So, this is Christmas? (part 2)

Welcome to season 4, episode 19 of The Inquizition a podcast for quiz and trivia lovers everywhere. Contestants battle it out to become the Masters of the Inquizition with Irish quizmaster Luke Ryan. This is the second half of the last episode of season 4 and is an End of Year/Season, Christmas special, joyfully titled, So, this is Christmas? Well, it has been that kind of year, 2025, hasn’t it? But we quiz on! There is a Smack My List Up round on the worst things about Christmas. Can you get all twenty? There is also a Christmas themed Gimme 5 round, what are the five best-selling Christmas songs of all time? And a subjective best Christmas movies question too. There’s a new round called Last Christmas I Quizzed on Your Heart (working title) where the guests have to guess which year a specific event happened in and around Christmas time. And of course, the final Grab round, always a bowl of chaos! Team 1 (Holly) - Paul Venture, Phil Micallef and James Preston Team 2 (Schnitzel) - Kuba Dohnal and Alex Downs If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, music by Flukey. Design by Christie.

Welcome to season 4, episode 18 of The Inquizition a podcast for quiz and trivia lovers everywhere. Contestants battle it out to become the Masters of the Inquizition with Irish quizmaster Luke Ryan. This is the first half of the last episode of season 4 and is an End of Year/Season, Christmas special, joyfully titled, So, this is Christmas? Well, it has been that kind of year, 2025, hasn’t it? But we quiz on! There are questions relating to events in 2025, how well will our guests remember what happened this year?! There’s a question on the song, the 12 Days of Christmas. There’s a Close Enough round on Christmas to take the edge of the misery of 2025! There was also a bit of a mishap in round 3 when we had to stop the recording so Kuba and I could go and collect our Indian food. But we persevered and hopefully it was worth it. Enjoy! Team 1 (Holly) - Paul Venture, Phil Micallef and James Preston Team 2 (Schnitzel) - Kuba Dohnal and Alex Downs If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, music by Flukey. Design by Christie.          

Welcome to season 4, episode 17 of The Inquizition a podcast for quiz and trivia lovers everywhere. Contestants battle it out to become the Masters of the Inquizition with Irish quizmaster Luke Ryan. The episode is called TIGER from a picture I took at Leipzig Zoo in November, 2024. It is the first episode back after the summer break and what an episode it turned out to be. Want to know why, then give it a listen! There are questions relating to tigers (of course!), middle eastern rivers, the Rocky movies and Eye of the Tiger. There are questions about Destiny’s Child and ancient trading routes, not connected. There are a couple of fascinating rounds all about the Equator too! And there is a ‘meaty’ round about the food shopping habits of Irish people. Team 1 (Pho) - Kuba and Simon Team 2 (Taco) - Matt and Zack If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, music by Flukey. Design by Christie.

Welcome to season 4, episode 16 of The Inquizition a podcast for quiz and trivia lovers everywhere. Contestants battle it out to become the Masters of the Inquizition with Irish quizmaster Luke Ryan. The episode is called STINGRAY from a picture I took at Leipzig Zoo in November, 2024. It is the first episode back after the summer break and what an episode it turned out to be. Want to know why, then give it a listen! There are questions relating to stingrays (of course!), freshwater in different countries, some fruity ones, questions related to geographic events, cities in Germany, US states by size and famous singers. There is also a round on historic and geographic sites around the world. Team 1 (Angkor Wat) - Kuba and Simon Team 2 (Christ the Redeemer) - Matt and Zack If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.

Welcome to season 4, episode 15 of The Inquizition a podcast for quiz and trivia lovers everywhere. Contestants battle it out to become the Masters of the Inquizition with Irish quizmaster Luke Ryan. The episode is called BAT from a picture I took at Leipzig Zoo in November, 2024. It is the first episode back after the summer break and what an episode it turned out to be. Want to know why, then give it a listen! There are questions relating to bats (of course!), superheroes, Batman and Batman movies and Batman villains, sports using bats, vampires and Dracula, the European Football Championships (the Euros), African countries, the Periodic Table and Instagram followers. Team 1 (Batman) - Matt Papik and Marco Vukadinovic Team 2 (Iron Man) - Tejas Gangavaram and Brett Horting If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.           INTERVIEW NOTES Welcome to the first Inquizition Interview, an irregular series with host and quizmaster, Luke Ryan, where regular Inquizition guests are interviewed about their quizzing experiences. This first episode is with quizmaster and quizzer, Alex Downs from Maine, USA. We talk about how Alex got into quizzing and being a quizmaster in Prague and how he developed as a quizmaster, and dealing with quiz hecklers. We talk about bulletproofing questions, how mobile phones have changed the nature of table quizzes and dealing with quizmaster’s block. We chat about favorite or memorable quiz team names, how Oscar winner, Geoffrey Rush has attended Luke’s James Joyce quiz and much more. We also ask each other some questions about rivers, animals, the Bible, South America, disasters, Greek philosophers and US presidents. If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.

Welcome to season 4, episode 14 of The Inquizition a podcast for quiz and trivia lovers everywhere. Contestants battle it out to become the Masters of the Inquizition with Irish quizmaster Luke Ryan. The episode is called MEERKAT from a picture I took at Leipzig Zoo in November, 2024. It is the first episode back after the summer break and what an episode it turned out to be. Want to know why, then give it a listen! There are questions relating to meerkats (obviously!), guitarists, there are some distance questions for places like Prague, Tbilisi, Berlin, Bonn, Vancouver and Seattle and a couple of questions about Liverpool FC, and much more! And apologies, for some reason, round 4 got lost during the editing process. Team 1 (Slash) - Matt Papik and Marco Vukadinovic Team 2 (Beck) - Tejas Gangavaram and Brett Horting If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.           INTERVIEW NOTES Welcome to the first Inquizition Interview, an irregular series with host and quizmaster, Luke Ryan, where regular Inquizition guests are interviewed about their quizzing experiences. This first episode is with quizmaster and quizzer, Alex Downs from Maine, USA. We talk about how Alex got into quizzing and being a quizmaster in Prague and how he developed as a quizmaster, and dealing with quiz hecklers. We talk about bulletproofing questions, how mobile phones have changed the nature of table quizzes and dealing with quizmaster’s block. We chat about favorite or memorable quiz team names, how Oscar winner, Geoffrey Rush has attended Luke’s James Joyce quiz and much more. We also ask each other some questions about rivers, animals, the Bible, South America, disasters, Greek philosophers and US presidents. If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.

Welcome to season 4, episode 13 of The Inquizition a podcast for quiz and trivia lovers everywhere. Contestants battle it out to become the Masters of the Inquizition with Irish quizmaster Luke Ryan. The episode is called TEACHERS as it is a teachers special. We are joined by four of my wonderful colleagues to see if the education specialists can put their money where their mouth is. There are questions relating to common school subject - history, geography, maths, science, English art and sport. There is a brand new round called Retirement Fund and the final rapid fire round is an education-entertainment crossover. Enjoy! Team 1 (Chinese) - Christian Falvey and Peter Sokol Team 2 (Music) - Alyssa Murphy and Mark Bathe If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.

Welcome to season 4, episode 12 of The Inquizition a podcast for quiz and trivia lovers everywhere. Contestants battle it out to become the Masters of the Inquizition with Irish quizmaster Luke Ryan. The episode is called ELEPHANT from a picture I took at Leipzig Zoo in November, 2024. It is the first episode back after the summer break and what an episode it turned out to be. Want to know why, then give it a listen! There are questions relating to elephants, there is a cryptic clue round on sports, movies, US presidents and sauces. And there is a new round called Pole Position where the teams have to guess where an answer appears on a particular list. And of course, a final, stressful but thoroughly enjoyable final rapid fire round! Team 1 (Chess) - Kuba Dohnal and Matt Papik Team 2 (Polo) - Tejas Gangavaram and Debbie Liebenberg If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.                         INTERVIEW NOTES Welcome to the first Inquizition Interview, an irregular series with host and quizmaster, Luke Ryan, where regular Inquizition guests are interviewed about their quizzing experiences. This first episode is with quizmaster and quizzer, Alex Downs from Maine, USA. We talk about how Alex got into quizzing and being a quizmaster in Prague and how he developed as a quizmaster, and dealing with quiz hecklers. We talk about bulletproofing questions, how mobile phones have changed the nature of table quizzes and dealing with quizmaster’s block. We chat about favorite or memorable quiz team names, how Oscar winner, Geoffrey Rush has attended Luke’s James Joyce quiz and much more. We also ask each other some questions about rivers, animals, the Bible, South America, disasters, Greek philosophers and US presidents. If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.

Welcome to season 4, episode 11 of The Inquizition a podcast for quiz and trivia lovers everywhere. Contestants battle it out to become the Masters of the Inquizition with Irish quizmaster Luke Ryan. The episode is called GOAT from a picture I took at Leipzig Zoo in November, 2024. It is the first episode back after the summer break and what an episode it turned out to be. Want to know why, then give it a listen! There are questions relating to goats, historic battles, US state capitals, which sides of the road some countries drive on and some quirky sports questions too. There is a Gimme 5 round testing knowledge of borders with Brazil, the Harry Potter books, Italian cities and a very subjective question on best websites of all time. And if that wasn’t enough, there is a Recipe for Disaster round especially on desserts. Dig in! Team 1 (Pie) - Tejas Gangavaram and Matt Papik Team 2 (Baby Lasagne) - Debbie Liebenberg and Kuba Dohnal If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.                         INTERVIEW NOTES Welcome to the first Inquizition Interview, an irregular series with host and quizmaster, Luke Ryan, where regular Inquizition guests are interviewed about their quizzing experiences. This first episode is with quizmaster and quizzer, Alex Downs from Maine, USA. We talk about how Alex got into quizzing and being a quizmaster in Prague and how he developed as a quizmaster, and dealing with quiz hecklers. We talk about bulletproofing questions, how mobile phones have changed the nature of table quizzes and dealing with quizmaster’s block. We chat about favorite or memorable quiz team names, how Oscar winner, Geoffrey Rush has attended Luke’s James Joyce quiz and much more. We also ask each other some questions about rivers, animals, the Bible, South America, disasters, Greek philosophers and US presidents. If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.

Welcome to the first Inquizition Interview, an irregular series with host and quizmaster, Luke Ryan, where regular Inquizition guests are interviewed about their quizzing experiences. This first episode is with quizmaster and quizzer, Alex Downs from Maine, USA. We talk about how Alex got into quizzing and being a quizmaster in Prague and how he developed as a quizmaster, and dealing with quiz hecklers. We talk about bulletproofing questions, how mobile phones have changed the nature of table quizzes and dealing with quizmaster’s block. We chat about favorite or memorable quiz team names, how Oscar winner, Geoffrey Rush has attended Luke’s James Joyce quiz and much more. We also ask each other some questions about rivers, animals, the Bible, South America, disasters, Greek philosophers and US presidents. If you would like to support the podcast, you can do so here – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Inquizitionpod It will help to buy new recording equipment and allow us more time to develop and support the Inquizition. Everyone who supports will get a shout out on the podcast. Regular members will get access to the first never before heard pilot episode, and will be invited to take part in an episode! Thank you! Contact us on [email protected] or follow us on Facebook (The Inquizition Podcast) and Instagram (Inquizition Podcast). If you would like to send in questions, please email them in, you will get a shout out on the show too! Writing, editing and production by Luke Ryan, design and media by Christie Elizabeth, music by Flukey.