The team building industry is worth billions globally, and most of it is mediocre. Here's why quiz nights actually work.
They Reveal Real Dynamics
Put six colleagues in a high-stakes trivia game and you'll learn more about how they think, communicate, and handle pressure than in six months of meetings.
Equal Playing Field
Unlike physical activities or cooking classes, general knowledge is a true equaliser. The intern who knows pop culture can outshine the director who knows geography. Hierarchy dissolves.
"We had our most junior developer answer a question that our CTO had no idea about. The look on his face was worth more than any team-building exercise we've ever done."
It Creates Shared Memory
Quiz nights generate stories reliably: the question everyone got wrong, the answer that came from nowhere, the final-round comeback. These become part of the team's shared identity.