Episode Description
Hosted by Rusty Sellers, producer of The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast and resident quizmaster of the Pop The Quiz segment
Flying Whale Edition — ten questions based on the Maba Ba interview series
Round One: Multiple Choice (5 questions)
- Which African tribe inspired Flying Whale Wine? (Dogon)
- Which star system did the Dogon base their belief system on? (Sirius)
- Where did Maba Ba grow up? (Dakar, Senegal)
- What unexpected event led him into wine? (A random meeting in Miami)
- Before wine, Maba primarily worked as what? (Filmmaker)
- Round Two: True or False (5 questions)
- The Flying Whale name comes from a real animal used in winemaking (False)
- Maba met his winemaking partner shortly after their first introduction (True)
- The vineyard was newly built from scratch (False — 5th generation, 100+ years old)
- His red blend was inspired by big California Cabernet wines (True)
- He believes rosé should only be enjoyed in summer (False — "that idea is ridiculous")
- Scoring breakdown: 9–10 correct = locked in / 6–8 = mostly listening / 3–5 = wine in hand / 0–2 = you just liked the intro music
Rusty's closing line: "Wine isn't just about what's in the glass — it's about the story behind it. And sometimes that story involves a flying whale."
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