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Three quiz nights a week with 150 dollars in cash prizes and no entry fee, at the Santa Monica pub whose Wednesday game was once named the hardest trivia in LA.
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Quiz nights in a giant barrel, a Star Wars cantina, and Walt Disney's old lunch spot. LA does trivia the way it does everything: with a set design budget.
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Idle Hour
Tuesday · 8:00 PMQuiz night inside a giant 1941 barrel, one of the last surviving pieces of LA's eye-catching roadside architecture.
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A former 1924 fire station where the Thursday quiz is hosted by a Jeopardy and Millionaire alum, with a house gift certificate on the line.
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Scum and Villainy Cantina
Wednesday · 8:00 PMA windowless intergalactic cantina on Hollywood Blvd where costumed bartenders pour themed cocktails and cosplay at the quiz is encouraged.
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Free trivia at the storybook 1922 Lawry's pub that was Walt Disney's regular lunch spot, one of LA's oldest restaurants.
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Hollywood's oldest British pub, family owned since 1982, with Pub Quiz Tuesdays listed right between afternoon tea and the Sunday roast.
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The world-famous British pub steps from the Santa Monica pier runs a proper English quiz with quizmaster John Trese.
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WeHo's LGBTQ sports bar pays 150 dollars to first place, 75 to second, and a round of shots for the best team name.
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The Los Feliz sibling runs the same cash-prize format on Mondays under a disco ball, so you can chase the Hi Tops jackpot twice a week.
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The Red Lion Tavern
Monday · 8:00 PMSeven rounds inside a German tavern that has poured steins for Silver Lake for over 65 years, with bar cash for the winners.
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Video Vortex at Alamo Drafthouse
Wednesday · 8:00 PMQuiz night in a retro video store bar inside the Alamo Drafthouse, where 40,000 DVDs rent for free while you drink.
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Bigfoot Lodge
Wednesday · 9:00 PMLog cabin kitsch, taxidermy, and a looming Sasquatch have watched over this campfire bar since 1999.
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Bigfoot Lodge West
Tuesday · 9:00 PMThe Westside log cabin stacks one of LA's deepest whiskey shelves, and trivia packs out, so regulars arrive early.
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Verdugo Bar
Tuesday · 7:30 PMA pioneering craft beer bar with 20 rotating taps and a huge hidden beer garden out back.
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BiergartenLA
Tuesday · 8:00 PMA Korean-German gastropub where the quiz comes with kimchi-loaded wursts and German pours in the heart of K-town.
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Free taproom trivia in a sprawling Arts District warehouse brewery with pool tables, downtown's flagship brewery quiz.
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Barney's Beanery West Hollywood
Tuesday · 8:30 PM (plus themed Wednesdays)The 1920 Route 66 roadhouse where Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin drank now runs general knowledge Tuesdays and themed Wednesdays.
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Barney's Beanery Westwood
Tuesday · 9:00 PMOne block from UCLA with two bars on two floors and stadium seating; trivia is among its busiest nights of the week.
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Barney's Beanery Burbank
Wednesday · 9:00 PMThe Media District outpost of the 100-year-old chili house runs its quiz late, after the studio crowd clocks out.
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Barney's Beanery Pasadena
Thursday · 7:30 PMThe biggest Barney's of them all: three concepts under one roof, including a billiard club and a tiki bar.
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The Bungalow
Thursday · 7:00 PMA beachfront quiz at the Fairmont Miramar's famously scene-y lounge, with Pacific views and over 500 dollars in weekly prizes.
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The Surly Goat
Monday · 8:30 PMWeHo's craft beer institution hosts a free Monday quiz built to be winnable by normal humans, not just savants.
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GYM Bar WeHo
Wednesday · 8:00 PMWeHo's gay sports bar runs fast-paced 1-2-3 Trivia with prizes all night long.
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The Belmont
Tuesday · 9:00 PMA late 9 PM start makes this patio-blessed La Cienega hangout the second stop for WeHo trivia doubleheaders; first place takes a 50 dollar tab.
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The Garage on Motor
Wednesday · 8:30 PMA 30-TV neighborhood sports bar paying a 75 dollar tab to the winners, with the mellow Motor Club room right next door.
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The Woods
Wednesday · 8:00 PMA forest-themed Hollywood cocktail den that keeps happy hour running until 10 PM, straight through quiz night.
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Drugstore Cowboy
Tuesday · 8:00 PMTrivia overlaps with Taco Tuesday and six dollar tequila cocktails, with free billiards on the back patio between rounds.
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Hyperion Public
Monday · 7:00 PMThe Monday quiz pairs with the bar's build-your-own-burger special, a Silver Lake budget-night double feature.
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Paperback Brewing Co.
Tuesday · 7:00 PMEvery beer tells a story at this Glendale taproom whose cans wear pulp novel cover art.
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Wirtshaus
Wednesday · 8:00 PMA true German wirtshaus since 2011 with over 35 German beers, part of a beer garden family that quizzes across the city.
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Rasselbock Kitchen & Beer Garden
Wednesday · 8:00 PMA Westside beer garden stocking more than 35 German and Belgian taps, where the quiz races stay tight to the final round.
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Kiez Kuche & Beer Garden
Tuesday · 8:00 PMHighland Park's German beer garden runs a free Tuesday quiz on York Blvd.
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Founders Ale House
Tuesday · 8:00 PMA craft beer and scratch kitchen neighborhood spot anchoring the Westside's Tuesday quiz circuit.
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33 Taps Silver Lake
Wednesday · 8:00 PMThirty-three rotating drafts heavy on LA breweries, with a late-night happy hour that kicks in mid-quiz.
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33 Taps West Hollywood
Thursday · 8:30 PMThe Rainbow District location pays a 50-25-10 prize ladder, part of a quiz lineup that covers four nights a week across WeHo.
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33 Taps Downtown LA
Tuesday · 8:00 PMAcross from Crypto.com Arena with fifty 75-inch screens and an arcade room, plus themed nights from Taylor Swift to Star Wars.
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33 Taps Culver City
Monday · 8:30 PMThe original 33 Taps starts the chain's quiz week steps from the Culver Steps and Sony Studios.
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90 West Lounge
Monday · 8:00 PMA no-frills dive with a Diamond pool table and a smoking patio, where the top three teams split 60 dollars in bar bucks.
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The Nickel Mine
Sunday · 7:00 PMOne of the Westside's rare Sunday quizzes, played over New York style pizza and 24 drafts.
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T. Boyle's Tavern
Tuesday · 8:00 PMA Playhouse Village fixture whose quiz nights stretch back more than a decade; order the famous pickled egg with your answer sheet.
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The Blind Donkey
Tuesday · 7:00 PMA whiskey-soaked Old Pasadena basement bar where seven rounds pay out in bar cash.
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The craft beer giant's Pasadena outpost has trivia locked on its calendar through the end of the year, with prizes three places deep.
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A family-owned brewery named for Pasadena's feral parrot flocks, where beertender Joe writes and hosts the quiz himself.
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