Tag: Quiz
The Brian Lehrer Show
Ask Me Another Takes on the Supreme Court
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
WNYC's newest show is Ask Me Another. Host Ophira Eisenberg and house musician Jonathan Coulton disuss the program and lead a Supreme Court themed quiz. Listeners: Are you a Supreme Court expert? We're looking for two SCOTUS nerds to take the quiz. If you want to play along, call 212-433-9692!
The Brian Lehrer Show
2012 News Quiz!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Were you paying attention in 2012? Test your memory of the the serious and not-so-serious news of the year with Brian and guest quiz-master Ken Jennings!
The Leonard Lopate Show
Ask Me Another: A Quiz!
Friday, November 09, 2012
Ophira Eisenberg, host of Ask Me Another, and Jonathan Coulton, the show’s house musician, hold a special quiz for Lopate Show listeners and perform some songs. Ask Me Another starts its second season of recordings November 12, at 7:30 pm, at The Bell House in Brooklyn. Starting January 4 Ask Me Another will be broadcast weekly on public radio stations across the country.
Ask Me Another airs on 93.9 FM at 3:00 pm on Saturday and AM 820 at 12 noon.
The Takeaway
Testing the Psychology Behind Fonts
Monday, August 13, 2012
Last month, filmmaker Errol Morris published a quiz on The New York Times website that was seemingly about people's life outlooks. In actuality, it was testing something quite different.
The Brian Lehrer Show
2011 News Quiz: Lightning Round
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Brian leads listeners in a lightning round of True/False questions about this year's news.
The Brian Lehrer Show
2011 News Quiz: Pat Kiernan
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
NY1 anchor and the man behind Pat's Papers, Pat Kiernan, serves as guest quiz-master for questions about local news and culture stories from 2011.
Tidbits From the Show: Irene Segment: Tri-State Status Post-Irene | Ryan Gosling breaks up NYC fight | Escaped Bronx Zoo Cobra is a Twitter Star | No Sag Yet for Planking | A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs | POPS Report | Earthquake Call In: Earthquake 101 | Hawks at Washington Square Park | Violence Interrupters | John Matson: Judgment Day |
The Brian Lehrer Show
2011 News Quiz: Melissa Harris-Perry
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Melissa Harris-Perry, professor of political science at Tulane University and regular contributor and host at MSNBC, serves as guest quiz-master for questions about national and international events.
Tidbits From the Show: Live from Greene Space: Regime Change and its Aftermath | The Origin of Pepper Spray | HPV in Focus | DSK Call-in for House keepers |
Features
Is Your Thanksgiving Like 'Babette's Feast' or 'Home for the Holidays'? Take Our Thanksgiving Quiz
Thursday, November 24, 2011
What's your Thanksgiving appetizer, main, side, pie and beverage of choice? Let us know by taking our quiz.
The Brian Lehrer Show
Civics Quiz
Monday, April 25, 2011
Eric Lane, senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice and distinguished law professor at Hofstra University School of Law, tested New Yorkers' knowledge of government and politics and found it wanting. Can Brian Lehrer show listeners do better?
→ Take a Civics Quiz, Read More, and Listen at It's A Free Country!
The Takeaway
True American Words: Our Hosts Test Their Knowledge
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Ben Zimmer, Executive Producer of the Visual Thesaurus and Vocabulary.com is putting John and Celeste to the test by asking them to identify the real definition of words with truly American origins. Could you identify absquatulate, callithump and copacetic? If so, you might do well on producer Kristen Meinzer's quiz.
Here are the words with which Ben Zimmer tried to stump the hosts: absquatulate, callithump, copacetic, hornswoggle, lagniappe, rumbustious. Do you know what they mean?
The Takeaway
Name that Flag
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
In a month of massive news out of the Middle East, we're asking you to put your geography knowledge to the test. Match each flag to the country you think it belongs to. We've added a bonus trivia quiz for good measure! Tune in to the radio show for the results.
The Takeaway
How Well Do You Wiki?
Thursday, January 13, 2011
On the 10th anniversary of Wikipedia, we're looking at how useful the user-generated encyclopedia is by giving you a quiz about public radio. Answer the following questions as best you can using Wikipedia. We'll announce results on the air. Thanks!
The Takeaway
Top of the Hour: Breakups of 2010, Morning Headlines
Friday, December 31, 2010
Who broke up in 2010? A lot of couples — but not just the usual types. We're talking this morning about different kinds of 2010 breakups: companies with their CEOs, political party members with constituents, and actors breaking up with reality.
The Takeaway
The Takeaway’s 2010 Breakup Quiz
Friday, December 31, 2010
All week long we're talking with some of our favorite guests from 2010 about the year that was…the good, the bad, and the ridiculous. Today, our subject is the year’s big breakups, and our guest is author, humorist, and newshound Andy Borowitz. But rather than just talk about or look at the breakups, we’re also inviting listeners to participate and answer a quiz that we’re calling the Takeaway’s 2010 Breakup Quiz.
The Takeaway
Take a Quiz on U.S. History
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
It's easy to criticize politicians for getting their facts wrong about history and civics. Now it's time to test your own knowledge! Take this short quiz so we can get a small glimpse of what you do and don't know. We won't name and shame you, so please don't go Googling for answers.