Quizmaster Trivia

What Quizmaster Trivia does

Quizmaster Trivia is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based live event hosting company that provides bar trivia, Family Feud-style games, and music bingo programming to bar and brewery venues across the US Midwest. Founded in 2006, the company operates with a small team of approximately 8 employees and contracts hosts and proprietary question content directly to venue partners on a hire-out basis; venues provide the space and benefit from increased foot traffic and beverage sales during trivia nights. The company's product portfolio centers on three core game formats — Quizmaster (traditional pub trivia), Feudmaster (Family Feud-style survey games), and TuneMaster (music bingo with played song clips) — plus a growing library of pop-culture themed events covering properties such as Harry Potter, Disney, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Friends, Spider-Man, and Bravo TV.

The business operates as a professional services provider with no proprietary software platform, mobile app, or digital product component. Revenue is generated through venue hosting fees, with downstream player entry fees set by individual venues ranging from free admission up to $5 per player, the latter typically unlocking cash prizes. The company maintains a network of more than 50 venue partnerships spanning Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha, Appleton, La Crosse, Sheboygan), Minnesota (Minneapolis), Illinois, and limited presence in Colorado, Washington, and New York. Quizmaster Trivia promotes events through a Blogger-based content site supplemented by an organic social presence on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest; it has no disclosed funding rounds, parent company, or institutional ownership.

The go-to-market is purely event-driven and direct: each venue relationship is sold and serviced individually, with no reseller or distribution intermediaries. Notable scale signals include a 2014 Harry Potter trivia event at Milwaukee Brat House that drew 61 teams and over 250 players across two bars — described at the time as the company's largest quiz — and a documented pattern of themed events regularly pulling 100+ attendees at certain venues. The company is privately held, founder-operated, and appears to be bootstrapped with no venture or institutional capital backing.

Name

Quizmaster Trivia

Legal name

Quizmaster Trivia

Website

https://quizmastertrivia.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Quizmaster Trivia is a Milwaukee-based live event company that hosts weekly trivia, Family Feud-style games, and music bingo at 50+ bars and breweries across the Midwest. It sells hosting services directly to venue owners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Milwaukee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Venue Hosting Fees: Quizmaster Trivia charges venues a fee to host trivia events. Venues benefit from increased foot traffic and beverage sales during trivia nights. The company operates on a hire-us basis where bar owners pay for the service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Quizmaster Trivia is a live bar trivia hosting service that supplies trained quizmasters, game formats, and question content to bars, breweries, and restaurants on a hire-us basis. The company delivers three core formats—Quizmaster (traditional multiple-choice pub trivia), Feudmaster (Family Feud-style survey games), and TuneMaster (music bingo)—along with pop-culture themed events such as Harry Potter, Disney, and Bravo TV trivia. Venues pay a hosting fee and provide the space and beverages, while patrons participate for optional entry fees and prizes.

Product overview

Quizmaster Trivia operates a portfolio of bar trivia and game night products, centered around three core offerings: Quizmaster (traditional pub trivia with a live host), Feudmaster (Family Feud-style survey question games), and TuneMaster (music bingo where participants listen to song clips). The company also runs specially themed events based on pop culture properties including Harry Potter, Disney, Friends, Game of Thrones, and Star Wars. All events are hosted at bar and brewery partner venues across the Midwest, with no digital/self-service product component.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Feudmaster: Family Feud-style survey question trivia game format
• TuneMaster
• Quizmaster

Products and services

• Quizmaster (Traditional Pub Trivia) Traditional pub trivia nights hosted by a Quizmaster at bars and breweries, featuring multiple-choice questions across various topics with team-based competition. Targeted at bar and restaurant venue owners seeking turnkey entertainment programming.
• Feudmaster (Family Feud-Style Game) Family Feud-style bar game where teams answer survey questions to match popular responses, featuring themed editions like Disney Feud and Friends Feud. Hosted live at bar venues for patron entertainment.
• TuneMaster (Music Bingo) Music-based bingo game where participants listen to song clips and mark corresponding entries on bingo cards, featuring themed variants like Country Hits Music Bingo and Stars & Stripes Music Bingo. Hosted at bar and brewery venues.
• Private and Corporate Events Hiring of Quizmaster Trivia hosts and game formats (Quizmaster, Feudmaster, TuneMaster) for private parties and corporate events such as team-building functions and group celebrations. Targeted at event organizers, party hosts, and corporate teams.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

35 partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Lion's Tail BrewingminorOthersVenue hosting Quizmaster Trivia events. Lion's Tail Brewing hosts regular Monday trivia nights as part of Quizmaster's venue network.
• Camp Bar (multiple locations)minorOthersMultiple Camp Bar locations (Shorewood, Third Ward, Tosa, Cedarburg) host regular Quizmaster Trivia events including standard trivia and themed nights.
• Milwaukee Brat House (Downtown and Shorewood)minorOthersMajor venue partner hosting regular trivia events. Milwaukee Brat House has hosted large themed events including the record-setting Harry Potter trivia in 2014.
• Brass MonkeyminorOthersRegular venue host for Quizmaster Trivia events, particularly Harry Potter themed trivia nights.
• Red Lion PubminorOthersLong-standing venue partner hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events in Milwaukee.
• Raised Grain BrewingminorOthersWaukesha brewery venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events including themed nights.
• Rally Time (West Bend)minorOthersWest Bend venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia Feudmaster events with prizes.
• Pete's PubminorOthersMilwaukee venue hosting regular Feudmaster and themed trivia events with prizes including gift cards.
• 3 Sheeps Brewing Co.minorOthersSheboygan brewery hosting regular Wednesday Feudmaster events with prizes ($30 gift card 1st, $20 2nd, $10 for best name/funniest answer).
• The Landing at Hoyt ParkminorOthersWauwatosa venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events including themed Harry Potter trivia nights.
• Fox River HouseminorOthersAppleton venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events as part of the venue network.
• Howie's (La Crosse)minorOthersLa Crosse venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events as part of the regional venue network.
• Red Rock Saloon (Madison)minorOthersMadison venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events including themed Harry Potter trivia nights.
• Surly Brewing Co. (Minneapolis)minorOthersMinneapolis brewery venue hosting Quizmaster Trivia themed events.
• Uptown Tavern (Minneapolis)minorOthersMinneapolis venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events including themed nights.
• Eagle Park Brewing (Milwaukee and Muskego)minorOthersMultiple Eagle Park Brewing locations host regular Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Wisconsin Brewing Co. (Verona)minorOthersVerona brewery hosting Quizmaster Trivia events including themed nights.
• Mo's Irish Pub (Tosa)minorOthersWauwatosa venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Third Space Brewing (Milwaukee)minorOthersMilwaukee brewery hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Station 1 Brewing Co. (Suamico)minorOthersSuamico brewery hosting Quizmaster Trivia themed events.
• O'LydiasminorOthersMilwaukee venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Deer CampminorOthersMilwaukee venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Jack's American PubminorOthersMilwaukee venue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Voodoo BrewingminorOthersBrewery venue hosting Quizmaster Trivia events.
• MobCraft (Milwaukee and Denver)minorOthersMultiple MobCraft locations host Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Pilot Project BrewingminorOthersMilwaukee venue hosting Quizmaster Trivia Feudmaster events.
• Cafe Hollander (Madison and Mequon)minorOthersMultiple Cafe Hollander locations host regular Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Caffrey's PubminorOthersMilwaukee pub hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Blum Coffee GardenminorOthersVenue hosting regular Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Lake Louie BrewingminorOthersWisconsin brewery hosting Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Copper on KingminorOthersMilwaukee venue hosting Music Bingo events (TuneMaster).
• Sprecher TaproomminorOthersMilwaukee brewery hosting Music Bingo (TuneMaster) events.
• Von Rothenburg Bier StubeminorOthersMilwaukee German-style venue hosting Quizmaster Trivia events.
• Crow's Nest RooftopminorOthersMilwaukee rooftop venue hosting Quizmaster Trivia events.
• The Ohio TavernminorOthersMilwaukee area venue hosting Quizmaster Trivia events.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Game Show Trivia (GST): Live game-show-style trivia and entertainment hosting service for bars, restaurants, breweries, and corporate events. Directly comparable live entertainment hosting service with Family Feud-style formats analogous to Quizmaster's Feudmaster.
• Trivia Mafia: Midwest-focused bar trivia hosting company with live hosted trivia nights at bars and restaurants in Illinois and surrounding states. Directly comparable in geography overlap, format, and venue hire model.
• Brainstormer Trivia: Regional bar trivia hosting service with live hosted trivia nights at pubs and bars. Same event-driven GTM motion and venue hire revenue model as Quizmaster Trivia.
• Geeks Who Drink: Largest US bar trivia hosting company, running pub quiz events at bars nationwide. Same core business model of charging venues a fee to host live trivia nights with a quizmaster; directly comparable in service offering, target customer (bar owners), and revenue mechanics.
• TrivWorks: National bar trivia hosting company providing weekly pub quiz hosting to bars and restaurants. Direct competitor offering the same venue hire model as Quizmaster, with similar event formats and prize structures.
• Big Brain Trivia: Bar trivia hosting company operating in the US Midwest and other regions with live hosted trivia nights at bars and breweries. Comparable service, target customer base, and weekly recurring event model.
• Loud Crowd: Bar game and interactive entertainment hosting service providing live hosted games at bars, restaurants, and events. Comparable live venue entertainment model with game formats that overlap with trivia and music bingo offerings.

Emerging players

• Half Full Games: Company offering themed bar games and trivia hosting services (including music bingo-style formats) at venues. Adjacent service offering in the bar entertainment hosting space with overlapping format inventory (Quizmaster, music bingo).
• SpeedQuizzing: UK-based pub quiz platform that combines a live host with player smartphone interaction. Comparable end-product (bar trivia experience) but augments the live host with a digital player experience, representing a potential technology-augmented evolution of Quizmaster's offering.
• Pub Trivia App / Slipped: Digital trivia platforms providing app-based pub quiz experiences that venues can self-run or that hosts can use. Represents the technology-mediated alternative to a live quizmaster model that Quizmaster operates in.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/quizmastertrivia
• Instagraminstagram.com/quizmastertrivia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quizmaster-trivia

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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