Ever wonder why barber shops have that striped pole out front? What does it mean? Is it a warning? Perhaps a hypnotic device to lull you into spending too much on a haircut? We don’t know. But we will pretend to know, on ANSWER FOR IT! -- the podcast where trivia meets comedy, facts meet improv, and where fumbling the answer for laughs is both an art and a science.
Featuring an all-star “who the hell is that?” cast, ANSWER FOR IT! comes from James and Elyse Willems (Funhaus), AJ LoCascio (X-Men ‘97), and Zach Anner (Speechless) -- four friends ready to tackle silly, unusual, and obscure trivia questions. Like, when in history were Kit-Kat wrappers blue? How do astronauts handle their dirty laundry? And what the heck is a ‘tattie boodie?’ Prepare to listen and leave feeling at least 12% smarter.
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#82: The weirdest FRIENDS contest and more '90s trivia
It's our all '90s trivia episode! Questions including:
- In 1996, the TV show Friends held a contest that featured commercials showing the cast being interrogated by police about an item that was stolen from Rachel and Monica’s apartment. Who was the thief, and what was the item?
- What's the special meaning behind Nickelodeon's green and orange color scheme?
- Cream of Wheat was a key ingredient in the original recipe of Nickelodeon’s slime, aka GAK, but was changed to applesauce. Why?
- Gilligan’s Island, the 1960s sitcom, was almost rebooted in the 1990s. It never happened but if it had, lead Charlie Kaufman wanted to make one major plot change. What was it?
- The movie Castaway starring Tom Hanks started filming in January of 1999, but halted production in March and went on hiatus for an entire year so Hanks could lose the weight needed to portray the stranded island castaway. What did director Robert Zemeckis do in the meantime?
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27 Oct 2026
#81: What happens when someone dies on a Cruise Ship? And more morbid trivia
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Elyse asks our most macabre questions ever in this morbid episode of Answer for It.
- Should a death occur aboard a cruise ship, what code phrase is used to alert the crew?
- In 2014, Home Alone actor MacCauley Culkin became a victim of the celebrity death hoax trend - how did MacCauley shut it down?
- A town in Northern Hungary recently held an unusual contest, featuring nineteen two-person teams, graded based on speed and style. What was the contest?
- English Mountaineer George Mallory was among the first team who tried to summit Mount Everest, back in 1924, but it's unknown if he made it to the peak. What clue indicates that maybe he did?
- Being a stage ballerina in the 1800s could theoretically get you killed. Why?
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Answer for It is brought to you by Elyse Willems, James Willems, Zach Anner, and AJ LoCascio
Music by Casey Edwards
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20 Oct 2026
#80: What did the Cornflakes whisper to Keanu Reeves in this long lost commercial?
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Special guests Steven Castillo (Saturday Night Live, Two Amigos Podcast) and Jess Nurse ( Yellowstone, Grace & Frankie, War Games) join us for the first (not really) couples-only episode of Answer for It, to answer questions like:
- In 1987, actor Keanu Reeves appeared in a Cornflakes where an unseen chorus of voices says something... what is it?
- The Apollo 11 astronauts could not buy traditional life insurance because insurance companies considered space travel too dangerous. So to make sure their families were taken care of in case they died, they did something else. What?
- What was unique about the Ghost (1991) VHS tapes?
- In 2011, what shocking event transpired involving Bibi and Poldi, two 115-year-old Galápagos tortoises? - During her younger years, singer Beyonce worked in her mother Tina’s hair salon, sweeping up chopped off bits of hair... what was Beyonce saving up money to buy?
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Answer for It is brought to you by Elyse Willems, James Willems, Zach Anner, and AJ LoCascio
Music by Casey Edwards
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