2026 SEASON 1 FINAL JACKPOT ROUND

7 teams competed in the Season 1 Final Jackpot Round.
The average number of questions correctly answered was 6.3 out of 12.

Question 1 -   What is the capital of New York state?

Pink Bits burst out of the blocks to take an early lead.

Sunboyz and Team Nunya were less than half a second behind and grabbed joint 2nd place.

Stuffed If Barney Knows were just that bit slower and took 3rd place.

Question 2 - Which Australian state or territory celebrates Picnic Day each year with a  public holiday on the first Monday in August?

 Pink Bits answered correctly the quickest again and held on to 1st place.

Ita Buttcheeks were 2nd-fastest and moved into 2nd.

Betty Swallows were 3rd-fastest and appropriately moved into 3rd.

Team Nunya was the only other team to answer correctly and nabbed 4th place.

Sadly for Stuffed If Barney Knows, this was the beginning of their 6 incorrect answers in a row.

Question 3 - How many items are there in the geometric pattern called a quincunx?

Betty Swallows was the only team to get the question right and moved into 1st place.

Ita Buttcheeks took their time getting the question wrong and were able to hang on to 2nd.

With a quicker wrong answer, Pink Bits dropped down to 3rd.

This would be the only time Pink Bits was not in 1st place.

Question 4 -  Brazil is the world's largest Brazil nut exporter. True or false?

Pink Bits answered in 0.433 seconds and took back 1st place.

Unfortunately, Betty Swallows answered incorrectly, causing them to drop 2 places to 3rd.

Ita Buttcheeks hung on to 2nd place.

Question 5 -  Who painted this?

Only Team Nunya and Pink Bits answered correctly.

Team Nunya moved into 2nd place.

Pink Bits' lead over them was 641 points.

Ita Buttcheeks dropped down to 3rd place, 849 points behind Team Nunya.

Betty Swallows were only 73 points behind Ita in 4th.

Question 6 -  Which game did Bill & Ted NOT play against Death in the 1991 movie "Bill  & Ted's Bogus Journey"?

Only Ita Buttcheeks and Pink Bits answered correctly.

Pink Bits increased his lead to 1434 points,

Team Nunya hung on to 2nd, but their lead over Ita Buttcheeks was reduced to just 57 points.

Ita's lead over Betty Swallows increased to 871 points. 

Point of interest 

For the 1st time ever, we had 2 teams sitting on negative scores halfway through the round!

Who were they? Check the graph below.

Question 7 -  How many stars are there on the flag of the Solomon Islands?

Of the top 4 teams, only Betty Swallows and Pink Bits answered correctly.

Pink Bits increased his lead over Team Nunya to 2503 points!

Unless Pink Bits stuffed up badly, the Major Jackpot was his for the taking.

 Betty Swallows squeezed out Ita Buttcheeks to be only 29 points behind Team Nunya.

Ita Buttcheeks were a further 65 points behind in 4th.

The gap to 5th place was 1799 points.

The battle between 3 teams for 2nd and 3rd place was on!

Question 8 - Malachite is an ore of which metal?

Of the top 4 teams, Pink Bits and Team Nunya answered incorrectly.

Pink Bits lead was reduced to 1395 points, but it was Betty Swallows now in 2nd.

Ita Buttcheeks moved up to 3rd, 208 points behind Betty. 

A further 925 points behind was Team Nunya in 4th.

Question 9 -  Currently in cinemas is what number movie in the "Scream" series?

This is the only question in the entire round that every team answered correctly.

So the placings didn't change but the points differential did.

Pink Bits increased his lead over Betty Swallows to 1407 points.

Betty increased their lead over Ita Buttcheeks to 247 points.

Ita's lead over Team Nunya decreased to 884 points.

Question 10 - Which chemical element gets its name from the Greek for stone?

Stuffed If Barney Knows was the only team who answered correctly.

It all depended on how long the top 4 teams took to answer incorrectly.

Pink Bits increased his lead to 1425 points.

Betty increased their lead over Ita Buttcheeks to 273 points.

Ita's lead over Team Nunya decreased to 873 points.

 Question 11 - Who won the 2026 Australian Open men's singles title?

Unfortunately for Ita Buttcheeks, they were the only team to answer incorrectly.

They dropped down to 4th place.

Pink Bits increased his lead to 1481 points.

Betty's lead over now 3rd-placed Team Nunya was 1187 points.

Ita Buttcheeks was a further 242 points behind Team Nunya.

 Question 12 - What is the highest-grossing movie of all time in Australia?

Only Pink Bits, Ita Buttcheeks and Team Nunya answered correctly.

Despite Betty Swallows getting it wrong, Team Nunya only gained 939 points on them.

This meant Betty held onto 2nd place.

Pink Bits took out the Major Jackpot, winning $325.

 Betty Swallows took out the Minor Jackpot, winning $125.

Team Nunya took out the Mini Jackpot, winning $50.

Pink Bits' last Major Jackpot win was Season 5 Final in December 2025.

This means he has now won a record 4 Major Jackpots in a row.

Betty Swallows' last Minor Jackpot win was Season 2 Final in June 2025.

This is Team Nunya first Mini Jackpot win.

There were no questions that no team got correct.

There was 2 questions that only 1 team got correct.

Only 2 out of 10 teams had an average score per correct answer in the 900s.

​​Highest average score and fastest buzzers (for correct answers) - Sunboyz

Lowest average score and slowest buzzers (for correct answers) - Ita Buttcheeks

Highest average penalty (for incorrect answers) - Children Of The Revolution

Lowest average penalty (for incorrect answers) - Team Nunya

(Team Nunya also achieved this honour in the previous Season Final)

Greatest run of consecutive correct answers - 4 - Pink Bits and Stuffed If Barney Knows

Greatest run of consecutive incorrect answers - 6 - Stuffed If Barney Knows

(This is the first time one team has achieved both the good run AND the bad run!)

 Most points for a correct answer - 993 points - Pink Bits

 (Q4 - Brazil is the world's largest Brazil nut exporter. True or false?)

​Fewest points for a correct answer - 601 points - Ita Buttcheeks

 (Q4 - Brazil is the world's largest Brazil nut exporter. True or false?)

Highest penalty for an incorrect answer - 242 points - Stuffed If Barney Knows

 (Q4 - Brazil is the world's largest Brazil nut exporter. True or false?)

Lowest penalty for an incorrect answer - 88 points - Sunboyz

(Q10 - Which chemical element gets its name from the Greek for stone?)

(Sunboyz also achieved this honour in the previous Season Final)