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Ep 346: General Trivia · Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Trivia Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, the pub
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  Speaker 1: quiz practice show that hits you, pew, right in the quizzer.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Annie Flora.
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  Speaker 2: I'm David Flora.
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  Speaker 1: And we're here to teach you more about trivia than
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  Speaker 1: there are little gold coins in the dragon's lair.
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  Speaker 2: Which one?
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  Speaker 1: Meow, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That's a lot.
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  Speaker 1: That's a lot. It's not that much. Hey, David, we
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  Speaker 1: have a lot to get to, so shouldn't we just
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  Speaker 1: go crazy and say all the things?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, lots of news, lots of trivia. News first.
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  Speaker 1: Here's some news. Lisa says, if you're a patron, double
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  Speaker 1: somehow with no changes on her end and had to
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  Speaker 1: re-sign up. Lisa, we're sorry that happened to you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, sorry about that.
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  Speaker 1: And thanks for letting us know so we can let
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  Speaker 1: other patrons know in case you secretly, accidentally, unbecame one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, check your Patreon status. Make sure you're still signed
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  Speaker 2: up if you wish to be. And thanks again to
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  Speaker 2: Lisa for letting us know.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and thank you to all our patrons all the time.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 1: And we want to give a big thank you to Jake.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Thank you, Richard.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: And Pam and Polly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: For their coffees. Thank you so much. And we did
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  Speaker 1: just do Zoom trivia. There was a great showing. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for everyone for coming out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And we want to give a shout out to third place.
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  Speaker 1: Polly is back. Second place, Battle Queens of Baraboo. And
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  Speaker 1: first place, Scorpio, Marth Brooks. And thanks for reminding me
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  Speaker 1: of saying Marth Brooks as Garth Brooks alter ego. And
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  Speaker 1: we also have a few clarifications and details from listeners
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  Speaker 1: on past questions. And for brevity, we'll read those after
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  Speaker 1: the questions, so please stick around till the end of
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  Speaker 1: the episode.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you'll want to hear those for sure.
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  Speaker 1: And with all of that, I think we can get
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  Speaker 1: into some trivia.
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  Speaker 2: I agree.
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  Speaker 1: Here's how the show works.
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  Speaker 2: Quiz Quiz Bang Bang's format is four rounds of four
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  Speaker 2: questions each, followed by the answers. After round two, we'll
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  Speaker 2: ask a quick-fire bang-bang question where you'll have a time
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  Speaker 2: limit to give multiple answers. After the fourth round, the
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  Speaker 2: show culminates with the Big Bang, a final round with
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  Speaker 2: three questions whose answers are all clues to one final question.
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  Speaker 1: Round one, question one. The category is sports. Which Olympic
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  Speaker 1: sport in the 2026 Summer Games prohibited beards on its competitors?
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  Speaker 1: Question two, the category is television. Which was the first
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  Speaker 1: 24-hours-a-day television news network and the first all-news television channel
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  Speaker 1: in the United States? Question three, the category is language.
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  Speaker 1: This question comes from Brian, the original language guy. Thank you, Brian.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Brian. One of the two main language families
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  Speaker 1: in India is Indo-Aryan, i.e. those derived from Sanskrit. What
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  Speaker 1: is the other? Question four. The category is music. Which
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  Speaker 1: 78-year-old American singer and songwriter is considered the godfather of
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  Speaker 1: shock rock? And now the answers to round one. Question one.
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  Speaker 1: Which Olympic sport in the 2026 Summer Games prohibited beards
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  Speaker 1: on its competitors? Boxing.
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  Speaker 2: That's mostly so that medical staff could watch for cuts behind. Scrapes, bruises,
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  Speaker 2: things like that.
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  Speaker 1: That makes sense. Question two. Which was the first 24-hours-a-day
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  Speaker 1: television news network and the first all-news television channel in
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  Speaker 1: the United States? CNN. Wouldn't it be great if you
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  Speaker 1: could uninvent things? Question three. One of the two main
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  Speaker 1: language families in India is Indo-Aryan. What is the other? Dravidian.
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  Speaker 1: And Brian pointed out to us that we recently had
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  Speaker 1: a question about a board game that gets its name
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  Speaker 1: from 25, but you said the language is Hindu, and
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  Speaker 1: that is incorrect. The language is Hindi.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it is. Correct. That was a dum-dum.
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  Speaker 2: Our apologies.
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  Speaker 1: We're sorry. Thank you for the correction. Question four. Which
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  Speaker 1: 78-year-old American singer and songwriter is considered the godfather of
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  Speaker 1: shock rock? Alice Cooper.
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  Speaker 2: Round two, question five. The category is literature. John Steinbeck's
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  Speaker 2: East of Eden pulls themes from which story in the Bible?
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  Speaker 2: Question six, category technology. What computer programming language is often
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  Speaker 2: referred to by coders as camel due to the image
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  Speaker 2: of one on the cover of its programming book? Question seven,
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  Speaker 2: category sports. This one comes to us from OR Mike. Thanks, OR.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, OR.
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  Speaker 2: In 1985, what eventual Super Bowl champions made the music
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  Speaker 2: video The Super Bowl Shuffle? And for a bonus point,
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  Speaker 2: who was head coach of that team? Question eight, category, toys.
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  Speaker 2: What is the nautical name of Barbie's sister that was
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  Speaker 2: introduced in 1964? And now the answers to round two,
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  Speaker 2: question five. John Steinbeck's East of Eden pulls themes from
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  Speaker 2: which story in the Bible? Cain and Abel. Question six,
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  Speaker 2: what computer programming language is often referred to by coders
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  Speaker 2: as camel?
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  Speaker 1: Pearl.
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  Speaker 2: Question seven, in 1985, what eventual Super Bowl champions made
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  Speaker 2: the music video The Super Bowl Shuffle? And who was
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  Speaker 2: head coach of that team? The Chicago Bears and Mike Ditka.
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  Speaker 2: RIP coach.
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  Speaker 1: R.I.P.
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  Speaker 2: And question eight. What is the nautical name of Barbie's
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  Speaker 2: sister that was introduced in 1964? Skipper.
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  Speaker 1: And that's it for the first half, which means it's
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  Speaker 1: time for the Bang Bang Round. The category for this
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  Speaker 1: week's Bang Bang Round is film. You will have 30
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  Speaker 1: seconds to answer the following question. What are the top
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  Speaker 1: seven highest grossing films... Starring Nicole Kidman. Your time starts now.
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  Speaker 2: And that's time. The top seven highest grossing films starring
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  Speaker 2: Nicole Kidman are, from seventh to first, Australia, Just Go
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  Speaker 2: With It, Paddington, Batman Forever, The Golden Compass, Happy Feet,
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  Speaker 2: and Aquaman. One of those, she's just a voice in,
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  Speaker 2: that being Happy Feet.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you don't really associate Nicole Kidman with some of
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  Speaker 1: her biggest grossing movies.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Paddington, just go with it, which I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if I've ever heard of.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Apparently that's an Adam Sandler one.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, okay. Well, we would know that, Annie, if we
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Round three, question nine. The category is animals.
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  Speaker 1: What is a baby shark called? Question ten. The category
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  Speaker 1: is automobistry. You heard me right. I said automobistry. It's
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  Speaker 1: a thing. It's a tasty lick. Hey-o. And this one
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  Speaker 1: comes from SFC Brandt. Thank you, SFC Brandt.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Sarge.
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  Speaker 1: It's like a tasty lick, but we're doing an automobile
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  Speaker 1: and history. It's a before and after. So if it
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  Speaker 1: was a regular tasty lick where we do... food item,
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  Speaker 1: and music, we would say, this chocolate confection will have
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  Speaker 1: you living on a prayer, and the answer would be
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  Speaker 1: Bon Bon Jovi. Here we go. This Prussian-born army officer
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  Speaker 1: who played a leading role in the American Revolutionary War
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  Speaker 1: by reforming the Continental Army into a disciplined and professional
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  Speaker 1: fighting force was Would have preferred driving a car around
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  Speaker 1: the battlefields. Question 11. The category is Geography. What country
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  Speaker 1: borders the entire northern side of Bolivia? Question 12. The
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  Speaker 1: category is Mythology. Who was the legendary and last king
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  Speaker 1: of Troy? And now the answers to round three. Question nine.
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  Speaker 1: What is a baby shark called? How does that sound?
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  Speaker 1: It's called a doo-doo-doo-doo. It's a pup. Question ten. This
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  Speaker 1: Prussian-born army officer who played a leading role in the
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  Speaker 1: American Revolutionary War by reforming the Continental Army into a
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  Speaker 1: disciplined and professional fighting force would have preferred driving a
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  Speaker 1: car around the battlefields is Friedrich von Studebaker. Heyo!
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  Speaker 2: Nice one. Stick around at the end because the sergeant
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  Speaker 2: also has A clarification for the military bang-bang we had
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  Speaker 2: not too long ago.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we asked for clarification and he delivered. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Question 11. What country borders the entire northern side of Bolivia? Brazil.
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  Speaker 1: Question 12. Who was the legendary and last king of Troy? Priam. Priam.
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  Speaker 2: Round four, question 13. The category is space. Which actor is, fittingly,
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  Speaker 2: the oldest actor to have been in space? Question 14, category,
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  Speaker 2: pop culture math. This one comes to us from listener Sierra.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Sierra.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Sierra.
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  Speaker 2: Which K-pop boy group gets its name from the combination
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  Speaker 2: of its 13 members? three subunits, and one united fandom.
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  Speaker 2: Question 15, Category, Film. You Can See Everything, the splashy
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  Speaker 2: new documentary by Nathan Fielder, is about which woman who
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  Speaker 2: is currently serving time in federal prison. Question 16, Category, Geography.
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  Speaker 2: This one comes to us from Major Data. Thank you, Major.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Major.
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  Speaker 2: Copper Canyon, a spectacular system of canyons even deeper than
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  Speaker 2: the Grand Canyon in places, is located in what Mexican state?
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  Speaker 2: And now the answers to round four, question 13. Which
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  Speaker 2: actor is, fittingly, the oldest actor to have been in space?
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  Speaker 2: William Shatner. Question 14. Which K-pop boy group gets its
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  Speaker 2: name from the combination of its 13 members, 3 subunits,
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  Speaker 2: and 1 united fandom? 17. That's 13 plus 3 plus 1.
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  Speaker 2: And Sierra says, K-pop math can be a bit of
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  Speaker 2: a doozy. At least half the time a group has
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  Speaker 2: a number in their name, the number of members doesn't
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  Speaker 2: match up. Not to mention trying to pronounce a group's
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  Speaker 2: name when it combines letters with numerals or punctuation. For example,
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  Speaker 2: the girl group 2NE1, that's the number two, the letters N-E,
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  Speaker 2: and the number one. It's pronounced 2NE1, but sounds like
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  Speaker 2: the number 21 only has four members.
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  Speaker 1: That's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: Question 15. You can see everything is about which woman?
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  Speaker 2: Elizabeth Holmes.
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  Speaker 1: It looks weird. It looks creepy. I'll watch it.
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  Speaker 2: And question 16. Copper Canyon, a spectacular system of canyons
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  Speaker 2: even deeper than the Grand Canyon in places, is located
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  Speaker 2: in what Mexican state? Chihuahua. The combined length of the
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  Speaker 2: ravines makes Mexico's Copper Canyon a whopping four times larger
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  Speaker 2: than the Grand Canyon in the U.S. In some places,
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  Speaker 2: it's even deeper than the Grand Canyon with a depth
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  Speaker 2: of over one mile.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: Way to go, Chihuahua.
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  Speaker 1: And that's it for the regular rounds, which means it's
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  Speaker 1: time for the Big Bang round. The category for this
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  Speaker 1: week's Big Bang round is mythology. We will give you
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  Speaker 1: three clue questions, which are all hints to one final question.
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  Speaker 1: The clue questions may not fall under the same category.
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  Speaker 1: Question one. Which Baltimore-based professional sports team is the world's
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  Speaker 1: 28th most valuable sports franchise?
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  Speaker 2: Question 2. Who was maid of honor to Catherine of Aragon?
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  Speaker 1: Question 3. What is the second longest river in the
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  Speaker 1: United Kingdom?
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  Speaker 2: And your Big Bang question, again, the category is mythology.
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  Speaker 2: The head of the legendary Welsh giant Bron the Blessed
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  Speaker 2: is said to be buried under what English landmark?
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  Speaker 1: And now the answers to the Big Bang round. Question one.
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  Speaker 1: Which Baltimore-based professional sports team is the world's 28th most
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  Speaker 1: valuable sports franchise? Ravens.
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  Speaker 2: Question two. Who is maid of honor to Catherine of Aragon?
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  Speaker 2: Anne Boleyn.
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  Speaker 1: Question three. What is the second largest river in the
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  Speaker 1: United Kingdom? The Thames.
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  Speaker 2: And finally, the head of the legendary Welsh giant Bronn
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  Speaker 2: the Blessed is said to be buried under what English landmark?
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  Speaker 2: The place on the Thames, famous for its ravens and
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  Speaker 2: Anne Boleyn's execution spot, the Tower of London.
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  Speaker 1: I guess it's hard to prove that he's buried there
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  Speaker 1: if he didn't exist. Ha!
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  Speaker 2: One thing I found, Bronn, I think some people say Bran,
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  Speaker 2: or I've even heard Brian. The name in Welsh, it
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  Speaker 2: means raven or crow. And so people sometimes link the
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  Speaker 2: practice of keeping ravens at the tower to that.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that's interesting. Yeah. Man, they're huge.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, ravens are big. And now to some of these clarifications, details, comments, etc.
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  Speaker 2: First off, from Sergeant First Class Brandt. Hi, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Just wanted to give a correction on your awesome question
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  Speaker 2: regarding the first seven enlisted ranks of the U.S. Army.
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  Speaker 2: It can be a little confusing. We consider our pay
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  Speaker 2: grades as E number. The first seven ranks are private.
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  Speaker 2: That's E1. And then there's a second private, which is
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  Speaker 2: E2 or PV2. Private first class. That's E3. Specialist or corporal.
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  Speaker 2: Both are E4. You receive specialist but earn corporal. Fifth
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  Speaker 2: is sergeant.
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  Speaker 1: E4. E5.
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  Speaker 2: Six is Staff Sergeant, that's E6. Seven is Sergeant First Class,
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  Speaker 2: that's E7. And then it goes on Master Sergeant or
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  Speaker 2: First Sergeant, depending on duty positions. And then Sergeant Major,
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  Speaker 2: Command Major, or Sergeant Major of the Army, again, depending
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  Speaker 2: on duties. That's your E9.
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  Speaker 1: Nice.
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  Speaker 2: So there you go.
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  Speaker 1: That makes sense to me because I did martial arts
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  Speaker 1: back in the day. No big deal. I'm just a
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  Speaker 1: black belt. No, I'm midnight blue. She is. I am,
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  Speaker 1: for real. But, you know, you have the different, I
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  Speaker 1: did Subak Do. So, you know, you had white, orange, green, red.
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  Speaker 1: But when you were testing, you'd have your red belt
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  Speaker 1: and then you'd get your first blue stripe on it.
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  Speaker 1: And then you'd get your second blue stripe on it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, so to me it's like that, right? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: You move up, but there's ranks within the ranks.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's levels to the ranks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, thank you for that clarification.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you. And then we have dual clarifications from
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  Speaker 2: Rocket Scientist John and Dan. Hi. They both said the 20,000
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  Speaker 2: in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea refers to travel distance,
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  Speaker 2: not depth.
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  Speaker 1: That makes sense, because. Otherwise, it doesn't.
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  Speaker 2: Otherwise, it doesn't. They say the sea's only about seven
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  Speaker 2: leagues deep. So that's about 60,000 miles or 2.4 Earth diameters.
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  Speaker 2: That puts you through the other side. And so my
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  Speaker 2: joke is true, but not from the right context. So
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  Speaker 2: what I'm going to do is write 20,000 leagues under
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  Speaker 2: the sea. A spacefaring adventure.
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  Speaker 1: There you go.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, guys. And Rocket Scientist John goes on to
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  Speaker 2: say a couple more things. We had the locals named
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  Speaker 2: after hot dogs or something. You remember that? He said
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  Speaker 2: there are Frankfurt am Main and Frankfurt Anderoder, both in Germany.
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  Speaker 2: And that's a lot of Frankfurters.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And one more from a few weeks back, an axis
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  Speaker 2: tilted two degrees with respect to the plane of its orbit.
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  Speaker 2: John said, I was thinking something rotating sideways, but it
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  Speaker 2: should read tilted 88 degrees from the plane or tilted
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  Speaker 2: two degrees from the perpendicular or its equatorial plane tilted
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  Speaker 2: two degrees from its orbital plane.
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  Speaker 1: There we go. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And he says, yes, it's mistakes like that that crash
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  Speaker 2: interplanetary probes.
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  Speaker 1: Good thing we're not in charge of those. I do
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  Speaker 1: always feel so awful when you hear about some slight
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  Speaker 1: mistake like that crashing something that's landing on Mars or whatever.
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  Speaker 1: It would be so heartbreaking.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, that's a lot of work, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: time that goes into it.
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  Speaker 1: And incredibly intelligent people.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Who really... want that to succeed and work.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. Luckily we just do a trivia podcast. Yay.
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  Speaker 1: And you guys all keep us honest. So thanks for
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  Speaker 1: not letting us crash and burn into a planet. So
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