Why did Samoa skip Friday 30 December 2011 entirely, going straight from Thursday to Saturday?

Ify Nwadiwe may regularly feature on Dropout's Game Changer, but never before has he been confronted with such deeply Australian general knowledge. Sort of helping him along the way we have Gal Gadot, Gal Gadot in character as a Pope, a patch of lawn above parliament house and Angus Stone.

A new episode of Wax Quizzical with host Kyran Nicholson beside Ify Nwadiwe, Alex Hines, Sez and Charisa Bossinakis.

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Which famous conqueror was once forced to retreat when attacked by a massive horde of domestic rabbits?

Ray O’Leary is a quiz-show regular with, by his own admission, a level of confidence not quite matched by his level of knowledge. Talking him through it we have Cynthia O’Reilly, this year’s Raw Comedy winner, who writes her entire act with ChatGPT and has strong opinions about her son’s fiancée; Constable Greg, a bailiff phoning in from 1597 with surprisingly progressive views on policing; and Julia Child, out of retirement and deep into her 179th custard tart.

A new episode of Wax Quizzical with host Kyran Nicholson beside Kate Dehnert, Oliver Coleman, Rhiannon McCall and Ray O'Leary.

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After a Rick and Morty joke went viral, McDonald's briefly brought back which menu item?

Sammy Petersen is normally the one asking the questions, a prolific podcaster who hosts confessionals for a living, so he spends the hour fighting the urge to interrogate his own callers. They don't make it easy: Lubenschmidt, a camel wrangler stranded in the Sahara with a fully stocked JB Hi-Fi and a Tina Arena CD wedged into his camel's hump, All of the Above, a 2016 presidential candidate who exists in a liminal space nobody else can see, and Detective Morta, one half of a noir detective duo who refuses to be rushed even while cracking a koala fingerprint case.

A new episode of Wax Quizzical with host Kyran Nicholson, Lena Moon and Barney Pollock.

The improvisors on Wax are all members of Something Good - a weekly improv show, every Wednesday at Comedy Republic - tickets to Something Good are available here.

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Which surrealist artist designed the logo for Chupa Chups?

Frankie McNair shows up as a self-described trivia lightweight who goes every Wednesday mainly for the chippies and contributes "not much" to the team, then spends the hour proving herself very wrong.

On the phone: Mr. Monopoly, born plain old "Mister" and still smarting over being replaced in the McDonald's promotion, a reformed Dumbo who's sworn off both stampeding and flying after online backlash, and Glint Glunkley, self-appointed moderator of "the Mandalorian Discourse" with strong theories about Jar Jar Binks and an even stronger connection to hentai.

A new episode of Wax Quizzical with host Kyran Nicholson, Tim Hewitt and Tiana Hogben.

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In 2017, New Zealand granted legal personhood to a what?

Alex Ward turns up ready to redeem herself after a poor showing last time, and brings up her home-made cooking show Ready Steady Wardy, a tribute to Ready Steady Cook that somehow ended up outlasting the original. Calling in to help: Rance Vandersyn, a Joondalup businessman running "Cats4Cash," a cash-for-felines scheme with fluctuating market prices and no questions asked; Steve Manley, founder of the Chode Society, a support group dedicated to normalising an unfortunately-shaped anatomy; and Joey Boner, host of a prank show streamed on a shady platform called BetX, who assaults people on the streets of Tokyo and lets viewers bet on how long he'll spend in jail for it.

A new episode of Wax Quizzical with host Kyran Nicholson, Ben Russell and Taylor Griffiths.

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What common nut is actually a legume masquerading as a common nut?

Ting Lim turns up straight from the airport, suitcase in hand, joking that the housing crisis has her sleeping on podcasts between gigs. Talking her through it: Lady Legume, a well-travelled legume who has spent years hiding among the common nuts in disguise; Kevin Plonk, president of the Wet Dog 40 club, whose sole method for determining the wettest dog is squeezing it like a sponge; and Mr Colpita, a gay wizard who married a stiff, salty man before turning him into a children's toy out of frustration at his lack of flexibility.

A new episode of Wax Quizzical with host Kyran Nicholson, Amy Ruffle and Josh Chodziesner.

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In 2020, an Arizona driver was caught cheating the carpool lane by strapping what into the passenger seat?

Damian Callinan spends the hour cheerfully admitting he can't read a room, right up until the phone lines produce a fully grown dolphin son he never knew about. Helping him not at all: Marcus Aurelius, a Roman Emperor who claims credit for both dynamite and the Zorba, the Rat King, a six-person-sized tangle of tails with a lingering grudge against the Macy's Parade, and HLD, a highly litigious dolphin lawyer working his way up the Low Court.

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What has existed on Earth for longer: sharks or trees?

Robyn Reynolds accidentally started her comedy career by getting very drunk at a Sydney open mic and telling a rambling, unplanned story about a bad date, which someone later praised as her "drunk girl act." Calling in to help her (or not): Brian Cox, a physicist who keeps insisting the galaxy is about the size of his head; Clemorn from Cremorn, and a self-appointed Bible Belt lawyer representing Nike, who won't help until she's confirmed you share her values on vaccination.

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