Learned Lag

George Stankow

About

We play Learned League, the greatest trivia competition in all the land. Each day, we run through the questions and how we arrived at the answers (or at least, how we arrived at our answers).

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370 episodes

All Done

Lot of rambling at the end here. Sorry about that.

39m
Mar 19
It's Just So Flat and Dusty, Y'all

Sometimes you gotta just let your brain figure it out on its own.

26m
Mar 16
The Rare Truncated Rant

Having Internet issues again, so we'll see whether this one goes out too.

21m
Mar 15
I Hope This Goes Out

We're having Internet issues, so our fingers are crossed.

24m
Mar 14
Time to Surge!

Thorsten should make up one question per season, put a fake Wikipedia page up just for that day, and then throw out anyone who gets it right.

18m
Mar 13
No Man Can Answer Fifty Questiions

George's ancestors almost certainly got kicked out of all those countries anyway.

19m
Mar 12
Another Week Down

Never ignore the Nutmeg State.

23m
Mar 09
A Not-Quite-Kid-Rock-Shaped Hole

Roquefort was the mouse detective from "The Aristocats".

26m
Mar 08
a.k.a. Walball

Wikipedia has TEN different games of the same name.

20m
Mar 07
Those Are Indeed Sausalitos

We took out the really egregious violations of Rule 3, but see if you can tell when the cat plopped down right in front of us and proceeded to... we'll say "clean herself vigorously".

18m
Mar 05
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Sadly, "Horse Feathers" is not streaming anywhere (legally), but George does in fact have it on DVD, so come on by and we'll watch it this weekend.

18m
Mar 02
Thank You, Schoolhouse Rock

Did you watch "The Floor"? Fun little nugget of trivia-adjacent nonsense.

23m
Mar 01
Oh, That's Right Near the Other Bay

Lot of "Well, I guess it *could* be this one..." today.

17m
Feb 29
An Intolerably Tough Day

Sushi Go! is a great gateway game for the hobby; if you're at all interested in moving beyond the classics, give it a try.

20m
Feb 28
Stupid Unconventional Narrative Structures

George briefly considered answering "Moulin Rouge's Spectacular Spectacular!" but he cannot bring himself to not take at least a little chance on getting it right.

17m
Feb 27
The Absent Apostrophes Society

The drink in question is actually from California.

21m
Feb 24
Bush Vomited on a Totally Different Dude

"Forrest Gump" is overrated boomer nostalgia bait trash.

24m
Feb 23
Long Weekend, Shake the Rust Off

Woof. Tough one. For us, at least. You probably did better.

17m
Feb 21
The First Week Ends Weakly

Eva Longoria and Jeff Bridges are who George was thinking of, and Bridges did not win the Oscar.

20m
Feb 17
House Divided XXII

We're within one of tying up the series.

14m
Feb 16
Reversion to the Mean

It's a cruel, cruel season already.

20m
Feb 15
Iambic Pentameter Is Dead Too

Getting into the groove early this season.

25m
Feb 14
It's a New Year, Yes It Is

Cat sounds! Phone alarms! It must be your favorite zero-budget-and-barely-any-more-effort recap podcast!

29m
Feb 13
An Ultimate Wednesday

We're watching Jeopardy again because the writers are back. Cookies available at https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/gloria392003

23m
Dec 21, 2023
A Penultimate Tuesday

Cookies still at https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/gloria392003 . Only one more day left. Let the questions percolate through your brain.

21m
Dec 20, 2023
An Antepenultimate Monday

Cookies at https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/gloria392003 .

24m
Dec 19, 2023
Apologies to Croatians Everywhere for That Pronunciation

"That's just the ground, Bob. You do not get to name the ground."

23m
Dec 16, 2023
Not a Phenomenon, Nope

We really have done that war a disservice with that name.

18m
Dec 15, 2023