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Good Job, Brain!

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Sep 26, 2023 • 1h

255: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #51

Get ready for a trivia-packed adventure as the hosts dive into quizzes inspired by their time at a trivia convention. From video game trivia to Broadway musical history, famous personalities' past careers, Wikipedia disambiguation pages, and more, this episode is a quiz bonanza you won't want to miss!
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May 16, 2023 • 1h 12min

254: We're Going on a Road Trip

Directions? Check. Sunscreen for one arm? Check. Snack cracker tubes filled with semi slimy pizza-flavored cheese? Check! And now we're ready to hit the road and drive off to Trivia Land! Chris has our eyes peeled looking for license plate facts, and Karen treks through some rocky road in a pop culture lightning round. Get out your cameras as we pass by Australia's eccentric and huge roadside attractions in the Big Things quiz. Play a round of "One is Easy, Three is Hard" with us, and what's a road trip vacation without an ode to the humble, wood-paneled station wagon?We'll be doing a live show at Sporclecon 2023! September 8-10 in Washington D.C. More info on sporclecon.com! Use code GJB for $15 off weekend pass.For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 9, 2023 • 1h 2min

253: Going Green

Vexillologists rejoice! Colin's got a green flag quiz, and find out which country's flag is the most nightmarish to reproduce. Can you smell all that spring greenery? Karen has found plants that smell like everything from groin sweat to chocolate chip cookies. We got a green-making-green situation here with the powerful profiting prowess of Shrek. And boy, really test your musician ID skills because themed music round is back, now with 100% more green felt!For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 2, 2023 • 60min

252: When We Were Young

Sure we are stepping into our Old Fart era but just like Whitney, we believe the children are our future. Enjoy facts and trivia about being young! From vampires to cryo-freeze, take Karen's quiz about anti-aging in famous fictional works, and find out just how mid you might be in the dreaded teen slang challenge. What's your internal age? Hear our jaws crash on to the floor as we play Chris' "How Young Were They?!" game about remarkable over-achievers in history. And was Ponce de León really looking for the fountain of youth? ALSO: hyperforeignism foodie quizFor advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 25, 2023 • 1h 7min

251: Summer, Summer, Summertime

Just a few months shy from the scent of sunblock and chlorine, the taste of pink lemonade, the sound of radio jams, and the spectacle of the blockbuster. Yes all, it's time to sit back and unwind because it's summertime! We start with a tricky summer blockbuster quiz, and end with an epic AI-movie-trailer-voice-powered summer jams music challenge. Along the way, we bask in facts about lemonade (why does pink lemonade exist?!) and how would you go on to calculate just how many swimming pools there are in Los Angeles?For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 18, 2023 • 1h 16min

250: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #50

Can you believe we’re hitting our 50th All Quiz episode?! To celebrate, puzzle master Tyler Hinman joins us for a thicc and extra quizzy episode filled with games, puzzles, trivia, and yes, McDonalds around the world! We try to meld our minds in a quick revival of Password. Tyler hosts a googly “Did You Mean…” quiz, and has crafted a CCL word game. We hop into Colin’s DeLorean to go back in time, five years at a time in his “Fifty Years of History” quiz. Then Chris takes us on a dreamy tour around the world sampling McDonald’s seasonal and international fare. Karen charts the rise of hot food trends, and see if you remember the heavy hitters in the past couple of years. Happy 50th All Quiz!!!For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 11, 2023 • 1h 5min

249: Make No Bones About It

Give your knuckles a good crack because it's time to bone up on bone trivia! What do Shakespeare, Chaplin, and Lincoln all have in common? Chris shares hilarious stories of major botched grave-robbing attempts in history. Test your bone superlatives knowledge, and learn some saucy facts about the most famous "pizza bone." And roll them bones! Colin looks into the tradition of using bones in games. So goth. Speaking of bone games, check out Colin's game, Bare Bones!For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 4, 2023 • 1h 3min

248: You're Embarrassing Me!

Colin tests us on big-time embarrassing goofs in the world of music, politics, and sports! Ever been surprised/haunted by a truly embarrassing memory from the past? Find out why we have these cringe attacks. Adele Nazeem's got nothing on Chris in his awkward award show moment challenge. Do you remember when dog poop used to be white and crumbly? What happened to them and where did they go? And TV is in its cringe comedy era, and Karen can barely stomach the awkwardness in her multi-network quiz.For advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 28, 2023 • 1h 1min

247: Rooting for the Underdog

Let's give it up for the all the Davids who had to face the Goliaths of the world! We salute the little engines that could with facts and trivia about underdogs. When indie cool becomes popular: Colin surprises all of us with a quiz about the top grossing independent movies of all time, and we are still shocked. Karen celebrates the number twos and number twos of the toy world. Chris uncovers some way harsh professional reviews in his quiz, File Under "Dogs." And find out how a company took 40 years to finally become an overnight success, blessing all of us with fruity burps.Take our listener survey! www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwaveFor advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 21, 2023 • 59min

246: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Our tongues are now strangely sticky and weirdly sweet from licking all these envelopes to deliver you amazing facts about shipping and mail! Find out how Hugh Jackman is (kind of) connected to the US postal rules regarding mailing live scorpions. Chris sorts through rumors about a strange loophole in our nation's postal history. Karen's got a music round and directions to a secret theme, and Colin discover the deadly dangers of shipping food. ALSO: lottery update, grab bag delivery quiz, Good Job, Cats!Take our listener survey! www.surveymonkey.com/r/airwaveFor advertising inquiries, please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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