Know Your Onions – 1920s Trivia Night at BHM

BHM announces its first-ever themed trivia night

Know Your Onions - 1920s Trivia

Love the 1920s as much as we do?

Join in on BHM's first annual themed Trivia Night. Dress the part, play as a team and win!

Doors open at 6:00 with light refreshments available.

Trivia starts at 7:00pm

Come out to the Benicia Historical Museum for our 1920s themes trivia content. Play as a time or join a team when you get here. Tickets are limited so reserve your seat ASAP.

7 rounds of 7 questions each covering 1920s topics in history, science and technology, literature, sports, entertainment, and more. Don't let your fun stop there, dress the part. Come out in your best 1920s attire. The best-dressed team wins a prize. And we're not done yet. Our no-host bar speakeasy makes the evening complete. Give yourself the opportunity to taste cocktails made popular during the era of bathtub gin and sidecars.

There are 2 ways to register for this event. You can register Individually for $30.00 per person. Participants registering with individual tickets/registration will be assigned a table when they arrive. Their team will be made up of other individual ticket holders.

Register as a Team of 8 and save. Team registration is $220.00 and your team of 8 will be seated together at their reserved table.

Group registration will be held under the name of the person paying for the ticket.

Trivia Rules

Teams: Teams consist of 8 persons. Teams who have registered together will participate together at an assigned table. Teams made up of individual registrants will be assigned a table upon arrival. Teams are encouraged to collaborate on answers. Team captains will be chosen by their teams and they will serve as the writer for the team of 8

Topics: This is a 1920s-themed event so make sure to brush up on your 1920s trivia. Topics will consist of but are not limited to, sports, literature, history, entertainment, science, technology, etc. Each round will consist of questions from one of the topics presented.

Rounds: There are 7 rounds with 7 questions each.

Questions: The Master of Ceremonies will ask all the questions. Each question will be read 2 times. After the second reading, the 30-second clock will begin. Each team will have 30 seconds to discuss and write their answer on the paper provided. A 5-second warning will be given. When the 30 seconds are up, the team captain will turn in the answer sheet to one of the scorekeepers. Once the sheets are collected the Master of Ceremonies will reread the questions and then read the correct answers.

Scoring: For each correct answer, a team receives 1 point. There are NO penalties for incorrect answers. The judge's decisions are FINAL.

Free Passes: Each team has the opportunity to purchase a FREE PASS for $20.00 each. Limit 2 passes per team. Free passes can be used to pass on a question and still receive a point.

Winners: There are two ways to win. The TRIVIA contest winners will be ranked 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place based on their earned points. The 1st place team will go home with a prize. The COSTUME competition winners. The TEAM with the best 1920s costumes will win the costume competition so the game is on. Only 1 TEAM wins the costume competition. The costume winners will take home a prize.