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This Week in iQ Trivia – 29 July 2017

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

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

These guys knew enough about the medal count of the French Olympic team over history to win $149.

These three knew the sixth most spoken language in the EU, and won $98.

And these two teams knew enough Latin to know about centripetal forces, but only one spelled it correctly.

TEAM NAMES

Here are the evil heroes you came up with.

Cinderella – A golddigger with delusions of grandeur

Barack Obama abandoned the American people when they needed him most

Barack Osama

Elon Musk: Killing Australian coal jobs

Lifeguards: Kissing unconscious people

The Tooth Fairy: Starting fights at hockey games

Lassie is a real bitch

Wonder Woman: Knocking off the entire gold bangle range from Lovisa

Cardinal Pell’s Lawyers

Mother Theresa: Sweatshop talent scout

Mother F*cker Theresa

Fred Swallows Foundation

Churchill – Mass murderer or troops

Gandhi: That dickhead who held up traffic

Gandhi: Poster boy for anorexia

Oskar Schindler: The Nazi who rounded up 100s of Jews

The Wiggles: Convincing children to play with hot starches, friends with knives, and dangerous creatures

James Bond: He takes your woman, destroys your town, crashes your cars, and makes terrible puns

And finally… there were those teams that referenced our hosts.

Joe the American who tortures us with inane questions every week.

Bill’s a dick because he never puts the Team Bagpuss team name on This Week in iQ Trivia. (Well you made it this week.)

Canadian interrogates Australians for two hours. (Who ever could THAT be about?)

TRIVIART

Kicking Hand

Running Pilgrim

Magnificent Car

Wild Ragamuffin (or in this case, Wilde Rags a Muffin)

Agnostic Elephant

Deaf Audience (when nobody in the audience suggested anything our annoyed host trolled the audience with this subject, and the audience trolled back.)

INTERESTING ANSWERS

When asked a question about the number of players on an indoor football team, asking if the goalkeeper counts as a player. (Of course they bloody do!)

The team that bought a drink for a Korean patron who wasn’t even playing trivia because we asked a question about Korean animal sounds.

The British team who insisted they be allowed to answer with the British Prime Minister instead of the Australian Prime Minister on a history question… and then getting it wrong anyway.

The team that bet Pi points on the gambler’s question, and wound up winning by 0.14159 points.

And the player who lost a bet on a question, and who apparently now needs to get a tattoo. By next week we will know if they’ve followed through.

See you next week for more iQ Trivia.

New Venue – The Occidental Hotel, Sydney – Tuesdays at 7:00

When work ends on Tuesday, you can either head home, or you can head to Australia’s Most Interesting Trivia and get your fix every Tuesday at the Occidental Hotel next to Wynyard.

Whether you’re hungry.

Or thirsty.

Or you just want to win a bar tab and argue with friends and colleagues.

The Occidental has got you covered.  Call them on 9299 2531 to reserve a space.

The show kicks off at 7:00 every Tuesday.  Hints are available on our dedicated Facebook group here, and if you want the weekly homework question e-mailed to you, just contact us at homework@iqtrivia.com.au with The Occidental in the subject line.

See you every Tuesday at the Occidental.  It sure beats heading home.

Orient Hotel Trivia – Starting 31 March

It’s happening.

After one venue closed down, another will be stepping up to make sure you get your trivia fix every Thursday.

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The Orient Hotel in the Rocks is the newest venue to be hosting iQ Trivia, which is great news if you like beer and Parmi & Chips for $15, and even better news if you like Australia’s Most Interesting Trivia.

Hosted by Bill from iQ Trivia, it’s the best way to spend your Thursday evening, unless you are a joyless prig in which case you are banned from iQ Trivia anyway.

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If you want the homework question e-mail to you, contact homework@iqtrivia.com.au

And if you think you might need a bit of help, there will be study hints published weekly here.

See you on the 31st!

New Venue – Old Canberra Inn – Starting 13 October

If you like beer and trivia, you will want to read this.

iQ Trivia will be starting at a new venue on 13 October.

The Old Canberra Inn is pairing up a rustic atmosphere, craft beer, and Australia’s most interesting trivia on Tuesday nights.

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You can expect there will be a special beer question (there may even be samples associated with it) on every quiz.

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Hosted by Joe from iQ Trivia, you are guaranteed to have a good time, unless you are a joyless prig who hates trivia and beer, in which case we don’t want you there in the first place.

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Send an e-mail to homework@iqtrivia.com.au for the weekly homework question.

See you on the 13th.

Meet Your Hosts – Joe Podplesky

Originally from California, Joe slept through high school, and later served in the Marines to get a University degree.  But after years of guarding embassies all around the world, he thought he would rather live in a country where the wildlife is constantly trying to kill you, and settled in Canberra, even going so far as marrying a local.

Now Sergeant Joe hosts iQ Trivia while planning his next career move as a TIE Fighter Pilot for the Galactic Empire.

Joe hosts a regular show every Tuesday at 7:30pm at the Belconnen Raiders Club in Holt.