The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast

Ryan, Trey and Michael of the College Football Bros podcast join the bench to face the Benchwarmer team of Mason, Matt and Markkus for a game hosted by Eric. In it, the Eric timed tailgate is back by popular demand, he also included some Husker-related questions not knowing the guests are all huge Husker fans, yet another missing link that challenges the teams, and one team dominates in the second...

Guest Taylor Schroll re-joins the bench and teams up with Eric to face Josh & Scott in a Markkus hosted game. In this game, we learn about 90's era NBA players who wanted to cross over into the music industry, Abe Lincoln wasn't a bare knuckles boxer (but was a good wrestler), and Eric struggles with a wrestling/NFL draft question.

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Guest Nick Gonzalez joins the bench once again, this time teaming up with Scott against Dan and Josh in a game hosted by Eric. One team CONSTANTLY reminds us of their home state, Josh states he doesn't have feelings...and then proceeds to feel bad for getting a question right, Dan uses a D4 to choose an answer, and everyone is well aware that Eric had to scramble to write this game.

Patreon Head Coach John Pina joins the bench and teams up with Matt (poor guy) against Markkus & Scott for this game hosted by Dan. In it we learn a little bit about Ziebart Tidy Car for some reason, both teams struggle with a WNBA/NBA crossover coach, and both teams struggle with another well-crafted Missing Link round.

Josh comes in hot for this all-Benchwarmer match, the first recording in 2021! Eric & Matt team up against Scott & Mason for a game where TJ Yoshi (spelling incorrectly intentionally) comes up again, Matt gets Babe Didrikson and Marlene Dietrich confused to answer a question incorrectly anyway, the third quarter features some Pick & Roll gamesmanship and the teams struggle with a well-crafted Miss...

In our effort to create more content for your ear holes, we have a new pod! It's called BTP OT. This twice monthly pod will cover the past four episodes, include a guest from one of those pods to discuss their experience and wrap up with some trivia. These shows will feature hosts Eric Walling and Matt Dougherty.  Soon we'll how our own rss feed for these shows and Naked Bootleg. Look for that in...

This episode we talk NFL Championship weekend giving our picks, NFL coaching Hires, James Harden heading to Brooklyn and more questions from The Bench! 

Sinister Six member and Patreon Head Coach Philip Sanford joined the bench and hosted a game for this episode. Dan & JJ faced off against Scott and Matt in a game featuring conversations about Masters champion Michael Irving, the annoying Vonage jingle from years ago, Steve NAshley and Mary-Kate Olsen, and we had a first for a fourth quarter.

Assistant Coach Byron Grubman returns to the Bench to host, as the Benchwarmer teams of Dan & Markkus take on Josh & Eric. In this episode we learn about the nickname on NFL footballs, Dan shares some family lineage and Byron gives us an interesting halftime format. In the 3rd quarter both teams dominated in Pick & Roll, and in the 4th quarter, Eric found a hater in Dan and Markkus does his own ve...

This week we talk about the NFL coaching carousel, landing spot for Deshawn Watson and we take some questions from The Bench.

Chris, Jeff, and Mike from the Pub Trivia Experience Podcast join the Bench to compete in a 3v3 game against Benchwarmers JJ, Eric, and Markkus hosted by Scott. The teams have to “pick their poison” right off the bat, Wes Welker is not deemed Kardashian-worthy, and the Pub Trivia guys show off their golf knowledge as the teams trade leads in the 4th quarter. 

Markkus hosts his very first game, in which Eric & Scott team up against Josh and Equipment Manager Doug Behrend. In this game Scott reveals his Benchwarmers contract, Josh turns into an Owl in both the 1st AND 2nd quarter, and Markkus tries chasing waterfalls during halftime. Also, a lucky answer might FINALLY work during the 4th Quarter. 

Guest Sam Mitchell joined the bench and teamed up with Scott to play an Eric-hosted episode against Dan & Matt. The two Minnesota guys pointed out the connection between Sam Mitchell the player and the pro basketball player, Eric tries a new tailgate format that some like and some don't, both teams struggle with a missing link that only cookie lovers would appreciate, and both teams have some very...

We Goofed, Sorry! 

This all Benchwarmer episode featured 2020 sports questions written by Josh. Eric & Markkus teamed up versus Scott and Mason, and in it Eric can’t believe how easily everyone can access dice and Josh lets us know about someone he really doesn’t like. 

Equipment Manager Ian Hollenberg hosted this game that featured Dan & Scott v. JJ & Matt. In it, we learned the ages of some athletes, Manny Pacquiao's political career may eclipse his fighting career, Scott likes all sorts of Commodores, and a 3rd quarter Pick & Roll round tightens the game up like it was designed to. 

Equipment Manager Mike Khoury joins the Bench once again to team up with Markkus against Scott and Josh. Josh gives a detailed explanation of the Minnesota version of a children’s game, Lynn Dickey seems to come up once again, Markkus tells everyone his favorite Gatorade flavor of all-time, and Scott and Markkus really enjoy the Missing Link theme (while Josh most certainly does not). 

Kyle Kondor of Jomboy Media was the guinea pig used to test a new game style for the BTP called Home Court Advantage. In the game one guest faces two benchwarmers where every question is in the guests wheelhouse. In this game Kyle's wheelhouse was: The New York Yankees and NBA/NFL from 2005 to 2015. In this game we heard a lot about Phil Rizzuto, the teams got their Buck's confused, and they also...

Head Coach Brandon Reese rejoins the Bench to host this time, the Benchwarmer teams Eric & Markkus take on Josh & Mason. In this episode we learn about Augusta National’s various holes, a coin decides a question, Josh lodges a formal complaint and gets a case of the whistles. Also, Brandon almost gives away his Missing Link but it went unnoticed, and we get festive in the fourth quarter! 

Guest Jake Freudenberg joined the bench and teamed up with Dan to face Eric & Matt in a game hosted by Scott. In it we learned a lot about 90's and early 2000's female R&B singers, that there are a lot of candy related sports names, and of course that everyone knows Brad Daugherty is related to Matt. Eric also evidently enjoys talking about crack and booger sugar, and NOBODY knows who Mary Pierce...

Guest Mike Schneider joins the bench and teams up with Mason tp face Markkus & Josh in this game hosted by Dan. In it we learn about the lyrics from the Rocky theme song, who the last switch hitter to win the AL MVP was, Jim Brown was REALLY good, and who played the characters in the SNL Da Bears skit. 

Although he claimed that he wasn't much of a sports trivia person, evidently our guest Bevan had competed on Sports Jeopardy, and it definitely showed! Bevan took up residence in Dan’s Mind Palace as he teamed up with him to face Scott and JJ in a game hosted by Matt. In it we learned a little bit about trick plays, that Matt is unable to count syllables, and that there may have been a movie where...

Pate Hogan joins the Bench to team up with Eric against Mason and our newest official Benchwarmer, Markkus Ellis. Josh hosts a game that includes flavor text about Ice Dancers(Yes, Ice Dancers), MORE Minnesota questions, and a new way to identify Snowboarders, courtesy of our guest. Josh also debuted a brand new quarter style, so follow along and enjoy!

Equipment Manager Ian Hollenberg joined the bench and was unfortunately teamed up with Matt to face Dan & Scott in a game hosted by JJ. In it we learned that Ian and Matt are NOT a good pair for pre & post game, evidently Ferrari has a nickname and a very clever missing link round causes Matt to come to a harsh realization.