When you visit a destination, do you want to go where the locals go? If you are a local, do you want to go where the gamers go? Are you feeling a little retro? Want to show off your intellectual prowess? Into some friendly competition? Well…

Gather your people, pick your place, find a table, pull up a chair, order a beer, and get ready for some best ways to entertain your brain in and around Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill

Goodfellows Bar – Trivia on Tuesdays at 9 pm. Located at 149 ½ East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill.

The Gathering Place –  NC’s best nerdy craft beer bar. Buy and play tabletop games + and enjoy an eclectic mix of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.  157 East Rosemary Street, 2nd Floor, Chapel Hill

Might As Well – Trivia on various dates; usually begins at 8 pm. Follow on Facebook. Full bar, draft and craft menu plus small plates, burgers, wraps, wings and more. 206 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill.

The Baxter Bar & Arcade –  Named after the Baxter Building in the Fantastic Four comics. They currently have 34 arcade machines and 4 Pinball machines, which still use quarters – no worries though there are change machines on site. Wednesday night is Trivia Night. Open Sat – Sun 12 pm to 2 am and Mon-Fri 3 pm to 2 am. Fully stocked bar and huge beer selection and non-alcoholic beers, craft soft drinks and energy drinks (you might need). Kids and young adults are welcome Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 6 pm and weekdays from 3- 6 pm. 108 N. Graham Street, Chapel Hill.

Carrboro

Lanza’s Café – Thee spot for community socializing and having fun. Mark your calendar for Board Game Mondays, Chess Night Wednesdays, Trivia Thursdays and more.  Coffee and tea bar. Pastries, sweets and sandwiches. Draft and canned beer, Mead, and wine by the glass. 601 West Main Street, Carrboro Follow on Facebook for times. 

Steel String Brewery & Taproom –  Enjoy Steel String’s craft beers on Tuesdays for Trivia Night at 8 pm and Thursdays for Music Bingo at 7:30 pm. 106-A South Greensboro Street, Carrboro.

Haw River Tap & Table – Trivia Night Wednesdays from 7-9 pm and Music Bingo on Thursdays from 7 - 9 pm. Craft beer, Taproom, Food menu. 300 East Main Street, Carrboro next to Cat’s Cradle.  

How well do you know Chapel Hill and Carrboro!

Here are a few trivia questions for you – 

  1. Where in Chapel Hill is a life-size chess set located?
  2. What was the Cat’s Cradle’s first address?
  3. Where can you find an exact replica of Michael Jordan’s dorm room?
  4. Where can you find costumes, vacuum cleaners, goggles, lamps, military antiques, clothes and a bunch (and we mean a BUNCH) of other stuff under one roof?
  5. How old is the Carolina Inn?
  6. What was the Town of Carrboro originally named?
  7. In what year did Chapel Hill’s Fire Engines go blue?
  8. Between what years was the song Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotton, written?
  9. How did Rosemary Street get its name?
  10. How old is Sutton’s Drug Store?

 

(Top photo: The Baxter Arcade)