Answer for It!

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Ever wonder why barber shops have that striped pole out front? What does it mean? Is it a warning? Perhaps a hypnotic device to lull you into spending too much on a haircut? We don’t know. But we will... more

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Number 1: #72: Why was the singer Madonna FIRED from Dunkin' Donuts?
Get bonus content and more at patreon.com/answerforit If you were a circus busker and you sent a boy out into the crowd with your hat to collect money, what should you also get him to do? Before her rise to fame, singer Madonna worked at Dunkin' Donuts -- why was she fired? How did watching an episode of the sitcom The Office save someone’s life? On February 18, 1930, Elm Farm Ollie (also known as "Nellie Jay") became the first cow to do what? Why was the character of Winnie the Pooh banned from a Polish playground? New episodes every Tuesday Answer for It is brought to you by Elyse Willems, James Willems, Zach Anner, and AJ LoCascio Music by Casey Edwards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 25, 202644min
Number 2: #71: We Predict the Siren's Song in The Odyssey Director's Cut
Get bonus content and more at patreon.com/answerforit After a long voyage, we've finally returned home (not to Ithaca -- to Zach's apartment). Actress Anne Hathaway alleges that director Christopher Nolan banned his actors from doing something on the set of The Odyssey -- what was it? Long before New York received its iconic nickname "The Big Apple," it had this a different one. What did actor Harrison Ford do for the first time at age 55? Which natural phenomenon can snakes predict? What's Cookie Monster’s real name? Which film holds the distinction of being the first mailed out by Netflix? New episodes every Tuesday Answer for It is brought to you by Elyse Willems, James Willems, Zach Anner, and AJ LoCascio Music by Casey Edwards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 18, 202648min
Number 3: #74: What was the very first text message ever sent?
Get bonus content at patreon.com/answerforit The first-ever SMS text message was sent on December 3, 1992, by a British engineer - what was it? How did Jimmy Hendrix shock a crowd unconventionally with his guitar? What's "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?" What fashion homage did tennis star Naomi Osaka make at the French Open? And what skill did actor Paul Newman teach fellow actor Jake Gyllenhaal when Jake was 15 years old? Plus, we discuss doing physical training on a train, what happens when your good friends "dye". New episodes every Tuesday From Elyse Willems, James Willems, AJ LoCascio, and Zach Anner Music by Casey Edwards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 08, 202647min
Number 4: #73: Guessing Foreign Movie Titles Translated Back to English
Get bonus content and more at patreon.com/answerforit This episode gets lost in cinematic translation as the gang attempts to guess movies by their foreign translated titles. Let us know in the comments which you guessed right! New episodes every Tuesday Answer for It is brought to you by Elyse Willems, James Willems, Zach Anner, and AJ LoCascio Music by Casey Edwards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
September 01, 202647min
Number 5: #70: We Made Up Our Own Superhero
Get bonus content and more at patreon.com/answerforit Every August, certain towns in British Columbia, Canada celebrate what day? How did infamous pirate Blackbeard intimate his enemies? What late nineteenth century fictional character is believed to be real by more than 25% of Americans? A spin-off series for the film Van Helsing was pitched to NBC but didn’t happen because it would’ve been too expensive to produce -- what was the title? What extreme measures did pre-fame singer Kris Kristofferson, then a janitor, go to to get Johnny Cash to listen to his demo tape? And finally, what is a "Pain Cave?" New episodes every Tuesday Answer for It is brought to you by Elyse Willems, James Willems, Zach Anner, and AJ LoCascio Music by Casey Edwards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 11, 202649min