Thursti runs the whole show: AI-generated questions appear on your TVs, guests join from their phones in seconds, and a live leaderboard keeps the room buzzing. You just pour the drinks.
Hiring a trivia host costs $150–$300 a night. Thursti’s trivia runs on the screens you already have — on any night you want.
Fresh questions every game — pick topics and difficulty and Thursti’s AI writes the rounds. Theme a night around the big game, the 90s, or your city.
No apps to download. Players scan a QR code on the TV, pick a team name, and answer from their phones. Joining takes about ten seconds.
Scores update on your screens after every question. Nothing sells another round like being two points out of first place.
Pick a start time, topics and difficulty in your Thursti dashboard — or start a game on the spot. AI writes the questions.
A QR code appears on your TVs. Players scan it, enter a team name, and they’re in — no app downloads, no signups.
Questions, countdowns, answers and leaderboards play out automatically on your TVs while answers roll in from phones.
Trivia night is one of the most reliable slow-night fixes in the industry: it gives people a reason to come in on a Tuesday, keeps them seated for 90 minutes, and sells rounds between questions. The catch has always been the overhead — a paid host, question packs, mic setups, paper answer sheets and manual scoring.
A trivia system for bars like Thursti removes all of it. The questions are AI-generated, the game plays out on TVs you already own, guests answer from their phones, and scoring is automatic. There’s no host to book and no per-night fee — trivia is built into the same digital signage platform that runs your menus and promos.
Choose topics — general knowledge, sports, music, movies, local flavor — and a difficulty level, and Thursti generates a fresh question set for every game. Running a playoff watch party? Generate a round about the teams playing. Nobody sees recycled questions from a stale question pack.
Players scan a QR code shown on your screens, type a team name, and start answering from their phone browsers. No app store, no accounts. That ten-second join flow matters: the easier it is to jump in, the more tables play — and the longer they stay.
The TVs show each question with a countdown, reveal the answer, and update the leaderboard. Faster correct answers score higher, which keeps competitive tables locked in. Your staff never touches a scoresheet.
Between games, the same screens run your digital tap list, food specials, event promos and live sports scores. Promote next week’s trivia night on the screens all week, then flip to game mode when it’s time — one platform, one login, every TV.
A hired trivia host runs $150–$300 per night — $600–$1,200 a month for a weekly game. Thursti includes trivia in its Pro plan at $39/month flat, covering up to 5 screens, unlimited playlists and unlimited games. Every account starts with a free 30-day trial of everything, no credit card required — see pricing for details, or visit Get Thursti to start.
Free 30-day trial with trivia and every other feature unlocked. Your first game can be live tonight — no credit card, no host to hire.
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