Good Job, Brain!

• 288: Too Close To Call

  Whoosh! Trivia and facts about near misses and close calls. Is the ball in or out? Colin serves up some love for the high tech system used to judge tricky tennis calls and predict alternate futures. Chris quizzes us on games that were almost released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and what's up with those 555 phone numbers you see in movies and TV? Take Karen's close call movie quiz about how your favorite films were almost called something else. ALSO: close elections and tie breakers For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 287: Lucky Number 13

  Triskaidecaphobes watch out! Celebrate 13 years of GJB with (what turned out to be) an All-Quiz all around this auspicious number. Dust off your JNCOs and Doc Martens for "Pop Culture Jeopardy: The 13 Year-Old Chris Edition." Test your classic trivia smarts - can you name the 13th thing? Colin gets patriotic with a quiz about the Thirteen Colonies. And let your sweat drip down as we count down the points in the 13Q challenge. Also: BEGOTs For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 286: The Secret's Out

  It's time to spill the beans! Inspired by the hidden rooms at Disneyland, Karen's got a quiz all about secret rooms in famous landmarks. Encyclopedia Chris cracks the case of the mysterious money zeroes, and shares how Pikachu threw a wrench into the long-kept secrets of printing. Colin likes his trivia shaken, not stirred, and rocks out to the unbelievable top secret plans *inside* the Rock of Gibraltar. Find out how Quaker Oats hatched an absolutely absurd idea and cracked the breakfast game with a secret ingredient. ALSO: Eggcorn Watch For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 285: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #57 with Dani Siller & Bill Sunderland

  HAPPY NEW YEAR! Bill and Dani from Escape This Podcast join us for our longest and quizziest episode yet! Do you know your fuzz-pigs from your hummerhorns? Take Karen's archaic animal name quiz inspired by a Pokémon GO walk gone wrong. For super duper film buffs, Bill's got a very creative movie character connections quiz. Patent-head Dani tests our gaming smarts with legal descriptions of gaming inventions. And Chris made trivia quiz with questions. ALSO: topsy-turvy Australian music round For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 284: Your Guide to Guides

  Quizzes and weird facts about guidebooks and guides! Colin drives us through "The Knowledge" - the fascinating and grueling steps of becoming a London cab driver, known to be one of the most difficult exams in the world. How do you like them apples? How we escaped the Red Delicious' flavorless grasp, and the one apple ranking guide to rule them all. Come travel with us from page to page in Chris' quiz about those literary maps you'd find in the beginning of books. From POÄNG to MEATBALLS, can we all make it through Karen's IKEA maze quiz without a meltdown? Also, check out Colin's game, now about to enter its second printing! For advertising inquiries, please contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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