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

WINNERS

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

TEAM NAMES

Here’s what you DON’T want to do before you die.

Banzai Jumping (that is throwing a parachute out of a plane and then jumping out after it): Because I’m a terrible catch

Don’t join the mile high club, because nothing kills an orgasm harder than an interrupting flight attendant.

Come last in trivia

Being nominated for a Darwin Award

Go to South Africa as a white farmer

Never listening to Africa by Toto again

Eat a Tide Pod

Bungee jumping with your baby. Their skulls aren’t designed for intense G-forces.

Planking

Climbing Uluru… because it’s f*cking WRONG!!!

TRIVIART

Dripping Medic

Rotten Cheese

Motorboating House

Cheesy Roger

Thirsty Penis

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team guessed that Welcome to the Jungle was performed not by Guns N Roses, but by The Wiggles.

In addition to nailing the year the Dambusters breached the Mohne dam in Germany, one team got a bonus point for citing the exact night.

Someone had the gall to complain about a question on the ball tampering scandal, saying “how am I supposed to know about that?” (It’s the biggest story of the last week. NOBODY gets a pass on that one.)

One player turned breaking the lunate bone in his wrist into winning a bonus question.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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

JACKPOTS

These guys came away with a whole bunch of cash at The Horse. Next week they will be making it rain.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with plenty of things you challenged someone to change your mind on

Channel Seven is not racist

Marmite is better than Vegemite

Instant coffee is the best

Pineapple belongs on pizza

“Your mum” is a valid answer to any trivia question

Koala Bears are Bears

Cher never had plastic surgery

Vlad is better than Donald

Bill Clinton did inhale

Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer

Hillary Swank isn’t hot

Dean from Married at First Sight is just misunderstood

Water is not wet

Reading books is just hallucinating dead trees

Wine is grape juice gone bad

Lasagna is just spaghetti gone bad

Cats make better pets than dogs

Tony Jones is the biggest DILF

We always come third (and they did change their mind because they wound up coming in first)

TRIVIART

Presumptuous Donald Trump

Aspergic Koala

Furry T-shirt

Lazy Flipper

Bony Sydney

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We helped this stuffed fox find his way home to his three year old best friend. Well actually that had already happened by the time we shared it on Facebook, but it’s the thought that counts dammit!

In five minutes, someone went from saying their trivia speciality was music question to saying their trivia speciality was “screwing up music questions.”

One team had to be convinced that My Fair Lady was not a Shakespeare play beginning with the letter M.

Upper Volta was given a point on a question on countries starting with U, because we didn’t say they had to give the current name (and it was deemed sufficiently obscure.)

When one team asked for Millwall Football Club as their last place subject, they got a special bonus point because they survived the riot that followed an important loss.

One player referred to the third Star Wars prequel as Revenge of the Synth.

And one new player turned up and was sent the homework question via e-mail. He then looked it up before his teammates arrived. When we asked the question, he made a big production of trying to remember all of the answers to our obscure question, and when he managed them all, his teammates were amazed at his intellectual prowess… until he built himself up too much and we exposed his subterfuge.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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

JACKPOTS

These four finally won $130 that had been building up for a while.

These four cashed in when one of them read an article by a Swedish medical schools the same day we asked a question on that same Swedish medical school.

This lot continued the week of winning jackpots.

We weren’t able to build up the jackpot at The Crown, because one of our teams won it at our first show there.

TEAM NAMES

Here are the myriad of ridiculous marketing claims you made.

Kosher Bacon

Chakra Cleansing Cocaine

Cruelty Free Crops

Scrotum free cereal

Honest Politicians

Gluten free Blockchain

Clean coal

Meat free tofu

Oxygen – 100% fat free, gluten free, cruelty free

Paleo Bread

Edible Tide Pods

Nutella: Less sugar than pure sugar

TRIVIART

Spicy Beer

Hairy Glacier

Excruciating Grass

Rectal Memes

Breathtaking Ship

Dreamy Umbrella

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Teams suggested a group of ponies should be called a “prance” or a “sparkle” of ponies.

A number of players who worked with mortgages for a living came nowhere near correctly answering a bonus question on the chance of mortgage defaults.

One team misheard our instruction to list the oldest and the newest out of a set of bridges, but more than redeemed themselves by naming all of the bridges in order of age.

A man visiting from India confirmed the meaning of the Indian expression “prepone” when nobody believed our host.

We turned around a row of crisp packets so people couldn’t cheat on the colours of crisp packets.

We asked a question on someone searching for lookalikes of Barnaby Joyce & Vikki Campion to make porn, and someone guessed that the lookalikes were of Donald Trump & Stephen Hawking. This is the most appalling thing to happen at iQ Trivia in quite a while.

One of our teams did an extensive proof, far beyond what was required by a simple math question.

A number of teams guessed that the element named for Marie Curie’s homeland was Plutonium. For the record, she was from Poland, not Pluto.

One team complained that we never asked questions on opera. We then asked a question on opera, which they got wrong.

One player demonstrated her devotion to the trivial arts by turning up despite a broken foot.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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

JACKPOTS

These two came in last place in the quiz, but knew enough (or guessed well enough) on Indian food to win other people’s money in the jackpot.

TEAM NAMES

There were plenty of warnings you thought shouldn’t be necessary

Hot Lava. No Swimming.

Don’t iron while wearing shirt

Please do not drink toilet water

This beef is not vegan friendly

Don’t aim fireworks at people

Tuna may contain fish

Don’t eat packing peanuts

Lady boys may contain traces of dick

Drag Queens may contain nuts

Objects may be smaller than they appear online

Excessive consumption of water or alcohol may lead to drowning

Pavlova may contain eggs

Don’t eat your answer sheet

Employees must wash hands

Viagra: Not for use by children

Nurofen for Children: Keep out of reach of children

When a jar of peanuts says “may contain nuts”

Suppository not to be taken orally

TRIVIART

Claustrophobic E

Equinine Frog

Squiggly Horse

Necrophiliac Carrots

Brown Marilyn Monroe

Underwhelming Shit

Confused Manchester

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We overheard one player say “well I’ve got one question right, and I’m going to coast on that for the rest of the night.” EXACTLY the correct reaction two questions in.

A team of drunk English tourists came in last place, but not before earning themselves a bonus point for singing John Denver’s “Take Me Home Country Roads.”

When asked for the new Deputy Prime Minister, one team responded with “definitely not Barnaby Joyce” which is technically correct.”

Instead of bone spurs in his heel, one team guessed that Donald Trump was medically ruled of of the draft for Vietnam because his hands were too cartoonishly small to hold a gun.

Doctor Who actor Matt Smith was identified as “that Skynet guy from Terminator Genisys.”

When asked for the author and book a literary quote came from, one team hedged their bets and said JK Rowling’s The Art of War.

A visiting tourist from West Virginia recognised a number of towns and cities as being from his home state, told one of the teams that was playing, who dutifully donated their free beer to him.

And one British team was struggling with some of the Australian content on one of our quizzes, so instead of naming the four most recent Australian Prime Ministers with an H in their surname, we allowed them to give us the last four British Prime Ministers with an H in their name (and then proceeded to look up the answer ourselves.)

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

We had a giveaway this week, with the highest scoring team at any iQ Trivia show winning a free entry to the Australasian Pub Quiz Championships, and this group from Walt & Burley in Canberra managed an impressive 70 points.

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

TEAM NAMES

There were plenty of things that pissed you off more than they should.  Mostly misuses of words or bad pronunciation.

Should of got me a expresso

Not enough cream on scones

Can I ask youse a pacific question?

Specific not pacific

Football not soccer

PIN Number

People who say “fustration”

It’s a scallop, not a potato cake

For all intensive purposes

White Australians complaining about immigration

Calling me “champ” at work

I literally gave 110%

It’s actually pronounced “Barthelona”

People from Hong Kong are Chinese

TRIVIART

Energetic Wine

Difficult Runner

Sexy Cowboy

Bootylicious Rubber

Golfing Dragons

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Someone was eliminated from our bonus round when they didn’t know what country used the code AUS at the Olympics, despite the fact that we’re IN AUSTRALIA!

One player who had just come from touch footy proved she was right on a question on the number of chevrons on the NRL logo, by pulling down her trackies and showing the NRL logo on her shorts.

When asked where you would find a caldera, one team said the Greek island of Santorini, which is technically correct and a lot more specific that the answer we were looking for. Another team said “in the known universe” which is technically correct and a lot less specific than we were looking for.

When asked about the most common countries of birth in London, one team forgot to say “the UK.”

The Apollo 11 astronauts were Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Neil Young.

One team argued that we should accept their answer that the guy who was eaten by the lions he was attempting to poach died because he stopped breathing. We countered that he wouldn’t have stopped breathing if the lions didn’t eat him.

And finally, as a note to a player who complained… if you can’t think of any Morgan Freeman films, that’s fine. We’re not judging you. But if you call Morgan Freeman “obscure”, then iQ Trivia won’t take anything you say seriously.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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

JACKPOTS

These four came in last place in the quiz, but still managed to take everyone else’s money in the jackpot round.

TEAM NAMES

You hand plenty of advice on how to feel happy. Also, a lot of you are horrible people.

Eating someone’s last Tim Tam

Driving slow in the fast lane

Smashing someone else’s sandcastle

Incorporating a funny word into your weekly management meeting (like penetration) as often as possible

Watching cats trying to make jumps but failing

Olympians falling over

Getting the last seat on an express bus

Make friends with the dead bees in your sink

Send thoughts and prayers

Flirting to get yourself out of a parking ticket

Correcting Ilya’s Dragon Ball Z knowledge

Put the toilet seat up

My baby daughter screams every time my mother in law picks her up

Silently watching Facebook arguments

Going on holiday when your colleagues have a deadline

Holding on to your Victorian license plates after 10 years in the ACT

Farting and blaming it on an ICU patient

Urinating on a full bladder

TRIVIART

Sorry Mojito (or is it Soaring Mojito?)

Extramarital Monument

Tasty Pillow

Fetal Shrek

Liberal Bobsled

Skinny John

Furious Hot Dog

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team mistook Princess Mary of Denmark for Cadel Evans.

After failing to do the homework question on Japanese Baseball teams, two teams hazarded interesting guesses including the Sushi Slayers and the Osaka Flamethrowers.

One team guessed that with Barnaby Joyce on leave, the Acting Prime Minister was Steven Bradbury. Apparently former gold medallists in short track speed skating are recognised in the constitution.

A team guessed that the spiritual tradition of Falun Gong originated in Wollongong.

We discovered that one of our players can determine the day of the week that any date fell on in just seconds.

A group from our show for the Cancer Council galloped home with a massive score of 76 points, and took home the Daffodil Trivia Trophy for 2018.

And one team who thought they’d have no chance on the jackpot round declined to kick in $1 per player… and were the only ones who knew the answer. TOO LATE! You’ve got to be in it to win it.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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

JACKPOTS

No winners, but one of our players knew the right answer but was outvoted on a question. He didn’t win the cash, but he does get to feel smug for a long time, and that’s worth more than money.

TEAM NAMES

Want to know why you shouldn’t come to Australia?  Here are plenty of reasons.

Every three months a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland

Bin Chickens

Baby eating dingos

Bogan Drop Bears from Cronulla

F*ck off we’re full

The fire rating is severe

There’s no Taco Bell

Sub par trivia nights

The koalas all have chlamydia

Horrible Public Transport

You’re seeking asylum

You may end up on Manus Island

The NBN is so slow

Pauline Hanson exists

You might get knocked up by Barnaby Joyce

TRIVIART

Luminous Corset

Fly Dog

Post Modern Milk Crate

Sticky Silicon

Cunning Toilet

Elephant Accountant

Dangly Elephant

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When asked to come up with the most common words beginning with MOR, enough teams put down “moron” to possibly bump it up into the top seven. Also, the fact that so many minds went immediately to the word moron may say something about the players at our trivia.

When coming up with countries that contain the letter GE, some teams went with Tangeria and Senegel.

The shortest member of one team was compelled to stand so her teammates could compare options for Peter Dinklage’s height on a live model.

A team was so enthused that we asked an audio question about Hamilton that they continued to sing after the clip ended.

And one first place team was last week’s last place team. Choosing a special subject wisely seems to have paid off.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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

JACKPOTS

It was a big week for jackpots.

This team won first place and a pile of cash.

They knew about Jodie Foster films.

These two got a pile of other people’s money for their sporting expertise.

And the Canadian in this group got the biggest winning margin in AFL Grand Final history. He didn’t get it within the acceptable two point margin we specified, he got it EXACT. How a Canadian beat a room full of Australians on this we will never know.

TEAM NAMES

There have been 52 Super Bowls and 45 Presidents. That means the Super Bowl has been around longer than American

Cryptocurrency is a great investment

The NBN will take only 3 days to install

What’s Obama’s last name?

I hear redback spiders make great pets

Where is the any key?

How many halves are in a football match?

According to my star sign…

Doesn’t anyone else think Vaseline tastes weird

Bowl underarm

How many points are Team Bagpuss gambling today?

Do you think they dye the harbour to get it that colour

How much is a $2 meal deal

Is the lunar eclipse during the day or the night

I’m not sure if I’m the mother of my child

Is weed vegan?

TRIVIART

Curly Anaconda

Pretty Ireland

Turgid Cuttlefish

Freaky Caterpillar

Filthy Noun

Burlesque Horse

Pompous Stethoscope

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Guesses for what ASXP stands for in terms of Australian political parties included the Australian Xylophone Party rather than the Australian Sex Party.

A room full of cricket fans all failed on a question on Don Bradman.

In inscription INRI on the cross at the Crucifixion stood for Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, but one team guessed it meant BRB LOL. (Yeah, that works.)

One team speculate that a sun protection company keeps you safe from the sun by giving you skin cancer, based on their theory that you can’t get skin cancer if you already have skin cancer.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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

JACKPOTS

We can’t seem to build up a jackpot at the Oxford, because somehow, people keep winning it on the first try, this week with extensive knowledge of the theatrical career of Glenn Close.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s what you propose to put on television as part of the Slow TV movement.

Waiting in Line when Happy Hour is About to End

War & Peace: As Read by Prince Phillip

Watching a Bird’s Nest Waiting for Eggs to Hatch

The Road to Marriage Equality in Australia

The Australian Government Making Progress on Policy

The slow failure of the American state

Watching Water Freeze

Glacier Sprints

Team Bagpuss on a Wednesday After Trivia

Eye Test TV

Anything with Gwyneth Paltrow

Paralympics

Watching Water Evaporate

The NBN Rollout

The 830 Central to Circular Quay

Sydney Light Rail Construction TV

Sloth Erotica

Waiting for your girlfriend to choose where to go for dinner

TRIVIART

Beautiful Kimchi

Horny Squirrel

Salacious Whiskey

Breakdancing Lightbulb

Sparkly Cherry

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A team with a strong Scottish flavour insisted we not read the rest of the Gambler’s Question, because as soon as we mentioned Linlithgow, they knew what the question and answer would be. (They were also unimpressed with our host’s pronunciation of Linlithgow, and let him know it.)

The same team was similarly unimpressed when the host broke a tie on a dilemma question which went against them.

One team derailed a physics question on the number of tennis balls needed to stop the momentum of a charging Novak Djokovic by pointing out you only need to hit him with one, as long as it’s square in the balls. (How many other trivia nights wind up with questions than can be answered by hitting tennis players in sensitive areas?)

Another self declared tennis expert earned the scorn of his teammates for failing on a tennis question.

A team with a rather dark approach to trivia wasn’t sure when Anne Frank was born, but asked if they could answer when she died.

One team mistook Christopher Lee in his iconic role of Dracula for Count Chocula.

And one team rather cleverly argued that the Xenomorph from the Alien franchise is now technically a Disney Princess.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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

JACKPOTS

These two were the only two who got the math done quick enough to win their jackpot at the Oxford on Wednesday.

TEAM NAMES

We’ve now heard plenty of things you never thought Australians would say.

Put another shrimp on the barbie (several variations of this)

A pint of Foster’s thanks (and this)

What’s Goon?

Just a water thanks

Nothing for me. I’ve had enough to drink.

I just LOVE the lockout laws

Pavlova was invented by the Kiwis

Kia ora

I don’t eat lamb on Australia Day

Let’s Skip Bali

Come On England

There’s plenty of room

Sure, we’ll take more refugees

We need to pay more tax

Change the Date

Pauline for PM

Stuart Broad for PM

The Poms are so much better at cricket than us

The All Blacks are my favourite rugby team

Fush & Chups

Marmite is better than Vegemite

Well done on beating us. Let’s enjoy an alcohol free meal of one of our nation’s renowned & unique cultural dishes.

There’s never been a better time to be a home buyer

One beer per person per day at Bathurst is totally enough

I have nothing to complain about

TRIVIART

Moist Beer

Cantankerous Banana

Pimply Drug Lord

Blackening Squirrel

Gyrating Moustache

Happy Tree

Chipper Speculum

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Frequently, teams get answers in the wrong space on their answer sheet. On some occasions, the wrong answers are unintentionally hilarious. When asked for the song the Nazis sang in Casablanca, one team answered “Man, I feel like a woman” by Shania Twain (which was the correct answer to the next question.) That would have given that scene a VERY different feel!

Someone else guessed that the Bangles song Walk Like an Egyptian was F*ck the Police by NWA.

When they couldn’t remember Geena Davis’ name, one team said “the woman who played the mother in Stuart Little” which is not TECHNICALLY WRONG.

A pair of Austrian tourists got a question on Austrian history wrong.

In a jackpot round where spelling matters, one team wrongly answered Isreal as the birthplace of an author, but seeing as Israel was also incorrect, their poor spelling didn’t cost them anything.

See you next week.