150 quiz team names that'll actually get a laugh

Your team name is the first impression you make at a quiz night. Get it right and you'll hear the host chuckle when they read it out. Get it wrong and, well, "Table 7" works fine too.

We've collected 150 team names that actually work. Some are clever, some are stupid, and some are stupidly clever. Pick one that suits your group's personality, or use these as inspiration to come up with something original.

The Classics (Always Work)

These are tried and tested. You've probably heard some of them before, but they're popular for a reason.

1. Quiz Khalifa
2. Quizteama Aguilera
3. The Quizard of Oz
4. Let's Get Quizzical
5. Agatha Quiztie
6. Quiz Me Baby One More Time
7. Quizzy Rascal
8. The Big Lebowski
9. Risky Quizness
10. Norfolk and Chance

That last one works best if you're in the UK. It's a classic British double entendre that sounds innocent when you say it fast.

Puns on Famous Names

Celebrity name puns are quiz night gold. Just make sure the reference isn't too dated for your crowd.

11. Quentin Quarantino
12. Stephen Hawkings and Chips
13. E = MC Hammer
14. Universally Challenged
15. Les Quizerables
16. Tequila Mockingbird
17. The Wizard of Odds
18. I Am Smartacus
19. Whiskey Business
20. Han Solo and Friends (for teams of one)
21. Bill Murray's Golf Caddy
22. Victorious Secret
23. Cirque du So Lame
24. Schindler's Pissed
25. The Aristocats

Self-Deprecating Names

Nothing endears you to the room like admitting you're probably going to lose.

26. We Thought This Was Speed Dating
27. Our Drinking Team Has a Quiz Problem
28. I Thought This Was a Wine Tasting
29. Here for the Beer
30. Second Place Winners
31. Just Here So We Don't Get Fined
32. We Can't Even
33. Our Couch Was Busy
34. The Disappointments
35. Collective Noun for Losers
36. Participation Award Winners
37. We Peaked in Primary School
38. Last Place Legends
39. The Wrong Answers
40. Better at Drinking

Topical and Current Events

These work great but have a short shelf life. Swap in whatever's trending this week.

41. COVID-19 Testing Positive
42. Supply Chain Issues
43. Waiting for a GP Appointment
44. Inflation Isn't Transitory
45. Working From Pub
46. AI Generated Team Name
47. ChatGBT (Get a Beer Team)
48. Partygate Survivors
49. The Cost of Living Crisis
50. Interest Rate Anxiety

For current ideas, BBC News and The Guardian usually have something happening that's worth referencing.

Food and Drink Puns

Perfect for pub settings. Everyone can appreciate a good food pun.

51. Quiz on My Face
52. Nacho Average Team
53. Cereal Killers
54. Sofa King Smart
55. Beer Pressure
56. The Wine Club
57. Pour Decisions
58. Brew Tang Clan
59. Ale Caesar
60. Game of Scones
61. Gin and Titonic
62. The Lager Rhythms
63. Pint of No Return
64. Vodka You Think You're Playing At
65. Tequila Sunrise (and Fall)

Film and TV References

Pop culture references work well because most people get them.

66. The Simpsons Already Did It
67. We're Not Supposed to Talk About It
68. Red Wedding Crashers
69. The One Where We Win
70. Winter Is Coming (Last Place)
71. Netflix and Quiz
72. May the Scores Be With You
73. Inglourious Quizzards
74. Game of Phones
75. Breaking Badly
76. House of Quiz
77. Peaky Brainders
78. The Mandalorians
79. You Know Nothing, Quiz Team
80. That's So Raven

Music References

These hit different when the music round starts.

81. Quiz Springsteen
82. Backstreet Buoys
83. Mick Swagger
84. Fleetwood Crack
85. Red Hot Quiz Peppers
86. Testing, Testing, One Two Three
87. Earth, Wind and Quiz
88. Guns N' Posers
89. 50 Cent's Half Dollar
90. Billie Eye Lash
91. The Rolling Stoned
92. Abba Dab Doo
93. Quizney Houston
94. Men at Quiz
95. The Bee Gee Willickers

Nerdy and Academic

For the teams who want everyone to know they went to university.

96. Periodic Table Dancers
97. Quiz Pro Quo
98. Plato's Cave
99. Dunning-Kruger All Stars
100. Schrödinger's Answers
101. The Standard Deviants
102. Pavlov's Dogs
103. The Null Hypothesis
104. Ctrl Alt Defeat
105. 404 Error: Team Name Not Found
106. The Algorithm
107. Correlation Not Causation
108. Thought Experiment
109. Occam's Razor Sharp
110. The Boolean Brothers

If you appreciate these, you might enjoy XKCD or Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal for more nerdy humour.

Sports References

Warning: these might attract heckles from rival fans.

111. Goal Diggers
112. The Benchwarmers
113. Not the England Squad
114. At Least We're Better Than Arsenal
115. Fantasy Football Survivors
116. It's Coming Home (It's Not)
117. Multiple Scoresers
118. The Fixtures
119. Grassroots FC
120. Mutual of Omaha
121. Pitch Please
122. Red Card Collective
123. The Underdogs
124. Keeper's Union
125. Offside Story

Deliberately Dumb

Sometimes the best approach is pure silliness. These names don't try to be clever and that's the point.

126. Team Name
127. I Don't Know (confuses the host when reading scores)
128. We're With Stupid
129. The Other Team
130. Table Number (insert your table number)
131. First Time Here
132. Just Google It
133. The Answer Is C
134. Your Mum
135. Free Beer (disappointment when called out)
136. Definitely Not Cheating
137. Fake ID
138. Wrong Quiz
139. Lost
140. Help

Couples and Pairs

For smaller teams of two.

141. Quizlamic State (for the brave)
142. Two's Company
143. Double Trouble
144. The Pair Necessities
145. Dumb and Dumber
146. Night Out for the Couple
147. The Lovebirds
148. Better Half and Worse Half
149. Date Night Got Weird
150. We Were Promised Dinner

Creating Your Own

The best team names often come from inside jokes or something that happened on the way to the pub. Don't overthink it. A mediocre name that means something to your group beats a technically perfect name that feels generic.

Quick tips:

• Test it out loud before committing. Some puns only work on paper.
• Keep it short. The host has to say it multiple times.
• Avoid anything that needs explanation. If you have to tell people why it's funny, it isn't.
• Topical names are fun but they age fast. "Pokémon Go to the Polls" had a moment, but that moment has passed.

Good luck, and may your team name be the second-best thing about your quiz night (after your score, obviously).