Alexandria Trivia – Iron Duke Hotel – Wednesdays at 730pm

Alexandria trivia is kicking off in a new venue.

Yes, we’re bringing trivia back to a venue that needs it.

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It’s at the Iron Duke Hotel at 220 Botany Road in Alexandria, and it is kicking off every Wednesday at 730pm.

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We’ve got interesting trivia, we’ve got great food from the bistro complete with all the pub classics, a fully stocked bar with plenty of rotating taps so you won’t die of thirst or boredom, and we’ve got great prizes courtesy of the Iron Duke.

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

Of course, the Iron Duke isn’t your average pub, and iQ Trivia don’t do average trivia. So 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 homework@iqtrivia.com.au with Iron Duke 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 Alexandria trivia on their website or on 8006 3313.

And we will see you at 730pm every Wednesday in Alexandria at the Iron Duke.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 13 July 2025

This week we want you to think about everyday items, and then take them beyond their limitations.

Specifically, you’re working with the formula… “every BLANK is a SUCH AND SUCH BLANK if you…”

Look at these examples to get the idea.

Every bag is a sleeping bag if you’re tired enough

Every car is an electric car if you stick an electric motor in the back seat

Every bike is a folding bike if you’re strong enough

Every chair is a lawn chair if you take it outside

Every zoo is a petting zoo if you have no regard for personal safety

Every restaurant is a drive through restaurant if you drive a tank

Every bank is a sperm bank if you’re willing to get arrested for indecent exposure

Any item taken beyond its usual context will get a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 12 July 2025

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

TEAM NAMES

You made a lot of films a little bit happier.

The 39 Year Old Virgin

Chill Bill

Debate Club

Happiest Feet

Slightly Injure Bill

Titanic 2025 (no icebergs)

Dr Probably Not

Mad Max Grumpyosa

Ice Scream

The World is Just Enough

Some Country for Old Men

The Empire Come Back Home for the Holidays

Star Wars: The Second Last Jedi

Inglorious Children Born in Wedlock

The Smiling Game

Singing in the Drizzle

The Boy in the Comfy Pyjamas

Sophie Saves on Childcare

Schindler’s Christmas List

The Slightly Peckish Games

The Hunger Games at the Buffet

Comatose Poet’s Society

Palliative Poet’s Society

Happier Gilmore

Charcoal Swan

TriviArt

Happy Possum

Snail Shank

Rambunctious Jumper

Anime Adele

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A player mistook My Little Pony for Schindler’s List.

Someone’s commitment to their tournament team name led to them getting a “tattoo”.

When we came up with a couple of wrong answers to mix in with the right answer, every single team fell for one of the red herrings.

And there are three teams at the top of the table in our quarterly tournament with 2 wins in 2 weeks.

Team Wins Score
Bagpuss 2 154
Diversity Council 2 145
Trough Lobster 2 139
Wrote a Letter 1 81
Professional Cuddlers 1 78
Fish and Friends 1 74
Hotel Rwanda 1 74
Bandits 1 73
Foxolotl 1 73
Leon & Val 1 73
Tournament Name 1 73
Whale Emoji 1 73
Hipster Dog 1 72
The Smith Family 1 72
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 1 70
Tight End Jesus 1 70
Leader Housen 1 69
There Won’t Be Blood 1 69
Comfortable Mediocre 1 68
We’re just here to have fun 1 65
Team With No Name 1 59
Tourists 1 56
Divided Kingdom 1 55

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 6 July 2025

For your team names this week, we are going to make movies just a little bit happier.

To get a bonus point, think of a movie, and find a way to make it a bit happier. Not a lot, just a bit.

103 Dalmatians

Saving Private Ryan AND Getting Him an Ice Cream

The Lion Emperor

Independence Long Weekend

12 Moderately Annoyed Men

The Good, The Almost as Good, and the Unconventional Looking

The Shawshank Acquittal Following a New Trial

Any slightly happier movies will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 5 July 2025

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Knowing the lyrics of Dancing Queen (with precision) really paid off for them.

TEAM NAMES

You’ve got a lot of skills that aren’t much use anymore.

Knowing your way around Adelaide

HTML coding your MySpace page

Formatting a floppy disk

Subtly putting my arm around a girl’s shoulder when I reverse a car

Long division

Fixing the TV aerial

Counting binary on your fingers

Windows 98 expert

Recording songs off the radio

Burning CDs

Fingering a rolodex

Knowing the second verse of the Australian national anthem

Blowing on the Nintendo cartridge to make it work

Accurately eyeballing deli meat to the gram

Morse Code

Can spell BOOBIES on a calculator

TriviArt

Oil Rig Horse

Steel Tangerine Chip

Fun Table

Working Dogs

Fabulous Lemon

Matrix Statues

Kettle Independence

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Someone wearing an LA Dodgers jacket got a question on the LA Dodgers wrong.

As a rule, we ask you to write down answers to bonus questions, rather than just yelling it out. One new player’s first guess was “dog”, but we reminded the whole room that you have to write it down. It was a good 30 seconds before anyone wrote down the word “dog”.

When we asked about famous actors named Ben from film roles they played, one team just put Ben Stiller five times… and was right once. Well, that’s better than nothing.

And our next quarterly tournament is underway. Remember if you want to have your score recorded to use a consistent team name for tournament purposes in addition to your weekly team name fitting the theme.

Team Wins Score Average
Fish and Friends 1 74 74.00
MSN Emoticons 1 74 74.00
Bandits 1 73 73.00
Foxolotl 1 73 73.00
Bagpuss 1 72 72.00
Hipster Dog 1 72 72.00
The Smith Family 1 72 72.00
Diversity Council 1 70 70.00
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 1 70 70.00
Leader Housen 1 69 69.00
Comfortable Mediocre 1 68 68.00
Team With No Name 1 59 59.00
Divided Kingdom 1 55 55.00

See you next week.