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Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 21 May 2023

Last week we wondered how the world would be different if all the women in the world disappeared for a year.

This week we’re flipping that around, and imagining how the world wold be different if all men disappeared for a year.

Millions of jars remain unopened.

The Taliban stops being a problem.

No more dad jokes.

Aggression drops. Passive aggression rises.

Spiders become the dominant species on the planet.

Any speculations about a world without men for a year will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 20 May 2023

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

Winning a jackpot on your birthday is even more of a win than usual.

TEAM NAMES

What if there were no women in the world for a year?

Everyone would die

Femboys become the dominant lifeform

Have you read Lord of the Flies? Basically that

Still the same number of CEOs

No reality shows on TV. HALLELUJAH!

Free from the Kardashian sisters for a year

Divorce rates would plummet

The gender pay gap would be solved

Japanese body pillows

A lot less whisky, a lot more gin

Piled up laundry

Dirty bed sheets

Safer roads

Nothing would be found

Golf club sales surge

No leftovers

McDonald’s shares skyrocket

Paper plates

Dishes everywhere

Peace and quiet

Bechdel who?

Upright toilet seats everywhere

Worst Best brothels ever

The rise of the gays

Fewer men in the closet

We achieved gender equality

Blue balls

Sex dolls

Tinder collapses, Grindr explodes

Lots of strong right arms

The fappening

Pornhub servers would crash

TriviArt

Green Dog

Bended Knee

Children’s Story Reader

Irrelevant Hovercraft

Excited Chicken

Pineapple Puppet

Slimy Barrel

Spicy Dwarves

INTERESTING MOMENTS

As soon as we asked people to name gold producing countries, we heard a voice from the back of the room asking “why?” Why? Well, asking questions is kind of what trivia is about, and you chose to come here. (At any rate, they wound up winning on their first try.)

One team found out why you should bring your kids to trivia, when their daughter immediately recognised Old Town Road by Lil Nas X when they had no idea.

Where do Vikings go when they die? Odin’s pool room apparently.

When we asked about four letter words said by trap shooters when they’re ready for a target, we got guesses of c*nt and f*ck. Which would certainly change the atmosphere at the shooting range.

And one player who bid 14 in the bonus round not only got zero, he said nothing and sat right back down when he realised he couldn’t name a single NRL player. It was one of the greatest moments of hubris we have ever seen.

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 14 May 2023

We’re going to engage in some speculation this week.

Imagine that all the women in the world have disappeared, but they will be back in one year.

How will the world be different?

Every hospital would shut down

Mansplainers would have no idea what to do with themselves

Incels would find something else to complain about

The price of pillows would drop dramatically

Honestly, a lot of guys wouldn’t even notice

Any speculations about a world without women for a year will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 13 May 2023

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

You’re pretty good at giving dubious compliments.

You’re a Canberra 10.

You’re a North Queensland 10.

You’re a solid 7 at Mooseheads.

I saw another girl with your dress and she looked amazing.

I love your confidence.

You are a good wife for an angry feminist.

I love your glasses. They really make you look smart.

It was… interesting.

Grey really suits you.

Your Instagram really makes you look fun.

If you work really hard I’m sure you’ll get to the top of the bell curve.

You’re so brave for wearing that outfit.

You’d look good with some make up on.

You’re not as dumb as you look.

You’re smarter than you look.

You’re smart for a girl.

Sure I’ll come, I have nothing better to do.

Oh you ain’t that old.

Those manboobs look good on you.

You really grew into your ears.

You actually smell nice today.

I always feel more intelligent after talking to you.

Nice Crocs.

Your perfume smells like my nanna.

You look like you’d make a good librarian.

It’s brave of you to come back to trivia.

You really let other shine at trivia.

You’re a really good trivia host for a woman.

I don’t care what other teams say, Joe is an OK trivia host.

I’ve been to worse trivia nights.

TriviArt

Sweaty Paperclip

Bristly Phalanges

Superfluous Pediatrician

Muddied SUV

Orange Confusion

Bouncy Penny Farthing

Golden Orange

Let It Snow

Dodgy Mermaid

Boozy Birthday

Birthday Cigarette

Colourful Beer

Birthday at the Morgue

Decadent Cat

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Five letter words ending in ART? One team opted for shart? Which might tell us something about them.

After choosing literature as their subject in a jackpot round, one player could only respond with “oh f*ck” when he actually heard the question.

The most prominent female character in Captain America… one team insisted it was Princess Leia.

While we were giving hints on a bonus question, we mentioned the country we were looking for was in Europe. The next guess… ZIMBABWE!

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 7 May 2023

This week your team names are going to be compliments.

But we don’t want you to be too nice, so we want them to be dubious compliments.

I love how you’ll just wear anything.

You look great for your age.

I won the most improved award four years in a row.

Someone told me I speak English so well. It’s my native language.

You look great. I barely recognise you.

Any compliments that aren’t as complimentary as they first seem will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 6 May 2023

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 former African capitals turned into money.

TEAM NAMES

We heard a lot of drug & animal references. One of our hosts took longer to do the marking because she had to look them up.

Oranganangs

Ecstabees

Paracheetahmol

Laughing Gas Hyena

Hash Puppies

Methamphibian

Meth Millipede

Meth Mammoth

Xanax Zebra

Codeine Cod

Codeine Cows

Codeine Crayfish

Benzo Bonobo

Ketamine Sloth

Ketamine Kangaroo

Ketamine Koala

Ketamine Komodo Dragon

Ketamine Honey Badger

Ketamine Blowfish

Ketaminotaur

Jack Daniels Rabbit

Horse Tranquiliser

Smack Frog

Love Vole

Whiskey Wolverine

Hash Hamster

Nurofen Panda

Fentanyl Capybara

Hareoin

Ice Penguin

Molly Monkeys

Crack Fox

Kush Kangaroos

Psilocybin Platypus

Qualuude Quetzalcoatl

Ayahuasca Axolotl

Horse Horse

Peppa the Paracetamol Pig

Paracetamole

Marijuana Iguana

Rohypnol Rhino

Rohpnopotamus

PCP Python

Ant-Acid

TriviArt

Unpossible Peanut

Rambunctious Ryan Gosling

Bouncy Balloon

Grand Me

Grimace Growth

Spicy Pancreas

Happy Machine Gun

Reigning Beer

Koala Potato

Fancy Porcupine

Crown Inflation

Running Rock

Star Wars Original Character

Jedi Cockroach

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Who was the main character in Braveheart? Mel Gibson, declared one team with great confidence. (This is why you listen to questions.)

Cities in song titles? Dubbo Rock City, and One Night in Hobart.

Instead of saying Alan Rickman on an audio question, someone said Snape. Which is fair. Snape and Alan Rickman are pretty much the same person.

And one player asked us “is there someone whose job it is to come up with these questions?” Yes. Yes there is.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 29 April 2023

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 Aaliyah films & KFC really paid off.

TEAM NAMES

The knights of the round table would have been very different if you were there.

The Redundant Sir Daryl the Redundant

Sir Joel the Lightweight

Sir Gus the Wrong

Lady Rachel the Stubborn and Sir Damon the Drunk

Sir Myles the Well Travelled

Sir Tom the Shivering

Lady Stephanie the Mathematical

Sir Matt the Excellent

Sir Alex the Awesome

Sir Ben the Village Idiot

Sir Man Boobs the One Win Wonder

Sir Tom the Petty

Sir Dave the Jester

Sir Loin the Rare

Lady Lexie the Liability

Sir Cumference the Rotund

TriviArt

Cromulent Astronaut

Wilting Jellyfish

Platypus’ Garden

Golf Tsunami

Eating Potatoes

Sunshine Medicine

Superfluous Coffee

Champion Donald Trump

Cosmic Kiss

INTERESTING MOMENTS

On a simple question about rolling two dice, the likelihood of getting an odd result is 50%. Only 3 teams out of 11 got it right. Two more teams scratched out the correct answer and put in something else. We had guesses ranging from 25% to 94%.

We got players from Finland and Greece to read the homework answers in their native languages.

A coastal city in NSW home to 50,000 that starts with P? Pacific Ocean! Well not until there’s a lot more climate change.

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 23 April 2023

Imagine you’ve gone back in time to the era of King Arthur, and you’re a knight.

There’s Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Galahad the Pure, Sir Hector the Bold, and you. We want to know your knight nickname.

Lady Jessica the Passive Aggressive

Sir Matthew the Gullible

Sir Thomas the Patronising

Lady Olivia the Stubborn

Sir Luke the Tactless

Lady Alyssa the Cheap Drunk

Any knight nicknames will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 22 April 2023

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

Celebrity beers. You came up with plenty.

Benedictine Trappistbatch

Jodie Fosters

Vanessa Carleton Draught

David Hasselfroth

Malcolm XXXX

Spongebob Squarepint

XXXX Whitaker

Steven Coldbeer

Chris Four Pines

Anthony Hops-tins

Oprah Tinfrey

Alice Coopers

Isaac Newtowner

Leffe Goldblum

Monica Brewinski

Jack Black Forest Porter

Hillary Duffman

Beer Grylls (always drinking piss)

Young Henry FOrd

Michael Pale-ale

Philip Seymour Hopman

Arnold Schwarzenlager

Megan VB Stouton

Beers Morgan

Katherine Heinekens

Beerbra Streisand

Froth Whitlam

Robert DeBeero

Reece Witherschooner

XXXXtina Aguilera

Christian Ale

Alexander Hamiltin

Malt Disney

Sidney Porter

Dolly Carton

Mischa Carton

Tinny Turner

The Dalai Lagers

Tom DeLongeneck

Stout Morrison

Anthony Alebanese

TriviArt

Rancid Peach

Frisky Mall

Bill Kermit Onomatopoeia

Horny Tasmania

Wankerish Daisy

Flirty Frog

Venus Mousetrap

Bubbly Placenta

Happy Hat

Sewage Tornado

Sinister Rubber Ducks

Orchestral Suite

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One player changed her flights to leave on Wednesday rather than Monday so she could attend trivia on Tuesday.

When we asked about Australian and the options were Simon Baker, Anthony LaPaglia, and Hugo Weaving, one team hedged their bets and went with Hugo Baker. Which took names from both wrong answer. They skilfully avoided the correct answer.

One team guessed that Miranda Kerr was 93,000 days old. Which is over 250 years. If that’s true, Miranda Kerr is a vampire.

See you next week.