Podcasts by The Weekend Quiz Podcast

Kates – McLennan and McCartney from 2020-07-31T14:48:27

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 s...

Episode 21. Eucatastrophe with Luke Arnold and Chris Ryan from 2020-07-17T17:39:59

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 met...

Episode 20. Hotels with Amanda Brotchie & Adam Zwar from 2020-07-10T15:57:46

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...

Episode 19. Existential Crisis with Yael Stone and Jack Manning Bancroft from 2020-07-03T15:59:22

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...

Episode 18. This Goes With That with Sean Kelly & Anne-Louise Sarks from 2020-06-26T16:29:19

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 the...

Episode 17. Brought To You By Toblerone with Laetitia Lemke and Rob Collins. from 2020-06-19T17:06:58

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, bu...

Episode 16. Dithyrambs, Petrology and Alfred Butts with Geraldine Hakewill & Mark Winter from 2020-06-12T15:48:37

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 lear...

Episode 15. Sea Breeze with Tim Minchin and Toby Schmitz from 2020-06-05T16:46:20

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...

Episode 14. Don't Overthink It with Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope from 2020-05-29T16:31:29

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 bo...

Episode 13. Helmeted Honeyeaters with Zoë Coombs Marr and Kate Jinx from 2020-05-23T04:12:03

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 wa...

Episode 12. Infinite Monkeys Never Giving Up with Adele Vuko and Christiaan Van Vuuren from 2020-05-15T17:24:35

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 thereafte...

Episode 11. Things Fall Apart (or little bells) with Toby Truslove and Michala Banas from 2020-05-08T16:27:06

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 decen...

Episode 10. Red Faces with Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor from 2020-05-01T17:00:26

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...

Episode 9. Perineal with Benjamin Law and Que Minh Luu from 2020-04-24T16:08:30

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...

Episode 8. Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. With Andy Lee and Bec Harding. from 2020-04-17T22:14:01

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 th...

Episode 7. Everyone's Zooming From Isolation from 2020-04-10T16:06:14

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. T...

Episode 6. What Are People From Tokyo Called? from 2020-04-03T13:37:44

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 sol...

Episode 5. Minister for Defence from 2020-03-27T23:41:01

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 ...

Episode 4. Lockdown from 2020-03-20T22:01:33

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 ...

Episode 3. The Marieke Hardy Quiz from 2020-03-14T21:03:23

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 kno...

Episode 2. Egyptian Cotton. from 2020-03-07T01:50:11

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 Le...