What is the world’s longest river? Globophobia is the fear of what? How tall is Burj Khalifa?
If those questions had you itching to find a pen and paper, then you’ll love our round up of the best quiz nights around the city.
We do love a quiz night here at Time Out Dubai, so much so that we even host our Big Pub Quiz on a monthly basis – our next is at The Irish Village on Wednesday July 31.
Carter’s
Test your general knowledge and stand a chance to win great prizes every Monday at this British gastropub. The winner gets a Dhs500 voucher to spend in select outlets in Wafi, while second place gets Dhs300 and third place gets Dhs100. There’s also some top drink deals. Get house grape for Dhs20, bottled hops for Dhs25 and draught hops for Dhs30 and if those don’t tickle your fancy you can get 30 percent off other drinks on the men as well as some pub grub.
Free. Mon 8.30pm. Wafi, Oud Metha (04 324 4100).
Crown & Lion
A smoky, noisy, old-school spot that reminds us of high street pubs in the UK, this Barsha Heights hangout is home to a weekly pub quiz. Head along every Monday to take part in the “Quiz & Play Your Cards Right” night at Crown & Lion, which features the usual rounds – general knowledge, sport, music and so on and so forth. There’s also top prizes up for grabs at the end of each round.
Free. Mon 8.30pm. Byblos Hotel, Barsha Heights (04 448 8000).
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Media types will want to make a dash out of the office every Wednesday for this free quiz hosted by local radio presenter Jono from Dubai 92. Kicking off at 8pm every week, you could win a range of prizes, from a night brunch for four to a pint of water. Get there early for the two-for-one happy hour, which runs until 8pm.
Free. Wed 8pm-10pm. Media One Hotel, Dubai Media City (04 427 1000).
Kickers Sports Bar
Kickers has been popular with residents in the area for years, boasting indoor and outdoor seating, huge screens to watch live sport and a top quiz night. Gather your brainiest mates for a midweek quiz night, drinks deals and the chance to win vouchers to use on your next visit. Get either five pints or four pints and one meal for Dhs190 or the same deal but for Dhs235 – the difference being the hops on offer are different in each package.
Tue 8pm. Football Zone, Sports Village, Dubai Sports City (04 448 1001).
Lock, Stock & Barrel – Barsha Heights
Head to this fun spot on the first Monday of every month (with the next one being on Monday August 5) for a cracking night and the chance to win some top prizes. Come in first and you and your team can win a brunch, second place gets a generous Dhs1,000 to use at the bar and third place can win a Dhs500 bar tab voucher. It kicks off at 9pm with a maximum of six per team and is hosted by Big Rossi from Virgin Radio Dubai. If you’d rather test your belly strength than your brain strength you can also get a curry and a house beverage for Dhs79 at the weekly Monday Curry Club – choose between butter chicken, rogan josh or alak paneer. Oh, and while you’re there, we’d thoroughly recommend getting in before 8pm to make the most of the two-for-one happy hour, available on a whole host of house beverages and hops.
Mon 9pm. Grand Millennium Dubai, Barsha Heights (04 514 9195).
McGettigan’s JBR
One of the many McGettigan’s pubs you’ll find in the emirate, the JBR branch offers up Wisdom Wednesdays, which it claims is “the only time you’ll need to smarten up for McGettigan’s”. So, while you don’t need to come in your black tie, you can get your hands on some pretty mega prizes – first place wins a Dhs500 voucher to spend at the Irish pub, with second and third places winning Dhs300 and Dhs100 vouchers respectively. There are drinks promotions on throughout the night, too, which change fairly regularly so check what’s on offer. And there’s a live DJ to keep the lively vibes going all night and it’s also, notably, non-smoking.
Free. Wed 8pm-10pm. Hilton Dubai Jumeirah, JBR (04 318 2580).
McGettigan’s JLT
Can’t get enjoy of McGettigan’s? The popular JLT branch also hosts a weekly quiz night. Head to Trivia Tuesdays and get your geek on with Jono and Rich from Dubai 92. There’s top prizes to be won including bottles of grape, buckets of hops and brunch.
Free. Tue 8pm-10pm. Bonnington Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Cluster J, JLT (04 356 0470).
Mr. Miyagi’s
This Asian street-themed quirky bar and restaurant offers up a weekly quiz that’ll help you see out the end of the weekend in a truly alternative way. Taking place every Saturday night, it’s free to enter but you can also avail the offer where for Dhs99 you’ll also get a fantastic series of bonuses to boot. We’re talking three drinks, three dishes, games stations and “live entertainment”. With tonnes of prizes on offer too, can you resist the urge to prove your mental skills?
Free. Sat 8pm. Media One Hotel, Dubai Media City (04 420 7489).
Nezesaussi Downtown
Shake away any Monday blues with the weekly quiz night at this antipodean sports bar in Downtown Dubai. For Dhs149 you’ll get entry to the quiz, a main course and three beverages. Gather your brainiest mates for some top grub and take on a challenge of wits, general knowledge and all-round fun.
Dhs149. Mon 8pm. Manzil Downtown, Downtown Dubai (04 888 3444).
Publique
Remember the one where you impressed all your mates with your Friends knowledge, filled your face with burger and pizza? No? Well now’s your chance to achieve all of the above, with the F.R.I.E.N.D.S quiz at Publique, every Wednesday night throughout July. Can you remember where Monica and Chandler got married? How about the whole Ross and Rachel break debacle? Well now is your time to put your knowledge to the test. The best fancy dress outfit will also win spot prizes, so dig out your double denim and the rest of your ’90s garb for the chance to win. A minimum spend of Dhs100 on food and drink is required, and you can take advantage of a two-hour drinks package for Dhs199 or a burger or pizza and glass of hops for Dhs99.
Dhs100 (min spend), Dhs99 (burger or pizza and one hops), Dhs199 (drinks package). Wed 6pm-8pm. Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Umm Suqeim (04 430 8550).
Social Company
Studies have shown that using intense brain power can trigger hunger more than exercise does but you needn’t worry as this isn’t just any old quiz night – it’s a quiz and wings night. Head to the Social Company every Wednesday for its new free-to-enter quiz night hosted by Ciaran Fox, Dubai’s very-own jazz and swing extraordinaire. With general knowledge, music, movies and musical bingo rounds, teams of up to six players can win prizes including hotel stays with breakfast included and a Saturday roast with a bottle of grape. If using all your brain power wears you out, refuel with unlimited chicken wings for
Dhs89. Flavours include classic buffalo, barbecue, teriyaki, garlic-Parmesan and extra-spicy – if you can handle the heat.
Free. Wed 8pm. Zabeel House by Jumeirah, The Greens (04 364 7777).
Spike Bar
Monday night is quiz night at this sprawling sports bar at Emirates Golf Club and you can get your hands on a bunch of different prizes to go alongside the huge amount of screens showing the latest live sport. Prove your smarts by bagging the main prizes on offer and you could be walking away with vouchers to spend on food and drink at the bar, while some lucky golf fans will be bagging themselves a bunch of different swag from the club’s pro shop. Plus you can get three hours of unlimited house drinks and grape for Dhs175 or a proper roast for Dhs78.
Free. Mon 8pm. Emirates Golf Club, Sheikh Zayed Road (04 417 9999).
Stoke House
Alternatively, if you fancy a different golf course, head up to DAMAC Hills, where every Tuesday you can make the most of hump day, and start coasting down to the weekend as a champion quiz-goer at Stoke House. This laid-back pub at Trump International Golf Course is offering free entry (if you reserve a table) to its weekly quiz, where you can win a range of prizes including a bar tab voucher, brunch for four, meals out and more. There’s a two-hour drinks package of Dhs149 for house beverages or Dhs199 for sparkling grape and hops or if all that mental working out gets your belly hankering for some grub you can get a pie and a pint for Dhs105.
Free. Tue 8pm. Trump International Golf Course, DAMAC Hills (04 245 3939).
The Dubai Quiz
The Dubai Quiz, which is hosted by Dubai 92’s DJ Catboy and his wife Lorra, is held on a monthly basis and fans of the quiz will be pleased to hear that its next edition is at Reform Social & Grill on Wednesday October 2 from 8pm until 10pm. It’s Dhs150 to enter but the full amount is redeemable against food and drinks from 7pm onwards so you can nourish your hard-working brain with some top British grub.
Dhs150. Wed Oct 2 8pm-10pm. The Lakes, Emirates Living District (04 454 2638).
The Duck Hook
Rule the roost at this free-to-enter fortnightly quiz night. Head down with up to eight of your smartest mates and get ready to test your knowledge in music, general knowledge, puzzles, picture rounds and a rotating pool of hand-out challenges. If you get peckish you can get a main meal (think fish and chips)
and a drink for Dhs105.
Free. Tue 8pm. Dubai Hills Golf Club, Dubai Hills Estate Al Khail Road (04 432 3232).
The Eloquent Elephant
rab a table at this trendy spot to take part in the bar’s weekly quiz night every Monday at 8pm. Tuck into some proper pub grub (it won our Best Pub Food 2019 award so we’d recommend you do) while your get your head around some tricky questions, and stand to win some decent prizes. It’s fun, it’s challenging and it gets busy – get there early.
Free. Mon 8pm. Ongoing. Taj Dubai, Business Bay (04 438 3100).
The Rose & Crown
This quiz in Al Habtoor City is worth a visit for many reasons, the main one being the mega prizes. There aren’t many pub quizzes in Dubai where you can get your eager mitts on a pair of tickets to one of the most spectacular shows around. The Sunday night pub quiz at The Rose & Crown has a bunch of prizes on offer every week, including tickets to La Perle by Dragone, which will literally leave you on the edge of your seat. What better reason to polish up those mental skills?
Free. Sun 8pm. The Atrium, Al Habtoor City (04 437 0022).
The Lion by Nick & Scott
If you love brunch as much as you love a pub quiz then this may be the one for you. Every Friday from 1pm until 4pm book into this gastropub for cracking grub and free-flowing house beverages for Dhs250 and the quiz kicks off at 2pm. If you’re not in the brunching mood you can still get involved and take your pick from the à la carte menu if you get peckish. This trendy spot is from the famous chefs Nick Alvis and Scott Price – the pair behind folly by Nick & Scott, and was Highly Commended in the Best Pub Food category at this years’ Time Out Dubai Restaurant Awards so you’re going to want to bring your appetite as well as your smartest pals.
Free. Fri 2pm. The H Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Road(04 359 2366).
