Monthly Archives: September 2015

New Venue – Old Canberra Inn – Starting 13 October

If you like beer and trivia, you will want to read this.

iQ Trivia will be starting at a new venue on 13 October.

The Old Canberra Inn is pairing up a rustic atmosphere, craft beer, and Australia’s most interesting trivia on Tuesday nights.

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You can expect there will be a special beer question (there may even be samples associated with it) on every quiz.

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Hosted by Joe from iQ Trivia, you are guaranteed to have a good time, unless you are a joyless prig who hates trivia and beer, in which case we don’t want you there in the first place.

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Send an e-mail to [email protected] for the weekly homework question.

See you on the 13th.

Interesting Question of the Day – 30 September 2015

Economist George Taylor developed the Hemline Index which links the economy to the length of women’s skirts.

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According to the Hemline Index, are short skirts associated with a good economy or a bad economy?

Make sure you give us your theory explaining the correlation.

The first new player to link the two wins a free drink at their next iQ Trivia show.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 27 September 2015

You probably haven’t heard of the town of Okotoks in Canada, but they’ve come up with a new town slogan that has failed to impress.

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iQ Trivia likes to help out, so this week we are asking you to come up with slogans for other places.

If your team name is a suggested slogan for a place you know, you will get a bonus point.

Canberra: Where your taxes go to die.

Sydney: There are a number of things to do when stuck in traffic.

London: Now cheaper than Sydney.

Alice Springs: LITERALLY in the middle of nowhere.

Bali: The world’s leading producer of bogan vomit.

Any such slogan will get you a point.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 20 September

The biggest story from last week was the change in leadership of the Liberal Party and Australia getting a new Prime Minister.  You probably heard the word “spill” a lot.

Well you’re going to hear it a bit more.  This week, if your team name incorporates the word “spill” into the name of a movie, tv program, or song, you will get a bonus point.

Examples may include:

A View to a Spill.

A Time to Spill.

Good Spill Hunting.

It’s Always Sunny in Spilladelphia.

Spilling in the Name.

To Spill A Mockingbird.

Come up with your best spill reference for an easy bonus point.