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Oct 9, 2013 • 54min

82: Body Hackin'

BODY MODIFICATIONS - ways to decorate and enhance the body! Plastic surgery tidbits and vocabulary quiz, outrageous/cool/eyeroll-inducing celebrity tattoos, and hacking your own body with....home electronics? The amazing body transformations of the mimic octopus, and breakthroughs in sports reconstructive surgery. And pee tattoo.ALSO: Second Chance Pub Quiz, Brainiacs' Book Club Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 2, 2013 • 52min

81: Danger! Danger!

Watch out, brains because it's going to get dangerous up in here. Learn about the deadly secrets behind animal kingdom's own goofball - the blowfish, and why people actually want to eat it. (Get it? Goof-BALL? Ok.) Hear Dana ROAR about the legendary "Big 5." Just exactly how lethal are your day-to-day activities? Find out about the most dangerous jobs in America, and why Alfred Nobel was such a (smart) weirdo. And why a turn-of-the-century craze is still haunting France and France's wallet today.ALSO: 1960's Jeopardy, SQUARE TRIVIA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 25, 2013 • 48min

80: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #16

Get out your smoothie cup because we're about to whip up your melon with some quenching quizzes! Let's play "Japan, Or Not Japan?" and "Angels & Demons." Fire up your follicles with a quiz all about hair-removing products (and pain, we suppose). Karen's got a list of animals whose species names are all dedicated to celebrities, and Dana brings it with a lightning round of TV's beloved anti-heroes. Colin's doubled over duos, and Chris is just "plane crazy."ALSO: World's Ugliest Animal, podcast facts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 18, 2013 • 45min

79: Too Much of a Good Thing

Overload on trivia about OVERLOADING! Find out what happens to your body when you eat too many carrots, and the very dangerous (and poisonous!) nature of drinking way too much water. Ever feel weird about words when they are repeated over and over and over and over again? "Too Much" quiz, and learn about some odd names for nutty maladies from doing too much of specific activitiesALSO: Music Round, Time Travel Beaver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 11, 2013 • 52min

78: Too Cool for School

Prepare your face for some eyebrow-raising and completely bonkers trivia about school: the odd history behind the classic No. 2 yellow pencil (WHY IS IT NUMBER TWO? WHY IS IT YELLOW? THE WORLD MUST KNOW!), the surreal and the bedazzled things rival colleges fight for, celebrities who used to be teachers, and the impact Minnesota had on videogames. And where did the phrase "freshman fifteen" come from? And are *YOU* smarter than a 1895 eighth grader?ALSO: 1960's Jeopardy!, listener questions, prep school movie quiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sep 5, 2013 • 47min

77: You're My Number One

Chris discovers the magical and mystical properties of the number nine, and Karen finds mathematical shapes in videogames, snacks, and Las Vegas. Learn a whole lotta nothing... uh... we mean zero! E.L.V.I.S. is back with another quiz - this time with numerically-titled songs. And find out the history and reasoning behind your phone number. And please excuse my dear aunt Sally, and not because she farted, but because she forgot all the silly math mnemonics from elementary school!ALSO: 1960's Jeopardy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 28, 2013 • 46min

76: Hey, Hot Stuff

We're going to make your skull-stuffing sweat with some trivia that is hot, hot, hot! How hot is the world's hottest chili pepper? And what is the most efficient remedy to cool of a scorched tongue? Find out all the "tricks" to fire-walking, and don't forget to get some delicious hot anagrams. Learn another nightmare animal that practically boils up the competition. And Chris is a really good Donna Summer.ALSO: Bizarre headlines, The Peppermaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 21, 2013 • 56min

75: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #15

Better get your THINK TANK ready because we're fishing for BRAIN-BOW TROUT in our 15th ALL QUIZ episode! Dana's got a hangover-free quiz about cocktails and drinky-drinks. Chris' current game obsession bleeds into his quiz segment about Disney characters, and Colin hosts another round of "WHAT'S...THE...DIFFERENCE?!" Do you know what *your* demonym is? And Karen prepared an international music round, and a wacky celebrity inventor quiz. Betcha don't know what celebrity has the patent for a naughty jacuzzi.ALSO: totally rad 80's Squarespace ad, Where Do You GJB? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 14, 2013 • 47min

74: Sequels II: Sequel Harder 2 The Streets

One is good, but is two really better? Test your movie tagline chops with our movie sequel quiz. Do you know the full titles of some of these blockbuster sequels? And what about sequels of people? Karen shares some odd findings on the "Junior" naming tradition. Colin regales us with tales of weird shampoo product sequels that leave us scratching our heads. (Because we're perplexed, not because he gave us lice or anything.) ALSO: Bizarre headlines (TURTLE BURGER!), Jeopardy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Aug 7, 2013 • 53min

73: Lie, Cheat, and Steal

Tsk tsk tsk. For shame! Tales and trivia about notable cheaters: the marathon runner whose time seemed too good, the journalist whose reports seemed too colorful, and the gutsy guy whose casino caper seemed too easy. And of course, the awesome anti-cheating mechanisms, like plagiarism software and RFID tags, to battle against sneaky behavior! And how a couple of Canadian thieves got themselves in a STICKY situation. ALSO: Squarespace Internet Quiz, Pop Quiz with vacationing listeners! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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