Trivia night on the TVs you already have — free.

Open barquizzes.com/tv on a TV browser or a laptop on HDMI. Guests scan the QR and play from their phones — no app, no account. The game keeps time, locks answers and scores the room.

Start freeNo card. Run one tonight.See how a night runs
  • Nothing for guests to install
  • No card to start
  • Set-up in about four minutes
  • Ops is optional, priced separately

Give Tuesday a game plan.

Trivia is free for the venue. Pair a screen, pick a format, press start.

Start a free game →

How a night runs

Three steps, about four minutes the first time. After that it’s a button.

  1. Pair a screen

    A smart-TV browser, or a laptop or stick on HDMI, opens barquizzes.com/tv and shows a code. Type it into the host app, name the screen, done — it stays paired.

    barquizzes.com/tv
    K7M2PQ
    Enter this code in the host app
    Bar TV – NorthPaired ✓

  2. Launch a game

    Pick Quick 20 for a 40-minute night or a full two-round game with a halftime poll. Auto mode, or a host at the laptop. Guests scan the QR on the TV and type a team name.

    Team name The Owls
    Phone language English · Español
    The OwlsTable 4Dad JokesQuizteama Aguilera+8 more

  3. Let it run

    Timed questions, answers locked when sent, live scores between rounds, the winner on the TV. The host can pause, skip or fix a score at any point.

    8:00Round 1 · 10 Qs
    8:22Halftime poll
    8:30Round 2 · 10 Qs
    8:52Winner + season points
What’s free, exactlyEverything on this page for the room: unlimited nights, teams and screens, polls, the social wall, season standings, question packs, Spanish on the phone. No card to start. Ops — the shift tool further down — is the optional paid product.

What the room gets

Make tonight worth coming back for.

A quiet weekday is the opening. These are the parts that turn one night into a regular one.

  • Give your regulars something to defend

    Teams can save their name at your venue and earn season points by placement. Standings show on the TV at the start and end of every night; a season is a calendar quarter unless you reset it.

    Season leaders · The Owls 61 · Table 4 58 · Dad Jokes 40

  • Honest by design

    The question is only on the TV, so phones can’t search it. Answers lock when sent and the timer is yours to set, 10–60 seconds. The host sees fast-answer signals and can void a question or fix a score.

    Q7 · locked 11/12 · 2 flagged for review

  • Polls between the rounds

    A who-wins prediction before the final round, a halftime category pick, or your own question. Results animate on the TV. Polls also run on their own for a crowd that isn’t playing trivia.

    Halftime · Which category next? Movies 60%

  • The social wall

    Guests post a line from the phone; a manager approves it; it shows on the TV between questions. Your room, on your screens, with you holding the switch.

    Wall · 2 waiting for approval · 14 shown tonight

  • Your screens, your sponsor

    Put a house special or a local sponsor in the TV footer and between rounds. You sell the placement and you keep what you sell — barquizzes takes no share of it.

    Between rounds · Riverside Tire & Auto · 30 s

  • Questions that stay fresh

    Themed packs plus your own by CSV. A question that played at your venue doesn’t come back for six months. Many questions come from the Open Trivia Database, credited; you can read the rest before the night.

    Packs · 90s Music · Florida · Sports · Your own

Run it from a laptop. Or don’t.

Auto mode runs the whole night on the timer. Host mode gives a real host the controls and keeps their personality in the room: pause for a dispute, skip a dud, drop a poll on the break, read the leaderboard out loud.

  • Start it and tend barAuto mode advances, scores and reveals on its own. Staff still greet, settle disputes and pour.
  • Built for bar Wi-FiA phone that drops rejoins on the same team with its locked answer intact; the TV shows “Reconnecting…” rather than a blank. It still needs your internet.
  • Spanish on the phoneThe player screens switch with the phone’s language. Questions on the TV are in the pack’s language.

Barquizzes Ops · optional, paid

Give the next shift the whole story.

Tonight’s lineup. Side work still open. The repair somebody needs to own. Ops puts the lineup, the follow-ups and the handoff in one place, on one shared tablet with a PIN per crew member — nothing on anyone’s personal phone.

  • Lineup with must-reads, and who has actually read them
  • Side work with photo proof and a manager sign-off
  • Follow-ups with an owner and a due date that carry to the next shift
  • Handoff the incoming manager accepts, with the gaps listed
  • Kudos and points for the people who quietly keep the place running — perks, never cash

  1. 4:30 PM

    Lineup

    Tonight · TueBar: Jess, MarcoFloor: Priya, SamMust-read: new happy-hour pours3 of 4 read

  2. 5:10 PM

    Acknowledged

    Sam · PIN 4821✓ Read must-readsSide work assigned:· Patio tables· Restock napkins

  3. 10:40 PM

    Side work

    Bar Close 9/14✓ Walk-in shut · photoMop behind the bar openIce machine leak reported

  4. 11:20 PM

    Follow-up

    Ice machine leakOwner: Dana · due ThuCarried from: Tue closeStatus: open · 2 shifts

  5. 11:45 PM

    Handoff

    Closing: Jess → Opening: DanaOpen: mop, ice machine86: house IPA✓ Accepted by Dana 7:02 AM
Trivia
Free for the venueEverything in the room sections above. No card, no time limit.
Barquizzes Ops
$59 per location per monthor $49/mo billed annually ($588/yr). Every Ops feature, as many crew as you have. Month to month.
Billing
Cancel in the appNo setup fee, no long-term commitment. Price changes are announced 30 days ahead. Ops is not scheduling or payroll — keep those.
Try Ops free for 30 days

Plain answers before you set it up

Which TVs work?
A smart TV with a web browser, or any laptop or streaming stick on HDMI. Pair it once; it stays paired.
What about our Wi-Fi?
Phones and the TV need your internet. Short drops recover on their own; it doesn’t run offline. Try one game in the room first.
What do guests give up?
Nothing to play — no account, no phone number. Saving a team for season points is optional and happens after the game.
We already have a host.
Keep them. Host mode handles timing and scoring so they can run the room — or use auto mode for a second, shorter night.