PODCAST · comedy
Nugatory Quest
by Taylor Smith and Neil Orr
Join our hapless trivia pilgrims on their quest to entertain, educate and systematically ruin one of the most despised board games of all time.
Episodes
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NQ 63 - Earth Day II
Twenty years ago, the world was hit with an outbreak of unprecedented proportions. The hapless population of the planet was forced to reduce, reuse and recycle like their very lives depended on it. Now, on the eve of the anniversary of that terrible time, a new threat emerges. One that will...
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NQ 62: I Chose You, Michael Cain!
Michael Caine. Michael Caine. Cain, Michael Caine. Michael Michael! Michael Caine! *Michael Caine used Thundershock. It was super effective.* COURSE MATERIALS: 1. Old Mitt 2. Coke Nail 3. A-Koo-Pew-Koo 4. Worst Giraffe Ever 5. Only the Good Die Hard 6. Rusha Housh
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NQ 61: Sportypons
Taylor and Neil were going to include a fun description that elaborated on the amusing joke comprising this episode's title but have been advised by their lawyer that they probably shouldn't. Just, no. Stop. Quit while you're ahead boys. You don't know what you're talking about. Stop digging that...
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NQ 60: Rawbot
Mild-mannered, law-abiding Mark Kaminsky is your run-of-the-mill small town sheriff who is also an ex-detective. One day, he's called back into action where he is shot a bunch by the Dad from That '70s Show. He has survived and been rebuilt as the smoothest, coolest and rawest robot cop you'll…
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NQ 59: Gulf
In which Taylor and Neil realize there is a large gulf between their definition and pronunciations of the word gulf. COURSE MATERIALS: 1. Dre M.D 2. Pop Artist 3. Santa Maria 4. Blue Whales 5. Mr. Nastic 6. WAR
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NQ 58: Puppy Puppy
Oh noe! Hoosawiddlepuppy? Yooaliddlepuppy! Yes yoo are! Yes yoo are! Hoosabooboo! Hoosabooboo numnum?! Hoochaboochoohrrggllleeee! COURSE MATERIALS 1. Yukon Devil Farmer 2. Daddy Fine Things 3. Antonio 4. Topsy 5. Kentucky Drift 6. 'Sappnin'
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NQ 57: Sack Dress
What? We enjoy the breeze... COURSE MATERIALS: 1. Old Man Kid 2. Hey Bro 3. Fashion Mastermind 4. Craft Time 5. McShut Up 6. Vinajer
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NQ 56 - Fool's Gold Cowboy
I've been ridin' these plains so long Singin' the same old song I know every town on the dirty side of Mississippi Where hustle's the name of the game And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain There's been a load of compromisin' On the road to my horizon But I'm gonna be where the...
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NQ 54: With Apologies
We here at Nugatory Quest would like to apologize for totally bumming you out with this episode. It doesn't seem like something we should be capable of doing but, well, sometimes things happen. What looks to be a wacky trivia question might just turn out to be the most depressing thing you've…
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NQ 54: Composin' with the Zart
Tonight on an ALL NEW Composin' with the Zart! Zart takes to the streets with his talking wig and asks pedestrians what they think of Obama! The latest viral videos get smashed by Zart in our new segment, "Viral Videos?! Viral Videos Are Usually A Waste of Time Featuring Zart!" Guest Patrick…
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NQ 53: Einstein's Folly
"Nugatory Quest is, and always will be, my favorite internet-based radio program." -Albert Einstein COURSE MATERIALS: 1. Big Guy 2. Torrent of Flesh 3. Funny 4. Pending Death 5. Straight Garb 6. Schlagen Lager
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NQ 52: Ol' Pert
I reckon by now all y'all will have heard the news: Ol' Pert is pickin' up sticks and taking his skills to the Old World. I'll miss y'all somethin' fierce but them sweet jezebels over there need my particular skills. Naw don't you go blubbering all over these here parts; I'll still live on in yer...
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NQ 51: Krelbow
It's totally a thing. COURSE MATERIALS: 1. Torch Run 2. The Worst Thing We've Ever Done 3. Baseball Owners 4. Stinking Spotted Weasel 5. Overtime 6. Haggard the Horrible
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NQ 50: Nostradiculous
In the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Four, two great minds shall meet in the realm of snowy desperation. The fires of one will ignite the ire of the other and a great battle will be fought over the correct method of topping circular dough with protein. The hostility will cease for a time,...
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NQ 49: More Jr. High Gym Stories
Hey! Do you like to hear two people talk about all formative experiences they had in Junior High gym class? I hope you do because Taylor and Neil are doing that. Again. Yay. COURSE MATERIALS 1. Shoulder Rolls 2. Strudel 3. Queen Slam '14 4. FitBitBit 5. Dunka-Dunk-Dunk 6. Arriba!
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NQ 48: Boars Gone Wild
What happens when young, fresh piglets go hog-wild on Hawaiian spring break? Only the craziest, wettest and tastiest party on the planet! Watch this sweet meat let loose and expose their chops for the promise of fame, fortune and not being used as a pizza topping! Our cameras were there to…
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NQ 47: Scut.
Scut. COURSE MATERIALS: 1. Pineapple Mistakes 2. Titan 360 3. Rose-Velt 4. Jacked Rabbits 5. Absoslutely 6. Bowlingual
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NQ 46: Gorbachev 3D
Meet Mikey! He's the new kid in class and just doesn't fit in. The boys think he's weird! The girls think he's gross! The conservative politburo thinks he's radical! But little do they know that he's got a plan to become the most popular kid in school. With the help of his secret best friend…
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NQ 45: E. coliPhone
Forward thinking. E. coliPhone is purposefully imagined. Meticulously considered. Precision infected. It's not just a product of what's biologically possible. But what's biologically devastating. It's not just what's next. But what should be next. Disease. COURSE MATERIALS: 1. Desolation of Smog…
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NQ 44: Surviving Trump
Alright, Danny we have to talk about what you did to my gorgeous, gold-encrusted French imported bidet. This is the best bidet in New York City. Danny, I know you can't appreciate how great this bidet is. This is the best bidet I've ever owned and the best bidet you'll ever see with your small,...
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NQ 43: The Robin
`Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked upstarting - `Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my…
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NQ 42: Rookie Chicago Blue Fire Bloods: SVU
Last week's tear-jerking cliffhanger is resolved as fifteen puppies trapped in a teaching hospital are rescued by a team of sexy rookie cops and hunky junior firefighters. Trouble brews at home, as sexy surgery student Chase and Detective Inspector-In-Training Laurel argue about adopting a child...
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NQ 41: Roadgeeks
Pack your bags because we're taking this show on the road! We're leaving this life behind for one on the open highway! Come along for the ride and enjoy the sites, sounds and smells of the interstate highway system! We'll admire the pavement, curvature and many interesting features of the roads,...
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NQ 40: First & Most Popular International Podcast of All Time in China
In most honored traditions of excellent awards, the Ministry for Foreign Goofs, Yucks and All Other Audio Tomfoolery has bestowed the great and noble title of First & Most Popular International Podcast of All Time in China upon glorious co-hosts Taylord Smiths and Neils Bohr for their show…
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NQ 39: Happy One-Year-Versary
Our little guy is all grown up! We've been doing Nugatory Quest for an entire YEAR now and we still manage to screw it up. Listen to see how far we haven't come!
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NQ 38: Des Moiners
The secret of Des Moines Ancient mystery Somewhere deep in Iowa I know you're hiding What is your name? Will we ever know? Will always be a mystery What are people from you called? Course Materials: 1. Cote de Quaqua 2. Boob Tube Bomb 3. The Acting President 4. Dezzies 5. EBOLA! 6. RelaxoBak
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NQ 37: Nougatory Yum!
Do you like CANDY? Want to hear two grown talk about CANDY for an hour? Huh? DO YOU? Don't worry, we also talk about tennis-based Japanese anime. YOU DEMANDED IT, WE DELIVER. Course Materials: 1. Little Turk 2. Di-ASS 3. The King's Sister 4. Andor 5. Climbomaniac 6. The Prince of Tennis
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NQ 36: Time Hole
Remember boys and girls: always keep your Time Hole nice and clean. And never stick anything in there that you're not okay losing for extended periods of time. Course Materials: 1. Pole Land 2. Future Boat 3. Instrument Implement 4. MOO- 5. Australia 6. Granberry
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NQ 35: James Cook is a Jerk
Ah, a good morn to you Michael! Good mornin' cap'n! Wos the weather be lookin' like today? Fresh and prosperous, my dear chap! Are you ready to let loose the sails and explore this vast new land before us? Cor blimey I am, sir! Yeh want I should get yer maps out for yeh? Yes, yes, my dear friend...
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NQ 34: The Time Train
Well, howdy there, folks! Welcome aboard the most spectacular engineering feat ever engineered by man: the grand railroad! Yes, indeed, this here is a genuine steam powered iron horse, designed to take you and your loved ones clear across the country. But what you don't know is that this train is...
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NQ 33: The Tale of Pisseus
The night grows deep and the shadows stretch out from our forms huddled around the fire. The night is deep, cold and full of unknown horrors and terror. The group is tired, depleted from many weeks of constant travel. No one speaks a word, they are too weak to contemplate the effort. The old man...
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NQ 32: Shpants
Look down at your legs; are you wearing shorts? Do you wish the rest of your legs were slightly (but not much) warmer? Or are you wearing pants but want to feel the sweet breeze on the lower portion of your shins? Well, do we have a product for you! Introducing: SHPANTS! They're slightly longer...
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NQ 31: The Simplest Life
This week, the girls find themselves in deep…deep dung that is! What will they do when they’re asked to do menial tasks? Will they rise to the occasion? Or will they complain and call things stupid. You’ll just have to tune in and find out! It’s all very mysterious and they don’t tell us…
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NQ 30: Not for Export
Hey man. Yeah, you. Hey. You want some stuff? I got some stuff. The '94 stuff? Naw, man - that stuff ain't worth doing time over! I gots the Grade A stuff; that sweet stuff that was so raw they banned it. Yeah, man. It's that hardcore. Where'd I get it then? Man, don't ask questions you don't…
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NQ 29: Scallop Eyes
No one knows what it's like to be shellfish To be mollusks Behind blue eyes No one bites back as hard On your finger Crack the shell and my flesh Can show through But my dreams They aren't as empty As my carcass seems to be I have bivalves, never lonely My love is plankton It tastes nummy Course...
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NQ 28: TRIUMPH
Triumph is a Canadian hard rock power trio that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Between the band's 16 albums and DVDs, Triumph has received 18 gold and 9 platinum awards in Canada and the United States. Triumph was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including Group of the Year...
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NQ 27: Babies Be Sleepin'
What?! It's not like it isn't TRUE. Course Materials: Bern Burn, Filiwood, Ficitonal Characters, Gaoouughhhffff, Baby Time, Heures Du Mans.
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NQ 26: #BroadwayMelody
Live on stage for the first time in over 70 years, the classic tale of love and show business is coming soon to a theatre near you! Boasting a bold new interpretation of the classic story, #BroadwayMelody will astound you with new plot points that you'll swear have just been made up by two idiots...
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NQ 25: Full Ark
Noah is a down-to-earth father of three just trying to make ends meet in this workaday world. When his wife is struck and killed by a righteous bolt of lightning, his brother and goofy best friend move in to help him raise his adorable daughters. Together they discover that, with enough...
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NQ 24: Cueloose
Cueloose jumps with spirit, dazzling felt play and an electrifying musical score that will have you saying, "Could you move out of the way, I'm trying to shoot." It portrays the timeless struggle between innocent pleasure and rigid sporting implements, when city-boy Rail McCaromick finds himself…
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NQ 23: The Sisterhood of the Time-Traveling Pants
Based on the best-selling novel about a special eon in the lives of four chronologically disparate friends separated by the recesses and fragments of time and space, this coming of age tale is sure to delight the whole family. On a trip to the Neo-Mall/thrift store/grand bazaar/tar pit, the young...
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NQ 22: Earl of Stair
Though largely remembered for his role in the Glencoe Massacre, Lord John Dalrymple is perhaps best known for the invention of the stair, a title which he adopted as an honourific for his house. Lauded by all those in his employ, people clamoured from many miles to view the stair and the promises...
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NQ 21: Basic Math
1863 - 1776 = 107 MATH. IS. HARD. Course Materials: 1. Ricolaaaa 2. BONANZA! 3. Prezzizzle Abe 4. Ducks can fly 5. Y3K 6. Cluedo
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NQ 20: Shallow Pool of Knowledge
There comes a time in everyone's life that you just have to acknowledge that you don't know all the answers. It is a moment of startling clarity and maturity; a time when you let go and admit that your knowledge of the world around you is just not up to snuff. Presented for you, the listener…
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NQ 19: Guygurt
The Mennen Company today announced the launch of Mantivia Parfait Crunch, a delicious blend of creamy Mantivia high protein guygurt, corn nut pieces and lowfat crunchy razor blades. Mantivia Parfait Crunch offers duders a convenient choice to add to their chillzones or delicious snack option that...
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NQ 18: Little Orphan Mickey
Mickey Rourke gives the performance of a lifetime as pro wrestler Little "The Orphan" Annie, a former supertsar now paying the price for seventy years of gruelling singing and dancing, in and out of the orphanage. But he's about to risk everything to prove he has one more song left in him: a...
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NQ 17: God of Waltz
The most infamous dancer in Ancient Greece teeters on the very edge of madness, haunted by an insatiable hunger for waltz and destruction. For Johann, there can be no escape: his soul is beyond redemption. But the bloodlust will culminate in one final confrontation; Johann must challenge his...
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NQ 16: The Greatest Goitre
Over the past few months, fans from around the country have voted. We've heard your calls and tallied your feverish responses. Now, in a two night special event, we are ready to unveil the results of the nation-wide poll. The masses wait with baited breath, to see if their favourites were…
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NQ 15: Sweet Valley Henday
Episode 15 Sweet Valley Henday Twin girls, identical in every way—yet they couldn’t be more different. Anthony Henday is used to getting what she wants—at the trading post, with her friends, and especially with bison—and she’ll stop at nothing to get it. Alexander Mackenzie is used to letting her...
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NQ 14: Hopscotch Hopping League
Do you remember the good old days? Back when the roads were cleaner and the lines straighter? Back when a rock was a rock and chalk was chalk? Back when if you kicked the stone instead of throwing it, you were considered a manly man and not some lunatic? If you played the stone outside the…
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Join our hapless trivia pilgrims on their quest to entertain, educate and systematically ruin one of the most despised board games of all time.
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Taylor Smith and Neil Orr
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