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 the founding of BHP was very worthwhile.

TEAM NAMES

There were a lot of stereotypical names. And you were pretty careful to choose jokes you were all allowed to make.

Giuseppe Cannoli

Benito Tortellini

Chuck Eagle Jr

Chad Vanderbolt

McKinleigh Rose Tradwife

Jum Fushnchups

Bazza

Piccaninny Cadibarrawirracanna

Karen Whingealot

Josh Smith

Krystal Meff (from Queensland)

Diego Sangria

Vincent van der Clog

Muhammad Mohammad

Towel bin Towelhead (chosen by an Egyptian guy so it’s ok)

Paddy McCann

Seamus Finnegan

Pierre Camembert

Antoinette Croissant

Jean Pierre de la Petit Croissant

TriviArt

Velociraptor Jacket

Skatepark Pokies

Fruity Bear

Ice Penguin

Spinning Speech

Furry Alien

Picasso Vodka (complete with a shot of actual vodka)

Titillating Extinguisher

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A list of countries with no international land borders. “Does Australia count” asked one team.

When having to come up with an animal beginning with V that are in a lot of kids ABC books, one team went with Velociraptor.

Shakespeare plays ending in T, how about The Taming of the Slut?

And our leaders have a bit more breathing space in our quarterly tournament now, though it’s really close on an average basis.

See you next week.

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 celebrated their jackpot win with breakdancing. Look for them the next time it’s in the Olympics.

TEAM NAMES

You played a lot of unique roles in films.

Guy who gets rejected by lead actress when she spots Chris Hemsworth

Secondary female character to pass the Bechdel Test

Teacher who has wife and kids but is definitely gay

Squeamish onlooker at roadside birth

Guy with punchable face

The villain’s high school love interest who triggered their origin story

Argumentative prick at a trivia night

Guy who Wilhelm screams while falling off a cliff

Mayor who wants to keep the beach open

The guy eaten by Bruce in Jaws

Extra who keeps making eye contact with the camera

The dude in Titanic who hit the propeller

Cranky old man yelling at teenagers

Serial killer’s landlord

Bouncer who admits nobody

School shooting victim #48

Indiana Jones ethnic stereotype #5

TriviArt

Candle Music

Raygun Lawyer

Horrendous Discus

Centipede Flag

Egypt Puppy

Forrest Fat Folds

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When given a series of yes/no questions about films, one team got all five wrong. That’s pretty rare, but it also meant that they thought that the events of 12 Years a Slave took place in the 1960s.

We had to explain to one team the Scotlandia is not a country beginning with S and ending with A.

One of our winning teams wanted to take their answer sheet back to the office to frame it.

And our leaders had an off week and didn’t add to their totals, but we do have a new team in the lead on average winning score.

See you next week.

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 forgot to write down their team name on their jackpot answer sheet, so we made them declare that they were idiots who can’t follow simple instructions. But the win still counted.

TEAM NAMES

The next Olympics may have some unusual new events

Listening to your girlfriend describe her dream

Convincing people to join your MLM scheme

Precision Dishwasher Stacking

Finding your size at a samplemsale

Tight space parallel parking

Outpacing the mandatory drug testing unit

Speed CAPTCHA Responses

Fitted sheet folding

Drunk tongue twisters

Napping

Fastest U-turn at an RBT

Microwaving leftover pizza

Speed carrying all your groceries in one trip

Putting socks on toddlers

TriviArt

Big Bill

Star Olympics

Grandma Gravity

Ostrich Minion

Anti-Social Pangolin

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we asked about how many Friday the 13ths there are in 2024, half the team methodically calculated things, and half just took a guess. And the results were about the same for both groups.

One team got every question in round 1 right, with the exception of the title of an Ariana Grande song, which they will remember until the day they die.

We had a team come all the way from Cronulla, and they got a question on Cronulla wrong.

Who was Prime Minister in 2001? Steve Irwin wasn’t it?

And our overall leaders in the quarterly tournament are steady, but we have new leaders on highest average.

See you next week.

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 came up with a lot of ways to make the Olympics more dangerous.

Gymnastics but the mats are Lego bricks

Dressage on a wild bull

Explosive discus

Upsidedown kayaking

Mocking Mohammad in the opening ceremony

Razorwire polevault

Trump shooting

Scoliosis weightlifting

Swimming in the Seine

Kiddiepool diving

Diving with jellyfish

Fencing with lightsabers

Poison arrow archery

Reverse archery

Blindfolded archery

Piranha polo

Equestrian water polo

Water polo but the ball is a toaster

TriviArt

Firehose Fashion

Moist Bronze Peas

Going for Gold

Gremlin Violin

Rainbow Ms Pacman

Aquatic Paris

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team forgot to do their homework on early US Vice Presidents, so they just started listing names they could remember from Hamilton, and wound up getting three of them.

When we ask a bonus question about Belgian cities, it’s a lot easier to win when someone on your team is literally from the first city we mention.

And when presented with the letter R in out category bonus round, one team kept trying to make “roofies” work.

And we’ve got new leaders in our quarterly tournament, but it’s very close as two teams have four wins and the difference is only two points.

See you next week.

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 names can be tough to spell.

Dude Law

Huge Jackman

Donald Grump

Donald Tramp

Joe Bye-done

Koala Harris

Anne Thataway

Dustbin Hoffman

Fatt Damon

Brad Shit

In Diana Jones

Nigeria Lawson

Michelle Yo

Sandra Bollocks

Mark Buffalo

Harrison Fjord

Baked Lively

Emma Scone

Penis Williams

Lady Haha

Celine Dijon

Kendrick Llama

David Blowie

Stevie Kicks

Megan Thee Scallion

Llama Del Rey

Boob Dylan

TriviArt

Seagull Spell

Pretty Chair

Lonely Toaster

Off Target

Ticklish Tank

Broadway Cucumber

Raccoon Yak

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team was caught cheating before we finished reading the first question. They couldn’t make it a single question before looking up Grease on their phone right in front of us.

We had to explain to more than one team that Antarctica is not a country.

There was a picture of a dolphin’s skull, and one team amusing guessed that it was Harold Holt. Well, it would explain why they never found him.

And we have just one team that still has a perfect record after four weeks of our quarterly tournament, and the same team as last week leading on average.

See you next week.