Wedge a bike up 'em. ■ Reverse Trivia 1x01

Oar-powered ships! Bikelangelo! Disguised submarines! And more! We return with the first new episode of Reverse Trivia since 2012.
The Technical Difficulties are:
🟥 TOM SCOTT: tomscott.com - / tomscottgo
🟨 GARY BRANNAN: / garybrannan - / brannersatlarge
🟩 CHRIS JOEL: / christhewrongun
🟦 MATT GRAY: mattg.co.uk - / mattgrayyes - chaos.social/@...
Editor: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin
Question Writer: Daniel Peake / quizzydan
techdif.co.uk

[@techdif]

And away we go! The first of four new weekly episodes, and a return to a format from many years ago. Welcome back, everyone.

[@allfunandgames1976]

Yes, yes, yes, a thousand times yes. So excited to have you back, especially with reverse trivia again! I still relisten to the old audio episodes sometimes. Perhaps you could upload those unlisted on this channel and create a playlist, so that they could be easier to access?

[@suorastas1]

Will next series be the glorious return of citation needed?

[@derosterhase1]

Four! Weekly! Episodes! Thanks, that's a real treat!

[@fep_ptcp883]

Four? FOUR?

[@harrypootis9519]

Very good

[@Azeria]

rule one of coal-powered coal ships: never get by on your own supply

[@rasmis]

Also, oil tankers use bunker fuel / heavy oil to transport more refined oil. AFAIK.

[@emilie4058]

Although early trains were used just for moving coal, so they used their own supply because it's somewhat abundant in coal mines.

[@euanduthie2333]

This made me think: Wouldn't it be embarrassing for a petrol tanker to run out of fuel, and end up stuck because its engine actually needs diesel.

[@devnol]

This guy coals.

[@QualityDoggo]

@@euanduthie2333I bet this has happened. However they usually have well planned routes which include fuel calculations -- commercial trucks should not be "winging it", hazardous ones doubly so 😅

[@philipneedstowrite1799]

I love how Tom's went and commissioned professional questions, but based on this episode a total of ten are actually going to end up being asked in the whole series

[@ben1468]

This simply means material for more seasons

[@recurvestickerdragon]

okay but I would love to have a new deck every season, especially if they decide to print merch store versions of them as Gary suggested

[@stevenbrodie404]

OR some questions just led to 0 banter, so they get cut

[@JSSMVCJR2.1]

With the quips we have, it's adequate.

[@BlobVanDam]

Not only have I been looking forward to more of the group, but it's also great to see some Tom Scott content after so long

[@aamocryp]

I hope you have discovered Tom's podcast, Lateral, it is a good time as well!

[@listey]

Can highly recommend Lateral. I always look forward to the new episodes on Fridays

[@taaamas7785]

I'm here for the Garry content

[@JouvaMoufette]

Agreed. Check out lateral. Every Friday for the past 2 years!

[@Vilexxica]

9:36 maybe *you've* passed the era for Matt Gray genital jokes, Tom, but that's an evergreen reservoir of humor as far as the rest of us are concerned 😂

[@Vykk_Draygo]

So Matt Gray genital jokes are like a tank full of wood? I hope that was an intentional double entendre.

[@TKBarnes]

Truth. XD

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

“The Evergreen” will somehow be another name for it.

[@TheOutZZ]

@@Vilexxica Synonyms include: "The 1500m" "Jolly Swagman" "The Albatross" "The Trombone" "Wavey-Bladed Malaysian Dagger" "The Jack-Rabbit" "Hamilton" "The Whip" "Stanley Matthews" and many more!

[@beek.4860]

"Evergreen reservoir" is a good one, actually.

[@RTDelete]

That logic gate joke was pretty *exclusive,* I don’t imagine many people would get it

[@SirioResteghini]

I asked my Australian mate if he got it, he said nor

[@garethaethwy]

Not me, that's for certain...

[@Becky_Cooling]

I got it!

[@nos595]

Or everyone would, dont imagine there's much between though.

[@apefu]

*groans in boolean logic*

[@jaxweby4343]

ACTUAL QUESTION CARDS! With Gary shouting "That's merchandise!" - I think I would honestly love and get some TechDifs trivia cards. Please (if possible with Dan Peake's permission to make it so) make it so.

[@Cruxador]

They could go and sign them and then auction them for some charity (or beer money)

[@WizardOfDocs]

I want a notepad with that on the cover

[@recurvestickerdragon]

​@@WizardOfDocs each one will be signed by Gary, which will then be crossed out by Tom

[@ecchikitty1395]

I'd be okay with blank cards to play my own at home version.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

The funny thing about the U-505 in Chicago is that not only is it a submarine in Chicago, it's a submarine _in a building_ in Chicago.

[@TheYorkRose]

For now

[@thebobbicus]

And I believe the last u-boat of its type in existence

[@maxresdefault_]

I've listened through all the Reverse Trivia podcasts repeatedly to fill the Technical Difficulties shaped hole in my life. So glad you guys are back!

[@ethanjohnstone6797]

Me too! I’m so hyped

[@HeleneHolst-n1i]

I enjoy listening to them when falling asleep

[@chrissanchez2394]

Same here! This is so exciting

[@alexknj1]

Glad to know I'm not alone

[@Vinemaple]

Yeah, I had just decided to go back to them

[@Kactus_Kris]

Thing one, no mystery biscuits? Thing two, Camston Island has loads of new material to animate.

[@recurvestickerdragon]

yes! woo!

[@zyaicob]

Economy's not great, austerity- biscuits are a luxury item

[@felixhamel1853]

Also no red t-shirt

[@ezekielmartin4323]

YEHEHEAH! SICK!

[@smugly6793]

This truly is the mystery of the biscuits

[@BoxesOfKnives]

5:30 Yes, I _did_ enjoy scoring this.

[@TheOutZZ]

Ayyy, you've done some edits of CN and RTP, nice to see you here.

[@glowstoneunknown]

Love that username

[@moonostultus]

it’s you!! the legend!!

[@Zalaniar]

Who won?

[@katiegoode]

The reason why I love this and none of the other random game show stuff that get done by Tom etc is because it's the people! Not the format. The format is just there to hold together the crew of mates that know how to riff of each other, it's the personalities. Keep the crew together - that's all anyone wants!

[@IceMetalPunk]

Truth! It includes everyone's favorite Gary Brannan, and there's a reason he's everyone's favorite!

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Yup. Came to the same conclusion some time ago. No matter 'the format' it's their personalities and chemistry that drive the videos. As for "everybody's favourite Gary Brannan" not only do I not want to explain that long running joke but, with all due respect, my favourite has always been Chris Joel.

[@sirBrouwer]

I do have to say some of the guest (combinations) on the Lateral to have that same riff going. the downside is they are never in the same space so that is a challenge. these 4 are always doing the tech diff shows together in the same room.

[@diarya5573]

"Riding the delivery guy home" cracked me up, I'm so glad you're back!

[@qwertyTRiG]

Properly got Gary with that gulp of water, too.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Chris just lies dormant as jokes happen around him, only to erupt in the saga of Henricus every generation.

[@prettypic444]

I think the guys are vastly underestimating the nerdiness of their audience Also, we Americans have been having the “Chicago is a costal city” debate for YEARS

[@Meaddie]

I would pay to watch that submarine try to go over (under???) Niagara Falls

[@dchuhay]

Cleveland’s not the only city on the north coast

[@ZeldaCW23]

21:00 Technical Difficulties ‘predicted’ the NYT Strands clue of the day that this vid would be posted (no, of course they didn’t, this was just a fantastic gag and coincidence)… incredible 😆

[@samuelmellars7855]

Oh? For posterity, what was the clue?

[@artyb27]

​@@samuelmellars7855"Hairy Styles"

[@jackdavies4078]

Hearing, through my own laughter, Gary Brannan call out the one person laughing at Matt’s maths joke…

[@davidricebowled]

You too, there are two of us?!

[@sirBrouwer]

and this was not even Replace Matt (Matt Parker)

[@lugriaa]

we are so back baby

[@apjtv2540]

If you have a ground of random NAND pirates, could it be a rand nand band? Welcome back!😁

[@TheExalaber]

The Rand NAND Band may be dangerous, but they can't throw errors or float nearly as well their NaN pirate rivals!

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

These jokes have a pretty exclusive audience don't they.

[@theleva7]

*Slow claps* *lobs a tomato*

[@coyoteseattle]

A non-land rand nand band, at that.

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@TheEvilCheesecake Yes, but that exclusive audience is at least 70.000000001% of the Tech Diffs' audience. ...that was a floating-point precision error joke, by the way.

[@Xabiru66]

0:12 Normal Water. It's there. Does plants, does people, 's great.

[@ItsLeah43]

Two of These People Are Lying and Citation Needed are some of my absolute favorite pieces of comedy content on the platform, super excited to see more of this kinda stuff

[@ecchikitty1395]

I have so many wrong definitions in my head. 'What's a Duryard?' 'Don't know. It's NOT a mononym from a famed cricket player.'

[@iiSync]

They're back when we needed them most!

[@beek.4860]

"Riding the delivery man home" is already a classic line. I'm so, so happy to see you all back in a format like this!

[@EllieHenshaw]

Oh my god I’m gonna scream!!! Reverse Trivia!!!

[@memth02]

As someone who was much too young to listen to the original podcast when it came out, and who has now gone back and listened to it many times in the past year, this makes me so incredibly excited! And I love to see that the cheap joke at the end has remained a part of the format, that was always my favorite part :P

[@Becky_Cooling]

Same here

[@ethanjohnstone6797]

Okay it’s 1am in Australia and I need to sleep so I’ll be watching this in the morning but I’m SO excited you have no idea - I routinely re listen to the reverse trivia podcast so this is amazing

[@chassaj1105]

And when you wake up you'll have a comment notification to remind you to come back

[@SporadicBenevolence]

Yeah, but only one

[@olafbeckenbauer9309]

Guyyyys hold it down they are back, follow the protocoll, everything is chill, they are just BACK

[@MgpF]

I’m not crying, I’m not crying… FFS, yes, I’m crying. Welcome back, mates. You were deeply missed. ❤

[@CONCORDE444]

It's great to have you 4 back. Personally I'm loving this episode, Sure the adventures where great but i've always preferred and enjoyed reverse trivia or Citation needed since i just love the tangents and random knowledge that gets brought up from nowhere. It also then makes it so much more rewatchable for me.

[@recurvestickerdragon]

It honestly makes me wonder if they could launch various things jumbled together, or rather alternating between running formats Oh, and I'd love to see TechDif on Nebula and Dropout, but I dunno how feasible that is.

[@rivran]

@@recurvestickerdragonI would pay an unreasonable amount of money to see these folks on Dropout

[@sirBrouwer]

@@recurvestickerdragon I think that for the most of them it's just way to difficult to make it a long show. They have to all find a day that they are all free to shoot these. I can guess for them with families and what not it is a bit of a challenge.

[@danieldyson1660]

@@recurvestickerdragonWaaaaaaay back when they actually tried that. It ended up being too Top Gear like and they didn’t like it.

[@davidstanco]

1:48 I am studying math rn. I enjoyed that joke

[@brandonfaddis7443]

YES! YES! YES! YES! I WAS LITERALLY THINKING EARLIER TODAY HOW MUCH I'D LOVE TO SEE NEW REVERSE TRIVIA!!!

[@SporadicBenevolence]

It's not a coincidence if you think that all the time

[@GimpyChinaman]

Yesssss! My FAVORITE Gary Brannen!!

[@Becky_Cooling]

this is a note to my future self for when i inevitably binge-watch all of the reverse trivia videos in a few months time.

[@gromph4]

Phoenix Down the down feathers of a phoenix, is my personal favourite oh these words mean something moment.

[@GoodEvii]

10:13 That's gotta be Mystery Biscuits

[@Becky_Cooling]

Oh yeah!

[@zyaicob]

Seis leches? En esta economía?

[@recurvestickerdragon]

GIMME! YES! MY FAVORITE LADS ARE BACK! 1:00 In addition to a marvelous snap zoom, you are absolutely right Gary, it is. I (and assumedly others) would unironically buy that just cuz it's so fitting for y'all's energy. Please please please do a print run of those! 2:05 Honestly it's impressive how many individual NANDs they can fit on a single ship, but I hear they may soon be constrained by the end of the Law of Moore. 1:57 I'm the person that appreciated Matt's logic gate annihilation joke. 3:38 Though I have to admit it took me a second to get Matt was talking about the Galactic Empire 4:58 Chris made me do an actual spit take, and Gary following up immediately doubled me over entirely. 8:54 He should try for some Picassos, they're obviously very cubey and it's not supposed to look "right," so may as well use it. 9:17 "...and one for the mutants, Gary." 11:04 Matt: "...the mid 1800s" Tom: "1850." Me: "Point." *ding* 13:00 I relate so deeply with Chris, hearing the bit about the pizza delivery guy, and being like, "finally back on familiar ground." ...and he chokes both myself and Gary instantly after. 14:19 Thank you so much for being positive and wholesome about this, ever since Rob Munroe mentioned the "lucky 10,000" people who get to discover any given subject on any given day, I've tried as hard as I can to not put people down for not knowing something, to be a teacher and a sharer of both information and the wonder new ideas can bring. 14:35 I vaguely recall reading somewhere that that was apocryphal and the two names have different origins... can't recall where, though. 16:24 This bit works so brilliantly because as Tom is making a big deal out of it literally everyone is like "yeah, yeah it makes sense," trying to -gaslight- gang up on him with it and I love it. 19:13 Submariners hiding under a vessel going through locks does sound very good for a movie, but even more than that, now I know what I'd love to see y'all do for your next adventure á la hovercraft excursion. Oughta see if you can hire a little sightseeing thingy that can only go like eight feet under, and cruise down some canalways (don't actually go under anyone, though. stay safe lads). ( i cope with the effort of rewinding for timestamps by relishing how much i get to rewatch the good bits )

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

And when the world needed them most, somehow the oldest game in my favourite group returned.

[@tpieschala]

It’s here. It’s finally here!

[@derosterhase1]

that Milton Keynes robot story sounds 100% like a things you might not know episode

[@Danny-mv9qj]

I have missed this show! Thanks for this guys!

[@explorer914]

WHOOO New TechDiff content. 😁 Also it looks like Gary has gotten new glasses. 😄But Tom looks so out of place without a red shirt.....

[@RoelAdriaans]

THEY ARE SO BACK, BABY🎉🎉

[@Vykk_Draygo]

Just gotta say, the Technical Difficulties has long been my favorite KZbin content. Tip top as always.

[@EdwardMason9000]

Oh hell yeah! FINCHLEY, BRING THE PORT!

[@ospididious]

YOU"RE BACK!!!!!! YEAH!!!!! Welcome back! Please don't leave again... These are some of the most informative videos on KZbin and the platform is better for having you guys on it.

[@MxCraven]

I'm worried for you if you think this is information

[@TheOutZZ]

​@@MxCravenMost of the stuff that isn't witty banter is quite informative though, for the details it's always implied that you should look it up.

[@colonelpopcorn7702]

And they’re back! I’m excited!!!!!

[@ashleyjeffs4433]

the fact that this ended with the "Harry Styles' Hairy Styles" line and was released on the same day as the NYT Strands being "Hairy Styles" is just fantastic

[@KaiCyreus]

i can't believe i was just watching a bunch of old TechDif episodes *last night* and now the boys are finally back in town!! can't wait to watch this later ☆

[@lazprayogha]

THAT'S ME! I was like "oh so THAT'S why it's named submarine!"

[@jamesgodden3]

Tom Scott is back on our screens! Welcome back Tom and all Tech Diff crew!

[@demonicbunny3po]

Woo! As soon as I saw a new episode, I added this to my playlist. So happy to have you four back together playing off each other.

[@annbacerra]

Thank you very much for having quality subtitles in the projects you have creative control over.

[@antonio_sousa28]

3:10 "using a o- it's not ore, it's coal" what a brilliant understated joke, take a bow Matt Grey!

[@legowerewolf]

_I_ enjoyed the NAND Pirates bit.

[@Klearith]

All these years I have been rewatching your old videos and I'm so happy to see this format again!

[@manas7372]

OMG I just finished re-listening to the old school episodes and I saw this pop up in my notifs. This is gonna be fun!

[@oricalu448]

Letchworth and Welwyn were also the two towns where The Words End was filmed, and I 100% thought that was gonna be the question

[@samuelculy655]

Yay! The return of Techdif!

[@ShadowOnWiiU]

This is one of the best days ever!! Thank you for continuing TechDif even though you've stopped youtube. Me (and many others) appreciate this a lot!

[@0xTJ]

Very excited for some new reverse trivia! The audio podcast is still one of my favourite go-to easy listening ones.

[@Amythebard69]

Last night i had a dream where I asked Tom for tech diff to appear on lateral. His response was that the crew werent good enough at thinking which is frankly unfair. Despite my dream being so rudely denied by Tom, I manifested more tech diff shenanigans!!

[@jaspermcjasper3672]

14:37 - Re Santa Claus = Saint Nicklaus. I was probably 40 years old before I realized that "Cinderella" is basically the same name as "Ashley". I think I put it together only when the old-movie TV channel I was watching aired Jerry Lewis's "Cinderfella", which for some reason made the "cinder" stand out more.

[@jaspermcjasper3672]

3:39 - Yeah. He says "try reams". True, you can run a boat's steam-engine by burning paper.

[@sethrothz]

We're back everybody!

[@MarkusAldawn]

It's amazing to see this in visual format because Gary immediately goes *shrug* when the maths joke comes in in the first few minutes.

[@andygreeny11]

Yes, they're back!!!!

[@JulianFischerJulesBarner]

We have now arrived at the point where reverse trivia has escalated from "what's the question" to "who asked the question" and we're not even past the intro... absoluely amazing :D

[@namenamename390]

He's got question cards! He's got Technical Difficulties question cards!

[@bigbird447]

So happy for this video. Technical Difficulties is S tier content, thank you for bringing it back. Please continue to revive this format every once in a while

[@Proxtor]

OMFG been waiting for these! PLEASE 🙏 do "Citation Needed" again!❤! 2024 has been saved!

[@lightningwingdragon973]

The sub Matt is talking about is U-505. Its in a museum, and is the only Uboat to be captured and preserved.

[@b2r2o2s2]

1:41 😂 I will be wary

[@Nibby49]

Overwhelming was my excitement when I got the notification about a new Reverse Trivia episode.

[@thedj9553]

YES!!!!

[@Summergch]

WE'RE SOO BAAAACK!! TechDiff and Reverse trivia? What a treat, you're spoiling us, Tom

[@IceMetalPunk]

I definitely appreciated the NAND pirate joke! As long as you have an even number of said pirates, your ship is safe 😂 Also, "You can never be sure with a submarine" is actually the slogan for the partnership between Subway and Taco Bell. AND PUN PRIZES! I have so missed the pun prizes 😁💗

[@fireballninja01]

NEW TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SERIES!! MY FAVORITE 4 PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO THE BANTER OF ON THE WHOLE INTERNET. YAHOO!

[@bagpipemcgee7621]

On the one hand: Oh, it's the old format. On the other, that is to say my dominant hand: WHOO!!!! OLD FORMAAAT!

[@PiousMoltar]

That's crazy, only yesterday was I thinking "We need more Technical Difficulties stuff!"

[@TheLegoPerson]

This is EXACTLY the content we've all been waiting for!!

[@mflaherty]

Thank you everyone for starting this up again! You guys are the best

[@QualityDoggo]

1:38 "NAND Pirates" sounds like a sci-fi writer's name for a group who distributes something illegally via flash-drives 😂

[@NickJerrison]

I can't even describe how happy I am to not only see Reverse Trivia come back, BUT ALSO SEEING THAT 1x OMG We are so back

[@eddieboi4277]

I was just rewatching technical difficulties videos this week! What great timing

[@memoryfoam2285]

NEW TECH DIF! LET'S GOO!

[@ules5799]

I never thought this day would return. After all those years, those sleepless nights and countless waking hours with no direction - I get to see Gary make knob jokes again.

[@jeannareadsbooks8475]

It truly is a new era of Tom Scott, no more red tshirt or grey hoodie. The old Tom is dead, long live Tom Scott!

[@RAFMnBgaming]

Good to have y'all back. Absolute classic stuff.

[@hcfan109]

Well well well, look what the cat dragged in! This makes my day.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4523]

I've had the old reverse trivia podcast on regular rotation for so long and I'm so glad we're getting more. Thanks, TechDif!

[@frederikhansen3813]

Finally the fantastic four of nerdism are back... we´ve missed you a LOT!

[@lucaskulmann]

when brennan said "there's no deck planks anymore it's just coal" it made me think of the "lead lined lead" windows for the pope a few years ago and in my head i said "coal lined coal"

[@jaspermcjasper3672]

14:12 - A man got junk-mail with a coupon for a free submarine sandwich. After picking it up along the Pacific coast he walked out into the sea to ingest it. He thought it wouldn't taste right if he consumed it supraterra. He drowned. So sad.

[@1TheRaven]

After the Grand Tour trio said their goodbyes, having tech diff back is really great. Much appreciate your content!

[@PrestonFrankel]

Lateral has been great but it's always more than nice to see the Technical Difficulties together, very happy the series is back

[@CEverett9979]

Oh heck, actual question cards! Also, shout outs to the closed captioning crew! They do great work and I always turn them on for Tech Diff episodes. In the middle of the episode or would name them directly as I'm sure they are correctly credited at the end.

[@halleyharper]

i cannot frankly express how much the reverse trivia episodes mean to me, i am beyond ecstatic they have returned. oh joyous day, thank you, techdif

[@felixjohnson3874]

2 minutes in and I'm already pissing myself about NAND Pirates Edit : Me too Tom, me too

[@ronwingrove683]

Welcome back, gentlemen! In celebration of the event, I am now going to declare myself a NAND pirate, and ride a coal-powered delivery robot to Uranus.

[@Xorua]

YIPPEE! TECHDIF THURSDAYS ARE BACK!

[@Zalaniar]

I found it hilarious that this is not even the first thing Tom has hosted to have a reference to touching God's finger in the first episode!