We recently discovered that the Korean equivalent of “looking for a needle in a haystack” is “looking for a Mr Kim in Seoul”.
So for your team name this week, we want you to come up with an alternative expression to “a needle in a haystack”.
Finding a Skittle in a bag of M&Ms
Finding a good argument in a comment thread
Finding a single piece of hay in a stack of needles
Any alternative to “a needle in a haystack” will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
We are having fun with hypotheticals this week.
For no particular reason, for your team name this week, we want you to explain away unfortunate events in a way that is completely self-serving.
We would have come in first if you didn’t ask those questions we didn’t know.
They only won because of all the goals they scored.
I only lost because they counted the votes.
Any irrelevant explanation for how things didn’t go your way will get a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
We recently discovered the anti-joke cat.
A whole Twitter feed full of set ups for jokes with punch lines that are distinctly anti-climactic.
For your team name this week, we want you to tell us an anti-joke.
How many lesbians does it take to change a lightbulb? One. Changing lightbulbs is easy and your sexual orientation has nothing to do with it.
What do you call a dog with no eyes? A dog. The lack of eyes doesn’t change the species.
What did the farmer say when he lost his tractor? Where’s my tractor?
Why don’t vampires like garlic? You have to exist to like garlic.
What’s brown and sticky? A stick.
Any set up to a joke with a punchline that goes nowhere will get a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
If you’re playing iQ Trivia, you probably been around drunk people.
This week, your team name should be something you can say to both a drunk person and a toddler.
Don’t put that in your mouth.
Why are you so sticky?
Where did you get that bottle?
Are you going to be sick in my car?
No, you can’t pee in the street.
Anything that works for both a drunk friend and a toddler will get you a point.
Have an interesting week.
It’s the week of Halloween, it’s 2020, and we’re want you to provide a public service with your team name.
Tell us what is a bad idea for a costume this year.
Zombie Chadwick Boseman… in blackface
ICU patient
Anything without a mask.
Any halloween costume that would be a bad idea this year will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
Do you know what an aptronym is?
It’s a name perfectly suited to a person’s occupation.
This week we want your team name to be perfect for someone’s job.
Any name that leads perfectly to an occupation will get a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
This week we’re dealing with insults.
But not just any insults. We want accidental insults.
Someone at the gym said I’m doing great for a beginner. I’ve been going there for 3 years.
Mum told me she though two was the perfect number of kids. I’m her third.
I told my daughter there was a baby in mummy’s belly. She asked if there was one in my belly too.
Any unintended insult will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
At some point, everyone has had something backfire on them.
With your team name this week, we want to hear about your backfiring stories.
Told my kids they could name the dog. Now I’m walking Enema.
My dad told me I couldn’t play with my sisters dolls, because they might turn me gay. I had to play with He-Man.
Said COVID is not a big deal… got COVID.
Introduced my friend to my boyfriend. Now they’re getting married to each other.
Anything that made you think “well that backfired” will get a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
A number of schools have come into criticism for muck up day pranks that veered into inappropriate territory.
Yes, it seems that public urination, assaulting strangers, and spitting on homeless people is over the line.
So for the benefit of school students, we want you to suggest your own muck up day pranks.
Cover the head teacher’s car in concrete.
Send compulsory acquisition letters to neighbouring homes.
Arson.
They can be clever, they can be ill advised, but any prank suggestions will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
We got a complaint at one of our live shows a couple of weeks ago that it wasn’t fair that we played a song from the 70s, because “I wasn’t even born then.”
So that got us thinking. What else isn’t fair?
If your team name is a complaint about how our trivia isn’t fair to you, you will get a bonus point.
You never ask about sport! Also, baseball isn’t a sport… and soccer isn’t a sport… and that kind of rugby is the wrong kind of rugby.
It’s not fair to ask all these American questions… like that one about The Simpsons.
Why don’t you ask about my 2004 Holden Commodore? That’s something I know about.
By the way, we didn’t make up any of the above examples. These are all complaints we’ve actually received.
The sillier the better.
Have an interesting week.