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I'm Laura. And I'm Nancy. And we both love trivia in all forms, but we especially love it paired with a classic cocktail. So we decided to put the two things together and invite you all in to share them with us. The game consists of five rounds of 10 trivia questions that get progressively tougher as the rounds go on. If you'd like, you can play along using the scoring sheet on our website, trivia buzz pod.com. Laura, how's it going? It's good. Guess what day it is? It is Friday the 13th. That is right. You're not going to hear this on Friday the 13th, but we are recording on Friday the 13th. And that's a very auspicious state. That's right. I love Friday the 13th because I love scary movies. Oh my god, you and me both girl. Yes, Laura and I do share that passion. We love gonna see scary movies and not with our husbands'cause they can't handle it. no, they don't like it. Not at all. Very, very scared of them. Mine will tolerate. Chris will tolerate a scary movie, but he doesn't like Love it. Oh, Jason will curl up into a ball and sob. Or Jason, you're just out him. I know. Sorry. Yeah, so the last great scary movie that Nancy and I watched was Sinner. Oh my God. Great movie. That was so good because it's more than a. A horror film. That was almost the side story. Yeah. Yeah. It's a metaphor for so much more. It's so much more folk history. Folk music. Music. Yep. The South, oh God. The black experience in America. It was amazing. It's very cool. Very, very cool. We also saw, nose ATU together that. Was one of the best. That was great. Scary movies I think I've ever seen. That was amazing. the new atu, the one with Lily Depp and Right. Can't remember the guy name. Oh, my God. Oh, from about a boy. What's his name? Oh my God. Why can't I remember his name? Yeah, it was great. anyway, great movie. Yeah. so yeah, scary movies. We'll have to do some questions on that in the future. Oh my God, why didn't I think of that? Yeah. Okay. That's perfect. Okay, we'll put them on there. Love that. all right, Nancy, you ready to get to the happy hour? I am. What are we drinking today, Laura? Today we are drinking the French 75. A classic cocktail. Oh yeah. You know, I've created a version of that, that this is your version. We're doing French 75 Nancy's version. Yes. We're Oh, I'm so excited. And do you have any idea why we're doing the French 75? I have an inkling of an idea. Yeah. Is it, what do you think it is? Is it. Because I went to French culinary school. Yes it is. Okay. Nancy listeners, Nancy is quite the cook. She is a chef extraordinaire, and, she's been kind enough to pass on recipes to me, and they're good. Believe me. Yay. Okay, so yes, the French 75. do you know anything about this drink? It's got cool history. I do not. Please fill me in so it. Goes back to World War I and I think it's 19 15, 16. and it was created at the, New York Bar in Paris, by the bartender Harry Macone. And, Which is a great bar, by the way. Ben, have you been there? Yes. Very fun. Oh, nice. and, it, it's said to have such a kick that it feels like being shelled from a powerful French 75 millimeter feel gun. Oh my, wow. that's quite a claim out of Dark Times. Came a wonderful cocktail. It is really good. What is in it? okay, the classic is an ounce of gin. Half ounce of lemon juice, fresh lemon juice, and a half ounce of simple syrup, which I switch out to a half ounce of luxado. Hmm. And then you mix all that in a shaker with ice. pour that, into coop glasses, preferably. And then you top it with three ounces of champagne or Prosecco, whatever you have. And then you can garnish it with a lemon twist. That sounds delicious, and I know it is delicious. Yes. because I have one right here. Yay. Okay. Cheers. Cheers. Oh my God, that's so good. I love that. Love it. Yes. I think we really love the lemony flavor profile, don't we? Absolutely. And I know you like the almond hints of the Luxado. Yes. I love the cherry hints of the Luxar. I actually, I love cherry and almond, so I love them both. The two great tastes that go great together. Oh, so good alright, well that segues perfectly into our next section. Oh gosh. Okay. You ready for your questions, Nancy? Yes, I'm on the hot seat today. Alright, so we just mentioned that Nancy is. Quite the chef. So, these questions are all about cooking. Following her passion for cooking, Nancy moved to Australia to attend culinary school. That's true. She lived there for what, five or six years? Six years. Although Jason will always say a better part of a decade. Okay. that's true. Yeah. and her twin boys were born there. They were, yes. Yeah. Nancy and I both have twin boys, same age, and they are very good friends, so that's so much fun. And the funny thing is when I moved to Stowe, I met, a woman, Genevieve. Jen. Who's Jen? Yeah. Whose son? George. Also born in the same hospital as my boys in Sydney. So that is so random. How far apart in time? they weren't there at the same time were they? I think he's an October baby in mine. Were December, Oh my God, that's so close. I know. That's so wild. It's pretty wild. Wow. Any who? yeah, so went to culinary school and then just decided to stay. To stay'cause it was so beautiful. Mm-hmm. Well, Lance, let's see how much, cooking knowledge is still simmering in your brain. Yep. Okay, so you're gonna go through the questions I won't answer. Yep. Right. Just a quick format reminder for our listeners. I will ask all the questions first. Giving everyone time to think and write down the answers. Okay. Then we will move on to the answers. All right. You ready, Nance? Yes. Ready? Ready whenever you are. Question number one, what is a chef's hat called? Question two. What Kitchen Tool is also known as a zester or a zest grater? Question three, who is known as the Naked Chef? Question four. What slicing technique produces thin ribbons? Question five. What Christmas dessert is a cream filled sponge cake rolled up and made to look like a log question six translated literally as high cooking. This French term is characterized by meticulous preparation, rich ingredients, elaborate presentations, and multi-course meals. It is also associated with fine dining establishments. Question seven, what prestigious rating system for restaurants was established in 1900 by a company that wanted to encourage people to drive more? Question eight. Is what? Seafood delicacy Mu mo. I just wanna say mu question nine. What is a French term for steak and fries? And question 10. Where were french fries invented? We're going to give you a couple moments to wrap up your responses and then we will go over all the answers. Okay. Nancy, how do you think you did? I feel very confident. You do? Yes. Good. Hopefully not overly confident. Oh, I'm sure you did awesome. I've had your cooking. I know you know what you're doing. All right, as a reminder to our listeners, these answers or responses are worth one point each. And here they are. Nance, what is a chefs hat called? That is a Toke, correct? Oh, I've got like a side question for you on that one. Do you know how many pleats. Like folds in a chef's hat that traditionally how many pleats are in there? I don't know. A lot. There are a ton. There are a hundred Uhhuh. Like a hundred, exactly. Traditionally. Okay. The traditional. Okay, I didn't know that. And do you know why? No. Mm-hmm. This is a wild fact. It represents the 100 ways an egg can be cooked. Oh, I love that. I know that's very known. Yeah. I mean, the egg is the most versatile ingredient apparently. Question two, what kitchen tool is also known as a zester or zest Grater. So. I believe that is the, like a Kleenex or a Q-tip? It's the microplane. It's right. Wait, it is a microplane. can you explain that connection there? It's the brand name. Oh, okay. Yeah. and it's become so ubiquitous that everybody just calls it the microplane. Got it. Got it. Yeah. Everyone instead of tissues, they just say Kleenex or, yeah. Yeah. Instead of cotton swabs, we say Q-tips. Exactly. Yeah, totally. Yeah. I used my microplane this morning to create some, lemon zest. Oh, awesome. Do you ever use use it to grate garlic? yeah, I don't often I,'cause I just, I don't, first off, I don't like to mix it on. I would want another one because, the garlic smell with lemon zest, Oh, right. Well, let, let's just say you had watched it and were just using it. Do you ever use it for. I don't, I mean, I did read somewhere before that it bruises it takes away from it somehow. I, when you grate, and so what I usually do is I'll chop, just hash through it and add salt to the board and that helps dissolve the. the garlic and it gets that pasty. Oh, okay. Yeah, because I see, when I watch cooking videos, I see people doing like with the micro planer all the time. yeah. I do, yeah. Moving on. Question three, who is also known as the Naked Chef? That's Jamie Oliver. That's correct. Yes. I worked with him when I worked at Delicious in, Sydney. Yeah. No way. I mean, I never was in a the room physically with him, but I worked on his recipes. Oh my God, that's amazing. Yeah. That's awesome. He was a great recipe writer. Question four. What slicing technique produces thin ribbons. That's the schade. That's right. And I didn't know that was what it was called, but. And now I do. Now you do. All right. Question five. What Christmas dessert is a cream filled sponge cake rolled up and made to look like log. That's a correct. We, they're really hard to make. I've made one. Oh, have you? Yeah. I've never made one, but I love to get those at Christmas. Yeah, they're delicious. And then I put like little ornaments on them and make a little Christmas seed. I, they're pretty, they're so cool. Question. Six translated literally as high cooking. This French term is characterized by lots of fancy things. Mm-hmm. That's oat cuisine. Again, you are correct. Oh my God, you're acing this so far. Not to be confused with oat couture. No, but I like both of them. Yes, I do too. I like oat cuisine while I'm wearing oat couture. Yes. Alright. Question seven. What. Prestigious rating system for restaurants was established in 1900 by a company that wanted to encourage people to drive more. The Michelin Guide? Yes. Michelin Star system. It's not the Goodyear Guide. It's not Pelli Tire Guide. Yes. Nope. not that. question eight, UL is what? Seafood delicacy. I love these muss mus, I know muscles and Brussels that I know you love them, and so many people love them. For some reason, that is one of the very, very few. You do not like very few foods that I do not like. and I grew up on the ocean. Yeah. And I love seafood. And I have, I can't even tell you how many times I've tried them thinking this time I'm gonna love them. Is it the texture? Is it the Yeah. Yeah. It's, I get that it's not really the texture, it's just the taste and the texture, I guess. Mm-hmm. But I know they're very popular people love them. Question nine. What is the French term for steak and fries? That would be, steak fruit, correct. Oh, so yummy. It's one of my favorites. and milk fruit is mussels and fries. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, and on keeping with the fries, you got fries on the brain where were fries invented? I know. I'm hungry right now. Where were fries invented? Uh, Belgium. Correct. Do you know when? I don't, late 16 hundreds. So they've been around for a while. Whoa. Okay. and here's a fun fact. Do you have any idea who brought french fries to America? Who brought french fries to America? And this, by the way. You got a hundred. You got 100. Oh my God. I'm gonna have to tell my teachers about it. You got, you missed it. 10 outta 10. Yay. but this is this fun fact. You probably don't know. maybe you do. I don't You don't know? No. Okay. Although Thomas Jefferson is widely credited with bringing fries. Yes. The US French cooking. Yep. From Paris. Mm-hmm. Um, oh, is it Ben Franklin? no. Thomas Jefferson's enslaved human. James Hemmings. Oh, Sally's. Notice the name. Yep. Sally's son or? I think so. Oh gosh. actually, I don't know for sure. Yeah. Who, what the relationship was, but, he actually brought the French tribe back to America. Wow. Thank you, James. You did us a solid with that. Well, those were super fun. I think were, you were kind to me. Absolutely not. You knew your stuff. I didn't know half of those. Well, I knew, well actually, I knew. You knew. I knew a lot, but, I didn't know all them, so. Good job. that was fun. That was fun. Thanks, Laura. Yeah. All right. All right. Onto the, well, our next round of questions is called the Well, if you're falling along with our score sheet, each correct answer is worth one point. Number one, the House of Medici is known as a great patron of the arts during the Renaissance, apart from Leonardo da Vinci, named one of the three other artists supported by this powerful family. Wait for it. That is also a Teenage mutant Ninja Turtle. Question two, what gives human hair, skin and nails its color? Question three. What color is the smoke that is piped out of the Sistine Chapel when a conclave decides on a Pope? Question four, what sport would you be playing if play is restarted with a scrum? Question five. Who is the bumbling detective played by Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther Film series? Question six. What dystopian zombie television series features runners and clickers. Question seven. What ingredient is commonly added to shaken cocktails to create a velvety smooth texture without altering their taste? Question eight. The Tiber River flows through which World? Capital City. Question nine, what pop stars fans are called Little Monsters. And question 10. Name The American mystery writer known for her alphabet series of novels we're gonna give you a few moments to wrap up your responses and we will be back with the answers. Now that everyone's had a moment to collect all their answers, we're going to go over to do all these questions. To do how to do, how did everyone do? Number one, apart from Leonardo da Vinci, named one of the three other artists supported by the meta cheese that is also in Ninja Turtle. So Highbrow, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo. did your kids ever watch that? No. I may. Maybe. I don't think so though. Yeah, I don't think, I don't think it was really around when our kids were watching. No. I think it was a little earlier. It's more like Peppa Pig and that kind of stuff. Yeah, exactly. And Phineas and Verb. Oh, yeah. The best. Oh yeah. I was thinking like younger years, but you're right. Was much more that kind of age group. Yeah. Question two, what gives human hair. Skin and nails it's color, and that would be melanin. I don't have much. We're hoping for some sun so we can have a little more going. Exactly. It's been so rainy. There's zero melanin going on here right now. Question three. What color is the smoke piped outta the Sistine Chapel? When a conclave decides on a Pope. That would be white. That just happened. That just happened. So that's a very timely question. And shout out to Pope Leo the 14th. Yeah. American. American Pope. Very cool. And Villanova. And Villanova. Yeah, that's right. Have you seen the movie Conclave? I have, and I loved it. Yeah. My mother was like, you've got to see it. So I was on a flight recently and I watched it. It was amazing. Yeah, it's really gripping. Really good. Really good. Isabella Rossini. Wow. She's so great. John Lithgow, everybody. Great cast. Ralph. Fine. Yep. Yep. Question four. What sport would you be playing if play is restarted with a scrum? That's rugby. And I have to tell you about my rugby days. Oh, absolutely. So of course he played rugby. just saying. Of course he did. Oh, not well. Oh, that doesn't, does that even matter? it mattered to this group that I joined in Sydney. Oh, they cared. Oh God. Yeah. It was like moms, new moms and newborn twins and they're husbands and I just couldn't get the Wait for real. Yeah, for real. So with moms, with all these babies and they're out there yeah. Getting out there. Yeah, it was crushing. It was so random. Their frustrations. Oh, that's great. We need to, I need to exercise. Yeah. And this will be fun. Oh, that's hilarious. What was the name called? What was your team name? oh, I don't even remember. I was on it for so little time because I kept messing up and throwing forward instead of backwards, you're supposed to throw backwards. Oh my God. Or lateral, I think. Yeah. And the dads would get so mad at me. And I was just like, that's hilarious. This is stressing me out. I'm out. Oh my God. You were, you kicked off the team. I was basically, yeah. Get the American outta here. It was like, you can resign before we fire you exactly. Well, you know, rugby's not your thing, but not my thing. Alright. Question five. Who is a bumbling detective in the Pink Panther film series? And the answer is Inspector cso. Did you watch these? I don't know if I ever watched them, beginning to end, but I've definitely seen them. Yeah. They're hilarious. They're so funny. They're so silly. Question six. What dystopian zombie television series features, runners and clickers, that is the last of us terrifying. Have you watched that? I have. I haven't watched. It's really good. But, my son, Alex. Has told me all about it. He's a biology, he's a fis. He loves science and biology so much. So he told me all about the fact that, it's based on a real actual living organism. The cordyceps, the cords, the fungus that hijacks insects, brains and make some zombies. Yeah. It's really, it's possible. It's so creepy. It's so creepy. I don't know if I can watch that too real. Question seven, what ingredient is added to cocktails to create a smooth texture that is egg white. Mm-hmm. And Oh, I love drinks with egg white. Yeah. It's so nice the texture you get. it is. I, you know, it really freaked me out at first, the whole idea of raw egg. Raw egg. Yeah. And so I didn't drink those for a while, but after I had it, it is really good. It's a game changer. and just giving a little bit of the. Foamy. Yes. Texture too. It's just, it's excellent. So good. Question eight. The Tiber River flows through which world? Capital City. And that is Rome where you visited last year? Yes. Didn't you? The the Eternal City. Yeah. I went there with the family last year and it was incredible. So incredible. We had such a great trip Yeah. Sat by the edge of the Tiber imagining, what it was like in ancient times, because that's what I do with most of my time. That is your thing. Yes. Laura's like, the men out there who think of the Roman Empire like once a day, you know, I did not understand that whole thing. I'm like, what are they talking about with a whole Roman empire? And I finally understood that it meant. How many times a day do you think about the Roman Empire? and the answer for me is 20 times a day. Yeah. who works doesn't a day, who like, all the time. So that's a little peek into my, personality there. Your unique brain. It was, my minor. Oh yeah. Yep. Sparked the interest classics. minor in college. I love that stuff. Question nine, what pop stars fans are called Little Monsters. And that is Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga with her meat suit. Do you remember that? Her meat dress. So great. That was wild. oh, she's a national treasure. And finally, question 10, name the writer known for her alphabet novels. Sue Grafton. I think she passed away a couple years ago. Did she? And she did not actually make it through the entire alphabet. I'm not sure what letter she got up to, but, oh, she literally did a b. See, I I've never read a Sue Grafton novel. I've actually never read them either. I just, I think I read the. Obituary. Oh, that's interesting. Do you know how far she gone? pretty far. I think it was like end of the alphabet. Do you know, is anyone going to, any sort of ghostwriter going to finish that up? I feel like they have to. They kind of have to. Yeah. Oh, maybe we'll do that. Alright. That is the end of the, well. Next up straight, no chaser. where each correct answer is worth two points. Question one. What important legal artifact was discovered in 1901 by Jacques de Morgan in present day Iran and is currently housed at the Louvre? Question two. Who is the opposition leader that was Putin's most outspoken critic until his death in a Russian prison in February, 2024. Question three. What American artist and activists rose to fame in the 1980s for his graffiti inspired pop art, often featuring bright colors and the radiant baby? Question four. What Parisian born artist painted many of his finest works while living in Polynesia? Question five, what does a Cooper make? Question six. At the 2017 Oscars, the wrong movie was announced by Warren Beatty as the winner of the best picture award resulting in an awkward live TV moment. What movie actually won the award that year? Question seven. What comedian provided the voice for lawyer Lionel Hutz on the Simpsons? Question eight. Who was recognized as a formal head of state for The Bahamas? Question nine. What fashion designer debuted his revolutionary new look collection in 1947? And question 10. What city would you be in if you were in La Scala Opera House. I will give everyone a few minutes to wrap up their responses and we will go over the answers. And we're back folks, with the answers to straight no chaser. Question one. What important legal artifact was discovered in 1901 by Jacques de Morgan in present day Iran? That's the steal of Hammurabi containing the code of Hammurabi. And I've been to the Louv many times and I don't think I've ever seen that or I didn't realize that's what I was seeing. I remember seeing it when I was there with my kids once. Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah. Oh, do you know what one of the one saying that we still use to this day that came from. Rabi's code. There's the eye for an eye one. That's it. Yes. Eye for an eye. And a tooth for tooth. That's it. Yeah. Yep. We'll make the world blind. It's brutal. Yeah. Blind and toothless. Exactly. Question two. Who is the opposition leader that was Putin's most outspoken critic until his death in a Russian prison. That's Alexi Navalny. Do we know anything about his death? Was it suspicious? Oh, yes. Yeah. he wasn't very suspicious. He wasn't thrown out of a window, but yeah, just, yeah, he jumped. Yeah, exactly. Lots of suspicious deaths there. Yeah. question three, what American artist and activist rose to fame in the eighties, for his graffiti inspired pop art? That's Keith Herring. Love his stuff. Rest in peace. Jason has Keith Harring socks. His art is so original and just so iconic. Yeah, like of the eighties. So eighties It is of the moment. Yeah. Question four, what Parisian born artist painted many of his finest works in Polynesia. That's Paul Gogan. And did you know he, he and Van Gogh were, they knew each other pretty well? Yeah. I can't say they're, they were best friends.'cause I think they had a very contentious, tumultuous relationship as I'm guessing every relationship with Van Gogh was. Yeah. Yeah. Unfortunately, probably not the easiest guy. So yeah. They lived together for a time in Ale. Okay. where Van Gogh had convinced Gogan to come down there as like. like a commune type of thing. Exactly. And some sort of painting paradise and, Yeah. That paradise turned. It's like I'm outta here. Turned bad pretty quickly. Them out. Yeah. Going to Tahiti. Yeah. Okay. Question five. What does a Cooper make? That is barrels fancy barrels. For non fancy barrels? I'm not sure all barrels, I don't know. do we still have coopers that make barrels or do we just use the same ones that they've been using for years?'cause I know they do that. Yeah. I mean in like on vineyards that right? Yeah. They aged. They're aged and yeah. I'm sure there's new ones though, right? I don't know. I don't know. Number six, at the 2017 Oscars, the wrong movie was announced by Warren Beatie. the movie that actually won that year was Moonlight. How does that even happen? and the movie that he announced is Lala Land. that's not even close. And they don't sound alike. And they don't write more than one thing on that. Yeah. they turned it around and showed the card and it was, it's just, it says Moonlight very clearly. and so he didn't look at it. He just had that oh, he had, he a bra fart. Just like John Travolta. He had a John Travolta moment. Yes. Andina Menzel, Dina Delle did Z Delle. So great. That was crazy. Great Oscar moments. Okay, question seven. What comedian provided the voice for the lawyer? Lionel Hutz. On The Simpsons. That's Phil Hartman and his law firm. Oh my God. Laura, I know you're a big fan. I can't believe it's a law firm. That is so awesome. That's so Simpsons. Oh, again, rip. Rip. Yeah. Peace. Phil Har, question eight, who is recognized as the formal head of state for The Bahamas? That's the king or queen of Great Britain, and I was just there. This girl gets around, man. She's traveling. Yeah. Yeah. Spring is travel time. Yeah. In my household it was absolutely gorgeous. Shout out to The Bahamas and a beautiful island, amazing people. Yeah, it's wonderful. I love it there. Question nine. What fashion designer debuted his revolutionary new look collection in 1947? Christian Dior. what was the new look? It, has rounded shoulders, like wider shoulders, a cinched waist and a very full skirt. It was, totally different from anything that had been done before. Wow. Yeah. Cool. Question 10, let's wrap up with that. What city would you be in if you were in La Scala? Opera House? Milan. Milan. I've never been there. I was just about to ask you if you've been there. I was there once. I was in the city for an hour and then went to the airport. Oh, okay. Transit. I can't really say I've been there, but I have technically been there. Touch the ground. Beautiful city on the list. Alright folks, let's move on to the mystery round. Ooh. I love the mystery round. The answers to the 10 questions in this round all have a connection in common. Answer the individual questions correctly and then try to guess what that connection might be. Each correct answer, including the answer to the connection is worth two points. All right, here we go. Question one. In Greek mythology, this dog guards the entrance to the underworld. Question two. Sally Hemmings was an enslaved woman that had six children, followed by this president. And if you were listening earlier, you might have picked up on that. Yep. Question three, what nineties band turned through a succession of drummers, including Chad Channing, before landing on the drummer That would become inextricably linked with the band. Question four. A type of poem that features a 5 7 5 syllable pattern is called What? Question five. What famous Basketballer has a daughter who plays professional soccer on the U-S-W-N-T, the United States Women's National team? Question six, who is known for his famous called Shot Home Run during a World Series game against the Chicago Cubs, this player pointed to a spot in deep center field where he then subsequently hit the ball. Question seven. What is the last name of the family in Louisa May Alcott's Novel Little Women. Question eight, which Indiana Jones movie features Sean Connery? Question nine. What are the components of a classic French Ropo? Question 10. This metal is so light, it floats on water. Its name is derived from the Greek word for stone. You can take a few seconds now to wrap up your responses and we'll come back with the answers. answer time. Answer Time for mystery round. Question one. This Greek mythology dog, gar underworld. And that is Cerberus, the beautiful three-headed dog. Yes. Question two. Sally Hemmings had six children fathered by this president, and that was Thomas Jefferson. You might've had a little clue to that one earlier. Yeah, a little bit of a clue. We might've, slipped in a little hint earlier in this episode. We meant to do that. Yeah, totally meant to do that. Hopefully everyone, was listening and they got that question three, what nineties band churned through a succession of drummers before landing on the drummer that would become inextricably linked with the band, and that was Nirvana. And the drummer is Dave Grohl. Dave Grohl. Yep. Amazing musician. Such a good drummer. Such a musician. Loved him, loved him for so long. And then, had a little bit of a p heard nightmare recently. Okay. So he's a flawed artist. He's a flawed individual, but yes. Great music. Mm-hmm. Question four, a type of poem that features a 5, 7, 5 syllable pattern is a haiku. And my friend Pete, every a year at Christmas, sends a, holiday card, that is a haiku. He writes a haiku every year about his year, and it's really great. It's a great way to find out about what they, yeah, you know what, and that's in a nice little concise form. Very creative as opposed to those very long. You know, recaps of the year that some people send that have just way too much information. It's little too. But anyway, I still love getting those. It's, I still, it's, I do. It's like a, yeah. Little guilty pleasure. Alright, question five. What famous Basketballer has a daughter who plays professional soccer on the us WNT? That would be Dennis Rodman's daughter. Yep. And her name is Trinity Rodman. I had no idea she. Even existed before I heard this question. She's super talented. She's a great footballer, and she must be, she actually is dating Ben Shelton, the tennis player. No way. yep. Oh wow. Cool. But she's amazing in her own right. All right, question six, who is known for his famous called Shot Home Run during a World Series game against the Chicago Cubs. That's Babe Ruth the Bambino. Yep. I love him. yeah, I love him too. So the reason Nancy and I are both even mentioning this, I'm from Boston, right outside of Boston originally. And Nancy is from right outside. Yep. New Jersey. New Jersey. I'm a Red Sox fan. Nancy's Yankee fan. Yankee fan. So, um, I'm actually, but the point, I'm actually not that big of a baseball fan, to be honest, but yeah. Yankees. But the point I need to make Yes. Is that he was on the Red Sox first. You, you gave him up, you made a mistake there. Yeah, the curse has been reversed. The curse we can be friends was reversed, in the greatest year of 2004. I'm glad it worked out. Yeah. and I went to, I got to go to the, the World Series that year. Oh, did you? Oh, wow. Yeah. Opening game at, Fenway. It was amazing. Very exciting. That's funny. Think it was the first time I left my newborn daughter at home and I was like, I'm going. Sorry girl. Going, okay, question seven. What is the last name of the family in Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women, and their last name was March. Joe, Beth, Amy. Love them. Meg? Yep. Meg. Meg. Yep. Question eight. Which Indiana Jones movie features Sean Connery. That was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. No, I know you love this movie for a particular reason. Yeah. Two reasons. Um, Sean Connery is kind of the best. Yeah. But even more importantly. River River Phoenix. A rare, rare glimpse of him. He played, the Young Indie Yeah. In that movie. I loved it. I saw it with my dad in the theater. He gone too soon. Oh, he was the best. He was great. I love River Rare Talent. Yeah. a heartthrob and a talent. Yep. Both. Mm-hmm. And question nine, what are the components of a classic French miis? That would be carrots, onion, and celery. You could have asked me this question earlier. you could, yeah. Yeah. That was an unintentional, Coincidence, Yeah. question 10, the final answer. This metal with a name that comes from the Greek word for stone is so light, it floats on water. That's lithium. It's funny'cause actually another coincidence, lithium is a song by Nirvana. That is so weird. This is a third coincidental question, answer kind of thing, because it's Friday the 13th. Stop it. Yeah. That's what's happening. It's supernatural. This literally was not planned, but it was fun. And speaking of supernatural, the answer to the connection here is a magic number. Theme magic number three. Yes. So Cerberus has three heads. Thomas Jefferson was the third president. Nirvana has three people in it. It's a trio. Haiku is a three line poem. Dennis Rodman's daughter is Trinity. That one was a thinker. Yeah. Babe Ruth. He wore, number three famously, which was as a Yankee. As a Yankee. That number was retired in 1948. And the last name of little women is March, which is obviously third month. The third month, and the third in the series of the, Indiana Jones, was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, so the third installment. And what are the components of Mirapoix, onions, celery, carrots, three ingredients. And lastly, lithium is the third element. I didn't know that. Oh yeah. my son actually at one point memorized the entire board period chart period. Yeah. And wow, that's impressive. He helped me with that. Wow. Alright. that was a toughie dance, I have to say. that was tough. I would be, it was, if you guessed that connection, kudos. Yeah. Kudos to you guys if you got it. Good fun. And next up we will see you in the top shelf. We've made it to the top shelf, which is the final round, toughest round. The toughest round, where the questions are worth three points each. Let's do this. Question number one, before he was drawn in his iconic green, what color was a Hulk originally? Question number two. In August, 2023, Tom Brady purchased a stake in an English football or a soccer club. What was the name of the club? Question three. What famous Betty Davis star vehicle from 1950 features the famous movie line, fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night. Question four. What is the egg lane mammal that is named after a mythological monster and has babies named puggles? Question five, in the culinary world, what is a Ben Marie question six. Name four of the six countries that feature a cardinal direction in their official name. Question seven. What punk rock musician was charged with murdering his girlfriend in 1978? Eight, rising to a power around 1473 BCE. She is credited with being one of the greatest rulers in ancient Egypt. Question nine, son of a UNICEF editor and a dancer and real estate broker. What actor is best known for his breakout role in the 2017 film? Call me by your name Question 10. In new mathematics, the study of coins and paper money reverse refers to the backside of the coin, while what term refers to the front side. that ends the questions for top shelf. Why don't you take a second to write down your responses and then we will go over the answers. The final round top shelf. Let's go through some answers. Number one. Before he was drawn in his iconic green, what color was the Hulk Gray? I find this crazy, but Stanley actually wanted him to be gray, and the only reason he became green was because they had some ink problems, and so they had to change the color. green's so much more vibrant. Yeah. I mean, can you imagine if it were gray, he would look so sickly, like I know, like sort ghost walking around. Yeah. So the answer is great. I think that was a good problem to have because I do too. It worked out. Yeah, it worked out for you. question two. In August, 2023, Tom Brady purchased a steak in. Birmingham City, not Reham. that's, Ryan, Reynolds. And what's the other guy's name? John Ney. Yeah, but Tom Brady. Oh, the guy from Sunny in Philadelphia. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. love it. He's, they're doing great. He's h that team actually, it's really doing well. Tom Brady wants a piece of that action now too. Oh yeah. And apparently. LeBron has a stake in Liverpool, so they're all getting Oh, really? All these American sport people. They're getting into it. Yeah. Yeah. huh? Yeah. Up style here ing. Question three. What famous Betty Davis star vehicle from 1950 features the line fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night. Love this movie. It's called All About Eve. It is such a great movie. I wish I could agree with you, but I've never seen it. We have to have a night with cocktails in this movie.'cause I would love to. It's brutal. It's so good. it's often miscoded as buckle up. It's going to be a bumpy night, but the actual line is fasten your seat belt. It's going be a bumpy night, which is, it's interesting if you think about it, because it was from 1950, did they even have our seat pots? Maybe some cars had sea belts, I thought that was a's kind of a crazy thing. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good point. I remember driving in cars that had no seat belts. Oh, yeah. Suck it up. Suck it up. You'll be fine. Yeah, exactly. Question four. What is the egg laying mammal that has babies' name puggles? I love that name. A kinna. That is so adorable. Yeah, and what's the other one that lays a. Eggs. The other mal platypus. Yeah, typus. Those weird Australian animals are, is he akina also from Australia? I think so. Yeah. Of course they are. Where else would they be? Where else would they be from? Oz. Question five. In the culinary world, what is a benmar? That is a water bath for gentle cooking. So you cook like a and what? a cheesecake or a flon yeah. I've actually, you've generally done, I've done the flan, not the cheesecake, but I've done flon before. Yeah. Tasty. Question six. Name four of the six countries that feature a cardinal direction in their name. That's South Sudan, East Timor, north Macedonia, South Africa. North Korea and South Korea, and so I like that question. I didn't know North Macedonia was its own country. Yeah. I think that's one of the more recent ones. Yeah, I was gonna say that's newer. I think South Sudan's probably the most recent. East Timor is like 99 or something like that. Mm-hmm. Question seven. What punk rock musician was charged with murdering his girlfriend in the seventies? That's Sid Vicious and his girlfriend was Nancy Spungen. Yeah. Yep. Sex Pistols. Yeah. Brutal. he actually was charged with second degree murder and he died of a heroin overdose before it went to trial. So I'm wondering if that was not a coincidence. No. maybe, I don't know. Who knows? Question eight. Rising to power In 1473, BCE, she's credited with being one of the greatest rulers in ancient Egypt hat, hat that funny something, something like that to say. She Okay. Again on the whole ancient history. This was on Gimme some info. Well, she was, she was just so cool. she had to fight really for her. reputation. And she was for like, the respect. Exactly. And she would wear a beard, like a fake beard. Oh. not because she was trying to pass herself off as a man, but because she thought it was a symbol of, strength and, Wow. That it would command power and respect. Wow. Okay. Yeah. So you often see her, In ancient art or as having the beard. Really? Okay. Yeah. I didn't know how Chip, yeah. Yep. Thank you for teaching me. She wasn't the first queen of Egypt. I think she was the second, but she was, really prolific in her range. She did a really good job. She did a lot of things with opposed to the economy and created, Trade route that, persistent. So women rulers. Yeah, she did a good job. It's great. You go girl. Question nine, son of a UNICEF editor and a dancer and real estate broker. What actor is known for the movie? Call Me by your name. That's Timothy Shaima. Timothy. Timothy Love Timothy. Love him too. Also a heartthrob and a great talent. Yes, and I just love to listen to him speak French. he's, I love those clips too. He's so good. He's so good. He really knows his French. I guess he grew up speaking it. Yeah. Okay. The last question is number 10 in Numismatic, the study of coins and paper money reverse refers to the backside of coin while the front is called the obverse. That was a toughie. That was a toughie. We had that one night at trivia. Yeah. It was a pub trivia question. Yeah. We got it. All right. I guess that wraps it up for top shelf. Yeah, that wraps it up. Oh my goodness. I know so fast. That went too fast. I know. More questions. thank you so much for joining us this week and, know that next week we will be welcoming a guest onto our show. our first guest, George, George, Dean George, the host of our favorite local pub trivia night. We're gonna put him on the hot seat and ask him some questions around a topic that he knows a lot about. And next week's episode, theme cocktail will feature gin, lemon juice, and honey. So get your supplies ready to raise a glass with us. You can find us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and anywhere you like to listen to your pods. and feel free to check us out@triviabuzzpod.com. Yeah, like us follow us and we'll see you next week. All right. All right. Cheers. Have a good week. Bye Laura. Bye.