263: Hard Mode

Let's sail through briny trivia and salty facts about being at sea. Chris reports back from his cruise vacation/research and lets us in on the most exclusive parts of the ship, and .do you .kn ow your .is.la. nds? Hey turn around, bright eyes, Colin learns about Ted Pedas and the weird world of seafaring heliophiles. And oh boy, the announcement of a potential oceanic Moana-land has got Karen diving into the USPTO library for recent Disney patents. For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Triv it up with a hodgepodge of quizzes delivered straight into your hippocampus! Let's play "Literally Speaking" where you wildly guess the even wilder origins of very plain everyday phrases. Karen invites you to name that TV show theme song but beware, we're kicking up a notch in difficulty. No Gimmies! Tony award-winning Broadway musicals quiz, Jason Statham and his bees, and the debut of a new sports league. For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

🔥 We're heating things up with some fiery facts! Colin shares an unbelievably real account about an epic fire... in an epic hole. Nerd out in Karen's pyromancy and pyrokinesis showdown challenge, and can you hold a candle to the fire logo quiz? And it's time for sad cheese sandwiches in our FEMA tents at the first annual FIRE (FILM) FESTIVAL. For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fact hounds and trivia retrievers rejoice! We're pawing for dog tidbits this week. Chow down on Karen's regional hot dog quiz, and Colin's got some "dog and dog-adjacent" questions. Go fetch your brain cells in time to play Chris' super impressive (and hard) game, DOG WORDS & CAT WORDS. And how well do you know your canine mascots? For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big facts about big things! Biggest Hollywood premiere! Guinness Records! How the Dutch keep smashing massive toppling domino records year after year, even in the face of national bird drama! And get out your pencils because it's time to play "30 Seconds to Glory" with a BIG theme, and Colin quizzes us about the biggest trends... in 1900. For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New season, new anniversary, and we're tweedledees tweezing facts about twelve! Karen's got a 12-question pub trivia challenge, and it's showtime at the Apollo and Colin has a movie twist quiz on the 12 Olympian Greek gods. Sure, every hardcore trivia fan can list out the bird-forward presents in the holiday carol, Twelve Days of Christmas but Chris finally finds out the true purpose of that dang confusing song. Why are the names of the months so... irregular? And we get flogged by some fascinating fascia-free facts about February. ALSO: Eggcorn Watch For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bid 2023 goodbye in quizzy style! We've seared the sides and kept this episode extra juicy with off-the-wall trivia games and challenges, featuring special guests Dani Siller and Bill Sunderland from Escape This Podcast! It's an epic battle between the hemispheres in Karen's middling challenge. How does a round of Pop Quiz, Hot Shot sound? Or a round of Mop Liz, Goth Shop? Dani quizzes us on the real dangers of the animal kingdom villains, and things go upside down down under. And a mysterious bag of random letters determines our trivia fate. Check out: Escape This Podcast @ https://www.escapethispodcast.com/ Drunkard's Walk @ https://drunkardswalk.buzzsprout.com/ For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Start getting into the jolly spirit with this anthology! We're shoving our favorite holiday-themed segments from the past decade into your ears. We got toys under the tree! We got scrumptious seasonal fare! We got family members who are up in your business! We got inescapable holiday tunes! So c'mon all, follow Trivia Santa this episode as he circumnavigates our catalogue through time and space on his Christmas donkey. (Even though we still cringe and hearing our younger selves.) For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Put on your hard hats and gulp down hardboiled eggs because it's all trivia about things that are hard. How about a super duper hard quiz for the most discerning trivia experts? (It's okay to feel discouraged, it's supposed to be hard.) Discover how the exoskeleton of a beetle tempted the British rule to make some bad decisions. What is the hardest puzzle on earth? What makes it "hard"? And take a knee as you get iced by some cold, hard facts about hard seltzers. ALSO: Largest snowman dispute For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If we were to knit trivia into a chunky scarf, this episode would be it. Befriend a giant snowman and take a spin on ice in Colin's "Winter by the Numbers" quiz. Prepare for your jaw to drop in Chris' minty science segment, "Why Japanese People Don't Like Root Beer." Warm yourself with Karen's comforting soup trivia (just don't pair the chowder with tequila), and did you know people can actually be allergic to the cold? For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices