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This Week in iQ Trivia – 15 July 2023

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 Bulgarian currency won them Australian currency.

TEAM NAMES

How would you make things fair?

Music questions are all from my playlist

Four team members or less

Divide score by number of team members

All answers must be in the form of a cartoon

Everyone has to get drunk at pub trivia

Only questions on Bagpuss and 90s Britpop

Only questions about The Office

No Harry Potter questions

No geography questions

Newcomers get 5 bonus points

No points for TriviArt

Worst TriviArt gets 10 bonus points

Let the German Chancellor also be President

Baby Boomers don’t get to vote

Sack the government and let the APS take over

If you sh!t yourself in a suburban McDonald’s you don’t get to be Prime Minister

Consultants on a public sector wage

Male birth control

Short people basketball

Boxing, but nobody is allowed to punch

Average people get to compete at the Olympics

The Snitch doesn’t end the game and is only worth 50 points

Ban New Zealand from international rugby

TriviArt

Holy Venus

Crocodile Chestnut Tea

Shake a Tail Feather

Saucy Automobile

French French Fries

Disappointed Toilets

Kawaii Car

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One of our hosts got plaudits on their German pronunciation of “schmetterling”.

On the other hand, one audience was amazed and borderline offended that one of our hosts couldn’t name a single Neighbours character.

Someone thought Jesse James’ first bank robbery in America took place in 1566.

One team guessed the film Madagascar in the first round, only for us to ask about the film Madagascar in the second half. Psychic!

We we’re pre-emptively asked to repeat question 28 right after we read question 27. Well, strictly speaking we can’t REPEAT question 28, because we haven’t ASKED question 28.

And someone at a corporate show being staged for a logistics company asked us how far 2,000km was. Apparently he’s new.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 8 July 2023

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

Czech soccer, Federal Elections, Canadian cities, Superbowls, and ex-Soviet dictators led to a lot of jackpots being won.

TEAM NAMES

There were a lot of team names renaming England for some reason.

England, the home of bad sports and being bad at sports

Whingeland

Whinging Pomland

The Cricket Whingers

Land of the the Eternal Whinger

Sookland

Isle of Scones

Colonisier Island

Greenland should swap with Iceland

Darwin, the city that disproves evolution

Land of Lucky McCatholics

Braai Nation

Baulkham Hills = Hillsong

Korea: The good one

North Korea REDACTED

Wine Wankers

Zimbabwe: Land of Millionaires

Not So South Sudan = Sudan

Can-boring

Beerlandia

Half and hour & 20 years behind Sydney

School shooting range

Maroubra: The Mount Druitt of the East

Italy: Land of hand gesticulations

People’s Republic of Empanadas

Sheep Land

Australia Lite

New ZeaLamb

Chur Bro Island

AFL City

Melbourne = Shelbyville

TriviArt

Sleepy Joe Biden Frying an Egg

Spritely Spiderman

Curly Camel

Sparkling Walrus

Backwards Salmon

Impatient Gherkin

Just Keep Walking

Obtuse Juice

Excited Trivia

Flamingo Rugby

Running Octopus

Adam Sandler Waterloo

Emu Library

INTERESTING MOMENTS

On a question about actors who played Presidents, one team guessed Tom Hanks for every film, and was wrong every time.

Countries that used to be part of Yugoslavia? Italy, Sweden, Scotland, Brazil, Colombia. Really?

We asked a homework question on top try scorers in Rugby, but one team answered with top point scorers, because they assumed that was the same thing.

On our bonus round, one team guessed it was William Shatner before finding out it was a comic book character armed with a hammer who was played by Chris Hemsworth.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 1 July 2023

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 19th Century battles won them $60.

And remember, spelling matters.

TEAM NAMES

What kind of crazy easy Jeopardy categories did you come up with?

Ingredients in Rum & Coke

National capitals that are Paris

Cities ending in “berra”

Famous Opera Houses in Sydney

Artists with expensive concert tickets that rhyme with “drift”

Countries that celebrate Canada Day

Organs you use to see

Body parts you smell with

Serial killers whose name rhymes with cannibal

Shapes that end with “quare”

Letters of the alphabet that come after Y

Colours that are blue

Fruits that are orange

The Pope’s religion

Actors with the last name Pitt

Nautical disasters involving the Titanic

Cut rate submersibles lost while exploring the Titanic

Bronwyn Bishop’s favourite mode of transport

How many points are you gambling on the gambler’s question?

Foods that are steak

Days ending in day

Movies about dirty dancing

Terrorist attacks that happened on September 11th

Famous Shanias

Presidents who have been indicted for breaking the Espionage Act

Opposition leaders who look like potatoes

Prime Ministers who have eaten raw onions

Australian female Prime Ministers

Australian Prime Ministers who have sh!t themselves at McDonald’s

TriviArt

Succulent Pogo Stick

Sultry Spaghetti

Large Microwave

Crazy God

Runny Trouser

Crash Test Dummy Spit

Abstract Cowboy (or Cow-Buoy)

Sexy House

Cyber Platypus

Vicious Vehicle

Humid Soup

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We asked whether one of our hosts owned any gold, and more than one team asked to see their teeth.

On a special subject question on sex toys, someone guessed that vibrators were made out of phosphorus? Yeeeeeaah… no!

Despite singing ABCDEFU loud enough for everyone to hear, one team was convinced it was an Olivia Rodrigo song.

When asked for a seven letter word starting with C, one team gave us an eight letter word starting with A.

When we asked about the people who might be in a cage fight, one team noted that Elon Musk & Mark Zuckerberg don’t actually count as people.

And we had a picture question on the “I’ll have what she’s having” lady from When Harry Met Sally, and one team was convinced it was a man.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 24 June 2023

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 80s sitcom Family Ties may never have paid off before, and it may never pay off again. But it paid off this week.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s what you never want to do.

Treat our trivia host with dignity and respect

Share a lift with Kyle & Jackie O

Become an influencer

Eat a durian

Go on a Disney cruise

Hang with Harry & Megan

Skydiving without a parachute

Eating bugs

Climb Mount Everest

Early Retirement

Holiday on Bali

Become mayor of Mount Druitt

Go to war

Attending a Maroons win at Lang Park

Pass a kidney stone

Albo tramp stamp

Visit the Titanic in a cut price sub

TriviArt

Bart Simpson Flipping Pancakes

Saucy Equestrian

Minimalist Tree

Longstocking Pipe

Frosty Reception

Incredulous Genes

Penguin Submarine

Eloping Vase

Insidious Queen

Periodic Balloon

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we asked a question about the solar system, one player asked if we were asking a trick question, and was told that we don’t ask trick questions, but we will allow you to trick yourself… and he went ahead and tricked himself.

A player asked a host with no hair if they could demonstrate what a Pompadour hairstyle looked like. Uhhhh… no.

We asked about Hitler & Stalin living in the same neighbourhood in Vienna, and one team said it sounded like the premise of an awful sitcom.

We asked for South American countries, and one team put Chile twice. Well, they were right once.

And instead of studying up on Macedonia, one team studied up on Montenegro, because they misread the homework e-mail.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 17 June 2023

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 think they were right, but they still won.

TEAM NAMES

We were worried that this week’s team name might be a tough one, but you really came through with the jokes.

I had a joke about a 95 year old with a steak knife but it was a shocker.

I had a joke about a bus driver and it really kills.

I had some jokes about chemistry but they argon.

I had a joke about oxygen & potassium… it’s OK.

I had a surrealist joke, but broccoli.

I had a joke about a failed delivery but you didn’t get it.

I had a joke about dementia but… who are you?

I had a joke about Sydney Trains but it takes too long.

I have a joke about cows but you’ve already herd it.

I have a joke about dog parks but it’s full of crap.

I had a joke about darts but it missed the mark.

I’d make a joke about the public service but PWC has already done it.

I had a joke about vacuums but it sucked

I have a joke about microbiology but I’m not sure it’s cultured.

I’d tell a dick joke but it’s waaaaaaay too long.

I have a joke about Viagra but it’s too hard.

I have a joke about a broken clock but it’s the wrong time.

I had a joke about an unsharpened pencil but it’s pointless.

I have a joke about roller coasters but you have to be this high to hear it.

I had a joke about erectile dysfunction but it flopped.

I had a joke about coke but it blows.

I have a joke about archery, it hits the target.

I have a joke about Matthew McConaughey, and it’s alright alright alright.

I had a joke about catholic priests but only kids get it.

I had a joke about COVID and everyone got it.

TriviArt

Blue Blows Bubbles

Cringe Timbuktu

Decaying Haloumi

Cooking Leg

Prefectionist Lieutenant Legs

Pitch Doctor

Pacifist Beatle

Frightful Saddam Hussein

Delicious Table

Burlesque Mathematics

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We asked about body counts in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and had to clarify that we weren’t talking about how many people Legolas and Aragorn had slept with.

And a team who finished last had a team name that indicated they thought the earth is flat. No big surprise there.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 10 June 2023

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 boomer views do you agree with?

Tik Tok is an online insane asylum

Influencer is not a real job

No avocados until you pay your mortgage

You shouldn’t look at your phone while walking

Avo toast is too expensive

Kids should be outside

Not everyone gets a ribbon

Interest rates are still very low

I shouldn’t need a subscription to my car’s features

Cyberbulling isn’t real

I hate Telstra

Bloody hoons

It’s ok to hit your kids if they’re being c*unts

I have too many passwords

Children should be seen and not heard

Soft serves are too expensive

I don’t like people on my lawns

Neighbours should be quiet after 10pm

Sometimes I actually need to speak to the manager

Don’t watch concerts through your phone screen

Video Ezy was better than Netflix

21st century music is sh!t

TriviArt

Mr Beast Fighting a Beast

Pompous Fish

Curly Accountant

Downstairs Kermit Goat (NSFW)

Burning Man

Birthday Potato

Tessellated Sauna

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We asked about Star Trek characters, and one team thought “a dark haired chick with cleavage” was George Takei. Oh my!

Sixty seconds is one… millisecond?

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 3 June 2023

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

Lucky guess or not, knowing about Qatari geography paid off for a one man team.

TEAM NAMES

What wouldn’t you spend money on even if you had $1 billion in the bank?

My parent’s respect

A personalised number plate

Health insurance

Bitcoin

PWC stocks

Love

Pre-cut fruit

A jar of olives

Petrol station sushi

Crocs

Toe shoes

A Tesla

Extended warranties

Only Fans

Cocaine & hookers

Goon bags

Bella Delphine’s bathwater

A Rolf Harris painting

Pauline Hanson’s knitwear range

A gym membership

MAGA Merchandise

TriviArt

Donald Trump at the Dentist

Bodacious Plate

Funky Comrade

Sexy Saloon

Fork Policy

Ballsy Balloon

Bumper Sticker

Beautiful Cake

INTERESTING MOMENTS

How do you spell Tchaikovsky? Chaicoughski?  Well, that’s close enough.

Dutch cities with animals in the name? How about Hamsterdam?

The German word for bath is spelled the same as what Michael Jackson song? Thriller.

A teacher forgot to do their homework… and it cost them a prize.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 27 May 2023

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 if there were no men for a year?

No more penises on TriviArt

          ” (from an all male team)

No countries, only cliques

Fewer penises stuck in vacuum cleaners

Scissor city

Safe dark alleys

Who run the world? Girls.

Unmowed lawns

Aligned cycles

Lesbians

Peace and quiet (we got the same thing last week too)

Toilet seats are down

Dildo sales skyrocket

Once there were strippers

Warmer temperatures in office buildings

Less rape

Equal Pay

A distinct lack of misogyny

Three and a half women

Black widows get awfully lonely

Dad & Dave’s becomes Mum & Margaret’s

Luke would still be hosting trivia

Our favourite trivia host would get a promotion

No more mansplaining

TriviArt

Creepy John Smith

Terrorist Tour

Glassy Apple Buddy

Delicious Dildo

Cartoon DJ

Bombastic Wobbleboard

Moist Fork

Crispy Baseball

Sexy Vegemite

Freudian Crickets

Invisible Lion

INTERESTING MOMENTS

The Canterbury Tales were written by Megan Markle in 2023… apparently.

One of our bonus round questions was about Scandinavian capitals. Every team either put three points on it and said Stockholm and were wrong, or put Copenhagen and were right but put zero points on it.

Albinos and Gingers were put on the same level as Vampires in a Google auto-complete question.

And one team recognised an instrumental version of Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves in the first half, and guessed Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves three more times for the audio questions in the second half. It seems someone is a big fan.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 20 May 2023

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

Winning a jackpot on your birthday is even more of a win than usual.

TEAM NAMES

What if there were no women in the world for a year?

Everyone would die

Femboys become the dominant lifeform

Have you read Lord of the Flies? Basically that

Still the same number of CEOs

No reality shows on TV. HALLELUJAH!

Free from the Kardashian sisters for a year

Divorce rates would plummet

The gender pay gap would be solved

Japanese body pillows

A lot less whisky, a lot more gin

Piled up laundry

Dirty bed sheets

Safer roads

Nothing would be found

Golf club sales surge

No leftovers

McDonald’s shares skyrocket

Paper plates

Dishes everywhere

Peace and quiet

Bechdel who?

Upright toilet seats everywhere

Worst Best brothels ever

The rise of the gays

Fewer men in the closet

We achieved gender equality

Blue balls

Sex dolls

Tinder collapses, Grindr explodes

Lots of strong right arms

The fappening

Pornhub servers would crash

TriviArt

Green Dog

Bended Knee

Children’s Story Reader

Irrelevant Hovercraft

Excited Chicken

Pineapple Puppet

Slimy Barrel

Spicy Dwarves

INTERESTING MOMENTS

As soon as we asked people to name gold producing countries, we heard a voice from the back of the room asking “why?” Why? Well, asking questions is kind of what trivia is about, and you chose to come here. (At any rate, they wound up winning on their first try.)

One team found out why you should bring your kids to trivia, when their daughter immediately recognised Old Town Road by Lil Nas X when they had no idea.

Where do Vikings go when they die? Odin’s pool room apparently.

When we asked about four letter words said by trap shooters when they’re ready for a target, we got guesses of c*nt and f*ck. Which would certainly change the atmosphere at the shooting range.

And one player who bid 14 in the bonus round not only got zero, he said nothing and sat right back down when he realised he couldn’t name a single NRL player. It was one of the greatest moments of hubris we have ever seen.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 13 May 2023

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’re pretty good at giving dubious compliments.

You’re a Canberra 10.

You’re a North Queensland 10.

You’re a solid 7 at Mooseheads.

I saw another girl with your dress and she looked amazing.

I love your confidence.

You are a good wife for an angry feminist.

I love your glasses. They really make you look smart.

It was… interesting.

Grey really suits you.

Your Instagram really makes you look fun.

If you work really hard I’m sure you’ll get to the top of the bell curve.

You’re so brave for wearing that outfit.

You’d look good with some make up on.

You’re not as dumb as you look.

You’re smarter than you look.

You’re smart for a girl.

Sure I’ll come, I have nothing better to do.

Oh you ain’t that old.

Those manboobs look good on you.

You really grew into your ears.

You actually smell nice today.

I always feel more intelligent after talking to you.

Nice Crocs.

Your perfume smells like my nanna.

You look like you’d make a good librarian.

It’s brave of you to come back to trivia.

You really let other shine at trivia.

You’re a really good trivia host for a woman.

I don’t care what other teams say, Joe is an OK trivia host.

I’ve been to worse trivia nights.

TriviArt

Sweaty Paperclip

Bristly Phalanges

Superfluous Pediatrician

Muddied SUV

Orange Confusion

Bouncy Penny Farthing

Golden Orange

Let It Snow

Dodgy Mermaid

Boozy Birthday

Birthday Cigarette

Colourful Beer

Birthday at the Morgue

Decadent Cat

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Five letter words ending in ART? One team opted for shart? Which might tell us something about them.

After choosing literature as their subject in a jackpot round, one player could only respond with “oh f*ck” when he actually heard the question.

The most prominent female character in Captain America… one team insisted it was Princess Leia.

While we were giving hints on a bonus question, we mentioned the country we were looking for was in Europe. The next guess… ZIMBABWE!

See you next week.