Paavo Nurmi won gold in the 1500m and the 5000m at the 1924 Olympics. How much time did he have between those races?
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Interesting Question of the Day – 11 September 2024
What Australian city has the lowest record high temperature?
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Interesting Question of the Day – 9 September 2024
Forrest Gump dealt with historical events over many years. It it was made today and maintained the same gap between when it was made and when the events took place, what year would it end in?
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Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 8 September 2024
Last week we asked about things many people find attractive that you don’t.
This week your team name is going to be something most people don’t find attractive that you do.
A man who looks like he’d make a good shopping mall Santa
Slightly crooked teeth
Deep voiced women
Bigger than average noses
When they absentmindedly hum to themselves
Any unusual thing you find attractive gets a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
This Week in iQ Trivia – 7 September 2024
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.
TEAM NAMES
What’s something everyone but you seems to find attractive.
Men
Straight men
Timothy Chalamet
Channing Tatum
Juicy Couture tracksuits
High heels
Natural tans
Finance bros
Whale tails
Mullets
Piercings
Long nails
Dimples
Brazilian butt lifts
Uncomfortable underwear
British accents
TriviArt
Elderly Skatepark
LARP on Mars
Windy Eggplant
Angry Wombat
British Dragon
Perky Shoe
Obtuse Pie
Hippopotamus Reindeer
Kafkaesque Snuffleuppagus
INTERESTING MOMENTS
On a question about British Prime Ministers and Hugh Grant characters, a team of Brits managed to pick just 3/5 correctly, which is barely better than average. (They still won though.)
One team saw a picture of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and guessed that it was Rishi Sunak.
Two minutes after we played a song, it came up on the jukebox and half the room heard it in full all over again.
One team only knew Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven because of the Simpsons. Which is a perfectly fair place to pick up knowledge on higher culture.
And our quarterly tournment has three weeks left and there are still plenty of teams in the running both for the overall title and for the highest average.
| Team | Wins | Score | Average |
| Leader Housen | 7 | 458 | 65.43 |
| Flashy Red Ponies | 7 | 448 | 64.00 |
| Smith Family | 6 | 444 | 74.00 |
| Foxolotl | 6 | 437 | 72.83 |
| Richard Gere Appreciation Society | 6 | 436 | 72.67 |
| 6 Go Crazy | 6 | 382 | 63.67 |
| Bagpuss | 5 | 378 | 75.60 |
| Diversity | 4 | 292 | 73.00 |
| Whale Emoji | 4 | 281 | 70.25 |
| Menace to Sobriety | 4 | 277 | 69.25 |
| We went to the dentist | 3 | 221 | 73.67 |
| Shannon & Co | 3 | 218 | 72.67 |
| Mara’s Angels | 3 | 216 | 72.00 |
| Tribe | 3 | 213.5 | 71.17 |
| Spongebob | 3 | 207 | 69.00 |
| Thor’s Thundercats | 3 | 202 | 67.33 |
| Captain Kathie’s Mandolin | 3 | 199 | 66.33 |
| Sigma | 3 | 184 | 61.33 |
See you next week.
Interesting Question of the Day – 5 September 2024
The Australian Election Study is run after every federal election, and rates Prime Ministers on a 10 point scale for likeability. Going back to 1987, which two Prime Ministers have won an election while having the lowest likeability ratings?
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Interesting Question of the Day – 4 September 2024
In Brazil, Family Guy is titled Uma Familia Da Pesada, which translates as what kind of family?
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Interesting Question of the Day – 2 September 2024
What killed more people in the 20th century? Nuclear weapons or the AK-47?
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Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 1 September 2024
For your team name this week, we want you to come up with something many people think is attractive but you think isn’t.
Ridiculously long eyelashes
Being really jacked
Duckface in every photo
Beards
Anything you don’t find attractive that most people do will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
This Week in iQ Trivia – 31 August 2024
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.
JACKPOT
They probably didn’t KNOW the answer to a jackpot question on prime numbers, but they did manage to guess it.
TEAM NAMES
You’re pretty petty if your reasons for rejecting people are anything to go by.
Her voice wasn’t as sexy after she quit smoking
Our star signs were incompatible
She didn’t like Star Wars
She preferred Star Trek to Doctor Who
My grandma was sent to Australia to marry a man but when she got off the boat she saw he had a mole on his ear and said “no thank you”
Can’t use chopsticks
They were from Texas
Owns multiple cats
They wore white skinny jeans
Her dad’s handshake was weak
Once fired someone for rolling their eyes at me in a meeting
Literally didn’t know the meaning of the word “literally”
Used the wrong “your”
She didn’t know the difference between less and fewer
TriviArt
Dinosaur Beef
Scary Sewer
Soviet Clown
Voluptuous Apple
Jetlagged Roast
Peacock Helicopter
Daliesque Accent
INTERESTING MOMENTS
If you’re given 50/50 options, even if you have no idea, you might as well guess. One team who knew nothing about cricket nailed three 50/50s after we reminded them that you don’t lose points for guessing.
One of our players coincidentally wore a t-shirt with an answer to a special subject question on it.
And we have new leaders at the top of the leader board. But there are still plenty who can win on both overall scores and average scores.
| Team | Wins | Score | Average |
| Leader Housen | 6 | 394 | 65.67 |
| Flashy Red Ponies | 6 | 384 | 64.00 |
| Smith Family | 5 | 377 | 75.40 |
| Foxolotl | 5 | 365 | 73.00 |
| Richard Gere Appreciation Society | 5 | 361 | 72.20 |
| 6 Go Crazy | 5 | 322 | 64.40 |
| Bagpuss | 4 | 304 | 76.00 |
| Diversity | 4 | 292 | 73.00 |
| Whale Emoji | 4 | 281 | 70.25 |
| We went to the dentist | 3 | 221 | 73.67 |
| Shannon & Co | 3 | 218 | 72.67 |
| Mara’s Angels | 3 | 216 | 72.00 |
| Menace to Sobriety | 3 | 209 | 69.67 |
| Spongebob | 3 | 207 | 69.00 |
| Thor’s Thundercats | 3 | 202 | 67.33 |
| Captain Kathie’s Mandolin | 3 | 199 | 66.33 |
| Sigma | 3 | 184 | 61.33 |
See you next week.