Quiz and Hers

This week, we dip our toes into the king of podcast genres, True Crime, with six trivia questions about murder, mayhem, and… music.  We also chat about literature, football, and what passed for prison reform 100 years ago. 2:24: Q1 (Everything Else): Serial , which made true crime one of the top podcast genres, won what award in April 2015, which is named after a businessman and philanthropist and...

In our first-ever threequel episode, Justin completes his trilogy of dragon-themed games with six more questions about the fire-breathing serpents of legend! We also talk about higher education, British history, and some very racially insensitive movies. 2:47: Q1 (Arts & Literature): Originally intended as illustrations of the Book of Revelation, the Great Red Dragon paintings are the works of...

Ten episodes just wasn’t enough this season, because we ended the season tied.  So, we’re back with a ten-question tiebreaker shootout to crown the Season 7 champion! 1:43: Q1: What video game company developed Rage and Rage 2, which combine the first-person shooting mechanics found in Doom and Quake with racing? 3:25: Q2: What children’s book by Ezra Jack Keats about a young African American boy...

In the Season 7 finale, Hallie has written six new trivia questions about dogs! We also talk about modern art, early rock ‘n’ roll, and a very unique sporting event. Woof woof! 2:49: Q1 (Arts & Literature): What artist, known for his sculptures of everyday objects like balloon animals, created a topiary sculpture of a West Highland White Terrier for Arolsen Castle in Germany in 1992? 7:45: Q2...

Grab some Spam and bust out your silliest walk, because this week, Justin has written six trivia questions about the classic sketch comedy show, Monty Python’s Flying Circus! We also talk about an odd literary technique, philosophy, and a legendary aviator. 1:41: Q1 (Arts & Literature): The surrealist comedy of Flying Circus, which often transitioned directly from one sketch to another with li...

This week, Hallie is feeling sleepy, and she has dreamed up six trivia questions all about dreams, dreaming, and dream teams.  We also talk about amusement parks, traditional religions, and 90s TV! 1:35: Q1 (Times & Places): Dreamland was an amusement park that operated from 1904 to 1911 in what coastal neighborhood along with Steeplechase Park and Luna Park, which is the name of the only one...

Ten-hut! This week, Justin has written six trivia questions with only one thing in common: every answer contains one of the “letters” of the NATO phonetic alphabet. We also talk about Shakespeare, cartoons, and country music! 1:49: Q1 (Arts & Literature): What Shakespeare tragedy is the only work in his oeuvre whose title contains two letters in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet? 9:52: Q2 (Music): Wh...

On this President’s Day, Hallie has written six trivia questions about the past inhabitants of the White House! We also celebrate funk music, Scottish literature, and one of the most incredible athletes of all time. 2:13: Q1 (Times & Places): What medal, awarded to soldiers who are injured in battle, was the first military badge of merit for the common soldier and was revived on George Washing...

This week’s episode is all about trivia related to the North African nation of Tunisia. It has the worst title in Q&H history, but some of the most fun discussions: we talk about ancient history, a completely insane Olympic sport, and Star Wars! 1:46: Q1 (Times & Places): With its eponymous capital located in modern-day Tunisia, what ancient empire, which controlled large portions of North...

This week, Hallie gets in touch with her inner EMT and prescribes six trivia questions about saving lives. We also talk about disco, American art, and Greek history. 2:05: Q1 (Arts & Literature): David Hayes Agnew, a Pennsylvania surgeon who performed surgeries to save soldiers with gunshot wounds in the American Civil War, was the subject in the painting The Agnew Clinic by what realist paint...

This week, we quiz up a storm, with six questions all about extreme weather and natural disasters! We also talk about traditional Japanese art, the American Revolution, and a very strange Hollywood coincidence. 2:01: Q1 (Sports & Games): Bizarrely, there are three NHL teams with names that fit the theme of this evening’s game: the Carolina Hurricanes, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and this team, wh...

In an ice-cold sequel, Hallie has written six more trivia questions about all things cool and cold. We also chill out with discussions of classic rock, TV specials, and a very weird sport that is basically hockey, but not. 2:33: Q1 (Arts & Literature): What painter and printmaker, born around 1525 in what is now the Netherlands, was one of the first of his generation not to do portraits and in...

Justin kicks off season 7 with a game of trivia all about anger, rage, and piping-hot revenge! We also chat about protest music, ancient history, and mobile gaming, and debut our new segment, Fact or Fucked! 3:24: Q1 (Sports & Games): Developed by Finnish company Rovio Entertainment, what mobile game holds the record for most days spent atop the Apple App Store’s Paid Apps chart, with 275? 10:...

Hallie loves musicals. She loves them so much that in this season finale, she’s written a whole game of trivia questions about them! We talk about the story of Broadway, biology, a hilarious film, and more, and crown the Season 6 champion! 6:22: Q1 (Arts & Literature): The electrical lighting installed on Broadway in 1880, which allowed women to go out at night unescorted, gave Broadway what t...

In a sinful new episode, Justin has concocted trivia questions about six of the Seven Deadly Sins (#7 is for a tiebreaker episode, if this season comes to that). We also chat about mixed martial arts, current events, and skunk bears. So come sin with us and find out what a skunk bear is!  5:51: Q1 (Sports & Games): Pride Fighting Championships, a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion, was ulti...

As the season nears its conclusion, Hallie has come up with perhaps the weirdest category in Q&H history: six trivia questions about neologisms.* We also talk geography, children’s literature, and hip-hop. *A neologism is a newly-developed word or phrase. 5:56: Q1 (Arts & Literature): The titular orphan of what 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter later became a neologism for an excessively che...

This week, we quiz in the shadows, to serve the light, as Justin leaps into six trivia questions about his second-favorite video game franchise of all time, Assassin’s Creed. We also talk about architecture, actors, and inventions! 6:34: Q1 (Everything Else): The Brotherhood of Assassins in the Assassin’s Creed franchise are extremely loosely based on a real Nizari Ismaili sect of what second-larg...

With the holidays around the corner, Hallie is in a celebrating mood, and pours out six trivia questions about liquor! We also toast a classical composer, a famous painter, and one of the greatest video games of all time. So mix up your favorite cocktail, and join us for the booziest Q&H yet! 5:46: Q1 (Times & Places): What was the name of the protest that occurred during George Washington...

This week, Justin has gone on strike, with six questions about labor disputes and disagreements. We also strike up conversations about a musical film, sports history, and current events. 1:38: Q1 (Times & Places): Perhaps the most famous strike in US history is this nationwide 1894 railroad strike, which shares its name with the Chicago neighborhood where it started, the railroad car manufactu...

This week, Hallie has grown six new trivia questions all about trees! We also branch out and discuss college sports, modern art, and the not-so-modern art of papermaking. 2:22: Q1 (Science): What is the scientific name for the method in which scientists determine when a tree was formed, usually when the tree is too young for radiocarbon dating or as an added measure to calibrate radiocarbon ages?...

Boo! With Halloween right around the corner, Justin has written six spooky trivia questions about this most haunted of holidays. We also scare up discussions of horror movies, college football, and the retail apocalypse. 2:02: Q1 (Times & Places): The word “Halloween” comes from the Christian feast of All Hallows Eve, but most of what we associate with it, including wearing costumes and carvin...

Could this episode be any more awesome? Hallie has come up with six new trivia questions for Justin, and every answer somehow includes the name of one of TV’s six iconic Friends. And even though nobody told us podcasting was gonna be this way, we also talk about detective fiction, Greek mythology, and a tennis superstar. We’ll be there for you. 3:27: Q1 (Everything Else): What is the name of the T...

After a humiliating defeat in last year’s tiebreaker, Justin is back and looking for vengeance, and we kick off season 6 with six new word play trivia questions, because every answer in today’s game is an acronym.  Why?  Why not. 2:53: Q1 (Times & Places): Formed in 1964, and best known by a four-letter acronym, what far-left Colombian guerilla movement finally agreed to lay down its arms in 2...

Ten episodes wasn’t enough to settle the score this season, since we finished up tied, 15-15. So, we’re back with some bonus Quiz & Hers: a five-point, winner-takes-all shootout in which we revisit every game from this season for one more bit of trivia. Who will be the first three-time champion? 1:55: Q1. Along with his wife Elena, what deposed former president of Romania was sentenced to deat...

We like to quiz, and we like to cook. For the last game of Season 5, Hallie has brought these hobbies together, with six trivia questions about skillets, sautés, and soufflés. We also cook up discussions of the science of taste, celebrity chefs, and the most prestigious cooking competition you’ve never heard of. 1:44: Q1 (Times & Places): What species of human ancestors that lived mainly in th...