The Big Quiz Thing hosted a company event at La Reggia in Secaucus last Thursday. We were looking for something different to entertain our guest, then we came across the company on YELP! Planning the event was super easy and the staff was very helpful. The crowd was intrigued by the idea of trivia during dinner. The Big Quiz Thing is a great addition to any party and/or crowd. It was a great way to entertain a group of hungry adults. It forced people to have a conversation and build some sort of connection through team building activities. read more

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Hired Big Quiz Thing for my wife's birthday party and it turned out to be one of her favorite birthdays. Everyone there had a blast and were telling me what a great time they had. Our Quizmaster, Andy Peeke (@andypeeke), was awesome. Very accommodating and was bantering back and forth with the guests during the whole event. If you're looking to do something a little different and a lot of fun, I'd DEFINITELY recommend big quiz thing. read more

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We were looking for a Star Wars themed event for our company and I came across BQT in an internet search. I sent them an information request and they got back to me within a business day and we were underway planning the event! They accommodated my special requests and I think having both trivia and puzzles was great, as some people are better with one over the other and it kept everyone engaged. The procedures were easy to follow and they worked well for our dispersed team. Noah kept the event moving and had a lot of energy - a great host! Best thing for me was that all I needed to do was coordinate the event and they took care of the rest! read more

The Big Quiz Thing hosted an event for the Non-Profit I work for and helped us raise money/engage our donor network during a very tricky time for fundraisers. We are a small organization, so having 50+ folks tune in and raising nearly 2k is a big deal for us through a digital event like this! Money-aside, everyone that participated had such an amazing time and left glowing reviews. I am, personally, not a huge trivia lover, and I still had a blast! It's creative, quick-moving, engaging, and fun. Their donation asks for Non-Profits are well curated in advance, with visual aid if you provide them with pictures that helps move the "audience" into giving donations once they're in good spirits. It's a great way to break the quarantine blues! Highly recommend! read more

The Big Quiz Thing hosted a trivia night for our non-profit organization as a fundraiser. The team was super responsive and helpful leading up to the event and the actual event...well...was superb! Rory, our Quizmaster, and John (was helping Rory facilitate) were hilarious, kept everyone engaged, and provided wonderful entertainment! The questions were a good mix of harder ones and easier ones for everyone's level. Our organization received many comments after the show that they want to participate in virtual trivia every week with BQT! If you are looking for something fun and entertaining, definitely check out BQT....I highly recommend! read more

We hired The Big Quiz Thing for a corporate off-site evening event. From the planning phase, all the way through the actual event, the TBQT team was top-notch. The entire team was responsive, supportive and went above to ensure our event met our expectations. Our host Wes, was FANTASTIC! Nothing but praise for Wes. We will definitely use TBQT again and highly recommend. read more

Super fun night with Big Quiz Thing! They made trivia fun on Zoom. Our host was Eric and he was funny and kept the night flowing. We would love to bring them back for an in person event next year. read more

The Big Quiz Thing is a NYC Live Trivia game show held at Crash Mansion, it starts at 7:30, and occurs every other Monday. Check out Crash Mansion's site for details. http://crashmansion.co... I suggest coming an hour early, and stand on line to get good seats. I came here with a friend of mine, and upon arrival we were immediately intimidated by the crowd. We're in our early 20's amongst a crowd of nerdy (yet awesome) adults anywhere btwn 10-20 years older than us, with a hint of people around our age. As you walk inside, you pay the lady $7, grab a good seat, I'd suggest the front for a better view of the projector screen, and walk up to Noah (host) and grab a quiz sheet. Be prepared to answer 5 rounds of what felt like the hardest questions in the world (study before hand). You're playing for points, and a grand prize of $200. Although my team, was sadly, in last place, we had a really fun time. And I got to meet a couple of people and made some friends. 1. Come with a GROUP of SMART friends, or not, but you're guaranteed a good time. 2. Be prepared to answer questions from pop culture to politics and history. 3. $7.00 to play 4. The crowd gets very intense 5. Host is hilarious 6. If you don't know the answer you get points if its a "smart ass" answer 7. The rounds not only involve questions, but video and pictures. 8. Having a drink and playing trivia with your friends is a lot of fun. 9. They serve food! 10. I left smiling and felt the need to go home and study, and not for the next game, but for myself. felt a little dumb after. read more

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The crew at Big Quiz Thing is top-notch! Professional, patient, funny, and absolutely in control of the whole event from start to finish! Highly recommend. A+ read more

We used The Big Quiz Thing for a corporate event and had such a great time! Our Quizmaster, Jen, brought such a great energy to the event and got everyone involved and excited. It was the perfect length of time, the questions were great, and everyone had a blast. Highly recommend!! read more

What a fun and engaging activity for our company event. I would highly recommend to any group who is looking for some competitive fun. We had Kim as our host for two nights, she was full of energy and was adept at engaging the entire audience. I also appreciated how adaptable BQT was. After our first event, we requested to shorten the rounds and enhance the questions to be better suited for the second audience. The team executed on these requests beautifully. We will definitely be using BQT again. read more

The nonprofit I work for has worked with the Big Quiz thing for the past 2 years on our 250-person trivia night. I have nothing but great things to say! Eric was our host and he is amazing - he pumps up the crowd and is very engaging, he even wears a fun sequence blazer. The trivia is creative and they mix it up with types of questions and categories. Also the grading is very quick because they do everything digitally (not pencil and paper). Alison, the sales rep was also a pleasure to deal with and overall I feel like the company has mastered the business. Highly recommend. read more

We hired TBQT team to run a virtual trivia night for our LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Austin, TX. We could not have been more thrilled with the event. The team was on point with everything from customizing a program for our audience to incorporating our sponsors into their presentation! It really helped us build community for our festival goers in a virtual year. Noah and Frank were top notch and we will definitely be working with them again! read more

We loved our Big Quiz Thing event. We're a law firm so I was concerned that the attorneys would think the answers were too easy as they often are with trivia games but nope! Not that they were impossible at all, but they were a challenge which was great. Some were 'figure-out-able' and for a couple, I learned something! Andy was our Quizmaster and he did a great job keeping everything going. We had to do our event remotely and Geoff was our IT guru to make sure that things went smoothly, which they did. I hope I have the chance to use them again in the future. It was so much fun! read more

I have been attending The Big Quiz Thing on and off for years. It has moved to different venues in the years so check their website frequently for location. I love how fun this trivia game is. There are video and audio rounds which are my favorite rounds. No other trivia night I've attended thus far anywhere in the city or Long Island can measure up. So why 3 stars? When I started years ago admission to attend this trivia game was only $5. It slowly crept up to $7, then $10 and now $12. I am unemployed so $12 for admission alone is quite steep. Even worse is there is a minimum purchase instituted by some of the venues. I saw, as of late, a minimum purchase requirement of $15 which is okay if the food is any good but it wasn't. Please don't let this review deter you from experiencing the best trivia game ever. I just wanted to warn you of the flip side. I would have given The Big Quiz Thing a 5-star if it wasn't for the steep admission and minimum purchase requirement at venues with less than mediocre food. read more

The Big Quiz Thing hosted a community event with around 70 people. Planning the event logistics with Eric and Allison was easy. The event itself was a fun evening. It was just the right mix of competitive, fun, lighthearted, humorous, etc. I wouldn't hesitate to use BQT for your next party! read more

Review is of The Big Family Quiz Thing at Q.E.D. in Queens. Fun time, but not quite what is advertised. Show was advertised as 1 - 3 pm, but was really 1:15 until only 2:25. Not great when you're entertaining a group of kids until a certain time. Questions were age appropriate for 10 to 12 year olds. Much lower tech setup than the pictures on website. read more

I don't always win money at The Big Quiz Thing, but I always have a good time. Bar trivia events are plentiful in NYC, every night, every borough (perhaps even Staten Island), but there are some that rise to the top of the pack. Have you ever been to such an event, and though, "this is amateur hour!". Well, you know what, that's really mean, someone worked really hard on that. But rest assured no such thought will cross your mind at the end of your first BQT experience, the gold standard of NYC trivia. Quizmaster Noah Tarnow-- and his sidekicks EDP and DJ GB-- put together a show that is equal parts professional, fun, and nerdy as all heck (apologies for the potty mouth). 5 rounds of trivia, including one audio round and one video round, all team-oriented. The questions can be intense, but plan ahead... clues and tips are available on the interwebs. And you can win $200 and/or cookies! Let's face it... you and your friends were gonna go out drinking after work on Monday anyway. Why not do it in a setting that utilizes those precious brain cells before we drink them away? I mentioned the cookies, right? read more

I arranged this event for my co-workers as a team building event. We had about 30 people who didn't know each other extremely well. I worked with Allison to plan the event and then spoke with Eric who was our quizmaster. The whole process to arrange and schedule was easy. I had questions on the flow of the evening--the event and food/drinks and Allison was very helpful. Our group (and I) didn't know exactly what to expect for the show itself. Eric was a wonderful emcee, very professional and put our group at ease. He had a great sense of humor and kept the game moving along at a perfect pace. There was a wide variety of questions and categories and everyone really got into the competitive spirit! My team ended up winning! (An Olympic type metal for each team member). Everyone told me how much fun they had and how much the enjoyed the event. I would absolutely recommend this to any organization looking to have some fun while allowing co-workers to get to know each other a bit better. Great Time! read more

You have to love The Big Quiz Thing. Well... not legally, of course, but in theory, you gotta love it. 5 rounds of smart, entertaining trivia surrounded by some of the smartest, most competitive dorks in NYC. Let's face it... you're probably never gonna find the Cash Cab, and this is the next best thing. You got to stay in one place, maybe win some cash, and maybe even get a little buzzed. Sounds good, right? Every other Monday night, get your geek on at The Big Quiz Thing. read more

My friend won a custom trivia party by The Big Quiz Thing and it was a total blast. It was like playing trivia at a favorite bar, except everyone you're competing against is a friend. Can't beat that! Every round was a little bit different. Asides from classic trivia, there were well thought-out rebus puzzles (using pictures and letters to represent words) and the staff even created a rebus puzzle in honor of my friend- so cute! Some of the other cool categories involved the host playing a movie clip with sound from a different film, and you had to name both films. The music rounds were the best- though where three songs were played per question and all three went together somehow. For example, one answer was Rick James, James Taylor, Taylor Swift. In general, the game was very organized and colorful and the questions were just the right amount of difficult where you were having fun but still challenging yourself. Also- I know that prior to the event, the staff reached out to my friend to ask what kind of trivia she'd prefer (more pop culture focused, more geeky, etc) so it can pretty custom to your liking. Really, There were about 30 of us at this party and it was a total blast. Everyone just had such a good time. Definitely a fun, different idea for a party. Oh, and the staff are sweethearts too! They're donating a free trivia party (probably just like the one I went to) as a silent auction prize for the fundraiser of a charity I volunteer for. So, not only is it super fun- the people who work here have good hearts. read more

Trivia with big quiz was so fun! It's always hard to find something that everyone in the company will enjoy, and I think this was the most successful company outing we've had yet! It was entertaining the whole time and the hosts even took the time to incorporate some company trivia!! read more

Our group had a great time. Eric, our quiz master was on point, and made it a memorable experience. I would rec. for a fun corporate teambuilding activity. read more

Even if I really like something, I tend not to hand out Five Stars all willy-nilly because it just cheapens the accomplishment, and 99 times out of 100 there has to be something greater to aspire to. But the Big Quiz Thing really is as good as it gets for NYC trivia events. What the BQT is NOT is 'just another trivia night,' and for the price of admission, you're getting an evening of entertainment at cool venues and a real mental challenge that ends up feeling more like you crashed the taping of a satisfyingly cerebral game show. Worth It! read more

I would strongly recommend hiring The Big Quiz Thing for any event! We used them for a department outing and it was a big hit. Everyone there was organized; they responded to our emails within hours and worked with us to tailor our event. Noah was extremely entertaining and did a great job of keeping our group of 60 people engaged. The trivia was very personalized and he came up with funny company-specific questions. It was a great mix of challenging, random and silly questions. Very fun! read more

We booked The BQT for our club members. It was lots of fun. Noah, the trivia master was an entertaining host. They got this virtual game trivia perfected. read more

ok, let me start by saying that this is a fine trivia quiz. it's well run, the questions are fun, the pace is good, etc. the host is funny, and overall i had a nice time. here's what wasn't so spectacular. it's $10 (you knew that). and for $10, your trivia quiz better be many times better than the many, many free pub quizzes around the city. this one just isn't. it's good, but not $10 better. but you're probably thinking to yourself, "hey, there's prize money. my team could walk away with the $200 for first place." let me break this to you gently. you won't. the quiz is about 70-80% regulars -- guys who come every week and always place in the top 3. so unless you're friends with those people, you're just going to be out $10. still, it's fun and i enjoyed the smart ass points. but there are plenty of free pub quizzes that are just as fun that i'll probably go to instead. read more

NOT FOR THE FAMILY!! I went to the World Cafe Live in Philadelphia lastnight, really looking forward to clean night of entertainment. After viewing a few shows online, and reading the reviews I was very excited to try this out. It was simple at first, no problem, maybe some double ontandras ok. Then came the sexual references, then after a several references to male genitalia and other inappropriate material that is NOT suitable for all ages, my whole group of 10 decided to leave. It really put a damper on it because I had ppl come from DE and other parts of PA that are not so close. We had to take our business else where. THE BIG QUIZ THING should note that all of the "jokes" and movie clips are not always appropriate for the family and be sure the venue knows this and posts that information as well. read more

Tons of fun. Great host, questions and pace. We attended a Halloween party hosted by Big Quiz Thing and it was kind of a blast.

We hired The Big Quiz Thing for a trivia event at the Google office in NYC for about 70 people. From the time I first reached out to Noah, he went above and beyond to provide the best experience for our group. He asked me a lot of good probing questions in order to create a show that would appeal to our audience and offered to customize it accordingly. He was always quick to respond to my emails and generally really easy to work with. The night of the event, we had some technical issues, but Noah and Eric were total pros and made it work at the last minute. The purpose of our event was to bring people from different departments together to get to know each other and we had a lot of people who had never done trivia before, so it was not an easy crowd. However, Noah and Eric got everyone pumped up when the show started and kept the energy high throughout. I've been to around 10 different trivia shows at different bars, but this was by far the best and most entertaining game I've played. Noah is a real showman and has great rapport with Eric; they were really genuinely funny and never veered into cheesy territory. The game itself was fantastic, with creative questions and some non-traditional rounds, like a video round where they played clips from movies but the audio playing was from a different movie and you had to guess both movies playing at once. The wide variety of questions was really valuable, as we had a really diverse group and it kept everyone engaged and feeling like they had something to contribute to their team. Between rounds, they played music and gave people enough time to mingle and grab more drinks and food, and the timing of the whole thing was perfect. We've had a lot of events like this at Google but this had the best response of any that I've organized or attended. People really had an awesome time and asked that we bring The Big Quiz Thing back for another event. Whether you're looking for a really fun and special event for your office or want to go out and play with a few friends, I can't recommend these guys enough! read more

Look, there's really no substitute for the real thing. The Big Quiz Thing is now a NYC institution, and rightfully so. It's not "bar trivia," it's a real contest that actually challenges and, holy cow, teaches. If you fancy yourself a trivia buff and you haven't been to this show, well, you're, um, not. read more

As far as trivia nights go, this show takes the cake. A friend invited me last Monday, and whoa...it was sssssssssssssuuuuuuuuuuper crowded. Oh, and there was a $10 cover. Harumph. I kind of felt like purchasing some food and drinks should perhaps lend to an ever so slightly less cover charge, but truly, this was a ton of fun. And very well put on. In any event, I ended up on a team where everyone took things quite seriously indeed. I almost felt that letting my geek flag fly was nothing in comparison to these folks. But don't let my feelings of inadequacy keep you from having a rollicking cerebral time. Oh, and you get bonus points for smart-ass answers. SOLD! read more

I've been coming to Big Quiz Thing off and on since 2003 and the event is always consistently fun. I you don't have a team, you can show up and find one, but having a regular team is part of the charm. There are team names (some of them probably not Yelp-safe) that BQT just wouldn't be the same without. There's always an audio and video round plus assorted trivia about the news, pop culture, sports, history, the arts, NYC, anything and everything. I personally get maybe 1 or 2 questions per time, but I still have a great time because there's such a variety of things asked and people are just genuinely into what they're doing. Some teams/attendees are more competitive than others but I wouldn't say it's cutthroat. At $7, it's a cheap night of fun and you are guaranteed to learn something. You will also learn that things you think you know might leave your brain at a crucial moment or random facts may be resurrected. When you do know an answer and no one else on your team does, you get to feel like a rockstar. There's a community to this event, from Noah and Eric and DJ Gretchen to the fellow teams and a friendly spirit, even when it's down to the wire at the end when the top 3 teams compete. I've always enjoyed BQT and like their trivia format. The show goes on for about 2 hours, which is perfect timing; longer would start to feel like too much. You also have the chance to win random treats for "smart a--" points (funny answers when you don't know the real one). They've recently added a "not so secret secret clue" where you can check their Facebook or Twitter the day of the event. Pop culture lovers will especially enjoy this event but anyone who thinks they have some knowledge should stop by. Get there early for seats because it fills up fast. read more

I'm so happy Quizmaster Noah finally brought the Big Quiz Thing to D.C.!! It was a small crowd, but super fun. And I'm not only saying that because my team won. The questions are the kind that are entertaining even if you don't know the answers. And Noah has all the mechanics down, too - he runs the game fairly, explains the rules clearly, all that stuff. It's easy to hear him. I can't tell you how annoying it is to be trying to play a quiz and not be able to hear what's going on. Does this complaint make me sound old? Oh well. Noah rocks. Go play the Big Quiz Thing. Good times. read more

We booked Noah from The Big Quiz Thing for our team social outing and it was quite an evening. Every single member (about 35) thanked me for booking this event. Noah and his assistant were humorous and so knowledgeable. It was a definite ice breaker and we all were able to gain trivia knowledge as well as learn a little more about each other. Every round was interesting and different. There were so many categories and we enjoyed each round thoroughly. Everything from planning the event, to the end of the event was very organized and The Big Quiz Thing team couldn't be any more accommodating! We had already booked a venue and Noah went to the location before the event to make sure that everything would be able to be set up properly. They also check with you to see if any topics are off limits as well as if there are any topics you would like to include. You can't go wrong with this trivia party because it truly is so much fun and unique! Great time had by all! read more

Quizmaster Noah Tarnow puts so much juice into this bi-weekly show that you'd have to be a total grumpy jerk not to have fun. The questions and categories here are so much more comprehensive than any other trivia show in the city, and the stakes are yummier -- cakes, cookies, muffins, etc. If you can come in the top five here, you are among the best in New York City at trivia, my friends. read more

Our team wanted to do a trivia night for their summer outing and I came upon The Big Quiz via a google search. Jennifer, who helped book our event, was professional and great to work with. Our quiz master was Chris, who was a stellar performer and made the trivia fun and seamless for our group. Everyone had a lot of fun. The questions were a great mix and challenging for our competitive group. I would highly recommend The Big Quiz Thing for any group! read more

What a great community event! We held a Trivia Night for our residents in a luxury apartment complex and everyone had a blast. This was the second time using The Big Quiz Thing and once again they did not disappoint. Everything was taken care of from beginning to end so not only did our residents get to play along, but the staff did as well. Our emcee brought along buzzers and props for effect and awarded each member of the winning team a medal to take home. We will definitely be planning another trivia night soon! Thanks Big Quiz Thing for a super fun event! read more

Great job again! Always very professional and responsive during planning stages all through end of event. Very happy with TBQT. Booked them 4 times so far! read more

This is the third time we've booked an event with BQT - They've been reliable, timely and fun each time. We had a last minute cancellation and they were very flexible. We appreciate that as often things are always moving and changing with events. Thanks again, Eric! read more