In what year did three men set the world record for the highest speed ever reached by a human?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia quiz.
Interesting Question of the Day – 29 April 2026
Guanidine nitrate is used to make nitrogen gas to rapidly do what?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia quiz.
Interesting Question of the Day – 28 April 2026
This is a floating instrument platform used for oceanographic research. Is it sinking or is it meant to look like this?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia quiz.
Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 26 April 2026
You’ve probaby heard plenty of sayings and wondered where they came from.
In fact, some people have been inventing idioms, and then asking AI chatbots about their origins and enjoyed seeing it fabricate a back story out of nothing.
For your team name this week, we want you to invent a completely fictional saying that AI might think is real.
A deer never chases a snake
Half a coffee is better than a carrot
You can’t bring a tricycle to the moon
I feel like a Smurf in a tornado
Any made up expressions that might fool AI will get a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
This Week in iQ Trivia – 25 April 2026
Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.
WINNERS
JACKPOT
Mathematical reasoning paid off.
TEAM NAMES
You have some pretty self-serving love languages.
Giving sh!t directions and then getting annoyed at you
Finishing a show without telling you but not telling you when we rewatch it
Special interest info dumps
Listening to info dumps
Backseat drivers
Staying at the pub away from you
Saying sorry too may times
Paying off porn stars
Wasting quality time
Post it notes with chores for you
Acts of silence
Words of rejection
Taking your phone charger to work
Playing golf daily
Sending passive aggressive notes
Moaning my exes name
Leaving period stains on the bed
TriviArt
Shiny Table
Hot Dog Battle
Stabbing Bottle
Leaf Dive
Confuzzled Sausage
Polar Bear Bubble
Scuba Diving Flock
INTERESTING MOMENTS
We gave our usual pre-quiz spiel, and then proceeded into question 1. It was only as we were repeating the question that one team reacted with a stunned “oh sh!t he’s asking questions already”.
We had one team guess that the inventor of the AK-47 was born in 1945, and therefore designed it when he was 2 years old.
One team theorised that our host must have a favourite Grey’s Anatomy character, adding that “every woman has a favourite Grey’s Anatomy character”, but not noticing that our host was not, in fact, a woman.
We have new leaders in our quarterly tournament.
See you next week.
Interesting Question of the Day – 23 April 2026
What is cheaper? Wine or grapes?
That is a $30 bottle of wine, or the amount of grapes required to make that much wine?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia quiz.
Interesting Question of the Day – 21 April 2026
In what year of the 20th Century did Australia reach the lowest percent of foreign born population?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia quiz.
Interesting Question of the Day – 20 April 2026
A bright yellow, four bedroom, two storey house at 712 Red Bark Lane in Henderson, Nevada was built as a replica of famous home on what TV series?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia quiz.
Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 19 April 2026
You may have heard people talk about their love language.
Well this week, inspired by the people at Obvious Plant we want you to make up a love language.
Playing video games while ignoring you
Staring awkwardly at other women
Arguing with your mother when it’s not worth it
Getting drunk and calling you at 3am
Passive agressively cleaning while you’re on a zoom call
Any made up love languages will get a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
This Week in iQ Trivia – 18 April 2026
Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.
WINNERS
JACKPOT
Knowing the orbital speed of planets never came in handy before, and will probably never come in handy again. But it won them a jackpot this week.
TEAM NAMES
How did you fail to blend in?
Said “ya mum” to a boy with a dead mum
Congratulated an overweight woman on her pregnancy
The cyclist didn’t want a high five
Highfived a handshake
Complimenting everyone’s pretty costume at a military event
Tried to speak French in Paris
Brought a rainbow flag to a MAGA rally
Tried to order tea in Chinese and accidentally told the waiter to f*ck off
Went to Australia and ordered a shooner of beer
How much could one banana cost? $10?
Dressed as a doctor for Halloween, everyone thought I was Jesus
TriviArt
Pretty Towel
Moist Groundhog
Anonymous Pippi Longstocking
Fake Doctor
Ridiculously Poopy Watermelon
Garlic Ship
Himalaya Looksmaxxing
Warm Bridge
INTERESTING MOMENTS
When we asked a bonus question about the statistics of poker hands, a team of statisticians showed us the math explaining how to calculate it, and said “it’s this, simplified”.
One player turned up just before halftime, and was told “you can hug later, first answer these questions”.
When they heard Chopin’s Funeral March, one team thought it was for a wedding. You know, one of those REALLY depressing weddings.
And we have new leaders in the quarterly tournament.
| Team | Wins | Score | Average |
| Tullynessle | 2 | 159 | 79.50 |
| China Shipping | 2 | 158 | 79.00 |
| The Smith Family | 2 | 150 | 75.00 |
| Professional Cuddlers | 2 | 145 | 72.50 |
| The Norms | 2 | 126 | 63.00 |
| Kathy’s Koming Bak | 2 | 123 | 61.50 |
| Thor’s Thundercats | 1 | 81 | 81.00 |
| Under Pressure | 1 | 79.5 | 79.50 |
| Wine Not | 1 | 76 | 76.00 |
| Dambusters | 1 | 75 | 75.00 |
| Foxolotl | 1 | 75 | 75.00 |
| Richard Gere Appreciation Society | 1 | 75 | 75.00 |
| Theon Greyjoy | 1 | 75 | 75.00 |
| Gnom | 1 | 74 | 74.00 |
| Captain Kathie’s Madarin | 1 | 73 | 73.00 |
| Protest the Hero | 1 | 73 | 73.00 |
| Joey Jo Jo | 1 | 71 | 71.00 |
| Rob the Robbers | 1 | 71 | 71.00 |
| The Lebrons of Trivia | 1 | 71 | 71.00 |
| Bone Train | 1 | 69 | 69.00 |
| Fish & Friends | 1 | 69 | 69.00 |
| Richard Gere Hate Society | 1 | 69 | 69.00 |
| The Pigeons | 1 | 68 | 68.00 |
| The Goose is on the Loose | 1 | 66.5 | 66.50 |
| Kenmore Inmates Association | 1 | 66 | 66.00 |
| Rainbow flag at MAGA Rally | 1 | 66 | 66.00 |
| Bagpuss | 1 | 63 | 63.00 |
| For the Good of School | 1 | 61 | 61.00 |
| Morrisset Inmates Association | 1 | 61 | 61.00 |
| Diversity Council | 1 | 59 | 59.00 |
| Divided Kingdom | 1 | 57 | 57.00 |
| Seafood dip among vegetarians | 1 | 57 | 57.00 |
| Sydney Harbour Anus | 1 | 57 | 57.00 |
| Team of Theseus | 1 | 57 | 57.00 |
| Joffrey was the Rightful King | 1 | 53 | 53.00 |
| Buckland Baddies | 1 | 52 | 52.00 |
| D flat | 1 | 51 | 51.00 |
| Not Driving | 1 | 43 | 43.00 |
See you next week.