The Weekend Quiz Podcast

Episodes

1. 22

   Kates – McLennan and McCartney

   The very first episode of the podcast in it's new form as The Saturday Quiz. The Kates take on the quiz from The Saturday Paper and really only falter when the question of which monarch started the House of Tudor comes up. If you subscribe to the podcast here, it'd be great if you could swap over...

   Jul 31, 2020

   24m
2. 21

   Episode 21. Eucatastrophe with Luke Arnold and Chris Ryan

   In the final episode of season one of The Weekend Quiz, John is joined by Chris and Luke who go incredibly close to correctly answering every single question. And Chris' feats of imperial to metric and back again are something to behold. What mountain is the highest peak in Africa? Which British...

   Jul 17, 2020

   40m
3. 20

   Episode 20. Hotels with Amanda Brotchie & Adam Zwar

   Real life married couple, Amanda and Adam, Zoom in to do the quiz from seperate hotel rooms in two different cities during their 14 day quarantine. The distance between them counts for little as they blitz through the questions. What does a sphygmomanometer measure? Ninety per cent of the world’s...

   Jul 10, 2020

   35m
4. 19

   Episode 19. Existential Crisis with Yael Stone and Jack Manning Bancroft

   This episode, the podcast threatens to go off the rails as the anxiety of the quiz almost gets too much for guest, Yael Stone. Nevertheless, she and Jack do really well with quite a few tricky questions - even managing to successfully phone a friend early on. The US Declaration of Independence…

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   Jul 3, 2020

   35m
5. 18

   Episode 18. This Goes With That with Sean Kelly & Anne-Louise Sarks

   I'm so glad I asked Sean and Anne-Louise to be on this podcast because not only do they do a smashing job of answering the questions, but unbeknownst to me, the quiz holds a special place in their relationship... or it does for one of them at least. Where in the body is the ethmoid bone? In what...

   Jun 26, 2020

   35m
6. 17

   Episode 17. Brought To You By Toblerone with Laetitia Lemke and Rob Collins.

   Not actually sponsored by Toblerone... This episode, answering the questions are Laetitia and Rob from their home in Darwin. They get some really tricky ones in this quiz, but they bring it home at the end. Which planet in the solar system has the most moons? What type of instrument is a sackbut?...

   Jun 19, 2020

   35m
7. 16

   Episode 16. Dithyrambs, Petrology and Alfred Butts with Geraldine Hakewill & Mark Winter

   Geraldine Hakewill and Mark Winter are delightful humans. Geri manages to keep her competitive nature in check and Mark provides some very canny answers and at the end of the day, we've all learnt something. Like what a dithyramb is. Which UK band produced the 1990s hit song Things Can Only Get...

   Jun 12, 2020

   32m
8. 15

   Episode 15. Sea Breeze with Tim Minchin and Toby Schmitz

   Two Perth boys get more than their fair share of questions about Western Australia. And they manage to get a good deal of the answers to the questions outside their areas of expertise - but it's the ones inside that pose the greatest challenge. Who was the first Australian to play in the US NBA?...

   Jun 5, 2020

   32m
9. 14

   Episode 14. Don't Overthink It with Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope

   Joining John on this episode are Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope, neither of whom know who is claimed to have said: “Doctor Livingstone, I presume." But then, who does know that? Plenty of bonus points on offer in this quiz. And sometimes you find that the first thing that pops into your head is the...

   May 29, 2020

   33m
10. 13

    Episode 13. Helmeted Honeyeaters with Zoë Coombs Marr and Kate Jinx

    Sure, the quiz seems a little easier than normal, but Kate Jinx and Zoë Coombs Marr smash this one out of the park. They don't get every question right, but they go very close. If it wasn't for those damn helmeted honeyeaters, they'd almost have a perfect score! What was the aim of the US-led...

    May 23, 2020

    25m
11. 12

    Episode 12. Infinite Monkeys Never Giving Up with Adele Vuko and Christiaan Van Vuuren

    Tackling the quiz this weekend are Adele Vuko and Christiaan Van Vuuren, and they get off to a rocky start. It's not until question 6 that they get their first points on the board. But thereafter, they manage to knock together a very decent score. And they do it much quicker than an infinite…

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    May 15, 2020

    38m
12. 11

    Episode 11. Things Fall Apart (or little bells) with Toby Truslove and Michala Banas

    Michala Banas and Toby Truslove Zoom in from isolation to attempt to answer this particularly tricky quiz. There are some real doozies this week. And as hard as John works to supply them with decent clues, there are a couple remain just out of reach. Little bells of recognition go off... but...

    May 8, 2020

    37m
13. 10

    Episode 10. Red Faces with Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor

    Guests Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor have a tough time with a very hard quiz. Celia even phones a friend for a question about rope, but doesn't get the answer she needs. She does know a thing or two about birds, snacks and children's stories though. And Luke knows what a discobolus is! Do you?...

    May 1, 2020

    34m
14. 9

    Episode 9. Perineal with Benjamin Law and Que Minh Luu

    Ben Law and Que Minh Luu are John's guests this week. Even though she claims it's not her area of expertise, Que nails the sports questions. As well as the linguistic based ones which are more her speed. And Ben has the literature and Geography topics covered pretty nicely. It's only when we come...

    Apr 24, 2020

    34m
15. 8

    Episode 8. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. With Andy Lee and Bec Harding.

    The title of this episode is a little cruel to the guests, Rebecca Harding & Andy Lee - but naming the author of that quote is the first question and they fail spectacularly to do so. Thereafter they do a great job on a very tricky quiz, and we get a little insight into Andy's favourite movies…

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    Apr 17, 2020

    40m
16. 7

    Episode 7. Everyone's Zooming From Isolation

    John has finally worked out a way to get guests onto his show other than the people with whom he co-habits! This week he is joined by two very clever cats over Zoom, Alex Lee and Benedict Hardie. They do a sterling job and are very likely the top scorers on the podcast (not that it's a...

    Apr 10, 2020

    31m
17. 6

    Episode 6. What Are People From Tokyo Called?

    What are people from Tokyo called? is not actually a question from this week's quiz, it's just something that stumped me during the recording. This week, Alison Bell is once again the sole guest on what is fast becoming a view on a marriage in quarantine. And the rain doesn't stop falling on the...

    Apr 3, 2020

    31m
18. 5

    Episode 5. Minister for Defence

    John is joined once again by Alison Bell as they commence their two weeks of quarantine, having just arrived back in Australia. Which Australian town is named after a date? Which Australian tennis player was known as the "Rockhampton Rocket"? and Who is Australia's Minister for Defence? are just…

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    Mar 27, 2020

    30m
19. 4

    Episode 4. Lockdown

    In this week's episode, John is joined by only one guest, Alison Bell, due to the "Shelter in Place" directive from the Governor of California. Alison claims not to have any general knowledge, but she actually does really well - at least at the beginning... Find out what part of an eye a sclera…

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    Mar 20, 2020

    33m
20. 3

    Episode 3. The Marieke Hardy Quiz

    Patrick Brammall is back in the guest seat alongside Marieke Hardy - who warns us that her general knowledge is sorely lacking. She doesn't know what colour gamboge is, which Australian town is known as the Silver City, or which planet is known as the blue planet. But she does know what the...

    Mar 14, 2020

    33m
21. 2

    Episode 2. Egyptian Cotton.

    John is joined by fellow Australian expatriates in America, Alison Bell and Christopher Baker. Alison is the extraordinary Co-creator/co-writer and star of the hit Netflix show The Letdown. Chris has been in Ozark, Gotham and True Detective, and will appear in the forthcoming Stargirl. But they...

    Mar 7, 2020

    37m
22. 1

    Episode 1. It's the first Bonus Episode

    John is joined by Patrick Brammall and Virginia Gay as they try and answer such questions as: Which three countries are the world's most populous? What is a maker of clocks called? And which branch of physics is involved in the study of sound?

    Feb 28, 2020

    26m