Think or Drink? - "Red, White, and Booze"

Sip your way though American history with us while celebrating the 4th of July! Andy, Jen, Josh, and The Fish go head-to-head in a spirited game of Think or Drink. Expect laughs, unexpected twists, and a lot of friendly banter as we test our knowledge on everything from Founding Father's smuggling booze to the last state to repeal it's prohibition laws.

Ever wondered how many cases of beer Americans crack open during the Independence Day weekend? Get ready to be amazed as we uncover jaw-dropping statistics about beer sales and reveal the nation's favorite brews.

Don't miss Josh's special lemonade and vodka cocktail recipe, featuring a unique liqueur blend, Perfect for your 4th of July celebrations.

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro, Introductions, Drinks
• 4:34 Revolutionary Drinking Trivia Game
• 16:08 Fourth of July Beer Sales Trivia
• 31:01 Largest Beer Festival
• 44:06 Economic Impact
• 49:24 Outro and Podcast Information

Transcript

Intro, Introductions, Drinks

Matt 1:01

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The Fish 1:13

We have liftoff.

Matt 1:17

Welcome to Matt and Friends. Drink the Universe. Drink the Universe. Welcome back everyone to Matt and Friends. Drink the Universe. Welcome back everyone to Matt and Friends. Drink the Universe. Today's theme is red, white and booze.

Matt 1:30

This is our 4th of July special. We're going to do some think or drink trivia. And here's me with the rules. Think or drink is our classic trivia game, where players start with 6 points. The last person with points remaining wins Correct answers.

Matt 1:44

Let you choose someone to lose a point and drink, while incorrect answers will cause you to lose a point and drink. For difficult questions, you have two options. First, you can make it a double to get help from someone else. If your collective answer is correct, you can choose individually to gain a point or to make somebody else drink and lose a point. If you're wrong, both of you lose a point and drink. Or you can put it on their tab by selecting someone to answer for you. If they're right, you lose a point and drink. If they're wrong, you gain a point. Make sure to balance potential risk and reward when you put it on their tab. Little stars and stripes forever there Love it. So this is our 4th of July episode and all of the trivia questions revolve around American history, but more importantly, american drinking history. So what makes us an exceptionally boozy country? It's true.

Andy 2:37

We're really the country that's taken all the drinking traditions around the world and said y'all, come on to the table, yep, and make it a double.

Matt 2:46

And we do it very well, very well. Some states better than others. We're going to go around the table here and introduce ourselves. I'm Andy, I'm Josh, I'm Jen.

The Fish 2:58

And I'm the fish.

Matt 2:59

And together we are Captain Planet.

The Fish 3:03

Oh, you should have said Captain Cape man.

Matt 3:05

So I had this like great idea I was going to do like a whole tasting thing to see who got many right, and then we were going to pick somebody to go first that way. But then I realized that fish is virtual and Jen doesn't drink, so here we are and you're bad at keeping score.

Josh 3:16

I would have been totally down for that. I just want to throw that out there.

Revolutionary Drinking Trivia Game

Jen 3:28

I would next time that's another episode, but you said matt's bad at keeping score. Well, you know what. It's josh and jen's first time, so rock paper scissors to see who's going first. All right, I'm going rock, wait, wait, wait. Okay. Rock paper scissors shoot.

Andy 3:34

Oh, I was wondering if that was a bluff.

Matt 3:36

I told her it doesn't really matter it wasn't a bluff, all right, I don't know if I wanted to go first, you guys are gonna win anyway, it's fine's fine.

Jen 3:42

Somebody's going to win, not me. We're going to see.

Matt 3:45

So before we get going here, I do have a nice cross section of beers that I thought would show up at a 4th of July picnic here. So we got some Sam Summer, some Leinenkugels, I threw some Twisted Tea in there and we got some Corona as well. And you can't forget, because we're here in Pennsylvania, we got the Yingling as well. Can't go wrong with the Yingling and Josh, you want to talk about what you brought.

Josh 4:07

Oh, yeah, sure, I brought a lemonade and vodka, which is pretty American, I think, and there's also a little bit of a secret ingredient in there which I made them guess earlier, which they couldn't.

Jen 4:17

No, not at all.

Josh 4:17

Nor should they. It's a liqueur that you can't really find around here. It's a shiru liqueur. It's got aloe, a muskmelon and mint in it. So it's this nice, light, refreshing summery cocktail, which is nice because we're in this tiny room that's about 1,000 degrees already.

The Fish 4:34

Well, at least you are.

Josh 4:35

Yes, that's true, just us. Yeah, I got a nice fan going on.

The Fish 4:39

Yeah, you chose wisely there Fish.

Matt 4:41

Yeah, you're doing so wisely there Fish?

Jen 4:42

Yeah, absolutely, we're not allowed to have fans here.

Josh 4:44

I also realized that I didn't really listen to the rules, so I'm just going to try and answer the questions correctly there you go. You can update me later, even though I said I was the rules lawyer, but then I forgot to listen to the rules because my wife texted me.

Jen 4:58

That's a good answer though.

Josh 4:59

Well.

The Fish 5:00

Good answer yes.

Matt 5:02

So Josh is going to go first for some think or drink. Lucky you First time. Which of the famous signers of the Declaration of Independence was also an accused and absolutely guilty and also very proud smuggler of alcohol? Was it Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson or Sam Adams? I mean, it's got to be Sam Adams. It is actually not Sam Adams, so you're gonna be drinking there, okay rough.

Jen 5:29

Can someone else answer it?

Matt 5:31

no, oh, it's not the way. It is not my forte, can I?

Jen 5:34

guess, and then you let us know typically drags the game out.

Josh 5:37

But sure, oh I thought yeah, well no she's not gonna to get a point.

Jen 5:43

It is Hancock, I got it right, see, why can't we count that?

Andy 5:48

one Come on. So Josh got it wrong, so he loses one point, all right.

Matt 5:53

So British Customs seized his ship, the Liberty, accusing him of smuggling 100,000 gallons of wine, madeira fortified wine and rum. However, in true Bostonian fashion, angry colonists literally dragged the custom ship out of the harbor to Boston Common, where they proceeded to burn it in a giant bonfire. The British retaliated by suing Hancock for unpaid taxes in what would be $7 million in modern-day dollars. So any wonder he had an ax to grind.

Andy 6:24

But he also had the money to pay it.

Matt 6:27

Very true, very true. It was also a lot less than that much money. I think it was like $15,000 back then, but that's still a lot of money, a lot of money, that's a lot, yep. So, because I'm going to support my wife and my wife, I will drink on her behalf, sure, so that's love right there. This is a rarity, so September 14th 1787.

Jen 6:52

Is this my question? Yeah, this is your question. Oh, okay, the delegates Go back, go back.

Matt 6:56

Okay.

Jen 6:57

We gotta concentrate. Hold on, I'm sorry.

Josh 6:59

Can I ask a question?

Andy 7:00

Was it a Tuesday when you?

Matt 7:08

said this is a rarity. Did you mean it's a rarity that he supports his wife? Oh, I bet you that doesn't make it in the episode.

Jen 7:12

Hell. Look, the fish is having connection problems.

Matt 7:15

September 14th 1787, the delegates of the Constitutional Convention finished the document that would become the Constitution that, of course, we're still using today. After everybody signed, what did they do? Did they go home to share it with their constituents? Did they wheel a barrel of beer into the convention hall and get schnookered? That's what I would do. Did they drink several bottles of Washington's whiskey? Or did they have a party at a local pub?

Jen 7:41

I'm going to go with B.

Matt 7:43

You're going with B, I'm drinking on your behalf.

Andy 7:50

What? Was b was that b was the barrel, the barrel okay okay, I was either gonna go with b or c.

Matt 7:55

So what they actually did was have a party at a local pub, uh place called the city tavern, and they drank 454 bottles of madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 22 bottles of porter, 12 bottles of drank, 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of Claret, 22 bottles of Porter, 12 bottles of beer, 8 bottles of hard cider, 8 bottles of old stock whiskey and 7 large bowls of Spike Punch, large enough that one observer said ducks could swim in them. The bar tab was approximately $15,400 in today's money.

Josh 8:19

Yeah, in today's money. In today's money.

Matt 8:23

Wow, Back then it was probably $1.50.

The Fish 8:28

So who's keeping score of these points? I got it.

Jen 8:30

I lost it.

Andy 8:31

Yeah, I got it All right. So far it's not going great Wait.

Jen 8:35

So far, me and you both lost a point. Yeah, okay, all right.

Matt 8:38

So, coming around the table, here we're going to go, andy, then fish. So, andy, yes. 1799, at its peak production capacity under Washington. How much whiskey was distilled at Mount Vernon? So Washington's home? 4,000 gallons, 7,500 gallons, 9,000 gallons, or 11,000 gallons of whiskey.

Andy 8:58

Now I should know this because, callback to season one, I represented Washington's Brewery, you did so I should know this, you should, but I don't. My gut's telling me 11,000.

Matt 9:17

11,000 is the correct answer? Yeah, so what?

Andy 9:21

do you get for getting a point right? You have to drink. I think no. You have what? Seven points?

Jen 9:23

Okay, yeah, for point right, you make somebody else getting a point, right, you have to drink. I think Now you have what Seven points Okay.

Matt 9:26

Yeah for point right. You make somebody else lose a point.

Andy 9:27

Oh, you make somebody else lose a point, I'm going to make Jen lose a point.

Matt 9:30

so make her also drink. Wow, wow. She's down two points. That's brutal. That's true. His distillery was open 12 months a year. Uh, he did die in 1799 as well. But that volume of whiskey back then was valued at 7500 120 000 today, and it was consumed as unaged whiskey, which I thought was interesting. He didn't age it at all, they just barreled it and then drove it down to the pub, you know horse and buggy style and said, go, it had to be bad no, thank you on that, no, thank you.

Jen 10:05

Ew, sounds like it'd burn your pancreas.

Josh 10:07

I mean it wouldn't be. I think it would be a different organ bus, yeah.

Jen 10:13

It would burn your pancreas out. Ugh, I don't know.

Josh 10:16

I don't like it. You know, not good for the liver, all right. Next trivia game is an anatomy trivia game.

Jen 10:27

Where do you feel the boy?

Matt 10:28

esophagus and pancreas. Jen, this is for your pancreas well, really yours, because you're drinking well, I am all right, fish, yeah. Which of the following did benjamin franklin not do? Did so he did not do one of the following Said beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Brewed beer, distilled liquor, wrote a drinker's dictionary, or he did all of these things and all of the above.

Jen 11:00

He's thinking.

The Fish 11:03

Yeah, I'm going with all of the above. It sounds like something he would do. I definitely know he said the first one.

Matt 11:09

That is correct. All right, he did do all of the above. So who would you like to drink?

Andy 11:15

Rephrase that who would you like to make drink? Who would you like? Who would you like to drink? Be strategic.

Jen 11:23

Who do you want to take points away from?

Matt 11:26

Who are you going to make drink?

Jen 11:27

What are the points now?

Andy 11:29

The current points are myself and Fish at six points, josh at five points and the Welsers are at four points.

Matt 11:36

Boo Team us Way.

The Fish 11:40

Go Josh Dang, hey the fish flops. You enjoy your alcohol. I've seen pictures of your basement.

Andy 11:51

It's really cool. So at the end of the first round, the Welsers and Josh have four points, myself and the fish have six points and we all have all of our special attacks.

Josh 12:04

And we're all sweating to death. It seems like there's a little collusion going on between the two returning guests. I think I'm just saying could be.

Matt 12:12

Just in case you're wondering, some of the wonderful terms in the drinker's dictionary by franklin pissed in the brook, bowsed, dagged, and he's been too free with sir john strawberry. I'm adopting that last one. So okay, back around to josh. The whiskey rebellion took place in 1794 in western pennsylvania. What was the primary protest about? What was the whiskey rebellion about? Prohibition of alcohol, attacks on whiskey, the ban of distilling, the importation of foreign spirits.

Josh 12:50

What year did you say it was?

Matt 12:51

That would be 1794. Okay, it wasn't prohibition.

Josh 12:55

I would say it had to be taxing of whiskey.

Matt 13:00

It was. That was the first armed conflict after the Revolution. Washington himself led troops to suppress it, and it turns out when you try to tax American whiskey we get a little pissy about it. So that's two questions there so far. Yeah, all right, josh.

Josh 13:16

Who are you making drink? I will have to go with our scorekeeper here.

Andy 13:20

All right, all right, I will happily take a drink. You're down to five points Choices. I got two drinks. Which do I go for?

The Fish 13:26

Yes, oh, be double-fisted.

Josh 13:29

Yeah, see.

Matt 13:32

We're on the same page here, okay, jen.

Jen 13:33

In 1778, george Washington celebrated— Wait, read slower, please. Okay, I got to concentrate. All right, read slower, wiesler, she's the only one not drinking In 1778.

Matt 13:44

For real, no stop, come on In 1778, george Washington celebrated Independence Day by giving what to his soldiers? Rum, new uniforms, whiskey or new weapons.

Josh 13:58

Whiskey Rum Very close.

Jen 14:01

It is rum. It was rum. Hamels went with rum. It is rum. He gave them with rum.

Matt 14:04

It is rum. He gave them double their normal allowance that day, which I'm curious how much that is, because I feel like they kind of handed out booze rather freely at that point. I think I'm already at zero points.

Andy 14:16

No, you're down to three, they had to be careful with it. If you didn't give them enough allowance of their rum and this was the same on ships that allowance of rum, if my history is correct, canceled out some of the bad shit that was in the waters.

Josh 14:32

Yes, so if you didn't give them the proper amount, they were probably going to get sick, but you can't double it, and we actually used to produce more rum back then than we did whiskey, because sugar was easy to grow.

Matt 14:47

It's a quicker process, right.

Josh 14:48

Yes, and you don't have to age it. Well, obviously.

Matt 14:51

That wasn't a concern for Washington. They weren't all aging whiskey anyway.

Fourth of July Beer Sales Trivia

Josh 14:54

But yeah, we started out as a rum-making country before really whiskey became most popular after Prohibition. Then we were like, oh, now we're going to make whiskey Yep, Huh, all right. After prohibition then we were like, oh, now we're gonna make whiskey yep, huh, all right why I've learned something new oh, matt, you have to drink, I do have to drink, you have to drink it all right, I never win anything on this podcast.

Matt 15:13

I was hoping that you would bail us out then you shouldn't have picked me to be on this podcast you brought.

Josh 15:19

The person who doesn't drink, the person doesn't drink, doesn't drink anymore and when it comes to history.

Jen 15:26

I was probably sleeping in glass.

Matt 15:28

Let me tell you all something. We used to go out when we were dating and she would order Jager bombs like they were going out of style.

Jen 15:34

I used to be able to hold my liquor really well.

Josh 15:35

She drank when she was the age of drinking Jager bombs not of sipping and enjoying whiskey and knowing this kind of stuff, that's also true.

Jen 15:42

No, I had that shot, remember, of Irish whiskey before a wedding and it did it burned my pancreas. I could feel it.

Josh 15:49

That was the start of the whole thing.

Jen 15:51

That was the start. I'm like I can't drink it you burn her pancreas out with one shot of.

Josh 15:55

Jameson.

Matt 15:56

Congratulations, you ruined everything. First of all, it was Tillmordue. Oh, all right, and she was not a whiskey drinker.

Andy 16:02

Well, that could not have possibly harmed you. That's a very peaty, yeah.

Matt 16:05

Yeah, there's a lot.

Jen 16:06

Yeah, it was awful.

Matt 16:07

All right, andy. Yes, how many cases of beer are sold on the 4th of July or for the 4th of July weekend each year? 70 million Time out.

Andy 16:16

What Are we talking? The United States, or are we talking worldwide?

Matt 16:20

We are talking about numbers, he doesn't even know.

The Fish 16:27

Matt E equals MC Hammer we talking about numbers.

Andy 16:33

There it is.

Josh 16:34

I don't think there's a spike around the world in beer sales on the 4th of July, but there are other beer sales happening on the 4th of July.

Andy 16:41

Call back to when I did the St Patrick's Day trivia. There is a massive spike worldwide for St patrick's day, of guinness specifically. Well, so so again, are we talking united states or worldwide?

Matt 16:54

so we're talking united states doesn't help me okay, I knew it didn't make a difference so yeah, 40 million, 50 million, 70 million, $70 million or $90 million or all of the above.

Andy 17:09

Add it all together. Yes, I think I'm going to put this on the fish's tab.

Matt 17:19

You're going to put it on the fish's tab See them, put it on their tab.

The Fish 17:23

Nice move, andy.

Matt 17:24

All right. So, just a little reminder, since we've been screwing this up for the last couple episodes. Fish if you get the question right, andy loses a point. If you get the question wrong, andy gets a point back.

Andy 17:37

So you get no benefit for this.

The Fish 17:39

Yeah, all right, so now roll through those answers again.

Matt 17:44

It's Andy's question. Oh no, I put it on his tab. Yes, yes.

Josh 17:49

Matt's been drinking a lot. Oh boy, it's the aloe Wow.

Matt 17:52

It's the aloe.

The Fish 17:54

That helps with that burn. That's the least of it.

Matt 17:56

I should just get the answer correct now, all right 30 million, 40 million, 70 million or 90 million cases of beer sold 4th of July weekend each year.

The Fish 18:07

I'm going to have to go with 70 million 70 million is the correct answer.

Andy 18:12

What a backfire. Why do I get?

Jen 18:15

everyone else's questions right.

Andy 18:20

You never doubt the fish. I doubt the fish, I doubted myself. So what does?

Jen 18:22

that mean he gets the point you lose a point.

Andy 18:24

You got it right.

Jen 18:24

You lose a point you got it right you lose a point.

Matt 18:26

All right, I swear I know the rules to my own game.

The Fish 18:29

And doesn't someone get to drink now, oh?

Andy 18:32

yeah, yeah, I'll drink.

Matt 18:33

And he drinks.

Jen 18:33

All right, all right, oh, so you only get one of those.

Josh 18:39

Yes, okay people for buying their alcohol on the 4th of July. Why?

Andy 18:42

are they not planning ahead? You should have been stocked up. Yeah, seriously, you're a responsible adult. How much do you think they sell the week?

Josh 18:48

leading up to the 4th of July. It's got to be way more. I would hope we're back to the fish.

The Fish 18:54

Oh.

Matt 18:55

I got another question Fish. What is the best-selling beer in the United States? We got Budweiser, modelo, miller, lite or Bud Light.

The Fish 19:05

Well.

Matt 19:06

I'm sure it is a craft beer, but not the right answer.

Josh 19:09

Oof, this is a tricky one.

Matt 19:12

It is. You have two lifelines, or fishing line, if you will. Ooh.

The Fish 19:17

And I can't call a fish either. So no, you can't.

Matt 19:20

Wrong game. You can't phone the fish for this one. What's the?

Josh 19:23

other one. One is to pass it to somebody else, the other is make it a double.

Matt 19:27

Make it a double so somebody else helps you and then you get a collective point back or you can choose what to do. So you get it wrong. You both lose.

The Fish 19:35

Since Andy was so nice to share, right back at you, buddy.

Andy 19:39

All right.

Josh 19:45

So you're Put it on there, Tab Calling it. It is not. Oh, it might have been before that whole fiasco.

Matt 19:49

Yep, it is Modelo.

Josh 19:51

I knew he put that in there for a reason.

Andy 19:54

No, who the hell? Goddamn commies I never even heard of commies?

Josh 19:58

I don't think it's the commies. It's a delightful.

Andy 20:03

Now it's going to change again.

Jen 20:05

What does the label look like? I don't even know what that looks like.

Andy 20:07

It's a mexican beer mexico and california I mean texas and california, and so, since I got that wrong, fish gains a point.

Josh 20:19

Yes, correct allegedly yes so now at the end of the second round.

Andy 20:25

Fish is firmly in the lead with seven points, josh and I are tied with four points, and the Welsers are pulling up the rear with three points.

Jen 20:33

All right, we're going to get down to three.

Andy 20:35

This is getting out of hand, one point at a time.

Matt 20:37

So we're going to do a round of actual American history questions here. I hate this, all right.

The Fish 20:42

I hate you. I thought all of it was american history.

Matt 20:47

I love this. All right, josh. Why is john hancock's signature on the declaration giant sized? He wanted to be the first to sign and just did it, I know he was the president of the continental congress. He wanted king george to be able to read it without his glasses. He was the only one with a quill pen.

Josh 21:06

Oh man, I think I know this, but there are also two people that said they think they know this and one doesn't need a point, so I'm going to call Jen in for my make it a double. All right, Jen, I'm trusting you on this.

Jen 21:18

I know, make it a double.

Josh 21:19

So that means you two are going to decide together.

Jen 21:21

Hold on. Can you read it again, oh?

Josh 21:23

no, I just want to be sure she was so confident I am. I want to be sure because I feel like I heard this, but I didn't want to give him the opportunity at another point.

Andy 21:32

He's so far ahead.

Jen 21:33

yeah, wait we have to agree together on what it is. Okay, you two together are going to choose the answer. Say it again.

Matt 21:39

We're going to figure out. If Josh, why is John Hancock's signature on the Declaration so large? He was the first to sign, or he wanted to be the first to sign. He was president of the Continental Congress. He wanted King George III to be able to read it without his glasses, or he had a quill pen.

Josh 22:01

Oh, she doesn't know. I think it's C.

Jen 22:04

You've chosen poorly. No, I thought it was D. We'll'll talk it through because he had a quill pen.

Josh 22:13

I don't know, that's the only kind of pens they had back then.

Jen 22:16

No, no, no, the first, oh, I'm sorry, the first to sign it, because if you're the first to sign it, how are you gonna know how like it's cold yet I don't know.

Matt 22:24

It's an interesting theory. You know how? How?

Jen 22:26

will they like? I mean, you're gonna sign it like you like. If everybody wrote small, you're gonna be like oh, I better write like them right, so you're going with like oh, it's like when it's somebody's birthday at work right and they pass around a card.

Andy 22:39

Yeah if you're the first one, you don't know how many people that's going to, so you're just gonna sign whatever you feel like and then it's like the last person's, like I've got like this little corner.

Josh 22:48

I want to know what you were thinking before he read that, because you said I know this.

Jen 22:54

Because I feel like me and him actually had a conversation about this.

Josh 22:58

This sounds like collusion. I'm going to go with C.

Jen 23:02

Final answer, Matt. What was C?

Andy 23:05

C was the King George's glasses, that is correct.

Josh 23:06

Thank you, you're welcome you. He can read it. So he can read it without his glasses, that is correct. Thank you, oh, you're welcome Okay.

Andy 23:11

So you two get to choose.

Jen 23:14

He can have it, it's fine. No, no, no, you two both get to choose individually if you want to regain a point.

Matt 23:22

Or if you want to make somebody else drink.

Josh 23:25

Or if you want to make somebody else here. So if we gave them both to fish, he'd be down to five. It would be five to four to four to three, correct, or we give our own points to ourselves, you are not, thank you.

Andy 23:39

We talking about numbers.

Jen 23:41

I didn't even help you. I think I confused you more.

Josh 23:44

We both have four. Is that correct? Correct?

Andy 23:46

No, you and I have four, walsers have three and fish has seven yeah, so five to four to four to four.

Josh 23:53

If we did that, oh, four to four to three, like I said, right, or we could give ourselves points and it would be seven to five to four to four I think I'm gonna, I'm taking the point for myself you're gonna, you're gonna gain whatever you want, your point okay, what do you want to do? You want your point or you want to take?

Matt 24:09

a point away from fish, can we?

Josh 24:10

still make fish, drink Fish will happily drink.

Jen 24:16

He's drinking alone in a basement.

Matt 24:19

Alright Jen, which president is known for getting stuck in the White House bathtub.

Jen 24:26

Stuck in the White House bathtub. What is?

Matt 24:29

it Theodore Roosevelt William.

Jen 24:34

Howard Taft, calvin Coolidge or Herbert Hoover.

Andy 24:40

The vacuum guy.

Josh 24:42

He was a big damn deal. Unknown fact, he invented the vacuum.

Matt 24:46

There you go. No, the president, good Home Alone. Quote I know what you're doing. I know what you're doing. I know what you're doing.

Jen 24:53

Okay, yes, it was definitely Home Alone. Anyway, can you repeat the names again?

Matt 24:59

Sure Theodore Roosevelt.

Jen 25:01

Okay.

Matt 25:02

William Howard Taft, calvin Coolidge or Herbert Hoover I don't even know who Calvin Coolidge is.

Jen 25:11

He was the president is he was the president, well, apparently I wasn't alive, so I guess it didn't matter um, I don't know you do have both your lifelines still which one sounds like a guy that would be stuck in a bathtub I would, I would say d you're going with herbert hoover. Yeah, it was actually was it a taft.

Matt 25:28

it was taft. He was a large man, 6 feet 330 pounds, and after that happened there was a new, much larger bathtub installed in the White House, which I believe remains Still there.

The Fish 25:39

Yeah, I think it's still there.

Matt 25:41

Yep.

Jen 25:42

I was going with the vacuum guy.

The Fish 25:45

Well, that answer sucks, yeah, exactly.

Andy 25:50

I'm still pretty full.

Matt 25:52

So for Kevin and Jason over at the KJNA podcast, I just cracked open a Twisted Tea for you. Gentlemen working on that Twisted Tea sponsorship See how that works out for you.

Andy 26:02

I'm scared, I'm going to smack them in the face with it.

Matt 26:05

It's an enormous video, yeah.

Andy 26:09

All right I believe it's my turn. That's what.

The Fish 26:10

I'm drinking now.

Matt 26:12

Nice. Yell it out for the people that can't see you which is everybody.

The Fish 26:17

It's a crunchy roll by Alvarium.

Matt 26:20

Oh, all righty, andy. Yeah, what unusual pet did President John Quincy Adams keep in the White House? Was it an alligator, a lion, a kangaroo or an elephant? I know.

Andy 26:36

Oh.

The Fish 26:41

Uh, what Sorry, Sorry.

Andy 26:45

I think, what happened?

Josh 26:47

I'm not sure, I wish for I know I took a full'm not sure I whispered. I know I took a full swig of drink and she goes, I know.

Matt 26:57

Do you really know the answer to this? But?

Josh 27:00

that's what happened last time, but she said it and then looked directly at it.

Andy 27:04

I'm not giving a double over there. I'm not feeling it All right, so I think it is an alligator, that's what I was thinking I seem to remember the story that he went to harvard and they specifically told him he could not bring a dog or a cat, but nowhere did it say he couldn't bring an alligator.

Matt 27:24

So if I, if, if I remember this stupid story, that may very well be true, but a gift from the Marquise de Lafayette. It was indeed an Elliot All right, kept in one of the east rooms of the White House. See, we get all the questions.

Andy 27:39

I know Fish, we're bringing you down close to our level. Take a drink there.

Jen 27:43

Oh my gosh, that made me cry laugh.

Josh 27:45

Have some of that crunchy roll, all right.

The Fish 27:48

There you go All.

Matt 27:50

Some of that crunchy roll, all right there you go?

The Fish 27:51

All right, fish you ready for this one? I'm on my second beer, so yeah, go ahead, all right.

Matt 27:54

Which US state once declared war on Canada in 1838? Was it Michigan, maine, vermont or New York had had enough of the Canucks and decided to declare war. Screw you and your bacon eh.

The Fish 28:09

Well, basically, any one of them. What year was this, by the way? 1838. Well, the reason I ask is because the date determines whether or not Michigan was actual state.

Matt 28:23

You're doing some thinking drinking over there.

The Fish 28:24

Thinking and drinking. Well, it is think or drink, so Normally you alternate you can't do both.

Matt 28:30

Yeah, normally you alternate you know what?

The Fish 28:35

I'm just gonna go with vermont vermont?

Matt 28:38

it was not vermont and their maple syrup, known as the aroustic war, involved no actual combat and was resolved through negotiations.

Andy 28:47

it was maine as that had had enough of Canada's BS for some reason, if I remember correctly, maine and Canada had a dispute over where the border was Ah, and I think that dispute still carries today.

Matt 29:01

Interesting. Apparently the treating was the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. All right, I'm sincerely hoping that was signed over like Canadian breakfast with maple syrup, and you know was this like.

Josh 29:12

Cold War, part one no real conflict.

Matt 29:16

I get it like the worst types of wars. I want to know if Canada apologized, like afterwards they apologized?

Andy 29:24

during they're still apologizing about it, I'm sure so that brings us to the end of round two. Josh and Fish are tied up with five points. I have four points. The Welsers have three points. Welsers still have both of their lifelines left. Josh has his, put it on somebody else's tab. Fish and I both have our, make it a double.

Matt 29:46

Next round, josh, which US state is known for having the highest beer consumption per capita? Zed.

The Fish 29:53

There you go.

Matt 29:54

Wisconsin, montana, north Dakota or South Dakota.

Largest Beer Festival

Josh 29:58

All the states with nothing else to do, Boy oh boy, I'm going to put this on Jen's tab.

The Fish 30:05

I think this is just a toss-up.

Matt 30:07

There is no logical way to figure this out. I'm going to go with North.

Jen 30:09

Dakota.

Matt 30:10

North Dakota is the correct answer.

Jen 30:12

God dang it.

Matt 30:14

Yep, so Josh is going to lose the point.

Josh 30:16

He loses a point for that.

Matt 30:18

I thought it was just a guess. Nope, the per capita consumption in North Dakota 45.8 gallons per person, new Hampshire 43.9. Montana 41. South Dakota 38. Gallons per person, new hampshire 43.9. Montana 41, south dakota 38 and wisconsin in number five with 36.2 and apparently most of that's modelo apparently my backup four points no, no, no, josh lost the point.

Josh 30:43

You just made josh drink the first one you got right. Yeah, unbelievable. I told you you didn't get a point for it. I completely picked her because she didn't get one right yet. I should have played the odds. Oh man, ay yi yi.

Matt 31:00

All right, jen. Which state is famous for its craft beer scene and hosts the annual Great American Beer Festival? That California, oregon, colorado or Washington?

Andy 31:11

Either way, we got to step it up Pennsylvania.

Matt 31:14

Yeah, say them again. California, Oregon, Colorado or Washington, so this state has an amazing craft beer scene.

Jen 31:23

I'm going to go with somewhere random like Oregon.

Matt 31:26

It is not Oregon Okay, I'm sorry, it is Colorado. And typically features features 4 000 beers from over 800 breweries holy crap which that is my definition of heaven.

Josh 31:39

So yes, they ski while they're drunk she picks mine out of thin air and then gets hers and she's like I'll go with the most obscure state please.

The Fish 31:50

Thank you.

Matt 31:52

Oh boy, all right, what is the state? Who's this?

Josh 31:56

going to Andy sorry.

Matt 31:58

What is the state with the highest overall alcohol consumption per capita? So we were talking beer before. This is highest overall Nevada, wisconsin, delaware or Alaska, oh, alaska, god, I knew it, I'm feeling it Vegas, baby.

Andy 32:13

Ooh, oh, that makes sense by reputation as a party destination.

Matt 32:19

Most people start drinking before they get off the airplane.

Josh 32:21

I was thinking Alaska when you asked me my question.

The Fish 32:26

Yeah, and there's like nothing to do up there.

Andy 32:30

I don't want to offend the alaskans there was a show on like I don't know discovery channel or whatever, but it was about like when there's the um, you know 24 hours of sunlight, they just don't know when to stop yeah, I guess so I would be very confused if I got done drinking at the end of the day, stumbled outside of the bar and it was still light out.

Matt 32:52

Yeah.

Josh 32:53

You'd almost have to go back in.

Matt 32:55

All right, we're on to fish One to fish All right, he has to get this wrong.

The Fish 32:59

I don't need to get it wrong Wait, do you cap out?

Josh 33:03

When you get zero points. When you get to zero.

Jen 33:11

No, no, there's no max points, so if you get to zero, you don't play anymore. Yeah, they're going to be here and be quiet. You don't have to that is not a rule.

Matt 33:15

It was not stated at the beginning. Nobody has ever been out of this game and been quiet. All right Fish, no one's ever been quiet in this game Truth. Which state Fish hosts the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the US Wisconsin, ohio, pennsylvania or Michigan?

The Fish 33:35

I know that a lot of Amish have settled in both Pennsylvania and Ohio, so I'm kicking the other two states out.

Josh 33:44

Okay, all right, he's logicking. I don't think the Amish drink Rumspringa there you go.

Matt 33:56

So you got Ohio or Pennsylvania fish. Where would you swim in lederhosen?

The Fish 34:03

The bad part is I've actually worn lederhosen and I'm preparing my beer because I have a feeling I'll get this wrong. But I'm going to go with Pennsylvania.

Matt 34:14

Oktoberfest Cincinnati held in Cincinnati, ohio, draws inspiration from Munich's Oktoberfest each year.

The Fish 34:20

So it was only 50% wrong.

Josh 34:23

Does it say how many Amish go to that? It does?

Matt 34:26

not All the ones on. Rumspringa it does say they arrive by horse and carriage.

Josh 34:33

You can't get a DUI on the way back from that. I don't think.

Matt 34:36

Yeah, you can. I think you can get a DUI in anything with wheels.

Andy 34:40

Well, it has legs.

Jen 34:41

There was a story told.

Matt 34:42

Yeah, there was a story on this podcast told about someone who got a DUI in a power wheel.

Andy 34:46

Yeah, so so that brings us to the end of round three. There you go. Josh and Fish are in the lead with four points. I'm at three points. The Welsers are at two points.

Jen 34:58

Welsers, however, still have both. Why do I keep losing points? I just had three.

Andy 35:02

But then you got a question wrong, so you lost a point.

Jen 35:03

Yeah, but I had no, I had four because we got.

Andy 35:06

You did have four, no, the one you got right, you lost points.

Josh 35:09

I lost a point. Oh, yeah, yeah.

Jen 35:12

Math E equals MC Hammer.

Matt 35:15

We talking about numbers. I'm going to sleep on the couch for that one Gotcha Anyhow.

Andy 35:19

So the Welsers still have both their lifelines.

Matt 35:21

All right, I'm going to have to start using my life.

Andy 35:22

Fish and I both have our, make it a double yep, all right.

The Fish 35:27

All right, josh is out. I'm out of.

Josh 35:31

I didn't want to, oh I didn't want to have any unspent at the end. That's right.

Matt 35:34

You know I was getting anxious about that well, josh, which amendment to the us constitution established prohibition, stop lying, banning the sale, production and transportation of alcohol and generally making america a less pleasant place to be. That the 16th amendment, 18th, 19th or 21st?

Josh 35:53

oh boy, I'm gonna go with the 19th amendment, you are one amendment when you're one off.

Matt 36:01

It's the 18th, can I?

Jen 36:03

I just gotta applaud you if you each know what each number represents. Because are you just pulling? That if of your butt like 19th Amendment, or do you actually know what?

Andy 36:12

it is.

Matt 36:14

If.

Andy 36:14

I remember correctly the 21st repealed Prohibition.

Matt 36:17

That would be my favorite amendment to the Constitution.

Jen 36:19

I'd just be picking a number.

Josh 36:21

I knew it was the 21st that was repealing, but I did not know if it was 18 or 19.

Jen 36:26

He's just too smart. I can't. This is the wrong game for me.

Matt 36:30

Alright, Jen, this is an easy one.

Jen 36:32

Ready.

The Fish 36:35

Does Matt drink?

Matt 36:37

Which state remained dry banning alcohol the longest after Prohibition ended in 1933? So Prohibition ended in 1933. Was it Kansas, mississippi, utah or Tennessee? Yeah, both your lifelines.

Jen 36:51

Okay.

Matt 36:52

Josh is airing out his underarms.

Jen 36:54

He knows it.

Andy 36:55

He's feeling confident Okay.

Jen 36:57

Are you All right? What's the lifeline that I can use?

Matt 37:00

That would be this one Oi.

Jen 37:03

Barking, make it a double Okay.

Andy 37:06

Make it a double. So that means you two are going to decide together.

Josh 37:09

That has to be Utah.

Andy 37:10

The.

Josh 37:10

Mormon state. They still have the most ridiculous liquor laws in the country.

Jen 37:13

Okay, that's fine.

Matt 37:19

That's not what I was thinking but I'm going to trust you because I've been wrong ever since we began. Josh, you're drinking with me, get out of here.

Andy 37:24

He was so confident. Did anyone else know?

Josh 37:27

it.

Matt 37:32

M-I-S-S-i-s-s-i-p-p-i mississippi did not repeal their statewide prohibition laws until 1966 so now what do we lose?

Jen 37:37

a point, or what do we, do we both?

Matt 37:38

lose.

Andy 37:39

We both lose a point, boo I think we're out no, you're at one and I'm at two, you're at two I don't like that, I like this game.

Matt 37:50

It's a great game.

Andy 37:51

Come on, utah, you had one job, yeah.

The Fish 37:53

Matt, does that mean that they were completely dry until 1966?

Matt 37:57

Yep, it was dry state until 66. On the book.

Josh 38:00

Utah still has ridiculous liquor.

Andy 38:02

My college was also technically a dry campus. Josh isn't letting.

The Fish 38:05

Utah go. No yeah, technically and actually are two different things.

Matt 38:11

Yeah, IUP was too, I mean.

Andy 38:12

IUP's technically a dry campus, but it's also the number one party school in the country. Yeah, if they do it well, that depends who you ask.

Matt 38:19

They do it well. My turn what you got, andy. Approximately how many gallons of beer are consumed annually in the United States? 3 billion, 6 billion, 9 billion or6 billion, $9 billion or $12 billion?

Andy 38:32

Oh, we're going to make it a double. Josh, I'm coming to you. No, you've got to redeem yourself here.

Josh 38:37

No, I don't like that.

Matt 38:40

Oh gosh, oi Falky, I already said I was going to be a guy that's $3 billion, $6 billion, $9 billion or $12 billion. Two points on the line.

Josh 38:51

Oh geez, I would say $9 or $12. Go big. How many people are there in the US?

Matt 38:57

A lot 300 and some million, I think.

Josh 39:03

Wait 300 and some million.

Andy 39:05

I know it's gone down since more and more places have legalized pot.

Josh 39:09

Well, I mean, if there were 300 million people in this country, it can't be 12 billion gallons of beer.

Andy 39:15

Think about how much that would have to be per person yeah, but a lot of it's but light, so it's only like yeah.

Josh 39:20

First off, I don't know uh, I mean, even if it was 300 million people and it was the lowest number of billion, I think the 300 million has to be off. I would go with one of the two higher numbers.

Matt 39:34

That's all I can tell you. Three, six, nine or 12. Let's go with nine. Yeah, going with nine. Gentlemen, you're drinking. It is six billion gallons annually. It is the most popular alcoholic beverage in the United States. So now, what Did they lose a point? Yeah, we both lose a point.

Andy 39:51

So where are?

Jen 39:52

we at with points.

Andy 39:54

Josh and Jen are at one, I'm at two and Fish is at four, but it is Fish's turn. What the hell happened.

Jen 40:00

You had seven no.

The Fish 40:03

I had seven. You never had seven, I think you did.

Andy 40:06

Fish was up to seven oh.

Josh 40:08

How many billion?

Andy 40:08

gallons. This is why I'm keeping track Six billion.

Josh 40:13

So there's six billion gallons and there are 333 million people in this country as of 2022, says my special machine right here in my hand.

Matt 40:22

Average consumption 28.2 gallons per person per year.

Josh 40:25

Per person. That covers all the under 21s too, so that's an absurd number.

The Fish 40:32

Man, we have a problem. Yeah, we're just drunks as night. We're a lot of fun. We have a solution.

Matt 40:39

We do have a solution Fish. How many craft breweries are there operating in the United States?

The Fish 40:45

Holy fuck.

Matt 40:47

I have this one of the answers 2,500, 4,500, 6,500, or 9,500?.

The Fish 40:55

I'm going to go with 6,500.

Matt 40:58

You're drinking buddy? 9,500. It's actually 9,552 as of 2002. Includes 2,035 microbreweries, 3,418 brewpubs, 3,838 taprooms and 261 regional craft breweries All right Round.

Andy 41:15

Four complete Jen and Josh at one point, I'm at two point and Fish squeaking in the lead at three points all right, josh, which state has the highest number of craft breweries as of 2021?

Matt 41:32

most recent data? We could get california, colorado, oregon or washington, and it's worth noting that jen is not drinking, she's whispering in the background.

Josh 41:44

if it goes off of the questions previously, like two rounds ago, I'm gonna have to go with Colorado. So Colorado I hate you is the largest festival. California has more than a thousand categories. I knew it, I knew it, I was going to guess California on that other question. And then you, I'm out, you're out. That was your last point. Deuces.

Jen 42:07

I told you, I knew it.

Josh 42:09

I don't believe it. How many points do you?

Andy 42:11

have Jen has one point.

Matt 42:14

Jen has one point. Let's see what we can do about it.

Andy 42:16

This has been a terrible show. She still has her put it on somebody else's tab.

Jen 42:20

I gotta concentrate. I gotta straighten my glasses.

Andy 42:25

It helps to hear better when the glasses are straight. Can people use me as their?

Josh 42:29

lifelines or no, because I'm out, oh, that's a good question. How does that work? Yeah, you can still be a lifeline. I wouldn't though, because I'm bad at this obviously.

Andy 42:39

Well, Matt's just drinking in advance.

Jen 42:42

All right, I'm ready for my question. I'm going to get it wrong.

Matt 42:45

Jennifer, what is the most consumed spirit in the United States? I'd be happy to answer that for you Vodka, whiskey, rum or tequila.

The Fish 42:55

Oh God.

Andy 42:55

Do I have to put it on somebody else's tab I?

Josh 42:58

have a tab open.

Jen 43:00

Oh Well, I know what I was going to say, but I think it's wrong.

Matt 43:04

Do you want to put it on Josh's?

Economic Impact

Jen 43:05

tab. No, go away, say them again.

Matt 43:07

All right Vodka, whiskey, rum or tequila.

Jen 43:10

I know what I want to say Rum, rum.

Josh 43:13

I know this for sure.

Jen 43:14

I said whiskey. I said everyone, you do.

Matt 43:17

Jack Sparrow would appreciate your answer. However, that is not the correct answer. What was it? Vodka.

Josh 43:24

I'm out.

Matt 43:30

It goes in everything. Yeah, it's the base spirit in every cocktail, ever, mostly All right Down to two. How many points do we have, gentlemen, as we're rolling on home now?

Andy 43:36

I have two points and no lifelines Fish has three points and I'm making a double.

Jen 43:40

This is like.

Matt 43:41

Let's Be a Millionaire. Fish is swimming shockingly well tonight. He's swimming upstream Fish if you get me back into this game. I'll let you try the really good stuff when you come here to visit All right.

Jen 43:51

Oh, you can get back in the game no, no, no no.

Josh 43:53

No Watch out you're out oh no, If he makes it a double, I could get a point right.

Andy 43:57

Oh, dear God, but you're already out.

Josh 43:59

Oh, I don't know about that.

The Fish 44:01

The rules didn't specifically state that I couldn.

Matt 44:05

Andy, yes. What is the estimated economic impact of the US beer industry? $200 billion, $300 billion, $400 billion or $500 billion?

Andy 44:16

$600 billion. $2, $3, $4, or $6? Do you want?

Josh 44:20

me to put it up on a dartboard and you can throw a dart at one $2, $3, $4, $5.

Matt 44:25

We're educating the people right now. We're going with $. People right, we're going with three. You're going with three. You're 100 billion off, it's 400 billion. I was close. So what do you?

Jen 44:34

got one point now. How could you not know that I mean come on.

Matt 44:37

That's like that was a straight up guess economics 101, I think supporting an estimated 2.4 million jobs hey, there you go we are now into the straight up american history questions. Wait that that round wasn't over, I know, but we just blew through the end of the purely alcohol related questions.

Josh 44:55

Because we did so good on all of them, we got more right than you thought. Correct, okay.

Jen 44:59

I wasn't even the first one out.

Josh 45:01

Fish.

Jen 45:02

That normally happens.

Josh 45:03

I know I'm embarrassed.

Matt 45:05

Don't be embarrassed. Jimmy Carter once claimed to have seen this in 1969. Bigfoot, a UFO, a Loch Ness monster or a ghost?

Jen 45:16

Boo.

Matt 45:20

Come on you can win it right here.

Josh 45:22

I don't like this.

Matt 45:23

You can win it right here off Jimmy Carter.

The Fish 45:25

Jimmy Carter damn.

Matt 45:27

Bigfoot UFO, loch Ness Monster or a ghost?

Josh 45:33

Only one of them is country specific.

Matt 45:35

Yeah, he spent a lot of time in Scotland.

The Fish 45:41

That was a.

Andy 45:41

Loch Ness Monster in Lake Michigan for some reason yeah.

The Fish 45:43

That's true.

Josh 45:45

That's why it was so weird that he saw it.

Matt 45:50

Swing away after Maine declared war on Canada. That's why it? Was so weird that he saw it Swing away after Maine declared war on Canada.

The Fish 45:57

We're going with Bigfoot. We're going with Bigfoot, oh it had to be a ghost Going with Bigfoot. The answer is a UFO, oh damn.

Andy 46:08

All right, I'm at one point, fish is at two points. Fish still has his, make it a double.

Jen 46:15

How could he possibly use that to his?

Josh 46:17

advantage. Well, I mean, I guess he could ask somebody for help, right, but he wouldn't want to use it with you.

Andy 46:22

I guess he could ask one of you for help.

Josh 46:24

Yeah.

Andy 46:25

Just wouldn't benefit you Anyhow.

Jen 46:26

what's my question Won't really benefit him. We're out, you know.

Matt 46:31

Yeah, which president's pet parrot was known for swearing even during the president's funeral? Lyndon B Johnson? Ugh, actually, not one of the answers.

Josh 46:41

Oh.

Andy 46:41

I think he's out. That would be something Lyndon B Johnson would do.

Matt 46:45

Yeah, it sounded good Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, james Buchanan or Franklin Pierce.

Andy 46:54

I don't know, pierce.

Matt 46:57

Jefferson, jackson, buchanan or Pierce.

Jen 47:02

That would be something I would say.

Andy 47:03

I mean Jefferson and Jackson, seemed too early to be importing parrots Right.

The Fish 47:11

I guess pirates had parrots right, polly won a cracker.

Josh 47:14

I don't know that pirates really brought parrots.

Andy 47:17

It's like a classic trope, though. Right, that is true.

Josh 47:19

And they're all true.

Andy 47:21

I'm going to go with Pierce. You're going with Pierce.

Jen 47:24

But did the parrot have an eye patch?

Matt 47:26

Andrew Jackson's parrot Polly had to be removed from his funeral because it would not stop swearing. Known racist parrot.

Josh 47:34

The.

Matt 47:34

Reverend Nornment, who presided over it, said the parrot was excited by the multitude and let loose perfect gusts of cuss. Words Wait a minute.

Jen 47:42

When was Pierce a president? I don't remember him at Disney, in that hall of presidents.

Andy 47:47

I need to know. I don't know either, but he was kind of forgettable.

Jen 47:54

I'm looking next time we're in Disney. Can I call him forgettable if?

Josh 47:56

I never knew that he was a president.

Jen 47:58

I'm going to stand up and be like Franklin Pierce was the 14th president.

Andy 48:05

Died in 1869.

Josh 48:06

That's when nothing exciting was happening around.

Matt 48:08

I guess not so with my collection of red, white and booze trivia complete. We must declare the fish the winner. Hold on Stellar set.

Josh 48:21

Do we go or do we cheer?

Matt 48:25

Is this your first victory, Fish?

The Fish 48:27

It is Congratulations.

Matt 48:29

All right, we're going to bring Jen back at some point for some redemption. No, yeah.

Andy 48:38

You're going to need to do a redemption trivia at one point.

Josh 48:41

Not a trivia.

Jen 48:43

I'll let you know.

The Fish 48:45

We're going to go to some breweries.

Jen 48:46

I'm going to tell you if the food's good or not. That's what Jen's good at. What do they call?

Josh 48:50

that Dumb, dumb Trivia. Hey, listeners, hey, you were out before me. No, he said all the people who were out first. I said what is that going to be? Dumb, dumb Trivia.

Andy 48:58

Yes, dear listeners please listen to all of our trivia episodes and write in which ones you and you want to hear it go Interesting.

The Fish 49:09

I want a bris.

Matt 49:11

That was a classic one. I feel like my name would be on there about 90 times. Thank you all very much for listening. We appreciate you and we will be back soon. Congratulations, Fash.

Andy 49:22

Bye everybody.

The Fish 49:23

Thank you.

Josh 49:27

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