The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast

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...

Tim Geving, an OG supporter of BTP, returned to the Bench for this Bohmbach-hosted game that was dubbed "Josh's Festivus Game" (he aired many grievances). Tim declared that BTP is "just like riding a bike" during this game, and we learned that all Josh wants for Christmas is geographical continuity, that all roads lead to Daredevil...and Kansas City, and that nobody should seek out AI Pete Rose fo...

David hosts this episode with first-time guest and Assistant Coach to our Patreon team Sam Cook. He may not know much about history, science books, or the French he took, but he clearly knows sports trivia. Meanwhile, the Benchwarmers crack out Sesame Street references and imitations. We also discovered just at which school Scott could play, who one NBA hall-of-famer's kid could play for, and pond...

Trivia Hall of Famer Jay Borsom of Liquid Kourage Entertainment joined the Bench for the first time making BTP an OFFICIAL trivia podcast (TM). During this game, neither Josh could stop thinking about Charles in Charge (though maybe for different reasons #nicoleeggert), Bohmbach had an answer to a wrestling question before Dave, and we all pondered the question "Are you ready to throw 30 guys over...

Dan hosts the 5th annual fireside chat with his trivia friends Graig Zethner, Scott Barber, Gary Middleton, and special guest David Luks. Enjoy and happy holidays from BTP!!!

Our annual Holiday Episode is here... Join us for some good wholesome Holiday fun.... With one very special guest. 

Throwback Trivia Takedown host and Assistant Coach to our Patreon team Adam Speas returns to the bench to team with Scott to compete against Markkus and Snyder. We witness Luks mess up a question, while simultaneously trying to keep the teams on the rails (not likely), and we all learn about Nick Minicucci (who??). Most notably, our guest Adam throws the gauntlet down early, betting against himsel...

Assistant Coach Adrian Bias returns to the program, teaming up with Bohmbach to face Dave and...good God, that's Josh Snyder's music! In this episode, we start with #TooMuchMinnesota, Snyder shows up to make the save in his jammy jams, Tako gets a Josh Eyeroll over his Missing Link theme, we remember some cinematic football plays for halftime, Dave checks into the Hardball Hotel to rattle off anot...

Rowan Ward returned to the Bench to team with Tako against Walling and Luks in a horsey-themed game hosted by Snyder. Much equine knowledge was shared, including the facts that all horses like shiny things and are descended from known horses, a famous racehorse may have worn a hairpiece, and there's no rule that says a horse can't play baseball. In the field of horticulture (not related to madams,...

This all-Benchwarmer affair, hosted by Bohmbach, pitted the OG team of Scott & Mason versus the New School team of Dave & Snyder. In this episode, Mason travelled back to 1995 after hitting his F1 key, Bohmbach gave a trigger warning to Dan AFTER reading a question (what a knucklehead - sorry Dan), we were forced to imagine John Clayton and Clay Aiken as cornerbacks for the 1990s Cowboys,...

Assistant Coach Trevor Hogg returned to the bench, along with Benchbro Tommy Wortz for this Snyder-hosted game. Both teams took ABBA-themed names for no apparent reason. Tommy asked if "Saturn Nuts" means what we all think, and Scott decided that Bae-Blade had to be the nickname of Wesley Snipes’ wife. Local connections between Trevor and Tommy were revealed, leading David to ask "What’s a Wilmer?...

Assistant Coach Scott Hyland returned to the Bench for this Dave-hosted game. In this episode, Dave scored a trifecta with three Whooo?! calls from Bohmbach, Snyder checked in with the semi-inappropriate answer of Ronal...do's Nuts, we learned that a certain fast food franchise has items in Milwaukee that don't seem to exist anywhere else #shakegate, there are apparently 123 ABA teams that complet...