Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast

Episode 49: Beef Strokin' Off

June 10th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 16 mins

canadian geography, classic cartoons, david bowie, german food, history, horse anatomy, in other words, pride, rhymes, sports books, star wars, stinky cheeses, the vatican, women in history

Quizmasters Lee and Marc go one-on-one with their favorite trivia questions of the week after having a quick chat about the benefits and consequences of using trivia night to instigate social change.

Episode 48: In The Sarx

June 3rd, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 55 mins

assassination attempts, before they were famous, big numbers, daylight savings time, ewok inspirations, fashion, film soundtracks, geological events, george lucas, greek alphabet, korean food, medical terminology, pop music, shit shot out of a canon, spanish literature, star wars, strange u.s. geography, time zones, u.s. history, u.s. presidents, veterans in hollywood, wear words, whole foods, world history what if

Quizmaster Lee returns to join fellow QM Marc for some conversation about question writing research techniques and facing unique circumstances at live trivia events. They are joined by Proverbial Lightkeeper Elyse, who reports on the Seattle and Minneapolis trivia scenes, reveals her daily trivia routine and joins the boys for a full slate of trivia questions, in addition to her own.

Episode 47: Every Pig in Wyoming

May 27th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 15 mins

asl, birds, cannes, catholicism, composers, cooking, cool runnings, etymology, florida, geography, hitler, insects, monster trucks, plants, pro-wrestling, psychology, science, spanish literature, star wars, u.s. history, video games

Quizmaster Marc hosts a triple-threat trivia match with fellow Wet Boiz and KnowNo Team Captains Kristin & Fletcher. Question topics include COOKING SCIENCE, SPANISH LITERATURE, OFFICIAL BIRDS AND INSECTS, and more!

Episode 46: KnowNo Gone Wild

May 20th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 8 mins

african geography, animal byproducts, basketball, botany, disco, henry viii, horticulture, laws, marsupials, metal, missed corrections, movies, nba, rate my question, television, the 1980's, the beatles, unusual deaths, video formats

Quizmaster Marc returns from his vacation to join Quizmaster Lee for an episode chock full of trivia, "cerebro a cerebro" style! Lee comes clean about a trivia debacle that occurred while he was covering one of Marc's games.

Episode 45: Bodice Ripper

May 12th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 10 mins

90's music, african folklore, alanis morrisette, british history, courtney love, entomology, etymology, italian desserts, letters to cleo, mnemonics, modern art, pinball, pop culture, rancid, songwriting, the distillers

Quizmaster Lee is joined by three jaw-dropping talents from the Southwest Florida music scene: Angela Page (The Young Dead), Frankie Colt (Cobress) and returning guest, the singer-songwriter Kyle Anne! The four ask and answer trivia questions about bugs, 90's rock music, modern art, Italian desserts, African folklore and more!

Episode 44: Scotland City

May 6th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 28 mins

80's movies, 90's music, 90's television, band name origins, california, fashion, food, geography, indie rock, literature, lord of the rings, marvel, mascots, movies, ornithology, pc gaming, seinfeld, star wars, surfing, the wizard of oz, us history, us presidents, world history, world records, wrestling

Quizmaster Lee is joined by Dallas, who is fresh off of hosting a Marvel-themed trivia night and preparing for his final Game of Thrones Trivia night next month. Also returning to the #KnowNo this episode is Seth, who has been busy offering local trivia in the form of historical tours of Downtown Fort Myers. The three discuss the complicated nature of Game of Thrones show vs. book trivia, how Seth and Lee first met, and ask and answer over 21 trivia questions!

Episode 43: The Kermina Beef

April 29th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 35 secs

biology, black history, cats, game of thrones, musical instruments, noteworthy blowjobs, oregon trail, shakespeare, testicles, tiki culture, us politics, world war ii

In this episode of the Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast, Marc takes Lee to task over a difficult Muppets question. Lee gives an overview on his recent programming strategy based on player-suggested categories. Together the Quizmasters enjoy a full slate of trivia covering a variety of topics including Black History, Game of Thrones, Ancient Instruments, US Geography, Tiki Culture, Biology and more!

Episode 42: Three Song Questions

April 22nd, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 21 mins

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Mike Kiniry, host and co-creator of WGCU's Thee Song Stories Podcast for an all music trivia episode.

Episode 41: iPhonio

April 15th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 34 mins

Quizmasters Lee & Marc discuss a particular question that brought the former's quiz to a standstill. The quizmasters welcome friend of the show and first time guest Erik for a full slate of trivia questions.

Episode 40: Zac Efron's Cock Ring

April 8th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  53 mins 13 secs

Quizmasters Lee & Marc ask each other their favorite trivia questions of the week and mull over an alphabetical Rate My Question submission from Team Captain Kristin!

Episode 39: Gettin' Trivvy With It

April 1st, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 27 mins

Quizmasters Lee and Marc discuss an art supply's ancient connection to weed, the sensuality of geology, a founding father's fondness for the metric system, and more while stumping each other with a full slate of trivia questions. Also, two listener submitted questions are analyzed in a new Rate My Question segment.

Episode 38: T-3PO

March 25th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 10 mins

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by returning guest Moist Max, a member of the SWFL trivia team The Moist Men who recently logged the top score at a Know Nonsense Trivia Challenge venue, completing their goal of having the top score ever at all three venues. Together they discuss the team's dynamics and answer a full set of questions.

Episode 37: Question Marc

March 18th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 7 mins

What "M" country was previously known as Burma? What cast member on Saturday Night Live was the first to serve two multi-season tenures on the show? What Disney character’s name roughly translates to ‘child’ for Italian? Quizmasters Lee and Marc answer these questions and more in this episode of #theKnowNo. The two also discuss what to do when a player presents a technically correct answer, whether or not to award any bonus points to the winning team of a tiebreaker question, risque team names and modeling your quiz after your regular players's interests.

Episode 36: Changing The Rules

March 11th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 1 min

In the late 1860s, Charles and Max Fleischmann created America’s first commercially produced what? What is the highest mountain that exists within the borders of a single country's boundaries? What 1982 coming of age comedy featured Nicolas Cage's first ever film role, which stars two other Best Actor oscar winners? Quizmasters Lee and Marc answer the questions and more, including discussions about team size/player count limits, methods to enforce the rules at trivia night, the pros and cons of asking multiple choice questions.

Episode 35: Chickens, Of Course: A Big Toe Joint

March 4th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 5 mins

What is the name of the deepest part of the Earth’s seabed called? Bombay Duck, or Bumalo, is what kind of animal? The Nahuatl word for testicle, spoken by the Aztecs, inspired the modern name of what fruit? Quizmasters Lee & Marc answer these questions and more, while also doing a deep dive on the history of literary figure Mother Goose and answering an important question for quizmasters: what's a word worth to your players?

Episode 34: Bart Simpson's Dick

February 25th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 37 mins

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by fellow quizmaster and trivia host Dallas, who runs a popular trivia night on Tuesdays at 10 twentyfive in Cape Coral, FL, for three full rounds of trivia as well as conversation about his trivia origins, where he gets his questions, his scoring techniques, his experiences running themed trivia nights and managing large player counts at his events. The trio also discuss their approaches of how to write the perfect trivia question and player topic choice.