Quiz Rooms in Sydney CBD & Surrounds

Trivia stops being a pub quiz once there are buzzers, stage lights and a host calling the scores. Both of the city's game-show quiz rooms sit on George Street, the CBD's main north–south street: Quiz Room on Level 6 at 393, and Quizy Game Show Sydney at 630, inside an escape room centre. They share the TV-set idea but play quite differently. Quiz Room leans on tactics, with rules that change each round and trump cards and traps between teams, while Quizy mixes its question rounds with charades, dance-offs and meme games so the less trivia-minded still shine. Side by side, the two George Street sets compare like this:

• Room sizes: Quiz Room takes 3 to 18 per room across three rooms, up to 54 at once; Quizy takes 4 to 12 per room across two, up to 24.
• Game length: Quiz Room books two games in about an hour or three in an hour and a half; a Quizy game runs for about an hour.
• Price: Quiz Room is from $40 per person and Quizy Game Show Sydney from $39 per person.
• Variations: Quiz Room adds a Music Quiz and The Mole, a bluffing game; Quizy can play questions in French, German, Italian or Spanish.
• The finish: Quizy calls every player up for a closing ceremony with a tongue-in-cheek title, while Quiz Room has a drinks lounge to wind down in.

For a birthday, a hens or bucks crew or an end-of-year work outing, the choice usually comes down to group size and whether you want drinks in the same building.