Latest / Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Trivia Podcast / Ep 298: General Trivia
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- 0:15Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, the pub
- 0:19Speaker 1: quiz practice show that hits you pal right in the quizzer.
- 0:22Speaker 1: I'm Anny Flora, I'm David Flora, and we're here to
- 0:25Speaker 1: teach you more about trivia than there are monkeys that escape,
- 0:28Speaker 1: But they left the news cycle, so we don't know,
- 0:30Speaker 1: we don't know how many monkeys are still out there.
- 0:32Speaker 1: Remember when we're getting monkey updates.
- 0:34Speaker 2: Every day, it's a year of monkey escapes.
- 0:37Speaker 1: Man, Hey, David, we just want to give a quick
- 0:40Speaker 1: shout out to Major Data and Laura for coming up
- 0:46Speaker 1: to Cresty Butte to come and see some live trivia
- 0:50Speaker 1: brought to you by us.
- 0:52Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for coming up and visiting. And thanks to
- 0:55Speaker 2: Juno and Truro for making an appearance. Yes, it was
- 0:59Speaker 2: fun to hang out out with them. And also thanks
- 1:02Speaker 2: to Jeff Capal who we met in Denver and went
- 1:08Speaker 2: and crushed a trivia night together and want a bottle
- 1:11Speaker 2: of tea?
- 1:13Speaker 1: Thanks for the tequila, Jeff. We had a lot of
- 1:19Speaker 1: fun meeting you in real life as well. What a treat,
- 1:23Speaker 1: What a time to be alive, actually a good way
- 1:25Speaker 1: for once. Yeah, so yes, that was a joy and
- 1:31Speaker 1: a delay I just wanted to say thank you. And otherwise,
- 1:35Speaker 1: don't forget about Plunger Day, the day after Thanksgiving when
- 1:40Speaker 1: all the plumbers come out to play. They're like Santa's
- 1:46Speaker 1: little as helpers. We'll write a poem about them.
- 1:50Speaker 3: It'll be great. Anyway, We'll have Plunger Day trivia where
- 1:57Speaker 3: it will have a number two thieb and whoever comes
- 2:00Speaker 3: in second comes in first.
- 2:02Speaker 1: So come out for that. Ha haah.
- 2:05Speaker 2: November twenty eighth, Friday, noon, mountain time.
- 2:08Speaker 1: That's right. Otherwise, we hope all of you are doing well.
- 2:14Speaker 1: You're the best. Have an amazing day. You deserve it.
- 2:17Speaker 1: Here's how the show works.
- 2:20Speaker 2: Wiz Quiz Bang Bang's format is four rounds of four questions,
- 2:23Speaker 2: each followed by the answers. After round two, we'll ask
- 2:26Speaker 2: a quick fire bang Bang question where you'll have a
- 2:29Speaker 2: time limit to give multiple answers. After the fourth round,
- 2:32Speaker 2: the show culminates with the Big Bang, a final round
- 2:36Speaker 2: with three questions whose answers are all clues to one
- 2:39Speaker 2: final question.
- 2:42Speaker 1: Round one. Question one, the category is science m N
- 2:49Speaker 1: is the chemical symbol for which element. Question two, the
- 2:57Speaker 1: category is pop culture. Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart
- 3:03Speaker 1: Simpson is the aunt of what pop star who just
- 3:07Speaker 1: released her seventh album, Man's Best Friend. Question three. The
- 3:16Speaker 1: category is video games, switching from overhead to an isometric view.
- 3:24Speaker 1: Which nineteen ninety three game was released as a sequel
- 3:28Speaker 1: to the original SimCity? Question four. The category is geography.
- 3:37Speaker 1: This question comes from listener.
- 3:39Speaker 2: Bobby, Thank you, Bobby.
- 3:43Speaker 1: Aleppo is the largest city in which country? And now?
- 3:52Speaker 1: The answer is to round one. Question one. M n
- 3:56Speaker 1: is a chemical symbol for which element manganese? Question two.
- 4:05Speaker 1: Nancy Cartwright is the ant to which pop superstar Sabrina
- 4:13Speaker 1: Carpenter m hmmm? Question three? What was the sequel to SimCity?
- 4:26Speaker 1: SimCity two thousand? Question four? Aleppo is the largest city
- 4:35Speaker 1: in which country? Syria?
- 4:41Speaker 2: Round two? Question five. The category is literature. What Rags
- 4:47Speaker 2: to Riches story by David Soloy just won the twenty
- 4:50Speaker 2: twenty five Booker Prize. Question six category taste bricks. This
- 5:01Speaker 2: question comes to us from listener May, thank you, May,
- 5:04Speaker 2: thank you.
- 5:05Speaker 1: May.
- 5:06Speaker 2: A tasty brick is a mashup or before and after
- 5:10Speaker 2: of a food item and a building or landmark. So,
- 5:16Speaker 2: for example, if it was food and music, I'd say
- 5:20Speaker 2: this chocolate confection what have you living on a prayer?
- 5:22Speaker 2: You'd say bon bon Jovi. Just replace the musician with
- 5:29Speaker 2: a building or landmark and you've got it. Here we go,
- 5:32Speaker 2: Enjoy a fresh maker while visiting this five hundred and
- 5:36Speaker 2: fifty five foot tall, shining white obelisk in the middle
- 5:40Speaker 2: of the National Mall of Washington, d C. Question seven,
- 5:48Speaker 2: Category Television. In the TV show Friends, what is the
- 5:53Speaker 2: name of Central Perk's main barista? Played by actor James
- 5:57Speaker 2: Michael Tyler. Question eight category space With over four hundred
- 6:07Speaker 2: active volcanoes, what is the most geologically active object in
- 6:12Speaker 2: the Solar System? And now the answers to round two?
- 6:19Speaker 2: Question five? What Rags to Richest story by David Soloy
- 6:24Speaker 2: just won the twenty twenty five Booker Prize Flesh Question six,
- 6:32Speaker 2: Enjoy a fresh maker while visiting this five hundred and
- 6:36Speaker 2: fifty five foot tall, shining white obelisk in the middle
- 6:38Speaker 2: of the National Mall of Washington, DC. That would be
- 6:43Speaker 2: the Washington monumentos.
- 6:47Speaker 1: Well done May.
- 6:50Speaker 2: Question seven and the TV show Friends, What is the
- 6:52Speaker 2: name of Central Perk's main barista played by actor James
- 6:55Speaker 2: Michael Tyler. It is gunther Question eight, with over four
- 7:02Speaker 2: hundred active volcanoes. What's the most geologically active object in
- 7:05Speaker 2: the Solar System The moon of Jupiter known as Io.
- 7:14Speaker 1: And that's it for the first half, which means it's
- 7:17Speaker 1: time for the Bang Bang Round. The category for this
- 7:22Speaker 1: week's Bang Bang Round is food and Drink. You will
- 7:28Speaker 1: have thirty seconds to answer the following question. General Mills
- 7:34Speaker 1: has a line of monster cereals that were introduced in
- 7:37Speaker 1: nineteen seventy one that include six brands that have endured
- 7:42Speaker 1: and been discontinued. Name them Your time starts now.
- 8:18Speaker 2: And that's time. The six monster cereals introduced since nineteen
- 8:24Speaker 2: ninety one, including those that are still around and those
- 8:28Speaker 2: that have been discontinued, are count Chocula, Frankenberry, Booberry Fruit, Brute,
- 8:38Speaker 2: Yummy Mummy, and Carmela Creeper.
- 8:45Speaker 1: Round three Question nine, The category is sports. Miroslav Closa, Ronaldo,
- 8:55Speaker 1: Gared Mueller and Juiced Fontaine are the top four scorers
- 9:02Speaker 1: in what event? Question ten? The category is business according
- 9:12Speaker 1: to and over the counter products ads from the nineteen seventies,
- 9:17Speaker 1: How do you spell relief? Question eleven. Category is animals
- 9:28Speaker 1: with over eight hundred species. What type of crab lives
- 9:33Speaker 1: in a cast off mollusk shell. Question twelve. The category
- 9:42Speaker 1: is art. This question comes from listener Major Data. Thank
- 9:47Speaker 1: you Major. What renowned? A painter of classical and mythological scenes,
- 9:53Speaker 1: works like Flaming June and the Return of Persephone was
- 9:59Speaker 1: the first painter to be given a peerage title and
- 10:03Speaker 1: only held it for one day before his death, the
- 10:07Speaker 1: shortest in history. And now the answer is to round three.
- 10:15Speaker 1: Question nine. Miroslav Closa, Ronaldo, Gerd Mueller and Juiced Fontaine
- 10:25Speaker 1: are the top four scores in what event f Fire
- 10:30Speaker 1: World Cup. They scored a lot of good MESSI was five,
- 10:38Speaker 1: so that's too easy. And it's Ronadel not Ronaldo because
- 10:44Speaker 1: I would also make it easy. Question ten. According to
- 10:49Speaker 1: and over the counter products ads from the nineteen seventies,
- 10:53Speaker 1: how do you spell relief rolades r LA? Question eleven?
- 11:03Speaker 1: With over eight hundred species, what type of crab lives
- 11:06Speaker 1: in a cast off mollusk shell? A hermit crab because
- 11:13Speaker 1: they need one David because they're all tender. They have
- 11:16Speaker 1: a squishy exoskeleton, so they have to protect themselves. But
- 11:19Speaker 1: when they need a new home, they all get in
- 11:21Speaker 1: a line. It's the cutest. Question twelve, what renowned painter
- 11:28Speaker 1: of classical mythological scenes works like Flaming June and the
- 11:33Speaker 1: Return of Persephone. Was the first painter to be given
- 11:37Speaker 1: a peerage title. That's Sir Frederick Leyton.
- 11:45Speaker 2: Round four, question thirteen. The category is theater, Into the Woods,
- 11:50Speaker 2: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
- 11:53Speaker 2: in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Are
- 11:57Speaker 2: all musicals with music and lyrics by which composer? Question
- 12:04Speaker 2: fourteen category math language, math language? Which brand of mathematics
- 12:11Speaker 2: is Latin for small pebble? Question fifteen category Food and drink.
- 12:22Speaker 2: This one comes from listener Nolan. Thank you, Nolan, Thank
- 12:25Speaker 2: you Olan. What Spanish sauce containing roasted peppers, almonds, garlic
- 12:31Speaker 2: and tomatoes sounds very similar to a member of the
- 12:35Speaker 2: broccoli family? Question sixteen, category history in seventeen seventy nine,
- 12:46Speaker 2: Where did Captain James Cook Die? And now the answers
- 12:54Speaker 2: to round four question thirteen. Into the Woods, Funny Thing
- 12:58Speaker 2: Happened on the way of the Forum and Sweeny Talk
- 13:00Speaker 2: are all musicals by which composer Stephen Sondheim. Question fourteen,
- 13:09Speaker 2: which branch of mathematics is Latin for small pebble calculus.
- 13:17Speaker 2: Question fifteen, what Spanish sauce containing roasted peppers, almonds, garlic
- 13:22Speaker 2: and tomatoes sounds very similar to a member of the
- 13:25Speaker 2: broccoli family Romesco and that is similar to the vegetable
- 13:32Speaker 2: romanesquo Question sixteen in seventeen seventy nine? Where did Captain
- 13:40Speaker 2: James Cook die? Hawaii?
- 13:46Speaker 1: That's it for the regular rounds, which means it's time
- 13:49Speaker 1: for the Big Bang Round. The category for this week's
- 13:57Speaker 1: Big Bang Round is phil We will give you three
- 14:02Speaker 1: clue questions, which are all hints to one final question.
- 14:05Speaker 1: The clue questions may not fall under the same category.
- 14:09Speaker 1: Question one, which comedic actor was the first actor to
- 14:14Speaker 1: be nominated for a single Academy Award for a film
- 14:18Speaker 1: in which he portrayed three different characters that came out
- 14:22Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty four?
- 14:28Speaker 2: Question two? What is a solid form of the element
- 14:32Speaker 2: carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure?
- 14:40Speaker 1: Question three P D. James's Adam, Doug leash, Agatha Christie's
- 14:48Speaker 1: Japp and Arthur Conan Doyle's Lestrade are all characters that
- 14:54Speaker 1: have what profession?
- 15:00Speaker 2: And your Big Bang question get In the categories film,
- 15:03Speaker 2: what film series is named after an object that appears
- 15:07Speaker 2: in six of its eleven films.
- 15:14Speaker 1: Now the answers to the Big Bang Round. Question one?
- 15:18Speaker 1: Which comedic actor was the first actor to be nominated
- 15:21Speaker 1: for a single Academy Award for a film in which
- 15:24Speaker 1: he portrayed three different characters? Peter Sellers, You got it
- 15:31Speaker 1: for Doctor Strange Love or How I Learned to Stop
- 15:34Speaker 1: Worrying and Love the Bomb?
- 15:39Speaker 2: Question two? What is a solid form of the element
- 15:41Speaker 2: carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure? Diamond?
- 15:49Speaker 1: Question three? P. D. James's Adam, Doug leash, Agatha Christie's Jepp,
- 15:56Speaker 1: and Arthur Conan Doyle's Lestrade are all characters that have
- 15:59Speaker 1: what profession? Inspectors?
- 16:05Speaker 2: And finally, what film series is named after? An object
- 16:08Speaker 2: that appears in six of its eleven films? The film
- 16:13Speaker 2: About a Diamond where Peter Sellers plays an inspector the
- 16:19Speaker 2: Pink Panther that was later remade with Steve Martin as
- 16:26Speaker 2: Inspector Clouseau.
- 16:29Speaker 1: Yeah, so the Pink Panther is the diamond. Yeah, that
- 16:33Speaker 1: theme songs right?
- 16:34Speaker 2: Sure? Henry Mancini, he's the composer.
- 16:37Speaker 1: The composer he composes a catchy too, and I'll tell you.
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