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That's a Totally Normal Thing to Say! (Trivia Extravaganza 2026)

Trivia is back! After almost a full year we finally end this season of trivia by making Marques, Andrew, and David play on teams for most of the game!

Marques BrownleehostDavid ImelhostAndrew ManganellihostDavid Imelhost
Jul 21, 20261h 37mWatch on YouTube

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At a glance

WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Waveform hosts battle in team-based trivia, quotes, and Reddit Feud

  1. The episode is a Waveform “Trivia Extravaganza 2026” where Marques Brownlee, Andrew Manganelli, and David Imel compete across multiple custom trivia games with rotating two-person teams and an “odd man out” scoring twist.
  2. The first major game, Keyword Search, forces teams to invent three-word Google queries that surface answers on the first page without using any words from the question or answer, leading to both clever workarounds and notable stumps.
  3. A second segment, “That’s a Totally Normal Thing to Say,” has players attribute out-of-context quotes (often from executives) and optionally earn bonus points by tweeting the quotes verbatim, which the cast debates but mostly avoids.
  4. A Taboo-like guessing game uses Slack-delivered secret terms and strict three-word clues for a single guess, producing fast solves, misfires, and argument over what counts as fair clueing.
  5. The finale is Reddit Feud, where players guess the most common comment themes on selected Reddit threads (not the most upvoted), culminating in Andrew winning the Podman’s Cup after rapid point swings and buzzer/scorekeeping chaos.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

The scoring twist rewards both collaboration and opponents’ failure.

David Imel introduces a rotating two-person team setup where both teammates score if correct, but if they miss, the “odd man out” gets the point—changing incentives and encouraging strategy (including joking about trying not to answer).

The show turns “knowing” into “retrieving under constraints,” and it’s surprisingly difficult.

In Keyword Search, teams can’t answer directly; they must propose three search terms that reveal the answer on Google’s first page while avoiding words from the question/answer. The round showcases how hard “findable” knowledge becomes under constraints (e.g., Apple Vision Pro was repeatedly hard to surface without banned terms).

Social-media incentives become part of the game—and the cast treats them as reputationally dangerous.

The quote game centers on identifying who said out-of-context lines and offers extra points for tweeting them verbatim; the group debates how risky/awkward it would be to tweet CEO quotes without context and largely declines.

Single-guess, three-clue rules expose how brittle communication is without shared assumptions.

In the Taboo-style segment, one player gets a secret term via Slack and must give three clue-words (not the term) for a single guess. The round highlights both ambiguity (e.g., “Arm” guesses gone wrong) and how extremely “obvious” references can be (e.g., “Worst product ever / Humane AI Pin” getting instantly solved).

The game frames Reddit as a frequency-driven ‘hive mind,’ not an upvote meritocracy.

Reddit Feud uses sentiment analysis of comment frequency (not upvotes) to build a top-10 board; the hosts argue briefly about whether ignoring upvotes reflects Reddit accurately, but proceed because frequency better “distills” the hive mind.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

Here's a spooky thing. OnePlus is dead.

— Marques Brownlee

I would post that shit on LinkedIn, every single one.

— Marques Brownlee

This might ruin all future trivia extravaganzas, but I don't care. I'm really bad at coding, like just awful at coding.

— David Imel

I've never seen you BeReal once in your life.

— David Imel

Jetpack is hilarious. Reddit, you never let us down, man. That's crazy.

— David Imel

Read the available transcript
Team rotation scoring twist and “odd man out” pointsKeyword Search (three-word Google query constraint)Out-of-context executive quotes and optional tweeting for pointsTaboo-style clue giving via SlackReddit Feud based on most common comment themesBuzzer/scorekeeping quirks and disputesFinal scoring and Podman’s Cup winner announcement

SPEAKERS

  • Marques Brownlee

    host

    Tech reviewer and host of the Waveform Podcast.

  • David Imel

    host

    Co-host of the Waveform Podcast and frequent trivia/game moderator on the show.

  • Andrew Manganelli

    host

    Co-host of the Waveform Podcast.

  • David Imel

    host

    Co-host of the Waveform Podcast.

High quality AI-generated summary created from speaker-labeled transcript.

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