O'Briens Pub Quiz

O'Briens Pub Quiz O'Brien's is the longest-running pub quiz in the Los Angeles area, active since 1998. While a number of regulars have been Jeopardy!

O’Briens Pub Quiz is an independent effort with the regular players rotating as the host. Unlike many other trivia nights, the person reading the questions actually wrote them. Each week you get a different flavor of quiz as each quizmaster or quizmistress infuses it with their own personality. O’Briens has developed a unique reputation for its weekly mix of fun and challenge. And its annual Oscar

Quiz draws a full house of movie fans from across the city. O’Briens Pub Quiz has been featured in Los Angeles magazine, Los Angeles Weekly, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, KPCC, the Toronto Globe and Mail, and the Los Angeles Times. contestants, most of the players each week have not been on the show. All are welcome to enjoy the fun and challenge and the hospitality, food, and drink offered by the O’Briens staff.

05/28/2026

A note for the upcoming quizzes on June 3 and June 10. Those dates correspond to games 1 and 4 of the NBA finals. Because of the crowd at O'Brien's expected for those games (especially Knicks fans), we will likely wait to start the quiz until after the game ends. This should only be a short delay, maybe 15 minutes based on recent experience.

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We had a fantastic time last night celebrating 28 years of O'Brien's Pub Quiz! Cliff and Hans wrote a fun and clever qui...
04/30/2026

We had a fantastic time last night celebrating 28 years of O'Brien's Pub Quiz! Cliff and Hans wrote a fun and clever quiz which included a great handout of fez-wearing characters from movies, tv shows, video games, etc. We marveled at photos of past winners of O'B's anniversary quizzes over the years. We enjoyed cake. And we commemorated the evening with a group photo of everyone. Let's do it again next year!

On April 29th, we will be celebrating 28 years of O'Brien's Pub Quiz! A chance to say "Thank you" to the people who have...
04/17/2026

On April 29th, we will be celebrating 28 years of O'Brien's Pub Quiz! A chance to say "Thank you" to the people who have come to play our quiz every Wednesday as they have done since April, 1998! It should be a festive evening and we hope to see you there.

Tonight's the night! Our biggest quiz of the year!! It's the O'Brien's Oscar Quiz!! A night of all-Oscar trivia. We star...
03/11/2026

Tonight's the night! Our biggest quiz of the year!! It's the O'Brien's Oscar Quiz!! A night of all-Oscar trivia. We start at 8 pm.

02/24/2026

We are now 2 weeks away from our biggest annual event, the O'Briens Oscar Quiz on Wednesday, March 11! The hosts for this year, Brian Fodera and Jeremy Horwitz, have announced that teams can have as many as 6 players to be eligible for prizes. If you are planning to attend, arrive early that evening to secure a space to play. Here is a KPCC/LAist story on the Oscar Quiz from 10 years ago.

10/08/2025

We will be competing with the Dodger playoff game tonight at O'Briens. The bar will do what they can to accommodate both the quiz (hosted by Marshall Shelburne tonight) and the baseball fans. We have done this in year's past and it works out fine. Hope to see you there!

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01/08/2025

O'Briens Irish Bar and Restaurant is fine and open. But we will not be hosting a quiz tonight. We'll be back next week for sure!

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10/17/2024

Tonight’s quiz will start as soon after 8 pm as we can. We will have to wait until the baseball game is over.

Congratulations to our friend Alison Betts on her 5th Jeopardy win and ToC qualification!! Alison is scheduled to be our...
04/18/2024

Congratulations to our friend Alison Betts on her 5th Jeopardy win and ToC qualification!! Alison is scheduled to be our quiz host on Wednesday, May 1st.

The first new TOCer has arisen! Welcome Alison Betts to the next ! Tournament of Champions.

03/04/2024

The Oscar Quiz is this Wednesday at 8 pm pacific at O'Briens on Wilshire in Santa Monica! This week you can have teams of as many as 6 players and be eligible for prizes (vs. the usual limit of 5). Do plan to arrive early. We expect a full house.

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2226 Wilshire Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA
90403

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