Office Trivia Challenge

A fun and engaging team-building game that tests employees' knowledge about their workplace while encouraging collaboration and friendly competition.

Duration: 30m - 45m
Participants: 5 - 30
Difficulty:  Low
James Smartby 

Goal

Build company culture by reviewing key company information in a quiz-like trivia game. Have fun as a team and encourage friendly competition in a low-stakes environment. 

Materials

    Instructions

    Step 1. Prepare Trivia Questions

    Before the session, create a list of 15–20 trivia questions related to the workplace. Questions can include:

    • Fun facts about the company’s history (e.g., “What year was our company founded?”) or recent statistics. At SessionLab, we often have an end-of-year office trivia session which incorporates KPIs data alongside fun questions. 
    • Employee-related trivia (e.g., “Who has worked here the longest?”)
    • Office quirks (e.g., “What is the most popular snack in the breakroom?”)
    • Industry-specific knowledge (e.g., “What is the official name of our flagship product?”)
    • We recommend throwing in a few general knowledge questions based on world events to keep things fresh and light. 

    Alternatively, use a site such as trivianerd to grab a bunch of questions quickly and run a session without setup. 

    Step 2. Setup

    Split the participants into small teams of 3–5 members. Each team should come up with a creative team name.

    Explain the Rules

    • The facilitator will ask one trivia question at a time.
    • Teams discuss the answer and write it down within 30 seconds.
    • When time’s up, teams reveal their answers simultaneously.
    • Correct answers earn 1 point.

    Step 3. Play the game!

    • The facilitator reads out each question, allowing time for discussion.
    • After all questions are asked, tally the scores.
    • In case of a tie, use a bonus question as a tiebreaker.

    Step 4. Celebrate the Winners

    • Announce the winning team and award a fun prize (optional).
    • Conclude with a reflection: What was the most surprising fact learned?

    Facilitation tips 

    • Select employee details carefully and with everyone's feelings in mind. Singling out employees for number of sick days taken is not a good idea! Keep any kind of personal trivia questions light and gentle. 
    • If possible, use slides with your questions or a virtual engagement tool such as Mentimeter - this can save time on repeating a question if folks didn't hear it! 
    • Try to include a couple of questions that each team is likely to be able to answer easily ie: include some product team focused questions, some that your sales team will know and some for your marketing team will be best positioned to answer.
    • Be sure to throw in some difficult questions that will stump teams. The discussions and friendly competition these encourage is a key aspect of why this activity works. 

    Tips for running Office Trivia with a virtual team

    For remote teams, office trivia can be just as fun and engaging with a few adaptations:

    Tools & Setup:

    • Use a video conferencing platform (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet).
    • Use a polling tool or chatbox for answer submissions (e.g., Kahoot, Slido, Google Forms).
    • Break teams into separate virtual breakout rooms for discussion or use a spatial video chat solution so that each team can hear the facilitator but not the other teams. 

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    Author

    James Smart is Head of Content at SessionLab. He’s facilitated workshops and designed elearning experiences for places including the University of East Anglia and the National Centre for Writing.

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