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Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 12 April

Everyone has to try and fit in from time to time.

For your team name this week, we want you to tell us about a time when you tried to fit in… and failed.

Spoke Japanese to a waiter who turned out to be Chinese

Said I liked whiskey and then got caught pouring it on a house plant

Faked an interest in golf at my new job, now I have to play it this weekend

I laughed at a joke I hadn’t heard. Turns out it was a racist joke.

Any failures to fit in will get a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 5 April 2026

Things are getting more and more expensive all the time, and a lot of people are looking for ways to save money, some of which are better ideas than others.

For your team name this week, we want you to think of a questionable way to save money.

Swap jumbo eggs into a carton of small eggs

Pick all the grapes off so you’re not paying for stems

Take the batteries out of your doorbell when you go out

Boil the kettle when electricity is off peak and keep it in a thermos

Dry those paper towels after using them

Any dubious money saving strategies will get a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 4 April 2026

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Lucky guess or not, they still won.

TEAM NAMES

Who got a raw deal?

Fee Fi Fo Falsely Accused… on behalf of the giant & his beanstalk

Killmonger was right

Jason Voorhees was right

Jigsaw was right

Thanos was right

Humble cartel boss Jabba the Hutt murdered by upstart slave girl

Greedo

The Skywalkers

Every villain in Scooby Doo

The other McAlister kids in Home Alone

You’d be grouchy like Jack Bauer if you worked 24 hours straight without a bathroom break

Ned Flanders

Maude Flanders

Zapp Brannigan is a tactical genius

Megatron

Newman from Seinfeld

Forrest Gump… are we sure that’s his kid

Gordon Gecko was a reasonable businessman

Sharpay

Sirius Black

Cedric Diggory

Sean Bean

Burke from Aliens was sticking up for the shareholders

Theon Greyjoy

Jean Valjean

Khaleesi

Jamie Lannister… all he did was love his sister

Wile E Coyote didn’t deserve that abuse

Ursula obstained fully informed consent

Last man in the human centipede

Captain Hook was just trying to save kids from pedo Peter Pan

TriviArt

Miserable Boat

Sloppy Knowledge

Easter Egg Rivalry

Meth Scythe

April Fools Prank

Eviscerate Pray Love

Dingo Pram

Bedlam Bill

Canine Aubergine

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Mussolini was mistaken for Beyonce.

Bob Marley was mistaken for Bob Dylan.

Instead of Sam Neill, one team said the star of Jurassic Park was “that guy who looks like Harrison Ford”.

When we asked for words beginning with GA, one team guessed “gaze” twice. They must have been REALLY confident.

And our new quarterly tournament is underway, and we’ve got three teams that broke 80.

Team Wins Score Average
China Shipping 1 82 82.00
Tullynessle 1 81 81.00
Thor’s Thundercats 1 81 81.00
Foxolotl 1 75 75.00
Theon Greyjoy 1 75 75.00
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 1 75 75.00
Dambusters 1 75 75.00
Protest the Hero 1 73 73.00
Joey Jo Jo 1 71 71.00
Professional Cuddlers 1 65 65.00
For the Good of School 1 61 61.00
Morrisset Inmates Association 1 61 61.00
The Norms 1 58 58.00
Kathy’s Koming Bak 1 57 57.00
Team of Theseus 1 57 57.00
Joffrey was the Rightful King 1 53 53.00

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 29 March 2026

This week we want you to think about characters from film & television.

Specifically, we want you to tell us what character got a raw deal.

Baby’s dad in Dirty Dancing is completely justified in keeping his daughter away from a grown man

Leave Squidward alone. He’s not hurting anyone

The judge in Mrs Doubtfire made a perfectly reasonable decision

Skyler is justified in not wanting to live in a drug house

Any characters who got a raw deal will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.