Quiz night, graded in seconds.

For bars and the trivia companies that run their nights. The host still runs the room. Zebra grades every team’s answers, settles disputes with a reason, puts standings on the TV, and keeps one league table across every venue.

See the TV screen See the answer slip

The host’s night, before and after.

The host’s jobs today and with Zebra
The job	Today	With Zebra
Writing questions	Hours a week, or a bought pack	Weekly verified packs, plus house rounds the host writes and Zebra checks for ambiguity
Grading	Squinting at slips between rounds	Slips read under the camera or answers sent from phones, graded as they arrive
Disputes	The host's call, often unpopular	A ruling with a reason and the rule that decided it, and one challenge per team per night
Standings	Whiteboard or spreadsheet	On the TV after every round, with who moved and the hardest question so far
Tiebreaks	Shout a number	An estimation question scored on a log scale, to the decimal
Across venues	Nothing connects them	A league table rated on the same questions and the same judge everywhere

A night on Zebra.

A sample run of show for a two-hour league night.

7:30Check-inTeams scan the QR code or take slips. Team names appear on the TV.
7:45Round 1: general knowledgeFree answers, standard points.
8:05Round 2: picturesImages on the TV, answers on slips or phones.
8:25Round 3: Order of MagnitudeNumbers only, scored on a log scale.
8:40HalftimeStandings, the biggest movers, and the question only two teams got.
8:55Round 4: ConfidentEvery answer comes with a confidence bubble.
9:15Round 5: Stump the BarOne question written by a team, ruled fair before it's asked.
9:30Final wagerStandings, then league points post for every team.

Three ways answers come in.

Paper slips

The camera reads printed slips placed under the puck, one team at a time or in a stack.

Good for: Bars that ban phones during rounds, and anyone who likes the classic feel.
Watch out for: Handwriting and dim light. Slips have corner marks and boxes so the camera can find each answer.

See the slip

Team phones

A web page from a QR code on the table. No app to install.

Good for: Speed, typed answers, confidence buttons, and big rooms.
Watch out for: Phones out means search is one tap away. Pair with search-resistant rounds.

See the phone screen

Voice

Teams answer out loud to the puck at their table.

Good for: Private parties, office events, and home.
Watch out for: Doesn't scale to fifteen tables in a loud bar.

Who does what.

The pitch to hosts is that Zebra takes the grading, not the microphone.

The host

Reads the questions and runs the room.
Rules on anything Zebra flags as truly ambiguous.
Writes house rounds, which Zebra checks first.

Zebra

Grades every answer, with a reason.
Keeps standings and the league table.
Supplies weekly packs and runs tiebreaks.

The venue

Provides the TV, the tables, and the crowd.
Gets a league night that brings teams back weekly.
Sees attendance and team counts week over week.

The league.

Team ratings use the same model as points gained, so a team that only plays at tough venues isn’t punished for it, and a rating earned in one bar means the same thing in the next. Sample data.

Sample league table
Rank	Team	Home venue	Rating	Nights	Week
1	Les Quizerables	The Anchor	1,642	18	up 2
2	Tequila Mockingbird	Low Tide Tavern	1,618	22	down 1
3	The Know-It-Ales	The Anchor	1,597	15	up 1
4	Nerds of Prey	Rooftop Nine	1,571	20	down 2
5	Universally Challenged	Palm & Pint	1,560	9	up 4
6	Quizteama	Low Tide Tavern	1,532	17	no change
7	The Table by the Bathroom	Rooftop Nine	1,511	12	up 1
8	Sweet Trivia	Palm & Pint	1,498	6	down 3

How it makes money.

Trivia companies that already employ hosts are the customer, not the competition. Zebra is their grading desk and question writer.

Host kitPuck, camera, TV output and slip templates for one venue.[PRICE]

Weekly question packsVerified, calibrated packs with a picture round and a tiebreak, delivered every week.[PRICE] per venue per month

League membershipRatings, standings and a season final across venues.[PRICE] per team per season

Private and office eventsHosted or self-run nights with custom and House Lore rounds.[PRICE] per event

The Daily FiveFree. The top of the funnel, and a reason to own a Zebra between league nights.Free

Trivia first, or home first?

Trivia first compared with home first
Dimension	Trivia first	Home first
Who pays first	Venues and trivia companies, every week	Families, once, at purchase
What it proves	The judge, on answers that can be checked	The games only a judge can run
How fast you learn	Every week, dozens of teams per venue	Slower, scattered across households
Hardest part	Facts right every time; winning over hosts	Hardware cost; trust on judgment calls
What it undersells	The originals and home game night	Leagues and the weekly habit

One way to use both: prove the judge in bars, then bring it home. The venue business funds the question pipeline that every home game needs anyway.

A trivia pilot.

[WEEKS]Pilot 0
Grading app on a laptop and phone camera, run by existing hosts at [N] venues. Zebra grades; the host keeps final say.
[MONTHS]Pilot 1
The puck, TV output and printed slips. The first league season across the pilot venues.
[DATE]Pilot 2
Weekly pack subscriptions for trivia companies, and the Daily Five for everyone.

What to measure

Grading time per round

From the last answer in to scores on the TV.

Disputes per night

And how many the host overrode.

Overturn rate

Challenges that win. The honest measure of judge error.

Team return rate

Teams that come back the next week.

Would the host keep it

Asked after every night of the pilot.