Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast

Episode 101: Newton's Edge

June 8th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 30 mins

80’s cartoons, acronyms, also known as…, famous products, famous quarantines, geography, global mineral supplies, memes, metal music, pop music, quentin tarantino movies, rock music, technology, world finance

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by long-time listener/first-time guest and Team Captain, Gil! The three ask, suss and answer a bevy of quiz questions with topics including World Finance, Quentin Tarantino Movies, Metal Music, Global Mineral Supplies, Also Known As…, Rock Music, Geography, 80’s Cartoons, Memes, Famous Quarantines, Pop Music, Acronyms, Technology, Famous Products and more!

Episode 100: Same Ol' Know No (Diamond 100)

June 1st, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 47 mins

arcade games, broadway, celebrities, chemistry, companies, famous centennials, geography, products & brands, television, terms of venery, the beatles, u.s. presidents, vocabulary

Quizmasters Lee and Marc celebrate 100 episodes with rose-colored reflections and a full trivia quiz, with topics including Chemistry, Famous Centennials, U.S. Presidents, Vocabulary, Broadway, Television, Terms of Venery, Celebrities, Companies, Products & Brands, Arcade Games, The Beatles, Geography and more!

Episode 99: Webbheads

May 21st, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 24 mins

90’s music, african history, architecture, art, companies, historical boats, movies, pop culture, products & brands, sports, television

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by writer and actor Jamison Webb to talk about writing trivia questions, advice on creating internet content, what it’s like to compete on Jeopardy, and his time portraying ‘Baxter’ on the Netflix original series Space Force. The trio also provide a trivia quiz for each other, with categories including Architecture, African History, 90’s Music, Pop Culture, Companies, Products & Brands, Historical Boats, and more!

Episode 98: All That Glitters...

May 18th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 19 mins

90’s music, cereal mascots, geography, history, languages, plants, products, taglines, u.s. history, vocabulary, world records

Quizmasters Lee and Marc go head to head, asking each other their favorite trivia questions of the week. Lee details P.I.B.S. – his personal method for rating trivia questions. The pair discuss a particular question from Marc’s trivia that ruffled some feathers (including Lee’s). Categories for the quiz include World Records, Taglines, Vocabulary, Cereal Mascots, Geography, U.S. History, Products, Plants, 90’s Music, History, World Languages and more!

Episode 97: Akua Hideaway

May 11th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 31 mins

clone high, disney, drugs, first first ladies, movie adaptations, movies, music, pen names, saturday night live, technology, vocabulary

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Quizmaster Erin Sullivan and Artist Justin Peterson to share and play trivia. Categories for the quiz include Vocabulary, Saturday Night Live, Disney, Drugs, Music, Movies, Pen Names, Movie Adaptations, Technology, First First Ladies, Clone High, and more!

Episode 96: Trivia Raiders

May 4th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 5 mins

90’s music, cults, famous art, famous authors, history, medical conditions, natural novelties, pop culture, prehistoric animals, the bible, weird science

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Seth for a general knowledge trivia quiz. Marc and Seth report on a virtual trivia in which they were invited to participate. Categories for the quiz include History, Medical Conditions, Prehistoric Animals, Famous Authors, Weird Science, Pop Culture, 90’s Music, Famous Art, Cults, The Bible, Natural Novelties and more!

Episode 95: Quizmaster Quarantine

April 27th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 hrs 46 mins

90’s music, animals, cereal mascots, dogs, dogs & minerals, fictional drugs, hollywood, landmarks, marvel, music, name origins, nfl draft, pop culture, sports, video games, vocabulary

Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Quizmasters Dallas and Elyse of Shell Games Entertainment to have an hour-long talk about their experiences hosting virtual trivia online, followed by an 18-question trivia quiz.

Topics during the Quizmaster roundtable discussion include format, platform, promotion, engagement and monetization of virtual trivia. Categories for the quiz include Video Games, Vocabulary, Dogs, Fictional Drugs, Landmarks, NFL Draft, Animals, Dogs & Minerals, 90’s Music, Sports, Hollywood, Marvel, Music, Pop Culture, Name Origins, Cereal Mascots and more!

Episode 94: Such Gross Science

April 20th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 26 mins

animals, european geography, famous authors, history, indie movies, inventions, movie props, movies, notorious athletes, nternet culture, public shaming devices, u.s. geography

Quizmasters Lee and Marc get together to ask each other selected trivia questions for their and your amusement. Categories for the quiz include Internet Culture, History, European Geography, Movies, Public Shaming Devices, Inventions, U.S. Geography, Notorious Athletes, Famous Authors, Movie Props, Indie Movies, Animals and more!

Episode 93: Extra Nips

April 13th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 29 mins

80’s music, animals, astronomy, banned video games, collective nouns, inventions, movies, music, snakes, sports, stranger things, u.s. history, vocabulary

Quizmasters Lee and Marc get together to ask each other some specially-curated trivia questions for their Quizmaster counterpart, and further discuss the transition of moving their pub trivia online.

Categories for the quiz include Movies, Sports, Music, Collective Nouns, Vocabulary, 80’s Music, Inventions, Astronomy, Banned Video Games, Stranger Things, U.S. History, Animals, Snakes, and more!

Episode 92: All Juiced Up

April 6th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 40 mins

animals, artifacts, cult movies, exotic cats, famous authors, hip hop records, literature, psychology, retro video games, scientific measurements, sea creatures, slogans, the beatles, top 40 metal, u.s. history, vocabulary, world history

Quizmasters Lee and Marc get together to ask each other some specially-curated trivia questions for their Quizmaster counterpart. Lee details the difficulties in transitioning from hosting pub quizzes to quizstreaming (and playing) trivia under COVID-19 quarantine. Categories for the quiz include Vocabulary, Retro Video Games, World History, Slogans, Exotic Cats, Hip Hop Records, Scientific Measurements, Psychology, Famous Authors, Literature, Artifacts, Sea Creatures, The Beatles, Animals, Top 40 Metal, U.S. History, Cult Movies and more!

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!