In this, the second episode of our bite-sized mini-pod, Learned Lately, Justin tells us all about the legendary New York music club, CBGB. This came up once last season, and he had never heard of it, so now we all know all about it.Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/

Learned Lately #2: CBGB

This week, Hallie pulls out a classic wordplay theme, because every answer in this game contains the name of a U.S. state! We also state some facts about World War II, classic rock, and horror movies!2:36: Q1 (Times & Places): The Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Oahu includes three ships that were attacked on December 7, 1941.  Name any one of these ships.9:30: Q2 (Arts & Literature): What artist, best known for creating the LOVE image, also created sculptures of the numbers 0 through 9, which have been on display in several cities since they were created in 1980?14:32: Q3 (Movies & TV): In what 1974 horror film, the first in a franchise, does a group of friends fall victim to a family of cannibals, one of whom is called Leatherface?22:46: Q4 (Music): What rock band, originally named Saratoga, is best known for the hit singles “Dust in the Wind” and “Carry On Wayward Son”?26:34: Q5 (Everything Else): What are the first and last names of the physician who invented a way to assess the status of newborns, a test that is still performed today?31:10: Q6 (Sports & Games): After winning a national championship with Notre Dame, what quarterback went on to become the first player to be Super Bowl MVP three times while playing for the San Francisco 49ers?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Wasting Time Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wasting-time/id1457843139

S19 E2 - "State" Your Name

Welcome to the first episode of our bonus mini-pod, Learned Lately, where we talk about something we’ve learned… lately.  This week, Hallie talks about binary code and base 2 math, which stumped her on a recent trivia question.  Enjoy!Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/

Learned Lately #1: BINARY

We're back, baby, and we have a new baby! And this week, Justin kicks off our new season by bringing back his favorite recurring segment, “Justin and Hallie Talk About Atolls”, and devoting a whole episode to those ring-shaped coral islands. It’s a weird episode. We also talk football, military history, and classic comedy!4:32: Q1 (Movies & TV): Atoll K was the final onscreen appearance of what legendary comedy duo, whose first names were Stan and Oliver?10:16: Q2 (Times & Places): Arguably the turning point of the war in the Pacific, what World War II battle named for an atoll saw four Japanese aircraft carriers sunk?15:25: Q3 (Sports & Games): Born on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, cornerback Todd Lyght won a Super Bowl with what team, then located in St. Louis?22:46: Q4 (Arts & Literature): The Far Reaches is a novel set on Tarawa atoll, by what American author and NASA engineer, whose nonfiction memoir Rocket Boys was the basis for the film October Sky?27:12: Q5 (Everything Else): The Republic of Minerva and the Kingdom of EnenKio both claim uninhabited atolls as their territories, but are not recognized by any country, making them examples of what “small”-sounding entities?34:01: Q6 (Music): Although it is technically just a “pseudo-atoll”, Bermuda is a hotbed of what musical genre, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago, and is often heard today on cruise ships?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Docs That Rock Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/docs-that-rock-podcast/id1399865196Brain Ladle Productions: http://www.brainladletrivia.com/

S19 E1 - Justin and Hallie Talk About Atolls (for a Whole Episode!)

This week, we finish the season a “high” note, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about mountains! We also talk about geography, winter sports, and an iconic musician, and crown the Season 18 champion!3:00: Q1 (Times & Places): Name the mountain range that stretches from the Liard River in British Columbia to the Pecos River in New Mexico, and whose highest peak is Mount Elbert.8:37: Q2 (Arts & Literature): Which Post-Impressionist painter, known for his landscapes and still-lifes, is most famous for his series featuring Mont Sainte-Victoire, a mountain in the Provence region of southern France?17:07: Q3 (Sports & Games): What sport which usually takes place on a mountain, was originally called “snurfing” in 1965 and is now featured in five events at the winter Olympic games?24:26: Q4 (Movies & TV): What 2003 epic war film starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger is about a Confederate army soldier during the American Civil War traveling home to see the woman he loves?27:55: Q5 (Everything Else): Believed to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia, what creature’s name comes from the Tibetan for rocky bear?33:53: Q6 (Music): “Mountain Magic Christmas” is a TV musical premiering in December, 2022 starring what singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist whose songs “9 to 5” and “I Will Always Love You” will be featured?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/How Will I Die? Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-will-i-die-pod/id1449548959Brain Ladle Productions: http://www.brainladletrivia.com/Designated Quizzers Podcast on Twitter? @designatedqzrs

S18 E10 - Sorting Through a Mountain of Trivia

The title is pretty self-explanatory this week: Justin has written six trivia questions about famous “this and that” pairs! Among other things, we talk tennis, Broadway, and Justin’s day job! 2:44: Q1 (Sports & Games): What two tennis players, often mentioned in the same breath, are the only duo to complete the career Golden Slam in doubles competition?8:07: Q2 (Everything Else): What two-man research team developed Prospect Theory and discovered the availability and representativeness heuristics?16:56: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What comic strip duo were named after a French theologian and an English political philosopher?25:10: Q4 (Movies & TV): What duo co-starred in nine films for RKO Radio Pictures, including Flying Down to Rio and Top Hat?34:28: Q5 (Times & Places): What Balkan country’s capital is Sarajevo?42:06: Q6 (Music): What famous duo were the composer and lyricist, respectively, on Carousel, The King and I, and The Sound of Music?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/TV Tuners Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tv-tuners/id1418941362Snehi on Twitter: @snehi_rgfan

S18 E9 - Famous Duos, Other than Quiz and Hers

This week, Hallie concludes her two-part, 12-question game, with six more trivia questions about birthstones! We also polish off some discussions about video games, quirky music, and some very depressing literature.3:22: Q1 (Movies & TV): What Australian actress who shares a name with July’s birthstone first became famous for her role in season three of Orange is the New Black?8:28: Q2 (Everything Else): Peridot, the birthstone for August, is a variety of what mineral, named for its color which resembles that of a fruit used mainly for making oil?14:12: Q3 (Arts & Literature): Ramona Lofton, the author of the novel Push, is better known by what name, also the birthstone for September?21:50: Q4 (Sports & Games): In what video game franchise’s The Black Knight, a follow-up to the game the Secret Rings, do you collect opals, which is October’s birthstone?31:52: Q5 (Music): Topaz, November’s birthstone, is a lesser known song by what new wave band, better known for the songs “Love Shack” and “Rock Lobster”?39:14: Q6 (Times & Places): What ancient Native American culture from the area that is now the Four-Corners region of the United States made many items from turquoise, December’s birthstone?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Time Sensitive Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/time-sensitive/id1452429903Snehi on Twitter: @snehi_rgfan

S18 E8 - Hallie and Justin Get (Birth) Stoned, Part 2

We’re decked out in stripes this week, because Justin has written six trivia questions all about his childhood favorite animal, the fearsome tiger! We also sink our teeth into discussions of weird books, 80s TV, and classic hip-hop!3:05: Q1 (Sports & Games): What NCAA Division I conference has no fewer than three teams called the “Tigers”?9:17: Q2 (Everything Else): Though it wasn’t technically a tiger, the extinct marsupial known as the thylacine was often called one.  What island was its native habitat before it went extinct in 1936?15:38: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What 2001 philosophical novel by Yann Martel has only two main characters, one of which is a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker?25:54: Q4 (Movies & TV): What 1980s science fantasy cartoon series had a humanoid tiger character named Tygra, who was Lion-O’s second-in-command?32:00: Q5 (Times & Places): The Tamil Tigers were a revolutionary group active from 1976 to 2009 in what island nation?40:00: Q6 (Music): What hip-hop collective that “ain’t nuthing ta fuck wit”, opens the song that tells us that with a voiceover saying “Tiger Style… Tiger Style…”?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Voice from the Underground Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voice-from-the-underground-politics-pop-culture/id1302884018Brain Ladle Productions: http://www.brainladletrivia.com/

S18 E7 - Tiger, Tiger, Quizzing Bright

This week, Hallie steals one of Justin’s worst ideas by committing to a two-part, 12-question episode. Each question features one of the 12 traditional birthstones, and we also mine for information about international business, basketball, and 90s music!2:36: Q1 (Sports & Games): What power forward who played with the Minnesota Timberwolves for 12 years and coincidentally played himself in the film Uncut Gems, shares his name with the birthstone for January?8:04: Q2 (Times & Places): Amethyst, February’s birthstone, was originally thought to be one of the most precious until large deposits were found in what South American country, the world’s largest producer of sugarcane, soy, coffee, and oranges?17:49: Q3 (Movies & TV): March’s birthstone, bloodstone, is also the name of a 1988 film starring Rajinikanth, who also starred in various films in what industry, also known as Bombay cinema?26:41: Q4 (Everything Else): What international cartel specializes in the mining, sourcing, trading, and manufacturing of diamonds, the birthstone for April?31:15: Q5 (Arts & Literature): What is the name of the sixth book in the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, which includes the name of the birthstone for May?35:58: Q6 (Music): Rumor has it that the name of what band came from the name of Eddie Vedder’s great-grandmother and not from the name of June’s birthstone?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Cooking with Grief Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cooking-with-grief/id1436653211Snehi on Twitter: @snehi_rgfan

S18 E6 - Hallie and Justin Get (Birth) Stoned - Part 1

Break out your accordion and your Hawaiian shirt, because this week, Justin has written six trivia questions all (sort of) about “Weird Al” Yankovic! We also get into discussions of pulp novels, a classic sitcom, and, of course, the legend himself.2:46: Q1 (Music): “Weird Al” Yankovic is one of only five acts with a Billboard Top 40 hit in four different decades.  Name any of these hits – one a Michael Jackson parody, one a grunge gag, one a self-deprecating hip-hop bop, and one a favorite of pedantic English teachers.10:52: Q2 (Everything Else): In his parody of a song by Coolio (rest in peace), which was in turn adapted from a Stevie Wonder song, what Anabaptist church does Al lampoon?17:26: Q3 (Sports & Games): “Sports Song” is Al’s parody of what type of song that is most associated with college football, specific examples of which are usually associated with a particular school?25:45: Q4 (Times & Places): In “Grapefruit Diet”, Al parodies a song by swing band Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, which in turn shares its name with what instance of racial violence in Los Angeles in June, 1943?30:34: Q5 (Arts & Literature): Al covered the theme song of the 1967 animated series George of the Jungle, which was originally inspired by a character by what American author?36:27: Q6 (Movies & TV): In his version of Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing”, Al – for whatever reason – just replaces the lyrics with those of “The Ballad of Jed Clampett”, the theme song from what TV show?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/3 Beers In Podcast: https://www.3beersinpodcast.com/Moxie on Twitter: @brainonfactspod 

S18 E5 - Getting Weird with Justin, Hallie, and Al

This week, things are getting spooooky, because Hallie is celebrating Halloween with six new trivia questions all about ghosts! We also spirit into discussions of classic video games, classic rock, and a classic (?) film!2:17: Q1 (Times & Places): Ghosts known as bhoot are an important part of the culture of what nation, bordered by India to the west, north, and east, and by Myanmar to the southeast?10:11: Q2 (Sports & Games): Name the four colored ghosts that pursue Pac-Man.  16:38: Q3 (Arts & Literature): In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who is the first ghost that appears to Ebenezer Scrooge, clad in heavy chains from a lifetime of selfishness and greed?  24:24: Q4 (Music): The 1978 song “Ghost Song” by the Doors featured the reading of a mystic poem by what lead singer who had died of a probable drug overdose in 1971?30:34: Q5 (Everything Else): What is the name of the illusion technique in which an object that is brightly lit is reflected in a transparent screen at a 45-degree angle, and which is best known for its use on the rides Haunted Mansion and Pinocchio’s Daring Journey at Disneyland?38:54: Q6 (Movies & TV): In Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character builds a baseball field that attracts the ghosts of baseball legends like this White Sox outfielder and record-setting hitter who was banned from baseball after taking part in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Deep Into History Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-into-history/id1440486315Snehi on Twitter: @snehi_rgfan 

S18 E4 - I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost!

It’s party time, because this week, Justin has six trivia questions all about cocktails! We also pour out some discussions of baseball, poetry, and a famous crime movie (but probably not the one you’re thinking of)!2:19: Q1 (Movies & TV): What 1971 crime thriller film starring Gene Hackman won the Oscar for Best Picture, and lends its name to a cocktail consisting of equal parts Cognac and Amaretto9:07: Q2 (Sports & Games): While a “Harvey Wallbanger” is vodka, Galliano, and orange juice, “Harvey’s Wallbangers” was a nickname for the power-hitting 1982 incarnation of what MLB team, whose name is related to a different alcoholic beverage?14:39: Q3 (Times & Places): Noted for the brutal tactics they used against the Irish Republican Army, what “colorful” British reinforcements from the Irish War of Independence share their name with a drink made of a dark stout and a pale ale?21:33: Q4 (Music): Typically consisting of equal parts dark rum, vodka, and orange juice, the “Brass Monkey” is also the name of a song on the 1986 album Licensed to Ill, by what American rap-rock group?27:08: Q5 (Arts & Literature): An “Ancient Mariner” is a complex Tiki drink whose name comes from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by what British Romantic poet, who published it in Lyrical Ballads, co-written with William Wordsworth?32:13: Q6 (Everything Else): Composed of gin, dry Vermouth, orange bitters, maraschino, and Absinthe, what cocktail shares its name with the American name for the style of men’s attire that Brits call a “dinner suit”?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Rock and Roll Up Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rock-and-roll-up-podcast/id1460163380George Holt on Twitter: @triviacop

S18 E3 - The Quiz and Hers Cocktail Party

This week, we’re in an Empire State of mind, because Hallie has written trivia questions featuring the five boroughs of New York City (plus Long Island)! We also burrow into discussions of a Broadway legend, a pioneering athlete, and one of our favorite movies of all time!2:51: Q1 (Times & Places): What was the codename for the gun-type fission weapon developed as part of the Manhattan Project, which became the first nuclear bomb to be used in warfare?12:12: Q2 (Sports & Games): The home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, Queens, is named for what tennis legend who founded the Women’s Tennis Association and the Women’s Sports Foundation?22:40: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What 2009 fantasy novel by Lev Grossman is about Quentin Coldwater, a high school student in Brooklyn who finds himself in a Narnia-like place called Fillory?30:31: Q4 (Music): A Bronx Tale, a musical based on a movie based on a play by Chazz Palminteri, had music written by what EGOT winner, best known for writing the music for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin?37:56: Q5 (Everything Else): A museum located in Centerport, Long Island is named for a member of what prominent American family that originally became rich with their shipping and railroad empires and during the mid-19th century, was the richest family in America?46:10: Q6 (Movies & TV): In what 2008 film is there a scene shot on Staten Island ferries in which the villain pits two ferries- one holding civilians, the other holding prisoners- against each other?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/The List Game Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-list-game/id1291797303

S18 E2 - Can I Borough Some Trivia?

It’s been an eventful offseason, and we just closed on our first house (WHAT??)! So, to celebrate, Justin has written six trivia questions all about moving! We’ve also packed some discussions of art, football, and folk music!2:40: Q1 (Movies & TV): What actor and comedian known for co-writing Blazing Saddles, co-starring in Superman III, and accidentally lighting himself on fire also starred in the film Moving?9:29: Q2 (Times & Places): Though people our age might know it better as a computer game, what route across North America was traveled by some 80,000 people moving to start new lives in the Pacific Northwest between 1840 and 1869?16:41: Q3 (Everything Else): What man moved from Germany to New York, then settled in San Francisco, where he founded his namesake company, the first to manufacture what we now call blue jeans?24:56: Q4 (Sports & Games): Named for a major industry in their former home, what Texas-based NFL team moved to a new home in Nashville to become the Tennessee Titans in 1997? 33:42: Q5 (Arts & Literature): The Movings, a painting by Louis-Léopold Boilly depicting a 19th-century family moving house, moved in 1982 to its current home in what art museum, the most prominent in the Second City?39:03: Q6 (Music): According to Local First Bank, one of the “seven songs to play after closing on your new home” is “Homeward Bound” by what folk-rock duo of the 1960s?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/History of the Atlantic World Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-of-the-atlantic-world/id1363411819Cormac on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CormacsThoughts

S18 E1 - On the Move

We have big news: we’re adding a tiny third person to our trivia team later this year, so to celebrate, Hallie has written six questions all about babies! We also crawl into discussions of art, movies, and mythology!2:13: Q1 (Arts & Literature): What Flemish artist known for painting classical and Christian history also painted portraits of his brothers and his own son as babies?8:16: Q2 (Times & Places): The only king in history to be crowned in utero, Shapur II was the longest-reigning monarch in the history of what nation, at the time known as the Sasanian Empire?16:54: Q3 (Sports & Games): Babysitting this is a minigame collection video game, which is a spin-off of a series that also includes games called Cooking this, Gardening this, and Crafting this.27:06: Q4 (Movies & TV): What 1988 film, which was executive produced by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard, is about a farmer who is chosen to protect an important baby from an evil queen?35:24: Q5 (Music): What singer-songwriter is best known for his signature songs “Diana”, “Lonely Boy”, “Put Your Head on My Shoulder”, and “(You’re) Having My Baby”?40:13: Q6 (Everything Else): The birth story of what Greek hero says that while his mother, Danae, was imprisoned in a bronze chamber, Zeus impregnated her in the form of golden rain?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Massive Late Fee Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/massive-late-fee/id1439705386

S17 E10 - Quiz Me Baby, One More Time

As the season winds down, this week Justin has written six trivia questions that all (sort of) relate to the famous “mother sauces” of French cuisine! We also dig into discussions of soccer, high fantasy, and 90s music!2:25: Q1 (Sports & Games): Which mother sauce is also a word that the French might use to describe the national football team of the Netherlands?8:37: Q2 (Arts & Literature): Sauce Robert, a daughter of sauce espagnole, shares its name with the first name of what American fantasy author, best known for the Wheel of Time series?15:30: Q3 (Movies & TV): What TV character portrayed by James Gandolfini once quipped that the Italian version of Chicken Soup for the Soul is “tomato sauce for your ass”?24:05: Q4 (Times & Places): A daughter of sauce velouté is named for what region of France, where the Allies landed on June 6, 1944?29:17: Q5 (Music): What alt-rock band fronted by Billy Corgan performed a song called “Mayonnaise”?36:25: Q6 (Everything Else): Bechamel sauce, along with other five we’ve already mentioned, were codified as the “mother sauces” by what Frenchman, called the “king of chefs and chef of kings”?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/BiCurean Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bicurean/id1378822013

S17 E9 - Getting Saucy

This week, in one of the more unusual games of Q&H yet, Hallie has written six questions about things that aren’t technically curse words, but sure sound like they are. You’ll catch on pretty quickly, don’t worry. We also talk about hockey, food, and one of our favorite TV shows!2:48: Q1 (Everything Else): The two styles of what soup dish consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs, and meat are the Hanoi and Saigon styles?7:16: Q2 (Arts & Literature): Featuring four anthropomorphic animals, what nonsense poem by Edward Lear was the first use of the word runcible?12:30: Q3 (Times & Places): What world’s largest power station stretches 7,661 feet and cost almost 150 billion yuan to build?18:24: Q4 (Sports & Games): Dick Paradise is a former ice hockey player who played for the Minnesota Fighting Saints as part of what league, the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League?23:39: Q5 (Music): What song that sounds like an inappropriate question was released by Daft Punk in 1995 and was their first commercially successful single with a music video directed by Spike Jonze?29:01: Q6 (Movies & TV): Many networks encouraged the creators of this show to change the name, but after presenting the CBC with evidence from the yellow pages, they allowed them to keep the original title.Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Skeptical Skeptics Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skeptical-skeptics/id1441503478

S17 E8 - Time for Some Mother-F'n Trivia

It’s back-to-school season, so Justin has a classroom full of trivia to start the new year off right! We also get educated about European history, a rock musician, and a famous comedian!2:09: Q1 (Movies & TV): What actor and comedian did get respect when he gave a rare dramatic performance in Natural Born Killers, though he’s probably better known for starring in Back to School?9:03: Q2 (Times & Places): The kids wouldn’t be going back to school if not for compulsory education, and one of the earliest modern compulsory education systems was implemented by Frederick the Great in 1763, in what now-defunct nation, which was the dominant force in unifying Germany?16:58: Q3 (Everything Else): Developed by social psychologist Eliot Aronson, what teaching technique splits students into groups to piece together a particular part of a lesson, and is meant to break down barriers and encourage friendships?23:40: Q4 (Sports & Games): When the kids get back to gym class, they will undoubtedly be subjected to what sport – the bane of athletically useless nerds – in which players must avoid rubber spheres, though if they catch one, they can get a teammate back in the game?29:07: Q5 (Arts & Literature): When the kids go back, hopefully they will have a better experience than the students at Hailsham Boarding School, in Never Let Me Go, a novel by what Japanese-British author, also known for The Remains of the Day?32:43: Q6 (Music): Sharing its name with its lead singer’s stage name, what shock rock band is known for the song “School’s Out”?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Bore Meets World Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bore-meets-world-a-boy-meets-world-podcast/id1357883583 

S17 E7 - Justin and Hallie Go Back to School

This week, it’s another classic Q&H word game, because Hallie has written six trivia questions about people and things who share their names with big companies! We also talk classic literature, some spy history, and mythology!2:14: Q1 (Times & Places): The original surname of what World War I spy is the same as the name of a United States-based digital payments network owned by seven of the largest banks in the country?9:41: Q2 (Arts & Literature): The chief mate of the Pequod in Moby-Dick has the same name as what world’s largest chain of coffeehouses?14:05: Q3 (Sports & Games): The largest exporter of beef in the United States, what Fortune 500 company is also the surname of an athlete who became infamous in the late 1990s after mutilating Evander Holyfield?25:22: Q4 (Movies & TV): The main character in the musical Funny Girl has the same first name as that of what company, officially called the Federal National Mortgage Association?31:34: Q5 (Everything Else): The name of what company was chosen by founder Phil Knight while at the Temple of Athena in Greece?35:32: Q6 (Music): What singer/songwriter, known for “Try a Little Tenderness” and “These Arms of Mine” has the same name as a company with the slogan “Made to move you”?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Body Count Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/body-count/id1445765613

S17 E6 - You're in Good Company

This week, we pull into Port Manteau, where the answer to every trivia question is a portmanteau! We also put together discussions of funny movies, African history, and some books you probably remember from when you were a kid!2:57: Q1 (Movies & TV): What portmanteau word most readily describes the films of writer-director-actor Christopher Guest?9:32: Q2 (Times & Places): What present day country’s name is a portmanteau of the two formerly independent nations – one an island chain off the other’s eastern coast – that combined to form it in 1964?15:55: Q3 (Music): What music term is portmanteau of Japanese words meaning “empty” and “orchestra”?23:46: Q4 (Sports & Games): What portmanteau refers to a large, international, multi-sport event for athletes with physical impairments?30:43: Q5 (Everything Else): What seven-letter term for a specific type of vehicle is a portmanteau of a German word meaning “charge counter” and a French-derived word for a horse-drawn carriage?36:53: Q6 (Arts & Literature): What series of young adult books by Katherine Applegate is named after an in-universe portmanteau created by Marco to refer to the titular group of teenage, shape-shifting alien-fighters?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Retro Late Fee Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-late-fee/id1459736089 

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