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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

A small jackpot is still a jackpot.

They seem to specialise in winning jackpots.

TEAM NAMES

You had a lot of corporate movie titles.

The Land before Time in Lieu

Avengers: End Of Financial Year Game

The Shawshank Professional Development Plan

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Compliance

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of 9 to 5

Sean of the Deadline

We Bought a Zoo on the Company Card

When Harry Onboarded Sally

Working from Home Alone

Minority TPS Report

Willy Wonka and the Human Rights Violation Factory

Memoirs of a Merger

The Synergy of the Lambs

Transitioned with the Wind

Filing Nemo

To Downsize a Mockingbird

The Lion CEO

The Empire Circles Back

Lets Circle Back to the Future

Corporate Raiders of the Lost Ark

The Lion, the Witch, and the Stationery

Freaky Casual Friday

Mission Statement Impossible

Dial M for Mission Statement

28 Resignations Later

28 Business Days Later

The Devil Wears Business Casual

The Devil Wears Crocs on the Bus and Changes into Heels when she gets to Work

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Hairy Washing Machine

Frisky Egg

Spiky Umami

Winter Woolies

Salacious Implant

Feminine Cuban

Pineapple Seagull

Jump Forge

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team guessed Olivia Rodrigo when the answer was Jason Derulo. Which is probably the first time those two have been mistaken for each other.

We had a bonus round question on The Professor from The Chase… and as it happens The Professor himself was there. (And they were the only team to get it.)

One of our hosts had a parent present at a quiz, and they got the know your host question wrong. Thanks a lot… DAD!

A team described The Governess from The Chase as “the one who looks like Miss Trunchbull”.

And we have new leaders in the quarterly tournament, both in total points and highest average.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

They seem to specialise in winning jackpots.

TEAM NAMES

What songs are inappropriate for a wedding?

The theme from Jaws

Ring of fire

Gold digger

Before he cheats

It wasn’t me

Bye Bye Bye

Oops I did it again

Every day I love you less and less

You’ve lost that loving feeling

Should I stay or should I go

Lonely

Stacey’s Mom

So much for my happy ending

Single Ladies

Smack my bitch up

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Loseresque Queenslander

Superfluous Tree

Crippled Caravan

Dolphin Women’s Football

Furry Aldi Trolley Token

Lion Tamer

Avocado Champagne

Diamond Cephalopod

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Similarly, a lot of teams guessed Charlize Theron in the bonus round where the correct answer was Danniel Radcliffe. Had Charlize played Harry Potter, that REALLY would have pissed off JK Rowling.

You really have to take our word for it on the know your host question. One team refused to believe that one of our hosts didn’t take their shoes off right at the door when coming home.

Hot air balloons were invented by the Luft Brothers of Germany. Apparently there were 99 of them.

And there’s been some changes in our quarterly tournament. There’s a tie at the top being broken in favour of the team with the highest high score, and our previous highest average leader has dropped out of the top 12.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

When you know the answer in 2 seconds, and spend the next 50 seconds trying to be sure how to spell it.

TEAM NAMES

You invented a lot of new swears.

Mukluk

Moist

You’re a complete gant

Son of a Chalamet

Shaznugget

Denthead

Shunts

Squeeze The Front Udder

Cupid stunt

Suck my mootzarella

Gzuck

Schnaff

Jinky

CUMU (old school mobile phones auto-corrected C*NT to CUMU.)

Don’t bother if you’re gonna be such a Bill about it

We clogged the toilet with a massive Bill

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Prettily Ocean

Fridge Rodeo

Salt Elvis

Obvious Gifts

Sloppy Succulent

Ancient Lollypop

Rice Reward

Chewy Puppet

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Celebrating a trivia win will make babies cry if you’re loud enough.

What do you do at a party beginning with R? The first thing they came up with was racism.

A name the person from the categories question had guesses of King Charles, Robert DeNiro, David Attenborough before we got to the correct answer of Olivia Newton-John.

And our leaders didn’t manage a win, so the contest got a bit closer this week.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Knowing about the original host of the 1986 FIFA World Cup got them another jackpot.

A lucky guess still counts in the jackpot round, and can win you hundreds.

TEAM NAMES

You proposed a lot of very niche businesses.

Tuxedos for toddlers

Prosthetic foot salesman

Ginger vet for ginger cats

Shoes for insolvent caterpillars

Only vinyl records by Boney M

The Rock’s hairstylist

Chips & chips

Just gravy

Tindergarten: The dating appfor Catholic priest

The left handed computer store

Wine for pregnant ladies

Sushi for white people

Just the toppings pizza

Dog microblading

Trivia question writer

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Taxing Pineapple

Moist Brody

Feline Fiesta

Broccoli Blob

Free of Charge

Fast Thong

Pregnant Magic

Protein Fruit

Pepper Uno

INTERESTING MOMENTS

After asking about southern hemisphere countries, we had to inform a guy from India that India was not in the southern hemisphere.

We had some blanks on easy question in the lightning round. Like the first name of the actor Carrey beginning with J. And the object beginning with B that you cover yourself with while you sleep.

One team struggled to recognise music videos, thinking Chris Martin was Bear Grylls, Avril Lavigne was Taylor Swift, and The Offspring was The Black Eyed Peas.

And our leaders are still in front in our quarterly tournament, now by two wins.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Knowing (or guessing) when Confucius was born won them a jackpot.

Michelin starred restaurants let them make it rain with their jackpot winnings.

TEAM NAMES

What unhelpful advice did you have?

Stop buying smashed avo and buy a house

If you can’t afford to rent, just buy a house

If you’re homeless, just buy a house

Calm down

Pull yourself up by your bootstraps

Just get a job

Just use the force

It’s in the last place you left it

If you’re running late, get Scotty to beam you there – Captain Kirk

Got no money? Print some

If you’re poor, just be rich

Have you tried not being stressed

Telling your girlfriend to drink water when she has a headache

If you’re coming last at trivia, just answer more questions right

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Superlative Picture

Naive Pizza

Alpaca Cannon

Studious Trees

Slimy Moose

Nasty Palindrome

Dynamite Cake

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We played a song on the harp, and asked who performed the original. Pretty straightforward. But then someone answered with the relatively obscure harp duo that performed the cover, which we’re pretty sure they got by looking it up. But either way, their answer was the cover artist not the original. The lesson here is, even if you’re cheating, you still have to answer the question we asked.

When asked if they’d rather losee the ability to understand English or the ability to understand sarcasm, one team noted that choosing to lose sarcasm was basically becoming autistic.

We often give leeway on a question if you put an answer in the wrong space. But when one team’s answer to a picture question about Iron Man was “Montana”, and their answer to a question on The Godfather was “poop”, and they stated that “woman” is a palindrome, our ability to grant leeway is somewhat limited.

After we played a song backwards, one team wrote their answer backwards. It took us a moment to figure out that PMUJ is JUMP backwards, and it was a risky proposition guessing that we would figure that out, but we appreciated it.

And our leaders have maintained their position at the top of the table.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

TEAM NAMES

Chat GPT surely has some interesting origin stories for your made up idioms.

If you have a ladder, don’t swim in the ocean

A bird on the road keeps the doctor away

A watched stream never flows backwards

No skin off my teeth

When ants go to discos

It’s easier to scratch a dog than shake a cat

Like a frog with a tuxedo

The early bird gets its wings clipped

Too many cockroaches at the table

I wouldn’t hang my coat on that

A fool and his money are are a girl’s best friend

You don’t set mousetraps under a full moon

Eyeliner doesn’t make a polar bear a panda

Never trust a sailor with a purse made of bacon

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Speedy Golf

Pineapple Blasphemy

Therapeutic Morgue

Shoe Phone

AI Meatball

Seismic Glasses

Limerick Poll

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we asked a question on brands of golf balls, one player suddenly became very interested in the golf that was on TV.

One player who had just returned from the bar was sent up to face the bonus round by a friend. Neither of them had the slightest idea what it entailed, and they wound up naming a grand total of zero artists who have recently won the Grammy for Best Record, instead of the 12 they were tasked with.

Jared Leto’s role in Fight Club was described as “dude who gets beat up”. Which, to be fair, is not entirely wrong.

We had a pregnancy announcement at one quiz, and a promise that if the baby comes on a Monday, they will be brought to trivia on the Tuesday to get them the best start in life.

And our leaders have maintained their spot at the top of the table.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Mathematical reasoning paid off.

TEAM NAMES

You have some pretty self-serving love languages.

Giving sh!t directions and then getting annoyed at you

Finishing a show without telling you but not telling you when we rewatch it

Special interest info dumps

Listening to info dumps

Backseat drivers

Staying at the pub away from you

Saying sorry too may times

Paying off porn stars

Wasting quality time

Post it notes with chores for you

Acts of silence

Words of rejection

Taking your phone charger to work

Playing golf daily

Sending passive aggressive notes

Moaning my exes name

Leaving period stains on the bed

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Shiny Table

Hot Dog Battle

Stabbing Bottle

Leaf Dive

Confuzzled Sausage

Polar Bear Bubble

Scuba Diving Flock

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We gave our usual pre-quiz spiel, and then proceeded into question 1. It was only as we were repeating the question that one team reacted with a stunned “oh sh!t he’s asking questions already”.

We had one team guess that the inventor of the AK-47 was born in 1945, and therefore designed it when he was 2 years old.

One team theorised that our host must have a favourite Grey’s Anatomy character, adding that “every woman has a favourite Grey’s Anatomy character”, but not noticing that our host was not, in fact, a woman.

We have new leaders in our quarterly tournament.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Knowing the orbital speed of planets never came in handy before, and will probably never come in handy again. But it won them a jackpot this week.

TEAM NAMES

How did you fail to blend in?

Said “ya mum” to a boy with a dead mum

Congratulated an overweight woman on her pregnancy

The cyclist didn’t want a high five

Highfived a handshake

Complimenting everyone’s pretty costume at a military event

Tried to speak French in Paris

Brought a rainbow flag to a MAGA rally

Tried to order tea in Chinese and accidentally told the waiter to f*ck off

Went to Australia and ordered a shooner of beer

How much could one banana cost? $10?

Dressed as a doctor for Halloween, everyone thought I was Jesus

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Pretty Towel

Moist Groundhog

Anonymous Pippi Longstocking

Fake Doctor

Ridiculously Poopy Watermelon

Garlic Ship

Himalaya Looksmaxxing

Warm Bridge

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we asked a bonus question about the statistics of poker hands, a team of statisticians showed us the math explaining how to calculate it, and said “it’s this, simplified”.

One player turned up just before halftime, and was told “you can hug later, first answer these questions”.

When they heard Chopin’s Funeral March, one team thought it was for a wedding. You know, one of those REALLY depressing weddings.

And we have new leaders in the quarterly tournament.

See you next week.

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

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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.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Obscure knowledge turned into $125 of other people’s money.

TEAM NAMES

You had plenty of suggestions for additions to L & P plates.

K for Karen

N for Novated lease on an EV I can’t afford

T for Too drunk to indicate

C for Chaotic

C for Crash test dummy

F for F*ckwit

L for Illiterate

Q for Dyslexic

A for Annoying

E for Ejector seat

V for Vehicular manslaughter

W for Watch out

R for Risky

R for Road head

A for Autistic

B for Barely running

C for Child

S for Sydney

DK for Dunning Kruger

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Exceptional Cat

Galloping Wedding Ring

Red Tectonic Poirot

Bopping Bunny

Cuddly Badger

Chaos Negroni

Defamation King

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A team’s entire deliberation on whether they’d rather be very fast or very strong was guided by what would enable them to drink more at the pub.

One team got a bonus question on the plot of the film Taxi Driver despite never having seen it.

We had a picture question on Simon Bolivar, and this guy was mistaken for Soulja Boy, Spanish Bastard, and Sandra Bullock.

When we asked about French sporting symbols we were expecting the answer “rooster”, and it took us a second not realise that the team who said “COCK” in big letters weren’t necessarily being vulgar.

Our wrong answers only round had a couple of interesting answers on the first word in the film Eat, Pray, Love. We had Edge, Pray, Love from one. Another gave us Euthanise, Pray, Love. Either way that would have been a VERY different movie.

And our quarterly tournament came down to two team both playing the same quiz in different venues on the same day, and being just one point apart.

The slightest change in any quiz over the last three months could have resulted in a different result.

See you next week.