A party before the weding?

I'll be my friend's maid, and I have to organise her party one week before. The thing is that she's looking forward to it, but she doesn't want any "classic" party like this - no chippendales, no striptease, no cakes in funny shapes, no bunny ears and such stuff... What can we do during this evening? She says she just wants to go and have a beer, but if there'll be no surprise, I'm sure she'll be disapointed...Additionally, we'll be couple of girls there, from different places: from cool girls from school - to other PHD students... What we can do togheter? What kind of quizzes or such things we could organise? Maybe sth about her job... She's calm, very serious, she's doing her PHD in anthic litterature. We can't change the decor of the pub that she chose, so... what we can do??? Please, help!