Any Questions?

Any Questions? is a weekly quiz segment produced by WAMC/Northeast Public Radio and available free to all interested stations. In the tradition of the popular NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle with Will Shortz, Any Questions? puts WAMC’s Ian Pickus in the hot seat, as he and listeners field topical trivia questions from resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel.

Nothnagel is Associate Professor of mathematics at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and a crossword constructor for the New York Times and Games Magazine, among other venues. Listeners are encouraged to play along and solve Nothnagel’s weekly challenge. Extra credit questions are posted to www.wamc.org/anyquestions, and listeners can email the show at quiz@wamc.org.

A lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Pickus has been with WAMC since late 2008. He is heard on Morning Edition, The Roundtable, Weekend Edition, and produces The Capitol Connection, Congressional Corner, and various other programs. He holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, and appeared as a Jeopardy! contestant in April of 2011 (unsuccessfully).

A native of Hyde Park, NY, Nothnagel has a Master's degree in secondary mathematics education from the University of New Hampshire. He has been on the faculty of The Culinary Institute of America since August of 2006.

Guest solvers on Any Questions? have included Shortz himself and indie rock icon Mike Doughty. Hide full description

Any Questions? is a weekly quiz segment produced by WAMC/Northeast Public Radio and available free to all interested stations. In the tradition of the popular NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle with Will Shortz, Any Questions? puts WAMC’s Ian Pickus in the hot seat, as he and listeners field topical trivia questions from resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel. Nothnagel is Associate Professor of mathematics at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and a crossword constructor for the New York Times and Games Magazine, among other venues. Listeners are encouraged to play along and solve Nothnagel’s weekly challenge. Extra credit questions are posted to www.wamc.org/anyquestions, and listeners can email the show at quiz@wamc.org. A lifelong resident of the Capital Region,... Show full description