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This Week in iQ Trivia – 21 December 2024

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

They were pretty sure of the answer, and got the spelling right to get more Christmas cash.

TEAM NAMES

There’s something about the Virgin Mary

Fa la la la la la la la land

When Harry met Santa

Christmiss Congeniality

Two girls one cup of egg nog

Reindeer Dundee

Sleepless at the North Pole

North pole by north west

Advent calendar girls

We three kings on the Orient Express

50 shades of sleigh

The good, the bad, and the jolly

The 40 year old virgin birth

Million dollar baby Jesus

Home Alone with Diddy

The Human Santapede

12 years an elf

Yule-an

Miracle on Elm Street

Schindler’s naughty list

Young Frankincense

Silence of the hams

The dark knight before Christmas

Silent night of the lambs

No chimneys for old men

Snow country for old men

Feliz Navidaddy’s home

TriviArt

Bee Beers

Squishy Table

Sneaky Sausage

Adventurous Elf

Foamy Jigsaw

Stocking Kiss

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One of our hosts knew they would be asking a know your host question about giving blood, so he gave blood the day before the quiz.

When we asked about the shortest commercial flight in the world, it turned out that one player had been on that one minute long flight.

One team made fridge magnets out of several of their TriviArt entries over the year.

May be a doodle of text

And our latest quarterly tournament has wrapped up, with 6 Go Crazy in Canterbury taking the top prize, and Bagpuss at the Occidental having the highest average.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 12 866 72.17
The Smith Family 10 754 75.40
Leader Housen 11 744.5 67.68
Al’s Team 7 518 74.00
Bagpuss 6 461 76.83
Diversity Council 6 422 70.33
Foxolotl 5 363 72.60
Flashy Red Ponies 5 351 70.20
Shannon and Co 5 328 65.60
Tribe 5 301 60.20
No Idea 4 273 68.25
Smash Bros 4 248 62.00
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 3 223 74.33
Bandits 3 220 73.33
Thor’s Thundercats 3 218 72.67
Game of Votes 3 158 52.67
Julius Caesar 2 153 76.50
The Lucky Baby 2 153 76.50
James & the Quizzly Bears 2 152 76.00
Glee 2 151 75.50
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 2 141 70.50
Whale Emoji 2 138 69.00
Menace to Sobriety 2 134 67.00
The Goose is Loose 2 122 61.00
We Drink and Know Things 2 107 53.50
La Francais 2 105 52.50

The next quarterly tournament will start on 6 January.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 14 December 2024

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

WINNERS

JACKPOT

A win in the jackpot, even if not in the main quiz.

TEAM NAMES

You’ve had quite a year if your team names are anything to go by.

286 hours thirsting over a man named Luigi

366 days thinking about the Roman Empire

344 days without murdering anyone

3 shower screens fallen into while drunk

Two colonoscopies

4,225 ginger beers consumed

$7,700 earned while pooping on company time

1,000 hours being price gouged by Colesworth

50 times lost the “know your host” question

52 times coming in third halfway through trivia (they came third)

52 seconds thinking about trivia team names

104 hours coming up with clever trivia team names

TriviArt

Lonely Cat

Spanish Octopus

Stupid Dog

Horrendous Dolphin

Dove Nachos

Hyrax Melon

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We found out that some teams have been getting the homework question wrong because they were plugging it into AI and trusting it to get the right answer. Well do that at your own peril.

We were contacted by family in Sweden asking if we had Christmas themed trivia questions. We threw a little quiz together, and now iQ Trivia has been hosted in another country. That makes four so far.

Who has the initials AA and has won the Australian Open? Anthony Albanese.

And our quarterly tournament has one week left to go, and it looks like first place is mathematically decided. But there are still several teams who can have the highest average score.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 11 793 72.09
Leader Housen 10 680.5 68.05
The Smith Family 9 678 75.33
Al’s Team 6 442 73.67
Diversity Council 6 422 70.33
Bagpuss 5 380 76.00
Flashy Red Ponies 5 351 70.20
Shannon and Co 5 328 65.60
Foxolotl 4 290 72.50
No Idea 4 273 68.25
Smash Bros 4 248 62.00
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 3 223 74.33
Bandits 3 220 73.33
Tribe 3 219.5 73.17
Thor’s Thundercats 3 218 72.67
Game of Votes 3 158 52.67
Julius Caesar 2 153 76.50
James & the Quizzly Bears 2 152 76.00
Glee 2 151 75.50
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 2 141 70.50

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 7 December 2024

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.

This team had been to several quizzes, and finally managed a win the night before they left Australia to head back to America.

JACKPOT

Knowing Welsh geography really helped.

And they made it rain on their dog.

TEAM NAMES

You told us a lot about your early sexual awakenings.

Nala with the bedroom eyes

Scar

Jack Skellington

Mr Squiggle

Handsome Squidward

Angelina Jolie from Shark Tale

Jimmy Neutron

Kovu (sexual awakening from The Lion King 2)

Diego from Ice Age

Dr Doofenschmirtz

Judy Jetson

Space Beth from Rick & Morty

Megatron

The slutty little dad from Inside Out

Kim Possible opening a flip phone

Astro Boy

Toy Story Barbie

Sally from Cars

Judy Hopps

Prince Eric

Stupid Sexy Flanders

Tarzan

Raphael was the sexy one from TMNT

TriviArt

Tampon Candle

Fruit Art

Violent Jumper

Mermaid Ninja

Terrifying Leaf

Geometric Fishsticks

Moscow Clock

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We asked what band Paul McCartney left in 1970, and overheard one team ask “was Paul McCartney in another band before Wings?”

We asked five 50/50 questions about coffee consumption per capita, and one team got zero out of five. Then another got zero out of five. Then two more got zero out of five. All in all, half of the team playing got five straight 50/50s wrong. We would do the math, but the numbers are really getting out of hand.

When we asked about what percent of Australians said they had experienced loneliness in the past week, EVERY SINGLE TEAM overshot the mark, sometimes going for an answer that was double the actual answer. Evidently there’s a lot of loneliness among our players.

And it’s going to be tough to catch our quarterly tournament leaders, but the highest average is still close.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 10 718 71.80
Leader Housen 9 617 68.56
The Smith Family 8 600 75.00
Diversity Council 6 422 70.33
Al’s Team 5 363 72.60
Flashy Red Ponies 5 351 70.20
Shannon and Co 5 328 65.60
Bagpuss 4 302 75.50
Foxolotl 4 290 72.50
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 3 223 74.33
Bandits 3 220 73.33
Tribe 3 219.5 73.17
Thor’s Thundercats 3 218 72.67
No Idea 3 216 72.00
Smash Bros 3 201 67.00
Game of Votes 3 158 52.67
Julius Caesar 2 153 76.50
James & the Quizzly Bears 2 152 76.00
Glee 2 151 75.50
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 2 141 70.50

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 30 November 2024

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

Jake Paul has got a busy fight card coming up.

Donald Trump

Elon Musk

Gandhi

Tyson Fury

Stephen Hawking 5 years ago

Stephen Hawking now

Shirley Temple

Mr Burns

King Charles III

The next random he finds at the nursing home

Buzz Aldrin (but in space)

Nelson Mandela

Betty White

Chadwick Boseman

The Purple Wiggle

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Everyone on our team

TriviArt

Angry Sea Horse

Busking Flower

Evil Stocking

Quantum Adolescent

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We always read out the question twice. You don’t have to ask us to repeat it. And you DEFINITELY don’t have to stop us while we are in the process of reading the question to ask us to read it again.

One team learned that just because a random guy who isn’t playing and is only half listening to trivia yells out an answer loud enough for the whole room to hear, doesn’t mean he has the slightest idea what he’s talking about.

Who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver? Jerry Seinfeld.

And our leaders are maintaining their spot first place. They’re going to be touch to catch unless someone takes them down at their home venue in Canterbury.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 9 648 72.00
Leader Housen 8 549 68.63
The Smith Family 7 522 74.57
Diversity Council 6 422 70.33
Flashy Red Ponies 5 351 70.20
Al’s Team 4 294 73.50
Foxolotl 4 290 72.50
Shannon and Co 4 256 64.00
Bagpuss 3 224 74.67
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 3 223 74.33
Bandits 3 220 73.33
Tribe 3 219.5 73.17
Thor’s Thundercats 3 218 72.67
No Idea 3 216 72.00
Smash Bros 3 201 67.00
Game of Votes 3 158 52.67

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 23 November 2024

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

A lucky guess about London boroughs won $55.

TEAM NAMES

We hope none of you ever get into the business of creating new ice cream flavours.

Napalm

Night club floor

Toenail, blue cheese, and raisin

Sump oil sorbet

Chicken salt

Black pudding

Kimchi

Marmite

Tuna durian

Blood blood blood and bits of sick

Salt & vinegar

Salted earwax

Boob sweat

Coogee Bay Hotel Chocolate

Diddy’s baby oil

Alan Jones’ chocolate starfish

TriviArt

Aardvark Button

Frozen Feet

Cricket Salt

Lucky Charms

Gorilla Juice

Orlando Bloom Umbrella

Orange Flying Squirrel

INTERESTING MOMENTS

If you’ve never watched the Simpsons, that’s not our fault. It’s one of the most popular TV series of all time, and we’re GOING to ask about it.

Using Shazam when we play an audio question? Yeah that’s cheating.

Audibly asking Siri about regions of France when we run the jackpot round, yeah that’s DEFINITELY cheating.

We played a Baa Baa Black Sheep… and one player demonstrated that it’s possible to twerk to it.

And our leaders are still one win clear at the top of the table.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 8 573 71.63
Leader Housen 7 483 69.00
The Smith Family 6 443 73.83
Diversity Council 6 422 70.33
Flashy Red Ponies 5 351 70.20
Al’s Team 4 294 73.50
Bagpuss 3 224 74.67
Bandits 3 220 73.33
Tribe 3 219.5 73.17
No Idea 3 216 72.00
Foxolotl 3 211 70.33
Smash Bros 3 201 67.00
Shannon and Co 3 197 65.67
Julius Caesar 2 153 76.50
James & the Quizzly Bears 2 152 76.00
Glee 2 151 75.50
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 2 147 73.50
Thor’s Thundercats 2 145 72.50
Menace to Sobriety 2 134 67.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 16 November 2024

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

After months, they finally took home a jackpot.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with plenty of election related films & TV series.

No Country for Young Women

The Lying King

Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue

Mr Grift goes to Washington

Mission Impossible: Elect a woman

Gerrymandering Maguire

How to lose an election lead in 10 days

Zack and Miri Make a Party Political Broadcast

The Princess and the Fraud

Veepers Creepers

What we do in the shadows of far right normalisation

Forrest Trump

Mulholland Drive to the Polls

Catch me if you candidate

The good, the bad, and the crossbench

Spongebob Swingstates

Orange is the new Barack

Tory Story

The Texas Voting Massacre

Fresh off the Vote

Das Vote

Voteback Mountain

Trump Wars: No New Hope

Lord of the Swing States

January 6th Sense

A Clockwork Orange Man

Vote Actually

TriviArt

Bubbly Architecture

Happy Dog

Slippery Microwave

Long Island Iced Tea Construction

Reserved Unicorn

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Right before one of our music questions, someone interrupted our host to ask if we were going to play the music before they had to guess. Yes, they thought this might be trivia for psychics.

One player really struggled with the idea of not shouting out answers. The whole room heard her suggestions for the first four questions clear as day before she figured out people could hear her.

We were also asked on the second question of the quiz if google was allowed.

And our leaders are still one win ahead in our quarterly tournament.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 7 502 71.71
Diversity Council 6 422 70.33
Leader Housen 6 415 69.17
The Smith Family 5 366 73.20
Flashy Red Ponies 5 351 70.20
Al’s Team 4 294 73.50
No Idea 3 216 72.00
Foxolotl 3 211 70.33
Smash Bros 3 201 67.00
Shannon and Co 3 197 65.67
Julius Caesar 2 153 76.50
Glee 2 151 75.50
Bagpuss 2 147 73.50
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 2 147 73.50
Thor’s Thundercats 2 145 72.50
Tribe 2 144.5 72.25
Bandits 2 143 71.50
Menace to Sobriety 2 134 67.00
La Francais 2 105 52.50
Give Lonnie a Pencil 2 98 49.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 9 November 2024

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 are some new ballot measures you would like to see voted on?

People who use their phones at trivia should be locked up

Sending an e-mail at 4:59 on a Friday

Parmi or Parma

Slow walking is now a crime

Every quiz should have one question on Titanic

Freeze Paul McCartney

Pineapple on pizza is settled once and for all

All Canberrans get a free trip away during Summernats

America gets yeeted into the sun

No vaping in the moshpit

People with mullets must enact the same grooming technique for their whole body

Band train replacement buses

Hitting people who play videos on public transport without earphones with hammers is now legal

TriviArt

Shirt Debt

Spaghetti Samurai

Bendy Cat

Beyonce Trump

Irish Toilet

Boned Penguin

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One of our teams guessed at the fuel capacity of and Airbus A380 as 2 litres. Yep. A whole plane flies across the Pacific on less fuel than a 6 pack of beer.

And as long as we’re on the subject of numeracy, people thought a $1 coin made of pure gold would weigh 45kg.

Someone tried to make a case that lynching should be considered an indoor sport beginning with L.

Last week’s leaders are still on top, but there’s plenty of time left to go in our quarterly tournament.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 6 430 71.67
Diversity Council 5 357 71.40
Leader Housen 5 351 70.20
The Smith Family 4 292 73.00
Flashy Red Ponies 4 277 69.25
Al’s Team 3 217 72.33
Foxolotl 3 211 70.33
Smash Bros 3 201 67.00
Julius Caesar 2 153 76.50
No Idea 2 152 76.00
Glee 2 151 75.50
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 2 147 73.50
Thor’s Thundercats 2 145 72.50
Tribe 2 144.5 72.25
Bandits 2 143 71.50
Shannon and Co 2 135 67.50

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 2 November 2024

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

You can come last and then win the jackpot.

Knowing about the political career of Silvio Berlusconi paid off.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with a lot of mundane halloween costumes.

Woman who was told “you look really tired” when she didn’t put makeup on

Person pretending to text to avoid making eye contact

Man who missed his bus because it came early

Woman whose heel broke on her way to work

Guy trying to make it look like he’s not looking at a girl’s ass

Drag queen on their day off

Person with a loose sock that keeps slipping in their shoe

Woman who gets her hair done and tells the hairdresser she loves it and then cries in the car

Man waiting for a machine at the gym

Person in back seat trying to avoid a conversation with their Uber driver

Person who said the right answer but didn’t write it down

TriviArt

Cow Folktale

Dusty Lemon

Sand Anaconda

Spooky Pumpkin

Alpaca Wine

Bottled Pumpkin

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Churchill became Prime Minister, Hitler visited Paris, and John Lennon was born… in 1984.

A team that was mostly Hindu got a question on Hinduism wrong.

Who played President Franklin Roosevelt in Pearl Harbour? Meryl Streep. Yeah she’s got range, but does she have THAT much range?

A picture of a young Christopher Walken was mistaken for a picture of a young Morgan Freeman.

And we’ve got one team at the top of the table in our quarterly tournament.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 5 359 71.80
Diversity Council 4 287 71.75
Leader Housen 4 275 68.75
The Smith Family 3 218 72.67
Al’s Team 3 217 72.33
Foxolotl 3 211 70.33
Flashy Red Ponies 3 206 68.67
Glee 2 151 75.50
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 2 147 73.50
Tribe 2 144.5 72.25
Bandits 2 143 71.50
Smash Bros 2 138 69.00
Shannon and Co 2 135 67.50
Give Lonnie a Pencil 2 98 49.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 26 October 2024

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 are some scary Halloween costumes?

Renters who know their rights

An unannounced phone call – Gen Z

Magpies – Australians

Green flags – Girls with daddy issues

Songs released since 2000 – Some trivia players

The sun to gingers

Unions – Jeff Bezos

Apples – scary to doctors

Boundaries – Indian parents

Medium density zoning – NIMBYs

Facts – MAGA voters

Black Ariel

Condoms – Men

Consent laws – Bruce Lehrman

P. Diddy’s home videos

P. Diddy

TriviArt

French Pumpkin

Blueberry Physiotherapy

Tormented Troll

Smooth Goblin

Hindu Steve

Black Widow Jeopardy

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We were reminded that many people struggle with quantities, when someone guessed that one serving of Vegemite was 50g. That’s a serving of Vegemite about the size of a Mars bar.

What does the R in NRL stand for?  National.

Beginning with K what kills Superman? Ketamine.

We overheard this… “Well I answered the question right. I just didn’t listen to the question.” Yes, they were right about a question we didn’t ask.

One of our team argued about whether Jack Nicholson won an Oscar for The Shining or Chinatown. Thirty minutes of discussion and they were both wrong.

And our quarterly tournament has a new leader.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 4 287 71.75
Al’s Team 3 217 72.33
Diversity Council 3 215 71.67
Foxolotl 3 211 70.33
Flashy Red Ponies 3 206 68.67
Leader Housen 3 202 67.33
Glee 2 151 75.50
Tribe 2 144.5 72.25
The Smith Family 2 143 71.50
Give Lonnie a Pencil 2 98 49.00
James & the Quizzly Bears 1 81 81.00
Julius Caesar 1 79 79.00
Nag’s Soup 1 78 78.00
Tournament Name 1 77 77.00
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 1 76 76.00
Making Phone Calls 1 75 75.00
Spongebob 1 75 75.00
Miles 1 74 74.00
No Idea 1 74 74.00
Shannon and Co 1 74 74.00
Bandits 1 73 73.00
Basketball 1 71 71.00
Big Bang Theory 1 71 71.00
Thor’s Thundercats 1 71 71.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 19 October 2024

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 won first place with a huge score, and then got not one but TWO questions in the jackpot.

TEAM NAMES

Your minor changes to place names were major.

Asstralia

Snotland

Pewcastle

Tireland

Pornland

Potland

United Kinkdom

Cashville

Mami

C*nterbury

Semen

Ouranus

Chino

The Sutherland Shite

Sexico

Wollonbong

The Vatican Tity

F*ckland, NZ

TriviArt

Salty Priest

Phantom Dynamite

False Spring

Ibis Lifeguard

Fantastic Pylon

Tire Fence

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team started playing their daily Worldle game as they were waiting for the final scores to be calculated, and they were shown a silhouette of South Korea 20 minutes after we asked a question about a silhouette of South Korea.

South Africans who have won the Nobel Peace Prize? Not Oscar Pistorius or Elon Musk as some teams guessed.

One team with a real live Greek person was the only one to get a question on Greek mythology wrong.

And we’ve got three teams at the top of the table in our quarterly tournament.

Team Wins Score Average
6 Go Crazy 3 216 72.00
Foxolotl 3 211 70.33
Flashy Red Ponies 3 206 68.67
Glee 2 151 75.50
Al’s Team 2 144 72.00
Diversity Council 2 144 72.00
Leader Housen 2 142 71.00
Give Lonnie a Pencil 2 98 49.00
Julius Caesar 1 79 79.00
Nag’s Soup 1 78 78.00
Tournament Name 1 77 77.00
Karen, Sharon, and Darren 1 76 76.00
Spongebob 1 75 75.00
Shannon and Co 1 74 74.00
No Idea 1 74 74.00
Bandits 1 73 73.00
Tribe 1 72 72.00
Basketball 1 71 71.00
Big Bang Theory 1 71 71.00
Thor’s Thundercats 1 71 71.00
The Smith Family 1 70 70.00

See you next week.