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Ep 290: General Trivia

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Speaker 1

Hello, and welcome to Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, the pub quiz practice show that hits you pow right in the quizzer.

I'm David Flora.

Speaker 2

And I'm Aie Flora, and we're here to teach you more about trivia than there are nights at the round table whose.

Speaker 1

Names we don't remember.

Speaker 2

There's a whole big old table, and there's Lancelot, then there's Arthur, then there's Galahad, and then there's a bunch of other dudes hanging around with names.

Speaker 1

I don't know, sir, not appearing in this film.

That's right, no news, nothing to speak of anyway, So let's jump into this trivia.

Here's how the show works.

Quiz Quiz Bang Bang's format.

There's four rounds of four quests, each followed by the answers.

After round two, we'll ask a quick fire bang bang question where you'll have a time limit to give multiple answers.

After the fourth round, the show culminates with the Big Bang, a final round with three questions whose answers are all clues to one final question.

Round one Question one the category is space.

Soviet cosmonauts traveled with what in case they landed in Siberia and ran into bears.

Question two, category mythology, What was the job of Karon in Greek mythology?

Question three category music.

This one comes to us from Major Data.

Speaker 2

Fig you Major, Thank you Major.

Speaker 1

The lead singer and rapper of House of Pain goes by which to stage names.

One is a former Yankees Hall of Fame pitcher and six time World Series champion.

The other is also a brand of car battery.

Question four category history, Oberfell versus Hodges is a case that went in front of the US Supreme Court and brought about nationwide equality for what and now the answers to round one?

Question one?

Soviet cosmonauts traveled with what in case they landed in Siberia and ran into bears?

Shotguns, specifically the TP eighty two and out of service triple barreled Soviet combination gun that also had a knife in the stock.

Speaker 2

Just to be good and sure.

Speaker 1

Yeah, better safe than sorry.

Carry a shotgun so if a bear comes at you, you can just make it mad before it eats you.

Speaker 2

Could you imagine if you went into space and survived that and then died because of a bear like that's wild?

Speaker 1

Question two, What was the job of Karen and Greek mythology.

He was the ferryman to the underworld.

Question three.

The lead singer and rapper of House of Pain goes by which two stage names, Whitey Ford and Everlast.

House of Pain is best known for the nineteen ninety two hit single jump Around, Jump Jump Jump.

Question four.

Oberfell versus Hodges is a case that went in front of the Supreme Court and brought about nationwide equality for what marriage equality?

Speaker 2

Yay?

Round two?

Question five.

The category is comics.

Laura Lorvaon is the mother of what fictional character?

That's La R Space l R dash va n.

Question six.

The category is film.

This question comes from listener knife, Thank you Knife.

Which movie had the first director?

Commentary?

Question seven?

The category is technology.

Oh boy, The official measurement unit of a computer mouse is fittingly called what.

Question eight, the category is botany.

What is the world's fastest growing plant?

With some species?

He's growing up to thirty five inches a day?

And now the answer is to round two.

Question five.

Laura Levon is the mother of what fictional character?

This is his birth mother, not who raised him in Kansas.

It's Supermand Question six, which movie had the first director commentary is the nineteen ninety release of Taxi Driver on LaserDisc and had the first ever commentary by a director, that being Martin Scorsese Trailblazer Criterion collection.

Speaker 1

I think was the Trailblazer.

Speaker 2

Yeah, but he was the first director.

So in case Martin Scorsese doesn't have enough validation, he also can mark that off question seven.

Oh boy.

The official measurement unit of a computer mouse is fittingly called what uh huh, mick mouse is called a mickey.

One mickey represents the smallest detectable movement of the mouse, and it is generally equivalent to one two hundredth of an inch or about zero point one millimeters.

Boy, the hint might have landed harder if David had writ the question.

Question eight was the world's fastest growing plant bamboo.

Good news for pandas.

Speaker 1

That's the first half down, that means it's time for the Bang Bang round.

The category for this Bang Bang round is geography.

You'll have thirty seconds to give as many answers as you can to the following name the seven largest freshwater lakes by area, excluding seasonal lakes.

Your time starts now.

Speaker 2

And that's time.

The seven largest freshwater lakes by area are Superior Victoria, Huron, Michigan, Tanganika by Call, and Great Bear Lake.

Speaker 1

Round three, Question nine.

The category is food and drink.

Which spirit is primarily flavored with juniper berries?

Question ten, category tasty lick.

This one comes to us from listener may thank you, May thank you.

Speaker 2

May.

Speaker 1

Tasty lick is a before and after featuring a food and a band or musician.

For example, if I said this chocolate confection will have you living on a prayer, the answer would be Bon bon Jovi.

Here we go, Country Roads.

Take this American singer home to have a martini or a Negroni with this aromatic fortified wine.

Question eleven, category television.

The Ballad of Jed Clampett was the theme song to which American sitcom.

Question twelve category geography, with a name meaning at the foot of the mountains.

What is the second largest region of Italy?

And now?

The answer is to round three question nine?

Which spirit is primarily flavored with juniper berry's gin?

Question ten, country roads.

Take this American singer home to have a martini or nigroni with this aromatic fortified wine.

That would be John Denvermouth I don't think I ever knew that Vermuth was a fortified wine.

No, I didn't really think about it, but it's interesting, yeah.

Question eleven.

The Ballad of Jed Clampett was the theme song to which American sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.

Speaker 2

No, no, I didst along even though you can't see it.

Speaker 1

Question twelve, with a name meaning at the foot of the mountains.

What is the second largest region of Italy?

Piedmont that's in the north.

I believe Sicily's the biggest region.

Speaker 2

Round four.

Question thirteen.

The category is science.

A deficiency in precipitation over an extended period is known by what term?

Question fourteen.

The category is business.

This question comes from listener Bobby.

Speaker 1

Thank you, Bobby, Thank you Bobby.

Speaker 2

What is the maximum number of bitcoin that can be created?

Question fifteen.

The category is literature.

What writer coined the phrase ships that pass in the night?

Question sixteen?

The category is sports.

Who is the twenty twenty four Formula One Drivers Champion?

And now the answers to round four?

Question thirteen.

A deficiency and precipitation over an extended period is known by what term?

Drought?

Question fourteen?

What is the maximum number of bitcoin that can be created twenty one million.

The exact reasoning behind Satoshi Nakamoto's decision to limit bitcoin's supply to twenty one million is unknown, with the decision said to be an estimated.

Guess.

Question fifteen.

What writer coined the phrase ships that pass in the night?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

I mean that's a great name.

It's from the theologian's tale Elizabeth.

Question sixteen.

Who is the twenty twenty four Formula One driver's champion Max for stopping?

He's from Belgium.

Speaker 1

That's it for the regular rounds.

That means it's time for the Big Bang Round.

They category for this week's Big Bang Round is Symbols.

We're gonna ask you three questions, the answers of which are all clues to the final question.

Keep in mind the reclue questions may not be from the same category as the final.

Question one which fort and later city was founded by French explorers Antoine de la Motte Cadillac and Alphonse de Tonti in seventeen oh one.

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Question two, what is the highest level of the English football league system?

Speaker 1

Called question three?

Which English king was crowned in eleven ninety four for a second time after his capture in ransom from Germany.

Speaker 2

And Your Big Bang Question developed by the British Toy and Hobby Association.

The Conformity mark used to identified toys denoted as safe and of high quality.

Feature a yellow triangle outlined in green with the face of what animal inside it?

Speaker 1

And now the answers to the Big Bang Round Question one which fort and later city was founded by French explorers Antoine de la Motte Calac and Alfonse d Tanti in seventeen oh one.

Speaker 2

Detroit Question two, what is the highest level of the English football league system called Premier League?

Speaker 1

Question three, which English king was crowned in eleven ninety four for a second time after his capture in ransom from Germany, Richard the first.

Speaker 2

And Your Big Bang Question developed by the British Toy and Hobby Association.

The Conformity mark used to identify toys denoted as safe end of high quality features a yellow triangle outlined in green with the face of what animal inside the animal and the nickname of Richard I.

The Detroit NFL team and logo of the Premier League.

It's a Lion.

The lion mark is voluntary and only members of the British Toy and a Hobby association can use it.

It's also used to indicate shops as approved lion mark retailers, so now you might notice those lionmarks on some of your toys and games.

Speaker 1

There you go, of course, Richard the first being Richard the lion Heart, and the Premier League having a lion with a crowd on.

Speaker 2

Aw.

I mean a real lied with a crown on would probably shake that off pretty fast.

Yeah, unless it wasn't napping.

I feel like Kings didn't take advantage of all the different animals we have.

You don't have a Richard the sloth Heart, which would be amazing.

Speaker 1

I think they opted for more cutting insults to them, like the bald or the ineffective.

Speaker 2

That's true, so they did use words well, they just didn't take advantage of all the animal Kingdom has to offer.

Speaker 1

I think that's okay.

Why throw shaded animals?

That makes it sound Why compare an animal to a stupid man?

Speaker 2

Touche?

Speaker 1

I hope you guys are doing well.

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So for this episode of Quiz Quiz bang Bang, I've been, David Flora.

Speaker 2

I've been, and Flora, here's looking at you.

Speaker 1

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