Chuck Bryant
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Podcast Appearances
Boomer City, baby.
Boomer City, baby.
Boomer City, baby.
Yeah, I mean, I was a 12-year-old who learned about Gunsmoke and Richard Nixon through playing Trivial Pursuit.
Yeah, I mean, I was a 12-year-old who learned about Gunsmoke and Richard Nixon through playing Trivial Pursuit.
Yeah, I mean, I was a 12-year-old who learned about Gunsmoke and Richard Nixon through playing Trivial Pursuit.
Yeah. Quiz shows were for sure big. I think, you know, Olivia helped us with this. And I always kind of wondered about the word trivial because I thought that was a pretty genius. And we'll get to the name change because initially this was called Trivia Pursuit and a lot of people called it Trivia Pursuit.
Yeah. Quiz shows were for sure big. I think, you know, Olivia helped us with this. And I always kind of wondered about the word trivial because I thought that was a pretty genius. And we'll get to the name change because initially this was called Trivia Pursuit and a lot of people called it Trivia Pursuit.
Yeah. Quiz shows were for sure big. I think, you know, Olivia helped us with this. And I always kind of wondered about the word trivial because I thought that was a pretty genius. And we'll get to the name change because initially this was called Trivia Pursuit and a lot of people called it Trivia Pursuit.
But the change to trivial, I don't know, there was just something that made it a little cheeky.
But the change to trivial, I don't know, there was just something that made it a little cheeky.
But the change to trivial, I don't know, there was just something that made it a little cheeky.
Yeah, I guess so. But I thought it mattered. When I was a kid, I was now that I'm adult, I'm like trivia pursuits, kind of a fun name. When I was a kid, I was like, this is not trivia. These are facts and figures. Right. It was weird.
Yeah, I guess so. But I thought it mattered. When I was a kid, I was now that I'm adult, I'm like trivia pursuits, kind of a fun name. When I was a kid, I was like, this is not trivia. These are facts and figures. Right. It was weird.
Yeah, I guess so. But I thought it mattered. When I was a kid, I was now that I'm adult, I'm like trivia pursuits, kind of a fun name. When I was a kid, I was like, this is not trivia. These are facts and figures. Right. It was weird.
Yeah, for sure. So pub quizzes were big in England before they were a big deal in the United States where we call it just bar trivia, I guess. But they kind of hit it big earlier on. So the world of trivia was gaining steam through the 1960s. I think there was a Columbia student named Edwin Goodgold, who I think he wrote a book, right?
Yeah, for sure. So pub quizzes were big in England before they were a big deal in the United States where we call it just bar trivia, I guess. But they kind of hit it big earlier on. So the world of trivia was gaining steam through the 1960s. I think there was a Columbia student named Edwin Goodgold, who I think he wrote a book, right?
Yeah, for sure. So pub quizzes were big in England before they were a big deal in the United States where we call it just bar trivia, I guess. But they kind of hit it big earlier on. So the world of trivia was gaining steam through the 1960s. I think there was a Columbia student named Edwin Goodgold, who I think he wrote a book, right?