The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast

Long-time guest, Benchie Award winner, and Equipment Manager for our Patreon team Chris Shen returns to the bench to host this great game! In this episode, we discuss women who take public transportation, reaffirm that Jon Heder is definitely not Tongan, and ask the eternal question, "What is the Powerslap of Curling?" #benchie #publictransportation #bobbyorr #jonheder #tongan #powerslap #curling...

Assistant Coach Sam Cook returns to the Bench for this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, Luks gets to hear the correct pronunciation of Chimere Dike, there is a game-changing Missing Link ruling, we briefly become a Benjamin Franklin podcast, there is a golf-hockey crossover that somehow doesn't involve Happy Gilmore, and Dave tries to recall an answer he learned while drunk. #chimeredike #missin...

Longtime Supporter and Equipment Manager David Fudor returns to the Bench to team with Dave as the Mortarboard (NOT Motorboat) Double D's to take on the team of Bohmbach and Mason in this Snyder-hosted game. Dave invents the game of Strugball, which is played in Alabama rather than Quebec. The Odd One Out becomes 19th-Century Rules Odd One In as Bohmbach uncaps his veto pen, and Dave proclaims, "T...

Ede hosts this all-Benchwarmer game pitting Josh and Scott versus Markkus and Dave. It was...a trivia game. #takoapproved #candy #presidents #organs #cities #dogbreeds #tribes #stonehenge #sharks #capitals #crappydarkchocolate https://dobosdelights.com/ Promo Code: CheckYourTaint https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.facebook.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.twitter.com/benchwarmerstp h...

Markkus has a rare hosting appearance in this game, featuring Luks and Assistant Coach Jerry Philbin competing against Snyder and Equipment Manager Hugh Gitlin. In this game, Jerry points out that one answer may have four ex-wives, just like his dad. Markkus stumps the teams with an obscure (Whooo?!) series of David v Goliath questions, and one player asks for his teammate to throw out the whitest...

Assistant Coach and podcast favorite Trevor Hogg returns to the Bench for this David-hosted game to team with Snyder to take on the team of Scott and Markkus. At the beginning of the game, Scott is happier to see David than he is with his new marriage - but that changes over the course of the game. Scott & Markkus figure it out early when they try to get inside David's head to second-guess his...

Assistant Coach Tim Simplot returned to the Bench for this Bohmbach-hosted game to team up with Dave and face off against Walling and Snyder. Early on, Snyder claimed to be a "Glue Guy" who hopes not to be bound for the glue factory. One team opted to add an incorrect first name to a correct last name (in fact, it was the answer's brother), thus losing out on a critical 25 points. We learned that...

Assistant Coach Sam Cook takes the host seat on the Bench with a slightly distracted crew thanks to the NFL Draft. The gang loses their mind before Sam does the first question as the Rams pick ... Ty Simpson?!!? Some stuff happened and the game was the best part of a very bad day (or greatest day?) for Markkus as the NFL draft turned into a rotten pile of garbage. #nlf #nfldraft #rams #tysimpson #...

Head Coach Philip Sanford returned to the Bench for this Dave-hosted game to team up with Bohmbach and face off against Mason and Snyder. For the second episode in a row, we had quarters with multiple styles (Newsflash - Bohmbach doesn't mind these "shenanigans"). Dave struggled with the scoring spreadsheet (apparently, it's not foolproof), and only 25% of the players have seen the Mighty Ducks mo...

In this Tako-hosted all-Benchwarmer affair, Bohmbach and Ede team up with Walling and Dave. In this episode, we mix some trivia amid rampant slander of David Luks, who isn't here to defend himself. In other news, Walling doesn't attend the Masters, a tradition unlike any other; we refuse to dive into the debate of whether something is yacht rock or not, Bohmbach's favorite FTG makes an appearance,...

Returning guest and host Yael Wylie returns with a great game that pits Tako and Ede against Scott and Snyder. In this episode, the Benchwarmers fix NASCAR by making the drivers race barefoot and drive with actual moonshine liquor in the car, we remind everyone that Goon is a mindset and not a body type, we declare that "Linda is retired, and everyone's Jackson," and Snyder reminds everyone that o...

BTP skips the mock draft just a fun chat about the 2026 Draft! 

Matt Coleman returns to the Bench after a long hiatus to team with Tako in a game facing Eric Walling and Josh Snyder. In the first quarter, one team rushes into an answer that may have cost them a question, but at least nets a clear joke opener about Alberto Del Rio, Dennis Pitta, and Plácido Domingo walking into a bar. In the 2nd quarter, Tako accurately points out that there isn't much to get o...

First-time guest Aaron Kessler joins the Bench for this Bohmbach-hosted game, teaming up with Snyder to take on Mason and Dave. Early on (and often), Mason called for Dave to be fact-checked, and we learned that Mason understands Copilot better than ChatGPT (#moviesavant). There was a discussion about the need for more pitchers with presidents' names like Richard Nixon Jeffries. Lastly, we determi...

First-time guest and Bay Areas enthusiast David Sibony teams with Ede against Luks and Tako for a Snyder-hosted game where questions are more complicated than they should be. Tako opens by recalling the largest man he has ever stood next to, and closes the first quarter by remarking that "this answer just sounds like a scam. It's a $1,500 Lite Brite." Ede stays in the bathroom, sharing that most o...

Assistant Coach Vinnie Iyer returns to the Bench for a Tako-hosted game. In this episode, the Missing Link starts slow before a flood of knowledge, the players and the host feel Big Emotions during Curriculum Vitae (QUAY WALKER?!?!?!?!), we demand justice for Alanis Morissette during halftime, the teams navigate a tough Lucky 7 round with a little bit of gamesmanship, and, in the fourth quarter, w...

Host Ede is back with another installment of the all-Benchwarmers series, and things get weird fast. We’ve got Snyder and Luks facing off against Markkus and Dave in a battle of wits (and questionable meat products). In this episode, we took a Deli Meat Deep Dive to investigate the legends of "Natural Ham" and "John Roast Beef." We envisioned hockey legend Berry Gordy, and got unexpectedly emotion...

Markkus hosted this all-Benchwarmer game, pitting Bohmbach and Dave versus Mason and Walling. During this game, we had the first Let It Ride guilt trip after one team achieved a correct answer (a lucky guess to say the least) by thinking like Markkus. There was a debate on whether iKevin is a sequel to iRobot or iCarly and we were introduced to the Stranger Things coin for help with a fifty-fifty...

Assistant Coach Jerry Filbin returned to the Bench to team up with Markkus and take on Walling and Dave in this Bohmbach-hosted game. During this game, like all games, David was catching strays and, early on, Markkus told the other team to "just check in, nerds!" We learned that an answer was definitively not Jamaica, and both teams struggled with a Missing Link theme that was not a difficult them...

Snyder hosts an episode worthy of the mirth-filled holiday of Purim with another first-timer, Late Night writer and comedian Matt Goldich, who is the world's most polite sneezer. When Mason notes that the episode number is a perfect cube, Dave announces he is contently round, and in the first quarter he shares who is first team all-neck, while Matt corrects Snyder's faulty Phillies facts. In the s...

Ageism rules again on the Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast as Luks continues to receive unprovoked strays related to his age. The team briefly discussed Luks' teammates at Pyramid University, and when Luks has his come to Moses (Malone?) moment. Still, the teams survive. Mason has a particularly low energy check-in (certainly not because he is perturbed by a question!). But after all, this is not Rocke...

Guest Zach Gozlan returned to the Bench for this Dave-hosted game. During this game, there was too much flavor text that revolved around the midsection (#buzzbeads #pulledgroins), there was discussion around a rivalry trophy named "The Golden Jock Strap," and Tako advised us to stay away from Fresno by driving around it. Oh yeah, and it turns out we know our Timbersports (Who knew?) #acc #heels #g...

Snyder hosts this episode with first-time guest Gabe Rubin, who teams with Luks to face off against Markkus and Dave, with Eiffel65 untz untzing in the background. We take a trip to the supermarket to see different types of Frosted Mini Wheats battle it out for cereal stardom with Wil and Kenny Wheaton, while Gabe's dad buys some macarons. Condiment king Markkus adds someone to his List while chat...

Scott hosts this all-Benchwarmer affair that pitted Bohmbach and Markkus against Ede and Dave. During the game there is discussion about a famous "Nut Grabber" and Markkus reveals he has issues with "that fat pig David Ortiz." We learn that Bohmbach is an NBA Draft sicko (at least for the 2023 draft thanks to a trading card addiction) and that Markkus's signature move, if he were allowed to partic...

Luks hosts this all Benchwarmers game, but with no OG Benchwarmers, with Markkus and Dave facing off against Tako and Snyder. Tako declares early on that the whole episode is Bad Vibes, and he just might be right. Luks forgets to add a Missing Link and no one notices. Tune in to find out which Benchwarmer can't get Brooks Koepka out of his head, which declares that we are mowing down milk bottles...