The Weekend Quiz Podcast

John Leary
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The Weekend Quiz is now The Saturday Quiz. The same general knowledge fun with host and quizmaster John Leary, but now under the Schwartz Media banner. If you’ve been enjoying the podcast, search for The Saturday Quiz wherever you get your podcasts.

  1. 07/31/2020

    Kates – McLennan and McCartney

    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 started the House of Tudor comes up. If you subscribe to the podcast here, it'd be great if you could swap over and follow The Saturday Quiz wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for being such a great audience. Where is a wimple worn? What word beginning with ‘i’ refers to the tendency of matter to retain its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line? and which British monarch founded the House of Tudor?

    Kates – McLennan and McCartney

  2. 07/17/2020

    Episode 21. Eucatastrophe with Luke Arnold and Chris Ryan

    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 metric and back again are something to behold. What mountain is the highest peak in Africa? Which British poet wrote, “ ‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”? and What is Australia’s oldest chocolate bar?

  3. 07/10/2020

    Episode 20. Hotels with Amanda Brotchie & Adam Zwar

    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 they blitz through the questions. What does a sphygmomanometer measure? Ninety per cent of the world’s earthquakes occur within which seismic belt? and What is Mr Darcy’s first name in Bridget Jones’s Diary?

  4. 07/03/2020

    Episode 19. Existential Crisis with Yael Stone and Jack Manning Bancroft

    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 tricky questions - even managing to successfully phone a friend early on. The US Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4 of what year? Starting with “T”, what musical instrument is played without the physical touch of the performer? and Which “barbarian” mercenaries sacked Rome in AD410?

  5. 06/26/2020

    Episode 18. This Goes With That with Sean Kelly & Anne-Louise Sarks

    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 their relationship... or it does for one of them at least. Where in the body is the ethmoid bone? In what country do lions, tigers and leopards live in the wild? and Who was the first actor to win an Oscar playing a comic book character?

  6. 06/19/2020

    Episode 17. Brought To You By Toblerone with Laetitia Lemke and Rob Collins.

    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, but they bring it home at the end. Which planet in the solar system has the most moons? What type of instrument is a sackbut? and What geographic feature is part of the Toblerone logo?

  7. 06/12/2020

    Episode 16. Dithyrambs, Petrology and Alfred Butts with Geraldine Hakewill & Mark Winter

    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 learnt something. Like what a dithyramb is. Which UK band produced the 1990s hit song Things Can Only Get Better? Pembroke and Cardigan are breeds of which dog? and Which is bigger: Neptune or Uranus?

  8. 06/05/2020

    Episode 15. Sea Breeze with Tim Minchin and Toby Schmitz

    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 the ones inside that pose the greatest challenge. Who was the first Australian to play in the US NBA? Lake Taupo is the largest lake by surface area of which country? and Which has never been an Olympic sport: squash, tug-of-war or horse long jump? Remember to subscribe, rate and review, and follow @weekendquiz on twitter.

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The Weekend Quiz is now The Saturday Quiz. The same general knowledge fun with host and quizmaster John Leary, but now under the Schwartz Media banner. If you’ve been enjoying the podcast, search for The Saturday Quiz wherever you get your podcasts.

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