Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast

Episode 91: Can You Smell It?

March 30th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 36 mins

80’s music, alt-rock history, alternative movie titles, drinks, etymology, food, history, movie musicals, physics, pop culture, retro video games, u.s. geography, vocabulary

Quizmasters Lee and Marc get together for their favorite trivia questions of the week and discuss the transition of moving their pub trivia quizzes online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marc defines the elements he takes into consideration when considering information to include in particular questions.

Categories for the quiz include History, Etymology, U.S. Geography, Alt-Rock History, Pop Culture, Movie Musicals, Retro Video Games, U.S. Geography, Vocabulary, Alternative Movie Titles, Physics, 80’s Music, Food, Drinks and more!

Episode 90: CoroKnowNo Virus

March 23rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 18 mins

1960’s music, 80’s movies, band beef, cartoon characters, famous quotes, geography, movie plot details, movies, nfl, pro wrestling, religion, star trek, world languages

Quizmasters Lee and Marc practice social distancing in the first ever remotely-recorded KnowNo! The two professional pub quizmasters get together to discuss their favorite trivia questions of the week. Lee announces plans on transitioning his weekly live quizzes to a streaming platform. Categories for the quiz include Cartoon Characters, Famous Quotes, NFL, Movies, 1960’s Music, Geography, Movie Plot Details, Band Beef, World Languages, Religion, Pro Wrestling, Star Trek, 80’s Movies and more.

Episode 89: Big Stick Energy

March 16th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 16 mins

80’s music, corporate logos, horror movies, lord of the rings, medical terminology, political terminology, predators of the animal kingdom, taglines, u.s. history, woodstock, world war ii

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Seth to ask and answer each other’s favorite trivia questions. Quiz categories include Woodstock, Political Terminology, U.S. History, Corporate Logos, Lord Of The Rings, 80’s Music, Predators of the Animal Kingdom, World War II, Taglines, Medical Terminology, and Horror Movies.

Episode 88: Monkey Buskers

March 9th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 10 mins

90’s tv, art history, baseball, business, famous addresses, game of thrones, henry viii wives, latin riddles, medical history, movie plot details, musical instruments, parasites, plains indians, pop culture, the war on drugs, toy history, u.s. history, vocabulary, weezer

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by a husband-and-wife duo, artist Justin Peterson and Quizmaster Erin Sullivan, to ask and answer each other’s trivia questions, and talk about topics such as quiz scoring and phone usage. Quiz categories include Parasites, Baseball, Art History, Weezer, Famous Addresses, The War On Drugs, Musical Instruments, Medical History, Toy History, Movie Plot Details, Plains Indians, 90’s TV, Latin Riddles, Game of Thrones, U.S. History, Vocabulary, Pop Culture, Henry VIII Wives, Business and more!

Episode 87: The Human Cricket

March 2nd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 38 mins

band lineups, comedy songs, football, great lakes geography, hats, horror movies, kids tv, medical terms, movie behind the scenes, phobias, sitcoms, super mario bros., the 1990’s, u.s. geography, units of measurement, vocabulary, websites

Quizmasters Lee and Marc join each other to ask and answer each other’s trivia questions, and talk about their trivia hint and clue preferences. Lee reviews Marc’s new mid-quiz wager mechanic. Categories for this episode’s quiz include Units of Measurement, Comedy Songs, Sitcoms, Super Mario Bros., Band Lineups, Football, Websites, Horror Movies, Great Lakes Geography, Movie Behind The Scenes, Kids TV, Medical Terms, Hats, U.S. Geography, Phobias, Vocabulary, The 1990’s.

Episode 86: The Half-Right-a-Thon

February 24th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 52 mins

animals, causes of death, chemistry, etymology, florida, food, historic sailing vessels, literature, music, occupations, pop culture, state nicknames, u.s. history

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Mike C. and Erik Brandt to ask and answer each other’s trivia questions. They four also discuss their “pub trivia dream teams” and negotiating prize values with your trivia venues. Categories include U.S. History, Etymology, Pop Culture, Food, Historic Sailing Vessels, Chemistry, Music, State Nicknames, Occupations, Causes of Death, Literature, Florida, Food, Animals, and more!

Episode 85: Ding Dong Time

February 17th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 9 mins

animals, art, authors, boats, eyeglasses, futurama, geography, harry houdini, inventions, makeup, medical terms, movie firsts, olympics, plants, pulitzer prize, sharks, superhero movies, television firsts, the ballad of buster scruggs

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Tim Clark and Joee Patterson, two longtime friends and listeners of the show to ask each other their favorite trivia questions of the week. The two discuss the idea of “studying” for trivia competitions. Marc reviews his mid-quiz wager mechanic. Categories include Futurama, Harry Houdini, Makeup, Olympics, Pulitzer Prize, Movie Firsts, Television Firsts, Animals, Boats, Plants, Authors, Superhero Movies, Art, Inventions, Sharks, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Eyeglasses, Medical Terms, Geography and more!

Episode 84: Three Song Questions II

February 10th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 12 mins

academy awards, astronomy, baking, baseball rules, dog breed, elvira, etymology, geography, groundhog’s day, harry potter, music, pencils, social media platforms, sports, the oscars, weezer, world records

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Tara Calligan and Richard Chin Quee (of the Three Song Stories podcast) to answer each others’ favorite trivia questions, with topics including Geography, Etymology, Movies, Music, Harry Potter, Elvira, Baking, Baseball, World Records and more.

Episode 83: Zerbert Logic

February 3rd, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 17 mins

animals, art terms, cartoons, design, etymology, frasier, geography, grammy awards, history, parks and recreation, sports, super bowl, taglines, viral videos

Quizmasters Lee and Marc get together to ask each other their favorite trivia questions of the week in another “late night” KnowNo. Marc spitballs a new wager mechanic for his weekly quizzes. Lee recaps his experience putting together a Star Wars theme trivia. Topics for the quiz include Geography, Super Bowl, Parks and Recreation, Art Terms, Grammy Awards, Frasier, Etymology, Animals, Sports, History, Design, Taglines, Viral Videos, Cartoons and more!

Episode 82: Nice Guys Trivia

January 27th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 3 mins

amsterdam, batman, billy joel songs, fashion history, grammar, hockey, inventions, musical instruments, pizza, popular foods, the super bowl, tiki culture, u.s. presidents

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Greg Gebhard of Nice Guys Pizza, Marc’s Wednesday night trivia venue. The three ask, suss and answer a full quiz of trivia questions, with topics including popular foods, Billy Joel songs, grammar, fashion history, inventions, the Super Bowl, Amsterdam, Batman, U.S. Presidents, musical instruments, hockey, tiki culture, and, of course, PIZZA.

Episode 81: Fermented Seed

January 20th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 57 mins

advertising, arabic, food, geography, qwerty, rock legends, seinfeld, sports curses, the 90’s, video games

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by longtime friend Skyler Denison, a SWFL bartender and chef, to ask, suss, and answer their favorite trivia questions of the week. The trio tackle two Rate My Questions, and talk trivia scoring semantics.

Episode 80: Note Soda

January 13th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 44 mins

agriculture, and also known as., chocolate, frasier, geography, history, latin phrases, medical terms, misheard lyrics, muppets, music accolades, nba, singers & technology, what is it?

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Luc and Andrew to ask, suss and answer each other’s favorite trivia questions of the week. Categories for this episode’s quiz include Misheard Lyrics, Frasier, Muppets, Latin Phrases, Agriculture, History, NBA, What Is It?, Music Accolades, Geography, Chocolate, Singers & Technology, Medical Terms, and Also Known As.

Episode 79: Jean Claude Grand Dam

January 6th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 49 mins

90’s r&b, animals, debut albums, disney, famous porno flicks, french, literature, movie directors, movie quotes, olympics, shipwrecks, television, vocabulary

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Dallas and Elyse to share their favorite trivia questions of the week and to debate the merits of scoring answers on a curve.

Episode 78: Where Fingers Rest

December 30th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 32 mins

acronyms, also known as, fonts, landmarks, luxury goods, movies, music, nut origins, phobias, physics, social games, sports, taxonomies, technology

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Adam and Jamie to close out the decade with trivia and merriment. Lee recounts the decade in trivia and asks a “dangerous” trivia question while Marc digs deep into his trivia repository and Jamie finds question-writing inspiration in his juvenile sense of humor. Adam visits from China with some travel-oriented trivia.

Episode 77: Woodstock's Revenge

December 23rd, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 31 mins

art, beverages, birds, christmas stories, circus performers, city nicknames, country music, floridan aviators, geology. movie cameos, grocery stores, patron saints, sitcom spinoffs, u.s. history

Quizmasters Lee and Marc meet to exchange their favorite trivia questions of the week, and have a Rate-My-Question inspired conversation about running your trivia questions against friends and confidants.

Episode 76: Hokey Poke

December 16th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 44 mins

advertising, band names, candian football league, cartoons, chemistry, college football, comic books, game shows, geography, ghost authors, hit songs, jazz musicians, magazine covers, military football, mythology, nfl, steely dan, u.s. national records, video games, vocabulary

Quizmasters Lee and Marc discuss some of the listener community developing around the #KnowNo and ask each other their favorite trivia questions of the week. Marc details the linguistic “buffalo sentence,” and reveals one of his favorite game shows of all time, while Lee gives an overview of the various trophies award in North American Football. The duo also offer their congratulations to the world’s newest country on their independence!