Trivia Escape Pod

After a year on the asteroid, the crew is hoping to have the pod repaired, get back into space, and beam some podcasts back to Earth. This mini-episode is the first (and perhaps only) one where all five members of the cast are together at once... but warning: there's no actual trivia.

Ross and Rachael explain where the escape pod has been for the last year or so, encounter a new friend sent by Spock, and ask trivia questions about the royal family, Green Day, the UN, and great books. This week’s theme song is “In Suspense” by Podsummit.

Fellow trivia host and comedian Jason Matthews gets trivia questions about famous subtitles, streets and boulevards, an alternate alphabet, and popular people on Wikipedia. We’ve also got a “change one letter” movie round.

Follow Jason on Twitter: @thejmatt

Stand-up comedian Jesse Bernier comes aboard to answer trivia questions about scientists, Star Wars, world capitals, and poetry, as well as a Movie Smash round. The gang gets obsessed with Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, Spock takes a spacewalk, and Jesse comes up with about thirteen great ideas for merch. 

Follow Trivia Escape Pod on Twitter and Instagram: @TriviaEscapePod 

Professor and lovable scamp Sarah Boyd boards the pod to answer trivia questions about Friends, state nicknames, and hit records, as well as a “this or that” round. Engineer Rachael co-hosts this special episode, with also features a live broadcast from our old buddy Dr. Spin!

Follow Sarah on Twitter: @selliebee

Business student, dank meme creator, and former logistics officer for the US Army Joe Steigman is involved in a little fender bender with our escape pod, but sticks around long enough for us to abuse him with questions about boy bands, the NBA, Star Wars, and studying abroad. Meanwhile, Ross and Julia get a ton of space-mail.

Poet Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach stops by for trivia questions about world capitals, the royal family, dog names, and railroads, as well as a "Who Am I, What Am I, Where Am I?" round.

Follow Julia on Twitter: @julkdas

Improv comedian Chris Ayers has been conspiring with Spock and Engineer Rachael, but we still managed to ask him some questions about TV romances, crime and punishment, Abraham Lincoln, and James Bond movies, as well as a “Change One Letter” movie round.

Follow Chris on Twitter or Instagram, or check him out at ComedyWorx in Raleigh, NC.

Data scientist and competitive card gamer Michael Lawson tackles trivia questions about amusement parks, electronic music, sweeteners, the Torah, and  board games, as well as a Movie Smash round. Will he be able to solve the secret round that our AI has set up for him?

Comedian and "double Virgo" Will Purpura stops in to answer questions about unicorns, arthropods, clowns, education, and fictional characters. He also hears new plots for kids' movies in an "Add a Letter" round and talks about an exercise plan that will give him the best abs known to man.

Find Will live at The PIT Chapel Hill: https://thepit-chapelhill.com/

Statistician, game show contestant, and polymath Andrew Thomas docks with the pod to answer questions about maps and legends, college football, Egyptian gods, military tacticians, and animals on infrared cameras. He also tackles a "Change One Letter" movie round. We'll also talk turkey about holiday movies.

Follow Andrew on Twitter: @acthomasca

Librarian, writer, and fool Abigail Armstrong, a crowd favorite at our live shows, docks with the escape pod to answer questions about cartoons and animation, important apps, and Emmy winners. She also puzzles over diary entries written by sci-fi characters.

Follow Abigail on Twitter: @ghostscissoring.