Monday 7:00pm - 9:30pmNewtown Hotel Monday night trivia is hosted by DJ cum Trivia Host Mike Blades, who hosts what was one of Sydney's more popular trivia nights at The Fringe Bar, Oxford Street (now the Unicorn Hotel). He also runs the trivia at Trinity Bar in Surry Hills on a Wednesday night.
The night is run by Fame Trivia who write all their own questions and then supply them to the hosts, so there is no risk of obscure questions based on the interests of the host (however this does take some of the fun out of it). Fame Trivia run two groups of 20 questions, split up by a significant gap which may not be too everyone's liking. Their nights tend to take about 2 and a half hours from start to finish. The questions that they write tend to be some of the stronger around, covering a broad range of topics but including a large number of answers that are able to be deduced rather than simply known or not. They do tend to keep it pretty serious though, with the presence of simply who am I questions that you need to run up and hand to the host, and an absence of any of the more fun (silly) trivia activities such as paper aeroplane competitions and playdo.
The night pulls a significant crowd, which is probably a large part due to the popularity and size of the pub. The crowd is that which would be expected from Newtown, predominately Students but with a smattering of older hipsters.
The prizes on offer include drinks and bar credit for the top places.
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