The Saturday Quiz

This is the 200th episode of The Saturday Quiz, and what better way to mark the occasion than by having two of the funniest comedians to have ever answered the quiz, do it all over again?Zoë and Alexei have never been on the show together, but their rapport is brilliant. And somehow, they wind up with mostly correct answers.As always, play along at home by getting your copy of The Saturday Paper.I don't always get a chance to record a sign off for every episode, so let me please send a special thank you to Cindy MacDonald for all the questions she has supplied me with across 200 episodes. I'm forever in her debt.

The last time Geraldine Hickey and Vidya Rajan were on this podcast together, they performed remarkably well, pretty much getting ten out of ten. Will they be able to do the same with this, somewhat more difficult quiz?Listen to find out!Also listen if you want to hear all the bonus facts about pigeons that the ABC cut out of Geraldine’s appearance on Question Everything. 

Stephanie Caccamo and Elenoa Rokobaro are two of the cast members of Well-Behaved Women - a show with music and lyrics by Carmel Dean and directed by Blazey Best - which has just opened at Belvoir Street Theatre. Well-Behaved Women celebrates extraordinary women who have made history. From Cleopatra to Virginia Woolf to Frida Kahlo and more, these women are legends who smashed the glass ceilings and refused to behave. Well-Behaved Women is on now until November 3Get you tickets here:https://belvoir.com.au/productions/well-behaved-women/

The Melbourne Fringe Festival has just kicked off, which means that there are over four hundred and fifty events vying for your attention.One of them stars this episode's guests Hannah Camilleri and Oliver Coleman. It’s a play called Prune which is a comedy about a woman who won’t get out of the bath.Both Hannah and Oliver have been nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, so it’s guaranteed to be funny**Not an actual guaranteeGet your tickets to Prune:https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/prune/Get your tickets to Oliver's show Seeing What Happens:https://melbournefringe.com.au/event/oliver-coleman-seeing-what-happens-an-improvised-stand-up-comedy-show/

Real life couple Hannah Waterman and Huw Higginson are performing as husband and wife in the moving play about love, loss and laughter Colder Than Here at the Ensemble theatre.On this episode of the Quiz, they do exceptionally well and take some fascinating trips down memory lane... and all sorts of other lanes too!Get tickets to Colder Than Here here:https://www.ensemble.com.au/shows/colder-than-here/

Julia Zemiro has been on this podcast many times before, but this time she’s brought along Susie Youssef to partner with. Which is kind of what she’s done with her tv show Great Australian Walks on SBS. She was the solo host of the first season, but now for the second season, Julis is sharing the hosting duties with Susie and Gina Chick.Great Australian Walks is a great show, and Julia and Susie are great people. This episode is an utter delight!Watch Great Australian Walks here:https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/great-australian-walks/season-2

It’s no secret that this podcast skews towards the big cities of this country, mostly those on the Eastern Seaboard. In fact, most podcasts in general favour the big cities. Kirsten Diprose and Damian Callinan are doing their bit to change that with their brand new podcast: Town Criers. She's a journalist and and he's a comedian and together they are sharing the driving on a road trip through rural Australia, to reveal everything worth celebrating about small country towns. 

Joining John to answer the questions on this episode of The Saturday Quiz is the director Bert LaBonté and one of the actors Ras-Samuel from the Pulitzer Prize winning play Topdog/Underdog, which is playing right now in the Lawler at Melbourne Theatre Company’s Southbank Theatre. The Suzan-Lori Parks play tells the story of Lincoln and Booth, two down-on-their-luck brothers wrestling with the realities of the American Dream. The first play by an African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, it is playing right now until the 21st of September.Get your tickets to Topdog/Underdog here:https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/season-2024/topdogunderdog/