The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast

Equipment Manager Ian Hollenberg joined the bench to guest host this episode. Dan and Scott tried to get off the L train and faced Markkus and Matt. In the episode, we learned that Gerardo of Rico Suave fame was not a Spanish striker, people really valued race horses in the 20th century and no one knows that midfielder on the US Women's National team. https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerst p https:...

Guest Joe O'Brien joined the bench for this episode and teamed up with Dan to face off against Josh & Scott in a game written and hosted by Eric Ede. In it, we learned some valuable details about the teams Eric hates, Scott shows off his current country music knowledge, Goose Gossage might have hit home runs against his own team, and Dan reminisces about his collegiate Tecmo tournaments. https://w...

Assistant Coach Marc Grenier joins the bench and teams up with Matt to face Dan & Eric in this game hosted by Scott. Marc heard Matt previously ask for people to team up with him and Marc wanted the challenge of facing Eric & Dan. In the game, we learn that writing questions specifically for Matt rarely works in his favor, one team tries to set a record for most questions answered incorrectly, and...

Heather, Mac, and Tim from the Hometown Crowd Podcast rejoined the bench to take on Josh, Mason, and Scott in this game hosted by Eric. In this episode, Eric is very lenient in favor of the Benchwarmers, Elle Fanning's dad might have coached the Expos, Mason knows a bit about grits, and Dick and Pete Weber make a profanity-laden appearance at halftime. https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerstp https:...

Guest and Assistant Coach Chris Shen joined the bench and teamed up with Scott to face Eric & Matt in this Dan-hosted game. In it, we found out about how there's bad blood between Eric and Chris, Dan has a tricky fourth quarter, and Scott is a fan of poetry. https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.facebook.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.twitter.com/benchwarmerstp   https://www.instagram...

Guest Adam Speas joins the bench, pairing up with Dan to take on the team of Markkus and Scott in a game hosted by Josh. One team decides to go with two team names, Dan pulls out a brand new D12 after he set up an old D12 to fail (but will it work this time?), and the teams reminisce about early 2010s 3-point leaders. https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.facebook.com/benchwarmerstp h...

Friend of the show Neal E. Fischer joined the bench for this Home Court Advantage game all about sports movies hosted by Dan. He faced off against Markkus and Eric and in the match, we learned that Neal has a book coming out probably next year, the celebrities he has ran into are pretty cool and he knows A LOT about movies!     https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.facebook.com/benchw...

Guest and Assistant Coach Trevor Hogg joined the bench and teamed up with Markkus to face Eric & Josh for this game hosted by guest Hugh Gitlin. In it, we learned at the very end what Josh has in his mind junk drawer, Markkus alienates Jeff Cirillo from being a possible listener, Eric has new shoes, and Josh breaks out his trademark often in Pre and Post Game. https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerst...

Guest Tucker Warner joined the bench and teamed up with Scott against Eric and Matt for this game hosted by Head Coach Eric Walling. In it we learned about a Kazakhstani boxer, the name of the team in Major League 3, and the heavyweight lineal champions. 

Equipment Manager Tim Simplot & Assistant Coach Josh North joined the bench for this game hosted by Mason. Tim teamed up with his fellow Golden Gopher alum Bohmbach and Josh North with his roommate Markkus. In the episode, we had a southerner teach northerners about a winter sport, the northerners start ice cold, and one team constantly professes their lifelong hockey fandom.

Guest Jake Manne joins the bench and teams up with Mason to face off against Scott and Matt in this game hosted by Dan. In it, the players and the host go back and forth making puns about glass, one team struggles with Pre and Post Game, and Matt fails to capitalize on a bunch of Minnesota heavy questions. 

Nicolle Neulist joins the bench and teams up with Dan to face off against Josh and Mason in this game hosted by Matt. The two math wizards, Josh & Mason, stood no chance against the power of Dan's dice. When Dan & Nicolle were presented with two good answers, they used the dice to decide their fate. And, the show dramatically ends with yet another first. 

Head Coach Eric Walling joined the bench and teamed up with Eric Ede against Dan and Mason in this game hosted by Scott. In it we  discussed Scottie Pippen's short lived Juice drink, what the requirements are to graduate high school in Texas, and why that Chicago nun gave up winning for lent.

Ryan Meyers joins the bench, teaming up with pal Markkus against the Benchwarmer team of Eric and Scott in a game hosted by Josh. Eric and Scott propose a new Olympic event, Josh gives out a free use of his trademark, Eric doesn’t pay attention to a question (again), and the 4th quarter categories may have been catered to our guest just a little. 

Ryan, Trey and Michael of the College Football Bros podcast join the bench to face the Benchwarmer team of Mason, Matt and Markkus for a game hosted by Eric. In it, the Eric timed tailgate is back by popular demand, he also included some Husker-related questions not knowing the guests are all huge Husker fans, yet another missing link that challenges the teams, and one team dominates in the second...

Guest Taylor Schroll re-joins the bench and teams up with Eric to face Josh & Scott in a Markkus hosted game. In this game, we learn about 90's era NBA players who wanted to cross over into the music industry, Abe Lincoln wasn't a bare knuckles boxer (but was a good wrestler), and Eric struggles with a wrestling/NFL draft question.

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Guest Nick Gonzalez joins the bench once again, this time teaming up with Scott against Dan and Josh in a game hosted by Eric. One team CONSTANTLY reminds us of their home state, Josh states he doesn't have feelings...and then proceeds to feel bad for getting a question right, Dan uses a D4 to choose an answer, and everyone is well aware that Eric had to scramble to write this game.

Patreon Head Coach John Pina joins the bench and teams up with Matt (poor guy) against Markkus & Scott for this game hosted by Dan. In it we learn a little bit about Ziebart Tidy Car for some reason, both teams struggle with a WNBA/NBA crossover coach, and both teams struggle with another well-crafted Missing Link round.

Josh comes in hot for this all-Benchwarmer match, the first recording in 2021! Eric & Matt team up against Scott & Mason for a game where TJ Yoshi (spelling incorrectly intentionally) comes up again, Matt gets Babe Didrikson and Marlene Dietrich confused to answer a question incorrectly anyway, the third quarter features some Pick & Roll gamesmanship and the teams struggle with a well-crafted Miss...

In our effort to create more content for your ear holes, we have a new pod! It's called BTP OT. This twice monthly pod will cover the past four episodes, include a guest from one of those pods to discuss their experience and wrap up with some trivia. These shows will feature hosts Eric Walling and Matt Dougherty.  Soon we'll how our own rss feed for these shows and Naked Bootleg. Look for that in...

This episode we talk NFL Championship weekend giving our picks, NFL coaching Hires, James Harden heading to Brooklyn and more questions from The Bench! 

Sinister Six member and Patreon Head Coach Philip Sanford joined the bench and hosted a game for this episode. Dan & JJ faced off against Scott and Matt in a game featuring conversations about Masters champion Michael Irving, the annoying Vonage jingle from years ago, Steve NAshley and Mary-Kate Olsen, and we had a first for a fourth quarter.

Assistant Coach Byron Grubman returns to the Bench to host, as the Benchwarmer teams of Dan & Markkus take on Josh & Eric. In this episode we learn about the nickname on NFL footballs, Dan shares some family lineage and Byron gives us an interesting halftime format. In the 3rd quarter both teams dominated in Pick & Roll, and in the 4th quarter, Eric found a hater in Dan and Markkus does his own ve...

This week we talk about the NFL coaching carousel, landing spot for Deshawn Watson and we take some questions from The Bench.