The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast

Assistant Coach Marc Grenier returns to the bench to team with Markkus to play against Josh and Tako. Marc witnesses David process his own trauma before we even get out of the first quarter. Later, the teams contemplate whether Lenny Wilkins could have played shortstop, and just what Sylvester & Frank Stallone's combine box office take is. Tako also reveals that he doesn't know the Math, but l...

The Naked Bootleg is back with their annual mock draft. Mason, joins Markkus, Scott and Ede. Let us know what you think. Fingers crossed that they get a couple right.

Assistant Coach Scott Hyland returns to the Bench for this Markkus-hosted game. In it we learn about what it is to be a fresh human, that we already have a new name for Mason's next child, to think like a yinzer, that Markkus is a nerd & needs more practice hosting, we discuss Red Sox legend Ana de Armas, we decide if you can Wordle your way to an answer, that one man can only do three things,...

The boys from BTP sit down for another special episode of The Naked Bootleg. Josh, Markkus, Scott and Ede have an all 90’s Fantasy draft with a couple stipulations. Who did better? Who got snubbed? Give it a listen and let us know.

Equipment Manager Andy Barry returns to the Bench for this Eric Ede-hosted game. In it we learn about hyphenated Super Bowl MVP cornerback Something-1973, that friend of the pod Neal Fischer is a perv (sorry Neal), that for the first time both teams were glad not to know the Missing Link theme, that Father Time comes for everyone but not Skip Bayless...yet, and that Josh and Eric provide everyone...

Assistant Coach Byron Grubman returns to the Bench teaming up with David to face Walling and Matt in this Matt Takimoto hosted episode. In it, we learned that Denny Walling has been to every Masters, we discuss cities in Texas, we ask the important question: can one man be too much Minnesota? We also discuss Benchwarmers Ragnarok, Walling hurts his back using his fancy cheese cutter, Matt uses a k...

Eric and Matt Discuss the following episodes: EP 243: Old Pee Hands EP 244: I only play Kosher Pickleball (featuring Assistant Coach Adam Speas) EP 245: Gazpacho Claritin (featuring Assistant Coach Matt Coleman) EP 246: DGB: Grown Man with Children (featuring Equipment Manager David Kennedy)

Equipment Manager Hugh Gitlin retuns to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game (aka BTP: The Daylight Savings Epiosde). In it we learn that a particular tennis champion learned to play in Minnesota, that everyone knows famous two-sport athlete Lucky Johnson, that Mason would not advise dog fighting in the air, that George is a very British name with a few kings named that, that double Ls is NOT the t...

Equipment Manager David Kennedy returns to the Bench fot this Ede hosted joint. In this episode we learned to avoid "driveway" problems, the teams were tested on their "Weird Al" knowledge, people had to figure out deep information about Uncle Phil, and Ede has an award worthy intro to the game before he attempted to kill Rick Mirer twice. #Drivewayproblems #SealBrown #FunWithZommAninmation #Tacky...

Assistant Coach Matt Coleman returns to the Bench for this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, we translate Martin Prado's name into English, and reminisce about MLB journeyman David Swimmer (not Schwimmer). Also, one team gets ethered, David doesn't fix Josh's internet, we ruin rap music, and we declare our favorite Dominican actor to be Yonaton Taylor Tomas. And, if you're ever feeling like you'r...

Adam Speas, Assistant Coach and host of Throwback Trivia Takedown, returns to the bench to discuss his recent national gameshow appearance, and to play some sports trivia! David hosts the game which pits Adam & Eric Ede against Matt D & Josh. In this game, Adam regales us with several facts about snacks, including singing on in his lounge style as only Adam can. The team also names the new...

Scott and Markkus sit down and talk about the upcoming NFL Free Agency frenzy. Who is a good fit for your team? Where will they go?? Join us for a discussion about this wonderful time of the year. 

Scott Grimes hosted this unconventional game in which a last-second player scratch led to the rare 1 vs 1 vs 1 game with Tako vs. Markkus vs. Luks. The lack of traditonal team talk-outs didn't prevent our players from citing noted feminist, Eric Ede, noting that several people do have stupid faces, or discussing people that may have cheated on Eva Longoria. We also witness Scott work a pro wrestle...

Eric, Mat. & special guest Josh discuss these episodes. EP 239: Famous Luchador Elle Woods (featuring Asistant Coach Dave Brown) EP 240: Little Heroes (featuring Equipment Manager & host of The Sports Trivia Face-Off Podcast Brent Bollmeier) EP 241: Summer Sander... NOW! (featuring guest Zach Gozlan) EP 242: Uncontroversial White Guys (featuring Assistant Coach Scott Hyland)

Assistant Coach Scott Hyland returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. In it we learned that Ede is finally aware that not all questions are about men (he is also herpes-free and pro-women in 2024) and doesn't want to sit here and talk about punters, that a particular celebrity-athlete couple (not named Traylor, Tavis, or Swelce) are both too hot and probably awkward in bed, that it's prono...

Guest Zach Gozlan teams up with Scott to face Ede and Dougherty in this unequivocally white episode hosted by Matt Takimoto. In it we search for a chicken chunk sponsor, we invent Scandinavian Ryder Cup golfers, Dougherty's face lights up as he's asked two old timee baseball questions, Matt pontificates about Pakistani Politics, and we constantly ask ourselves "is that part of Wrestlemania?" #Roge...

Equipment Manager and Sports Trivia Face-Off host Brent Bollmeier joins the Benchwarmers to team with Eric Ede, facing Josh and Markkus. As to be expected, Luks faces the eyerolls from Josh and the hatred from Eric Ede. This was probably well deserved since Luks nerds out. We find out which major league baseball players can play in a war, and still be answers. By the end, Ede can only say of his p...

Assistant Coach Dave Brown joins the Bench and teams up with Eric Walling to face off against Scott and Matt in this Matt Takimoto hosted episode. In it we learned who Eric's go-to Spanish woman is, the difference between Santo and Diablo in Spanish, the teams reminice about the Real American Hero commercials, Tom Hanks did NOT play Don King, the teams discuss a new jouneyman Spanish/French wine r...

Eric and Matt are joined by Mason & the infamous David Luks (and maybe some Lavid Duks also....) to discuss these episodes:  Dan's Fireside Trivia EP 235: The Nick Anderson Butterfly Effect (featuring assistant coach Vinnie Iyer) EP 236: Making out with Strangers in West Virginia EP 237: Shirtless Movie EP 238: A Racehorse named Philadelphia Turkey (featuring guest Meesh Resnick)

Guest Meesh Renick returned to the Bench for the 2023 Year in Review episode hosted by Josh. In it we learned that that name Hanks was not a reference to multiple guys named Hank, that the Benchwarmers should invest in a racehorse (re: episode title), that Markkus can never get off of Mo Alie-Cox, that Matt's thoughts on the FIBA World Cup champions is that "they're just German," that Mason finall...

Matt Takimoto wrote a great all-Benchwarmer competitive game pitting Matt D and Eric W against Scott & David. The teams contemplated more of life's most difficult questions: Could Martin Sheen really own a Dojo? Is Impact Point the worst name for a wrestling PPV? Just when is the time for Kenny Lofton to show up as an answer for a question? Who is Tom Liverpool? Just how many Hulls are there?...

Eric & Matt discuss these episodes:  EP 232: Bruce Bochy's Husky Head (featuring Assistant Coach Dave Wortz) EP 233: Honey I Shrunk Juan Antonio Samaranch (featuring Assistant Coach Josh Snyder) EP 234: The Mustache That Transcends Time (featuring Assistant Coach Matt Coleman) 2023 BTP Holiday Trivia

David hosted this (debatably) amazing all-Benchwarmer game with Matt Takimoto still searching for his first win as a Benchwarmer. The teams posed several important questions: Is it time to bring back the backup truck? Is Luc Longley ever going to be a right answer? Who, besides Russell Westbrook, could have a line of 20 points, 20 assists, and 20 turnovers? And of course: How many brothers are the...

Eric Ede hosted this fun game pitting David & Walling against Scott and Assistant Coach (and long-time Sporting News writer) Vinnie Iyer. From the jump, David had some internet issues, which led to the inevitable team name. Walling & David were threatened early by Ede's potential bonus points for wrong answers. The teams also discussed Billie Joe Tolliver (and as Ede pointed out, it's some...

For the third year in a row, Dan leads a Fireside Chat with his trivia friends Graig Zethner, Scott Barber, and Gary Middleton with Matt joining late to ad nothing to the conversation. Enjoy and happy holidays from BTP!!!  https://www.patreon.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.facebook.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.twitter.com/benchwarmerstp https://www.instagram.com/benchwarmerstp/ https://www.teepu...