Hitting Keys at Random
It had to happen sometime. After a year of quiz and 1,057 teams (!) logged, we finally had two teams show up with the same name. The Quizzards and You Are A Quizzard, Harry (previously The Quizzards) had an intense face-off, proving that an infinite number of teams answering an infinite number of questions will eventually all choose the same name.
We had an astounding 40 teams play last night - many of whom knew their Latin, lured the Danish National Symphony Orchestra away to a petrol station, and spoke to their dogs (or horses, depending on your source) in German. I still don’t know how to pronounce ‘blndsundoll4mj’, though.
Not-Swedish but Swedish-inspired (?) team Röhta Räkor ran away with the first place bottle this week, followed by the Quizzly Bears making another podium appearance in second. The Viqueens tried to give C U Next Tuesday take the third place prize, but duelists' honor bound both to an exciting sculpture-themed shootout for the bottled beers.
The Østerbros took the most average prize, performing slightly less well than Østerbros (Taylor's Version), which proves that life imitates art.
Good sports Killquizzarna graciously accepted that sticky icky last prize and proved that every Scandinavian country knows every other country’s joke drink.
The bar nearly ran out of glasses, proving that you were decidedly not joke drinking. Here’s the board for week 2:
1 . Röhta Räkor 61
2 . Quizzly Bears (best visual round!) 59
3 . Viqueens 58 (shootout third place!)
3 . C U Next Tuesday 58
4 . Squeeze Me In (best round 4!) 57
5 . Louis Theroux's Rye Smile at the Orgy 55 we get it now
6 . You Are a Quizzard Harry 52
7 . Baseline 50
7 . Butt Sandwiches 50
7 . Hookers (best drawings!) 50
7 . Those Guys Again 50
8 . Leftover New Year's Cod 49
8 . Podders 49
8 . Quizzards 49
9 . Østerbros (Taylor's Version) 48
9 . Pretty Preps 48
10 . Condominimum 47
11 . Year of the Rabbit 46
12 . Almost Standing 45
12 . Cecily is Single and Ready to Mingle 45
12 . Latecomers 45
13 . Don't Leave 44
13 . Quizteama Aguilera 44
14 . Østerbros (most average!) 43
15 . La Gasolina 42
15 . Mr. & Mr. Smith 42
15 . Ooh La La 42
16 . Kippis 41
16 . Team JK 41
17 . Hold Up 39
17 . Replik 39
18 . My Friends are Moving Out 38
19 . Bumblebees 35
19 . Perserverando 35
20 . Squirrel vs. Monkeys 33
21 . Deez Nuts 32
21 . Los Pedros 32
22 . Chainsmokers 30
23 . Bnetza 25
24 . Nimis 23
25 . Killquizzarna 22
The Bar Serves Coffee, Too
Happy new year, everyone! We got polar vortex’d the whole time we were back in the United States for the holidays, so it was nice to return to a relatively tropical Danish winter. We enjoyed quizzing with you at Søhesten all the way through 2022 - and last night we had 21 teams get the 2023 quiz season off to a great start.
In the year’s first quiz, you disproved the existence of ghosts with a friendly reminder to check your furnace, decided it was Morbin time after all, and promptly forgot about Osiris. Since many of you are Cool Young People, you also dominated our list of EDM bangers that everyone will be listening to when they get around to going to the gym that one time in January.
Despite late joiners showing up and trying to snatch their crown, Hebo Witch took the last place prize by demonstrating their impeccable sportsmanship and enthusiasm for Scandinavian liquids. Kippis nailed the most average spot by showing off their ability to get nearly exactly 51.4 points, which is a neat party trick. At the top, Trump’s Accounting Team picked up third place despite asking us to give them 11,780 more points, Zolene rode to second place with their encyclopedic knowledge of hats, and the ViQueens took on a friendly solo player looking for a team with the knowledge they needed to jump to a first place berth.
The rest of you had your best games of the entire year. Here’s the board for Week 1:
1 . ViQueens 67
2 . Zolene (best visual round!) 66
3 . Trump's Accounting Team 62
4 . Iya, Y'alright 60
4 . Quiztina Aguilera 60
5 . Østerbros 59
6 . Busters Verden 58
6 . Scandoz 58
7 . Engineers 56
8 . Party Barn 54
9 . Kippis (most average!) 51
10 . Gigi Gugu 50
10 . Tres Amigos 50
10 . What's the Upside? 50
11 . Dutchies 49
12 . Send It (perfect music round!) 48
13 . Fluffy Returns 47
14 . Triangle of Awesome 45
15 . Hebo Witch (last place!) 39
16 . Oreblind (played late, still great) 32
17 . Quiztopher Walken (DNF, but that’s cool too) 21
A Country of Oskars
We love putting this quiz on for you every week – mostly because we’re rude and nosy and like hearing your stories about how you ended up answering questions about Renaissance painters/turtles at our favorite bar on Sølvgade.
I hung around a bit after quiz this week to talk with the winners, not-winners, and some of our long-time teams who are heading back to their home countries at the end of the year. Here’s my unsolicited commentary:
For the team with an American Midwesterner – there aren’t many of us here in Denmark, so we have to keep telling people what a corn dog is.
For the team that provided Icelandic pronunciation hints – I’m sorry the first thing I mentioned was the app.
For the team that asked me for romantic advice - someone gave you their number at quiz(!), a place where everyone specifically agrees not to be a jerk, so yeah, text them back.
For everyone else? I’m personally glad you know all the words to I Will Survive, I appreciated your enthusiasm about specific aardvarks, and promise to not ask Nordic stock market questions for the rest of the year.
In the winners and not-winners circles this week it was nothing but feel-good hits. Long-time team Quizzly Bears came out on top, followed by (presumed) newcomers Quiz-Mats, and exchange-student team One Last Ride went out with a bang in a third-place shootout with The Nordicans. Merry Quizmas experienced the full force of the Most Average prize, splitting a single Tuborg Classic between five people, and It’s My Birthday stayed on-brand with a round of shots in last place.
Here's the week 50 board for everyone else:
1 . Quizzly Bears 65
2 . Quiz-Mats 63
3 . One Last Ride 59
3 . The Nordicans 59
4 . The Quizzards 57
4 . Ze Germans and Friends 57
5 . C U Next Tuesday 55
5 . MERGER 55
6 . American Idiots 54
6 . Østerbros 54
6 . Pretty Preps 54
7 . Quizzerkonerne 52
7 . Social Rickrollers 52
8 . Brahms 1st 51
8 . Watercooler Chit Chat 51
9 . Heinrich XIII Cabinet 50
10 . Merry Quizmas (most average!) 46
11 . Quiz Pro Quo 45
11 . Unemployed Queens 45
12 . Mr + Mr Smith 42
12 . The Leftovers 42
13 . The Six from Six 41
14 . Zambombas 40
15 . Thank You Thomas 39
16 . Musketeers 36
17 . Kong Frederik X 35
18 . There's No Way!!! 33
19 . Madame Moustache 32
20 . I Like Sandwich 22
21 . It's My Birthday (last place!) 21
22 . The Shameful Ones (late join) 13
This was our last show for the year – you’ll have Guest Quizmaster Emeritus Christian in week 51, then we’ll see you after the holiday in January!
Sold Out Arenas
If you were one of the 33 teams playing at last night’s show, well, you know the rest.
This week we leaned heavily into two of Copenhagen’s favorite things: Christmas music for six months out of the year and wearing fantastically expensive designer sneakers to take the trash out.
You knew all about José Feliciano, copped all of the new Balenciaga drops, and had approximate knowledge of the female reproductive system. Approximate was good enough for this week, though, as our dear friends at Søhesten provided us another generous prize for our most average team. ‘Twas a Christmas miracle.
I’m Not Creative clearly traded their creativity for absolutely killer quiz knowledge and the first place prize. Geralt of Trivia and Eugeniuses had an exciting second-third-place sudden death shootout, with both teams winning beers of different qualities in containers of different volumes. In-sanity stuck around for the whole quiz, sliding gracefully into their last-place round of shots. 6 from 6 got four out of every six questions correct, which was exactly enough to snag the average prize.
The rest of you did great - here’s the board for week 49:
1 . I'm Not Creative 61
2 . Geralt of Trivia 60
3 . Eugeniuses 60
4 . Country Girls 56
4 . Where There's a Will, There's a Way 56
5 . Replik 55
6 . Østerbros 54
6 . Quizzly Bears 54
6 . Team On and Pumbaa 54
7 . Backstreet Girls 52
8 . Ravioli with Pumpkin 51
8 . Swedish Metal Bands 51
9 . Adam the Dehumidifier 50
9 . Others 50
10 . 6 from 6 (most average!) 49
11 . Dolphin 47
11 . Hvad Rimer på Quizz? 47
12 . Mr. & Mr. Smith 45
13 . Broke but Sexy 44
13 . Los Marcassimos 44
14 . Papas 42
14 . Peter Joined Us This Time 42
15 . Falafels 39
15 . Not Dolphin 39
16 . Third Wheel 38
17 . Quantum Girls 35
18 . We Overthink Team Names 34
18 . Sjovetyper 34
19 . Street Smarts 31
19 . Very Dark but Stormy 31
20 . In-sanity 23
DQ . The ViQueens 62
DQ . Best Idiots of America 9
Five Golden Rings
Our favorite part of quiz isn’t asking the questions, it’s getting to learn cool stuff about Denmark, Europe, and all of the other places you are from.
We didn’t know that there is an entire Danish set of gifts for the song the 12 Days of Christmas (a duck? with acorns? on its feet?), that the Danish spelling of the disciple James’ name (Jakob) is more accurate than the English spelling when compared to the Greek translation (Ἰάκωβος, for our Greeks, Iacobus for our Latins). We also didn’t know any of the names of the World Cup goalkeepers - but you did!
It was a tough quiz this week, but our nearest and dearest friends behind the bar introduced a Most Average prize to take the edge off for our most average team - Los Hombres, who we are both mathematically indifferent toward and inclined to award a round from the Gløgg Pot to. Klap Lige Hesten had enough of Danish Mystery Liquid and passed on their last place prize - we can’t really blame them (sorry).
At the end, we had an exciting third place shootout between I Hope My Teammates Show Up and Tim and the Kite Corners, with knowledge of Scottish economists splitting the two into beer winners and not-beer winners - a most ironic capitalist outcome. Second place went to C U Next Tuesday, buoyed up by their partridge and pear tree knowledge, and three points ahead in first place we found the American Idiots.
We also learned that 20% of the American Idiots have seen Bernie Sanders washing his clothes in the river outside of the Coat Factory or whatever, so I guess that’s cool.
The rest of you have really nice coats. Like suspiciously nice. Here’s the board for week 48:
1 . American Idiots 66
2 . C U Next Tuesday 63
3 . I Hope My Teammates Show Up (perfect timed round!) 61
3 . Tim and the Kite Corners 61
4 . Three Musketeers 56
5 . Mads and the Hobos 52
6 . Little Single Lady 51
7 . Østerbros 50
8 . Babagonoushes 49
9 . Almost Virgins 48
9 . Black Gloves 48
10 . Los Hombres (most average!) 45
11 . Danmarks Største Quiz Presidenter 44
11 . Probably the Best Team in the World 44
12 . Slav Pilgrim vs. The World 43
13 . Johnson (only knower of popular Danish authors!) 41
13 . Punctual Ones 41
14 . Los Taquitos Chicos 36
15 . Lonely Fans Mini 34
16 . Sexy but Broke 31
17 . Mr. and Mr. Smith 30
18 . PPP 28
19 . Lasse og Theodor 27
20 . Mezcalitos 25
21 . Horse Girls 24
22 . Klap Lige Hesten (official last place!) 22
23 . Esters Tøjte 20
24 . A.S.S. 15
If you’ve read this far, we have a special treat for you. Next week? Designer sneakers. Don’t tell us we didn’t warn you.
Save Comic Sans!
Last night we celebrated the first day of the 2022 European SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure Conference here in Copenhagen at a special event quiz with our friends at ESPC and The Globe.
Your elder millennial Quizmasters know next to nothing about SharePoint, but ten teams showed off their expert knowledge about their favorite Microsoft platforms alongside their expert knowledge about football, science, dead English poets, and the Moon.
Our generous event organizers suggested that we offer a most average prize in addition to our usual first and last place prizes - a fantastic idea that might be stolen for our weekly shows!
Beruset triumphed in first place with their flawless music knowledge, Flying Hirsch ‘triumphed’ in last place with their unconquerable positivity, and Bgud neither impressed or disappointed us in the most average spot.
Happy ESPC22, SharePointers - and thanks for having us!
Here’s the board for the last night’s event:
1 . Beruset 61
2 . ITS 57
3 . Nobel Laureates 55
4 . The Bearded Bunch 52
5 . Bgud 41
6 . David + Random 39
6 . NRW 39
7 . DGN 38
8 . Nordick Team 36
9 . Flying Hirsch 34
Are you interested in having Quiz Collective bring quiz to your event, conference, or gathering? Let us know!
Nom de Quizze
As a strictly knowledge-based business we don’t give out prizes for good team names, but a good team name certainly can’t hurt. Here’s your Team Name Leaderboard for week 47 - the places are made up and the places don’t matter:
I Thought This Was a Swingers Club - (see you next week, tiger 😘)
Diversity All Day - (first test, i will not call you that)
No One Wanted to Help Me with the Name - (sorry about your group project)
In an evening immediately following a Danish draw in the World Cup, we learned absolutely nothing about Nicolas Cage, discovered that you have thoughts about pornography and Spain, and were absolutely gobsmacked that you knew the name of the Simpson family pets.
We apologize in arrears for disappointing the teams announced in second and third place as we had an exciting three-way tie at the top between Quizzards (3), Quiz Team (2), and What’s the Upside (1) ending in a sudden death shootout that decided the top spots.
We do not apologize for the cultural experience and round of Danish Mystery Liquid shots that last place team Mamma Mia received. Their review? “Gross.”
We love all 26 teams equally, except the ones that won and had funny names who we love more. Here’s the board for this week:
1 . What's the Upside 55 (knew something about Led Zeppelin!)
2 . Quiz Team 55 (knew something about Iran!)
3 . Quizzards 55 (see us next week for your third place prize!)
4 . Pretty Preps 54 (best round 4!)
4 . Shuufuu 54 (best music round!)
5 . We Hope Lars Didn't Murder Someone 51
6 . Obi-Wanna Know it All 49
7 . No One Wanted to Help Me with the Name 48
7 . Tast 4 48 (perfect visual round!)
8 . I Thought This Was a Swingers Club 46
8 . It's Chewsday Innit? 46
9 . Østerbros 45 (usurped the third place prize by just sticking around!)
10 . Diversity All Day 43
11 . Julian's Angels 42
12 . Monkeypox 41
12 . Watercooler Chit-Chat 41
13 . Nothing in my Container 39
14 . E-Zero 38
15 . Broke but Sexy 37
15 . Carambas 37
16 . Pancakes Tomorrow? 33
17 . Ida Hearts Cindy 29
18 . Arjol Kids 27
18 . Mubbi 27
19 . Mamma Mia 25 (all Italian!)
20 . Fashionably L8 11 (only two rounds, but very on-brand)
Baja Blasted
Part of our job as Your American Friends Who Are Insufferable Know-It-Alls is sharing the best (read: worst?) of American culture with you - and we really wish that you, our Danish friends, could experience the glory of a proper Fourthmeal. Spain gets it.
This week, we gambled (unwisely?) on a musical Before and After round, didn’t laugh at a bad joke, got real high-brow with classical music, and scrambled to find Czech friends.
We had an exciting shootout in last place this week, with SNL winning (losing?) the last place prize in a tiebreaker question with Popsicles, who narrowly dodged the honor of being dead last. With Latecomers in third and the coatroom-dwelling Østerbros in second, the absolute powerhouse twosome(!) of newcomers Team Zahle took the fancy bottle and the first place honors this week.
The rest of you? Congratulations on finishing a tough quiz this week! Here’s the week 46 board:
1 . Team Zahle (best round 4!) 56
2 . Østerbros 55
3 . Latecomers 54
4 . I Am the Anchor 52
5 . Swedish Metal Bands 51
5 . Ursula Goes Snorkeling 51
5 . Crazy People Who Love Fun 51
6 . Can I Get a Woof Woof 49
7 . Vanguard 47
7 . Banana 47
7 . 3 Elves 1 Grinch 47
7 . American Idiots 47
8 . Mr. & Mr. Smith 44
9 . 7 Forever (best music round!) 43
9 . Friends of Espen 43
10 . Taquitos Chicos 42
10 . Power Puff 42
11 . Self S Team 41
11 . Floensost 41
11 . Fineapples 41
12 . Seaborg are Shit! 40
12 . Quiz in My Mouth 40
12 . Water Polo 40
12 . Bastards 40
13 . Yesterday's Brie 38
14 . Strategy Heroes 37
15 . La Quiz Royale 35
15 . Vertic Heroes 35
15 . Let That Sink In 35
16 . Guardians of the Lantern 34
16 . Watercooler Chit Chat 34
17 . Queens of Quiz 33
18 . Popsicles 29
18 . SNL 29
Borders Without Borders
Last night, Quizmaster Carrie had her one-woman show debut last night to a record 41 teams - thanks to everyone who played, including the people playing in the coat room, and thank you for not filling out your answer sheets in the bathroom.
We learned that your favorite band ever was The Wanted, that your world geography is still embarrassingly, frustratingly on point, and that everyone could learn a thing or two from old-timey gold prospectors in the Canadian wilderness.
Hologenomics evolved their knowledge of middle-to-bottom Danish alcohol by winning the last place prize, followed by a ton of teams in the middle, then the Andean flavor of The Llamas in Pajamas in third, the anti-swiping rhetoric of Dora and the Explorers in second, and the partial Scandinavian heritage of The ViQueens taking the top spot.
Here’s the board for everyone else - thanks for playing!
1 . Viqueens 63
2 . Dora and the Explorers (best round 4!) 61
3 . The Llamas in Pajamas (best music round / master boy band knowers!) 60
4 . Matt Please Come Home We Miss You 59
5 . Watercooler Chit Chat 54
6 . Coat(room)sterbrøs 53
6 . Czechoslovenia 53
6 . The Dream Team 53
7 . What That Guy Said 52
8 . Pretty Preps 51
8 . The Østerbros 51
9 . Atomic Fondue 50
9 . Quiz Rock 50
10 . 4 Dutch 1 Swede 47
10 . Shits and Giggs 47
11 . The Canucks 46
12 . Alahambra 44
12 . Quizadillas 44
13 . Lyft Yourself 42
13 . Tannen Zäpfle 42
14 . Funky Socks 41
15 . Lanternens Vogtere 40
16 . Mahasa 39
16 . We're Trying our Best 39
17 . McBrian 38
18 . Strangers 37
19 . Marx & Monopolet 36
20 . Pingu 32
20 . Sounds Right 32
21 . Dot Random 29
21 . Frank & Mia 29
22 . Something German 28
23 . Daura 27
24 . At the Bar 26
25 . Hologenomics 22
The Immortal Life of Morgan Freeman
Happy Danish election day! We hope your favorite/enemy candidates won/lost, helping to ensure a brighter/apocalyptic future for the country.
On a serious note as someone who isn’t allowed to vote here yet - regardless of how you voted, stor tak for doing your civic duty and trying your best to make Denmark a better place to live.
Patriotism aside, we celebrated the music choices of aging millennials, learned you should never play Scrabble against quizzers, and will just leave this right here for fans of the Rhyme Time round. Very true to form, you knew the names of Harry Potter spiders but that’s the wrong guy, bud.
We were excited to see some new faces in the top spots last night - with the Beerded Ladies and Coco & the Nuts getting their time to shine in second and third place, and the ViQueens returning from their time in the wilderness to seize the Silver Bucket. The bartenders played cultural ambassadors to The Barstards in last place as they served that sticky icky mystery liquid with gusto.
Here’s the board for week 44:
1 . ViQueens 63
2 . Beerded Ladies 59
3 . Coco & the Nuts 58
4 . Grow a Pierre 54
4 . Quiz Pro Quo 54
5 . American Idiots 52
5 . Onion Soup?!! 52
5 . Trick or Cheat 52
6 . Blues Brothers 51
7 . Carlos' Sons 48
8 . Get Outta My Swamp 47
8 . Quiz Me Baby One More Time 47
8 . The Pandas 47
9 . Jenna's Immune System 46
9 . Quiztopher Robin 46
10 . Vanguard 45
11 . Team Schnitzel 42
11 . The Queue Went Really Quick 42
12 . Double Chin 41
13 . Mr. & Mr. Smith 40
14 . Sister Scissors 39
15 . Party Poopers 38
16 . Valgflæsk 37
17 . Franna 30
17 . High Five, Nuggets, og Pomfritter 30
17 . Shits and Giggles 30
18 . Buckthorns 24
19 . Barstards 21
Right Round ft. Ke$ha
Our new friends over at Round invited us out to do a special quiz show for their Friday bar last week and we were more than happy to help.
For every private quiz we do, we ask two questions in advance:
Robots have taken over the world and outlawed work. What do you do in the new robot future?
You are having a nightmare where you are taking a test. In the nightmare, what subject is that test on?
Most people mention ‘gardening’ and ‘hiking’ for Question 1, but a surprising number of Rounders(?) decided to take up arms against the robots to lead the resistance and help people who the robots would otherwise have forgotten. Their nightmare test in Question 2 was nearly uniformly about physics, so we refrained from asking them about centripetal motion. I for one support our robot and physics-free future.
That said, we subjected them to an international spelling bee, recitation of European children’s books, and tested their mechanical drafting skills with a drawn Top Five question. Team Mon and Pumbaa were dominant in first place (and may make an appearance at our weekly show by the lakes!), followed by the very topical Friyay in second place. They accepted their very real and very meaningful prizes (personal pride and free wine) with pride and collegiality.
Here’s the Round board for last week:
1 . Team Mon and Pumbaa 60
2 . Friyay 52
3 . Quiz Impact Ventures 43
4 . 7 Square 39
Looking to bring quiz to your Friday bar, private event, or summoning ritual? Let us know!
I’m Thinking Dorsia
We celebrated election season in Denmark by allowing a tiny fraction of the lunatic fringe voting on an Instagram story to curse the rest of you with a round on the television show Friends. The curse was reversed, however, with 29 teams contributing to the highest Round 1 average in the history of the quiz!
This week we united Harry Potter nerds with Grand Theft Auto miscreants and snuck everyone in to Dorsia, but we still have no clue where Weatherfield is.
It was a tight race up at the top this week, but our top three teams knew something about absolutely awful music and were high-functioning alcoholics/word puzzlers. The Østerbros pulled off a thrilling repeat of last week’s first place win, followed closely by 1 Nord and Nice Try. Our real last place slunk team into the shadows while the 75% British team Rashee Sanook took over from Squirrel Love Bites after they stepped down from their brief Last Place Minister-ship.
Here’s the board (of elections?) for week 43:
1 . Østerbros 63
2 . 1 Nord 60
3 . Nice Try 58
4 . Quizteama Aguilera 56
5 . 5318008 54
5 . 3 Nord 54
5 . Czechoslovenia 54
6 . Quizzz on Your Face 52
7 . They're Not Even Potatoes 50
8 . American Idiots 49
8 . Shitz & Giggles 49
8 . Quizzzadillas - great music 49
9 . Pretty Preps 48
10 . Yess 47
11 . The Wet Blankets 44
11 . Jack Mioff 44
11 . Watercooler Chit-Chat 44
12 . Lidl Wayne 43
13 . Team B 42
14 . The ViQueens 41
15 . Those Guys Again 38
15 . Was ist Kunst? 38
16 . Bernilicious 36
17 . Stuen Mord 33
18 . Cake 32
18 . Søkoen 32
19 . 4 Syd 30
20 . Rashee Sanook 29 (last place usurpers!)
21 . Squirrel Love Bites 27
Knock Knock Ding Ding Dong Dong
Efterårsferie - a time to visit Copenhagen’s delightful museums and cultural institutions, spend time with your kids, and catch a flight to a warm place before the Dark Times begin.
…or, as 34 teams experienced last night, it’s a time to crush beers in a dark bar and show off how much you know about the capital of Azerbaijan.
You expertly navigated the current events round, shed a single tear for a winless Champions League club that shall not be named, activated trap cards, faded into Bolivian, and knew 40% of all of the Russian novelists.
It was a close game at halftime with a one-point spread between our top teams - but it was ultimately the Østerbros’ encyclopedic knowledge of what Sisqó wanted to see that put them over the top for the first-place prize.
The Genital Wards and the ViQueens rounded out our second and third place spots, winning various beers in various containers of varying size.
We were absolutely thrilled that the Norsewomen stuck around for the whole quiz, proudly claimed their last place prize, and allowed us to continue our tradition of introducing non-Danes to the magic of Danish Mystery Liquid.
As always, it was the light of our week 42 to write and read questions for you - and we love all of you in descending order:
1 . Østerbros 60
2 . Genital Wards 56
3 . The ViQueens 53
4 . This is Your Captain Speaking 52
5 . Pepino (best music round!) 51
6 . Anti-Stool Hoarders 50
6 . Friends of Espen 50
7 . Zaragoza 49
8 . Wilhelm 48
9 . Oki-Opei 45
10 . Der Skal 2 Til Banko 44
10 . Peach Fuzz 44
10 . Zambombas 44
10 . Zindy Kuku Boogaloo Fan Club 44
11 . The Ice Guys 42
12 . We are Trying, Okaaay? 41
13 . 404 to the Floor 40
13 . I Really Hope They Use Our Suggested Topics (we will!) 40
13 . In Fourth Place 40
14 . I Haven't Shaved in 3 Months 39
14 . Team A 39
15 . Getbrainy.io 38
15 . Lambic 38
15 . Saved by Rasmus 38
15 . Whisky Sour 38
16 . Laquizz Royale 37
17 . Pretty Preps 36
18 . Team 34
19 . Narrow 33
20 . Queridos Abuelos 30
20 . Wine Friends 30
21 . Ice Ice Baby 27
22 . La Pinchila 21
23 . The Norsewomen 19
Severus Snape, Nobel Laureate
This week we celebrated Denmark’s absolute mastery of chemistry, famous people who are really bad at quiz, and stupid personality tests. Your Quizmaster is an Enneagram 3 (key feature: vanity) and your Quiz Administrator is an 8 (key feature: vengeance), which sounds about right.
Two things you should be proud of this week:
Your mountain, river, and Balkan peninsula knowledge continues to delight and amaze.
Two teams suggested Shrek as their bonus category.
We had 26 teams play this week, with some high-flying action at the top of the quiz before and after the Music Round, but at the end, Team B could not be caught. Joke’s on them, though, as second place Team A and third place Crazy Locals won more free alcohol by volume. We also continued the cultural exchange by introducing most of last-place usurpers The Quizzly Bears to the magic of Danish Mystery Liquid, a concoction so old and Danish that there could not possibly be a name for it.
Here’s the board for week 41:
1 . Team B 70
2 . Team A 64
3 . Crazy Locals 61
4 . Østerbros 58
5 . Egg Salad! 57
6 . The Quizards of Oz 52
7 . The Busettos 49
8 . Athena Bliver til Januar 48
9 . We Miss You Sheyma 44
10 . Click Chemistry 43
11 . Hacienda 42
11 . Kukerite 42
12 . Dora Explora 41
13 . Mr. and Mr. Smith 40
13 . Regitze and Co. 40
13 . The Beef Bags 40
14 . Water Cooler Chit Chat 39
15 . Zambombas 37
16 . Dipré Team 33
16 . Rye Bread 33
17 . Bastards 32
17 . Die Bänker and James 32
18 . The Natural Hazards 31
18 . The Quizzly Bears 31
19 . Queens 29
20 . Team Snukki 26
Only 2% of Danes
In the week that our nearest dearest Søhesten introduced us to the Corona Mega, 34 teams demonstrated their knowledge about the bedtime rituals of Danish people both young and (very) old.
Unfortunately for some teams, far less than 69% of Danes engaged in ménages à trois in the year 2019. The jury is still out though regarding why beds were shorter in the 17th century, but our favorite reasons were:
Not to ruin their wigs
People thought they would lose their knowledge
To not encourage sloth
Good reasons - but I for one think that we should encourage sloth.
We had an exciting showdown for second place between the Østerbros and American Idiots, which boiled down to their knowledge of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and another Greek math man, with the Østerbros taking the second place win.
First time(!) team Small Feet, Big Problems was above the fray in first place this week with their frightening knowledge of cartoon characters, where the Faroe Islands are, and where John Dillermand isn’t wearing a sock.
Here’s the week 40 board:
1 . Small Feet, Big Problems 58
2 . Østerbros 57
3 . American Idiots 57
4 . C U Next Tuesday 56
4 . That's What She Said 56
5 . La Gunitas (perfect visual round!) 54
6 . Din Gamle Røv 51
6 . Slay Pussy Boots 51
6 . Team Onsie 51
6 . The Dark Roomes 51
6 . The Enablers 51
7 . Girlie Pops 48
8 . Endeavour Team (also perfect visual round!) 47
8 . Pied Piper 47
8 . Wilhelm 47
9 . Lost and Confused 46
9 . Team Guffiliguf Gåf 46
10 . The Greeks 44
10 . Watercooler Chit Chat 44
11 . Odhan 42
12 . Devil's Triangle 41
12 . Kats and Kittens 41
12 . Nørrebroski 40
13 . Powerpuff Girls 40
14 . You're a Quizard, Harry 39
15 . Wisdom Tooth 38
16 . Burritos 36
16 . Trécolor 36
17 . Frisk fra Havnen 35
17 . T-Party 35
18 . Squirrel Friends 34
19 . The Viqueens 31
20 . The Truffels 30
21 . Ben & Lauren 10
Thanks for playing - see you next week!
Danish Mystery Liquid
Thanks to everyone who came out and celebrated the one-year anniversary of QC at Søhesten! We always say that writing and sharing the quiz with you is the light of our week - and we mean it. Over 2,000 questions, 40 bottles of first-place prosecco, and now three shots of Danish Mystery Liquid later, we’re still excited to see you every Tuesday.
Last night 34 teams tested the limits of a 20-serving kagemand, listened to the last playlist you hear before getting dragged down to Hell, forgot what a lepidopterist was, and watched a quizmaster lose a bet to two teams who knew the names of all the fictional Von Trapp kids.
We also celebrated the long-awaited introduction of an upgraded Second Place Prize, the introduction of a Third Place Prize, and the upgrade (downgrade?) of the Last Place Prize - and we’re happy to announce that those will be returning every week for the next year of quiz. We’re also working on another Secret Project in the background for regular teams, so stay tuned!
Forget the empty promises, though - here’s this week’s board:
1 . The ViQueens 72
2 . Atomic County 67
3 . Østerbros 63
4 . C U Next Tuesday (best round 4 AND a Von Trapp knower!) 62
4 . I'm Not Gonna Say That, It's Incredibly Offensive 62
4 . Quizteama Aguilera 62
5 . Queers of Our Lives 60
6 . Guys in the Smoking Room 59
7 . Water Cooler Chit Chat 58
8 . 3 Little Crayfish 57
8 . Balkan Hoes 57
8 . I Got 99 Issues, but Juan Aintone 57
9 . LMC 56
10 . Reclusive Ballers 55
10 . Tast 4 (a Von Trapp knower!) 55
10 . Zambombas! 55
11 . Friends of Espen 54
12 . Porttonics 53
12 . Quizzymodos 53
13 . Bruce's Humans 51
13 . Quizz 51
13 . Scandinavian Alliance 51
14 . Team Adrian 50
15 . Ninis 49
16 . The Know-It-Nots 47
17 . Laban Life 46
18 . Mr. & Mr. Smith 45
18 . Pepperoni Quizza 45
19 . Devil's Triangle (default Last Place Winners!) 44
20 . PT & Lau 39
21 . Ginger Beers 34
22 . Mad Hell 32
23 . Blinkesko 27
24 . Flying Eagle 13
Thanks for playing - see you next week!
There Is No Planet B
We were super excited to work with Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke for our first climate justice themed quiz as part of this year’s Climate Justice Days program here in Copenhagen - and with a record 38 teams playing, so were you!
Through the evening you showed off your knowledge about sustainable rice farming, Japanese business casual wear, underwater environmental style icons, and exceptionally difficult Guitar Hero songs. The jury is still out on Soylent Green, though, and we’re not going to share the recipe.
Our generous co-hosts Lea and Josephine shared their climate justice knowledge with us and provided an absolute cornucopia of fantastic prizes that went to our best, not-best, and exactly precisely average teams. You’re all winners to us, though.
Here’s the leaderboard for this week’s quiz:
1 . ViQueens 66
2 . Powerpuff Girls 65
3 . The Three MustGetBeers 63
4 . Planet C 60
4 . Quiz Anher Sørensen 60
4 . Ride or Die Bitches 60
5 . Greenland 59
6 . Stool Hoarder 58
7 . Ferrari 57
7 . Friends of Espen 57
7 . Turds 57
8 . But Make It Sustainable 56
8 . Lyft Yourself 56
8 . Tast 4 56
9 . Østerbros 55
9 . Sitters are Quitters 55
9 . Team 55
9 . Team Jetsetters 55
10 . Forsade 51
11 . Team Maja (exactly average!) 50
12 . 2600 49
12 . Kats & Kittens 49
13 . Absinthians 48
14 . 7th 4ever 47
14 . Greenhouse Jazz 47
14 . T-Party 47
15 . Stubborn Climate Optimist 46
15 . Today is a Good Day 46
16 . Electrification Program 45
16 . LAM 45
16 . Oktoberfest 45
17 . God Save the Quiz 43
17 . Team Fødselar 43
18 . That's What She Said 38
19 . M+L 32
20 . Sticky Lemons 30
21 . Ninky Nankers 29
22 . Ring-A-Ring-Ding-Ding 28
Also too - if you missed your scores from a few weeks ago, see our updated post here!
Cheese Rolling Is Not a Gaelic Game
…but we honestly can’t fault the logic in that guess.
We had 30 teams this week, including many that were able to spot the tiny beekeeper in our Visual Round and many more that knew that the scrub hanging out the passenger side of his best friend’s ride was trying to holler at me.
That said - we have a confession to make. We forgot to pack the laptop containing the hard-earned scores of those 30 teams and now it is very much Not In France, where we took off to early this morning. We’ll have real scores up for the week 36 quiz as soon as we are reunited with our technology.
edit: France couldn’t stop us, here’s the board:
1 . I've Got Knippelsbro, Can You Milk Me? 62
2 . Broke but Sexy (best music round!) 59
3 . Quizteam Aguilera (best round 4!) 58
3 . Manu Doesn't Love Us 58
4 . Now That's a Great Name! 57
4 . The Quizzymodos 57
5 . Tast 4 56
6 . Østerbros 55
6 . Queers of Our Lives 55
7 . Big Fat Snake 54
8 . The Subprime Mortgage Crisis 53
9 . How to Get Job 52
10 . Bitch Hunters 51
11 . Roloco 50
12 . Mr. & Mr. Smith 48
12 . Pied Piper 48
12 . Smart Ass Pro 48
13 . Bubi Bab 47
14 . The Broken Finger 46
15 . Ny Boller på Suppen 45
15 . Pizza Pazza Puzza 45
15 . Team 45
16 . Dingle Berries 44
17 . The Three Musketeers 43
18 . Cevapcici 41
19 . Burro por Tu Casa 37
20 . Radischen 36
21 . 2 is Better than None 35
22 . The Wizards 17
23 . The Newbees 16
Quizmaster Emeritus Christian, King of the Visual Round and Upholder of the One Rule, will be guest hosting for you next week. We’ll see you in week 38!
211 Popes
We had 27 teams at Søhesten this week - and nearly every one of them knew all of the countries that end in the letter L!
Separately, we were absolutely stunned by your knowledge of IKEA furniture names (six teams with perfect scores on the Visual Round) and positively thrilled that you remembered the hits of R&B singer and erstwhile badger Ne-Yo (with The Punani Riders having a nearly-perfect music round).
Let’s unmask the week 35 standings:
1 . Quiz in my Pants 66
2 . The Punani Riders 63
3 . Globo Gym Purple Cobras 62
4 . Østerbros 61
5 . Special Kind of Evil 59
6 . Quizteama Aguilera 57
7 . The Biggest Chubs 56
8 . The Bearded Ladies 55
9 . Some Marmalade Bears 54
10 . C U Next Tuesday 53
11 . Quizziard 51
11 . Broke but Sexy 51
11 . Globalists 51
12 . The Wrong Answers 50
13 . Nej Tak 47
14 . Næstved Boldklub 45
14 . Quizziard 45
14 . Dynamic Duo 45
15 . The Dragon’s Den 44
16 . Mr. and Mr. Smith 43
16 . What about Nils? 43
16 . The Two Musketeers 43
16 . Coastal Vibes 43
17 . The Queers of our Lives 42
17 . Shaltas Alus 42
18 . Back in Quizness 40
19 . Failing with Style 22
What the Helminth?
We went from knowing zero parasite scientists to knowing seventy parasite scientists at the ICOPA 2022 conference in Copenhagen - specifically at Sydney, Australia’s 2026 bid party. We had a great time at SUKAIBA in Bella Sky and we were only 40% intimidated asking questions to people who make a living being impossibly, unreasonably smart.
Teams performed admirably identifying facts and figures from a selection of scientific papers - including one on camel urine - and the contingent of Australian quizzers knew plenty about the back catalogs of INXS and Keith Urban.
In the end, though - three teams out of twenty were victorious and one team was just a really great sport:
1 . NTDs (in a tie!)
2 . From Lima to Sydney in every disco I get in my heart is pumping for love
3 . Cleopatras
Last Place . So Lost