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This Week in iQ Trivia – 16 March 2023

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.

JACKPOT

Knowing about potato varieties really paid off.

TEAM NAMES

You made up plenty of beauty standards that are honestly no more ridiculous than plenty of existing beauty standards.

Knuckle hair is a green flag

Back boobs are the best

Reverse mohawk

Reverse mullet

Shiny shins

Pube mullets

Tiny forearms are sooooo attractive

Opposable toes

Have fewer ribs

Dimple implants

Bleached nose hair

The bridge of their nose is too thin

Symmetrical ears

Monobrow

One eyebrow bigger than the other

The longest big toe

No eyelashes

Wish your knees bent the other way

The complexion of a sick Victorian child who hasn’t seen the sun in years and will probably die of consumption soon (Timothee Chalamet)

TriviArt

Lemon Ping Pong

Ass Car

Karaoke Phoenix

Teacup Merkin

Pernicious Spoon

Delicious Umm

Tulip Cramp

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When asked what they thought people around the world would most want self driving cars to avoid hitting, a surprising number of parents DIDN’T say children.

Before playing an audio clip where we were asking for a science fiction TV series, a historical figure, and the decade it was set, one team wanted to lock in their guess before hearing the clip. They got all three right. (We gave them a bonus point because DAMN that’s unlikely.)

One player was wearing this shirt when we asked a dilemma question about whether they would accept $200,000 to wear a dog cone for a year.

Our bonus round this week involved the Crufts dog show, and one of our venues had Crufts on TV throughout the quiz. Not sure how much it helped.

And The Smith Family are in the lead as we approach the end of our quarterly tournament, but they can still be caught.

Team Wins Score
The Smith Family 9 661
4 Go Crazy 8 583
Leader Hosen 7 460
forrestj7 6 430
Ted’s Team 5 378
Menace to Sobriety 5 337
Summer Hill Seven 4 295
Foxalottle 4 292.5
Superstars of Yacht Rock 4 288
Taco Monsters 4 268
Team Knox 4 263.5
Tournament Name 3 228.5
Cuck 3 224.5
Thor’s Thundercats 3 220
Tribe 3 214.5
The Good Dragons 3 214.333
Spongebob 3 213
Bagpuss 3 199

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 9 March 2023

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.

JACKPOT

A lucky guess about Malaysian skyscrapers won them over $100.

Their expert on cities in the Arab world almost left before the jackpot, but he stayed and they won.

TEAM NAMES

You summarised a lot of films with clickbait.

Nazis hate it when you compile this list.

You’ll never guess how old this virgin is.

You’ll never guess what this nerdy physicist did next. The residents of Hiroshima never saw it coming!

Three weird tricks to survive the fire swamp?  Inconceivable!

You won’t believe how many dalmatians are in this movie.

This woman moved in with 7 men. What happened next will shock you!

I can’t believed I was kidnapped with a gimp in the basement

You won’t believe what kind of squad they are!

This unboxing video will shock you!

Local farmboy rescues princess. You’ll never guess what happens next!

15 year old starts jihad. Spice traders hate him.

Dermatologists hate him! Find out how this man defies ageing using this one weird trick!

You’ll never guess how many things I hate about you

You’ll never believe what’s in the wardrobe!

TriviArt

Pepper Shaker Police

Tall Tomato

Decadent Bear

Experimental Funnel Web

Prickly Wardrobe

Flabbergasted Plasma

Sparkly Wine

Mind Boggling Donut

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Where is the Matterhorn? On the border of Switzerland… and Belgium.

We asked about daily prayers observed by Jews, and one of our Jewish players didn’t get it.

A largely Catholic team turned their familiarity with the weight of communion wafers into a 5 point score on the gambler’s question, which kept them out of last place.

Beaches in Sydney beginning with L? Loogee, Londi, Lanly.

And we’ve got one team clear in the lead in our quarterly tournament.

Team Wins Score
The Smith Family 8 590
4 Go Crazy 7 518
Leader Hosen 6 395
Ted’s Team 5 378
forrestj 5 367
Menace to Sobriety 5 337
Summer Hill Seven 4 295
Foxalottle 4 292.5
Superstars of Yacht Rock 4 288
Taco Monsters 4 268
Tournament Name 3 228.5
Cuck 3 224.5
Tribe 3 214.5
The Good Dragons 3 214.333
Spongebob 3 213
Team Knox 3 197

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 2 March 2023

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.

JACKPOT

A few jackpots went off.

Knowing about Islamic countries pays off sometimes.

TEAM NAMES

Where WASN’T Taylor Swift

Mumbling on the pavement in Braddon

A commercial flight

Brisbane

Perth

Scomo’s house

A Trump rally

Engadine Maccas

El Jannah

Dickson Woolies

Coles (aisle 5)

Having a colonoscopy

On Kanye’s level

At a Kanye concert

Dapto Dogs

In my Dms

Couple’s counselling

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s scarf closet

At her father’s arraignment

TriviArt

Whale Preschool

Bushfire Swimming

Glittery Sylvester Stallone

Twisted Hamster

Crunchy Camel

Pokemon Taylor

Empathetic Bronchitis

Vegetative Cat

INTERESTING MOMENTS

Sometimes we ask easy questions that we intend to be a cinch for everyone. Like what year ending in 29 that the Oscars were first awarded… and one team answered 1919.

When you don’t care about reality TV, you come up with fake names. Like Ultimate Banana, Sexy Time, and King Gopher: Munching Lettuce on the Down Low.

And in a week with lot’s of Taylor Swift content, we had a lot of teams get really annoyed… at themselves for not knowing as much as they thought.

And after 8 weeks of our quarterly tournament, there’s just one point in it.

Team Wins Points
4 Go Crazy 7 518
The Smith Family 7 517
Leader Hosen 6 395
Ted’s Team 4 305
forrestj7 4 300
Summer Hill Seven 4 295
Foxalottle 4 292.5
Menace to Sobriety 4 277
Tournament Name 3 228.5
Cuck 3 224.5
Superstars of Yacht Rock 3 218
Tribe 3 214.5
The Good Dragons 3 214.3333
Spongebob 3 213
Taco Monsters 3 199
Team Knox 3 197

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 24 February 2023

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.

JACKPOT

They seem to specialise in winning jackpots.

TEAM NAMES

You made plenty of dumb Google searches.

What’s the number for 000?

What are the ingredients of a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich?

What is Obama’s last name?

Are The Rock and Dwayne Johnson brothers?

What are potato scallops made from?

How long is an episode of 60 minutes

Is cocaine safe?

Is it ok to make AIDS jokes in 2024?

Is candida a flower?

What suburb is the Summer Hill Hotel in?

Did I poop out my baby?

Does poop contain DNA?

What date is New Year’s Eve?

Are there any spare Taylor Swift tickets?

What’s that song that goes da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da?

Bing

Google

TriviArt

Cillian Murphy Microbe

Scuba Korean BBQ

Smelly Sock

Flamingo Sauce

Kinky Ice Cream

Disastrous Steak

Diet Trump

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One player’s first stop after getting out of hospital after a broken arm was one of our quizzes.

An Australian cricket captain with initials GC? Glenn Close.

Two American teams aggressively guessed on the first clue of our bonus round this week, and were wrong.

And we have two teams at the top of the table with 6 wins in our Quarterly Tournament.

Team Wins Points
The Smith Family 6 448
4 Go Crazy 6 443
Leader Hosen 5 331
Ted’s Team 4 305
Menace to Sobriety 4 277
Cuck 3 224.5
Summer Hill Seven 3 221
Foxalottle 3 220.5
forrestj7 3 219
Superstars of Yacht Rock 3 218
Tribe 3 214.5
The Good Dragons 3 214.3333
Spongebob 3 213
Team Knox 3 197

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 17 February 2023

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.

TEAM NAMES

What should we call Earth?

Experimental Planet 011011000110

An actual planet (unlike Pluto)

Elon’s Playground

The Lance Armstrong (one blue ball)

Hitler’s Tomb

Jesus was here

Clown World

The planet we live on

House of Idiots

Planet McPlanetface

Goldirocks

The planet where Usher wears roller skates

Temporarily Habitable Rock

Planet of the Vapes

The last place you will see before you die

Taylor Swift’s planet that we’re all just living on

The 72nd Time Winner in a Row of the ‘Miss Universe’ Competition

TriviArt

Delighted Corkscrew

Pretty Lizard

Multilingual Butterfly

Heavenly Frolicking

Vivacious Cockatoo

Weird Monochrome Glass

Sticky Pudding

Silly Table

Loquacious Wardrobe

Pony Superbowl

Tetris Clock

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We found out that one of our players counts on her fingers with all her fingers out, and then putting them down with each passing number.  Which is objectively weird.

You know that book Alison in Wonderland?

If you talk constantly and then complain that you can hear anything, we’re not going to take you seriously. If we ask you for a language beginning with J in which “thank you” translates as “arigato” and you leave it blank, our questions being too hard might not be the problem.

We noticed that one of our team had the same women every week, but different guys. It turns out the ladies were finding guys on Tinder and inviting them to trivia. So if you match with some 20 something girls in Sydney, you might wind up at one of our quizzes.

And after six weeks, somehow we have a tie in our quarterly tournament, with two teams tied on 5 wins and 368 points.

Team Wins Points
4 Go Crazy 5 368
The Smith Family 5 368
Ted’s Team 4 305
Menace to Sobriety 4 277
Leader Hosen 4 266
Cuck 3 224.5
Summer Hill Seven 3 221
forrestj7 3 219
Superstars of Yacht Rock 3 218
Tribe 3 214.5
The Good Dragons 3 214.3333
Spongebob 3 213

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 10 February 2023

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.

JACKPOT

Three Brits got a question on British demographics. Big surprise.

Knowing about Californication paid off.

Was it a lucky guess on German cities? Maybe. But it still counts.

TEAM NAMES

There were a lot of clever sports team names.

Kansas City Taylor Swift Boyfriends

Tasmanian Siblings

Boston Irish Stereotypes

Northern Beaches NIMBYs

Cairns Skin Cancer Patients

Canberra Public Servants

PWC Tax Evaders

Glebe Greenies

Melbourne Hookturns

Melbourne Aussie Rulers

Parramatta Punch Ons

Canberra Penis Owls

Ulaan Baatar Cavalry

Vatican City Pedophile Hiders

Penrith Eshays

West Coke Eagles

St Kilda Wooden Spooners

LA Fakers

Canadian Nice Guys

Bryon Bay Influencers

Somalia Pirates

Male Matildas

TriviArt

Abstract Owl

Mashed Inn

Itchy Baby

Banjo Bees

Curly Spoon

Amphibious Slut

Fresh Travesty

Renaissance Pocahontas

Book Illusion

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we asked whether people would rather have no thumbs, or only thumbs, one team based their decision on what option would make lifting a pint glass easier. They had their priorities straight.

What question did Elmo ask that went viral? “Where the bad bitches at?”

What ship did Jason take to search for the Golden Fleece? The Titanic.

A lot of teams were absolutely certain that Dawson’s Creek was set in North Carolina. Some were so certain they were almost smug about it. And then they came undone when they realised that we didn’t ask where Dawson’s Creek was filmed, but where it was set.

The Smith Family currently leads the quarterly tournament with 301 points off 4 wins.

Team Wins Score
The Smith Family 4 301
4 Go Crazy 4 287
Menace to Sobriety 4 277
Ted’s Team 3 230.5
Cuck 3 224.5
forrestj7 3 219
Tribe 3 214.5
The Good Dragons 3 214.333
Leader Hosen 3 194
Superstars of Yacht Rock 2 151
Team OG 2 148
Spongebob 2 146
Foxalottle 2 145.5
Summer Hill Seven 2 143
Taco Monsters 2 126
WHA 2 110

Have an interesting week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 3 February 2023

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.

TEAM NAMES

Weird insults are more fun than weird compliments.

If you were a spice you’d be flour

You look like you listen to Joe Rogan & Andrew Tate

I hope your wife brings a date to your funeral

You have a face like a half sucked mango

You make me look intelligent

You speak French like a Spanish cow

You’re baby’s so cute, he doesn’t look a thing like you

As interesting as a butter knife

Are you sure your nose goes with that face

You’re why the gene pool needs a lifeguard

You should use glue instead of chapstick

You’re the reason we know God has a sense of humour

You’ve got less brains than JFK

TriviArt

Hobbiton Gorilla

Hilarious Table

Morose Salad

Blacksmith Pepper Pixel

Statue

Stretchy Brazil

Bogus Geometry

INTERESTING MOMENTS

We asked about Australian Prime Ministers and got answers of Steve Irwin & The Stingray.

The number of days since Jimmy Carter was President was estimated within less than 100 out of nearly 16,000.

On the other hand, one team thought there were 205 goals kicked in the 2023 AFL Grand Final. That’s a LOT of goals.

Perhaps the most creative answer we’ve gotten in the categories bonus round for things in the sky beginning with the letter S… Snakes on a Plane.

And here’s where we stand in the quarterly tournament.

Team Wins Total
Ted’s Team 3 230.5
The Smith Family 3 225
Cuck 3 224
4 Go Crazy 3 213
Menace to Sobriety 3 210
Team OG 2 148
The Good Dragons 2 146
forrestj7 2 141
Tribe 2 140.5
Leader Hosen 2 137
WHA 2 110

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 27 January 2023

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.

JACKPOT

Whether they actually knew how badly the Rabbitohs did over about 40 years, they won a jackpot for getting the number of wooden spoons right.

TEAM NAMES

You’ve gotten some weird compliments.

Your lips are nice, like Kylie Jenner before filler

You have surprisingly musical nostrils

Your cervix is the perfect size

Those are some wonderfully wide nostrils

You have cute ears

You have really cute kneecaps

I like your hair. It reminds me of Big Ben.

You have cute freckles on the surface of your face

You have the perfect length of teeth

You look like Owen Wilson

Are you Ben Elton?

Hey, you look like Nicolas Cage

My grandmother things you have great feet

TriviArt

Queensland Margarita

Thirsty Cup

Duplicitous Bagpipes

Kerfuffleish Osama Bin Laden

Scomo’s New Job

Silent Brew

INTERESTING MOMENTS

When we asked about the number of holes in men’s belts, one player had his belt off within 3 seconds. He was suspiciously quick at getting his gear off.

When we asked teams to name five Australian cities, we had to explain that we didn’t want you to name one city five times.

A ballet beginning with G? How About Grease? And SB? Maybe Soulja Boy.

The Mario Puzo novel set in New York with the initials TG? The Grinch. And surely A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is a less compelling title than All Them Girls Is Bangin’.

And Cuck is still leading our quarterly tournament with 3 wins in 3 weeks.

Team Wins Total
Cuck 3 224.5
Ted’s Team 2 152
The Smith Family 2 152
Team OG 2 148
Tribe 2 140.5
Leader Hosen 2 137
4 Go Crazy 2 135
Menace to Sobriety 2 134
WHA 2 110
TracyMorton 1 81
Thor’s Thundercats 1 78
Adam’s Team 1 77
China Shipping 1 77

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 20 January 2023

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.

TEAM NAMES

I bet you’re good at trivia

Damn! You look like you communicate your feelings in a healthy way

I bet you only give genuine compliments

You look like you have a good relationship with your father

Damn! You can parallel park on the first try

You look like you change your sheets everyweek

Damn! I bet you’re even woke when you’re asleep

You look like you donate to OzHarvest

Check out the intelligence on her

You look like you know how to change a tire

I bet you give up your seat to pregnant ladies on the bus

You look like you return your shopping cart

Damn! You look like you can fold a fitted sheet

Hey baby, are you O negative? Because you’d be a universal donor and should donate blood as often as possible, but it’s your choice

Hey baby, you look like you have your work/life balance in check

You look like you have your life in order

Damn girl, you look like one of those girls who goes to the grocery store and then when you get home, put all the stuff in small tupperware containers with little labels on them.

TriviArt

Pink Pelican

Adventurous Banana

Crispy Paris

Pretty Escalator

Hairy Tree

2024 Goals

Pizza Crossbow

Crunchy Unicorn

Whoopee Cushion Statue

INTERESTING MOMENTS

In reading out the answers we read out the two most common computer passwords, and distinctly heard one player say “hey that’s my password!”

When we asked about how many days had passed since the $1 coin was introduced, we got guesses ranging from 32 to 1 billion. So possibly last month, and possibly 2.7 million years ago.

Now, we’re hosting trivia in a bar. Alcohol is present. Enthusiastic gesticulating happens. But if you knock over drinks on to your answer sheets… twice… you might want to calm down.

And our quarterly tournament is continuing, with three teams leading as repeat winners at the top of the table.

Team Wins Total
Cuck 2 151
Team OG 2 148
WHA 2 110
Thor’s Thundercats 1 78
Adam’s Team 1 77
Canterbury Guys 1 77
The Smith Family 1 77
Ted’s Team 1 75
forrestj7 1 73
Mara’s Angels 1 72
Tournament Name 1 72
Whale Emoji 1 72

See you next week.

This Week in iQ Trivia – 13 January 2023

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.

JACKPOT

They picked the most American sounding nut they could to win a jackpot.

TEAM NAMES

Here’s your proposed new animal combinations.

Boa Constrictor Tortoise

Quokkadile

Frokkas

Cat Catfish

Giraffopotamus

Wallaquin

Porpoisaurus Rex

Zonkeys

Zebracoon

Ostatoo

Squizard

Platacats

Cockroach Anteater

Cockodiles

Lamblob Fish

Cockerocerous

Wolverpie

Grizzly Tits

Emunicorn

I tried to mix monkey and person and all I could come up with was AIDS

TriviArt

Pineapple Ghost

Crunchy Meatball

Porpoise Catapult

Jumping Boa Constrictor

Platypotamous Tennis

INTERESTING MOMENTS

One team editorialised a bit and said that Macquarie & Westpac were in the business of stealing other people’s money.

We asked about Jains, as in the religion, and had to explain that it’s not a religion for people named Jane.

And our quarterly tournament is off and running. Here’s where we stand after one week.

Team Wins Total
Cuck 1 78
The Smith Family 1 77
Horsefly 1 76
Ted’s Team 1 75
Whale Emoji 1 72
Luke’s Mates 1 70
Menace to Sobriety 1 69
We’re just here to have a good time 1 69
Leader Hosen 1 67
4 Go Crazy 1 67
Tara Causer 1 64
WHA 1 52

See you next week.