Throwback Trivia Takedown is a podcast that pits to contenders head-to-head in a nostalgic trivia match-up.
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Sports Trivia for those of us who rode the pine. You don't have to be an expert, you just have to enjoy having fun.
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Ep. 259: Oops All Canada - Eric Sutherland vs Aaron Brown
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40:19Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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The Candy Draft (featuring Adam Speas from Throwback Trivia Takedown along with Jack and Jeremy from Rain Delay Theater)
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50:55It is finally here....... The Candy draft!! Ede is joined by Adam Speas from Throwback Trivia Takedown and Jeremy Dionisio and Jack Swokowski from Rain Delay Theater. They all sit down and have a good ole fashion Candy Draft. What could be more fun than drafting your favorite candy? LEts us know who had the best draft. Also be sure to check out Thr…
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EP 308: All I am is a cheerleader right now (featuring guest host Nick Arno)
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1:01:40Guest Nick Arno (from the Rounding Third podcast) returned to the Bench to host an all-baseball game for Luks & Scott to play against Markkus & Benchwarmer Emeritus Dan Lundberg. During this game, we found out that Dan has not been spending his post-Benchwarmer retirement studying modern baseball. Later, Markkus cracked out his favorite Randy Johns…
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Ep. 258: 2025 Patron Tournament: Paul McLaughlin vs. Eric Ede
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42:01Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 307: Andrew Versus the Tornado (featuring guest Andrew Vahlenkamp)
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1:19:25Guest Andrew Vahlenkamp returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game to play with Mason against Walling & Tako, who teamed up for the first time ever! During this game, Tako triggered Andrew's Alexa before the game even started, Josh asked the first free-response question in BTP history (we think), Andrew had to avoid a tornado during the record…
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Ep. 257: 2025 Patron Tournament: Eric Ede vs. Jeremy Goodson
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37:42Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 306: Lazy Eye Bob Iglesias (featuring Assistant Coach Dave Brown)
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58:28Assistant Coach Dave Brown returns to the Bench, teaming up with Ede in this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, Markkus contributes nothing but bad puns, everyone is sore, Ede is inevitable, Josh loses a million dollars by not knowing that his first name is Craig, and there are more Formula One questions than in all other Benchwarmer games combined…
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Ep. 256: 2025 Patron Tournament: Paul McLaughlin vs. Will Gilbert
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33:03Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 305: Poutine Roy (featuring General Manager Riley Scherer)
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1:05:06Our General Manager Riley returned to the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. During this game, Walling mused about a Pre & Post Game answer of Jonathan Mingo-Daddy.com Arena, we discussed the acceptable amount of urine allowed at an NFL Draft - we agreed on somewhere between the amounts at the drafts in Kansas City (National WWI Museum and Memorial) a…
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Ep. 255: 2025 Patron Tournament: Will Gilbert vs. Andrew Mlynar
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34:52Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 304: Kurt Rhombus (featuring Assistant Coach Byron Grubman)
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1:04:28Assistant Coach Byron Grubman returns to the Bench to team up with Matt for this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, Matt thinks Tako is both handsome and in his twenties (he is only one of those), we learn that there's only one Pole in Boston, Tako debuts a new quarter style in secret because Josh won't listen to this episode, we try and rhyme word…
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Ep. 254: 2025 Patron tournamet: Adam Wendel vs Paul McLaughlin
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32:38Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 303: White Wolves (featuring guest host Drew Topp)
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1:16:11Benchwarmer Emeritus Dan returned to the Bench for this game hosted by guest Drew Topp. During the game, we all agreed that it is time for Lee Corso to retire, we wondered what role Lewis Black might have played in Friday Night Lights, there was "Steiner Math" being done, and we fondly(?) reminisced about (too many) white Timberwolves players. #ple…
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Ep. 253: 2025 Patron Tournament: Madeleine Garvey vs. Eric Ede
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33:03Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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In this episode, Eric Walling pinch hits last minute to team with Scott, competing against Tako and Matt. The team engages in a long debate about Muppet Paws (well, it seemed long). David tries to convince the Benchwarmers that he didn't actually write the game. The team resists David's Missing Link, maybe because the first quarter felt a little to…
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In this month’s OT, Luks shows up to discuss recent episodes with Walling & Scott. Specifically, the group discusses: EP297: Varsity Noodling (featuring guest Jake Manne) EP298: Beanie Baby TY Hilton (featuring assistant coach, Will Weiss) EP299: The Mason Memorial Halftime-out chair (featuring assistant coach, John Ross) EP300: Scoopes Sherylsdott…
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Ep. 252: 2025 Patron Tournament: Jodie Steele vs. Jeremy Goodson
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31:34Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 301: Don't ask Ede about a movie called "The Hammer" (featuring guest Trey Cleeter)
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1:06:24Guest Trey Cleeter returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. During this game, Mason and Walling once again come up with an underwhelming team name, Walling pre-called a Sporting Haiku answer (Josh has gotten too predictable), Ede missed a hockey question (and it wasn't even about women), Josh tried out a movie soundtrack CV Halftime Show, a…
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Ep. 251: 2025 Patron Tournament: Dustin Resch vs. Madeleine Garvey
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34:03Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 300: Scoopes Sherylsdottir (featuring guest Alex Binder)
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1:13:29Returning guest Alex Binder teams up with Tako to face Matt and Scott (who might just be a permanent team at this point) in this Ede-hosted episode. In this episode, one team leads wire-to-wire, we invoke the name of famed gangster DeShone Kizer Soze, the teams check in different Pre and Post Game answers but both get points, we create the TV show …
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Ep. 250: 2025 Patron Tournament: Will Boylan vs. Adam Wendell
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28:00Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 299: The Mason Memorial Halftime-out Chair (featuring Assistant Coach John Ross)
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58:24Assistant Coach John Ross returns to the bench to team with Mason to face the formidable team of Josh and Tako. Our guest, John, shows up for our recording wearing a jersey of one of the 4th quarter answers. It's a good thing this is an audio medium. What are the odds? Josh rolls his eyes at Luks' halftime, and later refers to one answer's imagery …
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Ep. 249: 2025 Patron Tournament: Justin Wentz vs. Andrew Mlynar
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35:32Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 298: Beanie Baby TY Hilton (featuring Assistant Coach Will Weiss)
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1:13:18New guest and Assistant Coach Will Weiss joins the Bench for this Tako-hosted game. In this episode, we wish we were rich, we accidentally give Missing Link hits to the other team, we reminisce about Craig James killing five hookers, and invent Florida Marlins shortstops that somehow played for the 1975 Red Sox. But above all, we practice integrity…
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Tako subs for Walling and joins Scott and Matt in this months OT, For this episode we discuss: EP 293: I Should Watch Baseball - But It's So F'ing Boring (featuring General Manager Riley Scherer & Drew Topp) EP 294: Schrodinger's Astin (featuring guest James Tyler) EP 295: Coming Soon to Netflix: Once Upon a Time in MexiGLOW and ChicaGLOW PD (featu…
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Ep. 248: 2025 Patron tournament: Jeremy Goodson vs. Eric Brenden
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27:17Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 297: Varsity Noodling (featuring guest Jake Manne)
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1:15:40Jake Manne retuned to the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. During this game, Ede pulled a Dougherty (three of the same quarter style - thanks, Matt!) and it was apparent early on that he wrote many backhanded wheelhouse questions for Jake. There was some discussion as to whether the word "slut" needed to be whistled - hopefully not, given that it wa…
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Ep. 247: 2025 Patron Tournament: Sara Callori vs. Jodie Steele
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41:14Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 296: I hate this, but I'm good at it (featuring Assistant Coach Chris Shen)
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1:06:10Assistant Coach (and Benchie winner) Chris Shen returns to the bench to team with Mason Guillot (or Gason Muillot) again Scott and Matt D. Right from the start, Scott foreshadows a question in his introductions. Later, our guest is very pleased that he pulls one answer in the Lucky 7. One team panics and conjures up Jackie Gleason as an answer. And…
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Ep. 246: 2025 Patron Tournament: Adam Suzan vs. Eric Ede
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28:06Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 295: Coming Soon to Netflix: Once Upon a Time in MexiGLOW and ChicaGLOW PD (featuring guest Jared Watson)
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1:28:42Jeopardy! champion Jared Watson returned to the Bench for this Josh-hosted game. During this game, we learned that the Dallas Mavericks have signed center Jake Taylor (they are definitely going full Major League), Walling and Markkus were shilling for Corncob TV, we had the return of ChatGPT Pre and Postgame for the Halftime Show, we all agreed tha…
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Ep. 245: 2025 Patron Tournament: Will Gilbert vs. Sam Mitchell
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47:52Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 294: Schroedinger's Astin (featuring guest James Tyler)
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1:12:14First-timer (and Jeopardy! champion) James Tyler joins the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. In this game, we ask the important question, "Is Four Inches Enough?" We also discuss our favorite constellations, invoke the name of Roy Helu to divine wisdom, brutally misunderstand The Day the Music Died, and Ede asks a question about women's sports! If yo…
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Ep. 244: 2025 Patron Tournament: Paul McLaughlin vs. Bryan Nash
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36:19Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 293: I Should Watch Baseball - but it's So F'ing Boring (featuring General Manager Riley Scherer & Drew Topp)
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1:17:44Patreon General Manager Riley Scherer teams up with Josh to take on David and Drew Topp in this Tako-hosted game. In this game, we sample bad Hungarian liquor, invent a new sport: Water Hurdles, and imagine the abomination that is Don King Cobra. And just so it isn't forgotten, Riley knows the sport. #legendsofthehiddentemple #olympics #spellingbee…
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Scott permanently joins the OT crew and we hope to get back in a monthly routine. But for this episode we discuss: EP 289: Clicks are Clicks, Right? (featuring Head Coach Dave Wortz & Assistant Coach Tim Geving) EP 290: Mitch TrubiSky Dome (feaeturing Assistant Coach Josh Snyder) EP 291: Pimp My Face (featuring Equipment Manager Yael Wylie) EP 292:…
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Ep. 243: Caroline Braunstein vs. Scott Grimes
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35:45Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 292: You're the Man Now, Dog! (featuring Jake DeArruda)
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1:08:33First timer (and yet another guest who did better on Jeopardy! than Tako) Jake DeArruda joins for a Scott-hosted game. In this episode, Scott tries to set a record for the longest Curriculum Vitae of all time, Markkus feels young for coaching but old for his body, we discover a sports movie Mason has seen but Markkus has not, Tako shows off his voi…
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Ep. 242: Sam Mitchell vs. Janelle Alvstad-Mattson
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38:10Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 291: Pimp My Face (featuring Equipment Manager Yael Wylie)
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1:21:39Firstime guest and Equipment Manager for our Patreon Team Yael Wylie joined the Bench for this Ede-hosted game. In this episode, Ede stumped both teams with his Missing Link (Hint: It was not that they were all running backs or that they're all black), we came to an agreement that there is no such thing as Alvin beans, we reminisced about Hall of F…
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Ep. 241: Irene Brewer vs. Madeleine Garvey
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35:34Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 290: Mitch TrubiSky Dome (feaeturing Assistant Coach Josh Snyder)
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1:04:22David hosts this game with Matt D and Mason teaming up to face Markkus and Assistant Coach to our Patreon Team, Josh Snyder. David clearly had returning player Josh in mind when wrote this game, which featured a Dad joke inspired hafltime, and a return of the Missing Limerink. Mason and Matt tried their best to throw David off his game out of the g…
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Ep. 240: Russ Friedewald vs. Luc Leavonworth
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34:24Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 289: Clicks are Clicks, Right? (featuring Head Coach Dave Wortz & Assistant Coach Tim Geving)
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1:11:18Josh hosts the first recorded game of 2025, and the teams set all kinds of milestones checking in. In this episode, all the players fight the cold weather (especially Tako in mid-50s California). We try and guess Eastern European first names (and are somehow aided by Gilbert Arenas?), create adult film parodies, and talk a lot about meats, includin…
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Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 288: Think Like a Madman (featuring Assistant Coach Matt Coleman)
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1:04:13Walling finally professionally hosts his contractually obligated yearly game pitting Assitant Coach Matt Coleman and Mason vs Markkus and Dougherty. In it, Walling kicks us off with a top tier dad joke, Mason raises some Ds throughout the game, we discuss pricey players and former Yankees, and the players attempt to get inside the mind of an enigma…
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Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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EP 287: The Benchwarmers Trivia Podcast Jumped the Shark
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1:13:44In this all-Benchwarmer game hosted by Josh, we discover that old Venezuelans are not Tako's forte, we imagine a world where Alan Rickman played a Batman villain, Ede asks "Is it a stupid face?" and informs us that his dad only watched Hunter and M*A*S*H, we were slightly surprised that Mason has never watched The Goonies, we speculate that Ice Pir…
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Ep. 237: Daniela Browning vs. Eric Brenden
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34:03Throwback Trivia Takedown takes trivia back to the glory days from the late 20th century to the early 2000's. Two challengers go head to head in a duel of the decades where the one with the most nostalgic knowledge of pop culture comes out victorious. Do you know your nostalgia? bfopnetwork.com…
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David hosts this all-Benchwarmer game that sees Eric Ede team with Matt Dougherty to take on the formidable team of Scott and Mason. Despite the fact that David is hosting and Ede is playing, David avoids getting fired. Ede declares that since 2024 has come to an end, he can stop the charade, and he doesn't have to be pro-woman any more. However, h…
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