99 was the name of a Japanese double act known for their TV game-show Mecha-Mecha Iketeru! One round starts thus:"The members are seated on motorcycles, arranged in a circle on a rotating platform. The first player starts the game with the onom

Episode 98

Dec 16th, 2020 7m 34s

There's not a lot to say about the number 98. Apparently, 98 Degrees was a big pop act, but neither of us has heard of it.Still, never mind. SHOUT your answers and TWEET your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for

Episode 97

Dec 14th, 2020 7m 43s

97 is the age at which Leon Theremin, the inventor of the Theremin (did you guess?) died in 1993. SHOUT your answers and TWEET your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode96

Dec 11th, 2020 7m 57s

Number 96 was an Australian soap opera that ran for 1,218 episodes in the 1970s. THAT'S ENOUGH NUMBERS NOW THANKS.SHOUT your answers and TWEET your scores to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 95

Dec 9th, 2020 7m

95: a bus route that might take you from Southall to Shepherd’s Bush, from Anstruther Harbour to St Andrews – or from Colne to Burnley via Birtwistle Avenue, depending on which one you catch. BUS BINGO.SHOUT your answers and TWEET your score to

Episode 94 (The Quite Tricky One)

Dec 7th, 2020 6m 27s

94 is the number of Haydn’s Surprise Symphony. He wrote 106 of them. A compulsive symphonist was old Joe. Some of the questions in this episode are surprisingly hard. SHOUT your answers and TWEET your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast.

Episode 93

Dec 4th, 2020 6m 42s

Fun* fact: 93 is the number of the French department Seine-Saint-Denis, which has produced many rap and grime artists, making it very much the French equivalent of Thornton Heath, where Lucy lived in (SPOOKY MUSIC)... 1993.SHOUT your answers an

Episode 92

Dec 2nd, 2020 6m 20s

'92 was the queen’s Annus Horribilis (until now) – but Lucy was having an absolutely brilliant time. It was the year Nirvana played Reading. (Although she doesn’t think she actually saw them. She thinks she may have favoured Ned’s Atomic Dustbi

Episode 91

Nov 30th, 2020 6m 41s

91: it's the ISBN Group Identifier for books published in Sweden and the international dialling code for India. But round these parts, it's the number of this episode of shoutalong quizpot Plenty Questions.NOISE your answers and TWEET your scor

Episode 90

Nov 27th, 2020 6m 53s

Joe 90 would be 61 this year if he were real. And Plenty Questions would be 90 today if it released one episode per year. (Luckily, it's three a week.)You know the drill: SHOUT your answers at your phone/speaker/soundbar/dashboard and TWEET you

Episode 89

Nov 25th, 2020 7m 21s

89 always springs to mind when you think of the number of chapters in the four gospels, doesn't it? Well, now it's also an episode of Plenty Questions, Justin and Lucy's bubbly quizpod that encourages the SHOUTING OF THE ANSWERS.Tweet your scor

Episode 88

Nov 23rd, 2020 6m 58s

88. Aside from the bingo fat-shaming and the white supremacy thing, it means great fortune and good luck in China. SHOUT your answers and TWEET your score to @plentyquestionz because because. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info

Episode 87

Nov 20th, 2020 7m 40s

"Fourscore and seven years ago” said Abraham Lincoln, talking about something else entirely.SHOUT your answers and TWEET your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 86

Nov 18th, 2020 6m 52s

86: the year Lucy was born. FACT. 1986, that is. Not the others.SHOUT your answers and TWEET your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 85

Nov 16th, 2020 7m 5s

85: the age of Ian Barnes in Darlington, who ran a mile in 8 minutes 10.4 seconds in October 2020.SHOUT your answers and TWEET your score to @plentyquestionz in 8 minutes 10.4 seconds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information

Episode 84

Nov 13th, 2020 7m 26s

The film 84 Charing Cross Road was released, annoyingly, in 1987. And the film Nineteen Eighty-Four was released in 1956. Oh, sod it. Never mind. Tweet your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 83

Nov 11th, 2020 7m 34s

As we all know, when someone reaches 83 they may celebrate a second bar mitzvah. Or SHOUT THEIR ANSWERS TO PLENTY QUESTIONS;Tweet your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 82

Nov 9th, 2020 7m 10s

82: the age Joe Biden will be at the next election – but also, '82: the year Nicki Minaj was born –but also: THIS EPISODE OF PLENTY QUESTIONS – the podcast that encourages the SHOUTING OF THE ANSWERS.Tweet your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted

Episode 81

Nov 6th, 2020 8m 21s

Finally, we've reached Ricky Tomlinson's age: 81. We've also reached Episode 81 of Plenty Questions – the podcast that encourages the SHOUTING OF THE ANSWERS. And we've also ALSO reached John Cleese's age. It's almost too much to bear.Tweet you

Episode EIGHTY

Nov 4th, 2020 7m 39s

80 – the upper limit age limit for cardinals to be allowed to vote in papal elections but, more importantly, the episode number of this Plenty Questions – the podcast that encourages the SHOUTING OF THE ANSWERS.Tweet your score to @plentyquesti

Episode 79

Nov 2nd, 2020 8m 19s

79 – yes, it's the episode number of this Plenty Questions – the podcast that encourages the SHOUTING OF THE ANSWERS – but it's also the number on a live Hawkwind album. Coincidence? YES.Tweet your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast. Se

Episode 78

Oct 30th, 2020 7m 44s

78 is not just the episode number of this Plenty Questions – the podcast that encourages the SHOUTING OF THE ANSWERS – it's also the total number of gifts on the twelfth day in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas.Tweet your score to @plentyqu

Episode 77

Oct 28th, 2020 7m 25s

77 is not just the episode number of this Plenty Questions – the podcast that encourages the SHOUTING OF THE ANSWERS – it's also Talking Heads' debut album. And, what with American Utopia riding high right now OH NEVER MIND.Tweet your score to

Episode 76

Oct 26th, 2020 7m 8s

76 is not just the episode number of this Plenty Questions – the podcast that encourages the SHOUTING OF THE ANSWERS – it's also Rudy Giuliani's age! How about that for ELECTION TOPICAL?Tweet your score to @plentyquestionz. Hosted on Acast. See