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

The biggest news this week was the biggest jackpot in iQ Trivia history going off at $598 by a team who knew just enough about soap opera settings.

And they knew Malaysian states well enough to win $50.

TEAM NAMES

Who is vastly overestimating their importance assuming they would be evacuated from an earth wide apocalypse?

Bill from iQ Trivia

Kanye West

Karen

Madonna

Me (obviously)

Millions of middle aged straight white men

Ellen Degeneres

Boris Johnson

Prince Andrew

Greg Norman

Michael Scott

DJ Khaled and his wife

Jared Leto

Amy Schumer

Greta Thunberg

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Tucker Carlson

Rupert Murdoch

Rudy Giuliani

John Barilaro

Donald Trump

The Sussex’s

Ted Cruz

ScoMo

Pete Evans

Elon Musk

TriviArt

Bulbous Cicada

Catastrophic Cardigan

Frothy Beer

Homophobic Curtain Rod Lightning

Crepuscular Bobblehead

Hearts on Fire

Spiky Farmhouse

Dressy Reptile

Smooth Pinapple

Drunk Whale Riots

Hot Simian Owlbear

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team shot from last place at halftime to first place at full time. The gambler’s question did its thing.

Beginning with the letter G, what currency was used in the Netherlands before the Euro? Ganja, according to one team.

One player was caught googling the cast of Inglourious Basterds right after we asked a question about it. He claimed he was on Hinge. (You’re not making us like you more.)

A team of Sri Lankans didn’t answer Sri Lanka on a cricket question when it was one of the five correct answers.

And one team argued about whether to risk it and go for a fourth point in our minefield bonus round or play it safe with the three points they thought they had. They argued for a good five minutes before opting to play it safe… and then realised that all three of the answers they went with were wrong.

See you next 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.

TEAM NAMES

Hot damn are you petty when it comes to relationships.

They put the milk in first

My mum liked them more than me

Said “mint” too often

They ordered a prosciutto pizza and then removed the prosciutto

They clapped when the plane landed

Kept tomato sauce in the cupboard

He did Crossfit

He watched everything with subtitles on

They were bad at trivia

He drove a Datsun

They didn’t like chocolate

Chewed too loud

He watched me reverse park

She found out about my other girlfriend

He wore a cap in bed

Ugly feet

They liked meat lovers pizza

Allergic to peanuts

He played golf simulator instead of trivia

Not eating their vegetables

He lived on the south side

Had a rose quartz iPhone

They used too many acronyms

Held their fork the wrong way

They spelled it Parma not Parmi

He looked better in my underwear than I did

He liked me

TriviArt

Cringey Toupee

Mellifluous Mozambique

Ingrained Shoe

Sleepy Lobster

Flamboyant Gary

Famous Sporting Moment

Naughty Beer

Plump Diamond Ring

Disappointed Tourists in Paris

Mischievous Pilot

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One of our hosts got a nice message from one of their teams.

A team that fancied themselves as being good at history got 1 out of 5 when we asked them to put a series of events in order. (Which is why you should never say what you’re good at.)

A passer by who wasn’t playing heard a question on English cities and yelled out “AMSTERDAM”. Luckily, nobody listened to him.

One team saw a picture of Prince Andrew as a young helicopter pilot in the Falklands War, and guessed that it was Harry Potter.

And one team wrote out all the lyrics to Advance Australia Fair to try to get a question right… and then didn’t.

See you next 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

Lots of Jackpots went off.

Cairns suburbs, London districts, and Canadian cities combined to equal cash.

Knowing the name (and the spelling) of the President of Belarus won them a jackpot.

TEAM NAMES

There were a lot of updated place names.

Melboring

The Fairly Undemocratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of Western Australia

Dar-lose

Okay Britain

Floridon’t

Wo-manly

Unfairfield

Dicks-off

Summer Bill

Braddon-and-on-and-on

The Dead Barrier Reef

Quizbekistan

Quizney

Trivia and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobacco

Islamabad is now Hinduagood

USPlay dead

Help Me Rwanda

Greece

Outdia

Pitaly

Luke-a-dephia

Specific Ocean

I-da-hoe

The Sewers Canal

Viagra Falls

Bestonia

Paw Paw New Guinea

Mama New Guinea

Mount Healamanjaro

Can’t-ada

Can’t-berra

TriviArt

Sticky Unicorn

Edgy Party Blower

Holy Cheesemaker

Fallacious Unicorn Anime

Fruity Hippopotamus

Not So Grand Designs

Succulent Corset

Blue Guitar

Exhausted Pebble

Slippery Slimy Pirate

Insubordinate Maple

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Two players both made it all the way to the end of a lightning round.

Beginning with the letter B, what do you get when you come 3^rd in the Olympics? You get banned according to one player in a lightning round.

We asked for the actor who played the albino in the Da Vinci Code, and someone said it was Scott Morrison, the whitest guy in the universe.

We gave a hint that a place we were looking for was in Africa… and someone said New Zealand.

And the gambler’s question reversed a huge first half lead and several bonus points, dropping the leaders to 3^rd. And sure enough the runners up could have won, but forgot to indicate how much they were gambling. Yes… the gambler’s question did what it’s designed to do.

See you next 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.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with a lot of LGBT films & TV series.

The Bicurious Case of Benjamin Button

The Man on Mandy Griffith Show

How to train your Drag Queen

The Fist and the Furious

The Fast and the Bicurious

Peggy & Sue Got Married (to each other)

Gay’s Anatomy

Spongebob Rainbow Unicorn Pants

Top Bum

The Twomen Show

Bernie and Clyde

Sorest Rump

Hard Queers

Citizen Gayne

Lord of the Cock Rings

The Bi-ble

Not Straight Outta Compton

Everybody Loves Gaymond

When Harriet Met Sally

Reach Around the World in 80 Days

Queer’s Gambit

Good Willy Hunting

The Good, the Bad, and the Flamboyant

Mommie Queerest

Gay-lien

CSI Kings Cross

Guy Hard

How I Met Your Other Mother

The Gay Team

The Hunger Gay-mes

Romeo and Julian

The Daddy Trap

Pretty in Twink

Homo Alone

Lesbianne of Green Gables

Twinklight

Lez Miserables

Lock, Cock, and Two Smoking Darryls

TriviArt

Firey Beer

Capricious Beaver

Jumping Cow

Fluffy German Netflix

Plump Snorkel

Sneaky Waterfall

Grumpy Decision

Exquisite Kidney

Self Caring Hippos

Delightful Veggies

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Scientists found bacteria large enough to be seen by the naked eye in a Caribbean swamp. But one team guessed that they found Keira Knightley’s dignity.

We asked how far Barry Bonds ran circling the bases on his record 762 home runs. One team guessed 140,000km… which is over 3 times around the world at the equator, or nearly 200km per home run.

And we had a bunch of end of financial year corporate shows, including one involving players both in person and on Zoom.

See you next 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

These Star Wars nerds turned a question on Chewbacca into cash.

Winning with a lucky guess about vodka still counts as a win.

TEAM NAMES

You don’t have to change things much to ruin them.

Kentucky Boiled Chicken

Whitney Houston we have a problem

Alexander the Mediocre

Mothra Teresa

Marlin never finds Nemo and just goes home

Liceberg Lettuce

Garlic Bread and Butter Pudding

John McClane leaves his shoes on

Rice Noodle Bolognese

Adding bike lanes to the city

Pillow Fight Club

Spongebill Squarepants

John Wick got fuel the next day

The Red Hot Chili Lepers

Sydney Opera Louse

Straight George Michael

Iced finger bum

James and the Giant Eggplant

Thomas the Replacement Bus Service

TriviArt

Delicious Elephant

Flat Mummy

Distracting Sport

Spicy Donald Trump

Jealous Ice Cream

Folded Elephant

Militant Rats

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We tweaked a picture question of ex-military members who have moved on to new occupations to include one of our hosts. But nobody noticed that the sharp dressed Marine was the guy hosting the quiz they were at.

We asked a question to which the answer was Jonathan Thurston, and gave the hint that he was the same height as our host. Because why not be as unhelpful as possible?

On a question about the biggest countries in the EU, we reminded everyone that England wasn’t in the EU. And three teams still said England.

The last place subject was Colin Firth at one show, and one team watched Bridget Jones’ Diary in preparation that day, right before we asked a question on the scene that introduced Mark Darcy.

And a bonus question on the proportion of Australians approved of torture ended when the first team to guess got it exactly right. How someone became such an expert on torture, we didn’t want to know.

See you next 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.

TEAM NAMES

What’s legal but makes you look like a psychopath?

Knowing the age of consent in every country

Walking around the mall with a glass of milk

Stopping in the merge lane

Eating a banana sideways

Swinging on a swing at night

Sitting next to me on an empty train

Sock, shoe, sock, shoe

Kissing your parents on the lips

Changing your name to Hitler

Marrying your first cousin

Socks in the shower

High fiving the family at a funeral

Adults who love Minions

Being my autistic self in public

Owning a white van

Carpeting the bathroom

Pouring in milk before cereal

Putting Ketchup on Pizza

Carrying a shovel to the cemetery

TriviArt

Loose Scrotum

Bitter Car

Feral Berlin

Horny Jupiter

Effervescent Peru

Mischevious Ducks on Bicycles

Dysfunctional Putin

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we were asking a question about what a set of people had in common, someone guessed “they’re all white”, just as we rattled off the name of Nelson Mandela.

In addition to the marmalade sandwich the Queen supposedly keeps in her handbag, one team guessed that she also keeps bolt cutters for cutting brake lines.

After their teammate got a particularly obscure question, one player said their performance was both impressive and sad. Hey, impressive and sad is about 90% of our business!

See you next 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

It was either a lucky guess or expertise on iron ore exports that won them a jackpot. Either way, they walked out with $184.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s how not to enter a boxing match.

Loser

Big Girls Don’t Cry

Close to You by The Carpenters

Goodbye My Lover

Take My Breath Away

Touch Me (I Want Your Body)

Baby Got Back

Careless Whisper

Send in the Clowns

You’ve got a friend in me

Killing Me Softly

All Too Well (the 10 minute version)

I’m a Little Teapot

Silent Night

Dancing Queen

TriviArt

Spicy Teacher

Massive Glass Captain

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Bouncy Duck

Window Bears

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Guesses on how far the swaggie trudged to the Pub with No Beer in the Slim Dusty song ranged from 50 yards (which is not remotely remarkable), to 6,000 miles (which is the distance from Sydney to Perth and back… and then to Perth again.)

When did Visa first sponsor the Olympics? How about the Athens Olympics of 56 BC?

When we asked about the top billed actors in the live action Beauty and the Beast, one team answered with “that guy who was in Downton Abbey”. Sure enough, Dan Stevens was both Beast & Matthew Crawley. So they got a point.

See you next 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.

TEAM NAMES

Films & TV series you can eat or drink

The Shaw-lamb-shank redemption

The Soupranos

Casino Royale with Cheese

The King’s Peach

Stranger Wings

Terminator 2: Fudgement Day

Breaking Bread

Curb Your En-sushi-asm

Great Lasagna Escape

Throw Marmalade from the Train

Moby Spotted Dick

Clams Casino

Choc Top Gun

Steaks of Glory

Orange Pulp Fiction

Four Wings and a Fennel

Pan Fried Labyrinth

The Broth of Khan

Soy Story

My Big Fat Greek Salad

There will be blood sausage

Catch Me If You Canned Soup

How to Drain Your Flagon

The Rocky Road Picture Show

Bangers and M*A*S*H

Pappadum and Pappadummer

Priscilla Queen of the Dessert

The Figitive

Waffle Iron Man

Vegemitey Joe Young

A Few Good Gingerbread Men

TriviArt

Unelectable Biscuit

Rusty Words

Gone With the Wind Goulburn

Anxious Prawn

Alluring Quokka

Victorious Johnny Depp

Malicious Penguin

Lovecraftian Clown

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We have often noted the awkwardness of people cheering when they hear the name Hitler as an answer, because even though they’re only cheering that they got a question right, it still feels wrong to be cheering. So we were pleased to hear one audience boo Hitler instead.

A player turned up on crutches with back & neck pain, because he didn’t want to miss the show.

Our leaked current events question didn’t get through to one team, who guessed that instead of having his finger bitten off by a lion, a Jamaican zookeeper burned down the zoo while smoking a joint. Another thought he failed to qualify for the Jamaican bobsled team.

And one of our venues was named pub of the year. PIC. Is it any wonder when you have Australia’s most interesting trivia on your side?

See you next 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

Knowing about diseases on The Simpsons paid off.

Who knows about pesto? THEY know about pesto. To the tune of over $300.

TEAM NAMES

Edible bands & musicians. You really came through.

Kebabba

David Baguetta

Peter, Paul, and Rosemary

Dim Sum 41

The Leeknd

Backstreet Boysenberries

Jamiroquiche

Durian Durian

Maxibon Jovi

Kylie Meringue

Sashimi Hendrixx

Baby Formulana Del Rey

Tim Tam Minchin

Boston Cream Pie

Bun DMC

Buns & Roses

Challah and Oates

(W)Ham!

The Meatles

Kendrick LCM Bar

Talking Head Cheese

Choc Top Hoods

Lady Baba Ganoush

R. E. M&Ms

Bruschetta James

Cold Cheezel

Kanyeast

Picnic! At the Disco

Frankfurt Valli and the Four Seasonings

Frankfurter Ocean

Michael Snackson

Celine Dijon

Kingsley’s of Leon

Fleetwood Big Mac

Food Fighters

Rib Eye Blind

Bread Zeppelin

Peanut Eminem

The Eleven Secret Herbs & Spice Girls

Pumpernickelback

Hall & Oatmeal

N.W.Aioli

Post Baloney

Paramoreo

Chili Eilish

Radiobread

TriviArt

Shaved William Wallace

Smelly French Fry

Angelic Beard

Shiny Bear

Sexy Flower

Erotic Aardvark

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Tomato

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had a player finally get a bonus question with the correct answer of “Denmark” after dozens of wrong guesses from all parts of the pub, despite the fact that she was wearing the word Denmark on her shirt. All she had to do was stand up and point to herself.

Who shot John Lennon? Lennon Harvey Oswald apparently.

What kind of lettuce is named for the way it was transported to market? Rocket thought one team. Well, that would explain the recent inflation.

See you next 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

An educated guess about the movie Troy got them a jackpot after also winning first place.

TEAM NAMES

What would you do with $1,000?

Bribe the host for the win

Buy iQ Trivia (we’re not for sale by the way)

1 week’s rent

A bad nosejob

Buy smarter friends

Buy 1,000 $1 scratchies

Three more beers at the Ivy

1,000 frozen cokes

Uber surge

Croissants all round

Two chicks at the same time man

All on Red

A punnet of blueberries

We’d buy the rights to Bagpuss to become the official Team Bagpuss, and spend the remaining $900 on beer

Buy $1,000 worth of shares of Twitter

Fill up my car all the way for once

2,000 soft serves

Not voting in the election 50 times

20,000 texts to Craig Kelly

TriviArt

Bouncy Dog

Chilly Opera

Melted Numbat

Lonely Nauru

Heinous Book

Doggy Day Spa

Rotund Fredrick

Abdicating Pumpkin

Spiky Vase

Lazy Bumblebees

Worm Zarf

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We gave people three options on men’s Australian Open winners, and one team decided to go with a fourth option.

Answering a homework question on American Speakers of the House, one team forgot to do their homework and improvised. Their answer… “Nancy Pelosi, white guy, old white guy, straight old white guy.” Which is not exactly “wrong”.

And one team knew there was going to be a “Holiday” question, and found ways to get “holiday” as a guess into about a dozen questions… but not the one where we played a song by Billie Holiday.

See you next week.