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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Getting lucky on a sports question still counts.

TEAM NAMES

Some of you made some interesting arguments about what is and is not required.

You don’t have to be happy at happy hour

An aisle seat isn’t necessarily on the aisle

A pub doesn’t need to have beer

A quarter pounder doesn’t need to weigh a quarter of a pound

Big Macs don’t need to be big

There’s no egg in eggplant

Three woods don’t need to be made of wood

Trivia doesn’t require knowledge

Hot dogs aren’t made of dogs

A fridge doesn’t need to be cold

Oranges don’t need to be orange

Just because there’s panic doesn’t mean there is a disco

Australian Women’s Weekly doesn’t come out every week

Presidents don’t need a clean criminal record

Buying a bike doesn’t mean you get a seat

Ashes tests don’t need to go past two days

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Distracted Palm Tree

Erotic Pyramids

Fancy Leonardo

Wild and Windy

Flaming Ski

QR Code Bikini

Flying Twizzlers

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Sometimes people claim a song was before their time… and sometimes a team of people 20 years younger than a song sing along. Singing along is better than complaining.

Someone mistook Eddie Mabo for Samuel L. Jackson… which would have meant certain choice words being used in the High Court.

We mentioned a current events question about Curacao was a feel good story, and one team guessed that it was about Pete Hegseth using bombs to target ships in the Caribbean, which we choose to interpret as them not hearing the good news part.

And there was some catching up in our quarterly tournament, but the leaders are still on top.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

You don’t need to know the answer if you’re lucky enough. And they were.

TEAM NAMES

You got a lot of things very wrong.

The Sydney property market is reasonably priced

Sydney rent prices are totally reasonable

Santa lives on Christmas Island

Iceland is full of meth heads

Horology is the study of whores

Euthanasia is education about children in China

9+10=21

Past performance IS a reliable indicator of future performance

Cardiologists love Cardi B

You can’t get pregnant standing up

Cricket bats kill insects

There are a lot of kangaroos in Austria

The Danish capital is Amsterdam

Louis Armstrong: The first man on the moon

Donald Trump is NOT in the Epstein Files

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DiCaprio Guinness

Juicy Bone

Slutty Hammer

Beyonce Karen

Duck Season

Mistletoe Burrito

Ass Police

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A new team played the jackpot round, knew the answer, but it didn’t strike them that they had to bring it up. And that cost them $130.

In the categories bonus round, one team tried to argue that heroin was a reason to borrow money, a way to kill time, something they bought in the last month, and something to bring on holiday.

Instead of Bridget Jones’ Diary, one team thought it was Jeffrey Epstein’s Diary.

If you’re the loudest team at a trivia night, you don’t get to complain that it’s too loud to hear the questions.

And our quarterly tournament leaders are proving difficult to catch.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Knowing about Polish geography is good, but a lucky guess is good enough.

TEAM NAMES

It’s pretty easy to mix up two people.

Louis Armstrong: First man to walk on the moon

Marilyn Manson sings Happy Birthday to JFK

Taylor Swift is marrying Travis Scott?

Laday Gaga Gandhi

Samuel L Jackson Pollock

Sydney Sweney Todd

Adolph Einstein

Boy George Bush

Adele Dazeem

Olivia Newton Tron

Robin Williams was in Take That

Bonnie Bluey

Martin Luther Stephen King

Oscar winner Leonardo DaVinci

Ted Bundy from Married with Children

Queen Elizabeth Taylor

Anne Frank Sinatra

Shreklock Holmes

Forrest Trump

Obama bin Laden

Release the Einstein files

No… it’s just Andrew

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Fascist Accounting

Squirmy Octopus

Slippery Hat

Wicked Tadpole

Chewy Zoran Mamdani

Brutish Santa Claus

Unlikely Ballerina

Energetic Architecture

Oasis Traitor

Labubu Weapon

Shifty Horse

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Someone asked if one of our pictures was a live picture. No… that’s not how pictures work.

A player named Flynn was eliminated from the lightning round on a question about Errol Flynn.

We asked about how many jetties there are at Circular Quay, and despite the fact that you could literally see Circular Quay through the windows, one team still guessed that there were 5 times more than there actually are.

We found out that a team has been regularly flipping a coin on the know your host question.

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

Whether you’re parents or not, you had plenty of bad parenting advice.

Have children

Redbull before bedtime

Knife in toaster

Go play in traffic

Don’t worry, it’ll grow back

Free candy is free candy

Shake the baby

12 baby mamas

Let them lick hospital floors to build up their immunity

Participation ribbons are good

Baby = Baby Bonus

of course you can sit on Uncle Andrew’s lap

Name your child Khaleesi because you loved her in Game of Thrones

Trauma builds character

Get married young

Unlimited screen time

Bullying is character building

Babies love hot cars

Get your baby to sit through trivia every week

Instead of divorce have you considered babies?

Get Erin Paterson to babysit

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Discombobulated Horse

Girthy Ear

Asbestos marine

Helium Socialite

Uruguay Scale

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A player asked if we could do a mind meld so that the film scene she was imagining but couldn’t describe was a scene from the film we were asking questions about. Yeah… we don’t do that, mostly because it’s not possible.

Abscess was the answer to a question, and we heard one played cheer louder than they had cheered for anything.

In a question on board games, someone thought murder was a key element of Guess Who.

And we’ve got one team leading on both points and average.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

A lucky guess about cheese really paid off.

TEAM NAMES

You gave us lots of bad Halloween advice.

It’s ok for childless millennials to go trick or treating

Couples costume idea – Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell

Jimmy Saville has treats for kids

Your culture is my costume

Use Dulux orange for your Lorax face

Stare little kids in the eye and say “the treat must be repaid”

Halloween calories don’t count

Eat the unwrapped candy

Kids like carrot sticks

Give kids contraception

Say Beetlejuice three times

Trick or treat at Fritzl’s house

Trick or treating on Elm Street

Deliver candy in a white van

Dress all in black and go as the invisible pedestrian

Forget your insulin

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Station Panic

Vague Revolver

Ugly Canberra

Giraffe Wi-Fi

Crane Snob

Candy Gourd

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We heard a couple on a date say the exact phrase “I told you so” at least 6 times in the second half. Is trivia a good date activity? Well, they still left together.

When asked about African countries spelled with Z, after Zimbabwe one team came up with Zomalia and Zouth Africa.

One team gave themselves the name “7^th place”… and then came 7^th.

An 81 point win put one team in the lead both in overall points and highest average.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

TEAM NAMES

Bad career advice? You had plenty.

Put “influencer” on your CV

Go to a concert with the HR lady you’re sleeping with

Always hit reply all

Get buzzed on the clock

Exposure pays the bills

This is a good time to transfer to the US

Be a woman

Clothing optional

Always fart in meetings

When your boss says we’re a family, start calling him daddy

Take your vegan boss out for ribs

Always tell your boss EXACTLY what you think

HR upskirts

You can postpone performance management indefinitely by making vexacious complaints

The job will find you

Eliminate job stress by not having a job

Flirt with your boss’s partner

Show up drunk at the Christmas part to show you’re prepared

The Christmas party is an appropriate place to get blackout drunk

Go to an interview while extremely hungover

Call in a bomb threat to get the day off

Go to university

Assert dominance by pissing on the filing cabinets

Dress for the job you want, even if it’s Wolverine

Say an actual weakness when they ask for a weakness in an interview

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Duck Bowl

Seedy Knot

Birthday Binoculars

Pedantic Orange Peduncle

Merry Cigarette

Alphabet Art

Fast Whiskey

Moose Dementia

Rainbow Accountant

Cat Snob

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team mistook a picture of New Girl for Game of Thrones. For the record, New Girl is the LEAST Game of Thrones TV series that has ever been made.

Proposed titles for the latest Indiana Jones film were Indiana Jones and the Dial of Harrison Ford’s Garmin, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of the Suicide Hotline.

One team recognised a picture of Hamburger University as a McDonald’s training centre, and went on to speculate about courses taught there, including Art Appreciation with the Hamburgler, and From Grimace to Winner, Customer Service with a Smile.

A picture of the Beatles was stated to be Drake, Gary Glitter, and Rolf Harris… which is a terrifying concept.

And our leaders from last week didn’t win, but none of their closest competitors won either so they maintained their lead.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

TEAM NAMES

You had plenty of bad relationship advice.

Tell her she looks like your sister

Show them you care by tracking their location at all times

Tongue is mandatory

Be honest

Don’t show up

Mixed signals only

Dress down and talk sh!t about your ex

Serenade them with a recorder

Beef wellington for dinner

Lovebombing works

If she doesn’t respond, DM her mum

Tell your date you’ve been hosting trivia for the last 10 years

Go to iQ Trivia for your first date

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Armadillo Dating

Tasty Beer

Cantaloupe Monocle

Hungover Hamster

Confused Toothpick

Soggy Drugs

Taxi Stiletto

Gaston Set

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We’ve hit a decade at one of our venues. Yes it’s been 10 years since Joe started hosting at the Old Canberra Inn, and the occasion was marked with t-shirts, and a mock assault with a sugar glass bottle that luckily went off without a hitch.

The answer to one gambler’s question was Nacho, and one team got it wrong despite ordering nachos.

And after coming second for 6 weeks in a row and attending for months without a win, one team finally managed their first ever victory at iQ Trivia.

Our quarterly tournament has just one team at the top of the table with three wins in three weeks.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

TEAM NAMES

You were full of bad financial advice.

Waiting for our parents to die

Waiting for the Sydney property bubble to burst

Labubus are a solid investment

Invest in Trump’s memecoin

Invest in a growth field like newspapers or magazines

Afterpay Uber Eats

Buy high, sell low

Loan all your money to the Duchess of York

Buy all the puppies

Invest in Blockbuster

Invest in Thomas Cook

Always chase your losses

Buy that boat, it’ll be great

Gamble Irresponsibly

Pyramid schemes work

Use your super for a Brazilian Butt Lift

Send your savings to a Nigerian prince

Have kids

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Cactus Pantaloons

Danger Oyster

Aerodynamic Anteater

Fantastic Fish

Succulent Meow

Pelican Smile

Bonzo Labubu

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we asked about foreign language films, one team thought that Life Is Beautiful was made in Mongolian.

A question about ex-Soviet countries led to one team asking if the Soviet Union counted.

One team couldn’t recall the name of the Michael Pena, an actor of Mexican descent, and so they put ICE’s next target.

And our quarterly tournament is still in its early stages with three teams up at the top of the table.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

When you’re playing the jackpot, it doesn’t matter if you know it or you’re lucky. A correct answer is a correct answer.

TEAM NAMES

What medical advice will the White House come out with next?

Fake tan increases IQ

Monster Energy cures obesity and gayness

Second hand smoke cures asthma

Facehuggers cure asthma

Holding in a fart boosts your pheromones

Condoms cause autism

Sleep gives you cancer

A Chicken McNugget a day keeps the doctor away

Being nice to your girlfriend causes male pattern baldness

Hand sanitizer cures baldness

Pee is stored in the balls

Powdered tiger penis for headaches

Shotguns for headaches

Firing guns in school develops hand eye coordination

Anything said by Pete Evans

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Orange Abortion

Penguin Turnip

Empanada Cube

Abstemious Sandwich

Daredevil Dingo

Bold Table

Coriander Dragon

Catapult Whine

Mute Mute

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had one player choose to split off from the rest of his team to play solo, very keen to get to choose the last place subject… and he did. Getting just 20 points will tend to do that.

Guesses about a TV series with people being set on fire included Community, The Office, and Seinfeld. We must have missed those episodes.

Knowing that the Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest structure in the world in 2570BC, one team guessed that it held that title for 5000 years… which would make it STILL the tallest for about another 300 years.

And last quarter’s tournament winners enjoyed their prize.

Which means we’ve got a new tournament kicking off. Everyone is in the running again.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

Two teams won a jackpot about Edith Piaf. We’re pretty sure neither of them knew anything about Edith Piaf before the question was asked, but you’ve got to be in it to win it.

TEAM NAMES

You found a lot of way to describe who you are.

I’m not tired, I’m end of term teacher tired

We’re Guinness for breakfast Irish

I’m not just white, I’m pepper is spicy white

We’re ¾ Milo, ¼ milk Australian

We’re not just immigrants, we’re saying awwwwww whenever we see a koala immigrants

We’re not just Scousers, we’re thieving Scousers

I’m so gay my asshole has a lisp

I’m not old, I’m jello for dessert old

I’m a two coffee grinders inner westie

I’m not just drunk, I’m texting my ex drunk

I’m a 5 shades of mental sickness lawyer

I’m not just a dad, I’m a dad joke dad

I’m tax evasion Lebanese

Team Bagpuss is so Team Bagpuss we’re not playing the team name game

We love trivia so much, be bring our own stationary

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Circus Popsicle

Zesty Pineapple

Medical Trumpet

Bungalow Battle

Dictatorial Thespian

Jukebox in Jelly

Extra Scooter

Oreo Pandemonium

Magic Flamingo

Bozo Pregnancy

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had one team bid that they could get a lot of questions wrong in our wrong answers only round, without understanding what it was. The thing is, he works in real estate, and should have known better than to put his hand up during an auction when you don’t know what you’re bidding on.

One venue had a team who wasn’t officially playing, but still argued more about the questions than any of the official teams.

And our quarterly tournament has wound up, with the Richard Gere Appreciation Society taking the top prize.

See you next week.