Monthly Archives: February 2018

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 25 February 2018

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Here’s a question for you.

How do you pronounce the word “sauna”?

If you say it “saw-nah” YOU ARE WRONG.

We’re sure you have similarly petty issues that you can’t let go of, and this week, we want you to make that your team name.

If your team name is some minor error or trifling infraction that you can’t let slide, you will get a bonus point.

It’s not an ATM Machine. If it was, it would be an Automated Teller Machine Machine.

Saying you “could care less” makes no sense. All that means is that you care at least a little bit.

If you’re nauseous, that means you cause nausea in others.

Britney Spears’ biggest hit was Baby One More Time. It was NOT Hit Me Baby One More Time!

Chai tea and naan bread is just tea tea and bread bread.

If you say something is at 7am, you don’t have to add “in the morning”. That’s what AM means.

Something can be heart rending or gut wrenching, but it can’t be heart wrenching.

The 8th letter of the alphabet is pronounced “aitch” not “haitch”.

Anything like the above examples will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 24 February 2018

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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

These four came in last place in the quiz, but still managed to take everyone else’s money in the jackpot round.

TEAM NAMES

You hand plenty of advice on how to feel happy. Also, a lot of you are horrible people.

Eating someone’s last Tim Tam

Driving slow in the fast lane

Smashing someone else’s sandcastle

Incorporating a funny word into your weekly management meeting (like penetration) as often as possible

Watching cats trying to make jumps but failing

Olympians falling over

Getting the last seat on an express bus

Make friends with the dead bees in your sink

Send thoughts and prayers

Flirting to get yourself out of a parking ticket

Correcting Ilya’s Dragon Ball Z knowledge

Put the toilet seat up

My baby daughter screams every time my mother in law picks her up

Silently watching Facebook arguments

Going on holiday when your colleagues have a deadline

Holding on to your Victorian license plates after 10 years in the ACT

Farting and blaming it on an ICU patient

Urinating on a full bladder

TRIVIART

Sorry Mojito (or is it Soaring Mojito?)

Extramarital Monument

Tasty Pillow

Fetal Shrek

Liberal Bobsled

Skinny John

Furious Hot Dog

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team mistook Princess Mary of Denmark for Cadel Evans.

After failing to do the homework question on Japanese Baseball teams, two teams hazarded interesting guesses including the Sushi Slayers and the Osaka Flamethrowers.

One team guessed that with Barnaby Joyce on leave, the Acting Prime Minister was Steven Bradbury. Apparently former gold medallists in short track speed skating are recognised in the constitution.

A team guessed that the spiritual tradition of Falun Gong originated in Wollongong.

We discovered that one of our players can determine the day of the week that any date fell on in just seconds.

A group from our show for the Cancer Council galloped home with a massive score of 76 points, and took home the Daffodil Trivia Trophy for 2018.

And one team who thought they’d have no chance on the jackpot round declined to kick in $1 per player… and were the only ones who knew the answer. TOO LATE! You’ve got to be in it to win it.

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 18 February 2018

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Recently Obvious Plant published a book of small ways to feel happy.

This week, for your team name, we want you to come up with your own small and preferably petty or dubious ways to feel happy.

Waste a telemarketers time by pretending you can’t hear them.

Spending time outdoors has been proven to increase happiness, so sell your bed and sleep on the beach.

Get more sleep. Preferably 23 hours every day.

Open your window and sing very loudly at 3am. Let the whole neighbourhood enjoy the gift of music.

Any dodgy or petty advice on how to be happy will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – Week of 17 February

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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 winners, but one of our players knew the right answer but was outvoted on a question. He didn’t win the cash, but he does get to feel smug for a long time, and that’s worth more than money.

TEAM NAMES

Want to know why you shouldn’t come to Australia?  Here are plenty of reasons.

Every three months a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland

Bin Chickens

Baby eating dingos

Bogan Drop Bears from Cronulla

F*ck off we’re full

The fire rating is severe

There’s no Taco Bell

Sub par trivia nights

The koalas all have chlamydia

Horrible Public Transport

You’re seeking asylum

You may end up on Manus Island

The NBN is so slow

Pauline Hanson exists

You might get knocked up by Barnaby Joyce

TRIVIART

Luminous Corset

Fly Dog

Post Modern Milk Crate

Sticky Silicon

Cunning Toilet

Elephant Accountant

Dangly Elephant

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When asked to come up with the most common words beginning with MOR, enough teams put down “moron” to possibly bump it up into the top seven. Also, the fact that so many minds went immediately to the word moron may say something about the players at our trivia.

When coming up with countries that contain the letter GE, some teams went with Tangeria and Senegel.

The shortest member of one team was compelled to stand so her teammates could compare options for Peter Dinklage’s height on a live model.

A team was so enthused that we asked an audio question about Hamilton that they continued to sing after the clip ended.

And one first place team was last week’s last place team. Choosing a special subject wisely seems to have paid off.

See you next week.