We've all been there: you're confident with the questions, but that blank team name line at the top of the page is like a empty void on the page. Perhaps that's why you're here right now! Or maybe you are more prepared and you're researching ahead of time (good for you!). Either way, you're needing some team name inspiration. If you want to come up with something truly unique or original then your best bet is to use the below suggestions. Or, no harm in skipping the 212 team name suggestions in the next section!
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How To Create Your Own Team Name
1. Start with your team:
Think about who’s actually on your team. Are you loud or laid-back? Competitive or just there for the drinks? Shared interests, inside jokes, professions, or personalities can all spark a name that feels special and unique to you.
2. Lean into pop culture:
Movies, TV shows, music, celebrities, memes, and viral moments make great inspiration. Keeping things relevant and topical is extremely witty and can get a good laugh from other teams.
3. Use your surroundings:
Look around the room or venue. The pub name, the drinks you’re ordering, the quiz host, or even something that just happened five minutes ago can lead to a surprisingly good name.
4. Borrow from the questions:
Early quiz questions can be a great place to create a quiz name that is relevant to the actual quiz you're ding. A wrong answer, a niche topic, or something oddly specific can quickly become an in-joke and a strong team name by the next round.
5. Play with language:
Puns, wordplay, double meanings, and altered phrases are quiz-night classics for a reason. Combine unexpected words to create something original and entertaining.
6. Don't put too much pressure on it:
A name is just a name! Coming up with something completely original isn't always going to happen. There's no shame in taking inspiration from or using one of the quiz team names listed below.
212 Pub Quiz Team Name Ideas
Some OG, Classic Team Names
1. Quizzy McQuizface
2. The Eggheads / Fried Eggheads / Scrambled Eggheads
3. Masterminds
4. The Wise Guys
5. Knowledge Is Power
6. Let's Get Quizzical
7. The Wise Guys
8. The A Team
9. Quiz Team Number 8 [or any number!]
10. We Thought This Was Speed Darting
Team Names About How Smart (or not) Your Team Is:
11. The Smartans
12. The Dumbsday Book
13. Victorious Secret
14. The Bright Side
15. Brain Freeze
16. Smooth Brains
17. Guessing Geezers
18. The Nerd Herd
19. Educated Guessers
20. Smarter Than We Look
21. The Overthinkers
22. Intellectually Average
23. The Underachievers
24. Brain Cells Loading
25. Confidently Incorrect
26. Questionably Intelligent
27. Dumb Luck
28. The Smartinis
29. Winners on Paper
30. £60,000 in Student Loans and We Always Finish Last
31. Village Idiots
32. The Wise Quacks
33. Universally Challenged
34. Cupid Sunts
35. Norfolk Enchance Of Winning
36. No Clue Crew
37. Dumb & Dumber [& Dumberer & Dumbererer...]
38. 404 Brain Not Found
39. The No Brainers
40. No Brain, No Gain
41. Slick but Thick
42. Dyslexic Brians
43. Quiz GPT
44. The Cheat Codes
45. Cheaters Anonymous
46. Innocent Until Proven Cheaters
Punny Team Names:
47. Let's get down to quizness
48. Risky Quizness
49. Quizlamic State
50. Quizz on Your Face [or other body part...]
51. Spanish InQUIZition / Spanish Quiz position
52. Magical Quiztery Tour
53. Quiz This Love? [or basically anything that starts with "is" but replace with "quiz"]
54. Queen Equizabeth
55. The Pre-Quiztorics
56. Adolf Quizler
57. We Came, We Scored, We Conquered
58. Merlin the Quizzard
59. Quiztory in the Making
60. I Really Need To Quiz
61. The Inquizitors
62. The Quizzly Bears
63. We Don't Quiz and Tell
64. Quiz Royal Highness
65. Quizzical Assault
66. Quiztopher Quiztopherson
67. Quiztal Meth
68. Ready Salted Quizps
69. Quizterious Minds
70. Lost in Quizlation
71. None of Your Quizness
72. The Quizmaster Baitors
73. The Teacher's Pests
74. Multiple Scoregasms
75. Newton’s Law of Quiz
76. It Was the Best of Teams, It Was the Worst of Teams
77. Quiztopher Columbus
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Alcohol Theme Team Names:
78. Smarty Pints
79. The Thinkaholics
80. Tequila Mockingbird
81. Beer Pressure
82. Alcoholics Unanimous
83. Rum for Improvement
84. Quizpresso Martini
85. The Brew Crew
86. We're Smarter Drunk
87. Wine Not?
88. Trivia on the Rocks
89. The Brainy Barflies
90. Liquid Intelligence
91. Boozy Brains
92. Blood, Sweat & Beers
93. Know It Ales
94. Too much alcohol makes me quizzee!
95. In Dog Beers, We’ve Only Had One
96. The Three Must Get Beers
97. Whiskeypedia
98. The Quizzly Beers
Sports Theme Team Names:
99. Quiz United
100. Sporting Chance
101. Net Results
102. The Armchair Athletes
103. The Bench Warmers
104. The Underdogs
105. The Extra Timers
Music Theme Team Names:
106. Quiz and the Gang
107. The Rolling Tones
108. Don’t Stop Quiz Now
109. The Treble Makers
110. Smells Like Quiz Spirit
111. QU/IZ
112. The Backstreet Brains
113. The Mic Droppers
114. Quizzy Pop
115. Chart Toppers
116. Turn Down for What year was William Shakespeare born in? [best if you use a question from the quiz you're taking part in that begins with "what"]
117. Red Hot Trivia Peppers
118. Quizee Rascals
119. Thin Quizee
120. Never Gonna Quiz You Up
121. I Got 99 Problems But This Quiz Ain't One
122. Taking Care of Quizness
123. Quizzas with Attitude [if it worked for Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, it can work for you!]
124. Comfortably Dumb
125. Quiz This The Real Life? [Quiz This Just Fantasssssy?]
126. Quiz Khalifa
Film Theme Team Names:
127. The Smart, the Dumb & the Lucky
128. The Usual Quizpects
129. The Lord of the Brains
130. The Fast and the Quizzers
131. Raiders of the Lost Answers
132. The Big Brainski
133. Quizception
134. The Thinker Games
135. Good Will Quizzing
136. Silence of the Brains
137. The Great Quizby
138. The Fellowship of the Quiz
139. Doctor Strange Answers
140. Les Quizerables
141. Unvictorious Basterds
142. Quizpicable Me
143. The quiz, the whole quiz and nothing but the quiz
144. Quizster Act
145. The Sherlock Homies
146. Quizimodo
147. Quizney Plus
148. Dumbledore’s Army of Knowledge
149. Hogwarts School of Quizarding
150. You're a Quizzer Harry!
151. The Quizzard of Oz
152. You Can’t Quiz With Us [On Wednesday We Wear Pink!]
153. Quiz Wars: The Trivia Strikes Back
154. Maximus Quizzimus Meridius
155. Trivia Newton John
156. John Trivialta
157. Holding Space for an Answer
TV Theme Team Names:
158. Breaking Bad at Quizzes
159. Stranger Thinkers
160. The Walking Dead-ucated
161. Who Wants to Be a Quizillionaire?
162. Quizzes Are The New Black
163. Twin Peaks of Trivia
164. The Walking Quizzers
165. We Know Nothing John Snow
166. The Quiztery Machine
167. Quiztery Inc
168. Friends With Quiz Benefits
169. Geralt of Trivia
170. Game of Phones [particularly great if you're playing the quiz on phones!]
Team Names That Are Funny To Make The Quiz Master Say:
171. Hugh G. Rection
172. Fact Hunt
173. I Can't Read That Out Loud
174. I Lost My Virginity At The Age Of [only works if quiz master says the scores after the name!]
175. Mike Hunt
176. This Is Not A Drill. Please Evacuate The Pub
177. My Mates In The Corner [great for getting the quiz master accused of favouritism]
178. Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
179. Actually, In First Place…
180. Please Turn Down My Microphone
181. Suzanne’s slept with how many men? [only works if quiz master says the scores after the name!]
For A Team Of Women:
182. Shark Week Team
183. Aunt Flo and Co
184. Quiz Queens
185. The Quiz Sisters / The Quizsters
186. Bibbity Bobbity B*tches
187. I Quizzed A Girl and I Liked It
188. Two Girls, One Quiz
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For A Team Of Men:
189. The Beard Brains
190. Quiz Bros
191. The Wise Guys
192. Men Behaving Smartly
193. The Four Skins
For Couples:
194. Trivia Newton John and John Triviaolta
195. Brainmates
196. The Dynamic Duo
197. We Might Not Still Be Together When This Is Over
198. Love at First Quiz
199. Match Made in Trivia
200. Quiz with Benefits
201. Partners in Wine & Trivia
202. Coupled but Confused
203. Better Halves, Worse Answers
204. Til Losing Do Us Part
205. Couples Therapy Was Cheaper
206. One Knows, One Thinks They Do
207. Wether-Spooners
Christmas Theme Team Names:
208. The Noel It Alls
209. Quizmas Miracles
210. The Sleigh Queens
211. The Sleigh Queens
212. Ready to Sleigh
Now you should be armed and ready to take on the most difficult part of the quiz. Don't forget to own it, cheer when your name is called (even if you're last!), and have some fun.
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