Wrong Answers Only (in LA w/Livestream)
June 17 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
$17Attraction and relationships expert Dr. Paul Eastwick joins host Chris Duffy and an incredible panel of comedians for this science comedy game show!
Produced by LabX, a public engagement program at the National Academy of Sciences, Wrong Answers Only is science comedy game show featuring celebrity guests who play games and quizzes while learning about exciting research with the help of a scientific expert.
THE HOST
Chris Duffy is a comedian, television writer, and radio/podcast host. Chris currently hos ts TED’s hit podcast How to Be a Better Human. He has appeared on Good Morning America, ABC News, NPR, and National Geographic Explorer. Chris wrote for both seasons of Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas on HBO, executive produced by John Oliver. He’s the creator/host of the streaming game show Wrong Answers Only, where three comedians try to guess what a leading scientist does all day, in partnership with LabX at the National Academy of Sciences. He has performed live in venues as big as a sold out Lincoln Center and as small as a walk-in closet (also sold out). Chris is both a former fifth grade teacher and a former fifth grade student. He is currently writing a nonfiction book about humor for Doubleday.
THE EXPERT
Dr. John McCormack is the Director and Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology and a Professor of Biology at Occidental College in Los Angeles. John is one of the lead investigators of Occidental’s Free-Flying Los Angeles Parrot Project (FLAPP) where he studies parrot DNA to learn more about the ecology and evolution of LA’s parrot population.
THE COMEDIANS: TBA
Starts/streams 7:30PM PT/10:30PM ET