Terms & Conditions

Agreeing to these terms

By using tomrutledgepresents.com, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, the right move is to stop using the site. These terms are between you and Tom Rutledge, doing business as Tom Rutledge Presents ("we", "us", "our").

What this site is for

This is an informational site. It exists so you can find out when and where the next trivia night is, learn who we are, and get in touch about hiring us. It is not a ticketing platform, it does not take payments, and there is nothing here to sign up for beyond, eventually, email reminders.

Event listings, schedules, and venues

We keep the schedule as accurate as we can, and it is still worth a sanity check before you head out. Events get moved for weather, holidays, private bookings, playoff games, and the ordinary chaos of running events in rooms we do not own. Dates, times, locations, formats, and prize details on this site may change or be cancelled without notice, and nothing listed here is a guarantee that an event will happen as described.

Our trivia nights are hosted at venues we do not own or control. The venue sets its own rules — age restrictions, cover charges, reservations, food and drink policies, parking, accessibility, and whether the kitchen is still open. Those are the venue's to set and enforce, not ours, and we are not responsible for them. If a detail matters to your night, call the venue.

Where an event is described as free or "no cover", that refers to our trivia — not to anything you order while you are there.

Booking inquiries are not a booking

Sending an inquiry through the form or by email starts a conversation. It does not reserve a date, form a contract, or oblige either of us to anything. Nothing on this site — including any description of services or availability — is an offer capable of being accepted by filling in a form.

An actual engagement begins only when we have agreed the specifics in writing: date, location, scope, and fee. Those terms, and not this page, govern the event itself. Rates quoted in conversation are estimates until they are confirmed in that written agreement.

Coming to an event

A few things that go without saying, said anyway:

• The host's ruling on a question is final. Arguing about a scoring decision is part of the fun; the ruling still stands.
• Looking answers up on your phone is cheating, and we reserve the right to disqualify a team for it, or for behavior that spoils the night for the room.
• You attend at your own risk, and you are subject to the venue's rules and its staff while you are there.
• We take photos and video at events, and they may appear on this site or on our social media. See the Privacy Policy for how to opt out.

What belongs to whom

Everything on this site — the writing, the design, the logo, the photographs, and the name Tom Rutledge Presents — belongs to us or is used with permission. Trivia questions, rounds, and formats written for our events are original work and remain ours.

You are welcome to share links to this site, and to share our event announcements with people who might come. You may not copy the site's content or our question sets for your own commercial use, run our material at your own event, or present our work as yours, without asking first. Ask, though — we are reasonable people, and for a good cause the answer is often yes.

Venue names, nonprofit names, and other companies mentioned on this site belong to their respective owners and appear here only to say where we have worked.

Using the site

Use the site for its intended purpose. Do not attempt to break into it, disrupt it, scrape it wholesale, or use it to send anyone anything unlawful, harassing, or deceptive.

Links to other places

This site links out to Facebook, Instagram, Substack, venue websites, and other third parties. We do not control any of them and are not responsible for their content, their policies, or what happens to you there. A link is not an endorsement of everything on the other end of it.

No warranties

The site is provided "as is" and "as available". We make no promise that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of anything harmful, and no promise that the information on it is complete, current, or accurate — though we do try, and we would like to know when it is not.

To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

Limits on liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of your use of this site or your reliance on anything published on it — including a wasted trip to an event that turned out to be cancelled, rescheduled, or different from what was listed here.

Nothing in this section limits liability that cannot be limited under Massachusetts law.

Indemnification

If your misuse of this site causes a claim against us, you agree to cover the reasonable costs of dealing with it.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any dispute arising from them will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and you agree to that venue.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The current version always lives on this page, and the effective date at the top tells you when it was last changed. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated terms. These terms were last updated on September 19, 2026.

The rest

If any part of these terms turns out to be unenforceable, the rest of them stay in force. If we do not enforce something right away, we have not given up the right to enforce it later.

Questions

Anything here you want explained, or anything on the site that looks wrong, email us.