Have you ever forgotten the word for something and had to come up with something else to call it?
This week, we want you to make that your team name.
Call a hospital car
Pass me the food tweezers
Pick up a bread sword
That’s a really big milk moose
I could really go for a Jewish doughnut
I need a pregnancy detector
I’ll have a drunk white woman brunch cocktail
Any term to replace a word you forgot will get 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.
JACKPOT
They won first place, then they won the jackpot, then they got booed. But in a good natured way.
TEAM NAMES
You had plenty of advice for horror movie characters.
For f*ck’s sake put the lights on
Mind your own business about what they did last summer
Don’t take the golden eye out of the unnaturally large holy woman’s skull
Service your car regularly
Winter custodian at the Overlook Hotel might sound like a cool job, but…
Don’t read the tome bound in human skin
Ditch the high heels
Be the killer
If you kill someone, tell the cops
Sprint in a zig zag
Maybe don’t live alone in the woods
Call the cops
Never follow the scary sound
Never split up to cover more ground
Garlic necklace
Nuke it from orbit
Don’t be Jamie Lee Curtis
Don’t go in there
Don’t get a job at the mechatronics place where 5 children were murdered
Don’t f*ck in the forest
Don’t skinny dip with friends at night in a remote lake
Don’t be black
Be white and a virgin
It looks dead but cut the head off anyway
Check the backseat
You already own enough creepy dolls
Burn all porcelain dolls
TriviArt
Verklempt Orange
Silly Sausage
Vegas Mashed Potatoes
Flailing Kangaroo
It’s Not Coming Home
Chonky Lizard
Filipino Barbie
Mummified Mermaid
Wombat Barnacle
INTERESTING MOMENTS
We asked for the European capitals represented by flags, and one team guessed Sydney.
Countries that border Romania? Bulgaria? Correct. Bolivia… nope.
Weight classes in boxing beginning with C? Surely Chonkyweight.
One team were such big Britney Spears fans, that they guessed “Oops I Did It Again” no less than 3 times, when we didn’t play it once.
See you next week.
Shaun was born in country NSW, and moved to Goulburn 3 years ago where he soon took on hosting for iQ Trivia.
A sport, music and geography tragic, Shaun takes great pride in inciting friendly banter within individual teams as they weigh up quiz answers. In his spare time, Shaun enjoys cycling cooking, reading, and time with friends and family.
It’s Halloween, so it’s time to think about scary movies.
Specifically, we want you to think about how characters in horror films could have made better decisions.
Maybe don’t pick up that creepy hitchhiker
Do a residential inspection before moving into a haunted house
Don’t split up to explore that cave
Bullets are cheap, so keep shooting the serial killer
Any advice on how to survive a horror film will get 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.
JACKPOT
They got a Saturday Night Live question & spelled it right, and won $172.
TEAM NAMES
Who has been lying about their identity?
Johnny Cash didn’t even produce any form of currency
Childish Gambino is quite mature
Megan Thee Stallion isn’t even a stallion
Cher is unlikely to let you touch her stuff
Yahoo Serious isn’t even serious
Glenn Close isn’t even close
Eminem isn’t even an M&M
Eminem does not melt in your mouth
Freddie Mercury is from earth
Frank Beard doesn’t have a beard
Brie Larson isn’t a piece of cheese
Madonna isn’t the mother of Jesus
George Bush isn’t even female pubic hair
Willem Dafoe is Bill the Friend
Nic Cage doesn’t actually live in a cage
50 Cent isn’t even 50
Dr Chris Brown isn’t even brown
AC/DC isn’t current
Stephen King isn’t royalty
Drake isn’t a duck
Richard Gere drives an automatic
Ryan Gosling isn’t a baby goose
Cannibal Corpse are neither
Adele isn’t even a computer
Jack Black isn’t black
Jack Black isn’t jacked
Mr T is more of a coffee guy
TriviArt
Muscle Lamington
Piss Up in Church
Deceased Yacht
Bushy Pumpkin
Lathered Knight
Yiddish Testimony
Enigmatic Phalanges
Toxic Tarantula
Egg Rendezvous
Swimming Park
Superfluous Santa
Woody Effervescent
INTERESTING MOMENTS
Asking a question about the average length of hugs, led to literally dozens of hugs as teams tested their theories.
Who walked into a shop in Busselton, WA last week? No it wasn’t Nicolas Cage, it was Harold Holt. You know, at the age of 115 after being declared dead in the 60s.
We asked how to spell semillon, and were glad to see the wine list didn’t include semillon.
When we asked about Robin Wright, one team said “I don’t even know who that guy is”. SO we explained that Robin Wright is a woman.
And one team did so well at our one second songs bonus round, that they handed their answers in after just two hearings… and got all five. That was worth a bonus point that vaulted them into winning a prize.
See you next week.
We saw this meme about lying celebrities going around.
And we want you to keep it going with your team names.
Tiger Woods isn’t even a tiger
Britney Spears isn’t even a spear
Snoop Dogg is neither a snoop nor a dog
Lionel Messi isn’t even messy
Taylor Swift isn’t even swift
The Rock isn’t even a rock
Not one member of Black Sabbath is black
Marvin Gaye isn’t even gay
Expose a celebrity as a liar for 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.
JACKPOT
Knowing about second largest cities, Israeli Prime Ministers, and European countries paid off for them.
TEAM NAMES
We hope none of these items make it on the menu at any of our venues.
Warm oyster McFlurry
Oyster sorbet
Tuna meringue pie
Blue cheese & orange juice
Haggis nachos
Garlic chewing gum
Microwave surstromming
Surstomming & chips
Sriracha eclairs
Asahi acai bowl
Sardine ice cream
Sardine yoghurt
Chocolate anchovies
Melted ice cream on a California roll
Pizza pavlova
Pineapple on pizza
Chocolate strawberry noodles
Fleshlight pudding
Brussels sprout jam
Fish sauce milk
Apple juice milk
Chocolate chip omlette
Pickled onions & custard
Toothpaste Oreos
Oreo chips
Donut Twisties
Chicken sashimi with ice magic
Kentucky Fried Licorice
Strawberry Vegemite
Vegemite gelato
Mayonnaise ice cream
Bananaramen
Gherkin milkshakes
Oat & raisin cookies
TriviArt
Playful Rollercoaster
Goth Mickey Mouse
Marshmallow Land
Scrumptious Otter
Rainbow Clover
Horny Pony
Pumpkin Spill
Sympathetic Penguin
Ambiguous Gingerbread Men
Shock Fish
INTERESTING MOMENTS
We asked about the Spanish titles of Mark Wahlberg films, and got some help from one of the Hispanic bartenders.
A team visiting from Melbourne got a bonus question on Melbourne phone numbers wrong.
Golden Ball winners from the FIFA World Cup given their initials? How about Lionel Messi, Lionel Messi, Lionel Messi, Dionel Fessi, and Zionel Zessi.
See you next week.
Recently we saw this product.
And it got us thinking about cursed foods.
If your team name is a food that shouldn’t exist you’ll get a bonus point.
Tuna Crepes
Vegemite & Peanut Butter
Mustard Ice Cream
Salsa on Oreos
Making ramen with orange juice instead of water
Any cursed foods 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.
TEAM NAMES
What would be punishments in heck, the lighter version of hell?
Every movie you watch has Tom Cruise in it
Every movie has a laugh track
Clothes constantly get caught on doorhandles
The indicator light & sound are never in sync
Only one headphone ever works
Hay fever every day
Always forgetting the name of the person you’re talking to
Hairy plumbers crack everywhere you go
Moist bread
Shoes always slightly too small
Your pizza is always 2 hours late
Mozzies in the bedroom
Middle seat on a plane always
Always having an eyelash in your eye
Stepping on Lego everywhere
Two hour unplanned meetings
Every smoke alarm is on the low batter chirp
Nowhere to park at trivia
Having to listen to some loudmouth ask smart ass questions in a pub
TriviArt
Graceful Batman
Facetious Tea Towel
Delicious Cathedral
Dinosaur Floss
Capricious Doll
Torrid Tomato
Elephant Diaphragm
Slimy Princess
Peacock Clef
INTERESTING MOMENTS
In the film Network one team guessed that instead of saying “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore”, Peter Finch said “I’m mad as hell, and I’m a Barbie girl in a Barbie world!”
We asked about novels published in 1923, and someone came up with Mein Kampf before we mentioned that it had also been adapted by Disney. Yeah…. no.
When we asked about the height of an F1 driver compared to our host, someone asked “how tall are you”, right as our host was standing there. “How tall am I? I’m this tall.”
See you next week.
Hell is a pretty heavy subject.
So lets keep things light.
The devil has opened a lighter version of hell, and it’s called heck.
What’s it like?
The audio & video in every film is slightly out of sync.
You’ve always got one foot asleep.
Your socks are always slightly damp.
Every YouTube video pauses every 15 seconds for buffering.
There’s never a cool side to your pillow.
Anything that’s annoying but not bad enough for hell will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.