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Congratulations to “The Enablers” for outdueling 189 other teams to win the Tournament of Champions XXVII! Check out the final standings here!

by | Jan 14, 2026 | News | 0 comments

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THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the W? Tournament of Champions XXVII – what an absolutely AWESOME event as always, and the biggest W? TOC yet! Congratulations to The Enablers for winning it all and hoisting the Stan Fearns Trophy – what “some” “have once called” the “most prestigious team trivia award in all of the land”! It will reside at their home venue Standard Bar & Grill until TOC XXVIII this summer, which will be held on August 8th!

Another congratulations to Löded Diaper for repeating as the most spirited team – taking home the Plus Sized Wheatleys Cup after an AMAZING after-party karaoke performance (“Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons gettin’ it done)! Many photos and video clips will be posted to social media and our website soon!

Another thanks to to our Wrigleyville host venues Stolen Saddle, Merkle’s Bar & Grill, Tin Roof, and Home Away From Home, as well as our sponsor, Boston Beer Company’s Suncruiser!

Watch The Enablers win it all!

Let’s do it all again this summer! Qualifying for the TOC XXVIII (August 8th) will begin with spring the week of March 22 at ALL weekly general knowledge locations – don’t miss out!

                   The Whaddayaknow? Free Pub Trivia Tournament of Champions XXVII – Final Standings

Place Team Name Score
1 The Enablers 142
2 Phallic Baldwin 138
3 Team Awesome 125
4 Pop Pop in the Attic 124
5 Mary Berry’s Soggy Bottoms 120
5 Nu Tang Clan 120
7 New Ancona 111
8 M as in Mancy 110
9 Voldemalort 109
10 Malort & Savior 108
11 Olivia Jade’s College Fund 106
11 Pop-Tart Pounders 106
11 X Gon’ Quiz It To Ya 106
14 Sayonara Sarcoma 104
15 Butt Tub 103
16 Queen of Sharts 99
17 Friendly Fire 98
17 We’d Like To Buy A Vowel 98
19 House of Learned Doctors 97
20 Purely Aesthetic Dildo 95
21 Leland’s War Pigs 93
21 It’s a Von Trapp 93
21 Two Drink Minimum 93
24 Really Good and Very Refreshing, Yum! 92
24 Superb Video 92
26 Alternative Facts 91
26 Shamrocks + Kimchi 91
26 My Mom Says I’m a Winner 91
26 Degrassi Knoll 91
30 Dad Band & the Groupies 89
31 Bet the Wad 88
31 The Trivial Group 88
33 Heat Strokes 87
33 This Too Shall Pass 87
35 Carly Rae Jeppsons Malort 86
36 Disqualified 83
36 Squirtle Squad 83
36 RIP Dean 83
36 Savi’s Funky Rhythms 83
40 Jon Voight’s Car 82
40 Can we hank this child? 82
40 Löded Diper 82
40 The O’Neders 82
40 Chainsmokers Under the K 82
45 Quiztopher Robin 81
45 Tiddy Roosevelt 81
45 Poutine on the Ritz 81
48 Quizzie Borden 80
48 Defund Divvy Bikes 80
48 Red Line SG 80
48 Sea You Next Trivia 80
48 Low Rinse Of A Labia 80
53 Bison Grass Boyz 79
53 KC Masterpiece 79
53 Team Discovery Channel 79
56 Third Podium 78
56 The Way Back Boys 78
56 KLM K9 Unit 78
56 Jock & His Pet Snake Reggie 78
56 Boots 78
61 We Don’t Sign Up For Things 77
61 Mancato! 77
61 Last Place Regulars 77
61 Curd Your Loins 77
61 Tylenol Toddlers 77
66 The Attractive Nuisances 76
66 Break the ICE 76
68 I Can’t Believe It’s Not John Stamos 75
68 D + B 75
68 Nation of Quizlam 75
68 Last Bus to Aldi 75
72 Curse These Metal Hands 74
72 Lil’ Nuthin’ Nuthin’ 74
74 Big Sexxxy 73
74 Drs. Mantis Toboggan 73
76 Ray Romano’s Renegades 72
76 We’d Rather Be On Cash Cab 72
78 I No Were U Live 71
78 Hollywood Upstairs Medical College 71
78 Prairie Dogs 71
78 CHORB 71
78 Erotic Muppets 71
83 Wisco Wizards 70
83 Quizness As Usual 70
85 Bemma Enson 69
85 Quiznos 69
87 Chel-Kings 68
87 New Station 68
87 The Sex Defenders 68
87 The Coastal Elites 68
91 Third Degree Boo Boo 67
92 ¯\_(?)_/¯ 66
92 Little Gems 66
94 2 toilet 2 boyz 65
95 The Dog’s Bollocks 64
95 Fightin’ Squid 64
97 Austin & Kathy R Da Wurst 63
97 Last Place 63
97 Mama, Let’s Research 63
100 Do You Remember? 62
100 Kahoots Allstars 62
100 Teacher Shortage 62
100 Tophau5 62
104 Team Jacob 61
105 Los Bandidos 60
105 The IRS 60
107 Cherry Chapstickers 59
108 Blackhawk Lovers 57
108 Trivia Newton-John 57
108 Hemptracker24 57
111 Megacoccus 56
111 Sparty Pants 56
111 Mob Wives 56
111 Queens of Leon 56
111 An Abundance of Odd Ducks 56
116 LCD Poundsystem 55
117 Tylenol Babies 54
117 The Max Rebo Band 54
117 Quizzed In My Pants 54
120 Waffles for Suzy 53
120 Two and a Half Brain Cells 53
120 Winner Takes Home A Sense of Pride & Accomplishment 53
123 The BBDs 52
123 See You Next Tuesday 52
123 Banking on Connections 52
123 Cheez Nurds 52
127 Love in the Time of Tylenol-Induced 51
128 Shadynasty’s 50
128 Turd Ferguson 50
128 Soulful White Boys 50
128 Usual Suspects 50
132 Stonecutters 49
133 O’Trivia Rodrigo 48
133 Gilmore Guys 48
133 Sapphire to the Stage! 48
133 Young Jurks 48
133 Indistinct Chatter 48
133 Freud’s Hot Mom 48
139 The Fellas 47
139 The Smooth Brains 47
139 The Fibonaccis 47
142 Pretzel Logic 46
142 Flavored Malort 46
142 Where’s Pierre? 46
142 The Wedding Party 46
142 Sexy Monkey Fish 46
147 Quizards Of Waverly Place 44
147 Wicker Pork 44
147 Quizzie McGuire 44
150 Some Pigs 43
150 Blown in the Windy City 43
150 Book of More-Men 43
153 Weird Tuesdays 42
153 2 Girls 1 Quiz 42
153 Hopefully Not Last 42
156 Hooligans 41
156 Frankie, I Don’t Give A Damn 41
156 Dwyers Pickleball Posers 41
156 Dust Stormy Daniels 41
156 Accidentally Quizzed 41
161 Debo Cherry 41
162 Steely Danny DeVito 40
162 Hank’s Friends 40
164 George Tush 39
165 Gabagool 38
165 Bad Optics 38
167 Purse Napkins 37
167 chicken little 37
167 Mahi Mahi Disaster 37
167 Duke Silver 37
171 King Quizzard 36
172 Oops! I Guessed It Again 35
172 Milf County 35
174 Sticky Bandits 33
175 Sixth Place 32
176 Fully Committed 30
177 Known Ballers 29
177 The Village Sheeple 29
179 MnM 28
180 Tummy Styx 26
180 Mississippi Marbles 26
182 Orca Orgy 25
183 Nilbog City Council 23
184 ASS 22
185 Anagram Sucks Ballz 21
186 Fart! 20
187 Etsy Witches 18
188 D.O.T.S 17
189 Bent Carrots 11
190 Mrs Puff I Think I’m Cheating 7

 

The Whaddayaknow? Free Pub Trivia Tournament of Champions: the uniquest, awesomest, most fun team trivia event in the U.S.!

First held in June, 2011 at The Cubby Bear, Whaddayaknow?’s TOC has been held twice a year, hosting hundreds of Chicago’s elite trivia players vying for thousands of dollars. We’re excited to host our 27th event, with incredible prizes, including $2,000 CASH for first place, $1000 for second and $500 for third. Past winners include Weird Tuesdays, Pop Pop in the Attic and the Wolverines – all of whom took home massive prizes and were able to receive the coveted Stan Fearns Cup along with their prize. Like the Stanley Cup, every winner gets permanently engraved so their legacy can live through all future tournaments. Can you unseat our latest winner?

The Stan Ferns trophy

Around 200 teams are expected to attend, with the top 25 teams earning prizes from venues across the city, and Chicagoland suburbs! It’s a perfect CHicago winter Saturday, with food, drink, and fun with friends and foes alike (or, at least, trivia teams that you want to defeat).

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With high stakes and challenging questions, the event tests every team to their limit. But it’s about more than just the trivia. Teams can win additional prizes with our unique music bingo held during the event and there’s plenty of opportunity to mingle with the competition.

Once our winners are announced, there are still prizes to be won. Specifically, our Plus Sized Wheatleys Cup, given to the most “spirited” team, most recently given out to Löded Diper. How did they come away with this championship belt? Well, with Chicago’s best karaoke of course.

That’s because we follow up the nation’s best, most exciting trivia event with the best afterparty in town. Hosts and players can mingle while keeping the festivities going, celebrating the winners and, yes, taking part in some good old-fashioned karaoke (Eve 6’s Inside Out is almost guaranteed to make an appearance).

If you’ve been to a tournament of champions, you’ll know what to expect. Engaging questions, a lively atmosphere, friends (both old and new), celebrations and fun. And if you’ve not yet experienced our bi-annual event, you might still join us for our winter spectacular. You can see how your team is performing, and if you’re in line to qualify here. Remember, your top six scores over this 10 week period are counted, so there’s still a chance to make the cut and take part in what is sure to be an epic day of trivia, music, bingo and fun!

Top teams at each venue will get to join on January 31 in Wrigleyville! So bring your A-game this fall for a chance for some epic prizes!

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Jeff GoodSmith is the Lead Content Strategist for Whaddayaknow? He’s hosted trivia events across Chicago for the past ten years, leading over 1,000 events at 70+ bars and dozens of private events. 

As the content lead for Whaddayaknow? Jeff helps share stories that celebrate the joy and excitement of trivia. Apart from keeping patrons informed on the latest W? upcoming events and special occasions, he uses his passion for storytelling to write content that is engaging for trivia lovers and the trivia curious alike. 

You can follow Jeff on X @goodsmithtweets and on Instagram @naivepegasus