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.

06/30/2026

The US plays Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32 tomorrow at 5 pm. If the match finishes in regulation time, we should have no problem starting our quiz on time at 8 pm. However if it goes into extra time or penalty kicks, we will wait until the match is over before we start the quiz which might be a little after 8.

06/21/2026

This Wednesday June 24th, we will wait until the Mexico-Czechia game is over before we begin the quiz. Probably sometime around 8:15 rather than our usual 8 pm.

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06/09/2026

A reminder that we will start our quiz on Wednesday, June 10 at O'Brien's AFTER the conclusion of game 4 of the NBA playoffs. Could be anywhere between 8:15 and 8:45 pm. We will strive to finish within 2 hours after that. Pray to the basketball gods for no overtime!

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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.

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