Tangents: A Trivia Workshop Podcast

Jeff and Chris have both been on before, so you need no introduction. This was actually a second take for their head-to-head showdown thanks to some technical difficulties, and it was a good one. Enjoy! Episode Plugs: Chris: Support Trivia Workshop…PTE…and all the trivia podcasts. :) Jeff: A webcomic called Little Charlotte’s Grand Adventure by Tom Rogers Go to the links! https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop

Chris Brewer joins us from Ottawa, Illinois in search of questions about professional wrestling and The Office. Chris is a great guy who you may know from our weekly Twitch stream since he’s gifted several of you with subscriptions to the channel! You’ll get to hear him in back-to-back episodes because he’ll be facing off against Jeff Clear in a Tandem Mode game next week. Enjoy!*Unfortunately, when we recorded this, I was recovering from Covid, so my voice is pretty weak and tired. It get’s better in a couple of weeks. Episode Links: Ottawa, Illinois Where to Eat in Ottawa, IL: BASH (Burger and Sushi House) Brew Pubs in Ottawa: Tangled Roots Non-Trivia Podcast: Time Suck Last Wikipedia Search: The age of the lead singer of The White Buffalo (according to a Last.fm article, Jake Smith was born in 1974) Favorite TV Theme: Wentworth Favorite Movie Soundtrack: The Wall Favorite Trivia: If you spell out all of the numbers in order, you will get to “One Thousand” before you find the letter “A”. Where do you quiz? Tangled Roots & The Trivia Workshop Tuesday Twitch Quiz Be sure to check out all the links at https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop and sign yourself up to play the game!

Chris Parkinson, AKA “Siege” joins us from Wisconsin this week in search of questions on Cop Shows and The West Wing. I’m sure you’ve heard him on other podcasts, but this was his first attempt at a Tangents game. I’m definitely looking forward to having him back! Episode Links: Best Movie Soundtrack: The Empire Strikes Back, Deadpool, Deadpool 2, Singles, Empire Records, Reality Bites, Clerks Favorite Non-Trivia Podcast: The West Wing Weekly Most Recent Wikipedia Search: The Scottish Fold Best thing to eat in West Bend, WI: The Riverside Brewery Current Pop Culture Thing: The 1% Club, American Ninja Warrior, Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden series Favorite TV Theme Song: The West Wing See you next week for a Tandem Mode game between Chris Brewer and Jeff Clear!

Alan Kreisel joins us this week from Jacksonville, Florida in search of questions about college football team names and 80s movies. If you listen to other trivia podcasts, you’ve probably heard Alan many times before, but this is his first attempt at Tangents. Have a listen and see how it went! Episode Links: What to eat in Jacksonville: Poppy’s Italiano Favorite Non-Trivia Podcast: Who Arted? Something Learned Recently: Wally Amos was a big-time talent agent before Famous Amos cookies. Favorite Movie Soundtrack: Forrest Gump As always, be sure to check all the links at https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop - including a link to sign up for Tangents. Now let’s find out who actually reads the show notes! The first person to email russ@triviaworkshop.com with your name, address, and t-shirt size will get a free Trivia Workshop t-shirt!

We made it to FIFTY! Why not make episode 50 a Tandem Mode game? Paul Paquet is back for his third search for It’s Always Sunny and history content- but his first since episode 20, so he was due. He faces off against first-timer, Matt Lamia who was in search of MLB, Friends, and 80s Music. It was a fun game, so I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did hosting. And since we're celebrating #50, I'll be adding some extra benefits to the Patreon memberships on Halloween night. There's still time to join us and help support the show! Quick note: Paul will be presenting another great World Trivia Night event on November 1. You should definitely check it out at this link: https://cafott.ca/annual-events-cafo/world-trivia-night/ Coming up next time on Episode 51, we’ll have Alan Kreisel taking his first turn at the game. See you then! https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop

It took 48 episodes for the “Peterson Shuffle” to be employed for the first time, but only one more episode for it to get a second run. Tony Schmit joins us from Minnesota for his first attempt at the game, and he did his homework to craft quite a strategy. You’ll have to listen to see if it paid off. Episode Links: Learned League Favorite Non-Trivia Podcast: 60 Songs That Explain the 90s, Omnibus, Dear Hank & John Twin City Food Recs: JD Hoyt’s Supper Club, Manny’s Steakhouse…The Nook and The Blue Door Pub Current Pop Culture Thing: Bobby Fingers and Tana French Trivia Tidbit: The Michael Jackson fire accident happened at the exact midpoint of his life. Coming up next week - IT’S EPISODE 50! We’ll have Paul Paquet and Matt Lamia facing off in a special Tandem Mode game. We’ll also be doing something special for the Patreon crew, so stay tuned for that.

Greg has won big money prizes on the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and The Chase, but he’s finally made it to the big time…Tangents. You have to listen to Greg play the game in a way no other contestant has to this point. Episode Links: Last Wikipedia Search: Dick Tuck Something you learned in the last week: There are no EFL football grounds in conservative constituencies. Favorite TV Theme: Friday Night Lights Favorite Movie Soundtrack: Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait AND…Space Jam Current Pop Culture Thing: Summer of Soccer - Euros and Copa América Favorite Trivia: Venetian painter Canaletto’s name Where do you quiz: Various online leagues and live at Anvil & Forge and Hand of Fate…and hosting at Boone’s. Thanks, Greg! Be sure to check out the links at https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop and https://www.tangentstrivia.com/

Jeff Clear is BACK - and hunting for questions on comic books and The Muppets. In his first appearance (Episode 37), he finished with 12 points, so the mission this time was to pass that mark. Have a listen and see how he did! Episode Links: Where to eat in Hastings, MN: Lock and Dam Eatery Current Pop Culture Thing: Shameless Last movie in a theater: The Fall Guy or Spirited Away Favorite Trivia: The Carlson Brothers inspired (and played) The Hanson Brothers in Slap Shot Plug: Draught Daze Podcast - Episode 20 (The Council of Jeffs) Please check out the LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop THANKS!

Luc is right back for another game - this time a test run for the Tandem Mode version with fellow Patreon supporter, Tim Gomez. This actually isn’t the first time they’ve met though. As it turns out, they were both in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire green room at the same time! They’re obviously outstanding trivia players with Meredith Vieira asking the questions, but what about when there’s much less at stake? Episode Links: Luc on WWTBAM Tim on WWTBAM Luc’s Plug: Keeping Families Covered Tim’s Plug: Follow Trivia Workshop & Tangents games Next up, we’ll have Jeff Clear back in the hotseat for Episode 47.

Luc Leavenworth (Ep. 22) is back to take another swing at the game this week, in search of questions on 90s nostalgia. I always enjoy hearing Luc play, and you will too. Episode Links: Last movie in a theater: Inside Out 2 Last Wikipedia Search: Big Fish the Musical Favorite Book: The Hobbit and The Name of the Wind Superpower: Teleportation Current Pop Culture Thing: The Bear and Elden Ring

This is a special “Tandem Mode” episode of Tangents. At this stage, the game was very much in the alpha testing phase and the first two test subjects to step up were Patreon supporters Chris Hernandez and Cheyenne Fletcher. For this game, we’re just trying to workout gameplay and timing, so this one will be relatively quick - but by the time this gets fleshed out and all the stuff that isn’t good gets yanked out, we should have a fun game in place. Big thanks to Chris and Cheyenne for their help on this test. None of us knew what was going to happen as we went along, and they rolled with it perfectly. Your feedback is going to be NEEDED on this, so head over to the Discord or Facebook group and let me know what you think. https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop

Mike Baney joins us from Charleston, South Carolina in search of questions on professional wrestling and fantasy/sci-fi. I won’t spoil it for you, but he may have found some other subjects that he knows a thing or two about. Enjoy! Episode Links: Favorite movie soundtrack: Lord of the Rings and Baby Driver Last Wikipedia search: Anthony Bourdain Favorite TV theme song: Twin Peaks Current Pop Culture Thing: Fallout and Doctor Who Go-to bit of trivia: The sun makes up 99.86% of the solar system. Non-trivia podcasts: Last Podcast on the Left, And That’s Why We Drink Plugs: Cream and Sugar Podcast, Learn the Ropes Podcast, Baneyboii on Twitch And as always, here’s the Linktree for all the other stuff: https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop

It had to happen eventually. Technical gremlins have affected much better podcasts than this one, so it was only a matter of time. Unfortunately, we ran into some tough luck with this one and lost some of the audio from the game. Normally, it would be easy to just scrap it and start from scratch - but the glitch wasn't noticed until after the next game was recorded...so, it turns out there's a small problem with this linear format. Nonetheless, we press on. Monya was a great sport in spite of some wifi challenges, and hopefully she will return for a more technically sound episode soon. Episode Links: Favorite movie soundtrack: Sling Blade Last movie in a theater: A Different Man Favorite non-trivia podcast: Mystery Show Bonus Note: Monya’s piece on Good Job Brain Last Wikipedia search: Buckethead Again, apologies for the tech snafus. It won’t happen again might happen again, but hopefully not.

Brian Irving had a pretty good run his first time through in Episode 6, racking up an impressive 29 points. This time around, Brian got off to a bit of a rough start, but was able to right the ship thanks to one particular category. Have a listen and see how far that got him. Episode Links: Last podcast you listened to: Tangents & Frenemy Trivia What’s new in your pop culture world: The Boys Season 4 Last movie in a theater: The Strangers: Chapter 1 Best TV theme song: Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers Something you learned in the last week: Conway Twitty covered “Slow Hand” by The Pointer Sisters Plug: Play a live pub quiz when you’re in Central Illinois with Russ at Anvil & Forge or Brian at Hand of Fate Brewing in Petersburg. As always, check the Linktree at https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop - especially if you’d like to try your hand at the game!

We’ve hit the 40 episode mark! Kevin is back this week to try to improve on his previous run (Episode 19). This time around, he was in search of questions about music, and more specifically, one-hit wonders. He was a great guest, as always. Episode Links: Last movie in a theater: The Iron Claw Non-trivia Podcast: Strong Songs and Fantasy Football Focus Last Wikipedia Search: Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Favorite TV Theme Song: The Rockford Files and Northern Exposure Something you learned this week: The chuckleberry Thanks for playing, Kevin! If you want to try your hand at the game, sign up here: https://forms.gle/bFXQ3anzAyznthpu8

THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL SPORCLECON WEEKEND EPISODE! This week we have our first ever contestant who is connected to a previous contestant by marriage! Shanondoah comes to us from up in the greater Toronto area just seven weeks after hubs Shaun tried his hand at the game. Beyond trying to best his score, she was looking for questions on sitcoms, Disney, and Canadian Geography. This was a very fun episode to record…hope you enjoy! Episode Links: Last Movie in a Theater: The Hitman Favorite Movie Soundtrack: Empire Records Favorite TV Theme Song: DeGrassi High Last Wikipedia Search: Famous People From Nunavut Favorite Trivia: “Groove Is In The Heart” samples Green Acres Shoutout: “In Gord We Trust” trivia team at Town Brewery And as always, please check out the LinkTree links here: https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop

Harry McGrory (busstop) joins us again from Glasgow this week to see if he can improve on his previous score (11). He was in search of questions about Doctor Who and the Royal Family. Have a listen and see how that went. Episode Links: Favorite Trivia: “Rob Thomas” anagrams to “Bathrooms” and “Marisa Tomei” anagrams to “It’s-a-me, Mario”. Last Wikipedia Search: The Secretarybird Favorite Non-Trivia Podcast: The Lonely Island Podcast Last Movie in a Theater: Furiosa Best TV Theme Song: Arthur Plug: Listen to Tangents and tell a friend! :) And as always, be sure to check out https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop for all the Trivia Workshop related stuff.

Jeff Clear is here this week from the Gopher State, in search of questions on comic books. You've heard Jeff on other trivia podcasts recently, but now he faces the challenge of being alone in the spotlight. Episode Links: Where are you? Hastings, Minnesota Where do you quiz? Spiral Brewery with Trivia Mafia Non-trivia podcast: The Magnus Archives Best movie soundtrack: The Muppet Movie Last Wikipedia Search: Dave Stevens Best TV Theme Song: “The Streetbeater” (Sanford & Son) Want to be on the show? Check out our LinkTree to find out how: https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop

This week we have David Kantorski returning for his second outing in search of questions on Major League Baseball and 90s music - specifically Grunge. See if he was able to track anything down this time around… Links from the episode: Famous People from Your School (Brother Rice): John C. Reilly, David Diehl, Michael Flatley Favorite TV Theme Song: The Muppet Show Last Concert: Depeche Mode at The United Center Last Wikipedia Search: Brother Rice Alums https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop

Our old pal, Mike from Ukrainian Trivia Resistance is back this week for another go at a quiz. This is the second of five recordings where the gameplay may have suffered a bit because of some experimentation with the format, but Mike was a great guest, as expected. I hope you enjoy it. Episode Links: Last Wikipedia Search: FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (2009) Favorite Bit of Trivia: Ray Caldwell’s Lightning Arm Favorite Non-Trivia Podcast: Mobituaries / Puck Soup / Secret Base Plugs: MRB Analytics & Tutoring And you could always check out our LinkTree too: https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop