Banter, dress-ups and the perfect quiz question: the colourful world of Australia’s pub trivia hosts

‘I got addicted to it and loved it’ … James Breko hosts pub trivia events five nights a week at venues across Sydney, attracting a youthful crowd. Across Australia, pub trivia nights are growing in popularity. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

It’s a Monday night at a Surry Hills pub and Sydneysiders are twerking to pounding pop music in front of bemused bartenders.

Behind them, a man dressed as an eggplant claps gleefully. Disco lights scatter bright flecks across the packed venue.