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Jay Farrar
@thefarrarside.bsky.social
Host of The Trivia Show on CJAD 800
ACTRA Voice Talent/Actor/Emcee

Dabbler in the Liberal Arts

“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” - Carlin
Tomorrow morning the @cjad800.bsky.social Montreal Trivia Show celebrates the 40th anniversary of Live Aid! You'll hear some of the greatest performances from that legendary concert, and of course as always we'll continue to stimulate your braincase for great prizes, talk then!
July 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tune in to CJAD 800 Montreal Trivia Show tomorrow morning at 9am as the Audio Quiz presents hair bands! You'll especially love this one if you grew up in Chomedey during the 80s...
May 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Tomorrow on the Audio Quiz, we'll celebrate our democracy by playing "Name that Prime Minister" as we head to the polls on Monday. Plus: The Brain Buster continues to wreak havoc with its confrontational gaze... Tomorrow morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever else you listen!
April 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Join us tomorrow morning before you head out to the parade as we celebrate famous people of Irish lineage for the Audio Quiz. Plus: A new Brain Buster!
March 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Tune in to CJAD800 tomorrow morning as the Trivia Show celebrates 50 years of Saturday Night Live!
February 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
New Starter this week:

If Donald Trump ever did succeed in annexing Canada and turning our provinces into states, Quebec would have the distinction of being the only U.S. state to have what?

*Unserious answers are encouraged and welcome.

Tune in tomorrow morning!
January 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Cherry Blossom was mercifully killed off this week, now if only they can do the same to Hamburger Helper and pistachio ice cream, so that the world can be safe from weird 1970s Dad food once again.

PLUS: Part 2 of our commercial jingles! 🎶"...don't wait to hear that growling noise!"🎶
January 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Aside from not being able to smell or breathe, you can’t do this when you block your nostrils.

Heh heh, y'all are holding your noses right now and your family members are staring at you in confusion.

PLUS: Joey's Audio Quiz: Famous commercial jingles

Join us tomorrow morning!
January 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This Sunday, we will be answering one of our apparently unanswerable Starters. Let's see if Bluesky can figure it out...

The Epicureans, Cynics, Stoics, and the Skeptics all have something in common that has to do with the definition of their names. What is it?

Join us tomorrow at 9am to find out!
January 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice."
-T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
Happy New Year from Joey and Jay
January 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
On August 9th, the remnants of which Hurricane struck eastern Canada, causing the rainiest single day in the history of Montreal and becoming the costliest climate event in Quebec history?

Join us for the year-in-review edition of the Trivia Show on CJAD 800 tomorrow morning at 9am!
December 28, 2024 at 5:15 PM
According to Spotify, there are approximately 914,000 Christmas songs in the catalogue. I somehow managed find about 15 that are actually good. Hear them this morning on the Audio Quiz and try to guess the artist!
December 22, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The 4 Hellenistic schools of philosophy, the Epicureans, the Cynics, the Stoics, and the Sceptics—developed philosophies that all greatly differ. However, there’s one thing they have in common which has nothing to do with philosophy, but everything to do with their names. What?

Join us 9am-Noon
December 22, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from the Trivia Show @cjad800.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 3:58 AM
December 13, 2024 at 12:07 PM