TRIVIALITY - A Trivia Game Show Podcast · Triviality Podcast

447: That’s a Bummer

·1 hr 4 min·5 clips

Ken and Jeff fumble through Latin clues to uncover the word 'conclave' in a pop culture trivia question.

This episode of Triviality features hosts Ken, Matt, and Jeff playing a pub-style trivia game guest-hosted by Natalie Anderson, a clinical psychologist and fan from Australia. Neil is absent, and the hosts joke about their podcast being a front for selling black-market AV equipment. The game covers ten eclectic trivia questions, including the Latin origins of the word "conclave" and President Kennedy's order for 1,200 Cuban cigars before an embargo. Questions explore the familial link between Disney's Ariel and Hercules, the longest year in the common era (1972), and the films in Baz Luhrmann's Red Curtain Trilogy. Other topics include the Australian term "bombora" for a hidden ocean swell and the disease that killed Henry Gray, author of Gray's Anatomy (smallpox). A question about a scene in *The Naked Gun* reveals Frank and Jane saw the 1986 Best Picture winner *Platoon*. The hosts also learn the French word for library is "bibliotheque" and that a group of actors, including Joan Cusack, joined SNL for its odd 11th season. The game's second half includes a multi-part question about *Girl with a Pearl Earring*, identifying the painter (Vermeer), the film's star (Scarlett Johansson), and the book's author (Tracy Chevalier). A puzzle about a singer whose name's vowels spell "E-I-E-I-O" leads to the answer Celine Dion. Another question links the margarita cocktail to its Victorian predecessor named for the daisy flower. The hosts correctly identify outlaws Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. A geography "before and after" question asks for the capital of a country with the Zagros mountains and then the capital of Madagascar, which the hosts struggle to recall. The tone is consistently lighthearted, conversational, and filled with friendly banter and humorous tangents between the questions. The style is collaborative and unscripted, with the hosts often debating answers and joking about their knowledge gaps. Listeners who enjoy casual, pub-style trivia with a focus on pop culture, history, and wordplay will appreciate this episode. Those who prefer a more structured, serious, or competitive trivia format might find the frequent digressions and inside jokes less engaging.

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A loose trivia table that turns one weird clue into a funny, banter-heavy run of guesses.

Triviality starts with a playful bit of business-front nonsense about black market AV gear from the year 2000, then sends the room chasing clues that keep slipping sideways.

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You want a trivia game that turns one clue into a chain of very funny guesses.

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