Pub Quiz

Victoria Stakes runs a regular quiz night where you bring a team. The social thing is the draw: you collect mates who collectively know different stuff (music person, history person, the random encyclopaedia), and you work through rounds of general knowledge, pop culture, history. Even if you come solo, you'll be slotted into a team short a player. It's competitive but not grim. The kind of night where knowing one random fact becomes briefly useful, and the atmosphere stays easy regardless of how you place.