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 the former names of African capitals won them cash.

And Nicholas Cage related expertise came in handy for them.

TEAM NAMES

What would you do with $44 billion?

Therapy for Elon

Remake all the Star Wars sequels

44 billion trips to the dollar store

Spend it all on beers

Erect my own penis rocket

Find out the truth about aliens

Fill a kiddie pool with lollies

End world hunger

I can finally buy a PS5

366,666,666.667 bottles of scotch

Buy the world a Coke

Buy the catholic church

Buy some asteroids

Buy a bunch of nuclear submarines

Buy houses for everyone

Buy Tasmania & rename it

Buy Space X

Put it all on red

Put it all on black

Play the jackpot round 11 billion times

Donate it to iQ Trivia

Get a lap dance from a sexy Canadian iQ Trivia host (hey, it’s not our job to stop you from making TERRIBLE finanial decisions)

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Jumping Elvis

Spiky Dog

Slippery Watermelon

Flying Pig

Sticky Eiffel

Kinky Llama

Vibrant Sweden

Superstitious Sith Lord

Clock Gameshow

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Someone guessed that Invictus, the film about the 1995 Rugby World Cup, was directed by Michael Bay. That would have been a VERY different film!

Sisyphus was punished in the underworld by having to answer trivia questions for all eternity.

It wasn’t Gandhi who made the salt march, it was RuPaul. And we have a picture to prove it.

We asked a question about countries close to Helsinki, and a number of teams didn’t notice that one of the picture questions showed a full map of Europe. They seemed to prefer drawing their own horribly inaccurate maps.

We asked about cold temperatures in Australia, and someone asked if Antarctica counted as part of Australia. No. No it doesn’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

Knowing about 19^th century Spanish wars won cash.

TEAM NAMES

We got a lot of insight into what makes you irrationally annoyed.

Fake pockets

Finding Kleenex in the laundry

People who don’t keep left unless overtaking

People who hit reply all

Silent letters

Autocarrot

American pronunciation

Poor technique for chopping vegetables

Children

Bringing 4 ears of corn to a BBQ with 10 people

People not using their indicators

Asking tall people to get things down from a shelf

The word “hearsay”

A steadily dripping tap

Wet socks

Sh!tty f*cking music questions

When someone steals your trivia booking

Coming in second at iQ Trivia

If you stand still after stepping off the escalator I will trample you

When someone takes their phone out at a dawn service

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Ravenous Elon Musk

Smelly Imbecile

Thirsty Scotland

Scornful Cow

Pointy God

Aggressive Chairs

Absent Minded Chauffeur

Hairy Limousine

Gym Nun

INTERESTING MOMENTS

What does CH stand for in the .ch domain for Switzerland? Chocolate.

In our lightning round, we asked about borough of New York City that start with the letter B, and got Manhattan as an answer.

Countries on the road between California & Panama? The Dominican Republic according to one team. Which is on an island.

And the beardiest player at one of our shows aced a question on the most iconic beards in film. Because of course he did.

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 Chilean geography, and being able to do math quickly wins jackpots.

TEAM NAMES

It was a welcome change to have team names not steeped in bitterness and cynicism.

Untying a double knot with one pull

When you get a shrimp in your chicken pad thai

Green lights all the way home

Drawing a perfect circle

Got free pizza

Mum’s lasagna

Hugs

Being unable to go to Adelaide because of border closures

Getting away with a fart

Fresh sheets

Spongebob performing at Superbowl halftime

My personal trainer remembered my name

A perfect parallel park

Getting a parking space right in front of the bar

Fitting everything in the boot like Tetris

When you wake up thinking it’s a work day but it’s the weekend

Winning iQ Trivia

Coming second in iQ Trivia

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Farcical Dog

Convulsing Moss

Election Poster

Silly Snow Leopard

Dirty Cabbage

Worried Harbour

Frustrated Dolphin

Ukrainian Chewbacca

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had a venue flood and had to shout out the answers & results, but we still finished the show.

When we asked about countries of birth of Muslims in Australia, one team asked us if Australia counts as a country.

We asked a question about an American city, and saw that one team gave Mississippi as an answer, so we pointed out that it’s a state not a city. So they changed it to Louisiana… which is also a state not a city.

A team of accountants got a math question horribly wrong, and blamed it on the fact that they didn’t have a spreadsheet.

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

They nearly didn’t win the jackpot, but they managed to correctly spell Wollongong.

And they knew about Eric Clapton’s dubious past.

TEAM NAMES

The James Bond franchise is set for super villain schemes for a while given your team names this week.

Buy Twitter and make it worse

Stealing everyone’s charging cables

Steal all the left shoes

Destroy all the methods of wiping ass

Give everyone receding hairlines

Hoard all the Ritalin

Escalators will all be single laned and only descending

Spike the water with flouride to put dentists out of work

Owning the rights to 007

Kidnap the Easter Bunny

I will raise global temperatures by 3 degrees unless you give me $1 million

Vaccinations come with extreme laxatives

Switch all chocolates for laxatives

Make all coffee decaf

Replace all choc chips with raisins

Everybody Loves Raymond on all channels all the time

Baby Shark on repeat on every speaker

Men get periods now

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Wombat Throwing

Supple Wombats

Twerking America

Magic Banana

Leafy Stone Pig

Average Coral

Phat Meat Patty

Exciting Tyre

Amazing Gravy

Armadillo Chupa Chup

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team guessed that Ralph Fiennes and Edward Norton were both in this scene in The English Patient.

Which either meant they were hedging their bets, or they really recalled the scene this way.

After getting every element of one of our practical math questions right, one team forgot to actually do the math.

On a question about the most common words ending in OO, one player was wearing a t-shirt with the word “voodoo” on it, and sure enough that was an answer… that his team didn’t go for.

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

Anagram jackpot questions are achievable, but with only 60 seconds you’ve got to crack it quick. His skill with words won him $257.

TEAM NAMES

Spelling mistakes make place names funny.

The Rad Sea

Flexico

Pukraine

Viagra Falls

Titaly

Vatican Tity

Fatican City

Pississippi

Downsville

Sandi Arabia

Shatland Islands

Gerth

Swoden

Eggland

Abooba

Semen

Asmania

The United Ringdom

Pooland

Spacific Ocean

Viceland

Ho Land

Sinland

Ginland

Burkina Fatso

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Beautiful Shoe

Honeyed Carafe

Chucklesome America

Rubbery Biscuit

Slimy Dragon

Sickly Will Smith

Shiny Salad

Sexy Albus Dumbledore

Trilobite Font

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We don’t know how many questions this doggo got right, but we liked seeing him at our show.

A team who based their team name on the Vatican City… didn’t get a question on the Vatican City.

When answering a question on Sex and the City characters, one team managed to come up with “the bald gay guy” instead of Stanford Blatch, which was not technically wrong.

A bit of advice. If one of your teammates is from India, and tells you the answer to a question is India… IT’S INDIA.

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 covered up the fact that you didn’t read the book pretty well.

The Count of Monte Cristo: There is only one Monte Cristo

The Slap: The greatest night in TV history

The Art of War: Military portraits from the Napoleonic era

Animal Farm: A children’s introduction to animal husbandry

Romeo & Juliet: Love always wins

Life of Pi: A biography of a baker

Macbeth: About a Scottish fast food franchise

Jaws: A dentistry manual

Call Me By Your Name: A story about a heterosexual couple

Heart of Darkness: The Peter Dutton biography

Lord of the Rings: A Michael Jordan biography

Lord of the Rings: The Ron Jeremy story

Lord of the Rings: The best jeweller in the city

Moby Dick: A crazy vegan f*cks Natalie Portman

Moby Dick: The story of a synth DJ’s successful career in adult entertainment

Trainspotting: An instructional guide

To Kill a Mockingbird: A how to guide

A Tale of Two Cities: A travel guide for Minneapolis-St Paul

The Boy with the Striped Pyjamas: The tale of a boy dressed as Bananas in Pyjamas at a sleepover

The Boy with the Striped Pyjamas: The origin story of Bananas in Pyjamas

Catch 22: 22 people play catch

Dr No: A Vietnamese academic who got tired of correcting Ng

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Spectacular Scissors

Feisty Earthquake

Hydrated Stethoscope

Spooky Wig

Fuzzy Rabbit

Voluptuous Andy Warhol

Horny Hedgehog

Gothic Rooster

Defrocked Rorschach

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team put down the two options on the dilemma question, and then forgot to choose one. And the results came down to one vote.

Common four letter words beginning with HO? How about “hoes”. That was a glimpse into the priorities of one of our teams.

Just as we asked a question on Buddy Franklin’s 1,000th AFL goal, the televisions in one of our venues replayed the moment.

Two teams talked themselves out of the same correct answer on a jackpot question.

After choosing Gondor as their special subject, one team failed to correctly answer a question on what Gondor meant. It’s your subject people!

And not quite half of the teams succeeded in naming numbers between 100 & 200 that are divisible by 7.  One bid 14 and named literally none of them, and one bid 8, and went on to name all 14 in 13 seconds.  (He was getting a PhD in math, and was finally able to put that to good use.)

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

Impressive (and obscure) knowledge on Presidential elections wins jackpots.

An educated (and somewhat lucky) guess on aviation history meant winning cash.

TEAM NAMES

The Mr Men & Little Miss books are going to be going in some strange and sometimes scary new directions.

Little Miss Influencer

Mr Revenge Porn

Little Miss Karen

Mr You’re on Mute

Little Miss Vegan

Mx Gender is a Construct

Little Miss “They” Pronoun

Mr Straight Cis White Man

Little Miss Retired at 25

Mr Heteronormative Patriarchy

Little Miss Only Fans Millionaire

Mr Red Flag

Little Miss WWIII

Mr #MeToo

Little Miss Defamation

Little Miss Putin

Mr Always Bets Five on the Gambler’s Question

Little Miss Sense of Impending Doom

Little Miss Owned by Disney

Mr Metaverse

Little Miss Iced Double Pump Vanilla Latte with Oat Milk & Fresh Ice

Little Miss Duck Lips

Mr Have You Tried Cryptocurrency

Little Miss Who You Calling Miss

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Throbbing Sandwich

Meaty Frog

Furry Pickle

Furry Mustard

Portable Paris

Cantankerous Lollipop

Communist Potato

Spicy Human

Fat Calculator

Smouldering Groot

Beautiful Straightjacket

Little Miss Chimney

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A new player identified Switzerland as one of her strengths in trivia. Not European geography in general, but specifically Switzerland. As it happens, one of the picture questions was a silhouette of Switzerland… which she failed to identify. This is why you should never say you’re really good at something. You just look like a fool if you’re wrong.

A question on fashion brands resulted in no less than three teams checking out the Levis logo on a teammate’s jeans. And the question wasn’t even about Levis.

One team predicted they would finish in 5^th place. And then finished in… 5^th place, which is impressively accurate when there are 9 teams.

And we heard someone describe a teammate as a nerd. Now let’s be clear. Anyone who comes to one of our shows is voluntarily taking an exam on a weeknight. NOBODY gets to use the word “nerd” as an insult. We depend on nerds for our whole business model.

See you next week.

If you won, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOT

They finished last, but still got the jackpot, because they thought a brand of beer “sounded Polish”.

TEAM NAMES

We learned a lot of new facts, none of which were actual facts.

Cow urine cures COVID

You can’t catch COVID from close contacts

In the 1800s, firefighters grew long moustaches to filter out the smoke.

Prince Phillip invented the party popper

Krispy Kreme means Lard Souffle in Finnish

67% of statistics are made up

Dodgy statistics make you 95% smarter

Ferrets are arctic snakes

Scomo announces consensual sex is illegal

All dogs are Republican

Earth is the closest planet to the Sun

Spiders don’t swallow

The Earth is flat all the way down

The Wordle couple split up

Dogs can’t look up

Organic beer is made by people with yeast infections

If you put food up your butt you poop out of your mouth

Gum takes seven years to digest

Jet fuel melts steel beams

Eating chocolate makes you lose weight

Fish can smell colours

Chuck Norris invented Tinder

We win every week

We don’t have a team name

The last few team names from iQ Trivia were really funny

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Greasy Florence

Mexican Fire

Vajazzled Gluten

Beer Label

Forlorn DJ Deck

Saintly Vampire

Rambuncious Leprechaun

Omniscient Date

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Who sang A Thousand Miles? Terry Crews in White Chicks. Well, it’s not wrong.

Wars where Australians won the most Victoria Crosses? The Emu War.

Common words ending in GY? Not strategy & technology, but soggy & tangy.

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

Humans do odd things. Here’s what the first person to do odd things thought.

I’m going to close one eye and open it again really quickly in the direction of the object of my affection to let them know I am attracted to them. It may also work to demonstrate I am making a joke.

I was thirsty so I decided to yank on the pink undercarriage of a cow.

Sure I’ll marry you. I’d love to have the same name as your mother.

Time for some dirty hot leaf water.

I just cooked you bread. Cook it again.

Welcome to Finland where we sit in REALLY hot rooms while completely naked.

I’ll dress my baby in pink so people know how to react.

I can’t get aroused. Beat me with a leather paddle.

I’m going to ask how you’re going and not listen to the answer.

My mother birthed me, so now I annually gather with loved ones.

What’s that snotty thing in the shell? I think I’ll call it an oyster.

I think I’ll eat that thing that came out of that chicken’s butt.

That’s a nice bird. I’ve got the perfect cage for it.

I’m gonna pat this wolf.

Yum yum, scrambled chicken period.

If I stomp on these grapes, will I get drunk?

My grape juice has gone bad! Oh wait, it’s gone GOOD!

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Lazy House

Drinking Paris

Vladimir Putin Stuck in a Flood

Salty Cricket

Crunchy Grandma

Outrageous Scissors

Cuddly Demon

Rambunctious Baroness

Anxious Snoopy

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Who composed The Nutcracker? Peter Trotsky.

Question about pictures of Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale, and in Doctor Strange. Answer: I know this guy and both films but I am blanking and I am going to hate myself when I find out.

The homework question is usually too tough to get without looking it up. But one team complained that it was too easy, because they knew it all without looking it up. (So we gave them a bonus point. Obscure knowledge pays off.)

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 Nigerian languages paid off.

TEAM NAMES

You re-vowelled a lot of musicians and bands.

Wangs

Qeeen

Boo-Goos

Iminim

Rad Hat Challa Pappars

Smosh Mooth

The Deers

OC/DC

Rash

Kyloo Monogoo

Bette Medler

Ran DMC

Beckstreet Beys

Fufty C*nt

Jock Block

Bononoromo

Tha Cat Ampara

Patball

Flitwiid Mic

Tuul

Gins Ind Risis

Orctoc Monkoys

Lodo Gogo

Ponoc Ot Tho Dosco

The Crenberrees

Cold Ploy

R.I.M.

Gong of Yooths

O2

Stooly Don

Joston Boobor

Obbo

Calvan Harras

Foll Oot Boy

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Running Dinosaur

Crumply Skeleton

Colourful Cat

Hairy Spam

Vicious Avocado

Caricature Playing Cards

Dainty Fools

Glistening Frenchman

Digging Tree

Top Gun (actually stuck to his head and set on fire)

Sneeeeaky Hippo

Negative Amoeba

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We asked how long it took the Apollo astronauts to get to the moon, and got the answer “it took Tom Hanks about 90 minutes in Apollo 13.”

What makes Australians swear the most? The actual answer was driving. But we had to give points to teams that said “assembling IKEA furniture” and “greeting friends”.

See you next week.