Good Job, Brain!
Trivia, Quizzes and More Fun From the Popular Pub Quiz Podcast
1st Edition
Published on 10. February 2022
215 pages
978-1-61243-625-8 (ISBN)
Description
Mind-effing factoids-from anatomy awareness to CIA cats-and quirky commentary that give the traditional trivia book a fun reboot.
Which came first, Brad Pitt or lasers? Who, what, or where is "shrapnel" named after? And can you really use cheese to tell the future? These questions and many more are answered in
Good Job, Brain!, a collection of freaky facts, perplexing puzzles, and quirky quizzes based on the award-winning podcast of the same name.
So step up, silly scholars seeking stupendous stimuli, for some...
- Crazy-but-true stories
- Hilarious quizzes
- Rebus puzzles
- Challenging crosswords
- Strategies and tips to win at pub quiz
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Karen Chu | Colin Felton | Dana Nelson
Good Job, Brain
Trivia, Quizzes and More Fun From the Popular Pub Quiz Podcast
Book
09/2016
Ulysses Press
€18.60
Article in reprint
Persons
Karen Chuis a co-host of the Good Job, Brain! podcast, a designer at Twitch, brews mead, runs marathons in costume, and is way into vexillology. Colin Felton is a co-host of the Good Job, Brain! podcast, a designer and web developer, and collects an unhealthy amount of Star Wars droids. Dana Nelson is a co-host of the Good Job, Brain! podcast, is a prolific game designer, is a word nerd and pop culture enthusiast, and not Belgian. Chris Kohler is a co-host of the Good Job, Brain! podcast, contributing editor for WIRED, collects videogames and is the author of Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preface
- Foreword
- Author's Note
- Pop Culture 4-Ever
- Bored of Board Games
- William Fake-Speare
- Call Me a Doctor
- Movies Go to the Movies!
- WhatIsThisDotCom.com
- What Would Keanu Do?
- Sidekicks
- Who's on First?
- Lifetime Movie or Not Lifetime Movie?
- Sequel-ize Me
- The Perfect Band Name
- Beep Me Maybe
- Getting That Last Word In
- Remember These Movie Quotes?
- William Shake-Yo'-Booty-Speare
- A Number of Problems
- Wilderness Girls
- Fun Time Vocab Corner
- TV Rebus Time!
- 1992 at the Movies!
- Weird Science, Weirder Animals
- Celebritaxonomy
- A Very Average Human Body by the Numbers
- The Big Five
- The Flying Tailor
- Animal Secretion Spotlight: Bombardier Beetle
- Scarce Hairs
- One Hump or Two?
- Time Flies Like an Arrow
- Urinal Flies Like Pee
- Christmas with Bugs
- Spy Cat!
- Extreme Animals
- Mighty Menacing Mercury
- Animal Secretion Spotlight: Bedtime Booger Bubble
- Tush Trivia
- Nobel's Safety Powder
- So It's Come to This: A Page about Boogers
- (Mostly) Cute Baby Animals
- Like an Animal!
- The Centaur of Attention
- Who, What, and Where
- Official State Whatevers
- Brad Pitt or Lasers?
- Setting Sail On the Garbage Ship
- Belgium or Not Belgium?
- Sounds Like a Capital Idea!
- Butt Is It Art?
- License to Quiz
- Brad Pitt or Lasers? Part II
- OMGeography!
- Provinces, Eh?
- Catch of the Day
- The Truth About Buried Treasure
- Vexing Vexillology
- Money Makes the World Go 'Round
- Um, Actually.
- Japan or Not Japan?
- Brad Pitt or Lasers? Part III
- Angels and Devils
- Common Thread
- Stuff Yo' Face
- The Other Toroidal Breakfast
- Cocktail!
- Fraudulent Foods and Flavor Foolers
- Your Medicine Is Like Bad Love
- Diner Lingo
- Would You Care for a Bowl of Worms?
- Hey, Where'd You Get That Cheese?
- Animal Secretion Spotlight: Beaver Butt Juice
- Truth in Advertising
- Um, Actually: Food Edition
- A Balthazar for the Table, Please!
- Word Nerdery
- Hey, Let's Actually Use Latin Correctly!
- Back Talk
- Who, What, or Where?
- Our Favorite Eggcorns
- Mind Cruncher
- I Forgot What I Was Supposed to Remember
- I Mustache You a Question: The Good Job, Brain! Crossword
- Fortune-Telling for Dummies
- Interlopers
- One Letter Off
- Japanese Words You Already Know
- B-R-A-I-N Q-U-I-Z
- On Your Marks
- My Polish Nail Polish
- Word Swap
- Fancy Pants
- Pardon My French
- Who, What, or Where? Part II
- Remembering the Bill of Rights
- The Good Job, Brain! Cryptic Crossword
- Guide to Solving Cryptics
- The Good Job, Brain! Guide to How to Pub-Quiz Gooder
- Good Job, Brain! Thanks
- About Good Job, Brain!
- About the Authors
