Learned Lag

George Stankow

We play Learned League, the greatest trivia competition in all the land. Each day, we run through the questions and how we arrived at the answers (or at least, how we arrived at our answers).

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#817
June 16 · 20 min
BEERALITY LL109MD20
It is, in fact, a "novella" and was first published in Life magazine.
#816
June 13 · 19 min
The Home Stretch Beckons LL109MD19
Lot of background noises possible today (he said, glaring around the room at various living things).
#815
June 12 · 15 min
George Never Passes Up That Chance LL109MD18
Summers was diagnosed with OCD only after the original run of the show.
#814
June 11 · 14 min
It Was "Dreams", Actually LL109MD17
See if you can detect where we had to pause for an egregious Rule 3 violation.
#813
June 10 · 17 min
The Unknown Showrunner LL109MD16
Once you realized which side the "heroes" of that "Western in space" show had been on, the allegory got real rancid.
#812
June 9 · 20 min
Don't Forget to Vote for the New League Names LL109MD15
Tangentially, get well soon, Simone Biles.
#811
June 7 · 18 min
Tanzania Is Just to the North LL109MD14
Thanks to all of you for being a supportive and generous community.
#810
June 5 · 19 min
Yes, He's Talking About the President LL109MD13
We don't know what weirdo downloaded every episode yesterday, but it got us over 275,000 total downloads, for which we thank you all.
#809
June 4 · 17 min
No, the Worse UFC LL109MD12
George probably should have known he was on a couple of wrong tracks when four of his answers started with D.
#808
June 3 · 18 min
It's Charlton Heston LL109MD11
That other store is a "luxury department store", but at least it's an actual place.
#807
June 2 · 13 min
Let's Hit Week Three Hard LL109MD10
How was your weekend? Full of Swedish producers and scandalous clothing?
#806
May 30 · 18 min
George Is Saving His Mildly Dirty "Subjunctive" Joke For Later LL109MD09
Those books are "This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters)" by Mark Cooper-Jones and Jay Foreman, and "A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Stories Behind the Lines on Our Maps" by Jonn Elledge.

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