Funny, clever, musical, sporting and gloriously British team names, sorted into rounds so you can pick one at the bar before the first question.
A good pub quiz team name gets a laugh from three tables away before your team has answered a single question. That is the whole job. You are not naming a company, you are giving the host something to enjoy reading out eight times over the course of the night, and giving the room something to remember you by when you come last again.
The list below holds 162 names, split into nine themed rounds. Every one of them is clean enough to be read out in a room with grandparents in it and written on a notice board by the door. Nothing here is a slur, nothing is rude, and nothing names a private individual, because a name that gets a nervous silence is not funny, it is just awkward.
These are written for a British pub: last buses, roadworks, rail replacement services, crisp flavours and the offside rule. If you want a set with a wider international flavour, the bar trivia team names list on this site covers the same ground for a US crowd. If you are the one running the night rather than playing, start with the how to run a pub quiz guide instead.
The workhorses. These get the laugh on the first read and still work at half past ten when everybody has forgotten which team they are on.
For the table that reads the footnotes. These reward anyone paying attention and do not need explaining twice.
Band puns are the deepest well in the pub quiz. These lean on British acts your regulars will actually recognise.
Football, cricket, darts and the nineteenth hole. Safe choices for a pub with the results on the screen behind the bar.
Sitcoms, soaps, quiz shows and the odd film. Everyone in the room gets at least half of these.
Bar snacks, Sunday roasts and the third pint. These land best in a pub that does food and knows it.
Buses, bin day, the parish council and the beer garden. Swap in your own street name and any of these becomes local.
For the team that arrived straight from the office and has not taken the lanyards off yet. Good for a work night out or a corporate quiz.
Sunday afternoon quizzes, school fundraisers and any room with children in it. Nothing here needs a second look before you read it out.
Say the name out loud before you commit to it. Half of the names on any list look better on a page than they sound across a noisy bar, and the host has to read yours after every round. If it takes more than two seconds to say, or if it needs a run up, pick a shorter one.
Match the name to the room. A village pub on a Sunday and a city bar on a Friday are not the same audience, and the host will thank you for a name that fits. If children are in, take one from the family friendly round. If the quiz is a work night out, the office round will get a groan from the right people.
Then remember that the name is going on the leaderboard for the whole night. In Quizado, teams type their own name into the phone when they scan the QR code, and it appears on the big screen next to their score from that moment on. So pick a name you are happy to look at on a television for two hours.
One last piece of advice: keep your name. Teams that change name every week never build a rivalry, and the rivalry is what brings people back on a wet Tuesday. Pick one, live with it, and let the room learn to boo you.
Quizado puts the rounds on the pub TV, lets teams answer from their phones and keeps the scores for you. Start free with the built-in packs on a quiet Tuesday; writing your own question sets starts on Trivia Pro.
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