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.

JACKPOTS

They came in first for the quiz, and topped that off by winning a jackpot by knowing about The Blacklist.

The University of Sydney cryptic crossword society won a jackpot because they’re good with words.

And they knew a lot about pyramids.

TEAM NAMES

Apparently you are terrible at remembering words.

Black and white fart squirrels

Flappy fishy thing

Scoopy stick for spoon

Cake is fun bread

Snakes are danger noodles

Snakes are legless lizards

Where’s the clicky thing… remote

We forgot the quizmaster’s name so we just call him a c*nt

The time I forgot what a dildo was so I said it sounds like Bilbo Baggins

The penis poncho

What are those shoes with wheels

Long horse

The ocean ducks (pelicans)

Hurry up with the trivia. We need to get to the aeroplane station

I’ve tried unplugging and replugging the ethanol cable

Pinot noir is fancy black goon

The hippy hoppy thing… kangaroo

Hand me the stabby stabby thing

Froot Loops are Pride Cheerios

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Sly Mandela

Ugly Beetle

Infected Dog

Plump Mountain

Splashing Sydney

Fabulous Shoelace

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A largely Indian team got a question on Indian languages wrong.

We asked about wars that caused the most Australian military deaths, and one team claimed the arrival or the first fleet should qualify. It wasn’t an answer we were looking for, but they made an argument.

We asked if Christina Aguilera was alive when certain events happened, and one team listed her as dead, when they could have just said “no”.

One team inexplicably tore their answer sheet in two… for reasons we still can’t figure out.

Someone asked us if the Winter Olympics count as Olympics. Uhhhhhhh… yes. The Winter OLYMPICS are part of the OLYMPICS.

And when we asked if any Australian Prime Minister had lived to be 100, one team argued the answer was yes, because the body of Harold Holt has never been recovered and they assumed him to still be alive.

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.

JACKPOTS

They had entirely the wrong thought process in the jackpot round. But they were wrong in such a way that they wound up getting the right answer in spite of themselves.

There are moments having an ex-girlfriend from Finland comes in handy. When we ask a jackpot question on Finnish alcohol and you win, that’s one of those moments.

TEAM NAMES

You proposed a lot of band mashups.

Florence and the Machine Gun Fellatio

The Moody Blues Brothers

Madonna-ha

Billy Ray Eilish

P!nk Floyd

Vanilla Ice Cube

The Bare Naked Pussycats

The Black Eyed Pussycat Dolls

Nine Inch Girls

Blood Sweat & Tears for Fears

Cold Play Chisel

Take That The Cure

The Red Hot Meat Loaf

Guns N Chili Peppers

Kiss the Beach Boys

Kiss Good Charlotte

The Beastie Boys II Men

Cardi Beatles

The Sex Wiggles

The Rolling Stone Temple Pilots

The Grateful Dead Kennedys

Kanye Westlife

Fleetwood Macklemore

30 Seconds to Panic at the Disco

Jackson Five Finger Death Punch

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Terrible Moose

Kettles Playing Football

Mountainous Samurai

Bloated Elephant

Drunk Gold

Sparkly Wafflemaker

Flying Wine

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We asked about the two ways a rugby union team can get 8 points in a match, and one team who lacked rugby expertise went with “one try & one bribe of the referee”.

One player got personally offended on behalf of Julia Roberts when they found out how little she made for making the film Pretty Woman. Really, they ranted for a good three or four minutes.

When we showed a painting of the beheading of Marie Antoinette, one team guessed that it was Joan of Arc in the 1890s. Wrong method of execution, and off by well over 500 years. Another player who was overruled silenced the room by shouting “I TOLD you it was the 1790s.”

A player came in from Brisbane to attend one of our shows. (And possibly a little bit for visiting other people.)

And one player came back to iQ Trivia after a long stint overseas. After five years, one of the first things she did after coming back was to look up where her nearest iQ Trivia show was.

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.

JACKPOTS

Knowing (or guessing) about Census figures won them cash.

TEAM NAMES

We had a lot of historical mistakes in your team names.

Morgan Freeman ended Apartheid.

John Lennon started the Russian Revolution.

Jesus was white.

Tupac was white.

John Wilkes Booth shot JFK.

Stephen Hawking created the nuclear bomb.

Hitler led the Israelites out of Egypt.

Hitler discovered Australia.

Marty McFly invented rock n roll.

John Howard shat himself at Engadine Maccas in 1997.

Scott Morrison shat himself at Heathcote Maccas in 1997.

Lance Armstrong was the first man to land on the moon.

Michael Jackson walks on the moon.

Bush did 7/11.

Harry is Prince Charles’ son.

Gadigal tribe invites the English to take control of their land.

Private Trump wins Purple Heart in Vietnam.

NOTHING happened in Tiananmen Square in 1989.

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Flamboyant Apples

Swimming Forklift

Thorny Dog

Fermenting Potato

Savage Caterpillar

Red Elvis

Strong Dog

Slimy Paris

Abstract Bucket

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had to explain to teams that Russia is spelled with the letter A, and that Narnia is not actually a suburb in Sydney.

We asked a question about the Battle of Stalingrad, and were asked if the answer was “funny”. Funny. Stalingrad. Perhaps the first time those words were said together.

Most of the teams at one show thought that New Orleans was a state.

One player came out despite being sick, and concluded that trivia and beer improved their health.

There was yet another incident of players singing the answer to a music question, in this case the 1940s hit Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B.

And someone guessed that the film Blade Runner was based on the novel My Struggle by Oscar Pistorious.

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.

JACKPOTS

They knew a lot about Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

TEAM NAMES

We had a lot of mis-attributed quotes, often from teams who asked “how offensive are we allowed to be?”

You’re not you when you’re hungry. – Hannibal Lector

Nice guys finish last. – Steven Bradbury

I did not have sexual relations with that woman. – Joseph

Are you talkin to me? – Helen Keller

Look on my works ye mights, and despair. – Bob the Builder

We will fight them on the beaches. – Cronulla 2005

I have a dream. – Donald Trump

I’ve got the high ground now. – Lady Gaga

Jesus Christ! – Jesus Christ

I’ve got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one. – Oscar Pistorius

Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. – Batman

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Stevie Wonder

Be the change you want to see in the world – Adolf Hitler, or Ted Kaczynski

Friends, Romans Countrymen, lend me your ears. – Vincent van Gogh

Hit me with your best shot! – Abraham Lincoln

Hey Jude, don’t let me down. – Jesus

Say hello to my little friend! – Cardinal George Pell

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. – Anne Frank

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Salty Singing

Dazzling Kangaroo

Indefatigable Sausage

Squishy People

Large Parrot

Loquacious Jumpsuit – WE DO NOT ENDORSE HOMOPHOBIC JUMPSUITS, but it does fit the theme

Pooing Rocks

Lascivious Tree

Horrific Clam

Celebratory Battleship

INTERESTING MOMENTS

For the record, if your team is made up entirely of white South Africans, cheering when we mention Nelson Mandela going to prison is kind of a bad look. (Even if you’re just cheering because you got the question right.)

And one of our hosts came home from holiday early, hid in the corner of his usual show, and went completely unnoticed until he revealed himself in the most dramatic way possible.

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.

JACKPOTS

They were justifiably confident on their knowledge of American Psycho and won $147.

They knew just enough about Italian geography to win.

And one more team won their jackpot because one of their opponents was one letter off so they were the only team to get it exact. They offered to donate it back for another question, which neither team got. That’s how much they like trivia. They gave up cash just to hear more questions.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with plenty of inappropriate places for Instagram photos.

Josef Fritzel’s basement of fun

Taking selfies with Khoshoggi all over Istanbul

The tomb of the unknown selfie

During a colonoscopy

Boris Johnson’s apartment

Death row

The morgue

Auschwitz

Ground Zero

Jihadi training camp

Manus Island

Hanging out at Aokigahara (Japanese suicide forest)

Your grandma’s funeral

On the killing fields

A hostage situation

The Lindt Cafe

The Engadine Maccas

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Flamboyant Lion

Insidious Banana

Perfumed Cul de Sac

Livid Cheese

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We asked what was right next to Deep Space Nine in the Star Trek universe, and one team, not knowing their Star Trek, went with Deep Space Eight.

In addition to your back, one team answered that you would find the “Dimples of Venus” on the face of Venus Williams.

Worf from Star Trek was described as “that Klingon dude with the weird shit on his forehead”.

And when we were looking for famous Shirleys, one team ran out of Shirleys and started guessing “Shirlize Theron” and “Shirquille O’Neal”.

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.

JACKPOTS

A lot of teams really seemed to know a lot about ancient Greece and square numbers.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s some older celebrities that you want to fight.

Get out of my room dad!

NASA, for the round earth conspiracy.

I will fight you George Pell.

I’ll kick your arse, Sir Paul McCartney!

I want to fight Sean Bean and I hope the screenwriters kill him off.

George Clooney – The Fight for Amal

We’ll knock Bryan Cranston out twice.

Fight me, Jon Bon Jovi!

Fight me, Ellen Degeneres!

Simon & Garfunkel tag team.

Come at me, Nic Cage!

Luke, I am your daughter (Mark Hamill).

Spar with Roseanne Barr.

Angela Merkel’s Purple Nurple.

I’d like to punch Kevin Spacey.

Team Bagpuss (Born 2005) wold like to fight ACTUAL Bagpuss (born 1974).

People who don’t appreciate Spongebob.

Putin you in your place.

Mad Max ain’t shit, bring on Mel Gibson.

Jeff Bezos deserves a good slapping.

Betty White’s going down.

Bruce Willis will die hard with my foot in his ass.

Hey Marvin Gaye, Let’s get it on!

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Dignity

French Sausage

Ugly Lemur

Janky Ferret

Conspicuous Wine Bottle

Pulsating Spain

Matthew Hunter

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A team including a math teacher got a jackpot question on square numbers wrong.

A team with a real life Italian failed to remember that Rome is a national capital beginning with R.

We asked a question on the NRL logo, and 30 seconds later the logo was on the screen of one of the TVs. Some people still got it wrong.

After remarking that our questions are tough to cheat on even if you wanted to, we gave one team a dispensation to ask “Hey Siri, what was the heaviest team in the 2015 Rugby World Cup?” Yeah, Siri didn’t know that one.

One team guessed that Uber was planning to trial not aerial taxis, but “ethical business practices”. Come on! Try to be realistic!

And the best wrong answer of the week was from a team who knew nothing about cricket, and guessed that the most common bowler/wicker keeper pairing in Australian cricket history was “c Dundee b Irwin”.

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.

JACKPOTS

They knew more than any other team about mountain warfare in the 60s and won cash.

TEAM NAMES

If you ever go to hell, here’s what you’d be thinking.

Donald, is that you?

Where are the damn Nazis?

Awww, I forgot to pack the marshmallows.

Tell chef Ramsay I want my steak medium rare.

This is going to chafe.

Where’s the lube?

All my favourite people are here!

Why didn’t I forward that chain letter?

This is like working for the Guardian

Where are my virgins?

Jesus it’s hot down here.

But I’m Buddhist.

Mother Theresa?

There’s a lot of priests here.

Nice to see you Cardinal Pell.

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Salacious Old Canberra Inn

Smoking Elephant Smoker

Villainous Aardvark

Munted Alpaca

Pregnant Uluru

Suspicious Burrito

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had a record low score of 17 from one team who thought the American flag had 5 stars on it.

Another team missed out on a prize by one point after answering that Jamie Foxx starred in Philadelphia. They went as far as to interrupt the answers to insist they were right before having to climb down when they realised Denzel Washington is a different actor to Jamie Foxx.

When we played an instrumental version of Someone Like You by Adele, one team continued singing after the music stopped. (Well, that is if you consider randomly crooning “YOOOOOOOOOO” out of tune to be singing.)

One venue played Material Girl by Madonna two minutes after we asked a music question on the same song. (We’re pretty sure everyone already knew the answer, but maybe someone finally put it together with help form the venue.)

And one team concluded that Tchaikovsky wrote the Super Mario Brothers theme.

Finally, one team yelled out the answer to one of our bonus questions, and another team wrote down what they yelled to get the point. The lesson here is… DON’T YELL OUT ANSWERS.

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.

We have a new record score, as this team hit 82.5.

JACKPOTS

Whether they knew the answer to our question on the flag of the Northern Territory or they just got lucky, this team won cash.

They knew a lot about South American politics, and pigs.

And they knew a lot about eggs… and New Orleans.

TEAM NAMES

Happy stories in six words. This is what you came up with.

Game of Thrones with decent writers

Emailed African prince, received billion dollars

Found 50 bucks on the footpath

Yay! Monday is a public holiday

We found a cure for depression

The postman’s been, great, no bills

Watched the game, my team won

Congratulations, you won this week’s Powerball

Cold drink after a hard day

Exquisite ball tampering, not in cricket

Full of tequila and bad ideas

I drank beer and felt happy

Had sexy dreams, they became reality

Bill smirked at our shitty drawing

Bill gave us a bonus point

Election result overturned by the AEC

We got a massage in Bangkok

We finally won the trivia jackpot

I award Claudia six free drinks

My brother came to the quiz

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Gyrating Blender

Furry Weight

Weird Nipple

Hairy Catamaran

Frothy New Mexico

Shady Unicorn

Smooth Vatican

Dopey Palm Tree

Charming Gazelle

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team had trouble figuring out where the Gulf of Finland was, and a team made up entirely of Brits had apparently never heard of Sheffield.

When they forgot to do the homework question on actors who played the role of Pi in Life of Pi, two teams tried their luck with Peter Pi-per, Popeye, and Pi-thagorus.

One team mixed up Ferris Bueller’s Day Off with The Silence of the Lambs. We would kind of like to see those movies combine.

And a drunk douchecanoe twice yelled out the answers to questions we asked, so we came up with alternate questions on the spot & told him to shut the hell up. Attention douchecanoes… we have a microphone and we will use it to turn a room full of trivia patrons against you.

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.

This team tied the all time record for iQ Trivia of 80 points.

JACKPOTS

It was their first time, and they won the jackpot (though as they handed in their answer they said “we know it’s wrong” so we’re not going to let them brag about it.)

TEAM NAMES

Sad stories in six words. You had them.

Love you Jack, I’m so cold.

Sit down, we need to talk.

Milo amnd Otis killed 12 cats.

Sydney house prices. Sydney house prices.

President Donald Trump (only needed three.)

Zero days since our last incident.

My ex took my sex toys.

Alzheimer’s advantage, new friends every day.

No confidence vote. New Prime Minister

Scott Morrison in charge of Australia. I told you this would happen.

Oh no, Ilya is hosting trivia.

Mrs Popov give birth to son.

Stupid f*cking music round? Bagpuss sad.

Bill hates our long team names.

Warm beer, cold chips, no sauce.

She asked “is it in yet?”

A good night with Bill Cosby.

Watched Game of Thrones season 8.

I’m at the Occidental on Tuesday.

Year of trivia, never won once.

Lost trivia on the gambler’s question.

Every moment I live is agony.

My back hurt. Now I’m addicted.

And one team went for something that was legit sad… Ambulance leave owner’s dog sitting alone.

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Miraculous Tambourine

Strong Santa

Sodden Charlemagne

Slender Giraffe

Sloppy Flamingo (NSFW)

Wonky Barbecue Sauce

Healthy Chicken

INTERESTING MOMENTS

A random passer-by passed through our quiz and started singing along with Cab Calloway.

When we asked a science fiction question, one player looked at her teammates and said “Come on nerds. Why do you think we brought you here?” Clearly it was to come up with answers like “Marty McJedi.”

Someone recognised a song being sung by Fred Astaire, but thought it was sung by Avril Lavigne… somehow.

And in front of a room full of colleagues, an accountant failed to accurately calculate how many doughnuts you would have left if you had a dozen and ate 12. She may already have been fired.

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.

JACKPOTS

They took first place in the quiz, and then allowed another team to choose the jackpot subject as they’ve never won when choosing the subject themselves… and then they won the jackpot.

TEAM NAMES

You have some frankly ridiculous fears… and maybe a few reasonable fears.

Coming last at trivia

Clive Palmer becomes PM

Human eye contact

Beards

Velvet

Turtles

Being watched by a duck

My inner demons don’t like me

Not having a smartphone

Looking after primary aged kids at the beach

The only song on the radio is Love Shack by the B52s, forever

Walking over grates, uneven pavements, or sewer covers

My boyfriend kicking me in the face while we sleep, because, you know, we sleep head to toe, obviously

I cover my feet with a pillow at night so I don’t get stabbed

Trivia hosts

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Crocodile Schnitzel

Swimming Pig

Artificial Noun

Fancy Host

Existential Bottles

Sweaty Bird Wine

Drunk Leonardo DiCaprio

Hungry Squirrel

INTERESTING MOMENTS

On a jackpot question about the timing of a WWI battle, one team went two years before the war began, and one team went 26 years after it ended (taking them right into World War II.)

We asked about the label on a bottle of Jack Daniels, and someone went to the bad and ordered a “Jack Daniels and… something.”

One team who doesn’t drink, up an DONATED their bar tab to another team that promised to give it a good home.

And we helped raise over $9,000 for the Steve Burroughs Foundation at a charity trivia night.

See you next week.