ideas are the main ways to play this board.
Core Idea 2
Pub Trivia Three-Rounder
Category: General Trivia
Play 3 rounds of 8 questions with one theme per round. Highest total after the final round wins.
Each team may double one answer per round before the answer is revealed.
Core Idea 3
Lightning Ten
Category: General Trivia
The host asks 10 fast questions with 15 seconds per answer. Most correct wins.
Question 10 is worth 2 points only if every player locks an answer.
Core Idea 4
Category Draft Quiz
Category: General Trivia
Teams draft categories before play, then answer 5 questions from each drafted category.
A team gets 1 bonus point for winning a category it did not draft.
Core Idea 5
Streak Breaker Quiz
Category: General Trivia
Players answer in order and build correct-answer streaks. Longest streak after 20 questions wins.
A player may pass once, but the pass resets their current streak.
Core Idea 6
Final Question Lock-In
Category: General Trivia
Play any short trivia set, then finish with one final lock-in question worth up to 5 points.
Teams choose a final point value before hearing the question. Correct adds it; wrong loses it.
Core Idea 7
Host vs Room
Category: General Trivia
The room works together against the host's answer key. Beat 70 percent correct to win as a group.
The host gets one trick question, but must announce when it is coming.
Core Idea 8
Movie Night Trivia
Category: Theme Trivia
Run 4 short movie rounds: quotes, actors, plot clues, and release years. Highest total wins.
The final quote must be answered with both movie and character for full points.
Core Idea 9
Sports Bar Trivia
Category: Theme Trivia
Mix team history, rules, records, and game-day questions across 3 short rounds.
Each team names one sport as its bonus category before play starts.
Core Idea 10
Decade Throwback Quiz
Category: Theme Trivia
Pick a decade and answer questions on music, movies, headlines, fashion, and slang.
A team can steal only if it names the decade-specific clue that gave away the answer.
Core Idea 11
Food + Drink Quiz
Category: Theme Trivia
Answer questions about ingredients, cuisines, menus, flavors, and kitchen facts.
One round is multiple choice, but wrong answers lose 1 point.
Core Idea 12
Travel Map Trivia
Category: Theme Trivia
Use cities, landmarks, airports, flags, and geography clues. Most correct after 5 categories wins.
Closest mileage or distance guess wins half credit on missed geography answers.
Core Idea 13
Local Legend Round
Category: Theme Trivia
Build a trivia round from local restaurants, schools, landmarks, teams, and group history.
Each team submits one question, but cannot answer its own question.
Core Idea 14
Buzzer Ladder
Category: Speed + Buzzer
Use a buzzer app, hand raise, or table tap. First correct answer moves up the ladder. First to 7 wins.
A wrong buzz locks that team out of the next clue.
Core Idea 15
Fastest Finger Five
Category: Speed + Buzzer
Ask five-answer list questions. Players score for each correct answer named before the list closes.
The fifth correct answer is worth double.
Core Idea 16
Beat the Host
Category: Speed + Buzzer
The host reads a clue in stages. Teams can answer early for more points or wait for easier clues.
A wrong early answer freezes that team until the next question.
Core Idea 17
Steal Window Sprint
Category: Speed + Buzzer
If the active team misses, every other team gets 10 seconds to write a steal answer.
A steal is worth 2 points, but a wrong steal loses 1 point.
Core Idea 18
Sudden Death Toss-Up
Category: Speed + Buzzer
Ask toss-up questions until one player or team gets 3 correct answers without 2 misses.
After every miss, the next question is open only to players who have not scored yet.
Core Idea 19
First-to-Five Buzz
Category: Speed + Buzzer
Play buzzer trivia to 5 correct answers. The first team to 5 wins the match.
At 4 points, a team must answer without conferring.
Core Idea 20
Picture Reveal Round
Category: Visual + Clue Trivia
Reveal an image in 3 stages. Teams can answer early for more points or wait for more of the picture.
Final reveal is worth 1 point only, so early calls matter.
Core Idea 21
Logo Blur Guess
Category: Visual + Clue Trivia
Show blurred logos, badges, or icons. Most correct after 15 images wins.
A team earns a bonus point for naming the category before the exact answer.
Core Idea 22
Timeline Sort
Category: Visual + Clue Trivia
Give each team 5 events, releases, or inventions to place in chronological order.
One perfect timeline earns a 3-point bonus.
Core Idea 23
Mystery Object Clue
Category: Visual + Clue Trivia
The host gives one physical or pictured object and three clues. Teams guess what it is or what it connects to.
Teams can ask one yes/no question, but doing so cuts the point value in half.
Core Idea 24
Who Said It?
Category: Visual + Clue Trivia
Read quotes from movies, athletes, leaders, or group history. Teams identify the speaker or source.
A team can earn a bonus point by naming the context too.
Core Idea 25
Map Pinpoint
Category: Visual + Clue Trivia
Teams place a marker as close as possible to a city, landmark, stadium, or destination.
Closest team gets 2 points; any team within the agreed range gets 1 point.
STUD Sides
STUD Sides are optional side-point challenges. Earned side points count for you, side points against you count against you, and any STUD amount should be agreed before play.
STUD Side 1
Perfect Round
Category: General Trivia
Answer every question in a round correctly to earn 2 side points.
Any player or team that gets every question correct in a full trivia round earns 2 side points. If more than one team is perfect, each perfect team earns the side points.
STUD Side 2
Wrong Buzz Tax
Category: Speed + Buzzer
Buzz early and answer wrong to add 1 side point against your team.
In a buzzer or table-tap round, any early buzz with a wrong answer adds 1 side point against that player or team. A correct buzz on the next question erases 1 side point against them.
STUD Side 3
Steal Window
Category: Speed + Buzzer
Steal a missed answer to earn 1 side point.
When the active player or team misses, the first opposing team to write or call the correct answer within the agreed steal window earns 1 side point.
STUD Side 4
Confidence Miss
Category: General Trivia
Call a high-confidence answer and miss it to add 1 side point against your team.
Before answering, a team may call high confidence. A correct high-confidence answer earns 1 side point. A wrong high-confidence answer adds 1 side point against that team.
STUD Side 5
Picture Clue Snipe
Category: Visual + Clue Trivia
Solve a picture clue before the final reveal to earn 1 side point.
In a picture or visual reveal round, a player or team that answers correctly before the final reveal earns 1 side point. A wrong early answer adds 1 side point against them.
STUD Side 6
Final Lock
Category: Speed + Buzzer
Lock the final answer first and get it right to earn 2 side points.
On the final question, the first player or team to lock a written answer earns 2 side points if correct. If the locked answer is wrong, add 1 side point against them.
STUD Side 7
Streak Shield
Category: General Trivia
Answer three straight correctly to erase 1 side point against you or earn 1 side point.
Any player or team that answers three consecutive questions correctly may erase 1 side point against them. If they have no side points against them, they earn 1 side point instead.
STUD Side 8
Theme Sweep
Category: Theme Trivia
Win every question in a theme category to earn 2 side points.
Before a theme category begins, declare it eligible. A player or team that gets every question in that category correct earns 2 side points.
STUD Side 9
Last-Place Save
Category: General Trivia
Start a round in last and win that round to earn 1 comeback side point.
At the start of any round, the last-place player or team may call a save. If they win that round outright, they earn 1 side point. If they finish last again, add 1 side point against them.
STUD Side 10
Host Stumper
Category: General Trivia
Submit a fair question that the host misses to earn 1 side point.
Each team may submit one fair question to the host. If the host misses and the answer is verified, that team earns 1 side point. If the question is unclear or wrong, add 1 side point against that team.
STUD Side 11
Category Captain
Category: General Trivia
Choose a category and answer most of that category correctly to earn 1 side point.
Earned side points count for you. Side points against you count against you. Net side points at the end and settle only in the way your group agreed before play.