Live trivia game system and methods

A live trivia game system comprising:

• a networked computer system, the networked computer system comprising a server processor and a server memory;
• player mobile devices, each player mobile device comprising a mobile device processor, a mobile device memory, and a mobile device display;
• a gathering place, a plurality of the player mobile devices being located at the gathering place;
• an external network;
• and
• trivia game software executable by one or more of the networked computer system and the player mobile devices;
• the networked computer system being operatively connected to the player mobile devices via the external network;
• the trivia game software comprising instructions for the networked computer system to register a plurality of player accounts, to define a plurality of teams, assign player accounts to each team, and enter the plurality of teams into a live trivia game session in response to requests transmitted from the mobile devices;
• the networked computer system memory storing a database of trivia questions, the database identifying, for each trivia question, all player accounts that have been presented that trivia question in a previous live trivia game session;
• the trivia game software comprising instructions for the networked computer system to select at random a plurality of trivia questions from a subset of trivia questions in the database that have not been presented to any player accounts assigned to a team entered in the current live trivia game session, and to present the selected trivia questions to the teams.