Monthly Archives: April 2018

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 29 April 2018

We get some pretty smart people at iQ Trivia, but we’re pretty sure you’re not smart all the time.

So this week we want you to use your team name to confess to something stupid.

The waitress said “enjoy your meal” and I said “you too.”

I thought buffalo wings were made from buffaloes.

I was scared of swallowing watermelon seeds because I thought it meant a watermelon would grow in my stomach.

I thought the world was actually black & white in old timey photos.

I broke my leg jumping off the roof with an open umbrella because I thought it would be a parachute.

I asked my grandparents if they ever had kids.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 28 April 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

These five knew enough about Maltese pastries to take home $150.

And they correctly estimated the number of All Blacks in 2011 who were under 24.

TEAM NAMES

You came up with plenty of combinations of chick flicks & action films.

10 Things I Hate About Mad Max

An American Werewolf in 27 Dresses

Terminator in the City

28 Dresses Later

Die Beaches

Sex and the Predator and the City

Mad Congeniality

Sleepless in Alcatraz

The Lord of the Travelling Pants

Love Rocky Actually

Bridget Jones’ Predator

Bridget Jones’ Fury

When Dirty Harry Met Sally

Bond’s Notebook

Die Hard with Love and Other Drugs

My Big Fat Impossible Mission

Full Metal Bridesmaids

When Harry Met Django

TRIVIART

Blurry Hippopotamus

Pretty Narwhal

Fast Lager

Gay Plant

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One of our hosts failed at German pronunciation on a bonus question, with birnbrot being said as “burn-brawt”. A native German speaker didn’t understand, though they said they would have gotten it right away if we had pronounced it “bihrn-broat”.

When we asked about the number of holes in men’s belts, half of the room immediately unbuckled their belts.

One team answered a question on whether the Starship Enterprise or the nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise had a larger crew with a specific number, coincidentally the exact number that comes up when you google “USS Enterprise aircraft carrier crew size”. So they cheated, but aside from that, they couldn’t even manage to answer the actual question we asked.

And one of our hosts was described on our Testimonials page as being “the perfect amount of professional with a dash of sarcastic ass.” That’s about the greatest compliment a trivia host can be given!

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 22 April 2018

Think about your favourite films.

Specifically, think about films that could be classed as action movies or chick flicks, and then combine the genres.

Terminator of Endearment

Divine Secrets of the Lost Ark

Iron Mean Girls

Lethal Weapon Actually

How To Kill Bill in Ten Days

If your team name combines a chick flick and an action movie you’ll get a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 21 April 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

These guys won the jackpot, and then immediately donated it back to the jackpot fund.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s your reading list for this winter, full of books with one letter changed

The Holy Bublé

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretions

A Tale of Two Cuties

The Da Vinci Cod

The Boob Thief

The Red Vadge of Courage

Gone with the Wine

Lord of the Fries

The Green Tile

Catcher in the Eye

Apocalypse Cow

Jurassic Pork

America’s Psycho

The Very Hangry Caterpillar

Don Quizote

Pilates of the Caribbean

The Fart of War

My Sister’s Peeper

Moby’s Dick

Pide and Prejudice

A Tale of Two Titties

Great Sexpectations

Prize and Prejudice

The Puns of Navarone

The Lovely Boner

The Wind in the Pillows

A Song of Rice and Fire

A Bong of Ice and Fire

A Midsummer Night’s Cream

Chitty Chitty Gang Bang

TRIVIART

Scared Desert

Baby River

Green Meerkat

Sexy Blood

Dragon-like Elvis

Flying Horse

Creamy Beer

Salty Llama

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One player complained that they couldn’t get a certain music question because “she’s too old and I don’t care”, and another complained a song released in 2018 was too old because they were only one year old when it was released.

One team claimed they needed a bonus point because one of their players was a girl. They backed off bit when we offered to give another team two bonus points for having two girls. (And they had no response to the fact that another entirely female team won their quiz the previous night.)

We actually had to explain to one team that “Australia” is not one of the five most used letters in the Spanish language.

Someone wanted us to make a music question worth 100 points because it was the first song they recognised.

Another team forgot to stop singing Brick House by the Commodores, and accidentally sang the answer.

One non-player enjoyed our quiz so much that he asked if we could provide questions for his work quiz next week. It was the easiest money we’ve ever made

And one engaged couple asked if we could do trivia at their wedding. Yes. Yes we can. And we are frankly disappointed that this is not ALREADY a thing.

See you next week.