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This Week in iQ Trivia – 14 September 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

Knowing a little bit of math and how not to panic won them money.

TEAM NAMES

What’s something you like that nobody else finds attractive.

Miners (not minors)

Pedantry

Cynicism

Low self esteem

Baldness

Monobrows

Crooked noses

Dad bods

Double chins

Webbed feet

Short shorts & hairy thighs

Unshaved legs

Baby talk

Body odour

Steve Buscemi eyes

Overbites

Quizmasters

TriviArt

Cake Election

Dry Kangaroo

Gregarious Australia

Muscular Hot Chip

Cowboy Tycoon

Rodeo Slay

Chihuahua Tank

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When they heard a 90s song, one team guessed that it was Creed, Nickelback, and Pearl Jam, none of which were correct.

Instead of answering Taylor Swift, one team answered “a childless cat lady”.

What sport has the most drug violations? Breakdancing according to one team. Well, it would explain Raygun.

And our quarterly tournament is as close as it can be. It’s a tie, broken only by the fact that Leader Housen has a higher maximum score. And in third place we have a team just four points behind.

Team Wins Score Average
Leader Housen 8 520 65.00
Flashy Red Ponies 8 520 65.00
Smith Family 7 516 73.71
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 7 509 72.71
6 Go Crazy 7 452 64.57
Bagpuss 6 442 73.67
Foxolotl 6 437 72.83
Diversity 5 364 72.80
Whale Emoji 4 281 70.25
Menace to Sobriety 4 277 69.25
Thor’s Thundercats 4 274 68.50
We went to the dentist 3 221 73.67
Shannon & Co 3 218 72.67
Mara’s Angels 3 216 72.00
Tribe 3 213.5 71.17
Spongebob 3 207 69.00
Captain Kathie’s Mandolin 3 199 66.33
Team Knox 3 192 64.00
Sigma 3 184 61.33

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 7 September 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’s something everyone but you seems to find attractive.

Men

Straight men

Timothy Chalamet

Channing Tatum

Juicy Couture tracksuits

High heels

Natural tans

Finance bros

Whale tails

Mullets

Piercings

Long nails

Dimples

Brazilian butt lifts

Uncomfortable underwear

British accents

TriviArt

Elderly Skatepark

LARP on Mars

Windy Eggplant

Angry Wombat

British Dragon

Perky Shoe

Obtuse Pie

Hippopotamus Reindeer

Kafkaesque Snuffleuppagus

INTERESTING MOMENTS

On a question about British Prime Ministers and Hugh Grant characters, a team of Brits managed to pick just 3/5 correctly, which is barely better than average. (They still won though.)

One team saw a picture of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas, and guessed that it was Rishi Sunak.

Two minutes after we played a song, it came up on the jukebox and half the room heard it in full all over again.

One team only knew Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven because of the Simpsons. Which is a perfectly fair place to pick up knowledge on higher culture.

And our quarterly tournment has three weeks left and there are still plenty of teams in the running both for the overall title and for the highest average.

Team Wins Score Average
Leader Housen 7 458 65.43
Flashy Red Ponies 7 448 64.00
Smith Family 6 444 74.00
Foxolotl 6 437 72.83
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 6 436 72.67
6 Go Crazy 6 382 63.67
Bagpuss 5 378 75.60
Diversity 4 292 73.00
Whale Emoji 4 281 70.25
Menace to Sobriety 4 277 69.25
We went to the dentist 3 221 73.67
Shannon & Co 3 218 72.67
Mara’s Angels 3 216 72.00
Tribe 3 213.5 71.17
Spongebob 3 207 69.00
Thor’s Thundercats 3 202 67.33
Captain Kathie’s Mandolin 3 199 66.33
Sigma 3 184 61.33

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 31 August 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

They probably didn’t KNOW the answer to a jackpot question on prime numbers, but they did manage to guess it.

TEAM NAMES

You’re pretty petty if your reasons for rejecting people are anything to go by.

Her voice wasn’t as sexy after she quit smoking

Our star signs were incompatible

She didn’t like Star Wars

She preferred Star Trek to Doctor Who

My grandma was sent to Australia to marry a man but when she got off the boat she saw he had a mole on his ear and said “no thank you”

Can’t use chopsticks

They were from Texas

Owns multiple cats

They wore white skinny jeans

Her dad’s handshake was weak

Once fired someone for rolling their eyes at me in a meeting

Literally didn’t know the meaning of the word “literally”

Used the wrong “your”

She didn’t know the difference between less and fewer

TriviArt

Dinosaur Beef

Scary Sewer

Soviet Clown

Voluptuous Apple

Jetlagged Roast

Peacock Helicopter

Daliesque Accent

INTERESTING MOMENTS

If you’re given 50/50 options, even if you have no idea, you might as well guess. One team who knew nothing about cricket nailed three 50/50s after we reminded them that you don’t lose points for guessing.

One of our players coincidentally wore a t-shirt with an answer to a special subject question on it.

And we have new leaders at the top of the leader board. But there are still plenty who can win on both overall scores and average scores.

Team Wins Score Average
Leader Housen 6 394 65.67
Flashy Red Ponies 6 384 64.00
Smith Family 5 377 75.40
Foxolotl 5 365 73.00
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 5 361 72.20
6 Go Crazy 5 322 64.40
Bagpuss 4 304 76.00
Diversity 4 292 73.00
Whale Emoji 4 281 70.25
We went to the dentist 3 221 73.67
Shannon & Co 3 218 72.67
Mara’s Angels 3 216 72.00
Menace to Sobriety 3 209 69.67
Spongebob 3 207 69.00
Thor’s Thundercats 3 202 67.33
Captain Kathie’s Mandolin 3 199 66.33
Sigma 3 184 61.33

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 24 August 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

Knowing about the founding of BHP was very worthwhile.

TEAM NAMES

There were a lot of stereotypical names. And you were pretty careful to choose jokes you were all allowed to make.

Giuseppe Cannoli

Benito Tortellini

Chuck Eagle Jr

Chad Vanderbolt

McKinleigh Rose Tradwife

Jum Fushnchups

Bazza

Piccaninny Cadibarrawirracanna

Karen Whingealot

Josh Smith

Krystal Meff (from Queensland)

Diego Sangria

Vincent van der Clog

Muhammad Mohammad

Towel bin Towelhead (chosen by an Egyptian guy so it’s ok)

Paddy McCann

Seamus Finnegan

Pierre Camembert

Antoinette Croissant

Jean Pierre de la Petit Croissant

TriviArt

Velociraptor Jacket

Skatepark Pokies

Fruity Bear

Ice Penguin

Spinning Speech

Furry Alien

Picasso Vodka (complete with a shot of actual vodka)

Titillating Extinguisher

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A list of countries with no international land borders. “Does Australia count” asked one team.

When having to come up with an animal beginning with V that are in a lot of kids ABC books, one team went with Velociraptor.

Shakespeare plays ending in T, how about The Taming of the Slut?

And our leaders have a bit more breathing space in our quarterly tournament now, though it’s really close on an average basis.

Team Wins Score Average
Foxolotl 5 365 73.00
Flashy Red Ponies 5 324 64.80
Leader Housen 5 319 63.80
Smith Family 4 303 75.75
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 4 295 73.75
Diversity 4 292 73.00
6 Go Crazy 4 259 64.75
Bagpuss 3 229 76.33
We went to the dentist 3 221 73.67
Whale Emoji 3 219 73.00
Mara’s Angels 3 216 72.00
Spongebob 3 207 69.00
Captain Kathie’s Mandolin 3 199 66.33
Sigma 3 184 61.33
Fish and Friends 2 153 76.50
Here’s looking at you kid 2 150 75.00
Shannon & Co 2 150 75.00
Zed & Co 2 149 74.50
Tribe 2 145.5 72.75
The Other Ted’s Team 2 143 71.50
Menace to Sobriety 2 141 70.50
The Clowns 2 140 70.00
Thor’s Thundercats 2 138 69.00
Pecans 2 136 68.00
No Idea 2 135 67.50
Team Knox 2 130 65.00
Val and Leon 2 128.5 64.25
Taco Monsters 2 126 63.00
Miniums 2 124 62.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 17 August 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

They celebrated their jackpot win with breakdancing. Look for them the next time it’s in the Olympics.

TEAM NAMES

You played a lot of unique roles in films.

Guy who gets rejected by lead actress when she spots Chris Hemsworth

Secondary female character to pass the Bechdel Test

Teacher who has wife and kids but is definitely gay

Squeamish onlooker at roadside birth

Guy with punchable face

The villain’s high school love interest who triggered their origin story

Argumentative prick at a trivia night

Guy who Wilhelm screams while falling off a cliff

Mayor who wants to keep the beach open

The guy eaten by Bruce in Jaws

Extra who keeps making eye contact with the camera

The dude in Titanic who hit the propeller

Cranky old man yelling at teenagers

Serial killer’s landlord

Bouncer who admits nobody

School shooting victim #48

Indiana Jones ethnic stereotype #5

TriviArt

Candle Music

Raygun Lawyer

Horrendous Discus

Centipede Flag

Egypt Puppy

Forrest Fat Folds

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When given a series of yes/no questions about films, one team got all five wrong. That’s pretty rare, but it also meant that they thought that the events of 12 Years a Slave took place in the 1960s.

We had to explain to one team the Scotlandia is not a country beginning with S and ending with A.

One of our winning teams wanted to take their answer sheet back to the office to frame it.

And our leaders had an off week and didn’t add to their totals, but we do have a new team in the lead on average winning score.

Team Wins Score Average
Foxolotl 4 297 74.25
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 4 295 73.75
6 Go Crazy 4 259 64.75
Flashy Red Ponies 4 254 63.50
Leader Housen 4 252 63.00
Bagpuss 3 229 76.33
Smith Family 3 223 74.33
Diversity 3 220 73.33
Whale Emoji 3 219 73.00
Mara’s Angels 3 216 72.00
Spongebob 3 207 69.00
Captain Kathie’s Mandolin 3 199 66.33
Fish and Friends 2 153 76.50
Here’s looking at you kid 2 150 75.00
Tribe 2 145.5 72.75
We went to the dentist 2 145 72.50
The Other Ted’s Team 2 143 71.50
Menace to Sobriety 2 141 70.50
The Clowns 2 140 70.00
Thor’s Thundercats 2 138 69.00
Pecans 2 136 68.00
Val and Leon 2 128.5 64.25
Taco Monsters 2 126 63.00
Miniums 2 124 62.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 10 August 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

They forgot to write down their team name on their jackpot answer sheet, so we made them declare that they were idiots who can’t follow simple instructions. But the win still counted.

TEAM NAMES

The next Olympics may have some unusual new events

Listening to your girlfriend describe her dream

Convincing people to join your MLM scheme

Precision Dishwasher Stacking

Finding your size at a samplemsale

Tight space parallel parking

Outpacing the mandatory drug testing unit

Speed CAPTCHA Responses

Fitted sheet folding

Drunk tongue twisters

Napping

Fastest U-turn at an RBT

Microwaving leftover pizza

Speed carrying all your groceries in one trip

Putting socks on toddlers

TriviArt

Big Bill

Star Olympics

Grandma Gravity

Ostrich Minion

Anti-Social Pangolin

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we asked about how many Friday the 13ths there are in 2024, half the team methodically calculated things, and half just took a guess. And the results were about the same for both groups.

One team got every question in round 1 right, with the exception of the title of an Ariana Grande song, which they will remember until the day they die.

We had a team come all the way from Cronulla, and they got a question on Cronulla wrong.

Who was Prime Minister in 2001? Steve Irwin wasn’t it?

And our overall leaders in the quarterly tournament are steady, but we have new leaders on highest average.

Team Wins Score Average
Foxolotl 4 297 74.25
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 4 295 73.75
6 Go Crazy 4 259 64.75
Smith Family 3 223 74.33
Diversity 3 220 73.33
Whale Emoji 3 219 73.00
Spongebob 3 207 69.00
Flashy Red Ponies 3 191 63.67
Leader Housen 3 189 63.00
Fish and Friends 2 153 76.50
Bagpuss 2 152 76.00
Here’s looking at you kid 2 150 75.00
Tribe 2 145.5 72.75
Mara’s Angels 2 143 71.50
The Other Ted’s Team 2 143 71.50
Menace to Sobriety 2 141 70.50
The Clowns 2 140 70.00
Thor’s Thundercats 2 138 69.00
Pecans 2 136 68.00
No Idea 2 135 67.50
Captain Kathie’s Mandolin 2 130 65.00
Val and Leon 2 128.5 64.25
Taco Monsters 2 126 63.00
Miniums 2 124 62.00
Sigma 2 120 60.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 3 August 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

You came up with a lot of ways to make the Olympics more dangerous.

Gymnastics but the mats are Lego bricks

Dressage on a wild bull

Explosive discus

Upsidedown kayaking

Mocking Mohammad in the opening ceremony

Razorwire polevault

Trump shooting

Scoliosis weightlifting

Swimming in the Seine

Kiddiepool diving

Diving with jellyfish

Fencing with lightsabers

Poison arrow archery

Reverse archery

Blindfolded archery

Piranha polo

Equestrian water polo

Water polo but the ball is a toaster

TriviArt

Firehose Fashion

Moist Bronze Peas

Going for Gold

Gremlin Violin

Rainbow Ms Pacman

Aquatic Paris

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team forgot to do their homework on early US Vice Presidents, so they just started listing names they could remember from Hamilton, and wound up getting three of them.

When we ask a bonus question about Belgian cities, it’s a lot easier to win when someone on your team is literally from the first city we mention.

And when presented with the letter R in out category bonus round, one team kept trying to make “roofies” work.

And we’ve got new leaders in our quarterly tournament, but it’s very close as two teams have four wins and the difference is only two points.

Team Wins Score Average
Foxolotl 4 297 74.25
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 4 295 73.75
Smith Family 3 223 74.33
Diversity 3 220 73.33
Spongebob 3 207 69.00
6 Go Crazy 3 196 65.33
Leader Housen 3 189 63.00
Fish and Friends 2 153 76.50
Tribe 2 145.5 72.75
Whale Emoji 2 143 71.50
The Clowns 2 140 70.00
No Idea 2 135 67.50
Captain Kathie’s Mandolin 2 130 65.00
Flashy Red Ponies 2 127 63.50
Taco Monsters 2 126 63.00
Miniums 2 124 62.00
Sigma 2 120 60.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 27 July 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

Celebrity names can be tough to spell.

Dude Law

Huge Jackman

Donald Grump

Donald Tramp

Joe Bye-done

Koala Harris

Anne Thataway

Dustbin Hoffman

Fatt Damon

Brad Shit

In Diana Jones

Nigeria Lawson

Michelle Yo

Sandra Bollocks

Mark Buffalo

Harrison Fjord

Baked Lively

Emma Scone

Penis Williams

Lady Haha

Celine Dijon

Kendrick Llama

David Blowie

Stevie Kicks

Megan Thee Scallion

Llama Del Rey

Boob Dylan

TriviArt

Seagull Spell

Pretty Chair

Lonely Toaster

Off Target

Ticklish Tank

Broadway Cucumber

Raccoon Yak

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team was caught cheating before we finished reading the first question. They couldn’t make it a single question before looking up Grease on their phone right in front of us.

We had to explain to more than one team that Antarctica is not a country.

There was a picture of a dolphin’s skull, and one team amusing guessed that it was Harold Holt. Well, it would explain why they never found him.

And we have just one team that still has a perfect record after four weeks of our quarterly tournament, and the same team as last week leading on average.

Team Wins Score Average
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 4 295 73.75
Foxolotl 3 226 75.33
Diversity 3 220 73.33
Leader Housen 3 189 63.00
Smith Family 2 142 71.00
Spongebob 2 134 67.00
6 Go Crazy 2 128 64.00
Taco Monsters 2 126 63.00
Miniums 2 124 62.00
Tournament Name 1 82 82.00
Here’s looking at you kid 1 80 80.00
Anti Beer Tax 1 78 78.00
Arondomic 1 78 78.00
Basketball 1 78 78.00
Fish and Friends 1 77 77.00
Team OG 1 77 77.00
Bagpuss 1 75 75.00
Whale Emoji 1 74 74.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 20 July 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

Coming last in trivia stings a lot less when you win $140 in the jackpot.

And it’s also nice when you finish first and also win the jackpot, though the other teams are more likely to hate on you.

TEAM NAMES

It was a nice change of pace to have compliments as team names.

You’re like the cool side of the pillow

You look like you’d follow a word limit

Would

Nice ass

Your mother is a nice lady

You’re less awful than Hitler

You wouldn’t steal a car

I bet models call you for advice

You look like you never shit

You have golden retriever energy

You’re as tasty as KFC

Childhood me would have wanted your life

TriviArt

Scandalous Feet

Feisty Dog

Sparkling Current

Blue Poo

Frightening Spectacles

Toucan Cuckoo Clock

Immature Melting

INTERESTING MOMENTS

The Frenchman working behind the bar gave away the answer when we asked teams to identify the language of a cover version of a Beatles song.

We asked what Australian state the Gawler Ranges were in, and one team asked us to explain what we meant. I mean… there’s not really much to explain. Just pick a state.

One team managed their first ever win after a year or so of coming 7th… right before they move out of town.

And we’ve got three teams over the 200 mark three weeks into our quarterly tournament, and one team way up at 82 on average scores.

Team Wins Score Average
Foxolotl 3 226 75.33
Richard Gere Appreciation Society 3 221 73.67
Diversity 3 220 73.33
Leader Housen 3 189 63.00
6 Go Crazy 2 128 64.00
Taco Monsters 2 126 63.00
Tournament Name 1 82 82.00
Here’s looking at you kid 1 80 80.00
Smith Family 1 79 79.00
Anti Beer Tax 1 78 78.00
Basketball 1 78 78.00
Team OG 1 77 77.00
Bagpuss 1 75 75.00
Whale Emoji 1 74 74.00

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 13 July 2024

Ok look. I’ve been on holiday in Canada for the last two weeks, and I’m getting on a plane in a couple of hours, so I have better things to do that pore through everything and put together a week in review post. Next week we will be back to normal.

On the bright side, I’ve been competing in a lot of trivia here, and I’ve won heaps.

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Have an interesting week.