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 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 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 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 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 21: A Tale of Two Captains

November 19th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 13 mins

art, board games, books, food, geography, language, movies, new york city, space, trivia scoring, u.s. history, u.s. presidents, weird laws

Salvidor Dali's painting of dripping clocks has what official title? What style of walking is prohibited by law in Hileah, FL? Twin brothers Ross and Norris McWhirter are best known for creating what reference book? Quizmasters Lee & Marc ask and answer these questions and more, and also discuss trivia scoring methodology on this new episode of the Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast!

Episode 11: Mike Breaks the Internet

September 10th, 2018  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 19 mins

arts, current events, folklore, food, geography, hobbies, movies, politics, rate my question, sculpture, television, u.s. history, world history

According to Irish folklore, all Leprechauns claim what as their profession? Twitchers are known as appreciators of what non-gaming hobby? Who has been played in a movie by both Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell? The "Nascondino World Championship" is the international championship event for what classic children's game? Join quizmasters Lee and Marc and special guest Mike as they guess and reveal the answers to these questions and more in this episode of the Know Nonsense Trivia Podcast!

Episode 1: Chocolate Battles

July 1st, 2018  |  Season 1  |  53 mins 5 secs

comic books, dinosaur, evolution, food, french history, geography, hip hop, history, internet, language, marijuana, meme, nintendo, pop culture, science, state facts, supreme court, television, u.s. history, video games, wu tang clan

Which red squirrel had a "Bad Fur Day" on the Nintendo 64 in 2001? What was the first country to legalize cannibis? The potato, tomato, eggplant, and tobacco are all products of what kind of flowering plant, sharing a name with characters from DC and Marvel Comics? What independent artist stepped away from the mic to breathe in and went viral with his hit “Chocolate Rain”?

Pub Quizmasters Lee and Marc try to stump each other with their favorite questions of the week, as well as talk about being a quizmaster, scoring techniques and what makes for a good trivia question.