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

JACKPOT

These guys won their second jackpot in as many weeks by knowing about G.K. Chesterton novels.

They also finished in first place in the quiz.

Yes, you are allowed to hate on them a little bit.

TEAM NAMES

There were a lot of comparisons made.

Finding a needle in a strawberry

Finding a correct answer on our answer sheet

Finding a hard question at iQ Trivia (from a team that wound up NOT winning anything)

Finding a good trivia name among all the sh!t suggestions

Finding a brain in Newcastle

Finding a smile in a Uighur concentration camp

Like finding a liar in the White House

Finding a brain cell at a Trump rally

Finding a fraudulent vote in Pennsylvania

Finding Nemo in the East Australian current

Finding Private Ryan in Normandy

Finding a cloud in the Australian outback

Empty garbage bin in Canberra

Finding peace and quiet in 2020

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Fast Banana

Rapacious Afghanistan

Greedy Gorilla

Sydney

Tasty Florence

Wonky Telescope

Squishy Vegatation

INTERESTING MOMENTS

In a lightning round, we asked for something beginning with the letter I that you might buy in case you had a car accident or a health emergency… and someone said “icepack”. Which is not… wrong. It just indicates some unusual health priorities..

We asked about a three letter word and were looking for “LED”. One team came up with “LER”, and it fit all the criteria. We checked, and “LER” IS a word. It’s a personification of the sea in Irish mythology, and we gave them a point for it. They were technically right, even though we’re pretty sure they didn’t know that.

Three teams mistook a cropped photo of Posh Spice for a cropped photo of Michael Jackson. Have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time?

When we played She Bop by Cyndi Lauper, one team said it was “that song from the flashback in Never Been Kissed.”

One of our hosts was trying to give hints about a bonus question where the answer was Libya… and he said it was in Asia… because he mixed it up with Syria. Naturally, there were team names including “an American finding Libya on a map”, and “an American who knows geography”.

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

This lot knew about Filipino authors for some reason, and won cash.

Two teams knew the answer to a question on 1940s cinema, but only one of them spelled it right.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with a lot of half-assed excuses.

If we tested less we would have less cases!

I’d have done better in school if the kid beside me had tried harder.

I would have passed the test, if they asked questions about what I studied

We would have won if you only counted the legal votes

We would all be friends if we didn’t all date the same guy

I’d be married by now if only I had entered into a committed relationship and proposed to somebody in a public place

I’d get to be on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here if they were cool with Nazi imagery

We would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those meddlesome kids!

If Kelly was here we’d be doing better

We would win every week if it weren’t for the stupid f*cking music questions

We would have come up with the best team name if we were the only team

We would have done better if this wasn’t being held at a pub

We’d have won if our teammates hadn’t talked us out of the right answers

We would have won if you didn’t count the scores from the other teams

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Luminous Keg

Ignorant Garden

Saucy Octopus (NSFW)

Girthy Mollusc

Glittery Sloth

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When they couldn’t remember the name of Charlie Day from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, one team listed him as “the guy who was sexually harassed by Rachel from Friends in Horrible Bosses”, which is not technically wrong.

We had a team of Indian immigrants who knew very little about NRL clubs, so they came up with the Bondi Bandicoots, Gosford Gophers, Woy Woy Walruses, and Manly Manatees.

One player seemed quite distressed when we told him that “soups” was not one of the most common words beginning with SOU. He must REALLY like soup.

We had to explain to one team that this photo of Mohandas Gandhi was not Harry Potter.

Instead of “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”, one team guessed that it was “Bill and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Quiz”.

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

It’s not often that it pays off to know a bit of Sanskrit. But sometimes figuring out what films have titles with Sanskrit origins wins you cash.

TEAM NAMES

We heard a lot of pretty bad jokes.

Why don’t they sell aspirin in the Amazon? Because it would be economically unsound to attempt to establish a pharmaceutical distribution network in such a sparsely populated area.

What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?

Why did the man fall off his bike? Someone threw a brick at him.

What’s blue and smells like red paint? Blue paint.

What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? The Holocaust.

Why didn’t the skeleton go to the party? Because he doesn’t like crowds.

What did Batman say to Robin before he got in the batmobile? Get in the batmobile robin.

Knock knock, who’s there? A visitor, of course.

You know what makes me smile? My face muscles.

What do you call a joke that isn’t funny? A sentence.

A horse walked into a bar, was injured, and was later euthanised.

A man walked into a bar, and suffered a concussion.

How do you make an electrician sad? Kill his family.

How many Germans does it take to screw in a lightbulb? One because they are efficient and have no sense of humour.

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Zesty Cat

Sticky Pangolin

Curious Milkshake

Demolition

Kiwi Chick

Sinister Canada

Voluptuous Leviathan

Zen Tuba

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Upon hearing the answer to a question on alternate names for Mount Everest, one player exclaimed to his teammate “oh you idiot! I TOLD YOU!” Which really is one of our favourite things to hear.

A surprising number of players at one show had to be reminded that Antarctica is not a country.

On a Google auto-complete question, one team guessed that common Google searches were “is semen good for your skin”, and more disturbingly, “is semen professional at an interview”.

An Irish player spend a good 20 minutes racking his brain trying to remember the name of “that posh twat who played Joffrey in Game of Thrones”.

A question about Jeopardy was answered in the form of a question.

And one team came in second place, but left before the prizes were awarded, so the third place team took their prize. Which is why you ALWAYS stay to the end of the show.

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

There are a lot of things you can say to toddlers and to drunk friends

I told you to pee before we left

How many times have I told you, don’t go off with strangers

You shouldn’t be driving

Time to put the bottle down and have a nice nap

I think you’ve had enough

I don’t know who’s gonna clean that up

Wake up sleepyhead

Get off the floor

Don’t sh!t in the bin

Quit sucking on my tiddies

Stop playing with your willy

Don’t rub your feces on the lampshade (how did ANYONE ever say this to ANYBODY???)

Don’t touch your genitals at the dinner table

Put your pants back on

Nice cartwheel

No, you can’t sleep with me

Don’t put that thing in your mouth

You can’t eat that

I told you this would happen, now look at you

How did you get that on your face?

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Sticky Fork

Supple Caterpillar

Junior Electoral College

Hysterical Unicorn

Bulbous Coup

Anime Gastropod

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We asked a question about Beirut, and got an answer of “that city that got blown up a few months ago”, which is kind of morbid, but not technically wrong.

We had a series of music questions on songs that made a majority players angry… but they still got the answers right.

One team aced a question on Pitch Perfect because it was the favourite film of the self declared “blokiest guy on the team”, and another team aced it despite knowing nothing about it, because they flipped a coin three times and lucked out every time.

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 didn’t win first place, but they did win money in the jackpot, which they seemed to prefer.

TEAM NAMES

You had a lot of advice when it came to bad Halloween costumes.

Kinky Daryl Maguire

Carole Baskin’s dead husband

Daniel Andrews

Sexy Donald Trump

Trump 2020 with all lives matter shirt

Zombie Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Jeffrey Epstein the school teacher

Mohammed

A dingo eating a baby

Sneezy from Snow White

Sexy George Pell & choir boy couples costume

Sexy police officer & sexy BLM protester couples costume

Scomo in a Hawaiian shirt

Wetmarket bats

Any character from Song of the South

Ruby Princess passenger without a mask

Steve Smith press conference

Mike Pence’s fly

Singed koala

Sexy second term Trump

Cartier watch model

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Greasy Chair

Fluffy Frog

Forrest Grump

Bat Squid

Dusty Dracula

Hazardous Ponce

Lobster Panic Attack

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team’s answer to a question on their handpicked special subject… I’m going to kill my son. He picked the topic and doesn’t know the answer!!!

We asked about the last name of Nelson from The Simpsons, and someone answered that it was Mandela.

And we asked a question about memes where the answer was “Distracted Boyfriend” and one team asked if they could draw the answer.

Yeah, that’s worth a point.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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TEAM NAMES

What’s a perfect name for a job? Have a look.

Lachlan Smith the locksmith (and sure enough… we got a donation from Lachlan Smith.)

Doug Graves – Undertaker

Father Mark Fiddler

Rob Berry the career criminal

Skye Astrologers

Lane Walker, Prostitute

My childhood dentist was Dr Ohno

Dr Richard Payne

Katz Miayu – Veterinarian

Marina Stepanova – Hurdler

Ruby Princess – the Royal Family’s official jeweller and travel agent

Enrique Inglazier (works with glass)

Geologist Pierre Stone

Sue Ridge Sanitation

Mark Cyst – Left wing politician

Teresa Green – Gardener

Page Turner the librarian

Ben Dover the plumber

Dr Ben Dover – Proctologist

Dr Dick P Enis – Urologist

Anthony Weiner (the dick pic guy)

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Soft Park

Secret Churchill

Slumpy Italy

Sassy Candle

Bad Ass Wrappers

Fishy Bubble O’Bill

Humorous Paris

Bad Bunny

Slithery Gin & Tonic

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Most of you know that when the bonus question has a numerical answer, you get one guess. When the answer is 6, guessing 5 is likely to get you a win. Unless you’ve already guessed 10, and someone else used their one guess to go for 9.

We asked who was in the “what’s in the box” scene in Se7en… and one team answered with Gwyneth Paltrow. Well, they’re not wrong.

When we asked for eight letter words beginning with DOM, we had to explain to three teams that “dominatrix” has ten letters.

Eating a packet of Tim Tams came in handy when we asked a question about the number of calories in Tim Tams.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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TEAM NAMES

There were some accidental insults.

Take the day off, it’s essential workers only.

Your beer belly and gray hair make you look distinguished

When is the baby due (I’m not pregnant)

You and your mother look like sisters

You are smarter than you look

It’s good for a first draft

You’re pretty on the inside

You’re pretty when you put in the effort

You look great in that mask

You remind me of someone I hate

You Look Too Young To Be A Doctor

That’s the fastest I’ve ever had.

Brave of you to wear horizontal stripes

That’s an… interesting look

Has anyone ever told you you look like Robert Englund who played Freddy Krueger?

This dinner’s so good, the dog loved it

You’d be much prettier if you smiled more

You’re doing well with your prosthetic leg (I have no prosthesis, just arthritis)

I don’t care what everyone else says, you’re awesome

Do you want the pensioner’s discount

I love you almost as much as my dog

That was pretty smart coming from you

You’re welcome ma’am

You’re so brave to do karaoke, I couldn’t embarrass myself singing in front of people like that

You’re a good driver for a woman

Someone offered me money because he thought I looked homeless

You look like a software developer

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Hairy Masculinity

Caffeinated Gladys

Sweaty Opera House

Lasagna Baby

Testicular Octogenarian

Randy Harbour

Murky Thesaurus

British Angel

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A team heard about one second of terrible audio of one of our music questions when we had a technical glitch, and asked if they could lock in their answer for a bonus point before we played it… and they were right.

The theme to Rocky was cited as “the wake up early and drink raw eggs” song.

A couple of players showed a frankly impressive amount of knowledge on whether or not Michelangelo’s David was circumcised.

And one of our hosts marked a gambler’s question wrong, with the result that a team that should have come last didn’t. As a result, for the first time ever, we are having TWO special last place subjects next week.

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

How did things backfire? This is how things backfired.

Having to explain that you’re not that kind of doctor during an in-flight emergency

Move to Melbourne for the night life

The pull out method works

Decided to hand feed my bats at the wet market.

Finally lost my virginity, got the clap.

Mistaken chairs for stairs and broke my rib

Enrolled in an arts degree for 2021

Gave a fake number, guy called my phone in front of me and my phone didn’t ring

Cruise holiday… on the Ruby Princess

Petting an excited dog with a full bladder and an open mouth.

Gave a guy a fake number, he called me so I would have his (right in front of me)… my phone didn’t ring

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Luscious Bird

Miseducated Tasmania

Peanut Butler

Papa Snowflake

Unforgettable Bubbles

Ambiguous Supreme Court

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team couldn’t remember the name of Tenzing Norgay, who climbed Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary, so they described him as “the Buzz Aldrin of Mount Everest.”

The Faroe Islands were mistakenly called the Pharaoh Islands.

And finally, we got a call on Thursday evening from one of our venues that the host for one of their other pubs wasn’t able to make it… so we sent them a host and pulled off a quiz on less than one hour’s notice.

We really are that committed to making sure nobody goes without trivia for even a single week.

See you next week.

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

WINNERS

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TEAM NAMES

You had a lot of suggestions for muck up day pranks.

Write a fake list of muck up day challenges and send to the media to discredit your school

Attend school like nerds

Hold the school formal on the Ruby Princess

Steal mum’s benzos

Replace sugar for salt in the teacher’s lounge

Pingers in the park

Filling a room with balloons

Placed signs redirecting classes all over the school

Sh!t on the floor

Tell everyone Trump has the rona

Bleaching penises in the school carpark

Putting a teacher’s car on the roof

Gladwrapping toilets

The Harbour Bridge is still technically a stock route

Leave my car alone! Signed: A teacher

Sell the school

We went to public school and couldn’t afford to take chances with the law

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F*cked New York

Pokey Ogre

Biiiiig Jelly

Anime

Erect Milkshake

Cheesy Gangsta

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team answered a question on historical Mongols with Genghis Hahn. Which would look something like this.

After playing a Matchbox 20 song, one team answered that the song was titled “A monstrosity that you forced us to listen to.”

Sports team in Dallas include the Rednecks, the Scorpions, and the Minimen.

Naomi Osaka was dubbed “that tennis player who beat Serena Williams.” Which isn’t ACTUALLY wrong.

A bonus question at an online show saw a flood of answers come in including Mogadishu and 71.4, which didn’t make much sense when the question turned out to be about the most frequently played word in Scrabble.

And a question on the homeland of the family of Jon Voight led to someone saying The Voightican City.

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

We’ve brought back the jackpot, and two teams wasted no time in winning.

TEAM NAMES

You had plenty of complaints about how iQ Trivia wasn’t fair.

The host’s butt is too nice

Third place doesn’t get a prize but seventh does

The NBN is so slow, it’s hard to cheat

You asked a question on a subject that we chose that we didn’t know

It’s not fair we have to come up with a team name every week

Where are all the cat questions?

It’s not fair that I did the homework question wrong.

It’s not fair that 1. Bill won’t give me two bonus points for making two complaints and that 2. As a result of me making two complaints Bill probably won’t even give me one bonus point

Spelling

More WAP (Cardi B) content next time

“It’s unfair that no matter how many beers you win at trivia, someone in your team always seems to knock them over”

I don’t care for pop culture

There are no questions on Charnwood.

Our host is an immigrant who is stealing our jobs.

Why do you never use Bill Cosby in audio questions?

The one time we get to pick the special subject, a global pandemic hits

The other teams have more players than me

It’s not fair others are smarter than us

Too many stupid music questions, not enough questions on Bagpuss

Not enough questions on Canada or The Simpsons

Why isn’t there more lesbian content?

It’s not fair you asked a question the other teams knew

You didn’t translate the entire quiz into French

Rugby Is For Hot Idiots (Stop Asking Questions about It!!)

You always ask questions about cricket… no one likes or watches cricket

We are millennials and therefore offended by everything.

Who is Harry Potter?

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Belligerent Sheep

Shiny Genius

Tepid Pop Star

Secret Squirrel

Rusty Tiger Boycott

Pompous Teacher

Pretentious Drop Bear

Circular Lamington

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When the Gaelic language was mentioned, we overheard one player ask “where is Gayland?”

We asked about the densest objects in the solar system, naturally someone had to chime in with “my boner”, only to be told that we were only looking for large objects.

We had complaints that we asked too many cricket questions, and then LITERALLY every team got a cricket question right.

And a question on lamingtons asked to an international audience inspired a player in Canada to attempt to make lamingtons between questions.

See you next week.