Monthly Archives: January 2018

This Week in iQ Trivia – 20 January 2018

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

We had what we hope will be an annual tradition of Champions League Trivia, pitting the strongest teams from all the iQ Trivia shows across Sydney against each other.

And it was Team Bagpuss (who somehow manage to awkwardly shoehorn the name “Bagpuss” into their team name every week regardless of the theme) who came out ahead, which means they get a year’s worth of bragging rights. (And you just know they’re going to take advantage of that!)

They also built themselves a trophy, the Bagpuss Finger.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

These three came is second last, but knew enough about Latin languages to be the only one to get the jackpot question.

These folks had a great night, winning first place in the quiz, and taking home the jackpot for knowing a lot about Vice Presidents.

TEAM NAMES

Here were the many ways in which you were technically correct… the BEST kind of correct.

Everyone who plays trivia will die

It’s possible to live the rest of your life without eating or drinking

Tonight’s winner will be the fourth worst team

There is only one white guy on our trivia team

Jesus is on our side (because one of our teammates is LITERALLY named Jesus)

If you don’t count athletes, I’m the strongest man alive

E mc3

Technically, the three of us have won as many world wars as Germany

Team Bagpuss are the F*cking Best

Many Electrician’s Hands Make Light Work

A Tomato is a Fruit

Instan Coffee is not Instant. You still need to wait for the kettle to boil.

There are at least two people in Canada

Bill is a top bloke

Technically, Bill is Judging us All

Every Book is a Children’s Book if the Kid can Read

Most People Voted for Hillary

Peter Dutton IS a Human Being

This is a team name

Technically we’re all dying

Most humans have seen the inside of their mum’s vagina

Anything is a Dildo (if you’re brave enough)

Everything in the universe is either a potato or not a potato

TRIVIART

Engorged Rabbit

Voluptuous William

Promiscuous Watch

Moist Fish

Fierce Frog

Unscrupulous France

Loose Piano

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When they couldn’t think of the title of the film Role Models, one team gave us a surprisingly detailed description of the plot.

Two Jewish players were filled with self-loathing when they couldn’t remember kvetch as a Yiddish word for habitual complaining.

One of our players proudly proclaimed “finally being from Adelaide is paying off!”

And our favourite wrong answers of the week was one of our players being asked in a lightning round what MSG stood for, and took a chance with Mono Saturated Goodness.

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 14 January 2018

We always prefer you to be correct.

But this week, for your team name, we want something a bit more.

We want you to be “technically” correct.

I used to be the youngest person on earth.

90% of crime is committed within 24 hours of eating bread.

Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm for a day.  Set a man on fire and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life.

The average person has about one ovary.

100% of people who have attended iQ Trivia will die.

Anything that is technically correct will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 13 January 2018

Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.

WINNERS

If you won this week, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.

JACKPOTS

No jackpots were won this week, but a question on the largest city in France’s Occitanie region was the source of a lot of entertainment. One team correctly wrote Toulouse, only for the team member tasked with delivering the answer to change it to Lyon en route to our host. Another wrote Noumea, which, being in New Caledonia is certainly in the FAR south of France. And one final team failed to get the answer, despite the fact that one of the team members was FROM Toulouse.

TEAM NAMES

Here were your suggestions for funeral music. We will not be consulting you for musical advice for solemn occasions.

We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together

Highway to Hell

Death and All His Friends

Am I Ever Going to See Your Face Again

Somebody I Used to Know

Like A Virgin

No Air

Death Ding Dong The Witch is Dead

The Benny Hill Theme

Gagged, Shagged, Body Bagged (which this team assured us is an actual song title, and not what they got up to on the weekend.)

TRIVIART

Crunchy Phone

Clean Spider

Messy Tire

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When asked for the line that follows “all that is gold”, one team gave us the entire poem, and got a bonus point.

One team guessed that Tinsel and Tuberculosis were chemical elements containing the letter T.

Perhaps thinking there was a gap in the market, one team guessed that a British luxury brand was devoted to making designer eye patches.

One of our players was simultaneously proud of getting the right answer to a question on Schapelle Corby’s new song, and ashamed that they knew the answer in the first place.

And when asked for the largest cities in Russia, one team speculated that Washington might now qualify as Russian territory.

See you next week.