It is a very tough set of questions that actors Matthew Whittet and Justin Smith come up against in this episode. Although there’s very little excuse for not knowing the composer of Moonlight Sonata. John does his best to clue them towards the answers, but there’s only so much he can do. However, if you know the 16-letter word for sleight of hand, the name of the scale for measuring mineral hardness and the name of the author of the feminist work Backlash, you’ll do very well at this week’s quiz...
Aug 13, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 29
The son of a writer and a pharmacist’s daughter make for an excellent pair of quiz takers. TV director Amanda Brotchie and writer and actor Adam Zwar are stumped only by the popular music question in this episode that goes from the assassination of a civil rights leader, through gigantic gulfs and floral emblems, to the special theory of relativity. This episode has it all. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Aug 06, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 28
The creators and stars of a brand new sketch comedy show The Moth Effect , Nick Boshier and Jazz Twemlow, join John to find the answers to some very tricky questions. Most of the answers end up having something to do weird and wacky names… which is appropriate for guys called Boshier and Twemlow. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 30, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Taking a break from their Zoom based rehearsal for the upcoming production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Melbourne Theatre Company, Virginia Gay and Robin Goldsworthy guess their way through some very tricky questions, but most of the answers are there in their heads somewhere. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 23, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Recorded prior to the announcement of the latest Victorian lockdown, this episode’s guests join John over Zoom from their dressing rooms between shows at the Melbourne Theatre Company. Michala Banas and Bert LaBonté do very well at the quiz - Bert is even one of the rare people on the podcast who get the sports question without guessing. In fact, he nominates sport as his expert category. Which carnivorous animal has the scientific name Ursus maritimus ? Cape Barren Island is in what body of wat...
Jul 16, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Taking a moment away from appearing in the Australian production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Gillian Cosgriff and Tom Wren try their hands at the quiz. And for the first time, someone claims that geography is their area of expertise! However they don’t get to test their proficiency as there is no geography question in this week’s quiz. There are a couple of sports questions though. And a musical theatre adjacent one. Who was the first person to be awarded two Nobel prizes? In which cou...
Jul 09, 2021•29 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Since Alex last appeared on the podcast, she has become a quiz show host herself. And joining her this time is one of the celebrity contestants, Craig Reucassel. They learn that on this show, there’s no such thing as too many clues. And that more often than not, the answer is rattling around in your head somewhere and if you just keep talking, you’ll eventually say it. What is the first name of President Duterte of the Philippines? Which country is known as the Cockpit of Europe? And what is the...
Jul 02, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 23
No strangers to podcasts, Alice Fraser and Dan Ilic step in to represent the not quite locked down Eastern suburbs of Sydney. Drawing on his experience working on several Olympics, Dan finds the answer to the sports question. And Alice’s multi-religious upbringing helps her with a question on the Ten Commandments. In relation to diamonds, what are the 4Cs? Which Asian nation is a member of the G7 political forum? And who wrote the play An Ideal Husband ? Support this show http://supporter.acast....
Jun 25, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Sarah Krasnostein and Charlie Pickering are a couple who clearly enjoy doing quizzes together - they’ve even invented their own trivia based game “Springsteen”. They both get a chance to show of the breadth of their general knowledge on this episode, but unfortunately Charlie’s speciality subject of Scottish terriers doesn’t feature in any of the questions. In which war was the Battle of the Bulge fought? Which three US states have just four letters in their name? And which sauce contains butter...
Jun 18, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 21
One former director of the Melbourne Writers Festival and the current director of the Sydney Writers Festival come together to treat The Saturday Quiz like their own personal pub quiz. They bully the host into giving them a plethora of bonus points and end up with what is probably the highest score possible. What is the largest continent in the world? What is the currency of Denmark? And in the human body, the malar or zygomatic bone is also known as the …? Support this show http://supporter.aca...
Jun 11, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Last time Geraldine Hickey was on the podcast, it was before she won Best Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. This time she’s joined by another MICF Best Show winner (who is also previous guest) Zoë Coombs Marr. They both smash through the quiz - which is, admittedly, not the hardest it’s ever been - and share some stories about nicknames and the films they thought were scary when they were kids. Who was the first president of the Russian Federation following the fall of the Sov...
Jun 04, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 19
These two old friends are quite the odd couple. To begin with, Nath was late to hop on the Zoom meeting. So that should give you some idea how dedicated to quizzing he is. Tom on the other hand, was prompt and prepared. Despite being half Italian, Nath has no idea what ingredients make up Soffritto and Tom’s knowledge of musical theatre only slightly helps in regards to the fourth president of the United States. What is the name for a male rabbit and for a female rabbit? In computing, the acrony...
May 28, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Erik Jensen is the Editor-in-Chief of The Saturday Paper - but I promise that he didn’t see the questions before recording the podcast. Although he does so well, you would be forgiven for thinking he did. As well as a journalist, Erik is a poet and a biographer. He wrote Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen and he also adapted the screenplay in which Daniel Henshall - the other guest on this episode - played the late artist. Together they do extremely well at the quiz - scoring al...
May 21, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Damienne Pradier and Tony Briggs play their cards pretty close to their chests. They both had early early careers in completely different fields before pivoting into film and television production. Damienne was an artist and a jeweller and Tony was a track and field athlete. What is numismatics the study or collection of? Who is the author of the book A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes ? And what is the three letter IATA code for the main international airport in Paris? Su...
May 14, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 16
For this episode, John is joined by Jonathan Biggins, an actor, writer, director and comedian probably best known for his performances in The Wharf Review over the course of the last two decades, where - for comic effect - he pretended to be various politicians. While his other guest doesn’t need to pretend to be a politician, because she actually is one. Tanya Plibersek was elected to the House of Representatives at only 28 years of age. She has been the minister for the status of women, the mi...
May 07, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Brother and sister Ashley and Wendy Zukerman grew up in Melbourne, but now call New York home. Ashley is an actor whose credits include Succession, Manhattan and he has recently been announced as the titular character of the new Langdon tv series. Wendy is no stranger to podcasts. She is the host of the long-running Science Vs . podcast from Gimlet media which takes on fads, trends and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between. You’d think her speci...
Apr 30, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Actors and real-life married couple Kate Mulvany and Hamish Michael take on the ten questions from the quiz this week. Kate is a longtime fan of the show, but Hamish doesn’t know what he’s in for. Not many of the questions are correctly answered with the first guess, but they get there eventually. Which is the least populated of New York City's five boroughs? The Spanish Riding School is in which European city? And what is the largest tendon in the human body? Support this show http://supporter....
Apr 23, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 13
For the first time on the podcast, John is joined by three guests: Scod, Yon and Gatesy who make up the comedy trio Tripod. There’s a healthy amount of competition amongst these guys and even a little cheating - which is dealt with swiftly and decisively. Quite a few correct answers are somehow stumbled upon, but mostly after a lot of hints. How much does it cost to send a regular letter or postcard within Australia? The Squamish people are indigenous to which country? And who last month retired...
Apr 16, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 12
John is joined by comedians Chris Ryan and Luke Heggie as they take on the ten questions in the quiz. It’s a tough one this week, with a few geography questions and a particularly tricky chemistry one. They do manage to get a couple of the early ones… but thereafter, they get a little lost. The winner of the US Masters golf tournament is presented with a jacket of what colour? Punta Gallinas, the northernmost point of mainland South America, is in which country? And when setting up a chess board...
Apr 09, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Josh Earl and Ben Lomas take a moment away from their own podcasts to take on the Saturday Quiz. And even though Josh was once the host of Spicks and Specks, they fall at the first hurdle which is a music question. It’s pretty smooth sailing thereafter though, so they certainly don’t disgrace themselves. What aircraft has not been flown commercially since October 2003? Which country last month won the 36th America’s Cup? And what is Shakespeare’s longest play? Support this show http://supporter....
Apr 02, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 10
What do you get when you take two journalists who’ve known each other since high school, and ask them a bunch of general knowledge questions? You get a cracking good episode of The Saturday Quiz. Jacqueline Maley and Jordan Baker sail through this quiz with barely a misstep. What is the name of the pilgrimage to Mecca that is one of the Five Pillars of Islam? What is 11 cubed? And what type of rocks form when molten rock (magma or lava) cools and solidifies? Support this show http://supporter.ac...
Mar 26, 2021•22 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This week, John is joined by two small town gals made good in the big city, Geraldine Hickey and Kirsty Webeck. They may not know anything about opera, and their sense of geography is all over the place, but they make up for it with hilarious anecdotes about getting piercings in the back of a bus and revelations of debutant balls. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Mar 19, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Coinciding with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, this week’s guests are 100% comedians and 50% international. Alex Ward hails from Queensland, but Lloyd Langford is completely Welsh - he even knows why the leek is the Welsh national emblem! Together they do extremely well at the quiz and supply many hilarious additional facts along the way. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast...
Mar 12, 2021•25 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Joining John this episode are a magician and an actor. Can they pull an answer out of a hat? Or just act like they know what they're talking about? James Galea and Charlotte Nicdao do their best with questions about Australian Prime Ministers, triangles, and collective nouns. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 05, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 6
The tables are turned on Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis who are more used to asking the questions than answering them. But the host and co-creator and adjudicator-where-necessary of the long running and much loved music based quiz show, RocKwiz do exceedingly well at The Saturday Quiz, ignorance of furniture, royalty and the NFL notwithstanding. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See...
Feb 26, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Award winning brand strategist, Lucy Cochran and her husband - also an award winner - actor, writer, singer, composer Eddie Perfect, take on the ten questions in the quiz this week.There are no questions on Eddie's expert subject of Broadway musicals, but there is a question about cricket - which his first musical was about. In fact, the only question that really stumps them is which actress links the films Legends of the Fall , Sabrina , My Week with Marilyn and Ladies in Black ? But I reckon t...
Feb 19, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Not content with having had one host of The Feed as a guest last week, this week John is joined by Alex Lee and her partner, actor Benedict Hardie. They're lucky enough to get the nerdiest sport question in the history of the quiz and Benedict also makes use of his knowledge of the lyrics of Weird Al Yankovic. But do they know the year that the Queen called her Annus Horribilis ? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-sat...
Feb 12, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Taking the quiz this week is actor and writer Virginia Gay, who isn’t a “mollydooker” and doesn’t know what one is, and newly announced host of Mastermind on SBS Marc Fennell who, despite having a Walkley award, was under the misconception that the vaccine making company CSL was the same company as the sugar producer CSR. They make quite a few diversions on their way to the answers - but ultimately do very well. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show h...
Feb 05, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 2
The brain power of the guests, Tim Ferguson and Maynard, are severely tested in this first episode of the second season of The Saturday Quiz. They have almost zero knowledge of New Zealand autobiographers, and even less knowledge regarding Netball. But they can give you their opinions of James Bond songs... it's just a pity that there aren't any questions on that subject. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-qu...
Jan 29, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 1
That's right! The Saturday Quiz will be back for a second season! With new guests and some of your favourites from season 1. Hit subscribe wherever get you get your podcasts so you never miss an episode. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-saturday-quiz . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
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