William Webb Ellis is the alleged inventor of the game of rugby, and is the namesake of the Rugby World Cup.
What was his occupation?
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According to a 2015 study, why were there 100 times more people in Abbotsford NSW compared to neighbouring Five Dock?
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What children’s book comes in a Latin translation titled Cattus Petasatus?
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This week we’re going to be rhyming.
For your team name take a song lyric and replace one word with something that rhymes.
Sweet dreams are made of cheese.
She’s climbing the stairway to Kevin.
Dancing Queen! Feel the beat from the tangerine.
This is the dawning of the Age of Asparagus.
Anything that changes one word to a rhyme will get a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.
WINNERS
If you won, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.
JACKPOTS
They took first place in the quiz, and then allowed another team to choose the jackpot subject as they’ve never won when choosing the subject themselves… and then they won the jackpot.
TEAM NAMES
You have some frankly ridiculous fears… and maybe a few reasonable fears.
Coming last at trivia
Clive Palmer becomes PM
Human eye contact
Beards
Velvet
Turtles
Being watched by a duck
My inner demons don’t like me
Not having a smartphone
Looking after primary aged kids at the beach
The only song on the radio is Love Shack by the B52s, forever
Walking over grates, uneven pavements, or sewer covers
My boyfriend kicking me in the face while we sleep, because, you know, we sleep head to toe, obviously
I cover my feet with a pillow at night so I don’t get stabbed
Trivia hosts
TriviArt
Crocodile Schnitzel
Swimming Pig
Artificial Noun
Fancy Host
Existential Bottles
Sweaty Bird Wine
Drunk Leonardo DiCaprio
Hungry Squirrel
INTERESTING MOMENTS
On a jackpot question about the timing of a WWI battle, one team went two years before the war began, and one team went 26 years after it ended (taking them right into World War II.)
We asked about the label on a bottle of Jack Daniels, and someone went to the bad and ordered a “Jack Daniels and… something.”
One team who doesn’t drink, up an DONATED their bar tab to another team that promised to give it a good home.
And we helped raise over $9,000 for the Steve Burroughs Foundation at a charity trivia night.
See you next week.
Where is the apostrophe in Hells Angels?
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What is Muphry’s Law?
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Armstrong’s Law states that as a conversation continues, the likelihood of an American mentioning what event increases.
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This week we want to hear about your fears.
But not just normal fears that most people have.
We want to hear about your most irrational fears.
The aircraft door will open mid flight.
A sniper is zeroed in on me all the time.
The cables will snap when I go into a lift.
If your team name is something you are irrationally scared of, you will get a bonus point.
Have an interesting week.
Here’s what you may have missed this week at iQ Trivia.
We started a new venue at the Bavarian Wetherill Park where this group celebrated a birthday with a win at trivia.
WINNERS
If you won, here’s evidence just in case anyone doesn’t believe you.
JACKPOTS
It was a big week for jackpots.
They answered a question about running, by running up their answer.
They soothed the pain of coming second by one point by winning $82.
And they made an educated guess about Icelandic history to win $118.
TEAM NAMES
We wanted to know you most out of character moment, and you delivered.
Sharon, a privileged white woman, went into target and did NOT ask to speak to the manager.
I’m in the public service and once I provided value for the taxpayer.
I’m an origami fanatic, but I scrunch my toilet paper.
I shushed someone at the movies.
I drank decaf coffee by choice.
I said no to ice cream.
Rob had sex.
Pulling out.
One time I was a less than ideal lover.
I didn’t watch Game of Thrones today.
I recommended Canberra to a friend.
I made small talk.
I played Mario Kart and didn’t pick Toad.
I kissed a girl and I liked it.
I broke a rib cage fighting.
I went to church and DIDN’T catch fire.
I once had to pay for dinner at the Horse because we didn’t win a voucher.
We got all the music questions right.
We picked beer instead of the bonus point.
We’re on time for trivia.
I killed a trivia host when our team lost.
We won at trivia – Actually, we docked this team a point, because they actually won at trivia, and therefore their team name WASN’T out of character for them and doesn’t qualify. (And they still won.)
TriviArt (WARNING… SOME OF THIS IS NSFW)
Vivacious Eggplant
Exceptional Turtle
Farting Buffalo
Lego Trampoline
Stringy Crimea
Chunky Beetle
Choking Helmet
Pretentious Tyrannosaur
Strong Waffle
Vulgar Traffic Lights
INTERESTING MOMENTS
We asked a question about a cube, and were asked to clarify if it had three or four dimensions. (Because apparently you can make cubes out of time.)
On a bonus question our hints had to get so obvious that he played Doctor Who, whose first name is Peter, and whose surname began with “C”. Fortunately we didn’t need to say it ended with “apaldi.”
Someone misremember the title of the song Secret Agent Man as Secret Asian Man.
Once again, as we have many times before, we had to remind a new team that when we ask a picture question, it REALLY helps to look at the picture. It’s pretty much impossible to get otherwise.
One team mistook Ving Rhames for Terry Crews.
Someone got a bonus point for a life sized drawing of Tyrion Lannister.
And finally, one team that had come in last place chose as their special subject the Game of Thrones episode that aired the day this week’s show was on. (Good tactic. Give everyone else very little chance to prepare.) Of course, that meant we might be giving out spoilers to those who hadn’t seen the episode yet. So when it was time to read the answers, we pointed out that the answer we read was not necessarily accurate. Then we deliberately read out a wrong answer.
See you next week.