Pub Nights

Since 1998, we've been running pub trivia nights in Ottawa. Some teams have been playing for years. After years of "standing room only," in 2006, we expanded from the Barley Mow Pub to Royal Oak Pubs. Questions cover everything from science to pop culture to history to general weirdness and much more.

You can play in teams (four or five seems to be the best team size). It's free to play, plus, there is a prize for each night's winner in each bar, as well as a prize for the top team anywhere in Ottawa, at the end of the 10-week season. Since it's the same game everywhere in a given week, you can shop around, finding the locale that's best for you.

• Every Monday: 7 pm at the Barley Mow Pub, 1060 Bank at Sunnyside (between Lansdowne and the Mayfair Theatre); ample parking; reservations strongly recommended, call 730-1279
• Every Wednesday: 8 pm at the Canal Royal Oak, 221 Echo Drive; some parking, call (613) 234-3700
• Every Wednesday: 7 pm at the Royal Oak Pub, 318 Bank at Maclaren (the "original Oak"); no parking; no reservations; 236-0190
• Every Sunday: 7 pm at Wellington Oak at 1217 Wellington St off Holland, street parking; no reservations; 728-6661 
• Every Sunday: 8 pm at Glebe Royal Oak in the Glebe, 779 Bank St, street parking; no reservations; 235-2624  

Our format works like this:

• 10 multiple choice questions
• 5 "sound byte" questions, typically music clips
• Quickies: 9 "fill in the blank" questions
• Cornerbox: a different game each week, such as "true or false"
• Anagram: a question whose answer is provided as an anagram
• TriviaHalloFame: a question from this site's Weekly Twelve
• 10 open-ended questions
• Mini-theme: 5 questions on a given theme
• List: Fill in the items in a list
• Picture This: 5 pictures
• News: a question from the news
• Number: whomever is closest to the number gets the point
• Wild Card: works a bit like Final Jeopardy
• Rush Round: the sooner you know, the more points you get