Chiswick Pub Quiz

The Old Pack Horse runs a weekly quiz that barely costs anything to enter. Just a couple of quid per person, and teams can be as small as two, so it works whether you're coming as a pair or rounded up a group.

The prizes are pitched right: a pub tab for winners that you're spending that night, plus cash through the rounds to keep everyone in the fight. It's competitive without real stakes.

It's the kind of midweek social where the structure does the thinking for you. You get a clear reason to be out, an evening with shape to it, the quiz itself making it easier to show up than to stay in.