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Ep 306: 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 Parker show that hits you, Pierre right in the Quizzer.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Andy Flora, I'm David Flora, and we're here to
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  Speaker 1: teach you more about trivia than scientists had theories about
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  Speaker 1: what dinosaur bones were before they knew what dinosaurs were. Giants,
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  Speaker 1: mostly giants.
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  Speaker 2: Quick reminder, we've got our Zoom Trivia this Saturday, that
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  Speaker 2: is January tenth, noon Mountain time. We're going to be
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  Speaker 2: doing twenty twenty five themed trivia, so brush up on
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  Speaker 2: everything that happened in twenty twenty five, all three hundred
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  Speaker 2: and sixty five days. That's right, And if you'd like
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  Speaker 2: the link for that, just let us know. Drop us
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  Speaker 2: a line Facebook or Instagram or Patreon message if you're
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  Speaker 2: a patron or on coffee, why you're buying us a
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  Speaker 2: little caffee, just like Benny Turns day, Thank you, Benny Turns.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Benny Turns.
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  Speaker 2: And Veronica from Wisconsin. I'll thank you, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Veronica. Speaking of coffee, I should have pulled up the
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  Speaker 1: names before we started recording. But once upon a time
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  Speaker 1: we got a coffee because I was told to read
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  Speaker 1: the sequel to a Cord of Thorns and Roses, and
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  Speaker 1: I said I would because buy a coffee, I'll read
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  Speaker 1: a book, and I read the sequel, and you are correct.
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  Speaker 1: The sequel is better than the first one. So thank
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  Speaker 1: you for the recommendation.
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  Speaker 2: Well done.
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  Speaker 1: And now I recommend to you that you read The
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  Speaker 1: Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. It is a fantasy
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  Speaker 1: murder mystery, very delightful. Read it.
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  Speaker 2: Nice. If you want any kind of recommendation on books,
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  Speaker 2: ask Anny, how many did you read last year?
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  Speaker 1: Now I don't know. I know I hit one hundred.
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  Speaker 1: I'm guessing it's between one hundred and one hundred and twenty,
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  Speaker 1: but I didn't count. We'll say one hundred and twenty.
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  Speaker 2: Five hundred books read last year alone. And if you
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  Speaker 2: don't know how the show works, I recommend you listen
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  Speaker 2: to this next thirty seconds, because here is how the
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  Speaker 2: show works. Wiz Quiz Bang Bang's format is four rounds
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  Speaker 2: of four questions, each followed by the answers. After round two,
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  Speaker 2: we'll ask a quick fire bang bang question where you'll
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  Speaker 2: have a time limit to give multiple answers. After the
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  Speaker 2: fourth round, the show called me with the big Bang.
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  Speaker 2: A final round with three questions, whose answers are all
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  Speaker 2: clues to one final question.
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  Speaker 1: Round one. Question one, the category is film. The oscars
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  Speaker 1: are presented by which professional honorary organization headquartered in Beverly Hills, California.
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  Speaker 1: Question two, the category is fashion. The French company Van
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  Speaker 1: Cleef and r Pels. That's v A N C L
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  Speaker 1: E E F and R Pels A R p E
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  Speaker 1: l S is a business mainly specializing in what. Question three?
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  Speaker 1: The category is geography. A key quay is a structure
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  Speaker 1: primarily built on or along what kind of geographical feature?
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  Speaker 1: Question for the category is history. This question comes from
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  Speaker 1: Major Data. Thank you Major Data. The first successful tornado
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  Speaker 1: warning in history occurred in nineteen forty eight at Tinker Airfield,
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  Speaker 1: air Force Base near what city? And now the answer
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  Speaker 1: is to a round one. Question one, the oscars are
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  Speaker 1: presented by which professional honorary organization The Academy of Motion
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  Speaker 1: Picture Arts and Sciences. Question two. The French company Van
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  Speaker 1: Cleef and Rpels is a business mainly specializing in what jewelry?
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  Speaker 1: Luxury jewelry, none of that costume jewelry. Question three. A
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  Speaker 1: key is a structure primarily built on or along what
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  Speaker 1: kind of geographical feature waterway? Any kind is acceptable, So
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  Speaker 1: if you said river, canal, channel, et cetera, also known
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  Speaker 1: as a wharf, not a klingon, but a wharf in
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  Speaker 1: the U United States. Question for the first successful tornado
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  Speaker 1: warning in history occurred in nineteen forty eight near what city,
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  Speaker 1: Oklahoma City. That's a good spot for.
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  Speaker 2: It, because that's where the wind comes, sweeping down the plane.
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  Speaker 1: That's right.
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  Speaker 2: Round two. Question five. The category is literature. Till we
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  Speaker 2: have Faces, The Great Divorce and the Screwtape Letters are
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  Speaker 2: lesser known novels by which author? Question six? Category Games
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  Speaker 2: and hobbies. In video and tabletop games, what does NPC
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  Speaker 2: stand for? Question seven? Category technology? This one comes from
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  Speaker 2: listener Brandon. Thank you Brandon, Thank you Brandon. In a
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  Speaker 2: computer or video gaming system, what does the acronym GPU
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  Speaker 2: stand for? Question eight? Category sports? Bielman's spin, lutz, and
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  Speaker 2: crossover are all terms used in which sport? And now
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  Speaker 2: they answers to round two question five. Till we have Faces,
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  Speaker 2: The Great Divorce and the Screwtape Letters are lesser known
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  Speaker 2: novels by which author? C. S. Lewis. Question six. In
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  Speaker 2: video and tabletop games. What does NPC stand for non
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  Speaker 2: player characters? Question seven? In a computer or video game system,
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  Speaker 2: what does the acronym GPU stand for graphics processing unit?
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  Speaker 2: Question eight? Billman, spin, lutz, and crossover are all terms
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  Speaker 2: used in which sport figure skating.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like it's been a minute since I've watched
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  Speaker 1: some figure skating. I used to love it. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I still like it. I just feel like I haven't
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  Speaker 1: really followed the Olympics as much as I used to.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a bigger deal when America kind of
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  Speaker 2: had figure skating superstars. I don't know that we've had
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  Speaker 2: that level in a while. It's been a lot gymnasts
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  Speaker 2: for the US and swimmers for Olympic superstars lately.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I feel like, yeah, I've been watching summer
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  Speaker 1: more than winter.
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  Speaker 2: Ani Brian Boyitano comes along once in a generation.
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  Speaker 1: That's true. Love him. That's it for the first half,
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  Speaker 1: which means it's time for the Bang Bang Round. Category
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  Speaker 1: for this week's Bang Bang Round is television. You will
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  Speaker 1: have thirty seconds to answer the following question name the
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  Speaker 1: seven top rated sci fi television series of all time
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  Speaker 1: according to Rotten Tomatoes. Your time starts now.
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  Speaker 2: And that's time. The seven top rated sci fi television
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  Speaker 2: series of all time, according to Rotten Tomatoes are and
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  Speaker 2: I'll go from seven to one. HBO's West World, Lost,
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  Speaker 2: Star Trek, Star Trek, the Next Generation, The X Files,
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  Speaker 2: Doctor Who, and Battlestar Galactica the updated one.
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  Speaker 1: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: I personally don't know if i'd agree with that list,
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  Speaker 2: but the order anyway, and some of the ones on there,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if i'd put Westworld on there.
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  Speaker 1: Well. Westworld was really good, but it had what two seasons?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? Two or three?
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  Speaker 1: But it I mean the first definitely was the best.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but I don't know if it's the seventh best ever.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Twilight Zones not even on there, and I would rate
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  Speaker 2: that one or two, right, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see what sort of staying power
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  Speaker 1: Westworld has. Yeah, Round three. Question nine, The category is
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  Speaker 1: mythology in Greek myth, which monster was beheaded by the
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  Speaker 1: hero Perseus? Question ten the category is science. This question
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  Speaker 1: comes from listener Babe, Thank you, Bobby. H Two two
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  Speaker 1: is the chemical structure for what common product? Question eleven
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  Speaker 1: The category is currency before decimalization in the UK. How
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  Speaker 1: many pence made a shilling? Question twelve, the category is history.
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  Speaker 1: The German state that existed from seventeen oh one to
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  Speaker 1: nineteen eighteen was known as the Kingdom of What and Now?
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  Speaker 1: The answer is around three. Question nine, which monster was
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  Speaker 1: beheaded by the hero Perseus Medusa? Question ten H two
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  Speaker 1: two is a chemical structure for what common product? Hydrogen peroxide?
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  Speaker 1: Question eleven? How many pence made a shilling back in
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  Speaker 1: the day? Twelve? Yeah, I will say that sometimes when
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  Speaker 1: I read only time books or even modern when they're like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: and he didn't he got a sixpence, I'm like, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if that's a lot for yeah, Like I
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  Speaker 1: always just have to base it on the reaction of
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  Speaker 1: the character. I'm like, oh, that seems like a decent amount.
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  Speaker 1: We read. Jane Austin's like, oh, and he our dowry
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  Speaker 1: is or what I get? I don't know, it's like
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  Speaker 1: our dowries two crowns in a guinea wowie. So I'm
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  Speaker 1: always just like I don't I don't know what it means,
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  Speaker 1: but like, within context, you don't really need to figure
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  Speaker 1: it out. Question twelve. The German state that existed from
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  Speaker 1: seventeen oh one to nineteen eighteen was known as the
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom of what Prussia.
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  Speaker 2: Round four, Question thirteen category is tasty licks. This one
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  Speaker 2: comes from listener Helen.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Helen, Thank you, Helen.
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  Speaker 2: This is a before and after involving a band or
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  Speaker 2: musician and a food item. For example, if I said
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  Speaker 2: this chocolate confection will have you living on a prayer,
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  Speaker 2: the answer who would be the bonbon Jovi? Here we go.
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  Speaker 2: Chad Kroger and his Canadian chums enjoy this slightly sweet
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  Speaker 2: dark rye bread from Germany. Question fourteen category technology in
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  Speaker 2: military tech, falconets, culverins, and carronades were all types of
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  Speaker 2: what question fifteen category art Stone or wooden slabs generally
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  Speaker 2: taller than wide that were erected in the ancient world
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  Speaker 2: as a monument were known by what term? Question sixteen
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  Speaker 2: category television on the office? What are the awards called
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  Speaker 2: that Michael hands out to his employees? And that's the
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  Speaker 2: American version if it wasn't clear, and now the answers
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  Speaker 2: to round four question thirteen. Chad Kroger and his Canadian
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  Speaker 2: chums enjoy this slightly sweet dark rye bread from Germany.
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  Speaker 2: That is pumper nickelback. Question fourteen in military tech, falconets,
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  Speaker 2: culverins and carronades were all types of what cannon? Question fifteen,
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  Speaker 2: stone or wooden slabs really taller than wide that were
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  Speaker 2: erected in the ancient world as a monument we're known
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  Speaker 2: by what term.
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  Speaker 1: Stela wouldn't want to be? Yah?
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  Speaker 2: That's right?
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  Speaker 1: Any I mean it's funny that I said to that,
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  Speaker 1: because when we watched the UK Celebrity Traders and Jonathan
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  Speaker 1: Ross was like, see, I wouldn't want to be I
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  Speaker 1: was like, well, that's cringey, you know, here I am
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  Speaker 1: turning into Jonathan Ross.
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  Speaker 2: Wait till a bunch of our words come up. Question
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  Speaker 2: sixteen on the office, what are the awards called that
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  Speaker 2: Michael hands out to his employees the dundees.
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  Speaker 1: That's it for the regular rounds, which means it's time
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  Speaker 1: for the Big Bang Round. Category for this week's Big
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  Speaker 1: Bang Round is Animals. We will give you three clue questions,
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  Speaker 1: which are all hints to one final question. The clue
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  Speaker 1: questions may not fall under the same category. Question one,
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  Speaker 1: which La streak Gang is widely known for its rivalry
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  Speaker 1: with the crypts.
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  Speaker 2: Question two, what is the term for an elongated appendage
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  Speaker 2: from the head of an animal?
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  Speaker 1: Question three, the name of which disease originates from Medieval
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  Speaker 1: Italian for bad air?
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  Speaker 2: And your Big Bang question giveing the categories animals, What
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  Speaker 2: was found in Iceland for the first time in twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty five after record heat?
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  Speaker 1: And the answers to the Big Bang round? Question one?
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  Speaker 1: Which la streaking is widely known for its rivalry with
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  Speaker 1: the crips bloods?
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  Speaker 2: Question two? What is the term for an elongated appendage
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  Speaker 2: from the head of an animal a probuscus?
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  Speaker 1: Question three? The name of which disease originates from Medieval
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  Speaker 1: Italian for bad air? We're bad as mall mall air? Malaria?
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  Speaker 2: And finally, what was found in Iceland for the first
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  Speaker 2: time in twenty twenty five after record heat? The bloodsuckers
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  Speaker 2: that use their probuscuses to spread malaria? Mosquitoes. I'm sorry
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  Speaker 2: to hear that for Iceland. That's such a terrible consolation
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  Speaker 2: prize for the planet heating up, that all these pests
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  Speaker 2: are gonna thrive. Maybe a silver lining, we'll get back
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  Speaker 2: to having enough heat and oxygen for dinosaurs to come back.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, not a fit, you know what? But who
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  Speaker 1: is I've never met somebody who was like mosquitoes? Love
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  Speaker 1: them my favorite animal.
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  Speaker 2: IM sure they're out there, they.
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  Speaker 1: Just can't compete with otters or cappabaras well.
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  Speaker 2: You guys can compete on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: We'd like you better than mosquitoes.
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  Speaker 2: Will release mosquitoes in each of your houses and you
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  Speaker 2: can take down quite a few of them. But if
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  Speaker 2: you guys listening. I hope your year is starting out well.
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  Speaker 2: And for this episode of Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, I've
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  Speaker 2: been David
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  Speaker 1: Flora, I've been Annie Flora here at you quiz