Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast

Two quizmasters ask each other their favorite trivia questions of the week.

About the show

Two professional quizmasters ask each other and guests their favorite questions of the week, while providing additional information and commentary. Learn interesting bits of trivia knowledge, discover what goes into crafting a good trivia question or team name, laugh at the hosts many moments of ignorance and pure stupidity and more on the Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast!

Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast is hosted by two independent quizmasters from Southwest Florida, Lee Breshnyda (Know Nonsense Trivia) and Marc Davis (Nice Guys Pizza Trivia).

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Episodes

  • Episode 56: Slot Nick

    July 29th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 16 mins
    animals, australia, blade runner, box office, business, chemical symbols, classic television, current events, dueling, football, geography, hollywood nicknames, movie releases, nfl, social statistics, sports, star trek, u.s. history, u.s. politics, u.s. presidents

    Quizmaster Lee recounts a tumultuous trivia night he hosted recently before trading the week’s favorite trivia questions with Quizmaster Marc. This week’s categories include Star Trek, Australian Animals, U.S. History, Current Events, World Geography, Classic TV, Movie Box Office Records & Release Dates and more!

  • Episode 55: Earthworm John

    July 22nd, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 6 mins
    cats, cooking & food, geography, insects, logos, marvel comics, professional wrestling, quentin tarantino, shapes, soccer, star wars, u.s. politics, video games, women's world cup

    Quizmasters Lee & Marc talk about a series of complaints the former encountered at Gather, as well as the important role of good live sound and music choices at trivia. The two quizmasters ask and attempt to answer each other’s favorite questions from their week’s trivia.

  • Episode 54: Daddy Pennybags

    July 15th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  53 mins 26 secs
    agriculture, anatomy, baseball, birds, business, capitals, comedians, disney parks, language, latin, monty python, movies, orientation, sea creatures, star wars, stranger things, u.s. presidents, world war i

    Quizmasters Lee & Marc are back in the studio with a slate of questions (and a few answers.)

  • Episode 53: Adam's World Trivia

    July 12th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 15 mins
    african slave trade, animal geography, animal trafficking, china, chinese inventions, chinese language, current events, geography, greek mythology, harmonica, literature, live episode, math puzzle, overthink underthink, pop music, scamto, slang, tech acronyms, time, video games

    Quizmasters Lee & Marc wake up early to compete in Adam’s World Trivia at Fashioning Beer in Changchun, China all the way from Florida via video call! They are offered the opportunity to craft a tiebreaker question for the teams live at the venue.

  • Episode 52: Gingerpalooza

    July 1st, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 48 mins
    african geography, alternate movie titles, anagrams, animals, award winning comedy series, disney animated classics, disney animated series, early u.s. states, famous inventions, famous landmarks, fencing, fireworks, food, game show hosts, german, gremlins, language, linguistics, marvel actors, medical terminology, movies, naming contests, nom nom nomenclature, pop music, russia, team names, trademarks, u.s. geography, u.s. history, u.s. territories, walt disney world

    Quizmasters Lee & Marc catch up with returning guests and trivia players Jamie and Erik an extended quiz! Jamie shares his team’s system for coming up with a great trivia team name. Lee details a flub he made as a quizmaster and the efforts he took to correct the problem.

  • Episode 51: Big is Small

    June 24th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 2 mins
    2000's era movies, 2000's era rap, 90's movies, also known as, astronomy, bible, classic movie remakes, fast food, flags, geography, hockey, hollywood inventors, literature, lobster anatomy, pornography, seinfeld, state capitals, the ivy league, u.s. history

    Quizmasters Lee and Marc explore the pros and cons of allowing large team sizes at pub trivia nights and take on a full slate of trivia.

  • Episode 50: Double Gold 50 (Juicy on the Inside)

    June 17th, 2019  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 28 mins
    90s music, black history, classic movies, drugs, etymology, european traditions, inventions, marvel comics, metric system, musical instruments, pacific territories, science & philosophy, summer songs, u.s. geography, visual fx, world war ii

    Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by Quizmommy Kyle Anne, who will be hosting our new weekly Know Nonsense Trivia Challenge at Gather in Cape Coral, for a hint-heavy slate of trivia. The three Quizmasters also take on a double shot of Rate My Question.

  • 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.