That's a Totally Normal Thing to Say! (Trivia Extravaganza 2026)

Summary of That's a Totally Normal Thing to Say! (Trivia Extravaganza 2026)

by MKBHD

1h 40m•July 21, 2026
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Overview of That's a Totally Normal Thing to Say! (Trivia Extravaganza 2026)

This episode of Waveform is a long-form “Trivia Extravaganza” special where Marques Brownlee, Andrew, and David compete in a series of tech-themed trivia games for the season title. The episode mixes Google-search puzzles, quote identification, Taboo-style clue giving, and a Reddit sentiment game, with the panelists Ellis, Rufus, and Adam keeping score. It’s a high-energy, joke-heavy showdown that leans hard into tech lore, internet culture, and absurd CEO quotes.

Game Format and Setup

  • The episode returns to the Trivia Extravaganza format after roughly 11 months.
  • Contestants are split into rotating teams for much of the episode:
    • Team David Andrew
    • Team Andrew Marquez (“lawn sports”)
    • Team Marquez David (“the phone zone”)
  • Several rounds award points for:
    • finding Google-searchable clue strings,
    • identifying products/people from descriptions,
    • matching out-of-context tech CEO quotes,
    • and guessing Reddit’s most common responses.

Key Rounds and Notable Moments

Keyword Search

A major early round where teams had to craft three-word Google queries that would surface the answer on the first page, without using words from the question or answer.

Notable answers included:

  • Waveform / MKBHD podcast
  • USB-C as the EU-mandated port standard
  • Apple Vision Pro
  • The Sidekick (via the old T-Mobile Hiptop)
  • Dieter Rams as the designer behind the Braun T3 influence on the iPod
  • Windows XP
  • AirPort router
  • Waze
  • Jony Ive / Apple industrial design legacy

“That’s a Totally Normal Thing to Say”

This round featured direct quotes from tech CEOs and executives, stripped of context. If the players thought the line sounded “normal,” they were encouraged to tweet it immediately for bonus points.

Memorable quotes included:

  • “Let me show you. But first, let’s set the mood.” — Craig Federighi
  • “Dr. ChatGPT is a better doctor than 99% of doctors.” — Mark Andreessen
  • “The infinite bowl-making machine” — Mark Lohr (Wonder)
  • “I just killed a pig and a goat.” — Mark Zuckerberg
  • “A majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of time they spend making music.” — Suno CEO Mikey Schulman
  • A long and bizarre Palmer Luckey quote about synthetic foods made from petroleum derivatives

This segment was one of the funniest because the quotes were so extreme that the “normal thing to say” premise became its own joke.

Taboo-Style Clue Game

Later, the show shifted to a Taboo-like game where one teammate had to make their partner guess a term using only three clue words.

Some of the tougher answers:

  • iPhone 3GS
  • Butterfly keyboard
  • Thermal paste
  • ARM
  • The Social Network
  • Portra 800
  • Colorware
  • Claude
  • Retina display

This game showcased a lot of deep-cut Apple, computing, and photography knowledge.

Reddit Feud

The final game was a Reddit-style Family Feud variant based on the most common comment themes under selected posts.

Questions included:

  • “If you were given a one-way ticket to Mars, would you do it?”
  • “Why are electric cars seen as the ultimate evil these days?”
  • “What is up with everyone being afraid of 5G?”
  • “What futuristic technology do you think we might already have, but is being kept from the public?”
  • “MKBHD has unfollowed Elon Musk”

Common Reddit answer patterns included:

  • No / yes depending on conditions
  • Fear of death
  • Lack of family
  • Range anxiety / battery issues
  • Political culture-war reasons
  • Surveillance fears
  • Radiation concerns
  • Conspiracy theories
  • Jetpacks as the number-one “hidden technology”
  • Teleportation, flying cars, time travel, anti-aging, mind uploading, and Mars colonization

The “jetpacks” answer was the most absurd and memorable board-topper.

Biggest Takeaways

  • The episode is less about pure knowledge and more about how well the hosts can reason through internet search behavior, culture, and tech trivia under pressure.
  • A lot of the humor comes from:
    • overconfident wrong guesses,
    • obscure product nostalgia,
    • and the contrast between real tech facts and ridiculous CEO soundbites.
  • The episode also highlights how often tech discussions drift into:
    • AI hype,
    • Apple design history,
    • Elon/Musk-related discourse,
    • and Reddit-style conspiratorial thinking.

Winner and Final Score

  • Andrew wins the Trivia Extravaganza
  • Final score mentioned near the end:
    • Andrew: 391 points
    • David: 383 points
  • Marques and the others were far behind by the end, but the final stretch was close enough to keep the outcome uncertain until the last Reddit Feud answers.

Notable Closing Moments

  • The hosts joke about the heat in the room and the chaos of scorekeeping.
  • Andrew is crowned the season winner and takes the Podman’s Cup.
  • The episode ends with the usual sign-off, teasing the next episode and a reset of trivia points for the next season.