On a list of the catchiest songs in music history, what song by Lou Bega made it into the top 20?
That is, what song were people able to recognise the fastest?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
You’ve either done it, you’re going to do it, or you’ve done it and haven’t realised how cringy it was.
For your team name this week, we want you to tell us the cringiest thing you’ve ever done to impress a crush.
Pretended I liked Twilight.
Attempted a skateboard trick and wound up with a concussion.
Learned to speak Chinese. She was Korean.
Got a friend to punch me hard enough to give me a bruise so I could say I won a fight.
Any cringeworthy things you’ve done will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting 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 probably didn’t know for certain exactly how long Neil Armstrong spent in space, but they guessed it, and that was good enough.
TEAM NAMES
Bad trivia advice was everywhere.
Visit Canberra (from a team in Canberra)
Visit Adelaide (from a team from Adelaide)
Only children and the elderly swim between the flags
Hitchhiking to camp at Belanglo State Forest is the best way to get there
Don’t bother filling up before crossing the Nullarbor
By all means, feel free to feed the bears
Who needs travel insurance
Don’t miss Mount Druitt, the Paris of the west
Fly your drone in North Korea
Go to the Occidental and hang out with Team Bagpuss
Haggis tastes better rare
Go to the outback. A Dingo definitely won’t steal your baby
Bring your boogie board to Bali
“Você é péssimo no futebol” means “How do I get to the soccer stadium?” (Look it up in Portuguese.)
Buy everything the street vendors try to sell you
Wuhan has delicious bat soup
Bring your dildo to Dubai
Bali tap water tastes better if you don’t boil it
Arab Spring Break
Try attending iQ Trivia without booking
TriviArt
Hippo Petal Racecar
Sheep Shearing Festival
Silly Pickle
Sandy Lions
Pungent Chocolate
Bouncing Banana
Hybrid Insurance
Smelly Dog
Animals Playing Music
Edamame Cowboy
Noisy Burrito
Dimetrodon Bunnies
INTERESTING MOMENTS
One non player who was passing through the room while we played a Placebo song, and was so pleased he couldn’t contain himself.
Trotsky was killed with a leg of lamb.
See you next week.
According to scientists at MIT, is there a way to twist an Oreo so that the filling is split equally down the middle?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
In the early 1900s, Argentina levied a tax on unmarried men, with exemptions for men who had had marriage proposals rejected.
What industry did this create?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
Whys is this Louis Vuitton bag given the number 55?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
There are a lot of tourists around these days, and this week your team name is going to give them some advice.
But not good advice. It’s a lot more fun to give terrible tourist advice.
So use your team name to suggest the worst places to go.
Thai prison are good for long term accommodation
Bringing a case of whiskey to Mecca will make you really popular
Haggling with that Mumbai street vendor over 20 cents is a good use of your time.
That Rio taxi driver is definitely reliable
They won’t mind if you take a little piece of the Mona Lisa
Any terrible travel advice will get you a bonus point.
Have an interesting 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 won money for knowing about cider.
And they won for knowing about Mars.
TEAM NAMES
What crimes can NCIS Sydney investigate?
The case of the fairy bread with the missing sprinkles
Death by magpie
Millennial girl loses Birkenstocks on Bondi to Bronte walk
Poodle with a trust find
The case of the inappropriately filled wheelie bin
The really loud bang
Clive Palmer
Poo bags throwin in any old bin
Roofied shoeys
The five dollar flat white
The mystery of Sydney’s missing nightlife
Who is doing burnouts at 3am
TriviArt
Pink Stethoscope
Cricket Celebration
Hungry Pumpkin
Voluptuous Flashlight
Shrewd Shrew
Combined Football Fish
Bouncy Octopus
Wisdom Tooth
Platypus Anagram
Spicy Elephant
Yeehaw Grinder (this guy just happened to have these pics on his phone)
Broken Mermaid
Pentatonic Beach
INTERESTING MOMENTS
One team who didn’t read the news story we put on Facebook guessed that the Tasmania woman who couldn’t make it to work on time was delayed by her inability to get her driving gloves on over her six fingers.
We were treated to one player who couldn’t remember the title of Budapest by George Ezra doing an impression of the vocals for several minutes.
What did Taylor Swift’s band wear in the video for We Are Never Getting Back Together? Strap-ons. No, that’s the video you wanted to see for some reason. Perverts.
On a name the year bonus question, we had a Brazilian clue and a Greek clue, and neither the Brazilian player or the Greek player in the audience got the answer.
See you next week.
Neither of these shapes has a name.
But when they were given options, which one did most people call a “bouba” and which did they call a “kiki”?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.
Following up from the survey on when old age begins, what group of people cited an older age?
Men or women? Whites or non-whites? People in good health or people in poor health?
The first new player to comment on the website with the correct answer wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.