The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast

Ede hosts this game, pitting the first-ever pairing of the Benchwarmer Daves vs. Scott & Equipment Manager of our Patreon team, John Ross. In this game, Luks & Wortz nearly pull off the biggest backup truck answer ever, and in the same round, John and Scott have one of the most awkward misses ever. When John recovers, he points out that it really doesn't take much to get minutes with the S...

Trey Cleeter returns to the Bench, teaming up with Scott against Bohmbach and Dave in a Tako-hosted game. In this episode, Dave and Bohmbach attempt to spoil a future question with their team name, Scott and Trey have to decide on an answer between one-fourth of Petey Pablo's Freek-a-Leek, Dave does one of the more impressive things ever heard on the Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast, we talk a lot of s...

David hosts this episode, featuring Equipment Manager Ian Hollenberg, teaming with Walling, competing against Scott and the newest Benchwarmer, Josh Snyder. The teams struggle early with some rhyming scheme issues, until Snyder points out to Scott that they aren't obligated to rhyme when they talk to each other. Snyder and Scott wonder whether it is possible that there was actually a player named...

New guest Matt Fraier joined the Bench for this game hosted by Josh (the non-rabbi). In this episode, Matt calls Dave "Rude!" after a shot is taken at Murray State, Walling doesn't think that Will Shipley had a dad..., Mason would like us to stay away from John Popper, Dave and Mason were stuck on double letters, and Dave stated during the Halftime Show that "I don't like that." #samcassell #hpnot...

Josh Snyder returns to the bench to host this game with more mishegas (Yiddish for shenanigans) than Michigan for returning guest Jake Manne. Eric Ede and Jake bury the hatchet long enough to team up against Scott and David Luks, who find out Jake’s dad is a fellow 8/5er. As chaos reigns during "Pre- and Post-Game ..and Concessions", there are multiple concussions as Luks and Ede are nearly broken...

In this Tako-hosted game, Assistant Coach Will Weiss teams up with Mason to take on Josh and Scott, who have no chance of winning since they aren't playing against Ede. In this episode, Scott earns Triple Gold Club status, Alonzo Mourning plays defense, Scott can't think of any Black Russians, Josh makes what has to be the first Caroline in the City reference in BTP history, Tako takes an intentio...

Tommy Wortz, host of the Leadoff Show in Milwaukee, makes his debut on the Bench to partner with his brother Dave, our latest Benchwarmer. Their opponents were Eric Ede and David Luks in this Walling-hosted affair. Walling brought the return of the Shannon Sharpe-inspired pre- and post- game round, which basically resulted in Luks sounding like Daffy Duck. Perhaps if he had followed Dave's advice...

Dave Wortz returned to the Bench to host his first official episode as the newest Benchwarmer <add applause here>. During the game, we all agreed that Trevor Lawrence and Trent Richardson "had good season" and Dave informed the teams that David was very happy about a Jewish-sounding nickname, but unfortunately it was not Dr. Layupstein (aka Maccabee Cohenbergstein)...he was known for playing...

Assistant Coach Marc Grenier returns to the Bench after a 9-month hiatus to team with Scott, competing against Markkus & Eric Ede.  Luks hosts the game and witnesses Markkus throwing a tirade on question 1. It really doesn't take much. Both teams foreshadow an answer from the 4th quarter in early discussions. Important life questions are also pondered; for example, who has Ben Affleck not been...

Head Coach Dave Wortz and Equipment Manager Hugh Gitlin returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. Walling wished everyone a Happy Hatch Chili Season before he rubbed his eye after handling peppers...PSA - wash your hands! In this episode, Markkus checked out of an entire quarter due to the sports involved, after a Halftime Show question Dave imagined Benchwarmers in claymation, we learned t...

It's an all-Benchwarmer affair, and an all-women's sports game! In this episode, Scott tries to trade David to Throwback Trivia Takedown before the trade deadline, one team has their name changed mid-episode to the Old Pervs (guess which one?), we have a Magic Mike/Disney crossover discussion, we discuss softball pitchers who look like they play football at North Dakota, and ask the philosophical...

Assistant Coach David Fudor returned to the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. During Ede's all-hockey Curriculum Vitae quarter, Tako inquired if Ede was talking about Vince or Dom when referencing Wayne Gretzky's brother. After that quarter was finished, Josh proclaimed that "we are good at hockey questions" (and you may be too). During halftime, Josh was wondering what Disney film featured a waters...

Head Coach Dave Wortz returned to the Bench for this Tako-written game hosted by Markkus. For the first time, Dave did not have a new job to announce during introductions. With it being Episode 316, Markkus busted out his best Lou Holtz impersonation of Stone Cold Steve Austin. Josh declared his frustration with loose rhyming schemes. We also learned about the illustrious(?) history of U.S. Olympi...

Scott Hyland returned to the Bench and drew the short straw, having to team up with Josh, for this music-heavy Mason-hosted game. After the first two questions Josh proclaimed that the game was #toomuchminnesotaadjacent, but it did not take long for him to get super salty during the second quarter (and not solely due to a repeat quarter style). However, classical music saved the day and lifted Jos...

Assistant Coach Jerry Philbin joins the squad to team with Tako, competing against Scott & Mason, in this David-hosted game. From the get-go, it is clear that Scott has forgotten that he has teamed with Mason more than 20 times in the past, as he treats him like a guest. Mason demonstrates his knowledge of first ladies of the U.S., going back to Grace Coolidge, cutting himself off there before...

Newcomer Colin Ireland joined the Bench to team up with Benchwarmer Emeritus Dan, reuniting half of an old trivia team (The Four Horsemen), in this #toomuchminnesota Josh-hosted game. Early on, Dan inquired if a stanza from a Sporting Haiku question was a Meatloaf reference, which triggered Scott to say, "Oh, hi mom!" Mason informed the crew that he had a dream recently that was similar to a Halft...

Scott hosted this fascinating matchup when Assistant Coach Trevor Hogg teamed with unable-to-pronounce-his-own-name Tako against Assistant Coach John Ross and Notorious Steals Guy, David. The teams were challenged with some great trivia, but managed to work in discussions of lost NBA brother, Lopez Lopez, all the reasons an answer could NOT be Nelson Cruz, and the all-important question: Is Carl C...

Equipment Manager Yael Wylie returned to the Bench to host this game. It was determined early that Limp Bizkit is the Nickelback of rap rock, Josh proclaimed "I'm dumb!" when he forgot there was a theme to Sporting Haikus (but are we 100% sure Mikko Rantanen isn't of Asian decent?), Ede is pretty sure that Takeo Spikes is French, Scott's favorite Eagle-Eye Cherry song is "Save Tinnitus," and much...

David hosted this underappreciated (or maybe properly appreciated) All-Benchwarmer game. We had trivia that was powered by Ancestry.com, where we learned that Kobe Bryant could be 3rd cousins with Steve Nash (but unlikely). The teams discussed who might voice Pablo Sandoval in a cartoon tribute to the mid-2010s San Francisco Giants. There was an early discussion of Mason appearing on Naked and Afr...

General Manager Riley Scherer returned to the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. Right off the bat, an over/under was set at 3.5 drinks for Riley (bet the over). Josh was not amused with the Halftime Show until he realized that Trey Parker and Matt Stone must have made all three movies. And during a fourth quarter hockey question, Riley reminisced about Montreal Canadien legend Jason Voorhees and inf...

Guest Nick Arno (from the Rounding Third podcast) returned to the Bench to host an all-baseball game for Luks & Scott to play against Markkus & Benchwarmer Emeritus Dan Lundberg. During this game, we found out that Dan has not been spending his post-Benchwarmer retirement studying modern baseball. Later, Markkus cracked out his favorite Randy Johnson quote (to Kenny Lofton): "If I wanted t...

It is finally here....... The Candy draft!! Ede is joined by Adam Speas from Throwback Trivia Takedown and Jeremy Dionisio and Jack Swokowski from Rain Delay Theater. They all sit down and have a good ole fashion Candy Draft. What could be more fun than drafting your favorite candy? LEts us know who had the best draft. Also be sure to check out Throwback Trivia Takedown and Rain Delay Theater. Fin...

Guest Andrew Vahlenkamp returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game to play with Mason against Walling & Tako, who teamed up for the first time ever! During this game, Tako triggered Andrew's Alexa before the game even started, Josh asked the first free-response question in BTP history (we think), Andrew had to avoid a tornado during the recording, Tako wondered if Rae Carruth would have p...

Assistant Coach Dave Brown returns to the Bench, teaming up with Ede in this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, Markkus contributes nothing but bad puns, everyone is sore, Ede is inevitable, Josh loses a million dollars by not knowing that his first name is Craig, and there are more Formula One questions than in all other Benchwarmer games combined (probably). #toomuchF1 #cocktailnickname #crimson...

Our General Manager Riley returned to the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. During this game, Walling mused about a Pre & Post Game answer of Jonathan Mingo-Daddy.com Arena, we discussed the acceptable amount of urine allowed at an NFL Draft - we agreed on somewhere between the amounts at the drafts in Kansas City (National WWI Museum and Memorial) and in Green Bay (Lambeau Field), and Riley (jo...