Think of a place. A country, a state, a city, a suburb, anywhere.
Now change, or add, or remove one letter to make it something different.
Ew York
Democratic Republic of the Bongo
Funland
Merlin
Porntugal
Moocow
Prance
Any renamed place 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
To win a jackpot you need knowledge. Or you need to be lucky.
They managed an educated and lucky guess on the Berlin Wall, and then a second lucky guess on Star Trek and won over $200 on the jackpot.
TEAM NAMES
You were full of unethical life hacks
Shopping with grandpa’s disabled parking sticker
Moving in with your grandparents and blaming their Alzheimers for their misappropriated funds
The cheapest electricity is your neighbours
Travel everywhere by courtesy bus
Prepaid Opal cards at the airport
Use a mannequin to drive into the carpool lane
Be a girl and go on dates to get free meals
Just steal from Woolies
Using Costco samples as your main source of protein
Release your gases to clear the masses
Wanking on the bus gets you two seats
TriviArt
Cold Pickle
Unreliable Beelzebub
Fired Pineapple
Auld Paper Coins
Poodle Bong
INTERESTING MOMENTS
One team brought a furry teammate. Not sure how helpful she was, but she was a very good girl.
A question on annual spending per person at Woolworths supermarkets got guesses ranging up to $400,000. Hot damn! Inflation is really taking hold.
One team did the homework for the previous week, and it cost them a prize.
And we now have six teams on two wins in our quarterly tournament.
| Team | Wins | Score | Average |
| Glee | 2 | 151 | 75.50 |
| Foxolotl | 2 | 150 | 75.00 |
| Diversity Council | 2 | 144 | 72.00 |
| 6 Go Crazy | 2 | 143 | 71.50 |
| Leader Housen | 2 | 142 | 71.00 |
| Flashy Red Ponies | 2 | 140 | 70.00 |
| Al’s Team | 1 | 77 | 77.00 |
| Tournament Name | 1 | 77 | 77.00 |
| Karen, Sharon, and Darren | 1 | 76 | 76.00 |
| Spongebob | 1 | 75 | 75.00 |
| Shannon and Co | 1 | 74 | 74.00 |
| Basketball | 1 | 71 | 71.00 |
| Big Bang Theory | 1 | 71 | 71.00 |
| Thor’s Thundercats | 1 | 71 | 71.00 |
| We used to be second | 1 | 69 | 69.00 |
| Mad About You | 1 | 67 | 67.00 |
| The Goose is Loose | 1 | 67 | 67.00 |
| Misappropriated funds | 1 | 66 | 66.00 |
| The BGTs | 1 | 65 | 65.00 |
| Milf Manor | 1 | 64 | 64.00 |
| Horst’s Hermits | 1 | 62 | 62.00 |
See you next week.
Name the Shakespeare character from the alternate definition.
A variant of the boardgame Reversi.
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Name the Shakespeare character from the alternate definition.
Part of a string quartet.
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Name the Shakespeare character from the alternate definition.
A sour yellow fruit shaped like a pear.
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Name the Shakespeare character from the alternate definition.
The largest city in France.
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This week we are looking for life hacks.
And we don’t mind if you get a bit unethical.
You can get anywhere if you wear a hi-viz vest
Buy one movie ticket, stay there all day
Fill a baby bottle with vodka & tell them your wife & kids are already inside the theme park
Become a real estate agent
Any life hacks of questionable ethics 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
First place and the jackpot meant they had a pretty good night.
TEAM NAMES
What would be on TV in hell?
The DVD symbol never quite hitting the corner
The moment of my conception
Your grandparent’s sex tape
The 24 hour Taylor Swift channel
Non stop Wiggles
Baby Shark
Friends
Gilmore Girls at double speed
Swans in the AFL Grand Final
The Bolt Report on repeat
Embarassing Bodies featuring me
Diddy tapes
Danoz Direct all day
Flay School
Deal or InferNo Deal
Real Housewives of the 4th Circle of Hell
TriviArt
Woody Toy
Cobra Women
Swan Dive
Pegasus Moo Deng
Tesla Fish
Oompa Loompa Timepiece
INTERESTING MOMENTS
One team knew the answer to one of our jackpot questions, but weren’t sure how to spell Mississippi, and so they changed their answer to North Dakota. Yep.. They actually did that.
How do Shakespeare character most frequently die? Someone guessed AIDS.
European cities that hosted the Olympics? How about Beijing & Sydney.
And our final quarterly tournament for the year started.
| Team | Wins | Score |
| Al’s Team | 1 | 77 |
| Spongebob | 1 | 75 |
| Shannon and Co | 1 | 74 |
| Leader Housen | 1 | 72 |
| Glee | 1 | 72 |
| Big Bang Theory | 1 | 71 |
| Foxolotl | 1 | 70 |
| Diversity Council | 1 | 68 |
| 6 Go Crazy | 1 | 67 |
| Mad About You | 1 | 67 |
| The BGTs | 1 | 65 |
| Milf Manor | 1 | 64 |
| Horst’s Hermits | 1 | 62 |
| Flashy Red Ponies | 1 | 61 |
| Any Football Ever | 1 | 59 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 58 |
| Give Lonnie a Pencil | 1 | 48 |
See you next week.
What film characters were known in French as Grincheux, Dormeur, Timide, Joyeux, Atchoum, Simplet, and Prof?
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As set by Paul Webber on New Zealand, to the nearest metre, what is the longest distance over which a bullseye has been thrown in darts?
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