Mona and Derek's Quiz Show
Mona and Derek’s Quiz Show is a weekly podcast where we quiz each other and occasionally a guest on an endless variety of topics. Follow along and see how much smarter than us you are. Nothing serious, mostly just curious.
Episodes
71 episodes
071: Stone Cold Jane Austen
First pod of the year! 2024 quiz season is blasting off with this one where we're quizzin each other about 2023 POP CULTURE and JANE AUSTEN. Why not? Can't think of a single solitary reason. In the words of Nike, "just do it."
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28:15
070: I'm So Sorry, Gassy
It's beginning to look a lot like Quizmas. We're having a jolly good time dashing through the show as we regale the tales of our life's recent hi-jinks, and then we rip a couple quizzes regarding the topics of CHRISTMAS and ROLLING STONE ROCK T...
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30:48
069: ...lol nice
Ho boy, we've got a case of the late night, not much sleep giggles, it's a silly billy hootenanny in here. Mona is slinging a RANDOM GRAB BAG batch of trivia, and Derek is coming atcha with a quiz about NICKELODEON on it's connection to popular...
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26:42
068: Becky Raccoon
Well tickle me timbers, it's that time once again! We've got some high quality tales of wacky encounters, such as getting accosted at Costco and bizarre scenes at the gym (Smiling treadmill guys! The horrors of the men's locker room!). Then we ...
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067: Drenched in Spice
What can we say? We've been busy and it's late at night, but we got one recorded at the buzzer, baby! We are reading each other some trivia from our Rolling Stone rock trivia daily calendar that Derek's parents gave him for Xmas last year. Some...
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066: Salty Sellouts
How we doin folks? Glad to hear it. Uncork this episode if you dare learn more about HUMAN SKELETONS and the snack food PIRATE'S BOOTY. And if you'd like to hear our toddler sing a rendition of the sound our remote makes when you push the butto...
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22:55
065: Red Card Reputation
It's a nighttime episode, quiz show after dark... and after our brains are used up for the day perhaps, but nevertheless we shall quiz. We've got some lyrical correction business to attend to, we take a trip to MONA'S SMUT CORNER, and then we g...
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064: Ya Never Know When Someone's Gonna Snip Ya
Danger! High voltage laughs ahead! We recorded in the morning with our napless toddler in the room, and it's a no holds barred quiz-o-rama. We're talking vasectomy tales, anniversary dinner interrupted by a child injury, and then we'll let the ...
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063: Pompeii 69
Where am I? What year is it? Who's the president? We are dusting the cobwebs off our faces and we are BACK baby! The kids are back in school and we're here to lament summer's end with a quiz about SUMMER SONGS and another one about SUNFLOWERS. ...
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28:38
062: Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dog Watering Holes
We're rolling out, looking for America's greatest questions, options, and answers on Mona and Derek's Quiz Show! This is a hot and goofy one, folks. We started recording and got interrupted by a sick child, so we finished the episode two days l...
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061: Sauce-Based Joys
Well tickle me ivories, I bet ya didn't know if we'd come through with an episode this week, but knock knock who's there its the Quiz Show! We're coming clean about a chocolate puddle in the fridge, and then Mona's got a rip roaring music...
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28:34
060: Cream-filled Padiddle
Yikesy bikesy, this winter is draggin' on, but we've got some hot quizzes and zingers to battle the ol' brisk wind boohoos. We'll catch you up on all the hot goings-on since we last broadcasted, and we've got a quiz about noteworthy Jans and on...
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29:47
059: Mostly Fiscal
We're having a silly old time as winter sets in with a bang here in Iowa, and we are bringing the quiz to ya through it all. We're talking Burger Kings around the world, we're talking baby animal facts, we're talking a whole lotta things that y...
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058: Aaaand Scene! But Not Heard
HOLY stromboli we are cookin' on this one, we've got tales out the wazoo of craft fairs and gas scares and plumbing nightmares. And you'll be pleased to hear that we've also got a pair of quizzes, regarding the topics of BRUISES and THE PERIODI...
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28:48
057: Kenny Jeez Louise
Our cat is chasing a mouse on air, but a little live Tom and Jerry ain't gonna stop the quiz from flowing! We've got a tale of throat swab resistance, and then we dive right into some quizzing on Kenny G and Fuddrucker's, as it were. Put that t...
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056: Asleep in the Side Room
It's turkey day, and these couple o' turkeys are bringing you a quiz show come gravy or high water. Mona is administering a PBS themed song identification challenge, and Derek is tossing out a Thanksgiving recipe reverse showdown. But first, we...
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055: Poseid Myself
We're a day late on releasing this one, but what are you gonna do, not listen? Your loss, pal, because we've got yet another grocery store tale, a Mr. T joke, a new cinematic universe that we've begun exploration of, and you guessed it......
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22:38
054: Mozz Gate
WE'RE BAAAAACK! Took a few months off to have a new child, and boy are our arms tired. And brains. We are bringing a fresh batch of tales from this new life, and some good old fashioned quizzin' on lyrics from the Billboard top hits of the day,...
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053: Is He Straddling? w/ Katelin & Brian Brown
We've got our good buddies Katelin & Brian Brown hopping in the quiz canoe and taking a trip down the pod river. We are hitting everything from Van Halen side projects, 2000s romantic comedies, candy controversy, Sandra Boynton books, and m...
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052: Chefs Don't Like Shoutouts w/ Anna Gebhardt
After a month of being sick and busy, we are BACK! And we've got our good friend/bandmate Anna Gebhardt (Annalibera, Ramona & the Sometimes, music lessons, etc) sitting in with us during naptime for special afternoon recording. We are remin...
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051: Elevator Dad
It's time for the return of Riddle Roundup! And a quiz about Monas/Ramonas. But first, Derek tries to right the wrongs of misinformation in last week's opening joke. And we reveal what cheesy reality show has us neglecting our housecleaning cho...
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050: Rutabega Pizza
We've done 50 episodes! And we are quizzing about 50 Cent and the other guys from that Super Bowl halftime show that everyone's raving about. Then we are slingin' some questions about the month of... February! We also chat about our riveting mi...
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049: Hell or Highwaters
Hi. Do you want to learn a few fun facts about Red Hot Chili Peppers? How about some info on Trey Parker? Okay cool, that's actually what we are quizzing about this week! We also disclose some juicy details on our vehicle owning history, past a...
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