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Experience 26: Quick Recap + IT Nerd Mastermind LIVE w/ Laura Reeves · The DEX Show: A Show for IT Change Makers

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  Speaker 1: Hey, IT Changemakers, and welcome to The Deck Show with
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  Speaker 1: Tom McGraw.
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  Speaker 2: Let's get into it. Hello, everybody. Last week, something incredible
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  Speaker 2: happened in Orlando, and it was, of course, Experience 2026.
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  Speaker 2: It was the biggest and best experience ever for The
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  Speaker 2: Deck Show. Let me tell you, Experience, it's no joke,
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  Speaker 2: and we're still recovering this Wednesday morning. And it's for
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  Speaker 2: that reason that a very rare thing happened last week,
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  Speaker 2: I'm afraid to say, which is that we missed an episode. Honestly,
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  Speaker 2: we absolutely hate that. We're so sorry. Who knows, though?
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  Speaker 2: Maybe we're in a position to make it all back
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  Speaker 2: to you this week with something of a double bill.
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  Speaker 2: And we're going to get to what that is on
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  Speaker 2: today's episode in just a moment. But first of all,
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  Speaker 2: just to say, just to reiterate, that Orlando really was amazing.
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  Speaker 2: The JW Marriott was an incredible venue. And of course,
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  Speaker 2: all of you, be you customers, analysts, speakers, leaders, world-renowned mentalists. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: there was only one of those. You were all absolutely phenomenal.
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  Speaker 2: We know so many of our listeners made it out
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  Speaker 2: there because you came to say hello, and we really,
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  Speaker 2: really appreciate that. But of course, needless to say, if
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  Speaker 2: you couldn't be there for any reason and you are
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  Speaker 2: normally an inexperienced attendee, please know you are absolutely missed,
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  Speaker 2: particularly some of those great friends very close to the show.
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  Speaker 2: And indeed, if you couldn't make it, this announcement and
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  Speaker 2: indeed this episode is as much about you and for
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  Speaker 2: you as it is anyone else out there. Because while
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  Speaker 2: we're going to be having a bit of a recap
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  Speaker 2: momentarily with a deck show regular guest, and we're going
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  Speaker 2: to be resharing for the first time the recording we
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  Speaker 2: made out there of the deck show's own experience, appearance,
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  Speaker 2: hosting what we called IT Nerd Mastermind. There's something we
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  Speaker 2: also want to take a minute to announce today, which
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  Speaker 2: is whether you missed experience entirely or simply want to
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  Speaker 2: be the first person out there to relive some prime
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  Speaker 2: experience 2026 content, you can now already register for the much-loved, much-celebrated, much-attended,
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  Speaker 2: and hopefully much-enjoyed webinar, The Best of Experience 26, Agents
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  Speaker 2: of Change in Action. So that is actually broadcast on
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  Speaker 2: November the 12th. We'll be broadcasting separately for our European audience,
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  Speaker 2: and sort of North American audiences respectively. But you're going
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  Speaker 2: to absolutely be able to join and find a time
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  Speaker 2: that works for you wherever you are in the world.
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  Speaker 2: And look, yeah, you will see the very first post-event
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  Speaker 2: previews of some of the Experience 26 highlights there. And
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  Speaker 2: the rumor is that you're also going to be the
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  Speaker 2: first to get access following the broadcast to more Experience content.
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  Speaker 2: If you've never attended the Best of Experience webinars, it's
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  Speaker 2: something you've got to do. It's really, really super fun.
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  Speaker 2: We have phenomenal special guests every year. It's a bit
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  Speaker 2: like a Dex reaction video on YouTube, if you know those.
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  Speaker 2: We really do enjoy ourselves, and we really hope you
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  Speaker 2: can join us, whether you could make it or couldn't
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  Speaker 2: make it. And as I said, we're going to get to, shortly,
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  Speaker 2: IT Nerd Mastermind. But before we do... Let's ask, let's
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  Speaker 2: have a bit of an event recap with one of
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  Speaker 2: our favourite regular guests. She's Laura Reeve, Senior Client Director.
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  Speaker 2: She was, of course, out there in Orlando. How are
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  Speaker 2: you doing, Laura? How are you recovering from it all?
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Tom, thank you so much for having me back,
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  Speaker 1: especially after a very exciting week. I will say I
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  Speaker 1: am just about recovered from jet lag, but very excited
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  Speaker 1: to be reliving some of the moments from last week.
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  Speaker 1: It was a really, really exciting show.
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  Speaker 2: How many experiences... I actually know the answer, Laura, because
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  Speaker 2: I think both of our first experiences were respectively 2019, right?
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, you're right.
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  Speaker 2: I mean....
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  Speaker 1: I will say, I think this is, same as you,
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  Speaker 1: it was our eighth year of experience shows, including, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the virtual pandemic ones.
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  Speaker 2: The pandemic years, yes, absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: The pandemic years, but yes, the eighth year, and gosh,
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  Speaker 1: I will say, Next Inc put on a good show.
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  Speaker 1: This was truly a special one, for sure, and I
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  Speaker 1: know that we'll continue to get bigger and better as well.
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  Speaker 1: But yes, eight years, I can't believe it, you and I.
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  Speaker 2: And to give some context into the growth of those
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  Speaker 2: eight years, Laura, I mean, We were in Tribeca or
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  Speaker 2: something back in 2019. It's kind of trendy part of
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  Speaker 2: New York, of Manhattan, it felt like. And it was,
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  Speaker 2: you know, like a couple of few hundred people or
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  Speaker 2: something like that.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, again, yeah, it was. And I remember, you know,
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  Speaker 1: about eight years ago, it was we used to do
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  Speaker 1: a bit more of a tour. So it was New York, Frankfurt, Paris, London. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we've been building and building and building to
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  Speaker 1: this year where it was a truly global show. right
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  Speaker 1: and yeah as you said even growth in terms of
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  Speaker 1: in terms of audience yes a few hundred um into
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  Speaker 1: now the thousands which is quite incredible and i say
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  Speaker 1: it's not only grown in in numbers of people but
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  Speaker 1: also grown in its kind of thought leadership you know
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  Speaker 1: what it's what the show is providing the tracks the
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  Speaker 1: certifications just a lot to do now yeah it's really
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  Speaker 1: become something quite.
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  Speaker 2: Special and um as uh regular listeners will know you
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  Speaker 2: work very closely with some of the I think, fair
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  Speaker 2: to say, the world's best digital workplaces. And from those
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  Speaker 2: partners and customers that you work with, you this year,
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  Speaker 2: as in other years, had a really great kind of representation,
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  Speaker 2: not only at the event, but on various stages. Maybe
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  Speaker 2: give a bit of a recap of who they were
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  Speaker 2: and what they presented on, first of all.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, we had some amazing speakers from organizations
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  Speaker 1: from across the globe. I mean, I think some standouts
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  Speaker 1: me it was happy uh they've doing some great things
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  Speaker 1: right now obviously taking away a dex awards which i
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  Speaker 1: guess we can probably speak about in a little bit
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  Speaker 1: always great to hear from wingard and ey i feel
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  Speaker 1: like he always lights up that always lights up the
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  Speaker 1: stage um with his presentation style and of course it's
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  Speaker 1: great to hear what they're doing you know it's such
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  Speaker 1: sheer scale um and I think there was a few
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  Speaker 1: people that have taken to the stage for the first time,
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  Speaker 1: one being Marsh, you know, fantastic organization that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: really being very open about how they mobilize data at
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  Speaker 1: scale in their organization. And of course, on the main stage,
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  Speaker 1: we heard from Aon, which was, it was a great
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  Speaker 1: overview of how they're elevating colleague experience to the same
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  Speaker 1: level as client experience at board level really making sure
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  Speaker 1: that they're taking that extremely seriously um in order to
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  Speaker 1: make decks a competitive advantage and it was great to
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  Speaker 1: see brian from braxton right i mean he's a natural
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  Speaker 1: on stage it's fantastic he's been on stage a few
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  Speaker 1: years ago and it's just gosh great to see how
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  Speaker 1: they're continuing to mature as an organization every single time
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  Speaker 1: I see him. Yeah, I'd say a couple of other
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  Speaker 1: highlights for me were certainly National Grid, powerhouse presentation from
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  Speaker 1: Lou there, from cloud to ground. It truly was. He
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  Speaker 1: can go strategic and he can go right down into
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  Speaker 1: massively detailed AI strategy. And PayPal, great deal from them
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  Speaker 1: as well. I mean, I couldn't pick a highlight, but gosh,
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  Speaker 1: it was really, really amazing just to sit back and
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  Speaker 1: see the enthusiasm, the work that's happening, the strategies behind
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  Speaker 1: all these organizations, and of course, the connected tissue being experienced.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, that's a wonderful summation. Thank you so much. And
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  Speaker 2: we won't keep you much longer because I know you've
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  Speaker 2: got a very, we've all got very, very busy weeks
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  Speaker 2: in the immediate aftermath of experience as we're doing the
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  Speaker 2: buildup to it. So I'm just going to leave you
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  Speaker 2: with a question, Where and when across the event, Laura,
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  Speaker 2: did you have the most fun this year at Experience Orlando?
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  Speaker 1: Oh gosh, I think I'm going to give you kind
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  Speaker 1: of two. I'm going to give you an official one
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  Speaker 1: and then an unofficial one.
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  Speaker 3: Nice.
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  Speaker 1: So the official one I would say is actually, I
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  Speaker 1: do want to make an actual call out because I
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  Speaker 1: had a load of fun actually at the Women Index
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  Speaker 1: Global Summit, just because it was time where we could
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  Speaker 1: kind of decompress a little bit from the event and
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  Speaker 1: it was really exciting space to be able to meet with,
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  Speaker 1: you know, leaders that I've been talking with virtually and
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  Speaker 1: we actually got together and, you know, we just, we
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  Speaker 1: just had a laugh and we were able just to
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  Speaker 1: connect and to, you know, to chat about what we're
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  Speaker 1: excited about. And it just felt like a really exciting
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  Speaker 1: space to create. Now the unofficial one, was because obviously
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  Speaker 1: you just teased that this is the next section of
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  Speaker 1: the double bill, was when you were half testing me,
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  Speaker 1: you know, practicing for the Art of Nerd event. And
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  Speaker 1: I actually fared surprisingly well in one of the topics.
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  Speaker 2: That's such a good point. I'd almost forgotten in the maelstrom.
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  Speaker 2: So little context for listeners. You are about to hear...
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  Speaker 2: IT Nerd Mastermind, which, okay, English listeners or anyone familiar
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  Speaker 2: with the English quiz show Mastermind is going to realize
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  Speaker 2: wasn't entirely an original format or concept. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we had various special guests. You're going to hear it
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  Speaker 2: in a moment, answering questions predominantly on specialist IT Nerd topics.
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  Speaker 2: We were preparing for this show on, I guess, like
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  Speaker 2: the Monday afternoon, something like that. We bump into Laura...
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  Speaker 2: in the hall and i wanted to stress test some
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  Speaker 2: of these questions and just see to see if they
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  Speaker 2: sound and also see how long it took to ask
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  Speaker 2: them right so we just fired some random star wars
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  Speaker 2: questions at laura here oh my goodness she smashed it
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  Speaker 2: she got she got like she actually did better off
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  Speaker 2: the cuff i'm sorry to say this for now star
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  Speaker 2: wars contestants that you're about to hear I was surprised.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know where this knowledge was, but it's obviously
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  Speaker 1: so deep in my brain that it came out. But
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  Speaker 1: that was fun. I mean, it was really fun to
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  Speaker 1: do something off the cuff with you and obviously bump
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  Speaker 1: into you into the show. But I was very surprised
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  Speaker 1: by this deep-seated Star Wars knowledge.
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  Speaker 2: I was surprised. In our seven years of friendship, Laura,
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  Speaker 2: I had no idea you were such a nerd.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, if I continue to surprise you, then
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  Speaker 1: keep it interesting.
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  Speaker 2: What else have you got in that locker? Okay, okay.
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  Speaker 4: Who knows?
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  Speaker 2: Laura, thank you so, so much for joining us today
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  Speaker 2: for that little recap. It was lots of fun to
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  Speaker 2: relive some of that with you. Everyone's going to next
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  Speaker 2: hear IT Nerd Mastermind in full, so you'll be able
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  Speaker 2: to test your own knowledge. Maybe you'll think, I could
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  Speaker 2: have smashed the Star Wars questions or the X-Men questions
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  Speaker 2: or the Pokemon questions, all of which is to come.
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  Speaker 2: But let me take a moment to really thank all
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  Speaker 2: of the guests who you're about to hear appear on
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  Speaker 2: that show. They all did phenomenally well. We really, really
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  Speaker 2: appreciate their participation. Also want to shout out Ella Dreimer,
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  Speaker 2: our amazing deck show producer, for all her work on
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  Speaker 2: the show, on IT Nerd Mastermind, but across the event,
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  Speaker 2: along with our colleague David Edelman for his support in
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  Speaker 2: getting that launched and for composing so many of those
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  Speaker 2: occasionally controversially difficult questions. that Laura made such mincemeat of.
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  Speaker 2: And lastly, before we let Laura go and before we
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  Speaker 2: get on with the proceedings, remember, best of experience, 26
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  Speaker 2: agents of change in action. The best webinar of the year,
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  Speaker 2: not just in the DEX industry, but oh my goodness,
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  Speaker 2: in any industry across the world. Thursday, November the 12th,
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  Speaker 2: you can register now. You will be the first person
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  Speaker 2: to see some of those highlights. You will get to
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  Speaker 2: react to those highlights. with us and with our special guest.
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  Speaker 2: And you will get access to some of those highlights
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  Speaker 2: too in the wake of it. Make sure you register now.
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  Speaker 2: Link is in the show notes. Laura, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: Tom, thank you so much for having me back. It
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  Speaker 1: was very fun to relive some of those moments, and
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  Speaker 1: I'm interested to see how this mastermind goes. I'll be
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  Speaker 1: tuning in right now.
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  Speaker 2: You missed it live, I guess.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, unfortunately I was, but looking forward to listening to it,
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  Speaker 1: especially given my surprise.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, you're going to be smashing all the topics. You've
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  Speaker 2: got to let me know if you do dangerously well
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  Speaker 2: with Pokemon or Poker. Anyway. Here it is, everybody. IT
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  Speaker 2: Nerd Mastermind. Enjoy. Thanks for coming to say hello. Thanks
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  Speaker 2: for coming to see us. Thanks for coming if you
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  Speaker 2: could come. And if not, regardless, we'll see you all
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  Speaker 2: in person next year. Here it is. IT Nerd Mastermind
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  Speaker 2: at Experience 26. My name is Tom McGrath, host of
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  Speaker 2: the Deck Show. This is IT Nerd Mastermind. And once more,
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  Speaker 2: please give it up for Experience 2026 in Orlando. Thank
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  Speaker 2: you all so much. for coming. It's so exciting to
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  Speaker 2: see you all here once again at this very special
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  Speaker 2: Dex time of year. Now, IT Nerd Mastermind, it is
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  Speaker 2: a special quiz show, I suppose, where we're going to
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  Speaker 2: introduce you all to some very special contestants. Every single
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  Speaker 2: one of them has picked a specialist topic, and there's
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  Speaker 2: going to be a round of questions on their specialist topic,
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  Speaker 2: and then there's going to be a round of questions
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  Speaker 2: on general IT nerd knowledge, okay? Now, I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: tell you a couple of those specialist topics right now,
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  Speaker 2: and you're going to cheer if this rings your bell,
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  Speaker 2: if you like the sound of it, okay? Specialist topic
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  Speaker 2: sample number one, Star Wars. Do we have any Star
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  Speaker 2: Wars fans out there? Let me see. Let me see.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a Star Wars fan over there. Specialist topic
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  Speaker 2: sample number two, Pokemon. Any Pokemon fans out there? How
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  Speaker 2: about Pokemon fans when you were younger? Any takers there? Wonderful. Excellent. Now, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: if we're going to be asking these tough questions of
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  Speaker 2: these brave contestants, there has to be a prize, okay? Now,
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  Speaker 2: it is 2026, everybody, so the last thing we would
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  Speaker 2: have is anything so misogynistic as a beautiful assistant to
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  Speaker 2: parade the prize. So we have for you David Edelman.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying he's not beautiful, but look at that.
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  Speaker 2: That is a Lord of the Rings chess set. Could
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  Speaker 2: you imagine a more fitting or indeed desirable prize for
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  Speaker 2: our game show today? So with that, shall we get
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  Speaker 2: on with the first round, which is, again, the specialist round.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll have the specialist round, and then we will
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  Speaker 2: have the general IT nerd knowledge round, okay? Two minutes
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  Speaker 2: of questions, or is it two minutes thirty? Two and
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  Speaker 2: a half minutes on the specialist topic and then one
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  Speaker 2: and a half minutes on the general knowledge. So please
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  Speaker 2: put your hands together to welcome our first very special guest,
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  Speaker 2: Avery Miller, who's going to answer questions on X-Men. Welcome, Avery.
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  Speaker 2: Wonderful to have you here. Beautiful T-shirt. Tell us a
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  Speaker 2: bit about yourself. Apparently you can't tell us, because this
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  Speaker 2: is going to be a deck show episode, we think,
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  Speaker 2: so you can't tell us who you work for, apparently.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: So don't make, just tell us everything apart from that. Well,
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  Speaker 2: not everything.
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  Speaker 5: It's a secret.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, okay. Tell us about yourself, Avery.
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  Speaker 5: My name is Avery Miller. I graduated recently and didn't
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  Speaker 5: know what to do with my life outside of working
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  Speaker 5: when I graduated, so I got into comics.
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  Speaker 2: You got into comics after you graduated?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, so about two and a half years ago.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 5: And I've read almost 3,000 comics since then.
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations. That's amazing. Round of applause for Avery, everybody. Why
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  Speaker 2: X-Men in particular?
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  Speaker 5: I have always felt very connected to the story of
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  Speaker 5: just fighting for a better world, for the dream of
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  Speaker 5: everybody being together and being unified. I think that's beautiful.
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  Speaker 5: And also, the characters are just way cooler than the Avengers.
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  Speaker 2: They're super cool. I have to tell you something, Avery.
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  Speaker 2: My favorite superhero movies are the first two X-Men movies.
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  Speaker 2: And my favorite comics as a kid were X-Men. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm in your corner a little bit here. Beautiful.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, X2 is one of the best movies.
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  Speaker 2: No offense, everybody. I'm excited. Okay, so we're going to
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  Speaker 2: have a timer, right? And I'm going to fire some
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  Speaker 2: questions at you. And we've got somebody here, our assistant, David, again.
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  Speaker 2: He is going to be keeping score.
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  Speaker 5: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Because obviously I can't do all of this at once,
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  Speaker 2: you know. So are you ready? Are you ready, Avery?
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  Speaker 2: Is everybody ready to see how Avery does? Yeah. Okay. Excellent. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: When I say, I'll count you in, timer starts, and
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  Speaker 2: I'll start firing the questions. Oh, one more thing. You
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  Speaker 2: can answer or you can say pass. And if you
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  Speaker 2: say pass, then maybe we have a chance to come
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  Speaker 2: back to it, but we can move on that way. Okay. Three, two, one. Avery,
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  Speaker 2: Beast's real name is Hank McCoy, but what is his
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  Speaker 2: middle name? Pass.
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  Speaker 5: Pass.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. What is Gambit's real name?
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  Speaker 5: Remy Etienne Lebeau.
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  Speaker 2: Correct. In which New York County is the Xavier School.
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  Speaker 5: Westchester.
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  Speaker 2: Excellent. Who are Cable's parents?
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  Speaker 5: Scott Summers and Jean Grey.
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  Speaker 2: Correct.
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  Speaker 5: No, Madeline Pryor. Sorry.
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  Speaker 2: I couldn't quite hear that.
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  Speaker 6: Sorry.
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  Speaker 5: My bad.
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  Speaker 2: She's right. She's right. Okay. Which member of the team
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: first appeared in Incredible Hulk 180 in 1974... Wolverine.
• 18:01
  Speaker 7: Correct.
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: Wolverine. What smell accompanies Nightcrawler's teleportation moves?
• 18:08
  Speaker 5: Brimstone.
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: Correct. What is Juggernaut's real name?
• 18:12
  Speaker 5: Cain Marko.
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: Correct. Terrifying stuff here, everybody. What was the name of
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: Magneto's wife?
• 18:20
  Speaker 5: Magda.
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: I never knew he had a wife, but it was
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: indeed Magda.
• 18:23
  Speaker 5: His daughter's name was Anya.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry?
• 18:26
  Speaker 5: The daughter's name was Anya.
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: Fabulous. Bonus points. Sabretooth first appeared fighting which non-X-Men hero?
• 18:35
  Speaker 5: Pass.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: In World War II, Wolverine paired up with Captain America
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: to save which current Avengers superhero?
• 18:43
  Speaker 5: Pass.
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: Black Widow. Sorry, I shouldn't have said that. I messed up.
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: I messed up. Give her a point. Rogue first appeared
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: as a villain for which superhero group?
• 18:53
  Speaker 5: Captain Marvel.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: It was the Avengers. What are the names of the
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: three Summers brothers?
• 18:59
  Speaker 5: Of the three Summers brothers?
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: The three Summers brothers, yes.
• 19:02
  Speaker 5: Gabriel, Alex, and Scott. So Vulcan, Havoc, and Cyclops.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: Correct. What was the name of the program that bonded
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: adamantium to Wolverine's skeleton? Correct. Which alien empire is central
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: to the Phoenix Saga?
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: Shi'ar.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: The Shi'ar Empire. Who transformed the new mutants into X-Force? Cable? Correct.
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Absolutely marvelous. And keep in mind, she's only been into
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: X-Men for like two years, apparently. That's kind of amazing, right?
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: It's incredible. Round of applause for Avery. We're going to
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: see Avery again at the next round. But first of all, David,
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: can we have an update on the score, please, sir?
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: 11 for Avery. Congratulations.
• 19:46
  Speaker 5: Out of how many?
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: 11 out of 15 questions. I mean, it's a timed thing.
• 19:51
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: Compare it to others.
• 19:53
  Speaker 5: I care about how I.
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: You did very well. You did fantastic. Round of applause, please,
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: for Avery. Absolutely phenomenal. Oh, next up, we've got a
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: very special contestant, because it's actually two contestants in one.
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: It's a father and son team. representing Star Wars, so
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: please give it up for Darren and Finn Wright. Round
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: of applause, everybody. Fist bump. Phenomenal. Welcome, Finn. Welcome, guys. Now,
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: we're obviously concerned for fairness here, so the way we're
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: going to do it is we're going to alternate questions
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: between you both. But before we do... Let's welcome you both. Darren,
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: first of all, welcome. Tell us something about yourself. I'm
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: sure many people know you already. We can't hear you there, Darren. Hello.
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: There we go.
• 20:54
  Speaker 4: What would you like to know about me?
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: Well, okay, let's just start with the most interesting thing.
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: Is there any immediate way we could tell what a
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: big Star Wars fan you have? Is there anything right here?
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: Nice lead-in. So, yeah, not this son.
• 21:09
  Speaker 6: But I've got another son who is named after a
• 21:11
  Speaker 6: Star Wars character.
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: But Finn is not named after.
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: Finn is not, no.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: But he's such a big Star Wars fan, he psychically
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: anticipated there would be a Finn character. Yeah, there you go.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: I mean, that's true fanhood, isn't it? Isn't it? Unbelievable.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: And then he, just to make sure of it, he
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: called his second son Cassian, right? Cassian. Yeah. Finn, welcome.
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: Tell us something about yourself, sir. Hi, I'm Finn.
• 21:40
  Speaker 7: I like Star Wars a lot. What do you want
• 21:44
  Speaker 7: to know?
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: What do you do when you're back in England? What
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: are you doing at the moment, Finn?
• 21:49
  Speaker 7: So I've just finished my A-levels at college, so I'm
• 21:52
  Speaker 7: on a gap year right now, planning to do some
• 21:55
  Speaker 7: traveling in the new year.
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: Round of applause for Finn, everybody. Phenomenal. Okay, guys. So
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: we'll start with Finn, and then I'm going to alternate.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: Please know... No helping each other out. Please, let's honor
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: the game. Let's honor the other contestants. Okay, Finn, question
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: number one. Are we ready to start the timer? Three, two, one. Finn,
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: Denoga is the dangerous creature that lives inside what appliance
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: room slash large machinery on the original Death.
• 22:26
  Speaker 6: Star?
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: The species? Sorry. What is the thing that the species
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: lives in, that Dagobah lives in? It's the... I don't
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: know the name. It's at the Death Star. I don't
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: know the name. You can say pass. Oh, pass, pass. Okay. Darren,
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: what planet do we first encounter Yoda on? Pass. Pass. Finn,
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: what are the names of Luke's aunt and uncle on Tatooine?
• 22:51
  Speaker 7: Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: Correct. Correct. Round of applause, everybody.
• 22:56
  Speaker 7: Darren.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: Darren. What actor who originated one of the famous roles
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: in the original Star Wars franchise later told the Guardian,
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: apart from the money, I regret having embarked on the film? Luke. Pass. Okay. Finn.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: How old is Padme when she's elected Queen of Naboo
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: in The Phantom Menace?
• 23:20
  Speaker 6: 14.
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: Correct. Excellent. Darren, which Star Wars movie has the longest runtime?
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: I'll give you a clue, it ain't the best.
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: That narrows it down to one of the first three.
• 23:35
  Speaker 3: No?
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: Oh. Finn, I'm so sorry you had to endure that
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: in public. Do you have a guess? Pass. Okay, it was... Finn,
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: in the final episode of the first season of The Mandalorian...
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: A famous weapon is revealed when... Darksaber. Correct. Darren, appearing
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: in The Last Jedi, the character Slow and Low is
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: named for the song Slow and Low from the 1986
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: album License to Ill by which famous hip-hop group? I
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: have no idea. No idea, no idea. Finn, for the
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: planet Crait in The Last Jedi, filming was done at
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: Sala de Uyuni... the world's largest salt flat. This real-life
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: place is found in what South American nation? Ask. Darren,
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: what was the original title of Return of the Jedi?
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: I like this one. Finn, what was your... Revenge of
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: the Jedi. Beautiful, beautiful. Well done. Darren, mostly known for
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: playing Cliff Clavin in the sitcom Cheers, actor John Ratzenberger
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: played Rebel Major... Oh! You've got to tell me. You've
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: got to tell me. Okay. Phenomenal. Round of applause for
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: our father and son team. Great performance, guys. I felt
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: like Finn could have got a few of Darren's questions.
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: Did you also have that vibe a little bit?
• 25:06
  Speaker 8: Yeah?
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: A little bit? Well, look, you guys did very well.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: How many points did they get? Four points. Don't panic
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: because you have a chance to make it up in
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: the general knowledge round next. Congratulations. Applause, everybody. Applause. Phenomenal performance.
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: I think you'll agree. Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys.
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: That was great. Well done, guys. What have we got next?
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: Who have we got next? Mike Littleton.
• 25:34
  Speaker 8: Mike.
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: Mike, welcome, everybody. Welcome, our latest contestant, Mike. You were
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: objecting there to the topic. That's a bad start, Mike.
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: What were you saying? I think we modified it. Well,
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: it's a bit late. No one told me, I'm afraid, Mike.
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: Sorry about that. I think you're going to be okay.
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: You're going to do well. Mike, tell us a little
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: bit about yourself, sir.
• 25:56
  Speaker 3: Well, this was not the original topic I wanted. I
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: wanted hair metal, but then I thought, you know, since
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: John asked me to do this, why not embarrass myself
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: with European football?
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: So here we are. Well, it's very game, isn't it, everybody?
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: It's very game. See, Premier League wouldn't be a problem.
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: You nailed that one. Premier League is not a problem.
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: It's the other four that's a problem. Mike, there are
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: a few Premier League questions. Thank you. Mike, look, we've
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: got to plug something, which is I believe you're appearing
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: in a panel. Yes. Wednesday at 10.30. Tell us a
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: bit about what you're covering.
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so we're going to be talking a little bit
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: about adoption of NextThink and how AI can help on.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: Your NextThink journey. Okay. Fantastic. Make sure you don't want
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: to miss that one, everybody. Mike, are you about ready then? Yeah,
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Okay.
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: We've got the timer set. Okay. Three, two, and one.
• 27:00
  Speaker 3: One.
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: Mike, which major European club was nicknamed FC Hollywood?
• 27:06
  Speaker 3: What was that?
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: Which major European club was nicknamed FC Hollywood? Pass. Pass.
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: Which German clubs share a nickname with Manchester United, the
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: Red Devils?
• 27:19
  Speaker 5: Pass.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: Which Italian giant is also known as the Old Lady?
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: The Old Lady. Oh, that's, I do know that one.
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: Pass, but we'll come back to that one.
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: Which Premier League winning side takes their nickname from the
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: munitions factory where they were first formed in 1886? Munitions? Munitions, no, pass.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: Does it ring a bell? It does not. Does it
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: fire any pistols? No, it doesn't. Okay, okay. Inter Milan
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: are known as the Black and Blues, but they have
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: another animal-based nickname. What is that animal?
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: Nope.
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: Which Spanish side... Like I said, Premier League fine. We
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: had a Premier League question a few ago. We did.
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: Across Europe, which animal is the most used for football
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: club nicknames? Lions. It's wolves, I'm afraid. Wolves, okay. Coventry
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: City are known as the Sky Blues. Which Spanish club
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: do they share their nickname with? Pass. Zero. Zero. Who
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: did Celtic beat to claim the 1967 European Cup? No, forget, no.
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: How many games did the 2003 to 2004 to 2005
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: Arsenal side go unbeaten to earn the title The Invincibles?
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: So they did a whole unbeaten season. 38. Let's say 38.
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: Let's say 38. Well done. He knows his Premier League.
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: He knows his Premier League. Here's a Premier League one.
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: A key character in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Henry Percy inspired
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: the nickname of which London club? There's lots of London clubs, though.
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: There are lots of London clubs. Yeah, there are. No pass.
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: But this one's a really bad one if you're an
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: Arsenal fan. Just saying. Oh, really bad one if you're
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: an Arsenal fan? Okay. Palmera are known as the Eagles,
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: a nickname they share with which other top-tier Italian club?
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: We're good.
• 29:32
  Speaker 6: Boo.
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: Round of applause. Great game. Boo. Thank you, Mike. Thank
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: you for doing it. You could still win this thing.
• 29:40
  Speaker 2: You could still win this thing. Josh Salton, everybody.
• 29:45
  Speaker 4: Hi, Tom.
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: Hi. Welcome, sir. Tell us something about yourself. Got to
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: beat two.
• 29:53
  Speaker 4: Yeah, okay.
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: I'll try.
• 29:54
  Speaker 6: About myself, I mean... I've been a Pokemon fan for
• 29:58
  Speaker 6: a long, long, long, long time. My whole life, I think.
• 30:02
  Speaker 4: I feel like I've grown up on Pokemon, I would say. Yeah, yeah.
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: I think Pokemon is where I learned to read. My
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: question about Pokemon, because my kids are obsessed with Pokemon.
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: You know, it's a generational thing, right? But do you
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: have to, like, refresh your memory? Do you keep up
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: to date with Pokemon? Or is it something that's just
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: hardwired in you now? Yes.
• 30:22
  Speaker 6: I mean, there's always new stuff coming out.
• 30:24
  Speaker 3: Is there?
• 30:25
  Speaker 6: I would say there's a certain, yeah, some of it's hardwired.
• 30:30
  Speaker 6: It's a lot easier to stay up to date. Honestly,
• 30:32
  Speaker 6: I've never not been into Pokemon. So I don't know
• 30:39
  Speaker 6: what it's like.
• 30:40
  Speaker 4: It's like language.
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: He's never not been a nerd, everybody. A round of applause.
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: I was born a nerd. Yeah, for sure. That's dedication.
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: Well done, Josh. That's superb. And I have to say,
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: you know, when we first had the idea of IT
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: Nerd Mastermind, we were kind of thinking aloud about, you know,
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: finding a contestant and it is difficult. And he just,
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: he threw his hand off. He was like nailed down.
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: I'm doing Pokemon and I'm walking away with the prize.
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: I'm walking away with the trophy. So there is, he's right.
• 31:08
  Speaker 2: He's rather cocksure. This young, young contestant. Is that what happened?
• 31:11
  Speaker 4: Cause I don't remember being asked.
• 31:13
  Speaker 6: I kind of just saw this on my agenda.
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: Nonsense. Nonsense. Okay. Okay. Josh, are you ready? I'm ready.
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: Are you ready? Okay. Um, starting in three, Josh, what
• 31:25
  Speaker 2: is the name of the town where Ash Ketchum starts
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: his Pokemon journey? Correct. What is the name of a
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: fire-type gym leader in the Kanto region? Blaine. Correct. Who
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: is the first gym trainer that Ash fights in the
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: Pokemon anime? Pass. What legendary bird Pokemon is associated with
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: the color yellow? Zapdos. Correct. What Pokemon evolves into Dragonite? Dragonair. Correct.
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: What is the name of the ferry service found in
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: Pokemon games and anime?
• 31:59
  Speaker 4: The ferry service?
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 32:03
  Speaker 4: Pass.
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: What is the name of a Pokemon professor in the
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: Galar region?
• 32:09
  Speaker 4: Professor Sycamore.
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: Professor Magnolia. What is the name of the battle tower-like
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: facility introduced in Pokemon Emerald?
• 32:21
  Speaker 4: The Battle Frontier?
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: Correct. What is the name of the first Pokemon Ash
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: Ketchum catches in the anime? Caterpie? Correct. What Pokemon is
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: known as the time travel Pokemon? Dialga. What did you say? Dialga?
• 32:38
  Speaker 2: Celebi or something. What Pokemon has the signature move Aura Sphere? Lucario. Correct.
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: Which Pokemon game introduced the feature of double battles? Pass.
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: Which Pokemon can devolve? Say again? Which Pokemon can devolve?
• 33:04
  Speaker 2: As opposed to evolve.
• 33:05
  Speaker 4: Pass.
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: Charizard is a dual-type Pokemon. The first is Fire. Flying.
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: What is the other type? Correct. So, let's run through
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: a couple of our passes. Um....
• 33:22
  Speaker 5: Uh.
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: Is it the yellow one? Did we get that?
• 33:25
  Speaker 4: We got that Zapdos.
• 33:27
  Speaker 2: Okay, okay. Do you remember any?
• 33:31
  Speaker 4: Well, you kept giving me the answers, so one of
• 33:33
  Speaker 4: them was Professor Magnolia.
• 33:34
  Speaker 2: I see. I only gave you the answer when you
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: got it wrong. Yeah.
• 33:37
  Speaker 4: Oh, okay, yeah, all right. What was that pass on?
• 33:40
  Speaker 4: The ferry service.
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: You just put the whole park pass thing.
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: Is the ferry service SSM?
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: Yes, correct, correct.
• 33:49
  Speaker 4: Any other passes? What was that?
• 33:52
  Speaker 2: Hit me with them.
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: Which Pokemon can devolve?
• 33:55
  Speaker 8: Yes.
• 33:55
  Speaker 6: Well, see, this is tricky because any Pokemon that Mega
• 33:58
  Speaker 6: Evolves can devolve. I don't think there's a traditional Pokemon
• 34:03
  Speaker 6: that can devolve other than Mega Evolution.
• 34:04
  Speaker 2: How interesting. Tell me more. You know.
• 34:07
  Speaker 4: Well, you see, Tom, there's a mechanic in some of
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: the games.
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: Okay, no. Well, that was so good. What's the answer
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: to that question? Slowbro. Slowbro. Slowbro can't devolve. Okay, we'll
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: give him a mark for that. Josh Sultan, everybody. A phenomenal...
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: A phenomenal performance. Congratulations. Thank you. How many did you get, David?
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: How many? Ten. Ten correct answers. Absolutely phenomenal. So close. Okay,
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: so I'm hot on a breeze. You're joint first, maybe. Oh, no,
• 34:34
  Speaker 2: you're 11th. That was great. That was great. So, it's Joel. Yeah, yeah.
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: Come on, Joel. Everybody, let's welcome Joel then. Welcome, Joel.
• 34:46
  Speaker 3: Hello.
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: Hello. Friend of the show, I thought, Joel. Maybe. We've
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: had you on before. Joel, tell us something about yourself
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: that maybe doesn't include your company, apparently. I don't know.
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: I'm a man of a lot of different habits, or
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: a lot of different hobbies. A lot of habits and hobbies.
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: No hobbies, no habits. Excellent. And are we covering a
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: hobby or a habit today? Both. Yeah, okay. A bit
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: of both, eh? Since it's poker, right? So.
• 35:18
  Speaker 8: I spend all day surrounded by IT nerds, so I
• 35:20
  Speaker 8: spend all night surrounded by degenerates.
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: Wow. Gambling degenerates. I like that. It's not very nerdy, though,
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: is it? Well, it's that. Degenerate gambling. Once you spend
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: a lot of time in a casino. It's kind of cool.
• 35:31
  Speaker 2: It's kind of a bit cool, Joe. You might be
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: a bit too cool for us. You start to get
• 35:34
  Speaker 2: to know the same faces. This is not Pokemon. And
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: you are also, you have a breakout. You're appearing at
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: experiences here. We talk about Spark. Tuesday at 10.45, talking
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: about Spark, everybody. What a fantastic topic. Round of applause
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: for Joel. Are you ready to answer questions on poker? Sure. Phenomenal, okay.
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: Hard time to hear you, actually. Sorry, okay, I'll lean forward. Three, two, one. Joel,
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: what two-pair hand is known as dead man's hand? Aces
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: and eights. Correct. What is the World Series of Poker
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: main event buy-in?
• 36:10
  Speaker 8: $ 10, 000.
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: Correct. Who holds the record for the most WSOP bracelets?
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: Phil Helmuth. Correct. In which poker-based film, also starring John Malkovich... Rounders. Correct.
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: What is the lowest card used in a queen high straight?
• 36:30
  Speaker 8: Eight.
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: Correct. The wheel is a nickname for what type of
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: straight in poker? Eight through five. Correct. On average, you
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: will be dealt a pocket pair every how many hands
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: in Texas Hold'em? Oh, I don't know. 250? 17. I
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: don't even understand my own questions here. What hand ranks
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: between a straight flush and a full house? What? What
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: hand ranks between a straight flush and a full house?
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: Don't make me explain it, Joe. Well, it'd be quads,
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: four of a kind. Correct. Which artist topped the charts
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: in 2008 with the single Poker Face? Lady Gaga. Excellent. Correct.
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: What is the name of a final community card dealt with?
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: In Texas Hold'em. The River. Correct. In limit poker, what
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: is the maximum number of raises allowed per betting round
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: in most games? Three. Four. Which poker variant uses a
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: 32-card deck instead of the standard 52-card deck? Well, I
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: have no idea. Pique? I don't know what that is.
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: Nobody plays it. He had no passes, thank goodness. But
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: he's absolutely phenomenal. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Jovem. Oh,
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: it was nine. So another high performance, another high score.
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: And I think we are now able to go to
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: the intermission. We're going to duke it out between the
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: top three. I think that's a good idea. In reverse
• 38:03
  Speaker 2: order of score. Brutal there from Avery. Grandstanding, which I think... Joel,
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: I think your first stop then says. So these are
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: going to be a minute and a half of questions. Check, check.
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: Come on, Joel. Come and sit up with us. Don't
• 38:18
  Speaker 2: make me look too lonely. Give it up again, everybody,
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: for Joel.
• 38:25
  Speaker 8: I'm a little nervous about this. I don't know if
• 38:27
  Speaker 8: anybody that's on my team is here. They're about to
• 38:29
  Speaker 8: find out I don't know as much as I think
• 38:31
  Speaker 8: I know.
• 38:33
  Speaker 2: Sorry, I couldn't hear you, Joel. Say again. Check, check.
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: They're going to find out that I don't know as
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: much as they think I know. You know a lot
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: about poker, which.
• 38:44
  Speaker 2: Which could be a good thing, could be not a
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: good thing, I don't know. Okay, are we ready, Joel?
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: Here we are, general knowledge round, okay? All right. We've
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: got a minute and 30 on the clock, so this
• 38:53
  Speaker 2: one's going to be, okay, Ella is going to be timing, okay?
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: No problem. You'll have to let me know, okay? Come
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: and tap me on the back when time is out. Joel,
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: are you ready? I guess. Three, two, one. What is
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: the programming language developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: and named after the type of coffee... From Indonesia. Java? Correct.
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: What startup acquired by Facebook for $ 1 billion in 2012
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: became the fourth most downloaded app in the 2010s? No idea. Sorry,
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: was it? I don't know.
• 39:28
  Speaker 6: Okay.
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: Pass. When a password is limited strictly to numeric characters,
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: the secret is often referred to as a PIN. What
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: does that acronym stand for?
• 39:41
  Speaker 8: Personal Identification Number?
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: Correct. One gigabyte is equal to how many megabytes? A thousand? Correct.
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: What popular operating system, launched in 1991, has its own mascot,
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: Tux the Penguin? Linux. Correct. What does the acronym FN
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: stand for on keyboards? Function. Correct. Featuring vocals from Justin Timberlake,
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: AO Technology is a 2007 song that hit the top
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: 10 in both the UK and the US from what rapper,
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: whose name is also a sum of money? 50 cents? Correct.
• 40:23
  Speaker 2: Dolly the sheep was instrumental in proving the viability of
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: what scientific and technological process? Cloning? Correct. What prefix meaning
• 40:31
  Speaker 2: on a scale of one billionth of a meter is
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: also the name of a flash memory version of the
• 40:36
  Speaker 2: iPod mini that was sold from 2005 to 2017? You
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: lost me on that. You've got to tap me on
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: the shoulder.
• 40:41
  Speaker 5: Okay.
• 40:46
  Speaker 2: Give it up. That was absolutely phenomenal, Joel. Good job.
• 40:51
  Speaker 2: He is more than just a degenerate gambler, everybody. He's
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: an erudite man. Thank you, Joel. That was wonderful. Okay,
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: so we're going in reverse order of score, which means
• 41:03
  Speaker 2: the Pokemon fanatic. Joel Sutton, he's... Was that? So how
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: many did Joel get, by the way? So Joel is
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: on a top score of 16 now. He's gone up
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: to pole position, obviously, but it was a very strong performance. Okay.
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: Are you ready, Josh?
• 41:29
  Speaker 4: I am ready.
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: Okay. Question number one. Are we ready? Three, two, one.
• 41:34
  Speaker 2: A precursor to Wi-Fi was an Ethernet connection. And a
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: precursor to Ethernet was the Aloha Net, which used a
• 41:41
  Speaker 2: UHF wireless packet network to connect parts of what U.S. state? Aloha. Hawaii. Correct.
• 41:51
  Speaker 2: What is the two-letter internet country code for South Africa? S-A. Z-A.
• 41:57
  Speaker 2: What palindromic technology uses radio waves to determine location information
• 42:03
  Speaker 2: on objects? Radar. Correct. Canadian actor... Thomas Middleditch is most
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: famous for his televised appearance as Richard Hendricks on what
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: techy HBO series named after the California location in which
• 42:18
  Speaker 2: it's set? Silicon Valley. Correct. What word, which can also
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: mean a seed or hard husk of a cereal, is
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: used for the most basic level or core of an
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: operating system responsible for resource allocation, file management and security?
• 42:32
  Speaker 7: Ram.
• 42:33
  Speaker 2: Kernel. What delicious computer term did web browser programmer... Cookies. Correct.
• 42:40
  Speaker 2: Which Brit, born in 1971, was nicknamed the father of
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: the computer? Tim Berners-Lee. Charles Babbage. Which password recovery tool
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: developed for Microsoft Windows is named after the first two
• 42:52
  Speaker 2: sons of Adam and Eve in the Bible? The first
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: two sons of Adam and Eve.
• 42:57
  Speaker 4: Is that Cain and Abel?
• 42:58
  Speaker 2: Correct. What market-defining mobile device was announced in 2000... BlackBerry. BlackBerry. BlackBerry. No,
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: it was iPhone. Wonderful effort from Josh, everybody. Round of applause.
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: What intelligent contestants we have. Aren't they fantastic? Two 16s,
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: ladies and gentlemen. It's hotting off. Very exciting. I tell
• 43:26
  Speaker 2: you what. So, Avery.
• 43:30
  Speaker 6: Okay.
• 43:30
  Speaker 2: Okay. You spent two years reading thousands of comics. Yes.
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: Have you paid attention to anything else in the world?
• 43:36
  Speaker 5: Well, I mean, I do still have my job.
• 43:38
  Speaker 2: You still have your job.
• 43:39
  Speaker 5: So I hope this goes well enough that I get
• 43:42
  Speaker 5: to keep it.
• 43:42
  Speaker 2: Well, I think you've already done yourself proud. You've already...
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: Without a doubt. Without a doubt. Okay.
• 43:49
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 43:49
  Speaker 2: Are you ready? Are we ready with the timer? Everybody
• 43:54
  Speaker 2: give it up, okay? Because we got... We got a very...
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: We have a very exciting last round. This is the
• 44:01
  Speaker 2: last round of questions in IT Nerd Mastermind. Starting in three, two, one. Avery,
• 44:09
  Speaker 2: in a 1987 film starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen,
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: the city of Detroit signs a deal with the company
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: Omni Consumer Products to rebuild parts of the city into
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: a utopia and introduce a law enforcement robot. What is
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: the film? Such a long question. Law enforcement robot.
• 44:29
  Speaker 5: This was before I was born.
• 44:30
  Speaker 2: I don't know. Was that? Okay, okay. It's Robocop. Name
• 44:34
  Speaker 2: one of the four types to join functions in SQL. Pass.
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: What was the four-letter name of the since-discontinued iPod competitor
• 44:45
  Speaker 2: Microsoft released in 2006? Pass.
• 44:47
  Speaker 5: I was four.
• 44:49
  Speaker 2: Ridley Scott directed a commercial for which current tech giant
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: during the 1984 Super Bowl? Say a tech giant. You
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: can eat it. Adam and Eve. Microsoft. They didn't eat
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: at Microsoft. Bad Blood is a best-selling 2018 non-fiction book
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: about what Silicon Valley company was valued at $ 9 billion
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: in 2014 before being dissolved in 2018?
• 45:22
  Speaker 5: Is that the one that they're making a movie about?
• 45:27
  Speaker 5: With the blood?
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: What USA Network series starring Rami Malek as Elliot starred
• 45:38
  Speaker 2: Rami Malek as Elliot? Time.
• 45:40
  Speaker 5: Wasn't that iZombie?
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: This last one, it was Mr. Robot.
• 45:44
  Speaker 4: Oh, okay.
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: Avery, you did yourself so incredibly proud of X-Men. Sorry.
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: But we're proud of you regardless. A lot of those
• 45:54
  Speaker 2: questions were before she was even born, everybody. So I
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: think we can... I couldn't answer his questions. They did
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: seem like difficult questions, Avery, and very wordy ones. They
• 46:07
  Speaker 2: were difficult to say, let alone answer. They went on
• 46:11
  Speaker 2: and on. They were like a thousand words. Right. Now
• 46:18
  Speaker 2: we're in a very exciting scenario, everybody. Extraordinarily exciting because
• 46:22
  Speaker 2: we have a tie. Luckily, the good people at IT
• 46:26
  Speaker 2: Nerd Mastermind, we have prepared for this eventuality. We have
• 46:31
  Speaker 2: an exciting tiebreaker up our sleeves. So if we can
• 46:37
  Speaker 2: welcome back onto the stage, Joel and Josh, everybody.
• 46:43
  Speaker 4: An exciting time where you're going to wipe the floor
• 46:46
  Speaker 4: with a.
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: Stop it. Put your clothes back on. So, paper, scissors...
• 46:52
  Speaker 2: It's not really. Okay. One of you gets to go first. Joel,
• 46:59
  Speaker 2: you're going to get to go first. All right? The
• 47:02
  Speaker 2: fix is in. Now, this is the tiebreaker question. If
• 47:05
  Speaker 2: we were to combine all the extended Lord of the
• 47:09
  Speaker 2: Rings movies... What is the... You have to guess to
• 47:14
  Speaker 2: the minute what the total time of those three movies
• 47:18
  Speaker 2: will be. The extended cuts. Yes, exactly so.
• 47:22
  Speaker 8: I'm going to say the extended ones, yes.
• 47:25
  Speaker 2: Extended trilogy. The extended trilogy. I'm going to say.
• 47:28
  Speaker 8: Well, I get to go first.
• 47:29
  Speaker 2: Because you can do like the one minute. Is it
• 47:32
  Speaker 2: over or under?
• 47:33
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 47:33
  Speaker 2: All right, I'll tell you what. Whisper into my ear.
• 47:37
  Speaker 5: No, no, it's fine.
• 47:39
  Speaker 2: Okay. He can go over or under on you. It's true.
• 47:43
  Speaker 2: I'm going to.
• 47:43
  Speaker 8: Save 13 hours and 27 minutes.
• 47:51
  Speaker 2: 13 hours and 27 minutes. Josh.
• 47:53
  Speaker 4: Did you say 13, 27?
• 47:56
  Speaker 2: Be a gentleman. Give us a specific time.
• 47:59
  Speaker 6: Well, see, this is tricky because I was going to
• 48:01
  Speaker 6: say 12 something, but now I kind of want to
• 48:04
  Speaker 6: go up. Still, I'm going to go I'm going to
• 48:08
  Speaker 6: go You say 1327. I'm going to go 12 flat.
• 48:17
  Speaker 2: Ladies and gentlemen, we obviously have a winner. And that winner, everybody,
• 48:24
  Speaker 2: because the true answer is 11 hours and 36 minutes.
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: Give it up for Josh Sultan, everybody. Our IT nerd mastermind.
• 48:33
  Speaker 2: 2026 Dex show winner.
• 48:34
  Speaker 3: And if.
• 48:34
  Speaker 2: Josh.
• 48:40
  Speaker 2: Congratulations, sir. Congratulations, my friend. You did ever so well.
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: We're very proud of you. And thank you so much
• 48:46
  Speaker 2: for joining us at IT Nerd Mastermind. And enjoy Experience 2026, everybody. Goodbye.
• 48:53
  Speaker 2: Thank you for having us. That's it for this week's
• 48:56
  Speaker 2: Deck Show. We'll be back next week. And if you
• 48:59
  Speaker 2: don't already, be sure to follow the show so you
• 49:01
  Speaker 2: don't miss an episode. Until next time.