In a special crossover episode, we rope Dan McCoy of The Flop House, his brother John McCoy of Sophomore Lit and their brother Rob McCoy for questions about the sort of things you would read in high school. We start off by finding out what the kids are getting at the Scholastic Book Fair, then blink in amazement at sequels to classic books that probably shouldn’t have them. It all leads to the lightning round, where our players go outside their comfort zones and finally establish trivia dominance over their brothers!
Quizzes Played
Calling An Audible
Which champion is going to be the best audiobook narrator?
They Cancelled Gym Class For This?
Name the Scholastic Book Fair offering that's been turned into a movie or TV show.
Follow Up, Let Down
Name the novel from a description of its much lesser known sequel.
Land Of Lincoln
Questions about movies filmed in the state of Illinois.
The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent
Questions about the Nic Cage movies of the 2010s.
X Marks The Comix
Questions about alt and underground comics and their creators.
The Riddle
There once was a friendly TV face,
Whose kindness and warmth filled the space.
He explored his roots,
A kids' show he produced,
A game show dream, his fans did embrace.
Answer
LeVar Burton has been a warm figure on TV for decades, since his role in Roots, on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Reading Rainbow, which he also produced. He openly campaigned for the hosting job on Jeopardy! but was passed over, despite strong fan support.
Match Results
Episode Notes
The Equals scorebreak: Equals, um, I think I liked this movie better when it was called Equilibrium and had kick ass swordfights. [3/10: No one liked Equilibrium better than anything. OK, maybe Ultraviolet.]
The Fiona Volpe scorebreak: Fiona Volpe. Is that a double entendre in Italian or something? Am I missing it? I’m so confused. [5/10: Answer the question, please!]