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Good Job, Brain!

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Dec 11, 2024 • 1h 9min

282: Spiking It To Ya

Spiky trivia that will poke your brain! Baby hedgehogs vs baby porcupines, and more prodding facts in Karen's spiny quiz. Colin lays down the tracks to make way for the (embarrassing) legend of the golden railroad spike. Get saucy with some spiked drinks in the alcohol ingredient quiz. And boy, there sure are a lot of people nicknamed Spike, aren't there? ALSO: zeugma, state quarters, and this episode's homemade crypticFor advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 3, 2024 • 1h 4min

281: Skin in the Game

Time to exfoliate with facts and trivia about skin! From peach fuzz to leather, from scales to polyurethane, we got you covered. Get cute and cutaneous with sharks, and how their skin might save our lives. If you can dodge a wrench, then you can dodge Colin's quiz questions about sport balls like why are soccer balls black and white? And are footballs really made of pigskin? Books bound in human skin: bogus or boy-get-this-outta-here? Chris reports live from the restricted section of the library. And on the opposite end, Karen explores the history and phenomenon of fake leather.For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 26, 2024 • 1h 4min

280: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #56

Come for the trivia, stay for the loose meats! We got quite the mix of trivia, word games, and a v-v-v-very challenging music round this week. Karen's looking for something in her seemingly dry questions about industry and science. Chris makes us hang letters on the Christmas tree, and Colin gets musically inspired by his wife's mail. ALSO: more cryptics, this season's first Um, Actually...!For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 21, 2024 • 1h 11min

279: Fins & Flippers

Special guests Dani and Bill from Escape This Podcast join us for a flippin' fun trivia time. Does your instinct betray you? Then come on down and test your lie-detection skills with Bill's brain-tingling 50/50 quiz, "Finn or Flipper?" Suit up because Dani's taking us diving into the wacky history of swimwear. And are you're dolphinately ready to take a reely fintastic famous aquatic animals quiz? And Karen recounts how America got flippin' mad over pinball machines.For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 12, 2024 • 1h 1min

278: Butts II: The Rebuttal Electric Buttaloo

Can you believe it has been 10 years since our butt episode? We're back with more butt facts and trivia: we got turkey butts, we got jelly butts, we got art history butts, we got Leprechaun butts, and more. What's up with all the naked angel babies in Renaissance art? Are they angels? Are they mythical? Are they cupids? And 👏where👏are👏their👏parents? Play a round of Pain in the Butt!, Karen's grab-bag butt quiz where each question hides a cheeky surprise. Hold on to your butts because Chris blows our mind about the amazing discoveries and research done on the humble "sea walnut," truly, GJB's Lifetime Achievement Awards winner.ALSO: more live solving featuring Chris' original cryptic crossword cluesFor advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nov 5, 2024 • 1h 8min

277: It's in the Details

Whip out your magnifying glass and let's rummage through trivia and facts about the details all around us: from "dinkuses" to Nick Fury's ocular ailment, from miniscule bat nipples to the flag of Portugal. Karen's got a quiz about unusual typographical symbols, and don't fall for tricky little marketing disclaimers in the mouseprint! Chris celebrates his own recent Guinness win with a world record quiz about the tiniest detailed things. And we got our first Music Round of the season so let's see if you've been paying attention to these oddly punctuated mega hits! Also: ant farms, ~live~ cryptic crossword solving thanks to AVCX @ avxwords.com and give the gift of puzzlesFor advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 29, 2024 • 1h 1min

276: Title This

Dear Trivia Listeners of the Realm, Protectors of Pause and Playback, Champions of Cheek, the Keen-Eared Keepers of Weird Foods, the Ever-Enlightened Gatherers of Eggcorns... let us welcome you all to the first episode of our fall 2024 season, and it's all about titles and titling! Daenerys' got nothin' on Colin's forgotten long title quiz. With his fresh BAFTA member acceptance letter in hand, Chris schools us about the weird cases where films had to change their titles in the UK. Hi Hungry, what about titling yourself after your dad? Dive into the world of (surprising) patronyms and take Karen's "Son of a Gun!" challenge. Also: Pixar titles around the world, Eggcorn Watch, the dog named TriviaFor advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 23, 2024 • 1h 11min

275: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #55

Join in for a quiz bonanza! Test your music knowledge, learn about long names in sports, guess the real names of fictional characters, and create new movie titles. Explore RIAA certifications and best-selling songs, with fun banter and interactive games throughout.
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May 15, 2024 • 1h 5min

274: Sibling Revelry

Learn about sibling relationships and quiz games in this episode. Discover the history of Parker Brothers and the impact of marketing. Enjoy a fun music round with a secret twin theme and decipher name abbreviations. Explore sister cities around the world and the dynamics of sibling relationships.
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May 7, 2024 • 1h 3min

273: You Can't See Me!

Professional wrestler and actor John Cena joins in for a fun episode discussing invisible ink, clear cola, and a hidden word game. Delve into quirky remedies, lemon juice bank robberies, and the psychological phenomena of imposter syndrome and the Dunning-Kruger effect.

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