Quiz team name generator

Here are three short, snappy pub-quiz team name ideas, to help you get a great name for your table-quiz team. 
Click the button for more suggested team-names.

About the quiz team-name suggestions

This is a really fast, simple team name suggestion tool.   Three suggestions are given each time you you "spin the wheel".   You don't need to give the page any hints to get started, choose any categories, save any results, share with your friends etc.

One set of suggestions is shown each time you open the page.   And a new set is shown each time you click the "Get more team name ideas" button.

In each set of team-names:

• One suggestion is seasonal, and based on the time of the year  (eg Christmas, New Year, Easter, Halloween, May Day, etc).   

• One is a phrase that has the word quiz, or some aspect of a table-quiz, "twisted" into it.

• And one is simply a phrase from our collection of interesting names.

How to use the table-quiz team name suggestions

If you really don't care what your quiz team is called, then just pick a number from 1, 2 and 3, click the button, and just use the corresponding suggestion.  So if you pick 1, use the 1st suggestion that is shown, if you pick 2 then use the second one, and pick 3, use the third one.

But if you'd like to apply a little more personality or creativity, you can use these names as starters.  Get a few ideas, try them out around your quiz table, mix and match, add local names / places / people.   Perhaps even combine a few ideas eg you could be "Santa's Quiz Elves with Disturbing Green Knees and Mystical Shopping" - no one said your team name has to make sense! 

How to choose a name for your table-quiz team

When you attend a table quiz, you may be asked to choose a name for your quiz team.   This name will be

• Written on your answer pages, so the markers know who the entry is from
• Put on the scoreboard, so everyone can see how well you are doing
• Called out by the quiz-host during the quiz - and hopefully when the winners are being announced.

A good table-quiz team name:

• Is easy-enough for you, and the quiz-team, to write:   Maybe don't choose one with letters that aren't in English!
• One you are happy for everyone is the room to see:  Some rude names can be funny the first time but not by round ten, or aren't appropriate at a family-friendly event.
• Can be read out loud - so maybe leave out the complicated or hard-to-say words.    

There are a few common types of quiz names

• Names that describe who you are:  

This could be based on your occupation, where you live, where you came from, how you know each other -etc.   For example,  the Irish Ramblers,   The Quiz Hounds, The Four Grannies.

• Clever mix-ups of phrases about quizzes

For example, The Ezquisitors   /  Squizzlesticks   /   Three Conquiztadors.

• Phrases to confused the quiz-host or other attendees

For example, The Winners    /   And in First Place   /   Tonight's Special Guests 

• Public-education messages

If the quiz is being to raise awareness about an issue or raise funds for an organisation, then people who are involved may want to choose team names that re-enforce the messages or marketing.  For example,   Slip, slop, slap   /  Never Drink and Drive    /   10,000 steps a Day

• Some other random words

The name of a book, movie, your favourite recipe, a local landmark, a pub in your town, a famous politician - almost anything that takes your fancy

But it can be hard to think of a good name, especially when you only have five minutes to do it.   If you need inspiration, or any old name will do, check out our Quick Table Quiz Team Name Generator for some fast suggestions.

 

What to wear to a table quiz

Choosing an outfit for a table-quiz is simple:  no protective clothing or special equipment is needed, and the biggest risk you're likely to face is a paper-cut or a dirty look from someone in another team.

So really it's about deciding what sort of occasion it is, and what sort of impact you want to make.

• Is it really a ladies-who-lunch afternoon tea, with a few rounds of questions as the excuse for getting together? Try a charming but understated day-dress, or your favourite too-cool-to-care designer jeans and top.

• Are you a nerdy-geek-who's-going-to win? Nothing wrong with the same comfy jeans and a tee-shirt / jumper that you wear everywhere - and besides you won't be reading this post anyhow, because you're too busy studying for the quiz.
  (But if you do have a set of Google Glasses, or a jacket with Encyclopeadia Brittanica encoded into the sleeves - and you're ok with using tools like that to help you win - then go right ahead and wear them.)

• Or is it a swish charity fundraiser, with everyone-whos-anyone going to be there. Definitely a LBD for ladies, and a tux for the gentlemen

• Have the organisers said that it's fancy dress?    Get your imagination working overtime.

More likely, though, it's none of these. Just an ordinary night out with a group of friends and maybe some friends-you-haven't-met-yet. So wear whatever you would usually wear if you were going to a movie, bowling, concert, play, etc with these people.


Whatever way you go, the bottom line is this:

What you really need to wear to a table-quiz are clothes: very few quizzes are held in nudist camps.

How to prepare for a table quiz

This post has tips for people who are getting ready to take part in a table quiz.    See  How to organize a table quiz if you need to get ready to run a quiz yourself.