We ranked eight trivia companies and hosts that run recurring nights across Columbus, choosing named operators with their own formats instead of single bars. Our method was reading each host's own website or published schedule on October 30 and 31 for format, nights, start times, fees and venues, then matching venue addresses and phone numbers to those listings. Where a host has no site of its own, we used the venue's event page or the host's page on a trivia directory and say so. We did not play these games for this list. Schedules change often, so treat any night below as a starting point and confirm it with the host or venue before you gather a team.
8 trivia nights
2026 Winners·Winners announced Sep 24, 2026·Picks by Bart Rian
Big Bad Music Trivia is hosted by Mark Dantzer, who was the afternoon drive host on WNCI 97.9 and Mix 97.1 and the morning host on Mix 107.9 before moving into mobile DJ work. His show is a two-hour name-that-tune night built from six categories, a halftime and a final montage, for teams of two to ten. Each month he adds a theme week such as 80s, Movie Soundtracks, Taylor Swift or Showtunes. There is no registration and no fee to play, and bars can book a weekly show for $275 a week.
