Quiz And Hers

This week, we finish the season a “high” note, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about mountains! We also talk about geography, winter sports, and an iconic musician, and crown the Season 18 champion!3:00: Q1 (Times & Places): Name the mountain range that stretches from the Liard River in British Columbia to the Pecos River in New Mexico, and whose highest peak is Mount Elbert.8:37: Q2 (Arts & Literature): Which Post-Impressionist painter, known for his landscapes and still-lifes, is most famous for his series featuring Mont Sainte-Victoire, a mountain in the Provence region of southern France?17:07: Q3 (Sports & Games): What sport which usually takes place on a mountain, was originally called “snurfing” in 1965 and is now featured in five events at the winter Olympic games?24:26: Q4 (Movies & TV): What 2003 epic war film starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger is about a Confederate army soldier during the American Civil War traveling home to see the woman he l

The title is pretty self-explanatory this week: Justin has written six trivia questions about famous “this and that” pairs! Among other things, we talk tennis, Broadway, and Justin’s day job! 2:44: Q1 (Sports & Games): What two tennis players, often mentioned in the same breath, are the only duo to complete the career Golden Slam in doubles competition?8:07: Q2 (Everything Else): What two-man research team developed Prospect Theory and discovered the availability and representativeness heuristics?16:56: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What comic strip duo were named after a French theologian and an English political philosopher?25:10: Q4 (Movies & TV): What duo co-starred in nine films for RKO Radio Pictures, including Flying Down to Rio and Top Hat?34:28: Q5 (Times & Places): What Balkan country’s capital is Sarajevo?42:06: Q6 (Music): What famous duo were the composer and lyricist, respectively, on Carousel, The King and I, and The Sound of Music?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, lice

This week, Hallie concludes her two-part, 12-question game, with six more trivia questions about birthstones! We also polish off some discussions about video games, quirky music, and some very depressing literature.3:22: Q1 (Movies & TV): What Australian actress who shares a name with July’s birthstone first became famous for her role in season three of Orange is the New Black?8:28: Q2 (Everything Else): Peridot, the birthstone for August, is a variety of what mineral, named for its color which resembles that of a fruit used mainly for making oil?14:12: Q3 (Arts & Literature): Ramona Lofton, the author of the novel Push, is better known by what name, also the birthstone for September?21:50: Q4 (Sports & Games): In what video game franchise’s The Black Knight, a follow-up to the game the Secret Rings, do you collect opals, which is October’s birthstone?31:52: Q5 (Music): Topaz, November’s birthstone, is a lesser known song by what new wave band, better known for the songs “Love Shack” and “Rock Lob

We’re decked out in stripes this week, because Justin has written six trivia questions all about his childhood favorite animal, the fearsome tiger! We also sink our teeth into discussions of weird books, 80s TV, and classic hip-hop!3:05: Q1 (Sports & Games): What NCAA Division I conference has no fewer than three teams called the “Tigers”?9:17: Q2 (Everything Else): Though it wasn’t technically a tiger, the extinct marsupial known as the thylacine was often called one.  What island was its native habitat before it went extinct in 1936?15:38: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What 2001 philosophical novel by Yann Martel has only two main characters, one of which is a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker?25:54: Q4 (Movies & TV): What 1980s science fantasy cartoon series had a humanoid tiger character named Tygra, who was Lion-O’s second-in-command?32:00: Q5 (Times & Places): The Tamil Tigers were a revolutionary group active from 1976 to 2009 in what island nation?40:00: Q6 (Music): What hip-hop collective t

This week, Hallie steals one of Justin’s worst ideas by committing to a two-part, 12-question episode. Each question features one of the 12 traditional birthstones, and we also mine for information about international business, basketball, and 90s music!2:36: Q1 (Sports & Games): What power forward who played with the Minnesota Timberwolves for 12 years and coincidentally played himself in the film Uncut Gems, shares his name with the birthstone for January?8:04: Q2 (Times & Places): Amethyst, February’s birthstone, was originally thought to be one of the most precious until large deposits were found in what South American country, the world’s largest producer of sugarcane, soy, coffee, and oranges?17:49: Q3 (Movies & TV): March’s birthstone, bloodstone, is also the name of a 1988 film starring Rajinikanth, who also starred in various films in what industry, also known as Bombay cinema?26:41: Q4 (Everything Else): What international cartel specializes in the mining, sourcing, trading, and manufact

Break out your accordion and your Hawaiian shirt, because this week, Justin has written six trivia questions all (sort of) about “Weird Al” Yankovic! We also get into discussions of pulp novels, a classic sitcom, and, of course, the legend himself.2:46: Q1 (Music): “Weird Al” Yankovic is one of only five acts with a Billboard Top 40 hit in four different decades.  Name any of these hits – one a Michael Jackson parody, one a grunge gag, one a self-deprecating hip-hop bop, and one a favorite of pedantic English teachers.10:52: Q2 (Everything Else): In his parody of a song by Coolio (rest in peace), which was in turn adapted from a Stevie Wonder song, what Anabaptist church does Al lampoon?17:26: Q3 (Sports & Games): “Sports Song” is Al’s parody of what type of song that is most associated with college football, specific examples of which are usually associated with a particular school?25:45: Q4 (Times & Places): In “Grapefruit Diet”, Al parodies a song by swing band Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, which in turn

This week, things are getting spooooky, because Hallie is celebrating Halloween with six new trivia questions all about ghosts! We also spirit into discussions of classic video games, classic rock, and a classic (?) film!2:17: Q1 (Times & Places): Ghosts known as bhoot are an important part of the culture of what nation, bordered by India to the west, north, and east, and by Myanmar to the southeast?10:11: Q2 (Sports & Games): Name the four colored ghosts that pursue Pac-Man.  16:38: Q3 (Arts & Literature): In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who is the first ghost that appears to Ebenezer Scrooge, clad in heavy chains from a lifetime of selfishness and greed?  24:24: Q4 (Music): The 1978 song “Ghost Song” by the Doors featured the reading of a mystic poem by what lead singer who had died of a probable drug overdose in 1971?30:34: Q5 (Everything Else): What is the name of the illusion technique in which an object that is brightly lit is reflected in a transparent screen at a 45-degree angle,

It’s party time, because this week, Justin has six trivia questions all about cocktails! We also pour out some discussions of baseball, poetry, and a famous crime movie (but probably not the one you’re thinking of)!2:19: Q1 (Movies & TV): What 1971 crime thriller film starring Gene Hackman won the Oscar for Best Picture, and lends its name to a cocktail consisting of equal parts Cognac and Amaretto9:07: Q2 (Sports & Games): While a “Harvey Wallbanger” is vodka, Galliano, and orange juice, “Harvey’s Wallbangers” was a nickname for the power-hitting 1982 incarnation of what MLB team, whose name is related to a different alcoholic beverage?14:39: Q3 (Times & Places): Noted for the brutal tactics they used against the Irish Republican Army, what “colorful” British reinforcements from the Irish War of Independence share their name with a drink made of a dark stout and a pale ale?21:33: Q4 (Music): Typically consisting of equal parts dark rum, vodka, and orange juice, the “Brass Monkey” is also the name

This week, we’re in an Empire State of mind, because Hallie has written trivia questions featuring the five boroughs of New York City (plus Long Island)! We also burrow into discussions of a Broadway legend, a pioneering athlete, and one of our favorite movies of all time!2:51: Q1 (Times & Places): What was the codename for the gun-type fission weapon developed as part of the Manhattan Project, which became the first nuclear bomb to be used in warfare?12:12: Q2 (Sports & Games): The home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, Queens, is named for what tennis legend who founded the Women’s Tennis Association and the Women’s Sports Foundation?22:40: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What 2009 fantasy novel by Lev Grossman is about Quentin Coldwater, a high school student in Brooklyn who finds himself in a Narnia-like place called Fillory?30:31: Q4 (Music): A Bronx Tale, a musical based on a movie based on a play by Chazz Palminteri, had music written by what EGOT winner, best known f

It’s been an eventful offseason, and we just closed on our first house (WHAT??)! So, to celebrate, Justin has written six trivia questions all about moving! We’ve also packed some discussions of art, football, and folk music!2:40: Q1 (Movies & TV): What actor and comedian known for co-writing Blazing Saddles, co-starring in Superman III, and accidentally lighting himself on fire also starred in the film Moving?9:29: Q2 (Times & Places): Though people our age might know it better as a computer game, what route across North America was traveled by some 80,000 people moving to start new lives in the Pacific Northwest between 1840 and 1869?16:41: Q3 (Everything Else): What man moved from Germany to New York, then settled in San Francisco, where he founded his namesake company, the first to manufacture what we now call blue jeans?24:56: Q4 (Sports & Games): Named for a major industry in their former home, what Texas-based NFL team moved to a new home in Nashville to become the Tennessee Titans in 1997?

We have big news: we’re adding a tiny third person to our trivia team later this year, so to celebrate, Hallie has written six questions all about babies! We also crawl into discussions of art, movies, and mythology!2:13: Q1 (Arts & Literature): What Flemish artist known for painting classical and Christian history also painted portraits of his brothers and his own son as babies?8:16: Q2 (Times & Places): The only king in history to be crowned in utero, Shapur II was the longest-reigning monarch in the history of what nation, at the time known as the Sasanian Empire?16:54: Q3 (Sports & Games): Babysitting this is a minigame collection video game, which is a spin-off of a series that also includes games called Cooking this, Gardening this, and Crafting this.27:06: Q4 (Movies & TV): What 1988 film, which was executive produced by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard, is about a farmer who is chosen to protect an important baby from an evil queen?35:24: Q5 (Music): What singer-songwriter is be

As the season winds down, this week Justin has written six trivia questions that all (sort of) relate to the famous “mother sauces” of French cuisine! We also dig into discussions of soccer, high fantasy, and 90s music!2:25: Q1 (Sports & Games): Which mother sauce is also a word that the French might use to describe the national football team of the Netherlands?8:37: Q2 (Arts & Literature): Sauce Robert, a daughter of sauce espagnole, shares its name with the first name of what American fantasy author, best known for the Wheel of Time series?15:30: Q3 (Movies & TV): What TV character portrayed by James Gandolfini once quipped that the Italian version of Chicken Soup for the Soul is “tomato sauce for your ass”?24:05: Q4 (Times & Places): A daughter of sauce velouté is named for what region of France, where the Allies landed on June 6, 1944?29:17: Q5 (Music): What alt-rock band fronted by Billy Corgan performed a song called “Mayonnaise”?36:25: Q6 (Everything Else): Bechamel sauce, along with ot

This week, in one of the more unusual games of Q&H yet, Hallie has written six questions about things that aren’t technically curse words, but sure sound like they are. You’ll catch on pretty quickly, don’t worry. We also talk about hockey, food, and one of our favorite TV shows!2:48: Q1 (Everything Else): The two styles of what soup dish consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs, and meat are the Hanoi and Saigon styles?7:16: Q2 (Arts & Literature): Featuring four anthropomorphic animals, what nonsense poem by Edward Lear was the first use of the word runcible?12:30: Q3 (Times & Places): What world’s largest power station stretches 7,661 feet and cost almost 150 billion yuan to build?18:24: Q4 (Sports & Games): Dick Paradise is a former ice hockey player who played for the Minnesota Fighting Saints as part of what league, the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League?23:39: Q5 (Music): What song that sounds like an inappropriate question was released by Daft Punk in 1995 an

It’s back-to-school season, so Justin has a classroom full of trivia to start the new year off right! We also get educated about European history, a rock musician, and a famous comedian!2:09: Q1 (Movies & TV): What actor and comedian did get respect when he gave a rare dramatic performance in Natural Born Killers, though he’s probably better known for starring in Back to School?9:03: Q2 (Times & Places): The kids wouldn’t be going back to school if not for compulsory education, and one of the earliest modern compulsory education systems was implemented by Frederick the Great in 1763, in what now-defunct nation, which was the dominant force in unifying Germany?16:58: Q3 (Everything Else): Developed by social psychologist Eliot Aronson, what teaching technique splits students into groups to piece together a particular part of a lesson, and is meant to break down barriers and encourage friendships?23:40: Q4 (Sports & Games): When the kids get back to gym class, they will undoubtedly be subjected to w

This week, it’s another classic Q&H word game, because Hallie has written six trivia questions about people and things who share their names with big companies! We also talk classic literature, some spy history, and mythology!2:14: Q1 (Times & Places): The original surname of what World War I spy is the same as the name of a United States-based digital payments network owned by seven of the largest banks in the country?9:41: Q2 (Arts & Literature): The chief mate of the Pequod in Moby-Dick has the same name as what world’s largest chain of coffeehouses?14:05: Q3 (Sports & Games): The largest exporter of beef in the United States, what Fortune 500 company is also the surname of an athlete who became infamous in the late 1990s after mutilating Evander Holyfield?25:22: Q4 (Movies & TV): The main character in the musical Funny Girl has the same first name as that of what company, officially called the Federal National Mortgage Association?31:34: Q5 (Everything Else): The name of what company w

This week, we pull into Port Manteau, where the answer to every trivia question is a portmanteau! We also put together discussions of funny movies, African history, and some books you probably remember from when you were a kid!2:57: Q1 (Movies & TV): What portmanteau word most readily describes the films of writer-director-actor Christopher Guest?9:32: Q2 (Times & Places): What present day country’s name is a portmanteau of the two formerly independent nations – one an island chain off the other’s eastern coast – that combined to form it in 1964?15:55: Q3 (Music): What music term is portmanteau of Japanese words meaning “empty” and “orchestra”?23:46: Q4 (Sports & Games): What portmanteau refers to a large, international, multi-sport event for athletes with physical impairments?30:43: Q5 (Everything Else): What seven-letter term for a specific type of vehicle is a portmanteau of a German word meaning “charge counter” and a French-derived word for a horse-drawn carriage?36:53: Q6 (Arts & Literat

This week, Hallie has written six trivia questions all about angels! We also fly into discussions of theatre, religion (of course), and classic TV!1:55: Q1 (Times & Places): Angel Falls, the largest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, is in the Bolivar State of what country on the northern coast of South America?8:35: Q2 (Sports & Games): Prior to taking the name Los Angeles Angels, the Angels were named more specifically for what L.A. city where they still play?12:10: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What early 90s play by Tony Kushner is a symbolic analysis of AIDS and homosexuality in the United States in the 1980s?19:49: Q4 (Music): What Canadian singer-songwriter who founded Lilith Fair is known for the song “Angel”, which many people in the U.S. will remember from the super sad ASPCA commercials?25:33: Q5 (Everything Else): In the New Testament book, Revelation, which archangel battles Satan and casts him out of heaven?30:57: Q6 (Movies & TV): So I’m sure we all remember the Charlie’s Angels mo

It’s the best week of the year, so Justin has written six trivia questions all about sharks of various sorts! We also dive in to discussions of comic books, World War II badasses, and, yes, the song you’re thinking of already.2:26: Q1 (Music): What was the first video to reach 10 billion views on Youtube?8:21: Q2 (Arts & Literature): Tiger Shark is an enemy of what comic book character, who is often dismissed as simply “Marvel’s version of Aquaman”, even though he debuted first?13:46: Q3 (Times & Places): Although the nosecones of their planes are painted to look like sharks, the United States Air Force 23rd Fighter Group is nicknamed the “flying” what other non-aquatic predator?21:35: Q4 (Sports & Games): The logo of the San Jose Sharks depicts a shark chomping what piece of sporting equipment in half?27:05: Q5 (Everything Else): What old-fashioned-sounding term is the crime of charging illegally high interest on a loan and the crime that a loan shark would be charged with?32:51: Q6 (Movies &

We have a fun one this week, because Hallie wrote six trivia questions related to weird collective animal nouns, because of course she did. We also chat about art, history, and some classic music!2:27: Q1 (Movies & TV): What TV show that aired from 1984 to 1996 and starred Angela Lansbury as a mystery writer includes the name for a group of crows?7:00: Q2 (Times & Places): A group of beavers shares its name with what type of settlement, like the one that Sir Walter Raleigh attempted to create in 1583 but which disappeared a few years later without a trace?12:25: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What painting by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec depicting two female lovers staring into each other’s eyes shares its name with a group of clams?20:19: Q4 (Sports & Games): What yearly event, associated with a big college sports game, has the same name as a group of elephants and is comprised of individual parts that share a name with a group of crocodiles?25:19: Q5 (Everything Else): A group of caterpillars shares its

We are back for a new season, and this time, we kick it off with six trivia questions all about marching bands, because we actually met each other in our college marching band, like the big old nerds that we are. We also talk European history, movies, and of course, college football!1:59: Q1 (Sports & Games): One of the most legendary moments in college football history is “The Play”, in which announcer Joe Starkey famously exclaimed that “the band is out on the field!”  What band was out on the field?9:47: Q2 (Arts & Literature): In 2015, the Michigan State Spartan Marching Band performed a field show inspired by what work by Sun Tzu?15:46: Q3 (Times & Places): The oldest formal military marching bands in the world were made up of Janissaries, the elite soldiers of what now-defunct empire?23:49: Q4 (Movies & TV): The most famous marching band reference in a raunchy comedy was probably the parade scene from Animal House, until Alyson Hannigan said something utterly filthy in what 1999 movie?31