Get hype for type and go gooey for Dewey because this week, it's all about books, writing, and reading! Dana's quiz about famous librarians gets us jumping from page to page, and Karen's graphic novel quiz gets us hopping from panel to panel. Colin dives deep into the Microsoft archives to discover the dramatic origin of Comic Sans, and the man behind this typeface phenomenon. Discover what common words and phrases we use everyday actually stem from the tradition of the printing press. And do you ever wonder why books have a certain smell? Our own chronic book sniffer Chris is on the chemical case!
Also: Where in outer space is Carmin San Mateo?


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221: It's Another One for the Books

Part quiz show, part offbeat trivia, and all awesome. We here are nuts about trivia and pub quiz! And we are darn sure there are people out there who share our unusual obsession. Play along and laugh along as Karen, Colin, Dana, and Chris school each other on some of the weirdest and most interesting facts about our funny little world.
Do you relish beating your friends at Trivial Pursuit? Do you blab out the answers at the gym when Jeopardy! is on? And don't you just loathe badly worded questions? Gggrraahhh!
Then this podcast, fellow trivia nut, is the ultimate mental nutrition for your very big brain. So eat up!

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Let's sail through briny trivia and salty facts about being at sea. Chris reports back from his cruise vacation/research and lets us in on the most exclusive parts of the ship, and .do you .kn ow your .is.la. nds? Hey turn around, bright eyes, Colin learns about Ted Pedas and the weird world of seafaring heliophiles. And oh boy, the announcement of a potential oceanic Moana-land has got Karen diving into the USPTO library for recent Disney patents.

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271: Sailing the Seven Seas

Triv it up with a hodgepodge of quizzes delivered straight into your hippocampus! Let's play "Literally Speaking" where you wildly guess the even wilder origins of very plain everyday phrases. Karen invites you to name that TV show theme song but beware, we're kicking up a notch in difficulty. No Gimmies! Tony award-winning Broadway musicals quiz, Jason Statham and his bees, and the debut of a new sports league.

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270: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #54

269: Fire in the Hole

Fact hounds and trivia retrievers rejoice! We're pawing for dog tidbits this week. Chow down on Karen's regional hot dog quiz, and Colin's got some "dog and dog-adjacent" questions. Go fetch your brain cells in time to play Chris' super impressive (and hard) game, DOG WORDS & CAT WORDS. And how well do you know your canine mascots?

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268: Hot Diggity Dog

Big facts about big things! Biggest Hollywood premiere! Guinness Records! How the Dutch keep smashing massive toppling domino records year after year, even in the face of national bird drama! And get out your pencils because it's time to play "30 Seconds to Glory" with a BIG theme, and Colin quizzes us about the biggest trends... in 1900.

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221: It's Another One for the Books

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