Sara Tucholsky hit a home run in a college softball game in 2008, but tore her ACL rounding first base and couldn’t continue.
Umpires declared that if any of her teammates helped her, she would be declared out.
What happened next?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
A geisha who turned up to a party in Japan in 1751 was the first geisha of their kind, and caused quite a stir.
Why?
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Everyone has believed stupid things.
For your team name this week, we want to know the dumbest thing you once believed.
I thought islands were just floating in the ocean.
I thought “khakis” was pronounced “cockies”
I thought there was a legal age for buying coffee.
Anything that is a stupid thing you once believed will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.
WINNERS
If you won, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.
JACKPOTS
It was another good week for jackpots.
TEAM NAMES
You’re all in the top 1% of something.
Over 50 with a full head of hair
Not being in the top 1% of anything
We live in Australia
Pink & white cat themed trivia teams
Likeable lawyers
Darts knowledge
Squidward fans
Recorded cases of chlamydia
A critical thinker who isn’t a cynic
People who live above a pub and don’t complain about the noise
I play Minecraft and I have a girlfriend
Disappointing our parents
Never coming above 4th in iQ Trivia
TriviArt
Tumescent Potato Remote Control
Mellifluous Shark
Horny Toad
Smoking Chapel
Smoking Pufferfish
Sticky Concert
Depressed Lamp
Incredibly Droopy Bear
INTERESTING MOMENTS
When we asked a question referencing Monty Python, a die hard Python fan called out the correct answer before we even gave the options.
We had to explain to one team that Australia’s Antarctic claims were not part of Australia.
A team mistook Wesley Snipes, a black man, for Clint Eastwood, who is not black the last time we checked.
When we asked why the man suing his parents for giving birth to him was suing his parents, one team got a point for the entirely accurate answer “because he’s an ungrateful little shit.”
And a group of pool players became so engrossed in our questions, that they stopped playing pool and started playing trivia.
See you next week.
According to a 2017 analysis by the American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers, what percent of pet custody cases involve dogs?
The first new player to comment on the website within 2% of the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
According to a 2016 analysis, what is statistically the least likely score at the end of regulation time in a game of American Football?
Was it 0-0, 2-2, 4-4, or 6-6?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
In 1880, an Irish community began a campaign of ostracising a British land agent they felt had been treating them unfairly, refusing to harvest his crops, cook his meals, wash his clothes, deliver his letters, or serve him in shops.
What was the land agent’s surname? (His name became a word describing the campaign of exclusion.)
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
There’s been a lot of talk about the 1% over the past few years.
Well we think everyone is in the top 1% of something.
This week, if your team name is something that you are in the 1% of, you will get a bonus point.
I’ve been struck by lightning
I got a liberal arts degree and am gainfully employed
I’m a left handed redhead
Anything that puts you in 1% of the population will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.
WINNERS
If you won, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.
Yes, a team of one player came in first with 65 points.
JACKPOTS
The guy on the left knew a lot about Hitler, and won them a jackpot.
They knew about the flag of the Philippines.
This amalgamated team of two Australian guys & two Dutch ladies combined their knowledge and won $127 on a question on Australian schools. (Either that or they guessed.)
TEAM NAMES
You have some very unusual middle names.
Trivia
Autism
Diplomatic Immunity
Procrastination
Indecisive
Moist
Squarepants
Inigo Montoya
Adequate
Inconsequential
Low Effort
Flatulent
Polyamory
Clever Team Names
Forgetting Remembering to put a team name
Winner (for a team that finished last)
TriviArt
Galloping Boat
Tasty Tongue
Dirty Bird on Skates
Passive Veteran
Bold Chimpanzee
Breakdancing Babies
Petite Chili
Ugly Dolphin
INTERESTING MOMENTS
One didn’t stop by naming Iwo Jima as the island in the famous flag raising picutre from WWII. They named the MOUNTAIN on Iwo Jima and got a bonus point for their efforts.
Every team recognised Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata in the first round, but NOBODY recognised the same piece played backwards, even when we pointed out that LITERALLY EVERYONE had heard of it.
We had numerous teams guess that the sports teams at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana were the Hunchbacks.
Once again, we had someone complain about the obscurity of a bonus question, and then get the bonus question. YOU DO NOT GET TO COMPLAIN ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ARE IF YOU GET THEM RIGHT!
One player who lives in Parramatta, failed to notice that Parramatta is a Sydney suburb spelled with a double T.
And one of our hosts had to change clothes before her show when she realised that her shirt fetured a picture of Audrey Hepburn, which was the answer to one of the jackpot questions.
See you next week.
The following pairs of fictional characters share a name.
What name do they share, and what films or TV series are they in?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answers wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.