Bingo, spelling bees, and now
trivia nights—it appears as though a great segment of the populace enjoys a little friendly competition with strangers while drinking a cold one. If you access absurd or arcane facts about medieval Russian icons, know all the color combinations of the world's flags, or can match appropriate pet names to the former presidents who owned them, then you may want to know where to spar with local geniuses. And if the popularity of MoMA's recent
PopRally: Pop Quiz is any arbiter of what's hip, then look out…here come the know-it-alls…
Many neighborhood bars host small weekly game nights, most on rotating schedules and some with fascinating and engaging hosts like gender-bender Murray Hill whose long-running bingo night is a big draw at the Village club
Le Poisson Rouge. Check out this list of our current trivia night favorites.
Tuesday Night Trivia at King's Head Tavern
222 E. 14th Street (b/w Second and Third Avenues)
New York, New York
212-961-6257
Tuesday Nights, 8PM, Free
Pop Quiz at Last Exit
136 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, New York
(718) 222-9198
First and Third Monday Nights, 9PM, $5
Brooklyn Historical Society's Trivia Night
128 Pierrepont St (at Clinton St.)
Brooklyn, New York
(718) 222-4111
April 10, 7–10PM, $8 (ongoing)
Trivia Night at the Bell House
149 Seventh Street (b/w Second and Third Avenues)
Brooklyn, New York
(718) 643-6510
April 6, Time TBA, Free (ongoing)
Quizz-off at Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn, New York
(718) 302-3770
April 7, 7:30PM, Free (ongoing)
