Latest / Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Trivia Podcast / Ep 255: General Trivia
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- 0:15Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to you Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, the
- 0:19Speaker 1: pub quiz practice show that hits you. Paw' ryan in
- 0:21Speaker 1: the quizzer. I'm Anny Flora Flora, and we're here to
- 0:25Speaker 1: teach you more about trivia than there are akward conversation's
- 0:30Speaker 1: happening right now, so awkward. I can't even say awkward
- 0:35Speaker 1: because it's Thanksgiving and families are getting together and families
- 0:38Speaker 1: are awkward. I don't have an issue with my family, though,
- 0:44Speaker 1: I feel lucky there, humblebrug Well. I just feel like
- 0:50Speaker 1: every time it's this time of year, especially for Thanksgiving,
- 0:52Speaker 1: maybe because Thanksgiving is a meal oriented holiday, so it's
- 0:57Speaker 1: about sitting around and talking to each other. I just
- 1:00Speaker 1: feel like it's the time of year where you see
- 1:02Speaker 1: the most like I have to have an awkward conversation
- 1:05Speaker 1: with your family, How to deal with your family? What
- 1:07Speaker 1: to do when you have to talk? It's with your family.
- 1:11Speaker 2: So prepare trivia for them.
- 1:12Speaker 1: That's right. Trivia is everybody's friend. Happy Thanksgiving and happy
- 1:19Speaker 1: plunder Day.
- 1:22Speaker 2: Yeah, that's something we'll have to resurrect. I think next year.
- 1:27Speaker 2: We're just too busy with the theater for this year's
- 1:29Speaker 2: plunder Day but.
- 1:31Speaker 1: We'll be back with a vengeance.
- 1:33Speaker 2: Making back with the vengeance. Just didn't like the spirit
- 1:37Speaker 2: of Plenser Day. Yes, and we'll try to have some
- 1:41Speaker 2: special little thing happen for that. And if you're not American,
- 1:46Speaker 2: well happy Thursday.
- 1:49Speaker 1: I want to say Happy Boxing Day, but that's not now.
- 1:52Speaker 1: That's not now, so that doesn't make any sense. I
- 1:54Speaker 1: just want to give them a holiday.
- 1:56Speaker 2: Speaking of giving back, we have a new patron. Thank
- 1:59Speaker 2: you to Lawrence for becoming a patriot. Thank you, Lawrence Pupy.
- 2:03Speaker 2: Pierre Pew appreciate that. And for those of you looking
- 2:11Speaker 2: for Zoom Trivia and December, don't gonna We're gonna skip
- 2:17Speaker 2: the Zoom Trivia in December just because that would be
- 2:21Speaker 2: falling on the opening weekend of the show or the
- 2:24Speaker 2: week that it opens. It's gonna be pretty rough for us.
- 2:26Speaker 2: So we're not gonna be able to have a Zoom
- 2:28Speaker 2: Trivia for December. But we'll be back in January and
- 2:31Speaker 2: things will be glorious.
- 2:33Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, we keep talking about how busy we are,
- 2:36Speaker 1: but this is our last major production. We will have time,
- 2:41Speaker 1: we promise starting in January and we can do a
- 2:46Speaker 1: twenty twenty four Trivia recap for our trivia in January.
- 2:52Speaker 1: So watch out, it's gonna have a theme. That theme
- 2:56Speaker 1: is now Now is everything? Everything is terrible?
- 2:59Speaker 2: Yeah, time for some trivia. This is how the show works.
- 3:06Speaker 2: Wiz Quiz Bang Bang's format is four rounds of four questions,
- 3:09Speaker 2: each followed by the answers. After round two, we'll ask
- 3:12Speaker 2: a quick fire bang Bang question where you'll have a
- 3:15Speaker 2: time limit to give multiple answers. After the fourth round,
- 3:18Speaker 2: the show culminates with the Big Bang, a final round
- 3:22Speaker 2: with three questions whose answers are all clues to one
- 3:25Speaker 2: final question.
- 3:27Speaker 1: Round one. Question one, the category is science. This question
- 3:33Speaker 1: comes from listener Angelina.
- 3:35Speaker 2: Thank you, Angelina, Thank you, Angelina.
- 3:37Speaker 1: Coprolte is a term for what specific fossilized object. Question two.
- 3:47Speaker 1: The category is video games. This question comes from listener Jen.
- 3:50Speaker 1: Thank you, jennky Jen. What are the two warring factions
- 3:55Speaker 1: in the game World of Warcraft? Question three. The category
- 4:04Speaker 1: is games and hobbies. Which toy coined the name action
- 4:09Speaker 1: figure and includes characters like Duke, Snake Eyes, and Scarlet.
- 4:18Speaker 1: Question four. The category is literature. This question comes from
- 4:21Speaker 1: listener Bobby.
- 4:22Speaker 2: Thank you, Bobby, Thank you Bobby.
- 4:25Speaker 1: Which author wrote a Light in the Attic, which was
- 4:29Speaker 1: the first children's book to appear on the New York
- 4:32Speaker 1: Times Bestseller and wrote this song for Johnny Cash A
- 4:36Speaker 1: Boy Named Sue, which won a Grammy Award, And now
- 4:44Speaker 1: the answers around one. Question one. Copperlyte is a term
- 4:49Speaker 1: for what specific fossilized object poop or dong or whatever
- 4:57Speaker 1: word you want to use. It comes from from the
- 5:00Speaker 1: Greek of kupros, meaning dung in the Lithos meaning stone. Hey,
- 5:08Speaker 1: so thank you Angelina for sending in a specific question
- 5:11Speaker 1: for plunger day that.
- 5:15Speaker 2: Rock that poop rocks.
- 5:19Speaker 1: Question two? What are the two warring factions in the
- 5:22Speaker 1: game World of Warcraft, the Alliance and the Horde? Question three?
- 5:29Speaker 1: Which toy coined the name action figure g I Joe
- 5:37Speaker 1: I guess before that they were called dolls, boy dolls,
- 5:42Speaker 1: boidal boidal silver Question four, which author wrote A Light
- 5:49Speaker 1: in the Attic and a boy named Sue Shell Silverstein,
- 5:56Speaker 1: He's amazing.
- 5:59Speaker 2: Round two. Question The category is literature in Roald Dall's Matilda,
- 6:05Speaker 2: who is the treacherous Headmistress of Crunchham Hall. Question six
- 6:14Speaker 2: category language. This one comes to us from listener Vincent.
- 6:17Speaker 2: Thank you Vincent, Thank you Vincent. A term used by
- 6:22Speaker 2: ships and planes in distress. Where does the word may
- 6:25Speaker 2: day originate? Question seven, category Television. Aside from the four
- 6:36Speaker 2: leading women, who is the only character to appear in
- 6:39Speaker 2: both the pilot and final episodes of Sex and the City.
- 6:47Speaker 2: Question eight, category History. This one comes to us from
- 6:51Speaker 2: listener Dean, Thank you, Dean, Thank you, Dean. To which
- 6:56Speaker 2: country was the statue of Liberty initially intended to be gifted?
- 7:04Speaker 2: And now I answers a round two? Question five? And
- 7:08Speaker 2: Roald Dahl's Matilda, who is the treacherous headmistress of Crunchham
- 7:12Speaker 2: Hall Agatha trench Bull. Question six? Where does the word
- 7:20Speaker 2: may day originate? It's from the French may day meaning
- 7:27Speaker 2: help me m apostrophe AI d e z may day
- 7:33Speaker 2: may day. That's interesting, that's interesting.
- 7:38Speaker 1: I didn't know that was the origin and.
- 7:40Speaker 2: It makes more sense than I thought it. Well, yeah,
- 7:46Speaker 2: I help help? Well, Well, what where are you? What
- 7:49Speaker 2: day is it? I don't know, it's may day. That
- 7:53Speaker 2: would have been my explanation.
- 7:54Speaker 1: I like that one.
- 7:57Speaker 2: Question seven. Aside from the four leading women, who is
- 8:00Speaker 2: the only character to appear in both the pilot and
- 8:02Speaker 2: final episodes of Sex and the City. That is the
- 8:08Speaker 2: only other character I could name, mister Big, but they
- 8:12Speaker 2: talk about him all the time, right.
- 8:14Speaker 1: Yeah, that's also the only other character I know of.
- 8:17Speaker 2: So, question to which country was the Statue of Liberty
- 8:25Speaker 2: initially intended to be gifted? Egypt?
- 8:31Speaker 1: I love that because it's like so quintessentially American, you know,
- 8:36Speaker 1: so that it wasn't even meant for us is just
- 8:39Speaker 1: the best. Yeah.
- 8:41Speaker 2: Yeah, sculpted by a French sculptor, intended for Egypt. They
- 8:45Speaker 2: didn't want it. You guys want this.
- 8:47Speaker 1: Yeah, someone needs to take pay for someone take my
- 8:53Speaker 1: statue please. And that's it for the first half, which
- 8:58Speaker 1: means it's tie for the Bang Bang Round. The category
- 9:05Speaker 1: for this week's Bang Bang Round is Literature. You will
- 9:10Speaker 1: have thirty seconds to answer the following question. In the
- 9:14Speaker 1: Very Hungry Caterpillar, there are six pieces of fruit mentioned.
- 9:19Speaker 1: What are they? Your time starts now.
- 9:52Speaker 2: And that's time. The six pieces of fruit mentioned in
- 9:57Speaker 2: the Very Hungry Caterpillar are apples, pears, plums, strawberries, oranges,
- 10:05Speaker 2: and watermelon. Other food mentioned as chocolate cake, ice cream,
- 10:12Speaker 2: cone pickle, a slice of Swiss cheese, salami, a lollipop,
- 10:15Speaker 2: cherry pie, a sausage, a cupcake, and a green leaf aka.
- 10:21Speaker 2: One Evening's Dinner for a pregnant lady, and.
- 10:27Speaker 1: Then she turns into a butterfly exactly. Round three. Question nine.
- 10:32Speaker 1: The category is mythology. What is the Roman counterpart to
- 10:38Speaker 1: the Greek goddess Aphrodite? Question ten. The category is entertainment.
- 10:47Speaker 1: This question comes from Major Data.
- 10:50Speaker 2: Thank you Major Major.
- 10:52Speaker 1: What was the name of the mechanical man character from L.
- 10:57Speaker 1: Frank Baum's OZ books that may an appearance in the
- 11:01Speaker 1: film returned to Oz and shares its name with a
- 11:05Speaker 1: social media app Question eleven. The category is history. The
- 11:15Speaker 1: Democratic Republic of the Congo has been known in the
- 11:18Speaker 1: past as the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, the Republic
- 11:23Speaker 1: of the Congo, Leopoldville, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
- 11:28Speaker 1: and the Republic of what before we're turning to its
- 11:32Speaker 1: current name. Question twelve. The category is math. This question
- 11:40Speaker 1: comes from listener Nolan. Think you Alan. If a triangle
- 11:45Speaker 1: is galen, how many of its sides are the same length?
- 11:54Speaker 1: And now? The answer is two? Round three? Question nine?
- 11:58Speaker 1: What is the Roman counterpart to the Greek goddess Aphrodite? Venus?
- 12:07Speaker 1: Question ten. What was the name of the mechanical man
- 12:10Speaker 1: character from L. Frank Baum's Oz books. Well, the social
- 12:16Speaker 1: media app hint was a good one.
- 12:18Speaker 2: It's Duo Lingo, do all Lingo.
- 12:24Speaker 1: It's TikTok is that big round guy.
- 12:28Speaker 2: With a bronze mustache.
- 12:29Speaker 1: Yeah, he's pretty great. He's great. Yeah.
- 12:31Speaker 2: I think he's probably my favorite thing from Return to Oz.
- 12:35Speaker 2: And that is the only thing I liked about Return.
- 12:38Speaker 1: I've never slain it, but I like the look of
- 12:40Speaker 1: the guy.
- 12:41Speaker 2: It's scarring.
- 12:42Speaker 1: Oh then, and I won't watch it.
- 12:44Speaker 2: It is a horrible movie for a child. Oh boy,
- 12:49Speaker 2: Return to Oz. They could have called him Chester Copper
- 12:53Speaker 2: pot Oh.
- 12:54Speaker 1: I like that. Question eleven, what was that other name
- 13:01Speaker 1: for the Democratic Republic of the Congo? It was the
- 13:06Speaker 1: Republic of Zaire?
- 13:08Speaker 2: WHOA had a left field with a steel chair? Sire
- 13:15Speaker 2: by God?
- 13:19Speaker 1: Question twelve The Triangle of Scalen. How many of its
- 13:24Speaker 1: sides are the same length? Zero? All the sides are
- 13:29Speaker 1: wonky wonky wonky, I mean not wonky, just not the
- 13:32Speaker 1: same length.
- 13:34Speaker 2: Scaling scaling Dolly Pardon sings Math.
- 13:42Speaker 1: Math tries to steal your man.
- 13:44Speaker 2: Working nine to five? How much is that difference? Access
- 13:53Speaker 2: in the stream Round four Question thirteen, and the category
- 14:00Speaker 2: is sports in nineteen sixty one, who was the first
- 14:05Speaker 2: team to win the League and FA Cup double in
- 14:09Speaker 2: the twentieth century? And if you need help, that's English football.
- 14:15Speaker 2: And if you need more help, it's a current Premier
- 14:17Speaker 2: League team. And if I say too much more, fans
- 14:20Speaker 2: are gonna get a little hot under the collar. Question fourteen.
- 14:27Speaker 2: Category is society and culture. This one comes to us
- 14:30Speaker 2: from listener Patrick. Thank you, Patrick, Thank you Patrick. How
- 14:34Speaker 2: many official time zones does China have? Question fifteen. The
- 14:42Speaker 2: category is video games. Dutch vanderlind is the leader of
- 14:48Speaker 2: the gang that the protagonist John Marston used to be
- 14:51Speaker 2: a member of in what video game? Question sixteen? This
- 15:00Speaker 2: is a tasty lick, brought to you by listener Jeff
- 15:04Speaker 2: fig you, Jeff, Thank you.
- 15:06Speaker 1: Jeff.
- 15:07Speaker 2: Jeff says maybe it's a lasty tick because it's a
- 15:11Speaker 2: before and after involving a food item and a band.
- 15:15Speaker 2: Jeff gives a hint that says the band is first
- 15:17Speaker 2: and then the food. For example, if we said this
- 15:20Speaker 2: chocolate confection would have you living on a prayer, the
- 15:24Speaker 2: answer would be bon bon Jovi.
- 15:26Speaker 1: What in this case is going to be It's.
- 15:28Speaker 2: Going to be Jovie Bonbond.
- 15:30Speaker 1: That's right.
- 15:32Speaker 2: Next time you go home, Sweet Home, the girls, Girls,
- 15:35Speaker 2: Girls want you to eat this healthy appetizer of sliced
- 15:39Speaker 2: raw vegetables and dip bond up a dude, now the
- 15:48Speaker 2: answers to round four. Question thirteen. In nineteen sixty one,
- 15:51Speaker 2: who is the first team to win the League and
- 15:54Speaker 2: FA Cup double in the twentieth century? Tottenham Hotspur. Yep,
- 16:02Speaker 2: they were the first one to win both in the
- 16:04Speaker 2: same season or year, the sixty sixty one season.
- 16:09Speaker 1: I think, Oh no, their keeper just broke their ankle.
- 16:12Speaker 2: Oh geez, yeah, I think they were doing pretty well.
- 16:16Speaker 2: Question fourteen. How many official time zones does Choyna have? One?
- 16:24Speaker 2: Just one? Question fifteen. Dutch vanderlind is the leader of
- 16:29Speaker 2: the gang that the protagonist John Marston used to be
- 16:32Speaker 2: a member of in what video game Red Dead Redemption?
- 16:38Speaker 1: You like that one?
- 16:40Speaker 2: Sure do? And Red Dead Redemption two is a prequel,
- 16:44Speaker 2: so it follows another guy that's part of the gang,
- 16:47Speaker 2: and John Marston pops in there as a member here
- 16:51Speaker 2: and there anyway, good games. Question sixteen. Next time you
- 16:55Speaker 2: go home, Sweet Home, the Girls, Girls, Girls, want you
- 16:59Speaker 2: to eat this hell the appetizer of sliced raw vegetables
- 17:02Speaker 2: and dip. It is Mottley Crue de Tay very good.
- 17:09Speaker 1: That one is fantastic. That's it for the regular rounds,
- 17:14Speaker 1: which means it's time for the Big Bang Round. The
- 17:23Speaker 1: category for this week's Big Bang Round is Music. We
- 17:27Speaker 1: will give you three questions which are all clues to
- 17:29Speaker 1: the one final question. The clue questions may not fall
- 17:33Speaker 1: under the same category, but this week they do. Question one,
- 17:42Speaker 1: which bands hit song One More Night Beat, Gugnum Style
- 17:47Speaker 1: and tied Call Me Maybe for most weeks at number
- 17:50Speaker 1: one on the Billboard Top one hundred in twenty twelve.
- 17:58Speaker 2: Question two, which was Bob Dylan's first hit single upon release.
- 18:07Speaker 1: Question three, which Martha and the Vandellas song was covered
- 18:13Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty five to raise money for the Live
- 18:16Speaker 1: Aid famine relief cause, And your.
- 18:23Speaker 2: Big Bang question again. The category is music. Which rock
- 18:27Speaker 2: Star contributed uncredited backing vocals to Carly Simon's number one
- 18:31Speaker 2: single You're So Vain?
- 18:38Speaker 1: And Now the answers to the Big Bang Round. Question one,
- 18:42Speaker 1: which band's hit song One More Night Beat, Gungnam Style
- 18:46Speaker 1: and Ty'd Call me maybe for most weeks at number
- 18:48Speaker 1: one on the Billboard Top one hundred and twenty twelve
- 18:53Speaker 1: Maroon five.
- 18:57Speaker 2: Question two? Which song was Bob Dylan's first hit single
- 19:01Speaker 2: upon release Like a Rolling Stone?
- 19:08Speaker 1: Question three? Which Martha and the Vandella song was covered
- 19:12Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty five to raise money for the Live
- 19:14Speaker 1: Aid Famine relief cause, Dancing in the Street.
- 19:21Speaker 2: And finally, which rock star contributed uncredited backing vocals to
- 19:25Speaker 2: Carly Simon's number one single You're So Vain, subject of
- 19:29Speaker 2: a Maroon five hit, one of the lead vocalists on
- 19:33Speaker 2: the Dancing in the Street cover and member of the
- 19:35Speaker 2: Rolling Stones, whichwas Mick Jagger.
- 19:39Speaker 1: That's fun. I wonder why he's uncredited. I don't know.
- 19:43Speaker 2: There was some scuttle butt that he was the subject
- 19:47Speaker 2: of that song, but I think Carly Simon denies it
- 19:51Speaker 2: or denied it. There's just controversy about it.
- 19:55Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't feel like he would do the backing
- 19:57Speaker 1: vocals if it was about him. But maybe your name
- 20:00Speaker 1: right now, because maybe he's that vain. He's like, well,
- 20:03Speaker 1: I'm the backing vocal so yes, I think the song
- 20:06Speaker 1: is about me.
- 20:07Speaker 2: Down chair, don't don't you wish your girlfriends like me.
- 20:13Speaker 1: But that song is about the person who's so vain.
- 20:17Speaker 1: So it's kind of a funny song because it's like,
- 20:20Speaker 1: but it is. I think this song is about me
- 20:22Speaker 1: because you think I'm vain.
- 20:24Speaker 2: Oh no, song is a unrequited love but Carly Sibon,
- 20:31Speaker 2: Oh she did, she wanted to date the person.
- 20:36Speaker 1: It's actually a love story.
- 20:38Speaker 2: Justin oh fashion love song.
- 20:41Speaker 1: And I will always love math. WHOA.
- 20:46Speaker 2: That's it for this episode of quiz Quiz Bang Bang.
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- 21:18Speaker 2: guys for listening. Hope you're doing well. Happy tea given
- 21:21Speaker 2: for all you Americans who celebrate Happy Thursday. For everyone
- 21:27Speaker 2: else for this episode, I've been David Flora, I've.
- 21:30Speaker 1: Been Andie Flora. Here is looking at you. I'm your venus,
- 21:42Speaker 1: I'm your effordite, just so mighty.
- 21:45Speaker 2: Wear a nightie