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This Week in iQ Trivia – 6 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

Knowing about former African capitals turned into money.

TEAM NAMES

We heard a lot of drug & animal references. One of our hosts took longer to do the marking because she had to look them up.

Oranganangs

Ecstabees

Paracheetahmol

Laughing Gas Hyena

Hash Puppies

Methamphibian

Meth Millipede

Meth Mammoth

Xanax Zebra

Codeine Cod

Codeine Cows

Codeine Crayfish

Benzo Bonobo

Ketamine Sloth

Ketamine Kangaroo

Ketamine Koala

Ketamine Komodo Dragon

Ketamine Honey Badger

Ketamine Blowfish

Ketaminotaur

Jack Daniels Rabbit

Horse Tranquiliser

Smack Frog

Love Vole

Whiskey Wolverine

Hash Hamster

Nurofen Panda

Fentanyl Capybara

Hareoin

Ice Penguin

Molly Monkeys

Crack Fox

Kush Kangaroos

Psilocybin Platypus

Qualuude Quetzalcoatl

Ayahuasca Axolotl

Horse Horse

Peppa the Paracetamol Pig

Paracetamole

Marijuana Iguana

Rohypnol Rhino

Rohpnopotamus

PCP Python

Ant-Acid

TriviArt

Unpossible Peanut

Rambunctious Ryan Gosling

Bouncy Balloon

Grand Me

Grimace Growth

Spicy Pancreas

Happy Machine Gun

Reigning Beer

Koala Potato

Fancy Porcupine

Crown Inflation

Running Rock

Star Wars Original Character

Jedi Cockroach

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Who was the main character in Braveheart? Mel Gibson, declared one team with great confidence. (This is why you listen to questions.)

Cities in song titles? Dubbo Rock City, and One Night in Hobart.

Instead of saying Alan Rickman on an audio question, someone said Snape. Which is fair. Snape and Alan Rickman are pretty much the same person.

And one player asked us “is there someone whose job it is to come up with these questions?” Yes. Yes there is.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 29 April 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 Aaliyah films & KFC really paid off.

TEAM NAMES

The knights of the round table would have been very different if you were there.

The Redundant Sir Daryl the Redundant

Sir Joel the Lightweight

Sir Gus the Wrong

Lady Rachel the Stubborn and Sir Damon the Drunk

Sir Myles the Well Travelled

Sir Tom the Shivering

Lady Stephanie the Mathematical

Sir Matt the Excellent

Sir Alex the Awesome

Sir Ben the Village Idiot

Sir Man Boobs the One Win Wonder

Sir Tom the Petty

Sir Dave the Jester

Sir Loin the Rare

Lady Lexie the Liability

Sir Cumference the Rotund

TriviArt

Cromulent Astronaut

Wilting Jellyfish

Platypus’ Garden

Golf Tsunami

Eating Potatoes

Sunshine Medicine

Superfluous Coffee

Champion Donald Trump

Cosmic Kiss

INTERESTING MOMENTS

On a simple question about rolling two dice, the likelihood of getting an odd result is 50%. Only 3 teams out of 11 got it right. Two more teams scratched out the correct answer and put in something else. We had guesses ranging from 25% to 94%.

We got players from Finland and Greece to read the homework answers in their native languages.

A coastal city in NSW home to 50,000 that starts with P? Pacific Ocean! Well not until there’s a lot more climate change.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 22 April 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

Celebrity beers. You came up with plenty.

Benedictine Trappistbatch

Jodie Fosters

Vanessa Carleton Draught

David Hasselfroth

Malcolm XXXX

Spongebob Squarepint

XXXX Whitaker

Steven Coldbeer

Chris Four Pines

Anthony Hops-tins

Oprah Tinfrey

Alice Coopers

Isaac Newtowner

Leffe Goldblum

Monica Brewinski

Jack Black Forest Porter

Hillary Duffman

Beer Grylls (always drinking piss)

Young Henry FOrd

Michael Pale-ale

Philip Seymour Hopman

Arnold Schwarzenlager

Megan VB Stouton

Beers Morgan

Katherine Heinekens

Beerbra Streisand

Froth Whitlam

Robert DeBeero

Reece Witherschooner

XXXXtina Aguilera

Christian Ale

Alexander Hamiltin

Malt Disney

Sidney Porter

Dolly Carton

Mischa Carton

Tinny Turner

The Dalai Lagers

Tom DeLongeneck

Stout Morrison

Anthony Alebanese

TriviArt

Rancid Peach

Frisky Mall

Bill Kermit Onomatopoeia

Horny Tasmania

Wankerish Daisy

Flirty Frog

Venus Mousetrap

Bubbly Placenta

Happy Hat

Sewage Tornado

Sinister Rubber Ducks

Orchestral Suite

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One player changed her flights to leave on Wednesday rather than Monday so she could attend trivia on Tuesday.

When we asked about Australian and the options were Simon Baker, Anthony LaPaglia, and Hugo Weaving, one team hedged their bets and went with Hugo Baker. Which took names from both wrong answer. They skilfully avoided the correct answer.

One team guessed that Miranda Kerr was 93,000 days old. Which is over 250 years. If that’s true, Miranda Kerr is a vampire.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 15 April 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

We had more than one team win first place and a jackpot.

TEAM NAMES

Here are your proposed holiday mascots.

The International Women’s Day Mansplainer

Canberra Day Penis Owl (chosen by two teams at the same quiz)

Canberra Day Skywhale

New Years Day Beroccas

New Years Day Sloth

Reconciliation Day Racist

Boxing Day Boxer

Queen’s Birthday Drag Queens

Quentin the Queen’s Birthday Quokka

Queen’s Birthday Corgi

Coronation Day Corgi

Rodney the Ramadan Raccoon

Labour Day Pokie

May Day Flies

Bank Holiday Bank Robbers

Australia Day Aardvark

World Radio Day Video Star

Chinese New Year John Cena

Pierre Poutine (Canada Day)

Boxing Day Kangaroo

Thanksgiving Smallpox Blanket

πday πthon

TriviArt

Drowned Mink

Flexible Cat

Suspicious Fish

Checkered Toad Scratch

Conspicuous Lizard

Autumn in Goulburn

Chocolate Wrestlemania

Loose Leanne

Sparkly Straw

Hairy Burgers

Antiquated Cocktail

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team argued so intensely about whether or not their answer should be soccer or football that they tore their answer sheet in two. (For the record, on principle we accept either.)

We got a guess that the Texas Rangers were involved in the sport of shooting. Yes, we get that Texas is closely associated with shootings.

A bartender got a question on Absolut Vodka wrong.

A Thai person got a question on the Thai flag wrong.

Accountants got a math question wrong.

A Foo Fighters song was described as “I’m a sad white boy in a band”.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 8 April 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

When you win on your own, you don’t have to share your jackpot winnings with anyone.

TEAM NAMES

You really enjoyed fish themed team names.

Prince Herring & Megan Mackerel

Piranha Nicole Smith

Salmon Rushdie

Anthony Abalone

Anchovio Banderas

Dolphin Lundgren

Dwayne “The Rock” Lobster

Kim Carpdashian

Pike Myers

Pike Milligan

Pikell Jackson

Jon Bon Jellyfish

Smelt Gibson

Carpara Streisand

OJ Shrimpson

James Codon

Michael Schumackerel

Yo Yo Mahi Mahi

Michael Flathead

Leigh Scales

Finding Leonard Nemo

Fishtina Aqualera

Sturgennifer Aniston

Robert DeNemo

Stingray Romano

Stingray Martin

Stingray Charles

Nikkoi Minaj

Ringo Starfish

Anchovy Hopkins

Leonardo Carpdaprio

Angler Merkel

Cod Stewart

Jessica Albacore

Sushi Baron Cohen

Sasha Barramundi Cohen

Fillet Sea-mour Hoff-mantaray

Samuel Eel Jackson

Snow Whitefish and the Seven Dwarfs – Dory, Seelpy, Guppy, Bashfilet, Sneezahorse, Mahi Happi, and Cod

TriviArt

Amazing Potato

Succulent Clownfish

Winning Copper

Grover Slay

Flamboyant Cake

Sinking Origami

Feisty Scooter

Crucified Guitar

Slow Rat

Easter Burlesque Plant

Easter Dragon

Avocado Kitty

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Periodic table elements beginning with S? How about Sunshine?

How many time zones does India have? You’ll have to be more specific than “heaps”. (Especially when it’s only one.)

When we announced the answer to a question was an Adam Sandler film, one player loudly declared “OH DAMN IT!” Which, to be fair, is usually a fair reaction to an Adam Sandler film.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 1 April 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

Maybe they were lucky, maybe they were smart. But answering a question on Edward Scissorhands won them a jackpot.

Nine teams got it wrong, and one got it right. Result… $171.

Lucky guess or not, knowing about basketball paid off.

Who knows about Israeli Prime Ministers? They did.

TEAM NAMES

Horsey celebrities? You came through.

Glue Jackman

Foalip Seymare Hoofman

Whinnie Houston

Bonnie and Clydesdale

Harold Colt

Edgar Allen Pony

Princess Mare-y

Hermioneigh

Herbert Hoofer

Pony Soprano

Neighmar

Jurgen Klipp Klopp

Ted Brumbie

Dustin Hoofman

Kan-neigh West

Gwyneth Paltromino

William H Macy-Biscuit

Phillip K. Horse Dick

Sylvester Stallion

David Hasslehoof

Hugh Hoofner

Whipney Houston

Whippy Goldberg

Pony Collette in Mareial’s Wedding

Pony Hawk

Beyonceneigh

Megan Thee Stallion

Leonardo Phar Laprico

Sarah Jessica Parker

TriviArt

Frozen Frog

Elmo Pain

Girthy Cat

A Day At The Races

Capybara Doppelganger

Brilliant Surfboard

Stiff Disney

Prestigious Placebo

Monster Accountant

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team perfectly calculated a hypothetical BMI in a jackpot round, and then wrote the digits in the wrong order.

Another team got two correct answers, but came up short because they were one letter off on one of them.

The reggae band Magic was described as “that one hit wonder that played the song about marrying her anyway”.

One of our hosts was gifted a bottle of wine for getting married.

Instead of Jon Lovitz, we got an answer of “the fat Jewish guy from Rat Race”, which is definitely not wrong.

We asked about adjectives in song titles, and one team came up with You’re Making Me Horny, Don’t Worry Be Horny, and Drop It Like It’s Horny.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 25 March 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 actually win this much cash. But they’ll claim they did.

Knowing about Inspector Rex paid off.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with a lot of feline celebrities.

Feline Dion

Leonardi DiCatprio

Purrdro Pawscal

Bentio Meowsolini

Anne Cattaway

Catty Freeman

Bengaldict Catnippatch

Benedict Cumberscratch

Bendicat Tummyscratch

Catty Purry

Catnip Everdeen

George Catstanza

Elle McPurrson

Catye West

Gwyneth Pawltrow

Eddie Purrphy

Chairman Meow

Pussy Elliot

Cat the Bounty Hunter

Calicoco Chanel

Catrick Star

Cat Blanchett

Puma Thurman

Scratching Post Malone

TriviArt

Runny Gluten Free Bread

Ugly Bulbasaur

Samsung Foam

Eric Catman

Slimy Hope

Blue Cow

Erotic Hammer

Mighty Salmon

Loquacious Cheshire

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had to remind one player that when she sings the answer to a music question, other people can hear her. Then we had to remind her two more times.

On the other hand, another team asked us to sing a national anthem.

When we played a 90s band, one player said “I have no idea, so let’s just say Oasis.” Naturally, it was Oasis.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 18 March 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 were able to answer all three of our jackpot questions.

This good boy may have helped his team win some cash.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with a lot of canine celebrities.

Elon Husky

Benedict Cumberb*tch

Spaniel Radcliffe

Kim Kardachshund

Al Poochino

Jack Russell Crowe

Brad Pitbull

Saint Bernard Fanning

Woofie Goldberg

Colin Furrell

Muttley Crew

Taylor Snifft

Chew Heffner

Sandra Bulldog

Dane the Dog Johnson

Pablo Escobark

Donald Tramp

Mutt Damon

Henry Cavillier

The Barkstreet Boys

Dingo Starr

Megan Barkle

Bark Wahlberg

Bark Ruffalo

Fido Dogstoyevsky

Kelpie Clarkson

Kelpie Grammar

Bob Marley & Me

Justin Retriever

Ben Arfleck

Samoyed L Jackson

Spaniel L Jackson

Mao Zedog

TriviArt

Bogan Chippie

Smooth Gold

Potato Puppet

Pizza Piste

Sauna Leprechaun

Sloppy AUKUS

Unicorn Pug

Devious Manly Fan

Papal Poodle

INTERESTING MOMENTS

The last place subject at one quiz was about the bistro menu, so we asked a question about one of the bar staff and their favourite dish. Everyone fell for a red herring & stereotyped Jana as having “very strong vegan vibes” even though her favourite dish was the chicken pesto pasta.

A player from Brisbane forgot that Brisbane was a state capital.

We asked about highways in Hawaii… and there was a family on holiday from Hawaii right there who knew the answer.

When we asked a question about a regular monthly event that didn’t happen in three specific months, one team answered with “my period”. Which we can’t disprove, and we really didn’t want to argue about.

A Taylor Swift song was criticised for being “too old”.

Bulls on Parade by Rage Against the Machine song was guessed as a Spice Girls song.

And speaking of Spice Girls, the jackpot didn’t go off on a question about how old Sporty Spice was. We had guesses that ranged from almost 4, to 89. Some of you really can’t do math under pressure.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 11 March 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 the periodic table paid off to the tune of $214.

TEAM NAMES

What gendered activities should other genders take on?

Men need therapy

More men should drink fruity cocktails

Kill your own damn spiders

Have real pockets

Be Prime Minister without being asked why you’re childless

Ask for directions

Lay off the Snapchat filters

Pee standing up

Pee sitting down

Hit the damn bowl when you pee

More female predator drone pirates

Equal pay

Cutting the grass

Fake orgasms

Sandwich makers

Shut up

Menstruation

Pick up the cheque

Go to the pub and drink beer

Brazilian butt lifts

Wipe after pissing

Clean the bathroom daily

Women in three piece suits

Wear skirts more often

Womansplaining

Ironing

The dishes

More women trivia captains

TriviArt

Musical Iceman

Sexy Gladwrap

Sinister Plumber

Viking Panda

Lesbian Lobster

Holy Wall

Cyber Donkey

Snowman Award

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had one team in the bonus round bid 15 straight off the bat, and managed to name 10 countries.

Another bid 10, and then was saddened to find out the subject was field hockey, telling us afterwards that he had no idea what field hockey was.

And one team won on their first try against a room full of veterans.  It can happen.

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 4 March 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 who created Pinocchio paid off.

TEAM NAMES

What’s the first rule of Trivia Club?

Tell everyone about trivia

Book early

Go with your gut instinct

Don’t yell out the answer

Shut the hell up

Get your bonus round guess in late and go one higher

Don’t be sh!t

Drink your winnings

It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s whether you beat your trivia nemesis

If you use your phone make sure nobody sees

Always take the beer voucher

Don’t admit you hacked the bluetooth

Always have Spongebob in your team name

TriviArt must be pornographic

Always draw something sexual especially if kids are present

Bribe the host

Always use a stolen pen

Disputes are settled with a thumb war

Don’t let Kev talk you out of the right answers (but they did)

Whoever is holding the pen is right

Sam is always right

Draw a map to prove your point

Bring a brain

Think of a team name at the last possible second

Get there in time for happy hour

Eat, drink, and be merry

Never play sober

Dumb answers are better than no answers

Tank so you come 7th

Always gamble 5, buy your round, put a dollar in the jackpot, and call Bill a c*nt. Rules 2 through 476… see Rule 1.

Never gamble five

Always gamble five

Don’t cheat

TriviArt

Dry Fingers

Treacherous Alan Rickman

Flamboyant Plant

Boston Pumpkin

Ineffable Bar

Rubik’s Pyramid

Bamboozled Chandelier

Mushy Dutch Cricket

Feet Sausages

Betrothed Muppets

Cold Cat

INTERESTING MOMENTS

To settle their view on our dilemma question, one player committed to holding an egg in his hand all day on Sunday. We will let you know if he made it the whole day.

Someone tried to game theory the dilemma question, assuming that everyone else would take a deal where they always find $20 when they reach in their pocket, but it’s been taken from someone who needs it. Every other team voted no, and they screwed themselves out of a point.

Someone questioned our math, and half way through explaining it, realised that he was wrong. And admitted as much in front of everyone. Well played!

Just a reminder, when we mention Hitler, even when just reading out an answer, you really don’t need to cheer.

It was remarked that one player who won the bonus round this week really knew a lot about 19 year old girls.

One player thought the six million dollar man was Steve BANNON. No! Very much no!

And one team had to leave early but left us some iQ Trivia cranes.

See you next week.