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Working: Writing Trivia Questions With LearnedLeague’s Thorsten A. Integrity

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🗓️ 5 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week, host June Thomas talks to Shayne Bushfield, aka Thorsten A. Integrity, founder of the online trivia competition LearnedLeague. In the interview, Shayne explains how LearnedLeague works and discusses his efforts to make trivia more inclusive by expanding the “trivia canon.” He also reveals how he’s been able to write thousands of unique trivia questions over the years. After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler talk about their experiences with trivia. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, June asks Shayne who the new host of Jeopardy! should be. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to [email protected] or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Big Mood, Little Mood—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.7

I ran across the definition of anodrome. So the answer to this question is going to be

1:09.3

an anodrome, right? And so which one is it going to be? It was written by Sonny Rollins.

1:14.6

That's pretty tough. Recorded by Miles Davis, you know, that brings in a little bit more

1:18.4

people. But then the thing that really hooks you in is it's named after a country in Africa.

1:24.0

So now you've got something to work on.

1:28.6

Welcome back to working. I'm your host, Isaac Butler.

1:31.6

And I'm your other host, June Thomas. So June. Hello. Hello. The heck was that we heard

1:39.3

at the top of the show. That was Shane Bushfield. But as you'll hear, I had a really hard time

1:46.5

using that name, even though it's his real name, because I'm more used to communicating

1:51.9

with his alter ego, which is Thorsten A. Integrity, the identity that he adopts when he's sending

1:59.3

out information about Learned League. All right. So for those of us who are not learned

2:05.6

about the Learned League, what is it? Well, it's an online trivia league. I won't go into

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