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Ep 257: General Trivia · Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Trivia Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, the pub
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  Speaker 1: quiz practice show that hits you pal right in the quizzard.
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  Speaker 1: I'm David Flora and.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Annie Flora, and we're here to teach you more
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  Speaker 2: about trivia than there are people who say, oh, amateur
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  Speaker 2: hour right when referring to New Year's Eve plans.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we got five trivia questions.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like everyone says that, Like if you say
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  Speaker 2: do you have New Year's Youth plans and you go no,
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  Speaker 2: not interested, It's like, oh, you're not interested in amateur hour?
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  Speaker 2: Have you not heard that?
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  Speaker 1: Is it just me not interested inmate?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Because New Year's Eve is amateur hour because it's
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  Speaker 2: just a bunch of people getting trash. And if you're
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  Speaker 2: not interested in being around that, you're not interested in
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  Speaker 2: amateur hour, which I guess expert hour is just being
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  Speaker 2: around people who can really hold their alcohol.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know. I feel like this
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  Speaker 1: is a fight you're fighting with yourself.
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  Speaker 2: Every day. Happy New Year, everybody who We have started
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  Speaker 2: of our patrons are super nice, so any teammate you
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  Speaker 1: And we have Zoom Trivia coming up on Saturday, January
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  Speaker 1: for it.
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  Speaker 2: And this time there is a theme. It's all twenty
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  Speaker 1: So there you go. That's the news. Let's kick off
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five with our first general trivia episode. Here
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  Speaker 1: is how the show works. Wiz Quiz Bang Bang's format
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  Speaker 1: is four rounds. Of four questions, each followed by the answers.
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  Speaker 1: After round two, we'll ask a quick fire bang bang
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  Speaker 1: question where you'll have a time limit to give multiple answers.
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  Speaker 1: After the fourth round, the show culminates with the Big Bang,
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  Speaker 1: a final round with three questions, whose answers are all
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  Speaker 1: clues to one final question.
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  Speaker 2: Round one. Question one, the category is animals. What animal
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  Speaker 2: is used in the symbol for modern medicine? Question two?
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  Speaker 2: The category of society and culture. This question comes from
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  Speaker 2: listener Nolan.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Nolan.
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  Speaker 2: What two words? Started? A response from the editor of
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  Speaker 2: the newspaper The Son of New York City to a
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  Speaker 2: reader on September twenty first, eighteen ninety seven. Question three,
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  Speaker 2: the category is literature. Frank McCourt's Politzer Prize winning nineteen
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  Speaker 2: ninety six memoir has what title? Which might be derived
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  Speaker 2: from his mother staring into the fireplace? Question four the
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  Speaker 2: category of science. This question comes from listeners Sarah, Thank you, Sarah.
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  Speaker 1: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: The cern Large Hadron Collider LHC spans the border of
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  Speaker 2: which two countries? And now the answer to round one.
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  Speaker 2: Question one, What animal is used in the symbol for
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  Speaker 2: modern medicine? It's the snake? The caduceious is the staff
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  Speaker 2: with two snakes coiled around it? Question two? What two words?
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  Speaker 2: Started a response from the editor of the newspaper of
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  Speaker 2: the Sun in eighteen ninety seven. Yes, Virginia. So the
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  Speaker 2: whole sentence is, yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
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  Speaker 2: It's a line from an editorial by Francis Church written
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  Speaker 2: in response to a letter by an eight year old Virginia.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah makes sense, asking whether Santa Claus was real. The
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  Speaker 2: editorial was first published in the New York newspaper in
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  Speaker 2: eighteen ninety seven, I stated in the question, and the
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  Speaker 2: editorial is widely reprinted in the United States during the
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  Speaker 2: holiday season and is the most reprinted newspaper editorial in
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  Speaker 2: the English language. It has been translated into around twenty
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  Speaker 2: languages and adapted as television specials, a film, a musical,
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  Speaker 2: and a cantata. So that is one popular newspaper editorial.
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  Speaker 2: Question three. Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize winning nineteen ninety six
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  Speaker 2: memoir had what name? Well, it helps if you knew
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  Speaker 2: his mother's name was Angela. It's Angela's ashes.
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  Speaker 1: Don't feel like he's that well known.
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  Speaker 2: No, but that that book is but I've.
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  Speaker 1: Heard the title.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think it's a trilogy. I think he
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  Speaker 2: wrote a couple after it. Question four. The LHC spans
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  Speaker 2: the border of which two countries, France and Switzerland.
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  Speaker 1: Round two. Question five, The category is art. What is
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  Speaker 1: the name of the triptych oil painting on oak panels
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  Speaker 1: by Hieronymus Bosh? Question six, Category games and hoppies. This
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  Speaker 1: one comes to us from listener Jin, Thank you Jen,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Jen, The inventor of which board game was
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  Speaker 1: married in a dollhouse at Fao Schwartz in nineteen seventy six.
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  Speaker 1: Question seven, Category anatomy. In which part of the human
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  Speaker 1: body would you find? The tarsls, the calcaneous and the talus.
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  Speaker 1: Question eight, category history. This one comes from listener May,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, May, Thank you May. The el Karical Observatory,
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  Speaker 1: built by the Mayan People's circa nine oh six CE,
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  Speaker 1: seemingly to track the path of Venus across the sky,
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  Speaker 1: was located in what ancient city? And now the answers
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  Speaker 1: to Round two Question five, what is the name of
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  Speaker 1: the triptych oil painting on oak panels by Hieronymous Bosh?
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  Speaker 1: The Garden of earthly delights.
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  Speaker 2: It's epic.
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  Speaker 1: Question six. The inventor of which board game was married
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  Speaker 1: in a dollhouse at Fao Schwartz in nineteen seventy six.
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  Speaker 1: That board game is boggle, really does something to your mind?
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  Speaker 1: Question seven, in which part of the human body would
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  Speaker 1: you find the tarsls of the calcaneus and the talus
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  Speaker 1: the foot Question eight. The l Caarical Observatory built by
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  Speaker 1: the Mayan peoples was located in what ancient city, chichen Itza,
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  Speaker 1: located in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The most recognizable
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  Speaker 1: landmark is the temple of kogle Kan, which was the
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  Speaker 1: Mayan feathered serpent deity. And that would say step pyramid
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  Speaker 1: about one hundred feet tall.
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  Speaker 2: I'd love to visit that. And that's it for the
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  Speaker 2: first half, which means it's time for the Bang Bang round.
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  Speaker 2: The category for this Bang Bang round is geography. And
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  Speaker 2: this question comes from listener Patrick.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Patrick, Thank you Patrick.
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  Speaker 2: You will have forty five seconds to answer the fall
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  Speaker 2: blowing question. There are fifteen landlocked countries in Europe? What
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  Speaker 2: are they? Your time starts.
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  Speaker 1: Now, and that's time, big bang bang for you. Here
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  Speaker 1: chance for lots of points. There are fifteen landlocked countries
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  Speaker 1: in Europe and they are Andra, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova,
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  Speaker 1: San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Vatican City. And there's
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  Speaker 1: also Kosovo that's a country in Southeast Europe with partial
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic recognition. It's recognized as independent by one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: four out of one hundred and ninety three member states
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  Speaker 1: of the United Nations. It's claimed by Serbia, but when
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  Speaker 1: you look it up, it is listed as a country,
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  Speaker 1: so we would count Kosovo in that regard.
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  Speaker 2: Round three. Question nine, the category is video games. What
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  Speaker 2: is the name of the teenage girl protagonist in last
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  Speaker 2: of Us? Question ten the category of sports. This question
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  Speaker 2: comes from listener Dean.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you Dean.
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  Speaker 2: The I Larry O'Brian Trophy is awarded to the champion
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  Speaker 2: of which sport. Question eleven, the category is theater. The
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  Speaker 2: play Black Coffee featured what Agatha Christie detective? Question twelve
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  Speaker 2: the category is film. In Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, what
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  Speaker 2: color is the track suit worn by Uma Thurman? And
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  Speaker 2: now the answer is to round three, Question nine, What
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  Speaker 2: is the name of the teenage girl protagonist? In Last
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  Speaker 2: of Us Yes Ellie? Question ten, The I Larry O'Brian
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  Speaker 2: Trophy is awarded to the champion of which sport basketball,
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  Speaker 2: specifically the NBA. Question eleven, The play Black Coffee features
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  Speaker 2: witch detective at Cu poi Ro mouse Trap famously doesn't
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  Speaker 2: feature Poiro or Marple. Question twelve. In Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill,
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  Speaker 2: what colors a tracksuit worn by Uma Thurman yellow? When
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  Speaker 2: she plays the bride?
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  Speaker 1: Round four? Question thirteen, The category is pop culture? Which
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  Speaker 1: singer slash actress joined the Billionaire Club and got engaged
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  Speaker 1: to Benny Blanco in twenty twenty four? Question fourteen, category
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  Speaker 1: is society and culture. This one comes from Major Data.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Major, Thank You. Major Terre. Lingua, Texas was
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  Speaker 1: the home of the first of what now Ubiquitous office Competition?
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  Speaker 1: Question fifteen, category mythology. The owl was associated most closely
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  Speaker 1: with which Greek goddess? Question sixteen, category technology? What is
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  Speaker 1: the name for a computer virus which replicates itself and
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  Speaker 1: uses up all of a computer's processing space? And now
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  Speaker 1: the answers to round four question thirteen, which singer actress
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  Speaker 1: joined the Billionaire Club and got engaged to Benny Blanco
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  Speaker 1: Selena Gomez.
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  Speaker 2: There's not that many musicians on the billionaire list because
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  Speaker 2: jay Z, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, oh and Bruce Springsteen. Not
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  Speaker 2: Babe Ones, No, she's not on there yet, But Taylor Swift,
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  Speaker 2: I think is the only And I could be wrong,
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  Speaker 2: but at the time when Taylor Swift became a billionaire,
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  Speaker 2: they made a big deal about how she's one of
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  Speaker 2: the ones who really purely made it off of music,
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  Speaker 2: where like Rihanna.
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  Speaker 1: Has like beauty lines.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I would say Selena Gomes follows into that
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  Speaker 2: as well, because I think she.
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  Speaker 1: Has well, like cookwear or something.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, cookwear and makeup maybe fregrance, you know, different. And
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  Speaker 2: I think she also has a makeup line too.
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  Speaker 1: Question fourteen. Tara Lingua, Texas, was the home of the
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  Speaker 1: first of what now ubiquitous office competition Chili Cookoff. Question fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: the owl was associated most closely with which Greek goddess? Well,
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  Speaker 1: it helps if you know the owl is a symbol
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  Speaker 1: for wisdom. The goddess of wisdom was Athena. And Question sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: what is the name for a computer virus? Which replicates
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  Speaker 1: itself and uses up all a computer's processing space. Worm
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  Speaker 1: on them.
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  Speaker 2: Not as cute as the game.
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  Speaker 1: It should just play that over and over on your screen.
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  Speaker 2: And that's it for the regular rounds, which means it's
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  Speaker 2: time for the Big Bang Round. The category for this
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  Speaker 2: week's Big Bang Round is Music. We'll give you three questions,
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  Speaker 2: which are all clue questions to one final question. The
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  Speaker 2: clue questions may not fall under the same category. Question one.
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  Speaker 2: A person not a member of a police force who
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  Speaker 2: is licensed to do detective work is usually known by
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  Speaker 2: what two word phrase?
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  Speaker 1: Question two? Which song by Gwynn Stefani from her debut
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  Speaker 1: solo studio album was produced by Doctor Dre and features
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  Speaker 1: the rapper Eve.
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  Speaker 2: Question three, what three word phrase means not informed or
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  Speaker 2: not having the same ideas as most people about something
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  Speaker 2: so that you make mistakes?
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  Speaker 1: And the Big Bang question again. The category is music.
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  Speaker 1: With over forty million records sold, who is the best
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  Speaker 1: selling music duo of all time?
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  Speaker 2: And now the answers to the Big Big Round one.
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  Speaker 2: A person not a member of a police force who
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  Speaker 2: is licensed to do detective work is usually known by
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  Speaker 2: what two word phrase? Private investigator?
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  Speaker 1: Question two which song by Gwen Stefani was produced by
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  Speaker 1: Doctor Dre and features the rapper Eve Rich Girl.
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  Speaker 2: Question three, what three word phrase means? Not informed or
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  Speaker 2: not having the same ideas as most people about something,
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  Speaker 2: so that you make mistakes? Out of touch?
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  Speaker 1: And finally, with over forty million records sold, who is
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  Speaker 1: the best selling music duo of all time with six
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  Speaker 1: number one singles including rich Girl, out of Touch and
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  Speaker 1: Private Eyes, Gets Haul and.
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  Speaker 3: Oats You're out of touch, out of touch, We're all
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  Speaker 3: out of touch, touching, touching, touch.
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  Speaker 2: I like a good holo notes, Yeah they do all right. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: they have lots of songs that I like. Rich Girls
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  Speaker 2: also good m h.
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  Speaker 1: That the Gwyn Stefani one that was you know, taken
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  Speaker 1: from Fiddler on the Roof. It wasn't the same song,
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  Speaker 1: but it was kind of inspired by it, and a
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  Speaker 1: lot of people were like, oh, okay, so a super
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  Speaker 1: wealthy and successful singer is moaning about how what she
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  Speaker 1: would do if she were rich.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it doesn't work if you're already rich.
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  Speaker 1: And I think I think like she was trying to
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  Speaker 1: just make a song that told a story as opposed
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  Speaker 1: to like saying anything that that it was you know her, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: dreams or aspirations or whatever, but you know it's still
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  Speaker 1: didn't come across well yeah fell flat.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I can see that, Like I can understand just
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  Speaker 2: wanting to sing a song and tell a story and
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  Speaker 2: and not be about your situation. But I can also
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  Speaker 2: see how people would listen to them be like what
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  Speaker 2: are you talking about? Yeah, that's when you need that
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  Speaker 2: extra persona, the way Beyonce had Sasha Fierce and Garth
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  Speaker 2: Brooks head Marth Hooks. What was his what was his
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  Speaker 2: alter ego?
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  Speaker 3: Mar's Hooks?
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  Speaker 1: Mar you came up with the name Marth as a
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  Speaker 1: fake name. Both works incredibly well and not at all.
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  Speaker 2: I like that you know the answer and you won't
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  Speaker 2: tell me, so he'll forever be Marth Hooks. Is Marth
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  Speaker 2: Hook's face.
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  Speaker 1: He was named after his grandmother.
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  Speaker 2: So yay, there you go, twenty twenty five, you're of
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  Speaker 2: Marth howks uh?
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  Speaker 1: Good start.
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  Speaker 2: We hope you guys can join us on Zoom Trivia.
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  Speaker 2: It will be fun and it'll be good to see
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  Speaker 2: you guys. We are very excited for twenty twenty five,
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  Speaker 2: are excited for the tournament, and we're we're just we're
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to this year.
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  Speaker 1: We well, yeah, if.
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  Speaker 2: We ignore the world about us, we're looking forward to
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  Speaker 2: this year, we'll just focus on what we can. So
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  Speaker 2: for this episode of Quiz, Quiz, Bang Bang, I've been
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  Speaker 2: Anni Flora. He's looking at you, quiz. Have you ever
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  Speaker 2: been to a chili cookoff? Would you want to?
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  Speaker 1: Maybe?
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  Speaker 2: I think I would like it was a good one.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I've never been a part of an office
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  Speaker 1: that's had a chili cook off. And I know there's
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  Speaker 1: that famous episode of the Office.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's pretty great.
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  Speaker 1: That's interesting.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah,