How to organize trivia night with AI

Choose your trivia night theme

Whether it’s 80’s music, anime characters, or anything else, there’s no limit of fodder for trivia night themes. Generative AI is a stellar brainstorming partner for finding the perfect theme. Try prompts like these to get ideas flowing:

• Suggest five trivia night themes for a group of family and friends that spans four generations.
• I’m putting together a trivia night for my chess club. Suggest five fun themes they’d enjoy.
• Based on these interests, provide a list of possible trivia night themes: [interests].

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Get the word out and set the date

Titillate your potential guests with an on-theme trivia night invitation. Generative AI creates fun images and playful text to make your invite memorable. AI scheduling assistants take some of the guesswork out of organizing a trivia night, too. Try prompts like these to create compelling invites and start gathering your crew:

• Make a list of AI scheduling tools that can help my friends and I find the best time for a trivia night.
• Help me make invitations for a trivia night about early cinema. Let’s start by working on an image for the invite with a vintage theater vibe and then create text that sounds like it was written for an early cinema star.
• Think up creative invitation ideas for a trivia night on [theme].

Set up scoring and gameplay

Now that you have the date in the books and trivia lovers eager to attend your get together, it’s time to decide on details like scoring and gameplay rules. Generative AI creates varied scoring and gameplay systems based on your preferences. Try prompts like these to settle on these trivia night specifics:

• Suggest three unique trivia night scoring systems.
• I’m learning how to coordinate a trivia night. What should I know about scoring and gameplay to make this night fun and unique?
• How can I personalize trivia night scoring and gameplay to my theme and specific guests?

Create trivia questions to stump and delight

Half the fun of trivia night planning is coming up with the questions you’ll pose to the crowd. AI generates questions that celebrate the details and glory of your chosen theme. Dig into all that juicy trivia with prompts like these:

• Help me create questions for my upcoming trivia night on [theme]. Where should we begin?
• Make a list of 25 trivia questions on [theme].
• Write up ten rounds of trivia questions for a trivia night on [theme]. Questions should build in difficulty as rounds progress. Some rounds should rely on visuals, one round should involve math, and one round should be a creative wild card.

Plan a trivia night to remember with themed details

You chose a theme you love, so why not go all out? Sure, your invites and trivia questions are already on theme, but what about food, drinks, prizes, music, and more? Try prompts like these to find more fun in the details:

• Suggest unique trivia night food ideas related to [theme]. Provide a list of ingredients and recipes, too.
• Help me come up with clever trivia night prizes related to [theme].
• I’m planning a trivia night on [theme]. Suggest a themed playlist for the three-hour party.

For more AI-inspired party ideas and other activities (scavenger hunt, anyone?), head to the Everyday AI hub.