The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast

Chris, Jeff, and Mike from the Pub Trivia Experience Podcast join the Bench to compete in a 3v3 game against Benchwarmers JJ, Eric, and Markkus hosted by Scott. The teams have to “pick their poison” right off the bat, Wes Welker is not deemed Kardashian-worthy, and the Pub Trivia guys show off their golf knowledge as the teams trade leads in the 4th quarter. 

Markkus hosts his very first game, in which Eric & Scott team up against Josh and Equipment Manager Doug Behrend. In this game Scott reveals his Benchwarmers contract, Josh turns into an Owl in both the 1st AND 2nd quarter, and Markkus tries chasing waterfalls during halftime. Also, a lucky answer might FINALLY work during the 4th Quarter. 

Guest Sam Mitchell joined the bench and teamed up with Scott to play an Eric-hosted episode against Dan & Matt. The two Minnesota guys pointed out the connection between Sam Mitchell the player and the pro basketball player, Eric tries a new tailgate format that some like and some don't, both teams struggle with a missing link that only cookie lovers would appreciate, and both teams have some very...

We Goofed, Sorry! 

This all Benchwarmer episode featured 2020 sports questions written by Josh. Eric & Markkus teamed up versus Scott and Mason, and in it Eric can’t believe how easily everyone can access dice and Josh lets us know about someone he really doesn’t like. 

Equipment Manager Ian Hollenberg hosted this game that featured Dan & Scott v. JJ & Matt. In it, we learned the ages of some athletes, Manny Pacquiao's political career may eclipse his fighting career, Scott likes all sorts of Commodores, and a 3rd quarter Pick & Roll round tightens the game up like it was designed to. 

Equipment Manager Mike Khoury joins the Bench once again to team up with Markkus against Scott and Josh. Josh gives a detailed explanation of the Minnesota version of a children’s game, Lynn Dickey seems to come up once again, Markkus tells everyone his favorite Gatorade flavor of all-time, and Scott and Markkus really enjoy the Missing Link theme (while Josh most certainly does not). 

Kyle Kondor of Jomboy Media was the guinea pig used to test a new game style for the BTP called Home Court Advantage. In the game one guest faces two benchwarmers where every question is in the guests wheelhouse. In this game Kyle's wheelhouse was: The New York Yankees and NBA/NFL from 2005 to 2015. In this game we heard a lot about Phil Rizzuto, the teams got their Buck's confused, and they also...

Head Coach Brandon Reese rejoins the Bench to host this time, the Benchwarmer teams Eric & Markkus take on Josh & Mason. In this episode we learn about Augusta National’s various holes, a coin decides a question, Josh lodges a formal complaint and gets a case of the whistles. Also, Brandon almost gives away his Missing Link but it went unnoticed, and we get festive in the fourth quarter! 

Guest Jake Freudenberg joined the bench and teamed up with Dan to face Eric & Matt in a game hosted by Scott. In it we learned a lot about 90's and early 2000's female R&B singers, that there are a lot of candy related sports names, and of course that everyone knows Brad Daugherty is related to Matt. Eric also evidently enjoys talking about crack and booger sugar, and NOBODY knows who Mary Pierce...

Guest Mike Schneider joins the bench and teams up with Mason tp face Markkus & Josh in this game hosted by Dan. In it we learn about the lyrics from the Rocky theme song, who the last switch hitter to win the AL MVP was, Jim Brown was REALLY good, and who played the characters in the SNL Da Bears skit. 

Although he claimed that he wasn't much of a sports trivia person, evidently our guest Bevan had competed on Sports Jeopardy, and it definitely showed! Bevan took up residence in Dan’s Mind Palace as he teamed up with him to face Scott and JJ in a game hosted by Matt. In it we learned a little bit about trick plays, that Matt is unable to count syllables, and that there may have been a movie where...

Pate Hogan joins the Bench to team up with Eric against Mason and our newest official Benchwarmer, Markkus Ellis. Josh hosts a game that includes flavor text about Ice Dancers(Yes, Ice Dancers), MORE Minnesota questions, and a new way to identify Snowboarders, courtesy of our guest. Josh also debuted a brand new quarter style, so follow along and enjoy!

Equipment Manager Ian Hollenberg joined the bench and was unfortunately teamed up with Matt to face Dan & Scott in a game hosted by JJ. In it we learned that Ian and Matt are NOT a good pair for pre & post game, evidently Ferrari has a nickname and a very clever missing link round causes Matt to come to a harsh realization.

Assistant Coach and, spoiler, then future Benchwarmer, Markkus Ellis joined the bench and teamed up with Scott against Eric & Josh. Mason hosts and in this episode we learn: which Roy Williams was a bust, Nadia and Young & The Restless had the same theme song, Jamal MaGloire's last name is not pronounced MaGLaurie, and the 1986 Met's had a lot of fictitious thoughts about dinosaurs. 

Head Coach Brandon Reese joined the bench teaming up with Scott to play a game hosted by Dan. JJ and Matt team up to face them and in this episode we learn: It's never too late for water polo, Scott read a book as a kid, Bobby Boucher played for the Oilers and somehow Wile E Coyote gets his first mention on the show. 

Josh hosts a game with an “Old School” theme. Assistant Coaches Michael Searles and Josh North join us for this episode. In it, we find out if Josh can stump Eric with a question about a tight end and if Dan can find that thing in his mind palace he thought he lost, but the real question of the day is, "How do you feel about baseball?".

Assistant Coach Trevor Hogg joins the bench to guest host an awesome game. Matt and Scott team up to face off against Dan and JJ, who may or may not be able to co-exist long enough to finish the episode. In the episode we learn that Matt knows NOTHING about strikeout leaders, there is more discussion on that truly amazing man Dick Weber, and Scott & Matt cheer aggressively when they get an answer...

Guest Cheyenne Fletcher joined the bench teaming up with Matt for this game hosted by guest Joe O'Brien against Josh & Eric. Joe crafted a fantastic game that included explanations of the difference between a kettlebell & a dumbbell, Josh & Cade McNown and Jack Parkman & Goose Gossage.

Sam Carr from the Hollywood Cast Connection podcast joined the bench to team up with Scott. They faced Dan & Matt in a game hosted by Eric. In the game, we learned that 60 looks like 6 with the degrees symbol, that we CANNOT let Eric's wife listen to any episodes ever, and that George Costanza was an aggressive base runner. We also confirm that Eric loves to sneak hockey questions into games just...

The crew of Tim, Mac and Heather from the Home Town Crowd podcast joins the bench to face the Benchwarmer team of Scott, Dan & Matt for a game hosted by Josh. In it we learned: What year Kevin Greene got into the hall of fame, a lot of sports people have hosted SNL, Josh is good at sports & entertainment pre-post games, and one team has a big fourth quarter comeback to make the final score super c...

Eric, Matt, Josh, Mason, and Scott answer questions about their favorite teams in this free for all game. 

Famed trivia writer and all-around great trivia guy, Gary Middleton joined the bench for this episode hosted by Dan. Gary teamed up with Scott against Mason and Matt. In it we learned: More snooker stuff, both teams stumble through sportegories, Matt forgets who played in Ebbets field, and one teams plan to be cute and win by 1 point crashes and burns. 

Guests Mike Khoury and Nick Gonzalez visit the Bench alongside Eric and Josh in this game hosted by Scott. Josh demonstrates his ability to pull answers from questions that he has written in the past, Eric demonstrates his ability to pull answers from movies and video games, and Scott tries to shut both teams out in the tailgate and halftime rounds. 

Guest Andy Niedfeldt joined the bench for a game hosted by Eric. Surprise surprise, it was heavy on hockey and Mighty Ducks movies. Andy teams up with JJ to take on Dan & Mason who teamed up for the first time. And we had the introduction of a new round style. Exciting times!