Our Hosts

Aden D.

  • Venue: Beer Bunker

    Howdy! My name is Aden and I’m an Oregon native who loves sci-fi video games and fantasy novels. 

    When I’m not doing either of those I’m typically tooling around building something out of wood or trying my best at trying to fix something. I thrive on projects that I can procrastinate as long as possible.

    If you find yourselves in SE Portland try and follow the bees as long as you can and you might find me poking around their hives, I’ll be the one in the big white suit talking to them like some coworkers. 

    If I’m not answering trivia questions I’m usually ranting about some trivial handyman process or the intricacies of individual bee consciousness. 

    Hopefully I’ll get to meet y’all soon for some wholesome trivial hosting! 

  • Venues: 503 Distilling

    As an elementary teacher by day and a role-playing enthusiast by night, I bring a unique blend of nerdy charm and dramatic flair to the trivia table.

    While I may not boast a perfect track record in trivia mastery, my passion for engaging with audiences and igniting their curiosity knows no bounds.

    Whether it's unraveling the mysteries of history or diving deep into the realms of pop culture, in the classroom and in the pub, I thrive on the energy of the crowd and the thrill of challenging minds. So, let's embark on a journey of knowledge together, where every question is an opportunity for laughter, learning, and maybe even a little friendly competition.

  • Venues: Space Room

    They always told me I was goofball, and I wouldn’t get anywhere if I didn’t take things more seriously.

    Well look at me now Mrs. Jeffreys from the sixth grade! I guess I DIDN’T need to know what a Punnett square was!

    Take a look! https://www.instagram.com/detective_steak_mcbeans

  • Venues: TBD

    A fount of boundless energy, Brian simply wants to make life better and make Everyone’s Job as Easy as Possible.

    A bit of a trivia nut, he thinks in pop culture. Like Darmok & Jalad @ Tanagra, everything is metaphor. Yes, that was meta.

    Old enough to know better.
    Also old enough to have forgotten why.
    And also young enough to think he’s immortal (so far anyway).

    Armed with his eclectic playlist, he will do his best to move your night to a higher frequency than where it started 🙂

  • Venue: The Pharmacy PDX

    Cecilia is a Florida native who recently uprooted her life to move to the Pacific Northwest. When she’s not living a wild life of managing health insurance projects, she enjoys playing trivia, reading too far into Taylor Swift conspiracy theories, hiking, playing cozy video games, and showering her cats with unwanted attention.

    While looking for the perfect balance of free time, an abundance of random facts, and a desire for human interaction, Cecilia ended up hosting trivia–a new venture that is proving challenging and rewarding.

    She’s new in town and needs friends. Help a girl out?

  • Venue: TBD

    “One thing I’ve always known about myself is that really enjoy having a microphone in my hand. I can’t sing or I’d be a performer. I’m not good with motivational speaking or maybe I’d do TED talks. But what I can do is ask a bunch of random questions to a bar full of people who want to have some fun. Why not become a trivia host?”
    — Chase

    “Hear, hear!”
    — Bridgetown Trivia

  • Venues: The Paladins League

    Born and raised in a small East Texas town, I never quite felt at home until I landed in Portland for a work trip in 2017. It was like those videos of color-blind people putting on special glasses—I could finally see the world in full color! Portland spoke to my soul, and I made the move without hesitation. Now, at 50, I’m living my best life.

    By day, I’m a mortgage broker. By night, I’m the President of Weird Portland United, the one-and-only nonprofit devoted to all things weird. I’m also an artist, host of the podcast Finding My Own Weird, and I moonlight as my alter-ego, Aurelia Stardancer, Portland’s favorite centaur. Above all, I’m Gidgie to one gorgeous granddaughter (with another on the way).

    Hosting trivia lets me channel my inner show-off, so get ready for a night of fun, facts, and a little bit of weirdness!

  • Venues: Chapel Pub

    Gil was born in Texas but grew up in Illinois. Moving to Portland for work opportunities in 2011, he flourished on the West Coast. Creating marketing videos for the tech industry became his bread and butter. Gil was lucky enough to get flown around the world for his video projects which gave him a taste for travel. Experiencing new places and different cultures is now a top priority!

    In Gil's spare time he enjoys going on runs to do laps around the numerous green spaces Portland has to offer. A big fan of video games, Gil spends a lot of time on his SteamDeck playing all sorts of genres of games while his legs heal from jogging. Additionally, he watches dogs for fun and a little bit of extra cash! Also a massive fan of trivia and music, Gil is very excited to work with Bridgetown as a host!

    His immediate goals are to stay in running shape, spend more time with friends, and be the best trivia host he can be!

  • Venues: TBD

    Galen is a career bartender with a love of comedy. When hes not hosting trivia, you can find him yelling at his TV screen while watching the Cleveland Guardians, hometown Portland Trailblazers.

  • Venues: Gift Bar

    Weirdo fashionista. Cat mom of two. Heather tends to not only lean into, but embraces awkward moments.

    Born in the land of DEVO, Macy Gray, and Marylin Manson; raised in the land of REM, B-52's, and Outkast; and landed in the land of The Decemberists, The Dandy Warhols, and Modest Mouse in 2010. She's a closeted aspiring sports fan who knows just a handful of knowledge picked up from her years trying to play hockey and living with a baseball historian college roommate.

    She always wants to know who your favorite film score composer is (hers is Mark Mothersbaugh). She'll preach the good news of the 10th Doctor until the day she dies. It's only been within the last two years that she's discovered that she, herself is a trekkie.

    Heather has never NOT gotten excited when she gets the Final Jeopardy clue--which has started happening more and more as she ages with wisdom. Becoming a trivia host is fulfilling a lifelong dream (entertaining thoughtful, creative, and interesting people) that she didn't even know she had until the opportunity presented itself. Come out to play and be a part of this dream with her!

  • Venue: Smitty’s Taphouse

    Ian is a native Portlander with rainwater running in his veins and bicycle wheels spinning in his brain. Ian takes pride in sort of playing many instruments and sort of speaking many languages. He’s what you might call an attempted polymath (minus the math). If the sun is out, so is he. And if it’s not, he’s probably playing trivia.

    Trivia was always a natural draw for someone who’s favorite subject in school was “all of the above” (except math). He’s excited to bring the joys of general knowledge to the masses with abundant helpings of pretentious pronunciation, and tangentially related anecdotes.

  • Venue: No Fun Bar

    Jackson is a true trivia enthusiast. He spent his early 20’s on a scrappy team of four, squeaking out second place finishes in a competitive field. Before that, he wrote questions for the regular customers at the pizza place where he worked. And earlier still, he read questions over the PA system in his middle school to the delight of his peers and teachers.

    Jackson sees hosting contests with Bridgetown as the culmination of years of dedication to the craft.

    A second year transplant to Portland, Jackson enjoys getting to know new people. He would be thrilled to meet you!

  • Venue: Wayfinder SE

    Jenni is a fun mix of East Coast and West Coast having spent most of her younger years in New Jersey and her teenage years in Boise, Idaho. The leopard print and the gum chewing followed her from Jersey and the laid-back attitude stuck from living in Idaho and in Oregon for over 10 years. Jenni is a socially anxious social butterfly; she'll talk to anyone but she'll be really nervous about it (but is a ninja about hiding it at this point)! She loves being on the mic but hates it all at the same time - what a dang, Gemini! Shhhhhh don't tell anyone!

    Jenni has always considered herself a lifelong learner. If money were no object, she would get degrees forever. But alas, she lives in America so she goes to and hosts trivia instead! A much cheaper option! She is a teacher by day, coercing children into learning things they don't want to learn, and a trivia host by night! Adults are much better listeners and direction-followers than kids, turns out! When she is not doing either of those things, you can find her watching true crime documentaries or trash reality TV, roller skating at Oaks Park, begrudgingly going to the gym, drinking beer on a sunny porch with friends, playing trivia herself, hanging out with her cat, swimming in apartment complexes she does not live in, and dancing the night away.

    Jenni is stoked to be part of the Bridgetown team and stoked to be bringing trivia to a bar near you!

  • Venue: TBD

    Luke was born and raised in a small town that hosts the largest US Presidential Memorial not located in Washington DC. He began performing in Musical Theatre at 5 years old and has not stopped since.

    As a singer and actor, he has traveled to over 50 countries and 25 US states. Working on cruise ships, in regional theatre and on film sets has given him a taste of many different cultures—and a deep well of random facts. 

    When not performing, he can be found watching films, struggling on the golf course or attending any live sporting event he can find.

  • Venue: Sticky Wicket

    Was Matthew Marcus the man who parachuted from Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 with $200,000 of ransom money in November 2021? Of this we are still unsure, but some things we do know: a four time Jeopardy! Champion, a gold medalist at both the London Times Crossword competition and the Word Cryptic Crossword Championship, and a regular fixture of the WQC’s top 100, he can be pretty handy in a battle of wits.

    Applying to host at Bridgetown due to myopically misreading it as “Brittown”, he brings a charming English awkwardness and self-deprecation to proceedings every time he opens his mouth and the wrong kinds of vowels pour out. A resident of Portland since 2022 after getting badly lost while on holiday, he also works as a software engineer, a Latin teacher, and a murder mystery dinner theatre suspect in between his trivia gigs.

    If you think that any American science fiction is better than Doctor Who, he will fight you.

  • Venue: TBD

    Dolly doesn’t host trivia for the money – he does it because he’s terribly lonely and in need of attention. He’s very insecure. Please be nice to him.

    Dolly knew he had to start hosting trivia when he got stage fright and froze up in front of a full church when reading a Bible verse at his grandmother’s funeral. Instead of mourning Mimi, Dolly’s cousins spent the rest of the day mocking him for his cracking voice.

    Needless to say, negative attention was better than none, and Dolly knew that embarrassing himself in front of crowds was his ticket out of loneliness.

    Dolly enjoys trail running, bad movies, Dune, eating too much, nature and shit, coitus, thrift store shopping, giving really meaningful compliments, telling uncomfortable truths with compassion, extreme weather events, dressing up in revealing costumes because there’s something funny about a half-naked grown man, ambient music, drinking coffee, did somebody say coffee? Good idea. Let’s get some coffee!

    Dolly is a very odd person, but he grows on you.

  • Venue: TBD

    Noa is new to hosting trivia; after playing trivia (unsuccessfully) for years, she decided… if you can’t beat them, join them.
    Her only claim to fame is being the person on your team that will know the correct answers for the Art category.

    Since her move to Portland in 2008, Noa has become quite the outdoorsy person. She spends most of her time paddleboarding (competitively and as an instructor), paddle surfing, rock climbing, and enjoying any time she can in the fresh air. She has also lived in four countries and traveled to over forty. When it’s crummy outside, she does enjoy “Netflix and Crafting”.

    Noa works for a summer camp as a Marketing Director and is also an Ambassador for Women Who Explore. Her mission in life is to make sure womxn feel safe and comfortable to enjoy everything the outdoors has to offer.

  • Venue: Ringlers

    Born and raised here in Portland, Ricky is a filmmaker, musician, and TTRPG lover. They are excited to share good vibes and fun music at their trivia nights!

    Ricky works in the film industry as a production sound mixer and video editor as well. (Pssst: https://rickykingfilm.weebly.com)

    They're looking forward to getting to know the Bridgetown community and have a fun time!

  • Venue: Wayfinder - TBD

    Born and raised in Oregon, Rose is still not used to the rain and probably never will be. It’s just so beautiful and icky.

    She rightfully thinks all other animals are better than humans, but if she’s forced to interact with people she’d rather do it behind a laptop, telling people they’re wrong through a microphone at top volume.

    Rose is probably the most anxious laid-back person you’ll ever meet. She knows nothing matters because we’re all just living in a simulation . . . but if that’s all we are, doesn’t everything matter TOO MUCH??

  • Venue: Broadway Pub (McMenamins)

    Tommy is a Minnesota transplant with ice in his veins and a soft spot for chocolate chip cookies. When not doing the arduous mental and physical labor associated with sometimes hosting pub trivia, you'll find him moutain biking, skiing, or checking out the sketchiest dive bars he can find. You can expect lots of Jimmy Buffet, Chappell Roan, and terrible puns when he's in charge.

  • Venue: TBD

    It's a point of absurd pride for Tristan that he moved to Portland in 2014 having never seen a single episode of Portlandia before or since. After settling into the city, he quickly became a semi-regular trivia participant at various local bars, often competing as the one-man team, "Geralt of Trivia" (a joke nobody ever got and likely never will). Now he's jumping back into the trivia scene as a host!

    A literal basement-dweller--it's worth the discount on rent--when he's not working in restaurants to pay the bills, Tristan enjoys playing indie games, watching video essays, tinkering with computers and producing anti-capitalist memes. Also a part-time community advocate trying to get more people to ride the dang bus, Tristan promises not to use this soapbox for anything but hosting trivia... mostly.

Updated
11 August 2026