Monthly Archives: September 2017

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 17 September 2017

Last week we asked you to come up with things people would have searched for if Google existed 200 years ago.

This week we’re turning it around, and asking you to use your team name to come up things people will search for on Google in 100 or 200 years time.

When did WWIII break out?

New Simpsons episodes

Beachfront property in Canberra

Anything that you would Google a century or two from now will get you a bonus point.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 16 September 2017

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 guys nearly talked themselves out of the correct answer in the jackpot round, but still managed to take home $237.

TEAM NAMES

You had some good ideas for Google searches 200 years ago.

Pimp My Penny Farthing

When’s Jane Austen’s new novel out?

Jane Austen Nudes

Why won’t Sir let me have more?

Is Napoleon Gay?

Is cocaine a miracle drug?

Bargain slaves west Africa hot deals

How do I know if my slave is pregnant with my baby?

2 Slaves 1 Cup

How do you motivate your slaves?

How to change a wagon wheel

How to get a free ticket to Australia

How to Change username: New Holland to Australia

Uninhabited countries to colonise

Is my 14 year old bride having a midlife crisis?

Beethoven’s 5th Guitar Tabs

Beethoven Tour Dates

TRIVIART

Furry Sleeve

Hairy Elbow

Triggered Hurricane

Happy Xylophone

Sweaty Cheese

Drunk Angel

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One enormous Samoan bouncer outed himself as a secret Atomic Kitten fan.

Someone guessed that one of the members of Pearl Jam was Opal Chutney.

A group of Filipino tourists decided to play along for a bit, and did better than some of the actual team on the things they answered.

Someone argued with one of their teammates that the earth was denser than the moon, saying “we have a molten core of iron you f*ckwit!”

The same guy was arguing about the size of the average testicle, and said “hey there’s no reason to get teste.”

See you next week for more iQ Trivia.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 9 September 2017

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 guys used the process of elimination to work out a jackpot question on counties of the state of Michigan.

And these guys didn’t actually know about biblical fathers, but chose something that sounded close, and got lucky.

TEAM NAMES

This week’s team names were a real downer.

The only biography anyone will ever write about you is an obituary

Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.

Pulling together only works when you’re not going in opposite directions.

Sunday is followed by Monday

Dance like no one is watching, because you are home alone again on a Saturday night

Always reach for the stars, coz you’re locked in that guy’s basement

Every original thought has probably been thought of before

You can’t always get what you want… but it helps when you inherit a fortune from daddy

Second is the first loser

Climb the highest mountain and shout your dreams to the world… that way nobody will hear you.

Do what you love and never work a day in your life, because that field probably isn’t hiring.

Your family only loves you because they have to.

Remember, somebody loves you. It’s not me. I think you’re a c*nt.

TRIVIART

Freelancing “O”s

Stupid Sexy Flanders

Auspicious Cow

Drinking Beard

Friendly Tortoise

Suspicious Wheel

Jumping Orange

INTERESTING ANSWERS

One team failed to convince us that it was a coincidence that they happened to Google David Bowie five seconds after we asked a question of David Bowie. (And after that they still didn’t get the right answer.)

One team confused Russell Crowe with Russell Brand, and spend a a couple of minutes trying to think of what Russell Brand roles got Oscar nominations.

When asking what kind of mythology Narcissus came from, one of our hosts accidentally asked “what type of Greek mythology was Narcissus from?” And worse, some teams still didn’t guess Greek.

One of our players helpfully read off the numbers 1 through 4 in Vietnamese, because her pronunciation was a LOT better than ours would have been.

One of our players won beer on a bonus question by writing the answer on the closest thing he had to hand… his hand.

One team refused to answer a question on the distance between Sydney locations as the crow flies, because they claimed there are no crows in Australia. There are.

And one team complained that the homework question was too hard to do without looking it up. It’s the homework question. It gets e-mailed to everyone who wants it before the show. It’s SUPPOSED to be too hard to do without looking it up.

See you next week for more iQ Trivia.