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Geeks Who Drink Private Events
Well, we don’t drink the private events. We host them—wedding quizzes, corporate parties, birthdays, wakes, and more.
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Your Quizmaster Shout Outs
Today is Employee Appreciation Day! And listen, we love our quizmasters like no other, but our kind words aren’t nearly as meaningful as your kind words. So here are some quizmaster shout outs you’ve left for your favorite hosts at your favorite venues.
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Special Event: Jeopardy! Bar League at Washington’s Moss Bay Hall
Get ready, Washington, because we’re bringing you an epic trivia experience like no other.
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JEOPARDY! Bar League: Bringing America’s Favorite Quiz Show® to Local Bars Nationwide
Geeks Who Drink is partnering with Sony Pictures Television and TimePlay to combine the prestige of JEOPARDY! with the fun, laid-back atmosphere of a favorite local bar trivia night.
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Thankful for You
Our quizmasters are giving some very thankful shoutouts to their favorite teams and coworkers.
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Geeks Who Drink Costumes, Cuddles, and Comfort
We’re still thinking about the wonderful Halloween quizzes we had last week, and all the adorable, furry quizzers who showed up.
“Beyond the Ballot” Voter Registration Events: How Geeks Who Drink Helped Drive Voter Registration
Recently, Geeks Who Drink and USA Today partnered up to host special quiz events across the country.
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A Season of Success for Quiz for a Cause
One of GWD’s favorite ways to share our love of knowledge do is through our Quiz for a Cause program.
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Remembering Erin Steinert, Quizmistress & Friend
We are incredibly saddened by the recent and sudden loss of Washington state Quizmistress—her preferred title—Erin Steinert
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The Most Important Question
Not many people know this, but trivia is a great way to learn things! (Mind blowing, we know.) A good pub quiz can teach you about the world, about pop culture, and—sometimes—about the people around you.
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Geeks Who Drink Presents: Boombox Bingo
We’re hosting a game we’ve never done B4. (See what we did there?)
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Proud of our Pride Month Partners
During Pride month, we highlighted some of our favorite LGBTQIA+ creators, supporting their causes, and promoting the events organized by our partnering venues across the country.
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Brittney!
Meet the Geeks is back with a convo with Brittney Wittmer, our social media and content manager.
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May the Fourth Be With You, Always
Last week, geeks all across the galaxy convened to pay tribute to one of the most beloved franchises of all time…okay, maybe not the galaxy, but for sure around the world.
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Geeks Who Drink on Jon of All Trades
If you’ve ever wanted the inside scoop on what goes on in the trivia business, Episode #365 of Jon of All Trades will tell you all you need to know about our hare-brained world.
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Mercy!
It’s been a while since Meet the Geeks caught up with one of our regional managers, our team of folks who communicate with venue owners and quizmasters to make hundreds of trivia nights across the country run smoothly.
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Bernadette!
“Meet the Geeks” is soooooo back, gang. Hailing from all over the New York tri-state area, we’re catching up with Director of Marketing Bernadette Orscher, who’s coming up on a year with Geeks Who Drink in April. Keep reading to learn about her geeky toddler and her hot takes on the Fast and Furious series.
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Round Robin
Celebrating One Quizmaster’s 10-Year Quiziversary
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Classic Trivia vs. Small Batch Trivia
As trivia experts, we’re usually the ones asking the questions, but there’s one question people ask us more than anything else: what’s the difference between Geeks Who Drink Classic Trivia…
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Parks and Recognition
How Partnerships and Theme Quizzes Can Work Together
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Fortunate Sun
On Tuesday, January 23, we asked a 3-part question on Z-words. One part of that question read: New Mexico’s flag features the sun of what Pueblo people? The answer was…
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Lore and Love for National Trivia Day
Today is National Trivia Day and we are here to celebrate more than fun facts.
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Every Season is Giving Season
Discover how Kingfisher in DC is fostering community through trivia
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“The Very First Night” of Trivia
How Wilmington Brew Works Used Swifties for a Successful Launch
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Bears, Beers, and Big Trivia Success: How Bear Tooth Theatrepub Created an Epic Trivia Night
Bear Tooth Theatrepub, a beloved local hotspot in Anchorage, Alaska recently achieved trivia night triumph.
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End of Eras: Play Taylor Swift Trivia From the Comfort of Your Home!
Right from the moment you open your Taylor Swift Trivia pack, you’ll feel the energy and excitement that only a true Swiftie can know. The trivia questions span across Taylor’s…
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Bar Event Ideas for Your Trivia Night
A good trivia night engages people. Not just the teams playing through rounds of quizzes. But also the onlookers clamoring for the extra pint of craft beer or wine while…
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Punks, Tawnys, and Phils
Back around Groundhog Day, we ran a round inspired by that little rascal, Punxsutawney Phil. It was all about punks, Tawnys, and Phils. Get it? Well, here’s something we learned about a punk.
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Tori Stone!
No matter who you are, where you live, or what you’re doing right now, we know that the one thing going through your head is…”Whopper, Whopper, Whopper, Whopper, Junior, Double,…
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More like Dr. De-mentor
Barry Hansen had finished a pair of degrees from a pair of colleges — including a Master’s in folk music from UCLA — and was working on a thesis about the origins…
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Excelsior!
In honor of what would have been Stan Lee’s 100th birthday., we were inspired to write a round on folks with alliterative names.You know, because he’s the creator of Bruce…
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Quoth the Raven, “Jersey Shore!”
We recently ran a round in honor of Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday called, “Quoth the Raven, “Jersey Shore!” We know, we know, Edgar is welling up, AS WE SPEAK. Every…
Fail Mail
Fail Mail (formerly Errorogenous Zone): Chimi Shelter
On March 2, we led off the quiz with a nice, easy round on words that begin with the letters C-H-I. In that round, we asked: Deep-fry any old burrito…
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Eric Kohen!
It may be a new year, but that doesn’t mean you can escape “Meet the Geeks.” We’re back with our first convo of 2023! This week, we chatted to the…
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It Came From the First Week of January
We kicked off the new year with a round called “It Came From the First Week of January,” with eight questions on, you guessed it, January-starting events. Did you know…
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Jared Rigoletto
Back on Opera Day…yup, that’s totally a thing…we celebrated with a round on two-part questions that blend high and low culture for a point per part. It gave us the perfect excuse to ask about French luxury brands and Family Guy, all in the span of 30 seconds. You know, a pretty normal day at the office for the Geeks.
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Goo Goo Muck It Up
We have no idea what Kate Bush does with her free time, but we’d assume it’s a combination of staring wistfully into the fog that accumulates on the moors; communing…
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Double Up
How about a little holiday beef? Our latest “My Favorite Round” dives into a Double Up round where we asked the question, “Last week, the Billboard top 10 included what…
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The Monkey That Predicted the Future
Before the first round of the 2003 Stanley Cup Playoffs, pretty much every analyst with a terrible tie and a lavalier mic had already predicted that the Central Division-winning, defending…
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Laura Ewen!
You want it, you need it, you crave it: it’s another installment of “Meet the Geeks.” This week, we talked to our Quizmaster Trainer Laura Ewen about everything from airport…
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Fail Mail (formerly Errorogenous Zone): Carol Intentions
We write nearly 20,000 quiz questions a year, and despite our best writerly, editorial, and fact-checker-y efforts, sometimes we screw up. For that, we’ve got the Errorogenous Zone: a place…
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Sco-ville, Sco-problem
The 19th season of the wildly popular YouTube show “Hot Ones” started in September, and host Sean Evans has placidly downed his own plate of wings while guests ranging from…
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I’m Stumped
We’re spotlighting a round we recently ran called “I’m Stumped.” The premise was simple: every answer contained the name of a tree. You see, we were celebrating Joyce Kilmer’s birthday,…
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You Got Chocolate on My Horseradish!
We recently ran a round with two-part questions on strangely-compelling couples. Those couples included apples & cheddar cheese, Snoop & Martha, chicken & waffles, and, uh, Bennifer. It was a…
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Half in the Greasy Bag
We recently ran a round called “Half in the Greasy Bag.” Life fast food, the concept was simple. We provided a short clue about a two-word phrase, and gave our…
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Eric Andre, the King of Bonkers Comedy
Earlier this year, Adult Swim announced that “The Eric Andre Show” would be coming back for a sixth season, which will air sometime next year. “Expect more deranged pranks, fire,…
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How Quantum Leap Inspired this 2022 World Cup Post
If it’s one thing we do well at Geeks Who Drink, it’s harebrained goofiness. For example, take this post. We were looking at this week’s Video Rewind, which involves a…
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Jamil Radney!
Shut the front door, we’re back with another installment of Meet the Geeks! This week, we’re talking to Jamil Radney, one of our Regional Client Managers. So keep reading, to…
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Afraid of flying? Maybe skip this one.
Our latest Video Rewind is a round we came up with called “Outer Hanks.” We got inspired because one of our writers said, “You know, Tom Hanks is on a…
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Canopics or It Didn’t Happen
The latest “My Favorite Round” explores a round we ran during spooky season. It was a multiple choice round on mummies called “Canopics or It Didn’t Happen.” We covered the…
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Derek Knight!
To paraphrase either Samuel Coleridge or Samuel L. Jackson, hold onto your butts, because it’s time for another installment of “Meet the Geeks.” This week, we’re catching up with Derek…
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Get Out of the Pool, Already!
Statue of Zidane’s famous battering-ram impression may turn up at World Cup
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Return of the McIntosh
October is Apple Appreciation Month, so a few weeks ago we ran a round appreciating every single part of the apple. Even the icky ones. We covered the educational acronym…
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Grant Thackray!
It’s been a minute since we interrupted one of our colleagues’ workdays to ask them about, you know, their workdays. But we’re finally back with another installment of “Meet The…
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On the Origins of Deepfakes
In this week’s Video Rewind, “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” makes an appearance. That film was helmed by a guy named Chad Stahelski. He’s not a household name but…
My Favorite Round
Second Guess Yourself – Trail Mix Edition
This week’s installment of “My Favorite Round” dives into one of our Second Guess Yourself rounds. Second Guess Yourself is a round concept at Geeks Who Drink that we’ve leaned…
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Only in New York
This week’s Video Rewind takes you on a video round journey called “Only in New York!” Our quizzers had to name movies featuring scenes of happenings that could only go…
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30 Days to Recognize
As we close out the month of September (don’t even try that “wake up Billie Joe Armstrong” har-dee-har shit. You’re better than that.), we bring you another installment of “My…
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Ain’t No Sunshine
We recently ran a round called “Ain’t No Sunshine” on National Cuban Sandwich day. You see, we got inspired about a sandwich that originated in Cuba but got big in…
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A Bit of Fry and Lorry
In our next installment of “My Favorite Round,” we dive into a round all about Stephen Fry… and trucks. We called it “A Bit of Fry and Lorry” and filled…
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Yipee-Kayak, Rudderf@%!er
Film audiences now have been spoiled by big budget special effects and seamless CGI, but that obviously hasn’t been the case. In an ancient time that historians refer to as…
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Christopher Short!
Last week, Snoop Dogg announced that he’s getting into the breakfast cereal game and we learned TikTok knows what’s in your DMs. With all that excitement, we knew we needed…
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America’s First Opera Happened… Where?
August 29, 2001 was a big one for the South Carolina General Assembly. On that otherwise unassuming Wednesday, it formally named Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) as the Official State Grass of…
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Girls on Film
Last week, in honor of their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, we devoted one of our entire quizzes to the band Duran Duran. When we do…
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Anybody Looking for Spam Swag?
If you’re planning a trip to Austin, Minnesota, TripAdvisor lists 21 Things to Do during your stay. There’s the red-and-white statue of Buffy the Cow, which recent reviews have described…
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The Morel of the Story
Back on July 28th, Beatrix Potter celebrated her 156th birthday. Well, I mean, not above ground. But, you get the picture. In honor of Peter Rabbit’s creator, we obviously ran…
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#SundaeFunday
Back on National Hot Fudge Sundae Day, we ran a round called “#SundaeFunday” where all the questions dealt with items that you use to build an ice cream sundae. We…
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How a CGI Dog Cost Disney $50 Million
The Golden Raspberry Awards give out dubious ‘honors’ to the worst on-camera performers, worst directors, and all-around shittiest films every year, and occasionally — like when we’re involved in a once-in-a-generation…
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Shane!
Last week might’ve started with the heartbreaking news that the Choco Taco is being discontinued, but we’re here to get this week started off strong with another installment of Meet…
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Alpha Mail
Recently, in honor of Happy Words with Friends Day, we ran a round called Alpha Mail, all about famous people corresponding by letter. It featured questions about topics like the…
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Talk About a Disaster Film
When it comes to big-budget disaster movies, screenwriter and director Roland Emmerich usually knows what he’s doing. The 66-year-old German wrote and directed Independence Day and its 2016 sequel; directed…
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Please Do Not Feed This Round
On another stop of our “My Favorite Round” world tour, we dive into a round called “Please Do Not Feed This Round,” all about zoos and aquariums. It ran during…
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Spanking Plankton on The Magic School Bus
If you’re a nineties kid, you know all of the words to “The Magic School Bus” theme song as well as you know your parents’ phone number (and if you’re…
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Sex Advice from E.B. White
When you hear the name E.B. White, you may think of a sentient spider who could spell on a 4th grade level, or about a mouse-child named Stuart, or about…
My Favorite Round
Shrekquiem for a Dream
Time for another version of “My Favorite Round!” Today, we dive into a question from a round called “Shrekquiem for a Dream” – all about about comedies and dramas. One…
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Meet the Geeks: It’s Danielle!
It’s been a minute since we did a “Meet the Geeks” profile, but we’re back with a chat with one of our members of the sales staff, Danielle Carr. How…
My Favorite Round
Charlotte’s Web
On this week’s version of “My Favorite Round,” we dive into a question from a round called “Charlotte’s Web” – all about the shady doings in North Carolina. One of…
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A Brief Explainer on British Accents
“English accents on Frasier,” English comedian, television host and novelist Richard Osman once tweeted. “Has there ever been a show this consistently brilliant that did one thing so badly?” The…
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How to Win a Watch for Swimming Halfway across a Channel
Earlier this year, a blue historical marker was placed outside a house in Brighton, England, denoting it as the birthplace of an early 20th century iron-woman, who inadvertently became one…
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The Way Cool Story Behind a Tony Hawk Pro Skater Edit
Skateboard legend Tony Hawk is, by all accounts, a decent guy. His Wikipedia page has a section dedicated to ‘Philanthropy’ as opposed to ‘Controversy,’ which is a pretty good sign….
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More Like Best Virginia
This month, we ran a round all about West Virginia. We covered New River Gorge, Marshall University, and, of course, John Denver. But, we also explored the spooooooky corners of…
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Do You Stay Up Late at Night Wondering Where The Little Shop of Horrors Was Filmed?
The 1977 Roger Moore-as-James Bond flick The Spy Who Loved Me had the highest budget of any film that had been made at the time, and it’s not difficult to…
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Neighs! Nays!
Last Thursday, we ran a whole quiz with round titles inspired by the word, “Nice.” Why, you ask? Well, it was 6/9 on the calendar and we’re all still perpetually…
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The Curious Connection Between Pete Rose and Paul Giamatti
If you’re scrolling through eBay looking for baseballs autographed by Pete Rose, you’ll realize that a lot of them are listed as “Pete Rose Bartlett Giamatti” baseballs. That’s because the…
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Juno Awards + Alanis Morissette + Merkin = Canada
If you think back to the 2004 Juno Awards — the annual ceremony that’s basically Canada’s Grammys — the most surprising thing isn’t that Nickelback somehow took home two of those…
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The Twang Dynasty
Last week, we ran a round all about banjos and Chinese history called “The Twang Dynasty.” We covered all sorts of stuff that you always hear mentioned together like the…
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Bustin’ Makes Us Feel Good
“To this day, people ask me, ‘Are you tired of hearing people say, who you gonna call?’” Ray Parker, Jr. told Entertainment Weekly in 2016. “Well, no! It’s like, am…
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Do you know who invented Ray-Ban’s Aviator glasses?
“Oh hey, I hope my eyeballs don’t get frozen today” is something that most of us don’t have to worry about before clocking in for work, but that was a…
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Meet the Geeks. It’s Stefani!
Meet Stefani Thomas, Geeks Who Drink’s Pub Quiz Operations Director!
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Hey You Guuuuuuuyyyyys!
We’re not sure the last time you pulled out your copy of The Goonies soundtrack, but it’s stacked with 10 absolute bangers from some early-1980s legends. Cyndi Lauper, who was…
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Hey, what’s Watson been doing lately?
It has been over a decade since Jeopardy! superchampions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter had to politely applaud the inanimate object that beat them in three straight Jeop-isodes. Despite famously…
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Clap On! Clap Off!
If your Google search history includes things like “cost of Botox’ and “daily back pain,” then you’re old enough to remember The Clapper, that plug-in box of plastic that let…
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Power to the Weepuls
You’ve probably seen one stuck to a bank teller’s computer while you hold your breath and wait to hear your account balance. Your kid brought one home from school, its…
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GO NADS!
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) isn’t short on famous alums: the prestigious art school’s graduates include glass sculptor Dale Chihuly, street artist Shepard ‘I did those Obama HOPE…
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Uke Gotta Check This Out
By the time Cliff Edwards was cast as a top hat-wearing cartoon cricket in Disney’s animated Pinocchio flick, he was already well-known on the vaudeville circuit, had appeared in dozens…
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All Hail Larry
The government of the United Kingdom has written a lengthy history of 10 Downing Street, the 330-plus year old building that serves as both the residence and office of the…
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By Your Powers Combined
In mid-March, the Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) celebrated its 30th anniversary with a massive gala in Atlanta, and it gave actor Jane Fonda its Exemplar award; honored Bill Nye (yup,…
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Cue the John Williams, Dude
In early May 2019, the California State Legislature voted to officially declare May 4 as “Star Wars Day,” because apparently just typing “May the 4th Be With You” on Twitter…
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Finally, a Reason to Play Golf
Golf’s scoring system seems simple enough, even if your experience is limited to playing Golden Tee in the back of a Pizza Hut, or trying to putt a neon orange…
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Let the Wookiee Win: A Star Wars Quiz at Dave & Busters
Geeks Who Drink & Dave & Buster’s Inc. have come together to collaborate on one hell of an amazing night of Star Wars theme quizzes. Obviously, they’re going down on…
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Ever Heard of a Critter Supper?
According to the Arkansas Department of Tourism, Stuttgart (Pop. 8,720) is known as “the duck and rice capital of the world.” So it makes sense, I guess, that on the…
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Meet the Geeks. It’s Diana!
Admit it, the main reason you look forward to Fridays is because that means you might get to read another profile of another person who’s part of the Geeks Who Drink team. Today does not disappoint, because we’re talking to Diana Tenery, our indispensable (and insanely busy) Production Manager.
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Y’all Ready for This?
When Steve Knutson originally heard that Tommy Boy records was releasing an album filled with the amped up, high BPM songs that are played in stadiums and arenas, he wasn’t…
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This Post is Certified Fresh
In the summer of 1998, Senh Duong was a twenty-something web designer who spent his free time trying to track down reviews of Jackie Chan movies that hadn’t been released…
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Springfield v. Springfield v. Springfield v. Springfield…
During its unprecedented (and, at times, exhausting) 33-season run, The Simpsons has never specified exactly which Springfield its title family lives in. That’s why, when The Simpsons Movie was on…
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All Hail the Sugar Golem
Last December, a representative from TikTok had to deny the existence of a so-called ‘Kool-Aid Man Challenge’ on the app, after news outlets in several states suggested that teens were…
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Sibling Revelry
If you’re a half-decent songwriter and want a shot at adding an Oscar to your office shelf, then you need to nominate yourself to write the theme song for the…
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Inspiring Licorice Pizza
Director Paul Thomas Anderson told Variety that it took him “many months” to come up with the title for his recent coming-of-age dramedy. The film, which was set in the…
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Simpering Goody Two-Shoes
The musical Oliver!, a stage adaptation of Charles Dickens’ orphan-lit classic Oliver Twist, opened in London in 1960. When the show jumped from its original theatre to the city’s famed West End, it started a successful — and then unprecedented — run of 2,618 shows that stretched across ten years.
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On the Fringe
In the summer of 2013, when Phoebe Waller-Bridge, a then-mostly unknown actor and playwright, presented her one-woman show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was met with a round of…
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Let Me Welcome Everybody
“In the fashion business, you live in the future for the next collection,” fashion designer turned screenwriter and director Tom Ford told the Wall Street Journal in the fall of…
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A Shitty Investment
As of this writing, 286 episodes of Shark Tank have been scattered across the show’s 13 seasons, and there’s no shortage of amateur entrepreneurs who hope that one of the…
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Talk About a Hit & Run
For the past 20-plus years, Major League Baseball’s Milwaukee Brewers have hosted a between-inning sausage race during their home games, which requires five people to encase themselves in oversized sausage…
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The Origins of DayGlo
It’s hard to improve on the lede the New York Times used for Robert Switzer’s 1997 obituary: “Because Bob Switzer fell off a loading dock as a teen-ager six decades…
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Ernest Rides Again
In January 1954, some newspapers selected their biggest, boldest typefaces, and ran headlines like “[Ernest] Hemingway, Wife Killed in Africa.” The journos’ story was that the famed novelist and his…
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Because You Loved Moi
When Celine Dion took the stage during the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony to sing “Smile” while the audience saw pics of everybody who’d died in the past year, she set…
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This is it, I’ve found it. I’m in hell.
If you’re the kind of person who owns an “I Slapped Ouiser Boudreaux” t-shirt and can work a Truvy Jones quote into any situation, then you need to book a…
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Get a Whiff of This
In September 2011, Canadian rapper Drake announced on Twitter that he was changing his username from @Drakkardnoir to just @Drake. “Feeling super official,” he wrote, after dropping the reference to…
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Meet the Geeks! It’s Eric.
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another installment of ‘Meet the Geeks!’ This week, we’re talking to Eric Keihl, Geeks Who Drink’s long-time Managing Editor. Eric, who currently lives…
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Bamm-Bamm Rubble vs. Hulk Hogan
If you saw the decade-old Cocoa Pebbles commercial called “Cocoa Smashdown,” you’d probably shrug it off as 30 seconds of animated silliness. Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble get thrown around…
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The Lions of Teranga
After a hard-fought 90 minutes, Senegal and Cameroon were still locked in a scoreless draw at the end of regulation in the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Final. It was still 0-0 after two exhausting halves of extra time, so the match went to penalties, the most nerve-fraying match deciders in sports.
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Meet the Geeks! It’s AJ.
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our Albuquerque-based Client Manager, AJ Brown! Let’s get to it.
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Attila the Huh?
Trying to find Attila the Hun’s gravesite isn’t as easy as clicking on Find–A-Grave dot com. Although the self-described “best place on the internet to look for final disposition information” does have an entry for Attila, the burial location is listed as “Body Buried in Secret.”
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Pants-Shitting Shark Attacks
Composer John Williams’ unmistakable combination of basses, cellos, trombones, and a single tuba that accompanied all of Amity Island’s shark sightings in 1975 has been called the second most terrifying…
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You’re Telling Me a Plant Laid that Egg?
You’re not fooling Instagram when you put that eggplant emoji in your photo captions, and they know you’re not talking about your mom’s moussaka recipe. In 2015, when the photo-sharing…
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My Name is Edson
When Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born in October 1940 in southeastern Brazil, his parents decided to pay tribute to an American who’d died almost exactly nine years earlier. Because…
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Meet the Geeks! It’s Aldo
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our resident expert of Payroll and Compliance, Aldo Monterrey! Let’s get to it.
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That Time Eddie Izzard Ran 838.4 Miles in 31 Days
If you’re scrolling through the articles in an average issue of Runner’s World, you expect to see stuff about the best shoes for trail runners, how to properly fuel up…
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A Deep Dive Into Perfume Madness
For over 25 years, the Demeter Fragrance Library has made their bones in the hardscrabble market space of perfumes. They simply want to find out “what kind of smells you…
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Meet the Geeks! It’s Bryan
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our Marketing Director, Bryan Carr! Let’s get to it.
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Punxsutawney Phil Ain’t Got Shit on Wiarton Willie
Although their holiday started several decades after ours did, Canada celebrates Groundhog Day too, with the same annual tradition of dragging a couple of reluctant rodents out in front of…
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That Time Kenny Rogers Totally Killed a Muppet
Kenny Rogers didn’t write the lyrics to “The Gambler,” and he wasn’t even the first — or the second — singer to record a version of it. But when Rogers’ released…
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Sinead O’ Connor’s Historic Refusal
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor was barely 20 years old when she wrote, recorded, and co-produced her stunning debut record, The Lion and the Cobra. And, because she’s a Hall of…
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The Sadness of Pixar: Geeks Who Drink’s Duh! is Back.
Before she voiced Sadness in “Inside Out,” Phyllis Smith was busy getting famous on “The Office.” Before that breakthrough, she did a little bit of acting and worked in casting….
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Meet the Geeks! It’s Jonpaul.
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our Quizmaster Recruiter Jonpaul Guinn! Alongside getting to know him a bit better, you’ll also learn about…
Video Rewind
Sunshine Cinema
According to TripAdvisor, the sixth-best thing to do in Sarasota, Florida isn’t the Cat Depot (that’s 26th) or the cemetery (18th), but a sprawling Italianate mansion that was built on…
Mystery Video Fun Club
A Royal Pain
A decade ago, screenwriter Philippa Langley, a member of England’s Richard III Society, approached the Leicester (Eng.) City Council to ask them if she could have permission to, uh, dig…
Recently in Stuff
Recently in Stuff! Episode 4, 2022
Editor-in-chief Aaron Retka is playing God in the latest episode of #RecentlyInStuff! This week, he takes on the #NFL, #MarkCuban, #DamonAlbarn, and more!
Virtual Pub Quiz
Eating In a Jiffy
Quick question for you: how much peanut butter do you think you could eat in a minute? We’re talking under optimum conditions, if you’re given an open jar of the…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Lex Simpson!
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our West Coast Client Manager, Lex Simpson! He’s the bestest in the westest! Alongside getting to know…
Duh!
Ever Been to Ottumwa? Geeks Who Drink’s Duh! is Back
A guy named Donald Hayes holds the top ranking for points scored in both the arcade games Centipede and its follow-up Millipede. We know this because of an Ottumwa, Iowa-based…
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Walken in Space
Either time doesn’t make sense anymore, or we’re just getting old as hell, ‘cause it’s hard to believe that it’s been 20-plus years since Christopher Walken, director Spike Jonze, and British DJ Fatboy Slim collaborated on one of the most iconic music videos of the early aughts.
Mystery Video Fun Club
Join Us on a Wonka Death Tour
It’s been a minute since we read Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory so we can’t quite remember what the moral of the story is; maybe something about Googling an industrial facility’s safety record before taking your kid there? We didn’t forget that everybody except Charlie Bucket ends up having some kind of potentially fatal mishap though.
GWD News
Introducing the Geeks Who Drink News Feed!
You’ve come to the right place to keep up to speed with all that’s happening in the state of Geekdom. Drum roll…it’s our NEWS FEED!
Recently in Stuff
Recently in Stuff! Episode 3, 2022
Editor-in-chief Aaron Retka gets saucy in an all-new episode of #RecentlyInStuff! This week, he takes on #Drake, #GlenYoungkin, #NovakDjokovic, and more!
Virtual Pub Quiz
Go Big or Go Home
QM Micah’s back from Vegas in time to host this week’s #VirtualPubQuiz! Topics include songs that sampled other songs, a round on the Civil Rights movement, and TV shows starring the late #BettyWhite.
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Lea Popielinski!
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to a member of our Editorial team, Lea Popielinski!
Duh!
GWD Presents: Duh! Episode 8
This week, Jenna hits up randos with obvious questions about #StarWars, Sherwin Williams, and the board game Mouse Trap!
Video Rewind
Are you the StairMaster? Prove it!
Prove you’re a StairMaster by stepping up to our movie quiz!
Mystery Video Fun Club
Wario’s Tar Pits?!
What do the eighth season of #AmericanHorrorStory, the star of the game “Wario’s Woods,” and a Steve McQueen B-movie have in common? Figure it out, and you could win a free swag box from this week’s Mystery Video Fun Club!
Recently in Stuff
Recently in Stuff! Episode 2, 2022
Editor-in-chief Aaron Retka invites you to warm up with a nice hot cup of #RecentlyInStuff! This week, he takes on Pepsi, the #GoldenGlobes, Christopher Key, and more!
Virtual Pub Quiz
QMs Can Be Contestants Too!
Back when the world shut down in 2020, we weren’t about to let that stop us from bringing you the best trivia in the business. Thus, the Geeks Who Drink Twitch Pub Quiz was born!
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Lindsay King Mears!
As part of our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our Private Events Coordinator, Lindsay King Mears.
Duh!
GWD Presents: Duh! Episode 7
Join Jenna Riedi for another round of #Duh! This week, she probes pedestrians with obvious questions about San Antonio, Jacks Black and White, and the Ivory Coast.
Video Rewind
Can You Name All These Taxiing TV Shows?
Get nostalgic for the pre-Uber days by taking our TV taxi quiz! How many can you name?
Mystery Video Fun Club
A Blizzard Amendment?!
What do a teen girl magazine, a Christmas song, and a ’90s sci-fi show have in common? Figure it out, and you could win a free swag box from this week’s Mystery Video Fun Club!
Virtual Pub Quiz Feed
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Dispatches from GWD HQ
GWD News
Your Quizmaster Shout Outs
Today is Employee Appreciation Day! And listen, we love our quizmasters like no other, but our kind words aren’t nearly as meaningful as your kind words. So here are some quizmaster shout outs you’ve left for your favorite hosts at your favorite venues.
GWD News
Special Event: Jeopardy! Bar League at Washington’s Moss Bay Hall
Get ready, Washington, because we’re bringing you an epic trivia experience like no other.
GWD News
JEOPARDY! Bar League: Bringing America’s Favorite Quiz Show® to Local Bars Nationwide
Geeks Who Drink is partnering with Sony Pictures Television and TimePlay to combine the prestige of JEOPARDY! with the fun, laid-back atmosphere of a favorite local bar trivia night.
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Thankful for You
Our quizmasters are giving some very thankful shoutouts to their favorite teams and coworkers.
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Geeks Who Drink Costumes, Cuddles, and Comfort
We’re still thinking about the wonderful Halloween quizzes we had last week, and all the adorable, furry quizzers who showed up.
GWD News
A Season of Success for Quiz for a Cause
One of GWD’s favorite ways to share our love of knowledge do is through our Quiz for a Cause program.
GWD News
Remembering Erin Steinert, Quizmistress & Friend
We are incredibly saddened by the recent and sudden loss of Washington state Quizmistress—her preferred title—Erin Steinert
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The Most Important Question
Not many people know this, but trivia is a great way to learn things! (Mind blowing, we know.) A good pub quiz can teach you about the world, about pop culture, and—sometimes—about the people around you.
GWD News
Geeks Who Drink Presents: Boombox Bingo
We’re hosting a game we’ve never done B4. (See what we did there?)
GWD News
Proud of our Pride Month Partners
During Pride month, we highlighted some of our favorite LGBTQIA+ creators, supporting their causes, and promoting the events organized by our partnering venues across the country.
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Brittney!
Meet the Geeks is back with a convo with Brittney Wittmer, our social media and content manager.
GWD News
May the Fourth Be With You, Always
Last week, geeks all across the galaxy convened to pay tribute to one of the most beloved franchises of all time…okay, maybe not the galaxy, but for sure around the world.
GWD News
Geeks Who Drink on Jon of All Trades
If you’ve ever wanted the inside scoop on what goes on in the trivia business, Episode #365 of Jon of All Trades will tell you all you need to know about our hare-brained world.
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Mercy!
It’s been a while since Meet the Geeks caught up with one of our regional managers, our team of folks who communicate with venue owners and quizmasters to make hundreds of trivia nights across the country run smoothly.
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Bernadette!
“Meet the Geeks” is soooooo back, gang. Hailing from all over the New York tri-state area, we’re catching up with Director of Marketing Bernadette Orscher, who’s coming up on a year with Geeks Who Drink in April. Keep reading to learn about her geeky toddler and her hot takes on the Fast and Furious series.
GWD News
Round Robin
Celebrating One Quizmaster’s 10-Year Quiziversary
GWD News
Classic Trivia vs. Small Batch Trivia
As trivia experts, we’re usually the ones asking the questions, but there’s one question people ask us more than anything else: what’s the difference between Geeks Who Drink Classic Trivia…
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Parks and Recognition
How Partnerships and Theme Quizzes Can Work Together
Fail Mail
Fortunate Sun
On Tuesday, January 23, we asked a 3-part question on Z-words. One part of that question read: New Mexico’s flag features the sun of what Pueblo people? The answer was…
GWD News
Lore and Love for National Trivia Day
Today is National Trivia Day and we are here to celebrate more than fun facts.
GWD News
Every Season is Giving Season
Discover how Kingfisher in DC is fostering community through trivia
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“The Very First Night” of Trivia
How Wilmington Brew Works Used Swifties for a Successful Launch
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Bears, Beers, and Big Trivia Success: How Bear Tooth Theatrepub Created an Epic Trivia Night
Bear Tooth Theatrepub, a beloved local hotspot in Anchorage, Alaska recently achieved trivia night triumph.
GWD News
End of Eras: Play Taylor Swift Trivia From the Comfort of Your Home!
Right from the moment you open your Taylor Swift Trivia pack, you’ll feel the energy and excitement that only a true Swiftie can know. The trivia questions span across Taylor’s…
GWD News
Bar Event Ideas for Your Trivia Night
A good trivia night engages people. Not just the teams playing through rounds of quizzes. But also the onlookers clamoring for the extra pint of craft beer or wine while…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Tori Stone!
No matter who you are, where you live, or what you’re doing right now, we know that the one thing going through your head is…”Whopper, Whopper, Whopper, Whopper, Junior, Double,…
Fail Mail
Fail Mail (formerly Errorogenous Zone): Chimi Shelter
On March 2, we led off the quiz with a nice, easy round on words that begin with the letters C-H-I. In that round, we asked: Deep-fry any old burrito…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Eric Kohen!
It may be a new year, but that doesn’t mean you can escape “Meet the Geeks.” We’re back with our first convo of 2023! This week, we chatted to the…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Laura Ewen!
You want it, you need it, you crave it: it’s another installment of “Meet the Geeks.” This week, we talked to our Quizmaster Trainer Laura Ewen about everything from airport…
Fail Mail
Fail Mail (formerly Errorogenous Zone): Carol Intentions
We write nearly 20,000 quiz questions a year, and despite our best writerly, editorial, and fact-checker-y efforts, sometimes we screw up. For that, we’ve got the Errorogenous Zone: a place…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Jamil Radney!
Shut the front door, we’re back with another installment of Meet the Geeks! This week, we’re talking to Jamil Radney, one of our Regional Client Managers. So keep reading, to…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Derek Knight!
To paraphrase either Samuel Coleridge or Samuel L. Jackson, hold onto your butts, because it’s time for another installment of “Meet the Geeks.” This week, we’re catching up with Derek…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Grant Thackray!
It’s been a minute since we interrupted one of our colleagues’ workdays to ask them about, you know, their workdays. But we’re finally back with another installment of “Meet The…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Christopher Short!
Last week, Snoop Dogg announced that he’s getting into the breakfast cereal game and we learned TikTok knows what’s in your DMs. With all that excitement, we knew we needed…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Shane!
Last week might’ve started with the heartbreaking news that the Choco Taco is being discontinued, but we’re here to get this week started off strong with another installment of Meet…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks: It’s Danielle!
It’s been a minute since we did a “Meet the Geeks” profile, but we’re back with a chat with one of our members of the sales staff, Danielle Carr. How…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks. It’s Stefani!
Meet Stefani Thomas, Geeks Who Drink’s Pub Quiz Operations Director!
GWD News
Cue the John Williams, Dude
In early May 2019, the California State Legislature voted to officially declare May 4 as “Star Wars Day,” because apparently just typing “May the 4th Be With You” on Twitter…
GWD News
Let the Wookiee Win: A Star Wars Quiz at Dave & Busters
Geeks Who Drink & Dave & Buster’s Inc. have come together to collaborate on one hell of an amazing night of Star Wars theme quizzes. Obviously, they’re going down on…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks. It’s Diana!
Admit it, the main reason you look forward to Fridays is because that means you might get to read another profile of another person who’s part of the Geeks Who Drink team. Today does not disappoint, because we’re talking to Diana Tenery, our indispensable (and insanely busy) Production Manager.
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Eric.
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another installment of ‘Meet the Geeks!’ This week, we’re talking to Eric Keihl, Geeks Who Drink’s long-time Managing Editor. Eric, who currently lives…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s AJ.
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our Albuquerque-based Client Manager, AJ Brown! Let’s get to it.
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Aldo
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our resident expert of Payroll and Compliance, Aldo Monterrey! Let’s get to it.
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Bryan
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our Marketing Director, Bryan Carr! Let’s get to it.
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Jonpaul.
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our Quizmaster Recruiter Jonpaul Guinn! Alongside getting to know him a bit better, you’ll also learn about…
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Lex Simpson!
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our West Coast Client Manager, Lex Simpson! He’s the bestest in the westest! Alongside getting to know…
GWD News
Introducing the Geeks Who Drink News Feed!
You’ve come to the right place to keep up to speed with all that’s happening in the state of Geekdom. Drum roll…it’s our NEWS FEED!
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Lea Popielinski!
In our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to a member of our Editorial team, Lea Popielinski!
Meet the Geeks
Meet the Geeks! It’s Lindsay King Mears!
As part of our ongoing “Meet the Geeks!” series, it’s time to introduce you to our Private Events Coordinator, Lindsay King Mears.