Monthly Archives: June 2018

This Week in iQ Trivia – 30 June 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 actually walked out with more cash than they had when they walked in on account of knowing about the War of 1812.

TEAM NAMES

Here were the spurious celebrity rumours you were spreading.

Chris Hemsworth is Roseanne Barr’s illegitimate son.

Emma Watson has a foot fetish.

Donald Trump deports his wife after finding out she’s not American.

Donald Trump deletes Twitter to protest fake news.

Trump’s hair is real.

Tony Abbott is NOT a c*nt.

All of Taylor Swift’s songs are about Team Bagpuss.

Kanye West is starting a space program.

Kim Jong-un contracts STD after Trump summit.

The Kardashians quit Instagram

TRIVIART

Fluid Rocket

Cash Rat

Advantageous Drugs

Total Sydney

Sleepy Microphone

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We had to explain to one team that R was not the second letter in Malaysia.

We had to explain to another team that South Africa was not in Europe.

And two members of one team had to move to a separate table so they could conduct an intense argument about how many of the 100 most visited websites are dedicated to pornography without disturbing the rest of the team.

Finally, two teams from a fashion company held a real grudge match against each other, which was only settled when one of them got a bonus question on Louis Vuitton quicker than the other. Bragging rights were claimed.

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 24 June 2018

We don’t deal with a lot of celebrity gossip at iQ Trivia.

This week, however, we’re diving in headfirst.

But we don’t want just any celebrity gossip. We want celebrity gossip that is 100% fictional.

Miley Cyrus was killed by the CIA and replaced with an assassin.

Oprah is Beyonce’s mum.

Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill are the same person.

If your team name starts a rumour that is entirely false, you will get a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 23 June 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

It was a big week for jackpots, whether you were answering questions on Australian actors…

or German states.

We gave away a lot of cash.

TEAM NAMES

You proposed a lot of new World Cup team names.

The Spanish Inquizitors

Italy: The Drama Queens

Holland: The High Scorers

The Panama Hats

The Mexican Standoffs

Hungry Like the Wolf

Brazilian Landing Strips

Australia: Playback Bufferers

Australia: Back before the postcards arrive

The French Kisses

France: The Vertigos

The French Deep Sea Divers

France: Les Cheats

Sweden: The Flat Packers

The Swedish Allen Keys

Columbia: The White Liners

TRIVIART

Bearded Football

Puffy Barcelona

Boozy Celery

Moist Train

Singing Mountains

Posh Penguin

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We put another entry in our catalogue of bizarre things heard out of context at trivia, when one of our players boldly said “I am ALL about testicles.”

Jonah Hill was described as “that guy who looks like Seth Rogen but he’s not Seth Rogen.”

When we asked for the largest countries spelled using the letter T, one team cited Tonga, and claimed that the people themselves were the largest.

We asked if there were more Americans or Canadians in Sydney, and one team answered with Canadians, because we didn’t specify which Sydney, and there is a Sydney in Canada.

When one team couldn’t recall the title of 10 Cloverfield Lane, they gave us the following exhaustive description of the plot. “It’s a movie about a guy who saves a girl he crashed into because there is a plague outside, but then she thinks he actually attacked a young girl and she escapes after making a suit from a shower curtain and then it turns out it was an alien attack. Please give us a point.”

A team asked if they would still get a point after they crossed out a correct answer and replaced it with a wrong answer. Given that they came in first anyway, they didn’t need it in the end.

We had to explain to a number of teams that New Orleans is not a US state.

And one team put together an effort involving three team members that made it right through an entire lightning round, with the last player up demonstrating knowledge of everything from the Dude’s drink of choice in The Big Lebowski to the formula for Zinc sulfate.

See you next week.

Team Name Bonus Point – Week of 17 June 2018

The FIFA World Cup is on. Perhaps you watched the Socceroos take on Les Bleus on Saturday.

Every team has a nickname ranging from the uncreative (Germany – The Team) to the unintimidating (Colombia – The Coffee Growers) to the vaguely silly (Nigeria – The Super Eagles).

Well this week we want you to come up with alternate team nicknames.

Australia – The Funnel Webs

Brazil – The Waxers

Belgium – The Waffles

Nigeria – The E-Mail Scammers

Anything that re-names a World Cup team will get you a bonus point.

Have an interesting week.