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SS26 - New York · The Ultimate Trivia Podcast

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back to our state series, celebrating the 250th birthday of the USA, in this episode where in New York, skyscrapers and subways, huge lakes and even bigger opinions.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Alright, tonight we'll kick things off with Brian.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What's the capital of New York?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, is it Albany?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't believe it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's the first thing I bought in my head.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think it's Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to go with Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That is correct, Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Good job.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Obviously.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Good start.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: You said it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm not from me.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I'm not from me.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Albany.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Sure.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That's good.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I like that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nick, number two, in 1886, the statue that became a national symbol of freedom was dedicated in New York Harbor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What is she called?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: the Statue of Liberty.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You got it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: All right.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's so smart.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Frederick Augusta Bartoldi.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's very good.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you very much.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's what?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: We're sculptor.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: That sounds very Italian.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It sounds like he makes a difference.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The French.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: The Bartoldi sounds Italian.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Go ahead.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Sorry.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No problem.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That was great, Andrew.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Scott.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What single Latin word is New York's official motto.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Often translated as ever upward.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Good question, Latin word, over upward, their official motto, and it's one word.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One word shows up everywhere from seals to slogans all over New York.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Boy, I'm not Latin guy.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: No, I mean, e-plurbus, you know, is like the only Latin I think I carpeted him.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Okay, maybe I'm okay.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Okay.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, come on, put your on off.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Ah, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, the answer is Excelsior.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Oh, okay.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, that's right.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I can't say that I've seen that cross.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Nick gets statue Liberty question.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I get Excelsior like a sword and like it's ex-guys ex-guys ex-guys.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Okay, all right, I thought something would be doing.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I tried.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's coming up down here.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Now it was Albany's sword.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Albany's.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Moving on, Andy.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Let's go.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: All right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What name is used for New York City's top tier commercial theater scene, famous for big musicals and bright marquees around Times Square?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Playing on visiting this summer, Broadway.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Here you go.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Bingo, Broadway, it is global entertainment there for sure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, Brian, what city and Western New York is credited with popularizing the saucy chicken wings style that has become a nationwide game day staple.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Buffalo.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nice.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Buffalo.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, I do know the story if you want it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's a lot.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's hear it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, some guys came into a bar late night and they are basically out of food or whatever.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They are hungry though.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So the aunt of like one of the guys that was with the group said she made chicken wings basically and like here, here you go and blew up from there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And like she just kind of pulled up what she could from the kitchen and yeah, yeah, blew up.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It was a makeshift thing.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I know that.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I don't know how accurate his story is.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, that's a story I've heard a couple times.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, it's all in those lines.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, well, whether it was her or someone else blessed their heart because we all love them.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: be sponsored by a food.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It would be the chicken right now.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yes, if it's right here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, Nick.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What world famous waterfall on the New York Canada border is also a major source of hydroelectric power.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Niagara.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Niagara Falls.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Okay.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Very good.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Sure is.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Okay, Scott.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What 102 story art deco skyscraper at
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  [SPEAKER_00]: 350th Fifth Avenue in Manhattan became the world's tallest building when it opened in 1931.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, the Empire State Building is the only one that is correct.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Possibly, thank goodness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That is correct.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Empire State Building.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, Andy, which Blockbuster Movie Star was born in Syracuse, New York, and then later became the face of the mission impossible film series.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I didn't know this about him.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's not true.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, is that the WHO the World Health Organization was thinking you win, maybe?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, could be, you know what, you could be right.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I was saying World Health, but you could be right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: really the one more time you bet which international organization has its headquarters in New York City and host global diplomacy under one roof that makes sense.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, that's more interesting.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's a United Nation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Okay, lastly Nick.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Okay.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Which New York City Park spanning Manhattan between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side became the model for major urban
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Uh, I'm actually drawing a blank right now, but it's not in this forest part.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Not in the lower western side of the northern side of the northern.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's kind of in the middle.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: or the Central Park.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Thank you.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I've been.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's been a night.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I get it.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: It's been a night.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No, I'm not Central Park Central Park.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Central Park is definitely.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: I believe that's the second largest urban park in the country.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: No, you know what?
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Forrest Park.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That's why I said forrest Park.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Forrest Park is the largest.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And Central Park has been around since the 1800s.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Oh, okay.
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  [SPEAKER_02]: Nice.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to strip you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, thank you for exploring New York with us for our state series, celebrating the 250th birthday of the U.S.A.