It’s the “live game show that favors the idiosyncratic and strange, offering several immersive hours that add up to something more than a middlebrow excuse to drink beer.” It is The Big Quiz Thing, the country’s No. 1 live trivia event, packing in 100-plus hipster-nerd acolytes twice a month for geeky-good multimedia quiz competition. And on Wednesday, July 7, the BQT presents its first ever Summer Fun Spectacular, a celebration of all things summery and trivial, at 92YTribeca, with $250 in cash prizes.

Quizmaster Noah Tarnow, joined by sidekick EDP and DJ GB, plus The B-Cuties, presents the ultimate high-tech, video-based test of meaningless information, for the glory of knowing that you possess more useless knowledge than your peers. Highlights include the BQT’s beloved signature games—this edition features an actual, honest-to-goodness live trivia re-creation of that classic summer-camp competition, Color War! Plus, a beach-themed audio round, the famed Lightning Round, the Three-Way Finale, the BQT trophy, clever banter and nerdy smack-talking. Best of all, fantastic prizes, including $250 in cash, and tickets to future 92YTribeca events. And even when players can’t hazard a guess, there’s hope: If a wrong answer makes the crowd laugh, it’s marked correct and earns a Smart-Ass Point. Everyone gets to play, everyone gets to laugh.

Since 2002, the Big Quiz Thing has established itself as New York's premier source of trivia entertainment. It's organized events and corporate retreats across the country, and Quizmaster Noah has hosted stand-up comedy, variety, and burlesque shows throughout New York City and all along the East Coast. The Summer Fun Spectacular is the BQT’s only public event in NYC in July, so be sure not to miss the show that The Village Voice declared “The Best Place to Get in Touch with Your Inner Nerd.”

For more info, visit bigquizthing.com, or contact quizmaster Noah Tarnow at noah@bigquizthing.com.

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