Latest / Quiz Quiz Bang Bang Trivia Podcast / Ep 339: General Trivia
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- 0:15Speaker 1: Hello and welcome to Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, the pub
- 0:18Speaker 1: quiz practice show that hits you POW! Right in the quizzer.
- 0:21Speaker 1: I'm David Flora.
- 0:23Speaker 2: And I'm Annie Flora, and we're here to teach you
- 0:25Speaker 2: more about trivia than there are false alarms about if
- 0:29Speaker 2: it's gonna rain here or not. Guys, the weather in
- 0:34Speaker 2: Crested Butte, Colorado is wacky because you'll see the biggest,
- 0:39Speaker 2: scariest storm clouds and be like, oh, I don't know
- 0:45Speaker 2: if I should be walking. And then it's clear. It's fine.
- 0:48Speaker 2: There's no rain.
- 0:50Speaker 1: Literally happened to us. But hey, it's hoodie weather.
- 0:53Speaker 2: Oh, we do love hoodie weather. I hope everyone had
- 0:57Speaker 2: a wonderful summer, but we like the cold.
- 1:02Speaker 1: Hey, Annie. Yes? Did you know we were on another podcast?
- 1:09Speaker 2: What? When?
- 1:10Speaker 1: Earlier.
- 1:13Speaker 2: Tell me more.
- 1:15Speaker 1: We made a return appearance on Brian Sheehan's TV and
- 1:19Speaker 1: movie trivia pod. Brian, who you know from Lord of
- 1:23Speaker 1: the Answerings.
- 1:24Speaker 2: Oh, yeah.
- 1:25Speaker 1: Had us on to ask questions about the Tom Cruise
- 1:28Speaker 1: movie Oblivion. Which is low-key a fun flick to watch. Yeah.
- 1:34Speaker 1: I really enjoy that movie.
- 1:36Speaker 2: It's fun. Tom Cruise has done some fun sci-fi movies.
- 1:41Speaker 1: He really has.
- 1:42Speaker 2: Yeah, we talked about that. It was a great time.
- 1:44Speaker 2: We love Brian.
- 1:46Speaker 1: You should listen.
- 1:47Speaker 2: You should give it a listen. And watch the movie.
- 1:50Speaker 1: Do both. Yeah, play along. So check out TV and
- 1:55Speaker 1: Movie Trivia Pod and look for the Oblivion episode And
- 2:01Speaker 1: listen to the other stuff that Brian has on offer there.
- 2:05Speaker 1: We also did Hook back in the day. Yeah.
- 2:08Speaker 2: And we've done some Rick and Morty on there as well.
- 2:10Speaker 1: We've done some Rick and Morty, yeah.
- 2:11Speaker 2: And Ricky and Kelly have been on it as well.
- 2:15Speaker 2: I think they might have done Beetlejuice or something equally
- 2:18Speaker 2: as fun.
- 2:20Speaker 1: Always fun.
- 2:21Speaker 2: Yeah. And they're from Trivia Time Podcast, which you should
- 2:24Speaker 2: also check out. Just check out all our buddies. We
- 2:26Speaker 2: love them.
- 2:27Speaker 1: Hey, David.
- 2:28Speaker 2: Huh?
- 2:29Speaker 1: Huh?
- 2:30Speaker 2: I also want to just give a quick shout out
- 2:32Speaker 2: to Stacy for her birthday. Happy birthday, Stacy. It says
- 2:41Speaker 2: last year, Olive, our dog princess. Come here, Olive. Olive,
- 2:46Speaker 2: you're so good. You're such a good girl, Olive. Was
- 2:49Speaker 2: woke up and jumped around in the car when Annie
- 2:52Speaker 2: called out to her.
- 2:53Speaker 1: So....
- 2:55Speaker 2: They play under, I'm going to pet that dog. So,
- 2:59Speaker 2: big happy birthday to Stacy and Olive.
- 3:03Speaker 1: Olive, you're so good.
- 3:04Speaker 2: Olive. Oh, we love you, Olive.
- 3:06Speaker 1: Happy birthday. Hope you guys are doing well.
- 3:09Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 3:09Speaker 1: And don't forget, we have Zoom Trivia, second Saturday of September.
- 3:15Speaker 2: Join us.
- 3:17Speaker 1: September 12th, noon Mountain Time.
- 3:21Speaker 2: Come on down to Trivia Town.
- 3:24Speaker 1: And I think that's all the business. Let's get to
- 3:29Speaker 1: the trevesness. Here's how the show works. Whiz Quiz Bang
- 3:34Speaker 1: Bang's format is four rounds of four questions each, followed
- 3:37Speaker 1: by the answers. After round two, we'll ask a quick-fire
- 3:41Speaker 1: bang-bang question, where you'll have a time limit to give
- 3:43Speaker 1: multiple answers. After the fourth round, the show culminates with
- 3:47Speaker 1: the Big Bang, a final round with three questions whose
- 3:51Speaker 1: answers are all clues to one final question. Round one,
- 3:56Speaker 1: question one. The category is mythology. In Egyptian mythology, which
- 4:02Speaker 1: warrior goddess of the sun had the head of a cat?
- 4:09Speaker 1: Question two, category geography. This one comes to us from
- 4:14Speaker 1: our listener, Joss. Thank you, Joss.
- 4:16Speaker 2: Thank you, Joss.
- 4:18Speaker 1: Which well-known theater district do some claim derives its name
- 4:22Speaker 1: from the Dutch term bread of egg? Question three, category Technology.
- 4:32Speaker 1: What is the name for a one-wheeled device attached to
- 4:36Speaker 1: a motorcycle or scooter? Question four, category Food and Drink.
- 4:46Speaker 1: Which kind of nut is traditionally found on top of
- 4:49Speaker 1: a Genoa cake? And now the answers to round one,
- 4:56Speaker 1: question one in Egyptian Mythology. Which warrior goddess of the
- 5:00Speaker 1: sun had the head of a cat? We're looking for
- 5:05Speaker 1: Bast or Bastet. Also known as Ubasti or Bubastis.
- 5:13Speaker 2: Wow.
- 5:14Speaker 1: Gotta get Bast in there somewhere.
- 5:15Speaker 2: That's not my name. That's not my name. They call
- 5:18Speaker 2: me Basta. They call me Bubusta. They call me....
- 5:25Speaker 1: Question two, which well-known theater district do some claim derives
- 5:29Speaker 1: its name from the Dutch term Bredeweg? Broadway in New York.
- 5:38Speaker 1: Question three, what is the name for a one-wheeled device
- 5:41Speaker 1: attached to a motorcycle or scooter? That's a sidecar. Question four,
- 5:49Speaker 1: which kind of nut is traditionally found on top of
- 5:52Speaker 1: a Genoa cake? Almonds. The perfect murder cake.
- 6:01Speaker 2: That's true. I'll keep that in mind.
- 6:07Speaker 1: What have I done to myself?
- 6:12Speaker 2: Round two, question five. The category is literature. Dennis Taylor's
- 6:18Speaker 2: We Are Legion. For we are many. All these worlds.
- 6:24Speaker 2: Heaven's River and Not Till We Are Lost are all
- 6:30Speaker 2: novels in which series? Question six. The category is animals.
- 6:39Speaker 2: This question comes from listener Bobby. Thank you, Bobby.
- 6:42Speaker 1: Thank you, Bobby.
- 6:44Speaker 2: Ovine, that's O-V-I-N-E, refers to which animals? Question 7. The
- 6:56Speaker 2: category is History. The Scopes Monkey Trial was an American
- 7:02Speaker 2: legal case involving which scientific theory? Question 8. The category
- 7:12Speaker 2: is Theater. Which musical did not win any Tonys when
- 7:18Speaker 2: it originally played on Broadway but has since won Best
- 7:22Speaker 2: Revival of a Musical in 1996 and the Best Picture
- 7:27Speaker 2: Academy Award in 2003. And now the answers to round two,
- 7:36Speaker 2: question five. Dennis Taylor's We Are Legion, for We Are Many,
- 7:42Speaker 2: All These Worlds, Heaven's River, and Not Till We Are
- 7:45Speaker 2: Lost are all novels in which series? Bobiverse. Question six.
- 7:56Speaker 2: Ovine refers to which animal? Sheep. Question seven. The Scopes
- 8:07Speaker 2: Monkey Trial was an American legal case involving which scientific theory?
- 8:14Speaker 2: Human evolution. Isn't there a play about that?
- 8:20Speaker 1: Yeah, Inherit the Wind.
- 8:21Speaker 2: Yeah, and hurt the wind. Question eight. Which musical did
- 8:29Speaker 2: not win any Tonys when it originally played on Broadway,
- 8:32Speaker 2: but since won Best Revival of a Musical in 1996
- 8:36Speaker 2: and Best Picture Academy Award in 2003? Chicago.
- 8:42Speaker 1: That's it for the first half. That means it's time
- 8:49Speaker 1: for the Bang Bang Round. The category for this week's
- 8:54Speaker 1: Bang Bang Round is mythology. You'll have 45 seconds to
- 9:00Speaker 1: give as many answers as you can to the following.
- 9:03Speaker 1: In ancient Greek mythology, there are 12 Olympians. Name them.
- 9:08Speaker 1: Your time starts now.
- 9:56Speaker 2: And that's time. The 12 Olympics. are Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes,
- 10:20Speaker 2: and either Hestia or Dionysus. They're the ones that hung
- 10:30Speaker 2: out at Mount Olympus a lot. Just having a good
- 10:33Speaker 2: old time.
- 10:35Speaker 1: Round three, question nine. The category is sports. This one
- 10:40Speaker 1: comes to us from listener Nolan. Thank you, Nolan.
- 10:42Speaker 2: Thank you, Nolan.
- 10:44Speaker 1: The final play from scrimmage of Super Bowl XLVII had
- 10:47Speaker 1: the same result as the first play from scrimmage of
- 10:50Speaker 1: the very next Super Bowl. I believe that was Super
- 10:53Speaker 1: Bowl XLVIII. What was the result which happens in less
- 10:58Speaker 1: than one-tenth of a percent of all NFL plays? Question 10. Category.
- 11:07Speaker 2: Space.
- 11:09Speaker 1: What was the first NASA program to land an object
- 11:13Speaker 1: on Mars successfully? Question 11. Category. Film. This one comes
- 11:22Speaker 1: from Major Data. Thank you, Major.
- 11:24Speaker 2: Thank you, Major.
- 11:25Speaker 1: What Academy Award winner wrote the screenplay to the first
- 11:30Speaker 1: two Superman films? Question 12, category Games and Hobbies. In knitting,
- 11:41Speaker 1: what type of knot is made when you cast on?
- 11:48Speaker 1: And now the answers to round three, question nine. The
- 11:51Speaker 1: final play from scrimmage of Super Bowl XLVII had the
- 11:54Speaker 1: same result as the first play from scrimmage of the
- 11:56Speaker 1: next Super Bowl. What was this result? A safety. The
- 12:03Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens took an intentional safety to run down the
- 12:07Speaker 1: clock at the end of 47, and then crowd noise
- 12:11Speaker 1: caused Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning to miss the first snap
- 12:15Speaker 1: into the end zone the very next year.
- 12:20Speaker 2: Ugh.
- 12:21Speaker 1: Must have thrown it all the way to Omaha. Question 10.
- 12:26Speaker 1: What was the first NASA program to successfully land an
- 12:30Speaker 1: object on Mars? Viking. They had a few tries before that.
- 12:38Speaker 2: The reason we said successfully is because there was a
- 12:40Speaker 2: few failed attempts prior to Viking.
- 12:43Speaker 1: Mars Climate Orbiter. disintegrated and Mars Polar Lander crashed when
- 12:49Speaker 1: software mistook deployment vibration for surface touchdown, and then Mariner
- 12:55Speaker 1: 3 solar panels didn't deploy.
- 12:57Speaker 2: I can't imagine how heartbreaking that would be to work
- 13:02Speaker 2: so hard on something like that.
- 13:04Speaker 1: No, you're right.
- 13:05Speaker 2: And the first one that disintegrated was because someone did
- 13:09Speaker 2: centimeters instead of, or a measurement issue where it Could
- 13:13Speaker 2: you imagine being the person who made that mistake and
- 13:17Speaker 2: watching it? And then when they research, I just, I
- 13:21Speaker 2: couldn't handle it.
- 13:24Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right, Annie. I'll never be a rocket scientist
- 13:26Speaker 1: because of that.
- 13:28Speaker 2: I'd be a rocket scientist if it wasn't for the
- 13:31Speaker 2: emotional burden.
- 13:34Speaker 1: Question 11. What Academy Award winner wrote the screenplay to
- 13:37Speaker 1: the first two Superman films? He's better known for the Godfather.
- 13:46Speaker 1: It's Mario Puzo.
- 13:47Speaker 2: Yeah, I only associate him with the Godfather, so Superman.
- 13:54Speaker 1: Question 12. In knitting, what type of knot is made
- 13:57Speaker 1: when you cast on? A slipknot.
- 14:03Speaker 2: Round four, question 13. The category is geography. The Indian
- 14:08Speaker 2: city of Chennai was changed in 1996 from what name?
- 14:18Speaker 2: Question 14. The category is language. This question comes from
- 14:22Speaker 2: listener Mamie. Thank you, Mamie.
- 14:23Speaker 1: Thank you, Mamie.
- 14:25Speaker 2: What is the second official language of Finland? Question 15.
- 14:34Speaker 2: The category is art. What Flemish Baroque artist had works
- 14:40Speaker 2: including Self-Portrait with a Sunflower, Charles I in Three Positions,
- 14:46Speaker 2: and Charles I at the Hunt? Question 16. The category
- 14:54Speaker 2: is Music. What musician was awarded the first gold record
- 15:00Speaker 2: in 1958? And for an extra point, what was the
- 15:03Speaker 2: name of his hit single? And now the answers to
- 15:10Speaker 2: round four. Question 13. The Indian city of Chennai was
- 15:15Speaker 2: changed in 1996 from what name? Madras. It is the
- 15:22Speaker 2: capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state
- 15:28Speaker 2: of India. Question 14. What is the second official language
- 15:34Speaker 2: in Finland? It's Swedish. Question 15. What Flemish Baroque artist
- 15:44Speaker 2: had works including self-portrait with a sunflower? Charles I in
- 15:50Speaker 2: three positions and Charles I at the hunt.
- 15:54Speaker 1: A fourth position.
- 15:58Speaker 2: Anthony Van Dyck. He was employed by Charles I.
- 16:04Speaker 1: Oh, really?
- 16:05Speaker 2: I know. Question 16. What musician was awarded the first
- 16:11Speaker 2: gold record in 1958? And for an extra point, what
- 16:14Speaker 2: was the name of the hit single? Perry Como for
- 16:20Speaker 2: Catch a Falling Star. The Oklahoma soundtrack was certified as
- 16:26Speaker 2: the first gold album four months later.
- 16:30Speaker 1: That's it for the regular rounds. That means it's time
- 16:33Speaker 1: for the Big Banger. The category for this week's Big
- 16:42Speaker 1: Bang Round is meteorology history. We'll give you three questions,
- 16:49Speaker 1: the answers of which are all clues to the final question.
- 16:52Speaker 1: Keep in mind, the three clue questions may not be
- 16:55Speaker 1: from the same category. Question one. In the musical Annie,
- 17:01Speaker 1: who is the head matron and caretaker of the orphanage?
- 17:10Speaker 2: Question 2. Which Dickens character was described as secret and
- 17:16Speaker 2: self-contained and solitary as an oyster?
- 17:24Speaker 1: Question 3. Both Gene Hackman and Jeffrey Hunter were considered
- 17:29Speaker 1: for which classic American TV series role before it went
- 17:33Speaker 1: to Robert Reed?
- 17:39Speaker 2: And your Big Bang question. What was the first Atlantic
- 17:45Speaker 2: hurricane name to be retired by the U.S. Weather Bureau?
- 17:55Speaker 1: And now the answers to the Big Bang round. Question
- 17:57Speaker 1: one in the musical Annie. Who is the head matron
- 18:00Speaker 1: and caretaker of the orphanage? Miss Hannigan.
- 18:07Speaker 2: Question two. Which Dickens character was described as secret and
- 18:12Speaker 2: self-contained and solitary as an oyster? Ebenezer Scrooge.
- 18:21Speaker 1: Question three. Both Gene Hackman and Jeffrey Hunter were considered
- 18:24Speaker 1: for which classic American TV series role before it went
- 18:27Speaker 1: to Robert Reed? Mike Brady. From the Brady Bunch.
- 18:37Speaker 2: And your Big Bang question. What was the first Atlantic
- 18:42Speaker 2: hurricane name to be retired by the U.S. Weather Bureau?
- 18:48Speaker 2: Like the actor who played Miss Hannigan in the Annie movie,
- 18:52Speaker 2: the wife of Mike Brady in Scrooge's story, it's Carol.
- 19:03Speaker 2: I think from what I read, and you read more
- 19:06Speaker 2: on this than I did, That they started retiring names
- 19:10Speaker 2: just to kind of honor the dead in the towns that,
- 19:14Speaker 2: you know, are impacted by hurricanes. So that way you
- 19:18Speaker 2: don't say, oh, I dealt with Hurricane Carol and people
- 19:23Speaker 2: are like, which one?
- 19:25Speaker 1: Or like, you didn't deal with my Carol.
- 19:28Speaker 2: Yes.
- 19:29Speaker 1: It was, yeah, it was done to not be insensitive
- 19:34Speaker 1: to those who had suffered and They did put like
- 19:38Speaker 1: a 10 year moratorium on the retirement. So they had
- 19:44Speaker 1: another Hurricane Carol after that. If I remember correctly, they
- 19:48Speaker 1: might have decided to. make them permanent when they retired
- 19:52Speaker 1: the names. But the year that Carol was retired as
- 19:57Speaker 1: a name also had two other hurricane names retired, Hazel
- 20:02Speaker 1: and Edna. But from everything that I could gather from
- 20:07Speaker 1: It seemed like Carol was the first one to officially
- 20:11Speaker 1: be retired in that group.
- 20:14Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know why, but I do agree that
- 20:17Speaker 2: I read things and I'm like, and that's why Carol
- 20:19Speaker 2: was the first. And I'm like, but if you retired,
- 20:21Speaker 2: three names. How was Carol the first? But the U.S.
- 20:25Speaker 2: Weather Bureau says that Carol's the first, and I believe them.
- 20:30Speaker 1: Also, just a side fact for this, they used to
- 20:33Speaker 1: name hurricanes just exclusively women's names. And then they, you know,
- 20:40Speaker 1: kind of were like, this isn't great. Let's add dude
- 20:47Speaker 1: names now.
- 20:50Speaker 2: We don't get equal pay, but we're not blamed for
- 20:52Speaker 2: all Hurricanes progress.
- 20:57Speaker 1: Anyways, if you can weather the storm that is the
- 21:01Speaker 1: first week of September, get to that second week, you
- 21:04Speaker 1: can come play Zoom trivia with us.
- 21:06Speaker 2: Please do. It's always fun to hang out with you guys.
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- 21:42Speaker 2: Yeah, speaking of throwing things, our last extra episode for
- 21:45Speaker 2: the patrons was all about baseball.
- 21:47Speaker 1: Baseball. I aimed for some kind of weird and fun
- 21:53Speaker 1: baseball trivia with that one.
- 21:55Speaker 2: Yeah, super fun.
- 21:55Speaker 1: Some good times. So that's what we try to do.
- 21:59Speaker 1: But either way, thank you for listening.
- 22:02Speaker 2: Thank you.
- 22:03Speaker 1: For this episode of Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, I've been
- 22:05Speaker 1: David Flora.
- 22:06Speaker 2: I've been Annie Flora. Here's looking at you, quiz. So
- 22:16Speaker 2: it's kind of wild because Chicago is one of the
- 22:18Speaker 2: longest running, if not the longest running musical. I don't know.
- 22:22Speaker 2: I can't remember if it's. overtaken Phantom or not. But
- 22:27Speaker 2: it's up there. It's one or two. And I think
- 22:31Speaker 2: Gwen Verdon convinced Fosse, who she was married to at
- 22:34Speaker 2: the time. Chicago is based on a play and I
- 22:37Speaker 2: think she kind of helped make it be turned into
- 22:41Speaker 2: a musical. And then Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera led
- 22:47Speaker 2: the cast and Jerry Orbach played Billy Flynn. And it's
- 22:53Speaker 2: You know, I mean, it's such a beloved musical, but
- 22:55Speaker 2: it went up against a chorus line and a chorus
- 22:57Speaker 2: line was a really big deal when it came out.
- 23:00Speaker 2: And I say that like I hate a chorus line.
- 23:03Speaker 2: But anyway, the point is, is that it was kind
- 23:07Speaker 2: of struggling.
- 23:08Speaker 1: It's wild.
- 23:09Speaker 2: And then the show had a bunch of setbacks. And
- 23:12Speaker 2: then Gwen Verdon inhaled a foreign object during the show's finale,
- 23:17Speaker 2: damaging her vocal cords to the point she required surgery.
- 23:21Speaker 1: Wow.
- 23:22Speaker 2: So they're like, we should close the show down. Well,
- 23:26Speaker 2: then they're like, you know who we're good buddies with?
- 23:29Speaker 2: Kander and Ebb and Fosse. They're like, what if we
- 23:31Speaker 2: stick Liza Minnelli in here? So Liza Minnelli steps in
- 23:37Speaker 2: for Gwen Verdon.
- 23:39Speaker 1: And it takes off.
- 23:40Speaker 2: Not completely because it was nominated for Tonys. It didn't
- 23:46Speaker 2: win a single Tony. Completely zero. Zero. And then they
- 23:51Speaker 2: redid it with Bebe Neuwirth as Velma and Joel Grey
- 23:57Speaker 2: as Amos. Anne Reinking played Roxy. So that was in
- 24:01Speaker 2: the revival. So they did this revival, completely took off the,
- 24:07Speaker 2: you know, the movie.
- 24:08Speaker 1: Right time, I guess.
- 24:09Speaker 2: Did great.
- 24:11Speaker 1: The timing wasn't right at the beginning.
- 24:13Speaker 2: At the first one.
- 24:14Speaker 1: Yeah.
- 24:15Speaker 2: So I just thought it was crazy that this incredibly,
- 24:18Speaker 2: one of the most successful musicals ever had such a...
- 24:22Speaker 2: And if you think of the talent attached to, like,
- 24:26Speaker 2: Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, Jerry Orbach, like, that that's their
- 24:31Speaker 2: original cast. Like, that's, you know, Broadway royalty right there.
- 24:34Speaker 2: Bob Fosse, Kander and Ebb. Like, everything about it, there's
- 24:40Speaker 2: a reason it has such... Staying power, but it's just
- 24:43Speaker 2: crazy that it almost was a flop to begin with.