That's a Totally Normal Thing to Say! (Trivia Extravaganza 2026)
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What is the Trivia Extravaganza format and team twist introduced at the beginning?
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Andrew.
No. David.
Yo, what's up, people of the internet? Welcome back to another episode of the Waveform Podcast.
We're your hosts. I'm Marques. I'm Andrew. And I'm going to be the winner of the Trivia Extravaganza. And that's because today we are all pitting ourselves against each other, and you heard it here first.
This is the Trivia Extravaganza 2026. Season four or something. Who knows what number it is? But the idea is we've been accumulating trivia points for the past couple of months slash years. I don't know how long it's been since the last one. And now we'll be answering many more questions. Plus we'll have our existing points as a starting baseline. And we're going to have some fun and hopefully we have a winner at the end of this. That means also over at the table, we have our esteemed panel, which is now Ellis, Rufus, and Adam. You might remember the last trivia extravaganza, the scorekeeping becomes a big challenge. So they're going to hopefully keep score over there and keep us honest.
Yes. And hopefully we learn something in the process. So take it away. So yeah, no, we've got a lot of, we've got a few games coming back from the past. We have a lot of new games. We have some twists. We have some surprises. So without further ado, let's do some trivia.
Just kidding. It is the return of trivia extravaganza. It has not been here for almost 12 months, 11 to be exact. But now we can bring it back in full glory.
Did you hear the scary organ? We wanted to do like spooky theme this time. It's not even Halloween. Still spooky. Did I get you?
That was pretty spooky.
I did think. I liked it. Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. Spooky. Is it all spooky questions? No, actually nothing about it is spooky. I just didn't know what to theme it. You know, it's the return of trivia extravaganza. That's kind of what I was going for. Yeah. And that just felt kind of like vampiric. Here's a spooky thing.
Yeah.
OnePlus is dead. That is recording you all the time. Well, that's actually scary. That is terrifying. The first game we're going to be playing is made by Adam. And I think it is one of the greatest ideas for a game I've ever heard. But before I can tell you the game, I have to tell you the twist with this season's trivia extravaganza finale competition to the death. And that is for most of the game, not the whole game, but most of the game, you guys will be playing on teams. The way this is going to work is two of you will be on a team at once trying to answer a question. One of you will be the odd man out. If the team gets it correct, both of you get the point. If you do not get it correct, the odd man out gets the point.
And the odd man out doesn't have to answer anything? I want to be the odd man out. No, it rotates.
Okay.
Marquez and I famously have not had the best synergy.
You do not want to play, bro?
That's my best chance. If we go historically through the amount of points that have been given out over the last season, historically it would be better for me to not answer.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the Trivia Extravaganza format and team twist introduced at the beginning?
0:01–8:35
2
How does the new Keyword Search game work and what are example strategies?
8:35–49:42
3
Which notable tech and product trivia quotes stump the teams in “That’s a Totally Normal Thing to Say”?
49:42–51:36
4
What’s the Reddit Feud game and how do the rules work?
51:36–53:14
5
What were the top AskReddit responses to a one-way ticket to Mars?
53:14–58:38
6
Why do people say electric cars are “evil” and what top reasons did Reddit give?
58:38–1:08:21
7
Which futuristic technologies did r/Futurology claim are being hidden from the public?
1:08:21–1:38:15