How did black American musician John Redd get around segregation and interracial marriage laws in the 1950s & 60s?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
Interesting Question of the Day – 30 November 2022
Barnacle’s Bar in Minnesota wanted to get around a ban on smoking in bars. How did they do it?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
Interesting Question of the Day – 28 November 2022
We’re having fun with legal loopholes this week.
In 1981, Bayard Rustin wanted to marry Walter Naegle, but same sex marriage wasn’t legal at the time. How did the couple get around the law?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 27 November 2022
So Elon Musk took over Twitter… and it hasn’t gone well.
So for your team name this week, we want to know what you want Elon Musk to take over next?
The entire tobacco industry
ISIS
Scientology
The Klu Klux Klan
North Korea
Making your team name any organisation you would like Elon Musk to comprehensively ruin in short order will get a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
This Week in iQ Trivia – 26 November 2022
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 did you used to love that you now hate?
Myself
My father
KFC
Singing birthday cards
Breast milk
JK Rowling
Gum
Bunk beds
Sleeping on the sofa
Family holidays
Having Birthdays
Froot Loops
Snow
Waking up early
Channel Nine
Pulling all nighters
Taylor Swift
Disney
Test rugby
The Cosby Show
Rolf Harris
TriviArt
Aggressive Cow
Turgid Paper
Geriatric Marmalade Beard
Flying Brick
Cheese Pendulum
Sweaty Rock
Sanguine Penguin
INTERESTING MOMENTS
A quick note to everyone. Saying “I was gonna say that” is not the same as saying something.
Asking about countries that begin with M & end with O led one team to make up countries like Mogo & Madagascaro.
When we ask about the Nepalese name for Mount Everest, it helps to be on good terms with the Nepalese bartender.
We played “Shake your booty”. One team who was struggling came up with “Shake your butty”. Meh, close enough.
See you next week.
Interesting Question of the Day – 25 November 2022
What is unusual about these scenes in How I Met Your Mother. (It has to do with the actors in the scenes.)
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
Interesting Question of the Day – 23 November 2022
Again on the 1968 Olympic pentathlon, Hans Todt reacted badly to a bad score in the equestrian part of the event.
Did he attack his coach, one of the other competitors, someone in the crowd who laughed at him, or his horse?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
Interesting Question of the Day – 21 November 2022
The modern pentathlon at the 1968 Olympics were weird.
Hans Gunnar Liljenwall became the first athlete ever disqualified for doping. What did he take?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 20 November 2022
Last week we wanted to know what you hated as a child but love now.
This week we’re switching it up.
We want to know something you loved as a child but hate now.
Bill Cosby
Staying up late
Public swimming pools
Musk sticks
Being around children
Harry Potter
Anything you hate now that you loved as a child but don’t anymore will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
This Week in iQ Trivia – 19 November 2022
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 the periodic table really pays off.
TEAM NAMES
What did you used to hate that you now love?
My parents
Early bedtimes
Trips to Bunnings
Straight whiskey
Canadians
Alone time
The silent treatment
Baths
The Tamworth Country Music Festival
Women
Being choked by my daddy
Anal
Cancelling plans
Girls in Kindergarten
Tea
Broccolini
Olives
Grapefruit
Avocados
A damn good spanking
Abba
Books with kissing in them
Getting dropped off by your parents
TriviArt
Sexy Chicken
Spongy Cactus
Creepy Cat
Cheating Staphylococcus
Sparkling Snicky
Angry Ted
Salisbury Steak Cloud
Criminal Pot Plants
Inconceivable Couture
INTERESTING MOMENTS
We had someone who was literally IN a pub forget what a pub was in a lightning round.
And one team won the lightning round and got five on the gambler’s question… and still finished last.
See you next week.