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Learned Lag

We play Learned League, the greatest trivia competition in all the land. Each day, we run through the questions and how we arrived at the answers (or at least, how we arrived at our answers).

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    Penultimatality! LL109MD24

    Coincidentally, Punchboard published a guide to trick-takers today. https://punchboard.co.uk/guide-to-trick-taking-games/

  2. 99

    It's a Cruel, Cruel Antepenultimate Day LL109MD23

    Just ignore all that stuff at the end where George is totally wrong about the schedule.

  3. 98

    ugggh LL109MD22

    Some days, man. Sooome daaays.

  4. 97

    The "King" in Question? Larry King LL109MD21

    Not that Larry King, just a Larry King. He died last month, as it turns out.

  5. 96

    BEERALITY LL109MD20

    It is, in fact, a "novella" and was first published in Life magazine.

  6. 95

    The Home Stretch Beckons LL109MD19

    Lot of background noises possible today (he said, glaring around the room at various living things).

  7. 94

    George Never Passes Up That Chance LL109MD18

    Summers was diagnosed with OCD only after the original run of the show.

  8. 93

    It Was "Dreams", Actually LL109MD17

    See if you can detect where we had to pause for an egregious Rule 3 violation.

  9. 92

    The Unknown Showrunner LL109MD16

    Once you realized which side the "heroes" of that "Western in space" show had been on, the allegory got real rancid.

  10. 91

    Don't Forget to Vote for the New League Names LL109MD15

    Tangentially, get well soon, Simone Biles.

  11. 90

    Tanzania Is Just to the North LL109MD14

    Thanks to all of you for being a supportive and generous community.

  12. 89

    Yes, He's Talking About the President LL109MD13

    We don't know what weirdo downloaded every episode yesterday, but it got us over 275,000 total downloads, for which we thank you all.

  13. 88

    No, the Worse UFC LL109MD12

    George probably should have known he was on a couple of wrong tracks when four of his answers started with D.

  14. 87

    It's Charlton Heston LL109MD11

    That other store is a "luxury department store", but at least it's an actual place.

  15. 86

    Let's Hit Week Three Hard LL109MD10

    How was your weekend? Full of Swedish producers and scandalous clothing?

  16. 85

    George Is Saving His Mildly Dirty "Subjunctive" Joke For Later LL109MD09

    Those books are "This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)" by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman, and "A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps" by Jonn Elledge.

  17. 84

    Resenting Having to Know About Crypto LL109MD08

    Why can't we be asked about Krypto? He's a good dog.

  18. 83

    Stumbling Out of the Weekend But On a Wednesday LL109MD07

    https://www2.heart.org/site/TR/HeartWalk/MWA-MidWestAffiliate?pg=personal&px=5148492&fr_id=12619

  19. 82

    Lotta Teeth Talk LL109MD06

    We await the morning's scores with bated breath.

  20. 81

    Two or Three or Four or Five LL109MD05

    Did we forget to put the number in the title yesterday? No, Shut up.

  21. 80

    Stan Is the Wooorst

    We're not just saying that because the Rams stole Matthew Stafford.

  22. 79

    Popes and Tongues and Rices LL109MD03

    Google would tell you that football (soccer) is the king of sports, but does football have it on their logo? They. Do. Not.

  23. 78
  24. 77

    Stuff, and Also Nonsense

    Content Warning: Medical Issues, Pet Loss https://www2.heart.org/site/TR/HeartWalk/MWA-MidWestAffiliate?pg=personal&px=5148492&fr_id=12619

  25. 76

    Yay, We're Back! LL109MD01

    We missed you. No, really.

  26. 75

    Hiatus Announcement

    Yep, we're off this season. Have fun anyway.

  27. 74

    Have a Good Holiday - LL107MD25

    See you in February. Find a Kura Sushi near you. It's worth it.

  28. 73

    Bluey Scores Another One

    We cannot recommend Bluey highly enough. Watch it now and call it Olympic preparation.

  29. 72

    It Was a Long Weekend

    Not a bad weekend, but a long one.

  30. 71

    Pretty Good Day

    Meetings suck and should not be allowed to interfere with one's online trivia league.

  31. 70

    We Have Many Quibbles

    It feels like we're more negative about the question writing this season, doesn't it.

  32. 69

    George Figured They Were Named After Don

    Deleted from this episode: A full two minutes of yelling at the cat.

  33. 68

    A Good Day

    Do we sound backwards? We recorded backwards. But not in heels.

  34. 67

    Bridge! Of! Asses! - LL107MD16

    No cat, but someone's phone alarm went off.

  35. 66

    Free to Good Home, Loud Cat - LL107MD15

    Fun fact about Bill & Ted: Rufus never tells them his name. They tell themselves his name.

  36. 65

    An (Im)perfect Ten Day - LL107MD14

    Sorry about all the meowing yesterday, Ian.

  37. 64

    The Fabled Midpoint - LL107MD13

    George keeps forgetting to put the match day in the title. That's on him.

  38. 63

    Welcome Back! How Was Your Break?

    He didn't even win a pennant with the Yankees, which is truly remarkable.

  39. 62

    Requisite Rule Three Day - LL107MD11

    See you next week. Go Lions.

  40. 61

    Why Isn't It Delta? That's "Difference" - LL107MD10

    Oops, keep forgetting to put the match day in the title.

  41. 60

    Blah, and Also, Blergh

    Some days you just sorta get through.

  42. 59

    Those '70s Questions

    Really had to throw us some Gen X burners to get us back toward "decent", didn't they.

  43. 58

    Regression to the Mean Can Kick In Any Time Now...

    On the plus side, "Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going to Do One (1) Backflip" on Dropout is aMAZing.

  44. 57

    These Nouns Are Bad

    The bad questions stand out because most of the questions are good.

  45. 56

    Stupid Second Color Wheel

    Hope you weekend went well, and also that part of your Monday that you devote to beating Thorsten.

  46. 55

    RIP Alice Wong, 1974-2025

    Not to go off on a rant here, but.

  47. 54

    Let Us Not Speak of Today Again

    Look, some days you're just not going to know about... lots of stuff. But keep pushing.

  48. 53

    Lots of Ways In

    Some days, they really want you to get them, and some days, you do.

  49. 52

    We're Back and Better Than... No, Pretty Much the Same

    Hello! You look great! Whatever you're doing, keep it up.

  50. 51

    The Private Rundles Are Open

    LearnedLaag (Amanda) LearnedLagg (George) Rule3ShutUpCat

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

We play Learned League, the greatest trivia competition in all the land. Each day, we run through the questions and how we arrived at the answers (or at least, how we arrived at our answers).

HOSTED BY

George Stankow

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We play Learned League, the greatest trivia competition in all the land. Each day, we run through the questions and how we arrived at the answers (or at least, how we arrived at our answers).

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