The Geek Bracket - A Trivia Podcast

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants, from @TrivialWarfare are:

TJ Clark 
Mike Duval - @NotMikeDuval
Emma Laslett - @Houseofhubris

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Today's Leftover Questions are in:

Not Related to Mr. Krabs - A Popular Literature Category about Tom Clancy
Some R&R - A Literature Category about the Renaissance and Reformation
Discussing the Lost Pillars of Iram
Off a Year - A Theatre Category about the 2021 Academy Awards

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants, from @TrivialWarfare are:

TJ Clark 
Mike Duval - @NotMikeDuval
Emma Laslett - @Houseofhubris

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The Categories are:

An SSB Post-Run Challenge
...Double Features
End Zone
Not Related to Mr. Krabs
Off a Year
One at a Time
Pledge Allegeince
Plus a Year
Some R&R

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Music: Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf is a children-targetted piece that anthropomorphises its five animal leads as five separate orchestral instruments and has the hunters portrayed by a backing of woodwinds lead by a singular brass instrument. Peter is portrayed by the entire strings section in the piece, but name up to six of the instruments to portray the leitmotiffs of either the Songbird, the Cat, the Duck, Piotr's Grandfather, the Wolf, or the Huntsmen in this piece.

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants Are:

Jonathan Simpson 
Mark Walker - @markovwalker
Sean Strader - @seanforgotagain

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Today's Leftover Question are in:

A Dead or Alive Song - A Television Category about Spin-Off Series
Core Concept - A Popular Literature Category about the Green Lantern Corps
Sh-Boom - A Gaming Category about the Top-Selling Dreamcast Games
Suit Up - A Sports Category about Athletic Equipment

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants Are:

Jonathan Simpson 
Mark Walker - @markovwalker
Sean Strader - @seanforgotagain

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The Categories are:

A Dead or Alive Song
As Shouted by Takeshi Kaga
Core Concept
Madonna's August Song
Name's the Same
Off a Year
Plus a Year
Sh-Boom
Suit Up

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Theatre: Back in the top spot after years out of the spotlight, the renewed interest in ABBA after their Voyage album put Mamma Mia! in the top spot of most produced high-school musicals of the 2021-2022 school year. Excluding All Together Now! (MTI's global musical threatre event), name any six of the other top eight musicals produced by US high schools in the past year. (The results for the 2022-2023 school year came out the day before this recording; these results are discussed in episode.)

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants, from @TrivialWarfare are:

Erin Barclay 
Zakiah Mendoza
Carmela Smith - @TWA1stLady

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Today's Leftover Questions are in:


The War - A Television Category about the Late Night Wars
One Man -A Theatre Category about Lin-Manuel Miranda
Holiday Hits - A Gaming Category about Classic Holiday Toys
Missed Information - A MotM Topic about Unused Topics on Miss Information: A Triia Podcast

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants, from @TrivialWarfare are:

Erin Barclay 
Zakiah Mendoza
Carmela Smith - @TWA1stLady

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The Categories are:

A Tracy Chapman Song
Back Behind
First Ballot
Holiday Hits
Missed Information
One Man
Pledge Allegiance
Some R&R
The War

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Sports: At the 2020 Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo, the US led the overall medal count and succeeded in bringing home 113 medals. They also barely edged out China's count in golds, besting them by one gold in a 39/38 finish. Excluding these two countries, seven other countries and one delegation earned over 30 total medals total at the 2020 games for their group, each also netting at least 10 golds. Name up to six of them.

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants are:

Bryan Nash - @UselssTriviaMan
Brittany Shaw - @FrenemyTrivia
Mike Keknee - @Big_Tears

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Today's Leftover Questions are in:

Panic! With the Natural Numbers! - A Popular Literature Category on the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event.
An Upsetting Proposal - A Music Catgory on Grammy Best New Artist Upsets
Et La Mode - A Science and Innovations Catgory on Haute Couture

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants are:

Bryan Nash - @UselssTriviaMan
Brittany Shaw - @FrenemyTrivia
Mike Keknee - @Big_Tears

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The Categories are:

An Upsetting Proposal
Et La Mode
First Ballot
Like Cupid or a Tap Two-Step
Madonna's August Song
Not Miley's African Coast
Off a Year
Panic! With the Natural Numbers!
The Forward Way

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Science and Innovations: Of the 13 provinces/territories of Canada, eight of them have less than 250k square miles of land area. Name up to six of these locales.

Welcome to Behind the Bracket!

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Today's Contestants are:

Jeremy Goodson - @JerWG
Jeff Bimm - @RMTTrivia
Jay Borsom - @Liquid_Kourage

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Today's Leftover Questions are in:

Bet on Them Going - A Popular Literature Category about Deadpool
Spell It Out - A Gaming Category about Spell Names from Descriptions
Liquid Kourage - A Science and Innovations Category about Drinks by Mixology

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants are:

Jeremy Goodson - @JerWG
Jeff Bimm - @RMTTrivia
Jay Borsom - @Liquid_Kourage

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The Categories are:

Bet on them Going
C-C-C-Combo Breaker
George's Folly
Liquid Courage
One Man
Pledge Allegeance to the Ball
Spell It Out
The War
UCB's Home Team

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Popular Literature: In 2022, Stephen King's most recent book (Fairy Tale) was released and found its way onto the NYT Best-Seller list. Averaging at least one release a year, King has released one book written solely by himself annually since 2011 (taking a break in 2010 after the release of 2009's Under the Dome). Name up to six of these books released by King in the 2010s, the first of which is solely a date?

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Today's Contestants are:

Eric Neuenschwander - @E_Newey
Tim Dippel - @tdgamer
Baney - @baneyboii

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Today's Leftover Questions are in:

Following Footsteps - A Popular Literature Category about The Same Detective
Dah Boo Dee Dah Boo Die - A Science and Innovations Category about the Oceans of the World
A&W - A Sports Category about ATP and WTA World #1s
Lost Connection - A MotM Category about LGBTQ+ Representation on Television.

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants are:

Eric Neuenschwander - @E_Newey
Tim Dippel - @tdgamer
Baney - @baneyboii

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The Categories are:

A&W
An Upsetting Proposal
Dah Boo Dee Dah Boo Die
Following Footsteps
Grab the Gang
Holiday Hits
Lost Connections
Off a Year
That Adds Up

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Television (courtsey of Matt Kirk): Season Two of Star Trek: Picard features a returning, "friendly" face : the immortal being Q. Beginning with the Star Trek: the Next Generation series premiere "Encounter at Farpoint", Q would go on to guest star in seven other Next Gen episodes, many of them with punny names including the alien meddler's name. Name up to six of these seven episodes to feature Q as a featured guest character.

Welcome to After the Bracket!

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Today's Contestants are:

Svea - @ThatManSvea
Cam Koenig
Dalton Grimes - @Ctrl_DALT_Dlt

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Today's Leftover Questions are in:

Suckers – A Theatre Category About Vampire Cinema
King's Court – A Pop Lit Catorgy About Stephen King Book Leads
Needed for the Witcher – A Gaming Category About Arcade Classics
Shelf Stable – A Science and Innovations Category About International Liquors
Can You? - A Gaming Category about Animals in Video Games

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants are:

Svea - @ThatManSvea
Cam Koenig
Dalton Grimes - @Ctrl_DALT_Dlt

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The Categories are:

An Upsetting Proposal
Can You?
George's Folly
Grab the Gang
King's Court
Name's the Same
Needed for the Witcher
Shelf Stable
Suckers

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Music: Each year, the Billboard Awards gives away a Best Artist Award, irrespective of gender (though they do have parallel gendered categories). Since the awards inception in 1993, three groups have won the award and six artists have won the award twice. Name up to six of these eight performers. 

Welcome to After the Bracket!

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Today's Contestants are:

Dan May - @DannyGambit
Rob McKenzie
Matt Kirk - @captmdkirk

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Today's Leftover Questions are in:

The Categories Discussed are:

Strangers in a Strange Land – A Television Category About MTV's Real World/Road Rules Franchise
Ghastley Visage – A Music Catorgy About Phil Spector
Grease's Opening Number – A Sports Category About NFL MVPs Alma Maters
Mid-Century Reflections – A MotM Category About the mid-1900s Civil Rights Movement

Welcome (Back!) to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants are:

Dan May - @DannyGambit
Rob McKenzie
Matt Kirk - @captmdkirk

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The Categories are:

A Sondheim Review
Barely Seen
Come-From-Behind
Ghastley Visage
Grease's Opening Number
Mid-Century Reflections
Shelf Stable
Strangers in a Strange Land
Two in 23

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Theatre: Throughout Kathleen Kennedy's storied Hollywood career as a producer, she has yet to do one thing: Win an Academy Award. Working with directors such as M. Night Shaymilan and David fincher as well as co-producing five of Stephen Spielberg's non-winning films, she is the producer in Hollywood with the most nominations without a win at eight. Name up to six of her nominated films.

EPISODE REDACTED AS NEW EPISODES ARE NOW COMING OUT.

Welcome to The Geek Bracket “August” Semi-Finals!

Today's Semi-Finalists are:

Elliot Raff - @raff_sputin
Svea D
Eric Neuenschwander - @E_Newey

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The Semi-Finals Categories are:

A '97 McLachlin Lead Single
Five-Ring Circuits
Hallowed Hall
Hard and Soft Magics
Picture Perfect
Pitt and Jolie's Last Name
Seven, Ten, Thirteen, Fifteen
Situationally Acceptable
What a Twist!

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Gaming: Starting with Super Smash Brothers Brawl on the Wii and to the present day, characters outside of Nintendo-exclusive games began being included in the game's roster. Excluding DLC characters, name up to six of the nine fighters that come from non-Nintendo First-Party IPs. You may not name a character from the same IP more than once.

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants are:

Zeb Stokes - @stokescommaz
Svea
Dalton Grimes - @Ctrl_DALT_Dlt

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Today's Categories are:

A Historic Occurance
Brought Into English
Extra Cold
Fun For All
Not Rocking the Boat
Sagan Show, Adjacent
Ten Plus
We Stan
When You're Here...

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Literature: For the New York Public Library's 125th anniversary, its website published a list of the most checked out books in the system's history and included an honorable mention 11th as well (a book by Maragaret Wise Brown so hated by NYPL's Head Children's Librarian that was not in circulation until 1972, well after its 1947 publication date). Name any six of the eleven books on this list.

Welcome to The Geek Bracket!

Today's Contestants are:

Jonathan Blaise -
Eric Neuenschwander - @E_Newey
Jarrod Williams - @JarrodKWilliams

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Today's Categories are:

Another Strong Category
Big Broadcasts
From the Heights
In the Scrum
Not Past or Present
Snaps
Turn of the Century
Usually Graded
Vibrant Company

Today's Press Your Luck Round, in the Category of Science: According to the 2015 update to the Cavalier-Smith Taxonomical System, there are seven Kingdoms into which all life on earth can been classified (most of which end in the letter "A"). Name up to six of them.