Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.
WINNERS
JACKPOT
A win in the jackpot, even if not in the main quiz.
TEAM NAMES
You’ve had quite a year if your team names are anything to go by.
286 hours thirsting over a man named Luigi
366 days thinking about the Roman Empire
344 days without murdering anyone
3 shower screens fallen into while drunk
Two colonoscopies
4,225 ginger beers consumed
$7,700 earned while pooping on company time
1,000 hours being price gouged by Colesworth
50 times lost the “know your host” question
52 times coming in third halfway through trivia (they came third)
52 seconds thinking about trivia team names
104 hours coming up with clever trivia team names
TriviArt
Lonely Cat
Spanish Octopus
Stupid Dog
Horrendous Dolphin
Dove Nachos
Hyrax Melon
INTERESTING MOMENTS
We found out that some teams have been getting the homework question wrong because they were plugging it into AI and trusting it to get the right answer. Well do that at your own peril.
We were contacted by family in Sweden asking if we had Christmas themed trivia questions. We threw a little quiz together, and now iQ Trivia has been hosted in another country. That makes four so far.
Who has the initials AA and has won the Australian Open? Anthony Albanese.
And our quarterly tournament has one week left to go, and it looks like first place is mathematically decided. But there are still several teams who can have the highest average score.
| Team | Wins | Score | Average |
| 6 Go Crazy | 11 | 793 | 72.09 |
| Leader Housen | 10 | 680.5 | 68.05 |
| The Smith Family | 9 | 678 | 75.33 |
| Al’s Team | 6 | 442 | 73.67 |
| Diversity Council | 6 | 422 | 70.33 |
| Bagpuss | 5 | 380 | 76.00 |
| Flashy Red Ponies | 5 | 351 | 70.20 |
| Shannon and Co | 5 | 328 | 65.60 |
| Foxolotl | 4 | 290 | 72.50 |
| No Idea | 4 | 273 | 68.25 |
| Smash Bros | 4 | 248 | 62.00 |
| Karen, Sharon, and Darren | 3 | 223 | 74.33 |
| Bandits | 3 | 220 | 73.33 |
| Tribe | 3 | 219.5 | 73.17 |
| Thor’s Thundercats | 3 | 218 | 72.67 |
| Game of Votes | 3 | 158 | 52.67 |
| Julius Caesar | 2 | 153 | 76.50 |
| James & the Quizzly Bears | 2 | 152 | 76.00 |
| Glee | 2 | 151 | 75.50 |
| Richard Gere Appreciation Society | 2 | 141 | 70.50 |
See you next week.