Office Trivia Challenge

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.