Pub Trivia at Reception - Bad Idea?

Adults don't need to be 'entertained' given good food, atmosphere and drinks they can mingle or dance as they see fit.

Following- we do trivia every week..its our favorite!

Yes. People who don't want to dance will mingle and chit chat with friends.

I think trivia will feel out of place at a wedding. Plus older relatives that haven't experienced pub trivia will probably be confused by this and not know what is going on

Skip the trivia, add more booze. Entertainment, solved.

It probably depends on the size of your wedding? I'm not sure how pub trivia would work with a larger crowd, or at a formal event. It might be a fun idea for a rehearsal dinner, though!

I think the trivia would be fun but i would not make it just random this... I would make the trivia game to be about the two of you..... I did a trivia game like that at one of my pass birthday parties it was fun to see how much people knew about me...

We're expecting about 65 guests and not everyone would have to or want to play. It's already open bar, so adding more booze doesn't get us much.

If everyone isn't playing that breaks up the party in an awkward way. I'd skip it

Logistically, I would like to see how you could get this to work. The challenge is, you can't do this while people are eating. What are you going to do if it comes time to start the game but everyone is mingling? Call them back to their table?

Not a terrible idea, the execution is always tricky when trying to do coordinated activities.

ETA: Clarification

Yeah, i think making it last an hour in the middle of a party would be akward.

however, i have seen little trivia card sets and books. i think if youre really compelled to do something other than the dj, you could place some card sets or trivia books on cocktail tables. as a guest, if i wasnt dancing i would probably enjoy that as a conversation starter if nothing else.

Don't do it. even if people aren't forced to play, there can be no music or conversation by the other guests. imagine half of your crew wanting to dance or talk and the other half shushing them because they 'couldn't hear the question'

EDIT- mention this to your mom/BM/whoever if throwing your shower/bachelorette and do it there.

I think its a cool idea! I love how no one needs to be "entertained" when they think its a bad idea but when its something other people like its "great entertainment and you are being a great host props to you for being so original and awesome" You do realize this is the equivalent of lawn games, only this activity is indoors. If trivia is something that you and FH are a big fan of, have it at your wedding---people play the shoe game, why can't you play trivia?! Not everyone has to participate in trivia either, those people who don't want to are adults and will mingle and socialize together.

I really like pub trivia but I don't think it has a place at a wedding. It doesn't really encourage mingling, it sort of discourages it because you only really talk with your team. I also think it takes a lot longer than an hour, depending on how many people play and how many rounds you have. I like the PP suggestion to put quiz cards on tables. You can probably get old Trivial Pursuit cards on Amazon or Ebay fairly inexpensively.

Ehhhh I don't think its too bad of an idea. The people that are into it will do it, and those who aren't won;'t. It doesn't seem like it will detract from the rest of the fun. As long as people aren't forced into it. Make sure theres still music, dancing, etc. at the same time.

People may just ignore it if they are there socialising tough. Is it expensive to have this?

I could only see this maybe working (with a very select crowd) if you did it only during cocktail hour, but I still think it would seem out of place, especially if everyone isn't playing. It also keeps everyone with a specific group instead of mingling around, which would bother me.

Your wedding reception will be a big social event. People know how to have a good time without structured activities. Whether they dance or not, they will still visit the bar and socialize all night. Honestly, I don't dance at weddings (maybe one slow song, but even that is rare), but I am a social butterfly and catch up with everyone. In fact, after four or five hours, I'm not ready to go.

I would find a structured activity irritating -- no offense intended.

My fiancé and I had the same idea. Did you end up doing it?

We are thinking that we will do two rounds of 3 questions and are hoping that this only takes about 15 minutes.

How did you come up with questions? My FH and I had different ideas when it came to how we structured the questions. I want the questions to tie into us but that is proving difficult to find questions that people may know the answers to.