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Part quiz show, part offbeat trivia, and all awesome. We here are nuts about trivia and pub quiz! And we are darn sure there are people out there who share our unusual obsession. Play along and laugh along as Karen, Colin, Dana, and Chris school each other on some of the weirdest and most interesting facts about our funny little world.
Do you relish beating your friends at Trivial Pursuit? Do you blab out the answers at the gym when Jeopardy! is on? And don't you just loathe badly worded questions? Gggrraahhh!
Then this podcast, fellow trivia nut, is the ultimate mental nutrition for your very big brain. So eat up!

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  1. 314: Violet! You're Turning Violet, Violet!

    2 september 2026 · 1 uur 11 min

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    Here we are, at the end of our rainbow, rolling in the pot of trivia about our final color. So what is violet and how is it different from purple? Attention ravers, haunted house goers, and hotel bed worriers, Karen's got an ultra quiz about ultra violet light! Get sweet with violet mints and facts about PEZ dispensers. Play Chris' word game "Purple Prose" and get our your pistils for a flowery name quiz. Lees meer

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  2. 313: Into Indigo

    13 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 6 min

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    You might have questioned us, and frankly, we even questioned ourselves - was it possible to actually do a full trivia quiz show about the very specific yet enigmatic indigo? C'mon what's indigo's deal and why is it crammed up in there between blue and violet? Chris is on the case! BAMF!💨 Colin's X-tatic to X-tol the (only?) canonically indigo-colored creature in his Nightcrawler quiz. And let's hear it for the Indigo Girls and other ladies of Lilith Fair in a round of movie music. And don't get your Canadian Tuxedo frayed in Karen's riveting "Jean Jargon" quiz dedicated to the world's favorite indigo-dyed garment. Lees meer

    ALSO: Fish butt diving

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  3. 312: Outta the Blue

    29 juli 2026 · 1 uur 3 min

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    I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di! Kick your feet up and sip on a Blue Hawaii while Colin shares the story behind the strangely blue Curaçao liqueur. Learn weird facts behind everyday blue things in Karen's "True Blue Quiz." What flavor do you think of when you see blue ice cream? And move over Sinatra, we have a new ol' blue eyes 'round these parts. Lees meer

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  4. 311: Giving you the Green Light

    8 juli 2026 · 1 uur

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    Get green with envy because we got so much trivia - from Elphaba to Greenland, from the Gros Michel banana to Shrek. Take Colin's green quiz, and learn about the world's most painful plant (yes, it's from Australia). Being green really isn't easy in Chris' trolly music round. And 🤢🤢🤢 motion-sickness-havers unite! Find out what's going on in your body when you're feeling "green around the gills." Lees meer

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  5. 310: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #62

    16 juni 2026 · 1 uur 2 min

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    Step right up folks for a quizzy good time. We got yer moon missions, we got yer hockey shows, we got yer random trivia! Get road trip ready with a US city namesake quiz, and don't fall into the pit with your pits out while pitting against each other on The Pitt in Chris's new word game. We're sorry to inform you that your friend has successfully dragged you out to amateur DJ night and it is your mission to survive the evening while identifying these absolutely bonkers mashups. Lees meer

    ALSO: 12 year-old listener mail

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  6. 309: Yellow? Is It Me You're Looking For?

    3 juni 2026 · 1 uur 10 min

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    We're feeling mellow with all this yellow trivia! What is the color of a tennis ball and why is it tearing friendships apart? Find out what exactly is Minnesota Funeral Bread in "Take a Quick Whiz" - a qhiz dedicated the most beautifully yellow processed food item in human existence. Lock in your yellow predictions in Karen's reverse music quiz. Take a wild ride linking an old Nintendo game to the newspaper wars of the 1890's. And meet Mr. Yuk. Lees meer

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  7. 308: Orange You Glad?

    20 mei 2026 · 1 uur 1 min

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    A-peel-ing trivia about orangey things! Do you love Panda Express' Orange Chicken too? Then take Karen's American Chinese food quiz. Chris gets puzzle-y in "A Clockwise Orange." Get the full heaping scoop on Gatorade and why it literally changed the game. How well do you know your famous tigers? Lees meer

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  8. 307: We're Back in the Red Again

    7 mei 2026 · 1 uur 5 min

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    Pinkies up for some vexillology tea in "Girl... He's a Red Flag" quiz. Jam out to some red & wild facts at Karen's strawberry trivia festival.* Chris has a red title quiz, and Colin's got us unearthing red roots in an etymology challenge. Special mystery guest and GJB listener Sarah Burch joins us this week and shares an incredible tale of how she might have cost a certain company millions of dollars. ALSO: child actor quiz Lees meer

    *If you get this niche 90's reference upon first reading, I love you.
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  9. 306: Geology Rocks

    28 april 2026 · 1 uur 5 min

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    Hello Spring 2026! We got some solid rock trivia about clean slates and gneiss buttes! Try your hand at Karen's stone quiz, and meet some of Colin's favorite weird history rocks. Get your internal IMDB rolodex ready for a rockin' movies challenge. And Chris celebrates a weird anniversary about a weird occurrence with a tale about a weird souvenir. Lees meer

    ALSO: Eggcorn Watch, Trivial Pursuit

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  10. 305: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #61

    20 december 2025 · 1 uur 19 min

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    Sorry not sorry, Wise Men, because we're bringing the hefty gift of trivia! So let's close this year out with some epic quizzes. Get ready for a full course meal of hilarious fast food fails and flops. Play Karen's double-syllable lightning round word game, and what's the actual difference between "sparkling water" and "soda water"? Come split hairs in a vocabulary quiz that celebrates being picky. Colin's got another fun license plate quiz but this time, it's all about the funky world of odd specialty plates. We wish all of you a brighter 2026! Lees meer

    ALSO: longest flights, weird fruits

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Categorieën
Vrije tijd , Onderwijs , Hobby's
Status
Loopt nog
Verschijnt
Om de week
Lengte
Meestal 1 uur 10 min
Afleveringen
321
Laatste aflevering
2 september 2026
Eerste aflevering
5 maart 2012
Taal
Engels