58: Jeremy Cahnmann

Jeremy is a prolific quiz writer and host for his company, Brain Bash Trivia in Chicago. For his first run at Tangents, he was looking for questions on Cardinals baseball, 80s hairbands and pop culture. If you know Jeremy, or if you’ve heard him on other trivia podcasts, you pretty much know what you’re about to get into. If this is your first encounter, grab a snack, hydrate, and enjoy.

Episode Links:

• Last Wikipedia Search: Billy Crudup

• Something you learned last week: The first Ferris Wheel was big.

• Favorite TV Theme: It’s The Garry Shandling Show

• Favorite Movie Soundtrack: Less Than Zero

• Current Pop Culture Thing: Pointless

• Favorite Trivia:

  • “Anywhere” - only multisyllabic word in Green Eggs & Ham

  • The cities of St. Louis and Boston are the only cities to meet in the championships for all four of the Big 4.

  • Jon Bon Jovi’s first appearance on an album was on Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album.

As always, thanks for listening! Be sure to check the linktree: https://linktr.ee/TriviaWorkshop - especially for the link to sign up for Tangents! It’s free.

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