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Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 25 September 2022

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Recently we asked a question about the highest grossing films with the words “of the dead” in the title.

One team answered with Peter Pan of the Dead.

So this week we want you to add the words “of the dead” to a film title.

The Shawshank Redemption of the Dead

Jurassic Park of the Dead

Jaws of the Dead

Eyes of the Dead Wide Shut

The Sound of Music of the Dead

There Will Be Blood of the Dead

Night of the Living Dead of the Dead

The Wizard of the Dead of Oz

Schindler’s List of the Dead

Any “of the dead” films will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 24 September 2022

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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

The didn’t take first prize as they often do, but they did win cash in the jackpot.

We’re pretty sure they were happier with the cash than with first prize.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s who not to cast.

Meghan Markle as the Queen

Cardi B as Queen Elizabeth II

Oprah Winfrey as the Queen

Queen Elizabeth II in Weekend at Bernie’s

Steve Buscemi as The Queen

Charles the Third in The Last King of Scotland

Danny DeVito as Conan the Barbarian

Danny DeVito as Rambo

Danny DeVito as Shaq

Danny DeVito as Spiderman

Gilbert Gottfried as Yoda

Harvey Weinstein as The Bachelor

Cardinal Pell in Daddy Daycare

Donald Trump as Che Guevara

Jim Parsons as The Terminator

William Shatner in Anne of Green Gables

Will Smith as Rocky

Any Greek person in Mamma Mia

Armie Hammer as Hannibal Lecter

Harry Styles as Citizen Kane

Woody Allen in Father of the Bride

Alistair Clarkson in Rabbit Proof Fence

Scarlett Johansson as George Floyd

Tom Hanks as Barbie

Lea Michelle in The Book Thief

Jada Pinkett Smith as GI Jane

Kim Kardashian as Marilyn Monroe

Stephen Hawking in Cool Runnings

Joe Exotic as The Lion King

Shaq as Antman

Jim Parsons in Young Sheldon

Rob Schneider IS Judge Dredd

Rowan Atkinson as The Terminator

John Candy as Superman

John Candy as Maverick

Snoop Dogg as Snow White

Scott Morrison as Prime Minister

Adam Sandler in any role

Bill Cosby as anything

Kevin Spacey as Mr Rogers

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker

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Preserved Rock

Balmy Higgs Boson

Juicy Glass

Krispy City

Daggy Sweaters

Depressed Pool Table

Licking Glass

Insane AI

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we asked a current events question about who was caring for the late Queen’s corgis, one team answered that it was Prince Andrew, perhaps because he was good at “grooming”.

As we were introducing a question about NBA player James Harden, one player said “he’s the guy with the huge beard”… just a split second before we asked what distinctive physical feature he was known for.

And a jackpot nearly went off when one team guessed correctly about an Australian animal, but spelled it “wichety grub”. We checked, and witchetty grub is preferred, but witchety grub and witjuti grub are also accepted spellings. And we are cleat that spelling counts in the jackpot round. So let this be a lesson that you should be careful what you write down in the jackpot round.

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 18 September 2022

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You may have seen Hamilton, where white historical figures have been played by black & hispanic performers.

Judging by it’s popularity, people seem to be ok with that.

But for your team name this week, we want you to speculate about some wildly inappropriate casting decisions.

Kevin Costner as anyone with an English accent

Daniel Day Lewis as Princess Leia

Maggie Smith & Emma Watson should have swapped roles in Harry Potter

I can’t believe the role of Ariel is being played by someone who can’t even breath underwater.  When are human actors going to stop taking roles that should go to fish?

Any hypothetical casting ideas will get a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 17 September 2022

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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 cash.  Other people’s cash.  Which is the best kind.

TEAM NAMES

Movies about Karens…

Crazy Rich Karens

Karenheit 9/11

10 Things I Hate About Karen

Dr Karen: Or how I learned to stop worrying and speak to the manager

Attack of the 50 Foot Karen

The Karen’s Speech

Honey I Shrunk the Karens

Karen’s on a Plane

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Karens

Harry Potter and the Deathly Karens

A Christmas Karen

Karen: Love and Thunder

Return of the Karens

Karen demands the rules of Fight Club be changed

Four weddings and a Karen

Karen Karenina

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Karen

Karen Unchained

There’s Something About Karen

Karen’s Go Wild

Dude, Where’s my Karen

Karen’s of the Galaxy

Mad Karen: Fury Road

Karen up the Khyber

Pirates of the Karen-bean

Karen Pilgrim versus the World

Good Karen Hunting

Karen of the Jungle

Breakfast at Karen’s

The Karen Wears Prada

When Harry Met Karen

Star Wars: Revenge of the Karen

Scent of a Karen

Karen Without a Cause

How to Train your Karen

Karen loses the almanac she stole from Marty McFly

The Fellowship of Karen’s Ring

Three Men and a Karen

Karen Does Dallas

Citizen Karen

Karen and the Last Crusade

The Blair Karen Project

The Adventures of Karen, Queen of the Desert

The Karenator – Come with me if you want to see the manager

Snow Falling on Karens

12 Years a Karen

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Furry Mr Squiggle

Sassy Monarch

Visceral Book

Wobbly Television Cock

Sticky Dwelling

Squeaky Wine

Flamboyant King Charles

Sparkly Canberra

Spicy Liberal Salt Shaker

Jacked Trombone

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Faced with a dilemma question on whether Dumbledore or Gandalf had a better beard, 17 teams wound up with a tie. How? Because one team said “Hagrid.”

A disease caused by pressure on the eye? Gonorrhoea.

Bolivia borders Germany.

And when presented with 5 consecutive 50/50 questions, one team got literally all of them wrong. There’s just a 1 in 32 chance of doing that by accident.

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 11 September 2022

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Everyone knows what a Karen is.

This week we’re going to be putting Karens into film. Specifically, we want you to revamp a movie plot by replacing a character with a Karen.

Batman vs Karen

The Lion, the Karen, and the Wardrobe

Karen demands the Infinity Stones because she’s more entitled to them than Thanos

Any introduction of a Karen into a movie gets a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 10 September 2022

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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

Two consecutive wins, and two consecutive jackpots.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s what you would to to mess with people if you were a burglar.

Cut tiny holes in all of their tea bags

Swap the coffee powder with grandpa’s ashes

Replace family photos with pics of John Stamos

Replace family photos with pics of Alexander Downer

Leave all their appliances running

Gladwrap the dunny

Change all the volumes slightly

Swap all the tupperware lids for slightly larger ones

Swap all the book covers

Use all of the toilet paper except for one square

Give NRL Grand Final tickets to Parramatta fans

Clog the toilet

Take a dump in the litterbox

Put all the linen in the kitchen

Remove the fridge lightbulb

Change the toothpaste for wasabi

Unscrew all the jars

Log them out of all of their accounts

Prawns in the curtain rods

Unpair their socks

Mix the cereals

Swap their salt & sugar

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Rusty Dinosaur

Desecrated House

Slimy No

Spicy Car

Licking Ladder

Backflipping Pineapple

Psychedelic Taxidermy

Discombobulated Red Bull

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We were hired to write & deliver Japanese trivia.

One of the players was amazed that we were able to write questions about Japan despite not being Japanese.

And a special bonus round asked players to name the most common surnames in Japan. The final two players were the Japanese Consul to Sydney, and a girl who didn’t speak English.

And this week in questions we can’t believe we had to answer… “Does Germany count as a country?”

See you next week.

Central Coast Trivia – Tuggerah Trivia – Monday at 7pm

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Central Coast trivia is on every Monday in Tuggerah at the Bavarian in the Westfield shopping centre.

It’s the best way to spend a Monday evening and it kicks off every week at 7pm.

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We take trivia pretty seriously, and they take beer pretty seriously.  Combine that with great food from the bistro and prizes to compete for, and you’ve got a recipe for an ideal Monday night out.

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So every Monday pop over to the Bavarian and assemble a team of friends for the most interesting trivia on the Central Coast.  It’s bound to be a great night out if you are into beer and trivia. (And if you’re not, we have no idea why you are still reading.)

trivia central coast

And they’ve got happy hour prices from 4 to 6 so get down early for cheap drinks.

central coast trivia monday

If you’re the kind of person who has memorised every Melbourne Cup winner, congratulations. But to be honest, that probably won’t help you. This isn’t an exam. Rather than just spitting out facts, you’ll probably have have to do some lateral thinking. We will ask questions that you won’t see coming. We will ask questions you probably won’t know off the top of your head, but will enjoy arguing about with your friends. The IQ in iQ Trivia stands for interesting questions, and that is what we will provide.

central coast trivia

As always, we’ve got a homework question to give you an advantage. If you want to be on the e-mail list, just send an e-mail to [email protected] with Tuggerah in the subject line to be added to our mailing list.

And the Facebook page dedicated to the show will have additional information to help you out.

Book yourselves in for the best trivia on the Central Coast online.

And we will see you at 7pm every Monday at The Bavarian in Tuggerah.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 4 September 2022

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Ok, let’s suppose you were a burglar.

But instead of stealing things, you can only mildly inconvenience your victims.

Think about what you would so, and make that your team name.

Delete everything on their DVR

Hard boil all of their eggs

Put all their teaspoons in a bucket, fill it with water, and leave it in the freezer

Change the times on the microwave, the stove, the wall clock so that they are all different

Remove the batteries from everything, and stack them neatly on the kitchen table

You can’t take anything away with you, but you can make their lives unpleasant.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 3 September 2022

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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

First place AND a jackpot was a good night.

TEAM NAMES

You combined a lot of jobs.

Deliveroo doula

Travel agent & human trafficker

Teacher comedian

Fertility doctor & sperm donor

Priestcop

Boxer & prosthodontist

Boxer & brain surgeon

Nudist colony leader & seamstress

Stripper nun

Nuclear physicist stripper

Priest & sex therapist

Garbage man chef

Taxidriver-dermist

Abortionist taxidermist

Hairdresser therapist

Soccer diver

Drug dealing cop

Assassin mortician

Hooker judge

Trivia host & spy

Lumberjac environmentalists

Acupunturist & tattoo artist

High school teacher & drug dealer (like Walter White)

Coroner & pie maker

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Prehistoric Pervert

Shambolic Antlers

Golfing Banksy

Furry Book

Speckled Albuquerque

Scary Fencepost

Bougie Goblins

Cute Melbourne

Curvaceous Ice Cream

Anti-climactic Deceptive Prawn

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When they found themselves with a 1 point lead after the first bonus question, one team chanted “STOP THE COUNT! STOP THE COUNT!”

When we asked about Galway, one team sang Galway Girl by Ed Sheeran to find out if it mentioned what side of the country Galway was on.

Weight classes in boxing beginning with C? Forget Cruiserweight. It’s Chubbyweight or Chonkyweight.

We heard a new team saying the answer to a numerical bonus question several times, without writing it down, only to be beaten to the punch by a team who overheard them… and wrote it down.

And one team asked us what percent of teams gamble 5 points on the gambler’s question. Anecdotally we feel like it’s a lot, but that made us wonder what the answer would be if we looked at it scientifically. And that’s exactly what we’re going to to. Keep reading the week in review posts to find out.

See you next week.

Sydney Trivia Thursday – The Orient – 6:30pm

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Sydney trivia is on every Thursday in The Rocks, and it’s just a stone’s throw from Circular Quay so it’s easy to find.

It’s at The Orient at 89 George Street in Sydney and it is kicking off every Thursday at 6:30pm.

sydney trivia thursday

We’ve got interesting trivia, we’ve got great food from the bistro including meal deals for trivia players, and and we’ve got prizes courtesy of The Orient.

In short, we have got everything you need for a great night out in Sydney.

sydney trivia thursday

So when you finish work on a Thursday, you can either go home right away, or you can assemble your friends in The Rocks for the most interesting trivia in Sydney.  It’s bound to be a great night out if you are into beer and trivia. (And if you’re not, we have no idea why you are still reading.)

If you’re the kind of person who has memorised every Melbourne Cup winner, congratulations. But to be honest, that probably won’t help you. This isn’t an exam. Rather than just spitting out facts, you’ll probably have have to do some lateral thinking. We will ask questions that you won’t see coming. We will ask questions you probably won’t know off the top of your head, but will enjoy arguing about with your friends. The IQ in iQ Trivia stands for interesting questions, and that is what we will provide.

As always, we’ve got a homework question to give you an advantage. If you want to be on the e-mail list, just send an e-mail to [email protected] with Orient in the subject line to be added to our mailing list.

And the Facebook page dedicated to the show will have additional information to help you out.

Book yourselves in for the best trivia in Sydney by calling 9251 1255.

And we will see you at 6:30pm every Thursday in The Rocks at The Orient.