A pub quiz is a quiz held in a pub or bar. These events are also called quiz nights or trivia nights, and may be held in other settings. Pub quizzes may attract customers to a pub who are not found there on other days. The pub quiz is a modern example of a pub game. Although different pub quizzes can cover a range of formats and topics, they have many features in common.

The Trivia Search Engine was developed to help keep track of the thousands of weekly trivia events held around the United States. Finding a game in your hometown may not be difficult; usually word-of-mouth is enough to let you know where you can find a game. But as trivia nights have increased in popularity, more and more games have sprung up in more and more places. And while it's great to have options, finding a game can be tedious, often requiring multiple internet searches--and often just as many dead ends. The Trivia Search Engine was created by trivia players, and for trivia players.