Pub Quiz Prizes Ideas

Probably you want to organize a quiz competition and have no idea what should the winner team receive as a prize. Prizes are very important to get the attendants more interested and motivated. The prize is many times the reason of why people assist to a quiz and in occasion it is an incentive to make them come back. 

The value of the prize you will offer will be established for the number of people attending and you should also take into account the purpose of the quiz at the time of selecting prizes. If the event is massive of course you should offer a big prize, but in general, pub quizzes are not too big events so the following tips will probably help you making your prize selection.

1.      Prizes should not be really elaborate. The prizes are an incentive, not a salary. If the prize is too big, people will have a more competitive attitude and in some cases this ruins the ambiance. While your incomes for the event (whatever it is about) are good, the prize could be also good, but it is not necessary to exaggerate.

2.      You should have more than 1 prize. The most of pub quizzes not only recognize the winner but also the one who answers the quicker, the best team name, or the winner of just one category or level of difficulty. So I would suggest you to have multiple little prizes to amuse and reward creativity and attitude.

3.      If the prize is money, you can give one amount for the winner team and they will probably distribute it among the members, but if it is not money, you should unless buy one prize for each member. It could be something really simple; a beer glass or a shooter, for example.

4.      Entry tickets shouldn’t be expensive. If the entry amount is big people is going to wait for a really good prize, so better keep the entrance cheap and you probably will also have a more numerous attendance to the event.

5.      People would rather goodies or money than objects they won’t use. Try not to spend money in objects of your personal appreciation that could be seen as useless stuff by the others. You should better give money or objects you know whoever is going to find nice.

6.      Take into account what kind of people is going to attend the quiz, so you could illustrate you a little more about what could be nice or useful for them. Adults in a pub would probably be happier with free beers or some extra money. I think in general key chains or cup holders could be well received items.

7.     Some other ideas for prizes are: Plastic mugs with fun inscriptions, movie/theater/concert tickets, free dinner vouchers, A full day off (or night, in a bar, for example), plastic trophies with the “I am a quiz winner” inscription, magazine subscriptions, a general culture magazine or book, boxes of chocolate or candies, gift cards, mouse pads, posters from the event, flavored candles or lip balms, magnets, calendars, cup markers, mini diaries, pen sets, a wine bottle, Sudoku books, caps or t-shirts with the event or bar name printed in.

I hope this tips will be useful for you. But also remember some of the most pub quizzes attendants just want to have fun and are not considering receiving big prizes for playing. Sometimes more is less and the most important is to offer excellent quality questions to obtain a real fun pub quiz competition.