Latest / Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Trivia Podcast / Ep 297: 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 poun right in the quizzer.
- 0:22Speaker 1: I'm Manny Flora, I'm David Flora, and we're here to
- 0:24Speaker 1: teach you more about trivia than there were people who
- 0:27Speaker 1: were disappointed by the outcome of the World Series.
- 0:31Speaker 2: That's a lot of trivia.
- 0:33Speaker 1: So buckle up. We're gonna be here for hours on end.
- 0:37Speaker 1: Just kidding, but we do want to thank everyone who
- 0:42Speaker 1: came to Zoom Trivia, Yes we do. We're going to
- 0:47Speaker 1: give a shout out to some newcomers Clarice and Co Peopoo, Kathleen,
- 0:53Speaker 1: pep poo Veronica Pepoo and Emily, and we want to
- 1:01Speaker 1: give a shout out to our winners. In third place,
- 1:05Speaker 1: we have I am May. In second place we had
- 1:10Speaker 1: oh Army, and in first place we had Major Data.
- 1:19Speaker 1: So yeah, our next event is gonna be in November.
- 1:23Speaker 1: It's gonna be the day after Thanksgiving and it's gonna
- 1:26Speaker 1: be Plunger Day where if you come in second, you
- 1:29Speaker 1: come in first.
- 1:33Speaker 2: That's November twenty eight, Friday.
- 1:35Speaker 1: Yeah, so that will be a little different than our
- 1:37Speaker 1: regular trivia. It will have a number two theme because
- 1:41Speaker 1: Plunger Day is hilarious, and we want to give a
- 1:44Speaker 1: shout out again to oh Army.
- 1:49Speaker 2: For buying U Say coffeeh Camp, thank you, Mike.
- 1:55Speaker 1: Thank you are And we have a new pictree on
- 2:00Speaker 1: patron We've got Kathleen, Kathleen, Kathleen, thank you, and Emily
- 2:09Speaker 1: upgraded up. So thanks everybody. And we're doing a road
- 2:18Speaker 1: trip to Kentucky to visit the family. And I'm going
- 2:22Speaker 1: to be sending up postcards to the patrons. So if
- 2:25Speaker 1: you haven't send me your address, ye, please do because
- 2:29Speaker 1: you get a postcard and it's gonna be awesome. And
- 2:32Speaker 1: one last thing, we want to give a big happy
- 2:35Speaker 1: birthday to Kathy Kelly. And with all that excitement, let's
- 2:45Speaker 1: dive in. Here's how the show works wits.
- 2:49Speaker 2: Quiz Bang Bang's format. There's four rounds of four questions
- 2:52Speaker 2: each followed by the answers. After round two, we'll ask
- 2:55Speaker 2: a quick fire bang Bang question where you'll have a
- 2:58Speaker 2: time limit to give multiple answers. After the fourth round,
- 3:01Speaker 2: the show culminates with the Big Bang, a final round
- 3:05Speaker 2: with three questions whose answers are all clues to one
- 3:08Speaker 2: final question.
- 3:10Speaker 1: Round one Question one the category is TV. Which sitcom
- 3:17Speaker 1: character had catchphrases like suit up and legend wait for
- 3:23Speaker 1: it dairy? Question two? The category is language. The word
- 3:34Speaker 1: for which form of physical exercise is derived from the
- 3:39Speaker 1: Greek words for air and life. Question three. The category
- 3:48Speaker 1: is literature. This question comes from listener Bobby.
- 3:52Speaker 2: Thank you, Bubby, Thank you, Bobby.
- 3:55Speaker 1: Farewell Hello was the greeting of the Tralpha Medorians in
- 4:01Speaker 1: What Kurt Vonnegut Novel? Question four? The category is music.
- 4:12Speaker 1: Which musician had his fourteenth studio album, Mandatory Fun become
- 4:18Speaker 1: his first number one album during its debut week? And
- 4:26Speaker 1: now the answers to round one? Question one? Which sitcom
- 4:31Speaker 1: character had catchphrases like suit up and legend wait for
- 4:36Speaker 1: it dry? It's Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother,
- 4:44Speaker 1: played by Neil Patrick Harris. Question two. The word for
- 4:51Speaker 1: which form of physical exercise is derived from the Greek
- 4:54Speaker 1: words for air and life. It's air O B eggs aerobics.
- 5:02Speaker 1: The aerobics gives me life. Little Jane fond of action.
- 5:05Speaker 2: Good times JAZZU signs for me please.
- 5:10Speaker 1: Question three. Farewell Hello was the greeting of the Tralfa
- 5:15Speaker 1: Meadorians and What Kurt Vonneguton novel Slaughterhouse five. Question four.
- 5:26Speaker 1: Which musician had his fourteenth studio album, Mandatory Fun become
- 5:32Speaker 1: his first number one album during its debut week. Well,
- 5:38Speaker 1: it's a lot of fun, so it's weird, Al Yankovic.
- 5:45Speaker 2: Round two. Question five. The category is space. In nineteen
- 5:50Speaker 2: ninety four, the comet shoemaker Levy nine collided with which planet?
- 6:00Speaker 2: Question six? Category history? Which three European countries were united
- 6:06Speaker 2: through the thirteen ninety seven Union of Kalmar formed to
- 6:11Speaker 2: block German expansion northward? Question seven, category geography and government.
- 6:22Speaker 2: This one comes from listener Nolan. Thank you Nolan, Thank
- 6:25Speaker 2: you Nolan. Which US state's football crazy capital is home
- 6:30Speaker 2: to the country's only unicameral or one legislative house government?
- 6:41Speaker 2: Question eight Category landmarks. Daniel Chester, French sculpted the monumental
- 6:47Speaker 2: statue of which US President and now? The answer is
- 6:55Speaker 2: to round two question five. In nineteen ninety four, the
- 6:58Speaker 2: comet shoemaker Levy nine collided with which planet Jupiter? Question six?
- 7:08Speaker 2: Which three European countries were united through the thirteen ninety
- 7:12Speaker 2: seven Union of Kalmar, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Question seven?
- 7:21Speaker 2: Which US states football crazy capital is home to the
- 7:25Speaker 2: country's only unicameral government, Nebraska. It's often said in Nebraska
- 7:34Speaker 2: that on some autumn Saturdays, Memorial Stadium is the third
- 7:38Speaker 2: largest city in the state and.
- 7:41Speaker 1: The fourth largest is Cows Doesn't make sense, but I'm.
- 7:46Speaker 2: Sticking to it. Question eight. Daniel Chester, French sculpted the
- 7:52Speaker 2: monumental statue of which US President Abraham Lincoln. That's for
- 7:59Speaker 2: the Lincoln Memorial.
- 8:04Speaker 1: That's it for the first half, which means it's time
- 8:07Speaker 1: for the Bang Bang Round. The category for this week's
- 8:12Speaker 1: Bang Bang Round is sports and it comes from oh R, my,
- 8:20Speaker 1: thank you a R. I think so are you will
- 8:23Speaker 1: have thirty seconds to answer the following question. What are
- 8:28Speaker 1: the original six NHL National Hockey League teams? Your time
- 8:35Speaker 1: starts now.
- 9:07Speaker 2: And that's time. These six original NHL teams are Montreal Canadians,
- 9:16Speaker 2: Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks,
- 9:25Speaker 2: and Detroit Red Wings.
- 9:30Speaker 1: Round three. Question nine. The category is sports with sixty
- 9:37Speaker 1: eight yards. How many meters is that, David?
- 9:40Speaker 2: That's roughly seventy four point eight meters.
- 9:44Speaker 1: Cam little Brook what NFL National Football League record? Question ten?
- 9:55Speaker 1: The category is games and hobbies. What popular board game
- 10:00Speaker 1: was originally known as the Landlord's Game? Question eleven. The
- 10:09Speaker 1: category is anatomy. What three bones make up the knee?
- 10:19Speaker 1: Question twelve? The category is geography. What region is in
- 10:26Speaker 1: the UK but not in Great Britain? And now the
- 10:37Speaker 1: answers around three? Question nine? With sixty eight yards, Cam
- 10:42Speaker 1: Little broke? What NFL record longest field goal? He kicked
- 10:50Speaker 1: the ball further than anyone else has in a game
- 10:54Speaker 1: for a field goal? For a field goal, I guess
- 10:57Speaker 1: people can kick it longer.
- 10:58Speaker 2: Punts usually go pretty yeah.
- 11:03Speaker 1: Question ten. What popular board game was originally known as
- 11:08Speaker 1: the Landlord's game Monopoly? I guess Originally he was supposed
- 11:14Speaker 1: to teach you about the negative impacts of a monopoly,
- 11:20Speaker 1: and now it has turned into capitalism is great? The game?
- 11:26Speaker 1: Question eleven? What three bones make up the knee? The femur,
- 11:34Speaker 1: the tibia and the patella. If anyone's gonna be at
- 11:40Speaker 1: the Moab Half Marathon this weekend, I'll be there and
- 11:43Speaker 1: my knees will hate me. Question twelve. What region is
- 11:50Speaker 1: in the UK but not in Great Britain, Northern Ireland.
- 12:00Speaker 2: Or Question thirteen? The category is film which nineteen ninety
- 12:05Speaker 2: eight film with the tagline Fight the Future was a
- 12:08Speaker 2: follow up to a long running science fiction television series.
- 12:17Speaker 2: Question fourteen, Category language. This one comes to us from
- 12:21Speaker 2: Major Data figure Major, Thank you. One of these two
- 12:27Speaker 2: near identical words refers to the secret slang or jargon
- 12:32Speaker 2: of a particular group, while the other is a colorless,
- 12:35Speaker 2: odorless gas used in light bulbs and named after the
- 12:39Speaker 2: Greek word for lazy. What are those two words? Question
- 12:48Speaker 2: fifteen Category fashion? Which fashion label uses a green crocodile
- 12:54Speaker 2: for its logo? Question sixteen category Society and culture. This
- 13:03Speaker 2: one comes to us from listener Laura. Thank you, Laura,
- 13:06Speaker 2: Thank you Laura. Which is the only state in the
- 13:11Speaker 2: US that specifies USA on its license plates? In order
- 13:16Speaker 2: to avoid confusion? And now the answers to round four.
- 13:23Speaker 2: Question thirteen, which nineteen ninety eight film with the tagline
- 13:27Speaker 2: Fight the Future, was a follow up to a long
- 13:30Speaker 2: running sci fi TV series X Files. Question fourteen. One
- 13:39Speaker 2: of these two near identical words refers to the secret
- 13:42Speaker 2: slang or jargon of a particular group, while the other
- 13:44Speaker 2: is a colorless, odorless gas used in light bulbs, named
- 13:48Speaker 2: after the Greek word for lazy. Those two words are
- 13:53Speaker 2: are gone for the light bulb and rgo for slang
- 13:59Speaker 2: or jargon. It's right there in the word jargo rg argot.
- 14:06Speaker 1: I haven't heard that word. So learned something new today.
- 14:09Speaker 2: Question fifteen which fashion label uses a green crocodile for
- 14:13Speaker 2: its logo lacoste, And question sixteen, which is the only
- 14:21Speaker 2: state that specifies USA on its license plates in order
- 14:26Speaker 2: to avoid confusion New Mexico.
- 14:35Speaker 1: Yeah, that sounds made up because it's so stupid.
- 14:40Speaker 2: But America's like holding my beer.
- 14:44Speaker 1: That I went to the College of Santa Fe and
- 14:48Speaker 1: I went there from Colorado. Everyone in Colorado knows about
- 14:50Speaker 1: New Mexico, so is a non issue here. That I
- 14:54Speaker 1: had friends coming from like New Hampshire and Pennsylvania and Connecticut,
- 14:59Speaker 1: and the questions they got when they said that they
- 15:02Speaker 1: were going to college in New Mexico. People were like, Oh,
- 15:04Speaker 1: did you need to get a passport for that? Oh
- 15:07Speaker 1: did you need a visa? Like people did not know
- 15:11Speaker 1: that New Mexico was part of the US. So you
- 15:16Speaker 1: learn something sad every day. And that's it for the
- 15:22Speaker 1: regular rounds, which means it's time for the Big Bang round.
- 15:32Speaker 1: The category for this week's Big Bang round is Food
- 15:35Speaker 1: and Drink. We'll give you three clue questions that are
- 15:39Speaker 1: all hints to one final question. The clue questions may
- 15:43Speaker 1: not be in the same category. Question one, Which nocturnal
- 15:49Speaker 1: mammal that subsists on answer and termites is the first
- 15:54Speaker 1: animal listed in the dictionary?
- 16:01Speaker 2: Question two, which plants leaves make a caffeine free herbal
- 16:06Speaker 2: tea with an earthy flavor and aroma that is similar
- 16:09Speaker 2: to tobacco that's been gaining popularity since the two thousands.
- 16:19Speaker 1: Question three, which former correspondent and satire host hosted the
- 16:25Speaker 1: Grammy Awards for five consecutive years from twenty twenty one
- 16:29Speaker 1: to twenty twenty five, as well as the twenty twenty
- 16:33Speaker 1: two White House Correspondent's Dinner.
- 16:40Speaker 2: And Your Big Bang. Question Again, the category is Food
- 16:43Speaker 2: and Drink. What is the only continent where coffee grows naturally?
- 16:53Speaker 1: Now? The answers to the Big Bang questions? Question one,
- 16:58Speaker 1: Which nocturnal mammal that's sup on ants and termites is
- 17:02Speaker 1: the first animal in the Dictionary? Oddvark?
- 17:09Speaker 2: Question two, which plants leaves make a caffeine free herbal
- 17:12Speaker 2: tea with an earthy flavor and aroma? That is similar
- 17:15Speaker 2: to tobacco that has been gaining popularity since the two thousands. Rubos.
- 17:24Speaker 1: Question three, which former correspondent and satire host hosted the
- 17:30Speaker 1: Grammy Awards for five consecutive years.
- 17:35Speaker 2: Trevor Noah and what is the only continent where coffee
- 17:41Speaker 2: grows naturally? It's the home or native continent of Ardvarks
- 17:47Speaker 2: Rubos and Trevor Noah, it's Africa.
- 17:53Speaker 1: Yeah, it's interesting. I mean, I think if you ask
- 17:57Speaker 1: someone that question without the clue questions, you'd automatically think
- 18:03Speaker 1: South America or Africa, because South America has just been like,
- 18:06Speaker 1: we love coffee, but they brought it over see.
- 18:10Speaker 2: I would have thought South America or Asia. Oh yeah,
- 18:14Speaker 2: Africa was probably third on my.
- 18:16Speaker 1: List, but Antarctica straight.
- 18:20Speaker 2: Out right out Europe, si Ya, Sia.
- 18:26Speaker 1: North America wouldn't want to.
- 18:27Speaker 2: Be uh, New Mexico. You're not a con although Americans
- 18:32Speaker 2: think you might be.
- 18:33Speaker 1: Yeah. But it is funny because Trevor Noah, if you
- 18:40Speaker 1: don't know who he is, he's a comedian. He hosted
- 18:43Speaker 1: The Daily Show. And David and I watched UK basketball
- 18:47Speaker 1: games and there's a player on there called Trent Noah,
- 18:51Speaker 1: and boy is he being called Trevor Noah a lot,
- 18:57Speaker 1: and yeah varks beauty.
- 19:00Speaker 2: Pies, they're like armadillo pigs.
- 19:03Speaker 1: Yeah they have like pig snouts and roy bos r.
- 19:14Speaker 1: It's been a popular tea in Africa for a long time.
- 19:19Speaker 1: So when I say gain popularity in the two thousands,
- 19:23Speaker 1: it's a gained popularity internationally. It's more common now in
- 19:28Speaker 1: the US and stuff like that. I hope you guys
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- 19:39Speaker 1: you guys got that one. But if you didn't, that's okay.
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