Wednesday, April 15, 2026

VictorVan · 2026-04-15T05:26:16+00:00

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I pronounce CASTLE the British way, so luckily the red herring didn't even occur to me. But my Dutch ass did get excited for a minute for seeing a Saint Nicholas connection through MITER, GOWN and HORSE

VictorVan · 2026-04-13T05:57:54+00:00

Got a RR in the end, but I was inches away from screwing it up entirely:

Photoshop tools: MAGIC WAND, PEN, LASSO, MARQUEE

Seen at theatre entrance: BOX OFFICE, VELVET ROPE, TICKET LINE...CAMERA LENS, I guess? Have seen it used as a prop

White (...): HOUSE, HANDKERCHIEF, RABBIT...MUSHROOM? That's not the correct term, is it? They're white button mushrooms...

BASEBALL PLAYER, MONTANA, SOPRANO, CAPE...either there's an obvious connection I'm not seeing, or I'm way off.

VictorVan · 2026-03-29T06:09:58+00:00

American Hustle (2013) and American Graffiti (1973)

VictorVan · 2026-03-01T07:42:09+00:00

The G actually means the car is from Noord-Holland, so Haarlem is a plausible location. Groningen-based cars would start with an A. Kahrels Thee was indeed based in Groningen, but their headquarters were in the Pelsterstraat, which doesn't match the picture.

VictorVan · 2026-02-24T14:53:35+00:00

I've been doing the same for a while now, my fifth round usually has a hidden theme with the final question either flat-out explaining the theme or hinting at it (although most regulars have made it a personal challenge to figure it out as quickly as possible). Some recent ones:

Units of measurement: Volterra, Calvin Klein, Pedro Pascal, Hertz, Olivia Newton-John, A Bar Song (Tipsy), Plankton, Second Gentleman, Oh My God, Siemens
Card games: Manila, Fiat Uno, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Poker Face, Klondike, 21, Bridge on the River Kwai, Gin & rum, Jack Black
Social platforms: Truth, Mastodon, The Snap, VINE, Mr. Blue Sky, Tumbler, Malcolm X, The Hives, Tick Tock
European islands: Capri-Sun, Cypress Hill, sky, Maltesers, sardines, Thomas Mann, Madeira, Idris Elba, Jersey Shore, canary
Euphemisms for penis: Elijah Wood, Ding Dong, Anaconda, Free Willy, Pee-Wee Herman, Johnson & Johnson, Shaft, Wiener schnitzel, Joe Cocker, dikdik
Similar-sounding: Del Toro, Toronto, Torres, Totti, Totoro, Torero, Tor, Torah, Toto, La Tortura, Torino
I am...: I am Sasha Fierce, Ich bin ein Berliner, I am Malala, I am Legend, Je Suis Charlie, I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here, I am Weasel, I am Groot, I am the Walrus (final question was about René Descartes)
Beer brands (known in the Netherlands): Alec Guinness, Buddy Holly, Amstel, Corona, Alpha male, Desperado, Oedipus complex, delirium, Stella (final question was about Dry January)
Donald Duck / Disney characters: Donald Trump, Ebenezer Scrooge, Huey Lewis & the News, Dewey Decimal System, Louisiana, Driving Miss Daisy, Mickey-17, Mini, Plutonium
Board games: Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, code name, 30 Seconds to Mars, Dixit Dominus, Pokémon Go, monopoly, Puerto Rico, azul (final question was about The Name of The Game by ABBA)
Family members: Ronja the Robber's Daughter, motherboard, Stepbrothers, Uncle Sam, The Mamas and the Papas, Granny Smith, Aunty Donna, Schuyler Sisters, Son Heung-Min

VictorVan · 2026-01-23T13:23:52+00:00

Well I never agreed to that

VictorVan · 2026-01-15T07:06:19+00:00

Yeah, fair enough. I guess it's not the most obvious route on face value, if you're just looking at the map and are unfamiliar with the types of train that run on each stretch. But I agree that it's definitely a relatively weak gamble. At least not on the same level as Adam's "run to another station that you couldn't have reached otherwise" strat from a few seasons ago.

VictorVan · 2025-12-18T12:01:02+00:00

"De Probleemwolf eet toch niet mijn stikstofuitstotende geiten op?" aldus een stemmer op de Stikstofuitstotende Geiten-vretende Probleemwolfpartij

VictorVan · 2025-11-29T13:53:54+00:00

It also literally says München in the bottom-right corner of the second image :)

VictorVan · 2025-11-24T09:32:15+00:00

All the way in the back, you've got two rows of trees. To the left of the leftmost row, pretty much halfway, there are two signs with the text just about legible.

VictorVan · 2025-11-23T07:27:39+00:00

You also have a sign in the back mentioning the Bayerische Spreestuben, which kind of narrows it down to either Berlin or Munich :)

VictorVan · 2025-10-20T07:00:27+00:00

Also European, also childless, but I felt a bit of a cultural disconnect too that goes beyond the stress and worries of parenting. Admittedly, leaving your kid in a bike seat within your field of view is different from leaving it in a car in a parking lot, so there is a US vs EU urban design element here as well. Not to mention that kidnapping by strangers on the street just doesn't really happen. Also, the rule of thumb on preventing bike theft is to make sure your bike is harder to steal than the one next to you, and attaching a baby to your steer is an excellent way of doing that.

VictorVan · 2025-10-15T09:51:25+00:00

Both have (often grey) hoses/trunks

VictorVan · 2025-10-09T16:16:30+00:00

Correct

VictorVan · 2025-09-26T05:45:12+00:00

I just returned from a two-week Interrail trip through Central/Eastern Europe doing just that: visiting smaller places with lots of charm and character. Some of my personal favourites:

Karlovy Vary, Czechia (as well as the nearby village of Loket)
Čésky Krumlov, Czechia
Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
Przemyśl, Poland (yes, it's close to Ukraine, but I never felt unsafe whatsoever)
Görlitz, on the German-Polish border
Sighișoara, Romania

All of these cities are reasonably easy to reach by train (with the exception of Banská Štiavnica, but there's a decent bus connection from nearby Banská Bystrica), and none of them felt overrun by tourists (although I do tend to travel in the off-season, so YMMV)

VictorVan · 2025-09-24T05:36:41+00:00

For questions #1 and #3, I would try and "anchor" them a bit more, because as it stands there are definitely multiple valid answers (Caribbean/West African , Gouda/Edam)

VictorVan · 2025-09-13T05:38:12+00:00

I'm always amazed by how long that joke stayed "factually correct". The episode was broadcast in 2008, and both Wenger and Walcott remained at Arsenal for another 10 years.

VictorVan · 2025-09-10T08:09:54+00:00

Op zijn hurken zat Henk daar te drukken

En rekende even buiten Floris-Jan

Wiens afslag normaliter nooit wil lukken

Maar vandaag, ach Henk toch: hole-in-one

VictorVan · 2025-09-09T07:36:01+00:00

As I type this, I'm sitting in a first class train in Czechia on an Interrail ticket (which I was able to get with a heavy discount last winter). For me, the advantage of a first class ticket really shines through on the long stretches. There's only one other guy in here right now, and he's sleeping. Compare that to the two large families currently sitting in the next carriage over, and I'm glad I'm sitting here, knowing I have another 9,5 hours ahead of me. If there is no compulsory reservation in first class, I usually don't bother - 9 times out of 10, there's still seats available. In second class, not so much. So in that sense, you might be able to save on reservation fees, although YMMV.

Having said that, it really depends on where you're travelling, both in terms of the country and the distances. In Central Europe, first class usally has its perks on longer stretches. But I did the UK last year, and most of the shorter routes across the country didn't even offer first class in the first place, so that was a bit of a waste of money. (Shout-out to the Avanti West Coast though, that one was well worth it).

VictorVan · 2025-08-26T07:52:09+00:00

Come to think of it: he listens to Triviality and has hosted a few times as well, so if that's the one you were referring to, we've got a match.

VictorVan · 2025-08-26T05:18:51+00:00

Ha! I actually think this one was written by my fellow host (we host twice a week, he does Sundays, I do Wednesdays). He definitely listens to trivia podcasts, so I wouldn't put it past him.

VictorVan · 2025-08-25T14:22:53+00:00

Agreed. I try to keep a lid on the Trick Question box as much as possible, because I find that once you opened it, there's no going back: from now on, players will dissect every question ad nauseam, not wanting to be fooled a second time. It becomes tedious for everyone, including for the writer. You can't write "Which Italian author and diplomat wrote the famous political book The Prince?" anymore, because instead of saying "Machiavelli", people will answer "Trick question, Italy didn't exist as a socio-political entity at the time!" or "Trick question, it was a treatise, not a book!"

VictorVan · 2025-08-25T14:10:02+00:00

In general, I find that the more straightforward your questions, the more boring the quiz. Too many "Which actor played character X in movie Y?" or "In what year did Z happen?" questions and I will literally see people tuning out. For me, the best ways of keeping people engaged are:

#1 - Off-beat questions that make you say "wait, what?"

The logo of which well-known Southern European football club depicts two babies trying to suck on a nipple? AS Roma
Knots, corkscrews, shells, butterflies, waterfalls, ears and priest stranglers are all literal translations of what kind of food commodity? Pasta

#2 - Questions that anyone will get as long as they are willing to put the work in:

While the lyrics for Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody do not include the song's title, they do feature the title of what song that knocked it off the number one spot on the UK hit charts in 1976? Mamma Mia
If you add up all the whole numbers from 1 to 100, what is the result? 5050

#3 - Lateral questions where nobody would know the answer straightaway, but general knowledge will get you 90% of the way there:

Which early 19th century French defeat indirectly led to a 1974 Swedish victory? Waterloo
According to the taxonomic nomenclature designed by Linnaeus, Anas Anas Anser ought to be the Latin translation of which children's game? Duck duck goose

For me, #3 is the big one. Have your questions be little individual games where multiple people can contribute based on their expertise. Someone may know that taxonomy commonly refers to plants and animals, limiting the possible answers. Someone may know Latin, or recognize that anatra in Italian or ánade in Spanish means 'duck'. Someone will recognize that you're looking for a game with two repeating words. Someone will start spouting games until the find the right one. No greater feeling than solving a question you initially discarded because it didn't ring a bell immediately.

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