No Brains, No Lightbulbs: A Trivia Podcast

Today's guest runs a Bar of their Own and is certainly in a league of their own. Jillian Hiscock is the founder of A Bar of Their Own, the Midwest's first sports bar to exclusively show women's sports. Hiscock is also a trivia veteran who currently hosts Quizbang from Trivia Mafia at A Bar of Their Own on Thursdays at 7pm. Chuck knocks us out with a soccer inspired round to penalty-kick things off...

Let the trivia fireworks begin! Today we bring on trivia host, blueberry farmer, and perennial optimist John McConville for some rounds! Chuck starts us off with a round all about "Famous Fourths" (02:20). Then he grants John's wish for a before-and-after round built around music and movies (14:20). Sean noodles around with a round about guitars, and then really starts to wail on a round about gui...

It's our first ever live show! Get ready with that big dinger cause we've upped our dinger budget and zeroed out our guest budget. The crowd is the guest and they are awesome. Chuck, Sean and Beth invite players up for some conversation and trivia rounds about Veggie Sandwiches, A 50 Piece, Trivia Bowling, Follow My Names, Happy Birthday and Get the Lead Out. We sincerely apologize to Insufficient...

We found the one scientist who has the free time to guest on a trivia podcast on a workday. Dr. Christopher Colpitts knows a lot about plasma and he's not afraid to tell you about it. Well, maybe a little afraid, but not that afraid. Chuck gets us started with a round that only sounds dirty (02:46). Then he combines geography with dad jokes to make sure nobody's happy (17:40). Sean pitches Chris a...

Claudia Holt is a fashion icon and a Trivia Mafia hero. As one of our original hosts she receives all the financial and status benefits that the title of Trivia Mafia Host Emeritus implies. Chuck gets us started with a round all about the "D" (02:22). Then he serves Claudia up some "Softballs" (12:41), and Sean cooks with round called "Spicy" that gets everyone sweaty (17:05). We wrap it up with a...

Sports! History! Reverse trivia! It's a bonanza of fun with trivia writer, host, and gimmicky kickball player Tony Abbott. Chuck kicks us off with a rollercoaster up-and-down round (02:02). Then we pop the car into "R" and back into a round called "Trivia in Reverse" (15:07). Sean adds three categories together and gets "Sports History Math" (28:53), and then we wrap up with grand old round celebr...

What do you ask the person who knows everything about comics? Easy: Questions about Chinese food. And then a bunch of questions about comics (and some other stuff, too). Muad'dib is an unbelievably talented rapper, a relentless supporter of comic book culture and a trivia savant when you get him on the right topic. Chuck starts us off with a 'G'eography 'B'ee (02:27). Then we bring back Trivia Gol...

A decent prosciutto. A new owner for the Twins. A wedding proposal. Trivia Mafia's longest-tenured Emily wants the simple things, but she doesn't know how to get them. She does know a lot about the Twins though. And sitcoms. And primates. Emily Olson is a world-class trivia host and she brought the fun to No Brains, No Lightbulbs. Chuck started us off with a little mental workout (03:15) and then...

A great writer. A passionate but measured lover of Tom Petty. A baseball sicko. Randball's Stu contains multitudes, and we did our worst to contain him for some rounds of trivia. Chuck starts us off with a Patently Obvious round (02:18). Chuck also rolled in with a round called "Famous People Whose Last Names Are Adjectives" or FPWLNAA for short (12:45). After that, Sean challenges Stu on his Minn...

Imagine your worst food take. Megan Olson's is worse. This self-avowed picky eater is a world-class trivia writer and host for Trivia Mafia, making her return visit to No Brains, No Lightbulbs to further sully her reputation by sharing more of her favorite foods. Chuck starts off with a round for the board game fans called "What's In the Box?" (02:39). Then Megan and Sean face off in a game of "Tr...

Do you love Judd Apatow enough to make a podcast about his work in TV and film? No you don't. But bassist and retired comedian Ethan Yeshaya has done just that with his podcast Apatow Nerd . Yeshaya joins the No Brains No Lightbulbs crew to share gems of knowledge from the Apatow universe and compete in some spirited rounds of trivia. Chuck starts us off with some very aromatic fruit pairings (02:...

What makes a great trivia host? Knowledge? Content? Vibes? Jon Hoffmann has vibes by the pound and he displays them every week at Broken Clock on Tuesdays in Northeast Minneapolis. Chuck puts us on a Steak-Out for National Steak Day (03:02). After that it's a movie round strictly for the birds (15:20) and then a round with political implications (30:22). And finally we discover that Chuck indeed d...

Have you ever wondered how Chuck and Sean stay so ruggedly handsome? Don't answer that. The secret is our barber, Mike Haeg. He's the mayor of the smallest small town in Minnesota and his only social media platform is his barber's chair. Plus he's not half-bad at trivia. Things kick off with an alliterative science round (02:13). Then we welcome the Mayor of Mount Holly with a "Mayoral Exam" (21:5...

We're keeping the fun in-house today: Our guest is Aaron Retka, Trivia Mafia's chief editor and a man knows how to write a trivia round, sort of remembers how to spell "restaurateur," and definitely remembers an uncomfortable amount about Middle Earth. Chuck kicks things off with a company-building exercise called "Two's Company" (02:51). In honor of National Pet Day, he offers up a set of "Serpen...

Bill Childs has worn down the hosts of "No Brains, No Lightbulbs" long enough, and they've finally let him on the podcast. But first: Chuck celebrates Easter with a trivia take on a classic egg hunt (03:22). Then we welcome Bill, a renowned lawyer/radio host/father to doom metal bass clarinetist, for a risky round of Risk-themed trivia (15:34). Sean tests Bill's knowledge of kids music (24:12), an...

Do you care about baseball? Don't answer that. Just listen. Trivia host, baseball writer and enchilada master Patrick Donnelly joins us in the outfield for some trivia innings. Chuck kicks things off with a round of starch madness (01:51). Sean and Patrick get pitched a couple innings of trivia baseball (13:53). Sean brings us a round called "Canadask You a Few Questions" (26:12). And we finish up...

Do you rate toilet paper professionally? Of course you don't. Do you want to listen to a TP expert play trivia? Heck yeah! This week's guest Amber is the Toilet Paper Lady and she's pretty incredible. Chuck starts off with "Some Things Fishy" (01:26), then he gets us "On a Roll" (14:04). Sean brings us some Madlibs about 2010s celebrities (20:38), and then he wipes up with a "TP" initials round (3...

The Jeopardy contestant returneth! Our first return guest is Trivia Mafia's own Mia McGill. Chuck starts off with a Pi/e friendly round (01:15). After that Mia joins to provide One Answer After Another (08:55) and a round where everything ends in -mia (21:25). And Chuck dirties things up by saying several four letter words (30:41). 👉 No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by the wo...

An extra piece of bread rips! Albanian men are uniquely foxy! Plan your next vacation in Georgia (the country)! These are just some of the gems shared by world traveler, double-decker sandwich connoisseur, and trivia team "glue guy" Casey Peterson. Chuck kicks things off with a cereal round (01:55). After that we call on Casey with a round about the history of famous phone calls (13:25) and then w...

This week we’re bringing in one of Trivia Mafia's not-so-secret weapons: our Sales and Account Director, Sam Wilczyk! First Chuck brings in some dam trivia and Sean floods the reservoir with bad answers (02:37). We then move into some hockey-adjacent trivia (16:03) and we let Sean's neighbor Donny take us to the movies (19:42). Because of Sam's love for the Initials Game, Chuck pulls out an “SW” r...

A radio legend is in the building! Ryder is the producer of Gorman in the Morning on KQRS and she rocks. Chuck runs some trivia and Sean draws a blank (02:37). Then Chuck celebrates the Lunar New Year with a complicated game of H-O-R-S-E (16:51). Sean brings out some alliterative sitcoms and somehow forgets about Bosom Buddies (22:15). And Sean finishes us off celebrating the great day of February...

Welcome back to our producer Beth Gibbs! Great to have her back producing and joining us as a guest. We start off by getting to the Olympics (02:08). Then Chuck gets poetic over romcoms (12:30) and Sean brings in some famous couples (16:30). Finally, Sean makes Chuck get Sirius (29:40) and then gets heartfelt (32:50). 👉 No Brains, No Lightbulbs is a trivia podcast produced by the world’s greatest...

Do you know everything about music? Our guest this week, Keith Harris from Racket does! Chuck starts us off with a round celebrating Superb Owls (01:39). After that Keith and Chuck jump into Oscar history with a round title Who's the BOS (19:29) and Sean chimes in with a round all about two-band wonders (28:28). Sean brings it home with a series of Brief Statements (39:42). No Brains, No Lightbulb...

Omaha is like San Antonio but slightly more boring. Our guest this week is Greg Harries and guess what, he's not boring at all. Greg is the Private Events Manager for Trivia Mafia as well as trivia host. Chuck starts us off a rotten round of trivia (01:48). After we jump backforwards into a a round play word (14:48). After that Greg does a pop music vocab check with Sean(20:55). Greg brought us a...

This week on the podcast we welcome the legend Manny Hill. Manny is a wildly talented broadcaster and a deep sports trivia savant. Chuck kicks things off with a year-in-review round called "Search Party" (02:03). Then we pivot to sports with Manny, with a round about Super Bowl records called "Superlative Bowl" the he absolutely crushes (16:19), and a Sean round about great third-places in sports...