Quiz and Hers

On this Valentine’s Day, Hallie has written six trivia questions all about flowers! We also arrange some discussions about impressionism, British history, and, just in time for the Big Game, football! 3:01: Q1 (Times & Places): In the Wars of the Roses, which royal house was represented by a white rose? 8:36: Q2 (Arts & Literature): What artist who painted Lilacs in a Window is better know...

This week, Justin finishes what he started two weeks ago, with the second half of his mega-sized, 12-question game featuring the 12 signs of the Zodiac! We also talk about some weird history, a unique competition, and the TV shows that raised us! 3:48: Q1 (Movies & TV): Libra Pictures was a production company founded by what Israeli-American media mogul, who is mostly known for adapting Japane...

Today, we go on a tropical, trivia trip, as Hallie brings six questions all about the Caribbean Sea! We also dive into discussions of current events, classic literature, and one of our favorite musical genres! 2:32: Q1 (Arts & Literature): In the novel Treasure Island , set on a fictional Caribbean island in the West Indies, Jim Hawkins meets Long John Silver who was previously quartermaster f...

In a Q&H first, this week, Justin presents the first half of a double-sized, 12-question game, in which each question features one sign of the Zodiac. Sort of. You’ll figure it out. We also chat about a depressing play, ancient history, and classic video games! 2:23: Q1 (Movies & TV): Lolee Aries was a television producer who mostly worked on children’s cartoons like Invader Zim, Hey Arnol...

Hallie just turned 30, and she’s a bit fixated on that, so this week she has written six trivia questions themed around the big 3-0! We also chat about chemistry, American history, and a movie that you probably love as much as we do! 2:21: Q1 (Times & Places): In 1847, when he was 30 years old, he said, “I have no love for America, as such; I have no patriotism.  I have no country.  What count...

We are back with the premier of our FIFTEENTH season! Today, Justin has written six trivia questions about the legendary bringer of dreams, the Sandman! But don’t fall asleep, because we also discuss comic book heroes, European history, and one of the greatest baseball players of all time! 2:41: Q1 (Arts & Literature): William Baker, aka Flint Marko, aka the Sandman, is primarily known as an a...

In the last episode of season 14, Hallie has written six trivia questions about the eight nights of Hanukkah! We also light up discussions of party games, kids’ books, and one of our favorite musicians! 2:48: Q1 (Arts & Literature): What children’s book author wrote The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s 8 Nights of Chanukah ? 8:19: Q2 (Times & Places): In the story of Hanukkah, Judea was part of t...

Justin is always a little crabby, but that’s especially true this week, because he’s written six trivia questions about crabs! We also crack into discussions of B movies, famous art, and some really weird science! 2:53: Q1 (Everything Else): A recent Internet obsession, what is the specific term for the process of convergent evolution that has produced crab-like crustaceans at least five separate...

This week, we’re staying up past our bedtime, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about notable moments on late night shows! We also talk about football, high fantasy, and hip-hop! 2:05: Q1 (Times & Places): On September 24, 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that he would be running to replace what Democratic governor of California in a rec...

We have a pretty “major” episode this week because Justin has written six trivia questions all about famous generals. We also “private”ly discuss “colonels” of truth about military history, TV shows, and classic literature. “Lieutenant”. 2:02: Q1 (Sports & Games): The Washington Generals are primarily known for being the longsuffering opponents of what much more famous sports team? 8:35: Q2 (A...

This week, we take a “trip” back to the nicest year of the 20th century, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about events that happened in 1969. We also chat about baseball, Oscar winners, and the space race! 2:20: Q1 (Everything Else): On January 2, 1969, what Australian-American businessman purchased the British newspaper, The News of the World , before buying and creating hundre...

This week, we question everything, because Justin has written six trivia answers, and Hallie has to give the who, the what, the when, the where, the why, and the how. We also drill down on movie censorship, baseball pitches, and one of Justin’s favorite pieces of classical music! 2:46: Q1 (Movies & TV): Who: He was president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America from 1922...

Hallie is in the holiday spirit a bit early, because this week, she has six trivia questions about everyone’s favorite(?) Christmastime rom-com, Love, Actually. We also talk about drinking games, Colin Firth, and a musician who died far too young. 3:53: Q1 (Movies & TV): Colin Firth who plays Jamie in Love Actually, received his first Academy Award nomination for what 2009 film about an unmarr...

This podcast is always about braaaaiiiinnssssss, but especially this Halloween season, because Justin has written six trivia questions about the undead menace, zombies! We also bite into discussions of philosophy, hockey, and a hilarious movie trilogy! 1:50: Q1 (Music): What song sung by The Zombies, which arguably has a redundant title, became a surprise hit in the United States in 1969, over a y...

Howdy, trivia fans! This week, Hallie takes us on a trivia-tinged trip to the Old West, full of shootouts, saloons, and some serious stumpers! We also shoot off discussions a classic film, a lesser-known American artist, and some history you’ve definitely forgotten since school! 2:18: Q1 (Music): The Louisiana Purchase, which opened up much of America to westward expansion, also included small por...

We’re back for our the premiere of our fourteenth (!) season, and this week, Justin has written six trivia questions all about canals! We also sail into discussions of Irish music, video games, and one of the weirder events of the past couple of very weird years. 3:03: Q1 (Times & Places): What famous canal was derisively referred to as “Clinton’s Big Ditch” while it was being constructed, but...

In the season 13 finale, it’s another weird Hallie theme, because she’s written six trivia questions about people named Carmen. We also talk martial arts, troubling literature, and terrible TV! 3:03: Q1 (Music): The opera Carmen is based on an 1845 novella by what French writer, a pioneer of the novella who also wrote La Venus d’Ille and Colomba ? 10:06: Q2 (Times & Places): Carmen Kass is a m...

D’oh! This week, we finally have a trivia game about The Simpsons! We also have some cromulent discussions of TV history, baseball, and one of the great American writers! 1:53: Q1 (Movies & TV): The first network to successfully compete with the “Big Three” since the demise of the DuMont Television Network in 1956, what network rose to prominence with the unexpected success of The Simpsons ? 8...

We’re putting in work this week, because Hallie has written six trivia questions about jobs, vocations, professions, and careers. We also work on our knowledge of art, music, and TV! 2:31: Q1 (Times & Places): Tawaifs, who practiced the oldest profession in the world, along with contributing to dance, theatre, and the Urdu literary customs, catered to the nobility of what Empire that began in...

This week, we’re on Island Time, because Justin has written six trivia questions all about Hawaii! We also talk about Oscar-winning movies, classic literature, and an absolutely, utterly insane sport. 1:47: Q1 (Times & Places): What decade saw both the overthrow of Hawaii’s last monarch, Queen Lili’uokalani, and the annexation of Hawaii by the United States as an organized, incorporated territ...

This week, Hallie gets medieval, with six trivia questions all about the famous Knights of the Round Table! We also get into roundtable discussions of chivalry, folk music, and one of our favorite recent movies (and its terrible sequel)! 2:04: Q1 (Movies & TV): In what 2014 film based on a comic series, are the agents all named for knights of the Round Table? 7:19: Q2 (Times & Places): Pri...

This week, Justin has written six trivia questions about people, places, and things all called “Homer”. We also talk about American history, baseball, and (yes, of course), The Simpsons ! 1:36: Q1 (Times & Places): Homer was the first name of the plaintiff in what 1896 Supreme Court case, which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation, and was later de facto overruled by Brown v. Boa...

Today is a “junior” episode of the podcast, because Hallie has written six trivia questions about people with the initials J.R.! We also talk about early American history, baseball, and dogs, because we have a dog now! 2:04: Q1 (Arts & Literature): Jean Rhys wrote what novel, meant to be a postcolonial prequel to Jane Eyre, which takes place mainly in the Caribbean but is named after a body of...

We’re off to the Midwest today, because Justin has written six trivia questions all about the Windy City itself, Chicago! We also shoot the breeze about baseball, classic rock, and a modern legend of television! 2:20: Q1 (Everything Else): Considered the leading thinker of the Chicago School of Economics, what champion of free market principles wrote A Monetary History of the United States, and wo...

This week, we have a bit of trivia horseplay, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about horses! We also gallop into discussions of European history, classic rock, and, yes, the sport you’re probably thinking of. 1:50: Q1 (Times & Places): A stallion named Copenhagen nearly kicked what owner’s head off after carrying him for 17 hours during the Battle of Waterloo, almost accompl...