Episode 3 Is George in Jeopardy?

Guest, George Deane, a 2017 Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament contestant, joins Laura and Nancy for a cocktail and a trivia quiz. We won’t get schooled again! 

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Pub Trivia in the palm of your hand

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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. Answer along and use the screen sheet on our website, trivia buzz pod.com to record your answers if you'd like, so without further ado, let's get into our game. Listeners, we have a guest this week. We are honored to welcome Pub trivia host with the most, George Dean. Hi George. Hi George. Hello. Hello. I don't know if honored is the right word, but thank you very much. Oh, very much so, yes. Oh, thanks for being on today. Yeah, thanks for being here. So Nancy and I know George. Mm-hmm. He is our pub trivia host that we, pester every single Tuesday night. Had, did you miss one? So I'm sure we got 10, right? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. We are those annoying people. Like I really thought we got nine. Right? You're just like, no, you didn't. Oh my gosh. You're very, we have selective memory. Long suffering. Long suffering. I know he puts up with us, but apart from being a host, you are also a 10th and 11th grade social studies teacher at Colchester High School by day. That's correct, yes. And, you teach, social studies. What part of social studies? So generally I do a world history. Like I do all kinds of different things and taught a whole bunch of different stuff. But my main bread and butter is a world history class that's kind of just wide ranging. It was more western sieve, but we've branched out and done a whole bunch of other Love it things with that. Yeah. So it's kind of like a, a global history type of thing. High schools have started naming their courses, different things in order to appeal to like different things. So um, the, the main title is, the Human Experience Legacies of the Past. Wow. Sounds like a movie. Yeah. But, so what we do, for the most part is just when colleges, at the school profile and like, what the heck does legacies of the past mean? Yeah. We basically say, yeah, it's world history. So lots of fun stuff with that, but, uh, one of the cool things about Colchester is we get to teach lots of different things. So I've taught, legacies, I've taught philosophy, psychology. I have a modern US history through film class, which I really enjoy teaching. Oh. Oh, that sounds pretty cool. Yeah, it's, it's great when we watch movies and talk about history, so that's all kind of good thing. And what, what seems to be the favorite one among the students for the movies? Uh, it really depends on. Who the student group is. We've had a lot of success with, Vietnam War movies. So like Platoon. A platoon, yeah. Yeah. I just showed full metal jacket once. Great movie. Which is great movie. But also it's hardcore also a little rough to be like, Hey, you know, principal's walking by and they're doing the full metal jacket scenes. So I, I like, some that are pretty humorous, so like we've done, uh, battle of the Sexes, which is kind of fun. Oh yeah. Um, yeah, and it just, you know, lots of, lots of variety. So, you know, all, all over the place, in terms of teaching and just different stuff that's available and things that we can do. That's great. Yeah, I was a history major in college. I loved it. Love it. Still do. Yeah. Good stuff. But also we wanted to talk to you about your hosting duties. Yeah. How did you get into that? So, as you all know, my wife and friend group play a lot as well. Yeah. They're often, competitors. I just have to jump in here because George was a former rival team Yeah, absolutely. Before he became the host. So I think maybe our winning streak can be attributed to you moving over to the host. You got him the job to get him outta commission, right? Exactly. Exactly. Like, why don't you take George? Yeah. So, yeah, we played, at one of the local restaurants in Waterbury, for a while, and then when that shut down their trivia operation, we moved to Stowe. And that was fun. And like we were just chatting up with, the guy who runs Top Hat with, uh, with Mike, and he was like, Hey, you know what? You should do this. Like you should. It's, it's great. Like a lot of fun. I'm like, well, it's a captive audience and I get a microphone, so yeah, let's, let's do that. And that's why we got into podcast tape. Yeah. So I'm like, oh, people have to listen to me. This is great. I'm, I'm all for it. So right now, which is, lovely, um, is, I I go and host and get to pretend that I know everything, which is always fun'cause I've got the answers there. So one thing about your hosting though, mm-hmm. Is that you're very efficient and you're a great multitasker. We've had hosts, who have needed another person scoring. Right. While they're talking. And you never seem to be lagging. How did you, you're definitely the best host. Oh, well thanks. I like to think of, it's probably like a teacher skill almost, where there's always lots of things going on. And and you get into a real rhythm. Where it's just like, okay, you know what? Like, the other night when we had 20 plus teams, I got home and I was tired. I was like, oh, was that last week? Yeah. Yeah. They were a million teams busy. So Yeah. Like 22 teams. Yeah. And, and I'm like, well that's'cause I graded, over 1300 questions. Yeah. So it's, it's a lot. Oh wow. I never thought about the math on that. Yeah. You're exhausted by the end of the night. You just like lot ripping through and you know, you get into a rhythm of like, okay, I'm gonna ask a questions. I'm gonna grade two score sheets. I'm gonna ask a question. I'm gonna grade two score sheets. And just kind of go through and I've. I really appreciate that. Folks don't call me often on the, Hey, we think we got this right here. But, you know, you gotta keep track of that. Is there one particular team that, you know, you all joke about it, but Fullers, but you're all very, very confident in my scoring abilities? I think so. We are. Can I say there are times when we're like, wait, we thought we got to I'm not going up. I'm not going up. You're not always No, we're okay. We're gonna let that one lie. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And, and I definitely, you know, with you all being, very winning, players, like I hold you to a pretty high standard sometimes you, and you know that, and it's like, you know, it won't be a spelling thing, but it's like, I don't know. Have you had any funny mishaps, like when you first started doing this? Not that I can recall. Although there have been some technical difficulties. Yeah, I, yeah, it's like, there's like, you know, Hey, I don't have any audio. That's not good. That's a problem. Um, yeah. Oh, yeah. Like technical issues with the house, basically. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. So, you know, it's always that, or like, Hey, is the projector working? Or how do we get, this screen? But for the most part it's, it's a fun gig. And honestly, you know, it's, it's a Tuesday night for me and it's like, okay, well why not? You know, I'm done with actual work now we get to do the fun job where, people congratulate me on my reading ability, so I'm, someone pays me to play trivia. Well, speaking of getting paid for trivia, yes. George was also, oh, I, I didn't wanna be the one because I am the outlier here, but if you want me to go with this, I am sitting next to greatness today because as you know, Nancy has been a contestant on Jeopardy, but George was also a contestant on Jeopardy, so Yay. Yeah. With a couple brainiacs here. And you were part of the teacher's tournament? I was, yeah. In 2017. Yeah. I think, yeah, it was 2017 when we filmed it. I'm not sure when your experience was or Mine was 2023. Okay. So, oh, so you didn't get Ken? No. Or you didn't get Alex, I mean No, you did. Yeah. Which was, oh, you were there with Alex. Yeah, I was one of Alex's last years. No, no kidding. Anything. Which was, which was. Really cool. Yeah. Um, yeah, and it was, it was fun. I'd been doing the, online test, which was fun. How did you stumble across that, George? The online test thing? Yeah. Did you know there was a shout out for teachers? So, so honestly, like I did the, the online test just as regular Jeopardy contestant. And, and so, the, it's the same steps that everybody goes through. And when I was at my audition, I was at my audition in, I. New York on over Columbus Day weekend in 2016. And we're, we're going through and I'm meeting all kinds of really interesting people. And this one guy who's like, you know, oh, I've done this like audition seven times. And I'm like, Hmm, okay. Okay. Yeah. This, this is my first time doing it, so we'll see. And we're going through and uh, you play the mock game. And I think the thing that really solidified me a couple things. One, um, from Vermont and they don't get a lot of Vermonters. Yeah, that's right. That's some good divers. They've few lately though, there have been a few recently there have been more, which is cool. Mm-hmm. And then, uh, when we were doing the game, there was a, McKayla Schiffrin skiing question. Oh, nobody else had any idea. And I'm just like, boom. Oh, I'm so on top of that. Like, how did you know that? I'm like, yeah, she went to the same high school that my brother-in-law went to. So, we got that and it's like anytime we get a Vermont connection, it's like, yeah, yeah. No, I'm you grew up in Vermont, so Yeah, so I grew up in southern Vermont. And went to University of Vermont and then refused to leave. Uh, so, yeah. So that was, that was great. And then, when they were talking about, things and they, oh, you're a teacher, would you be interested in being in the teacher tournament? I'm like, absolutely. I'd be on the teacher tournament and one guy's like, no, no. I want to be on real jeopardy. And I'm like, turns out the teacher tournament was so. Awesome. In terms of you know, potential money's not necessarily there as much. Mm-hmm. But I wasn't doing it for money. Right. Um, and, and they're like, oh yeah, teacher tournament, because your teachers, we actually fly you out to LA Oh, that's nice. Which is nice. So I had that bonus and like the crew of people that, I got to work with and be on the show with, were all teachers. We're all coming from the same place. We're all kind of doing the same thing. And, some of them are like really close friends now still. And did they do an airing party at your school? We didn't because. I wasn't quite as impressed with my result so you were top three, I'm sure. Yeah, absolutely. That's my favorite line. People are like, Hey, how do something we have in common? Oh yeah. I was in the top three, like, whoa. Well, that's good. Yeah. So we, rented out a room at a local restaurant and we did an airing party for that. But definitely my buddy David that won the whole thing, I think did a big school watch party for his down in Texas, which was fun. Amazing. Yeah, and it's just like, oh, that would've been cool to be able to be like, oh, no, no, keep watching, keep doing this. Cause one of my other friends at Colchester, was also on Jeopardy, I think 2010 maybe. Um, and you had some smart friends. Oh yeah. It's great. I surround myself, but. Smart people. It makes me seem smarter. And it's funny'cause the kids will, once they learn at school, like, oh, you're on Jeopardy. Can we see your episode anywhere? I'm you sure? I have it recorded. And my friend Amy always shows the episode that she won, of course. And I'm like, Amy, you gotta show the episode that you lost at some point. She's like, I don't think I even have that. Doesn't exist. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, that's the only one I have is the one I lost. But listen, getting on the show is just tremendous. That's some tough competition to get on. Yeah. I like to think so. It was fun. It's a nice company to be in. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Yes. Alright, so should we talk about what we're drinking today? I know we've been talking so much and we haven't been drinking. George, today we chose to drink the bees needs. Mm-hmm. Because we know this is your favorite cocktail. You are not really the biggest cocktail drinker, but this is the one you'll go to, right? That's true. Yeah. I'm more of a pilsner guy, but if I have a cocktail, the bees knees is, in fact, the bees knees is in fact the bees knees. And that is, I would have to agree with you on that. I love it too. That is in fact why it's called the bees knees.'cause it was a prohibition era slang. For something that's just. Outstanding or excellent, and we think you're the bee's knees too. So there's many reasons to be drinking this today. So in this drink is two ounces of fresh gin, three quarters of an ounce of fresh lemon juice, half an ounce of honey syrup, which we made just by heating up equal parts honey and water so that the, it's just more pourable and will incorporate into the drink better. And then, uh, you shake it over ice and strain it into cocktail glasses and garnish with a lemon twist. Let's give it a go. Oh yes. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers. Yep. That is delightful. And summary. That is the stuff that is good. Mm-hmm. Awesome. Also, a drink that was created in France at the, one of their great old bars. The Reds, the rts. Yeah. I knew you were gonna stand out Well, I do love my old Paris bars. I have, been known to, there are some good ones. Yes. Enjoy them. And also it's just a simple extension of the classic gin sour. Yes, indeed. Yeah. So instead of sugar, honey. Alright, well, now that you've got a little liquid courage under your belt, George, it's time to put you on the hot seat in honor of your role as a teacher and your induction into the hallowed jeopardy pantheon through the teacher's tournament. We thought we'd ask you some questions today related to the noble profession of. Teaching. Excellent. They say those who can't do teach, but we disagree. We disagree. We disagree. As you'll see from this first round of questions, you are part of a long line of highly accomplished artists, scientists, and more who have chosen to pass on their knowledge by educating others. Yay. Great profession. Yes. All right, George, you ready? Yes, indeed. Okay. We will read through all the questions without answering, and then we will go back and answer all the questions and see how George did. And every correct question is worth one point, which you can keep score by using our score sheet on trivia buzz pod.com. So here we go. Question one. Who was the first teacher chosen to go to space? Question two. Who is Bart's teacher on The Simpsons? Question three. This American educator served as a US Secretary of Education under President Obama after a seven year stint as a CEO of Chicago schools, and that is the equivalent to superintendent. question four. What famous author was a professor at Oxford University specializing in old and middle English, but never visited New Zealand, where the movies based on his books were filmed? Question five. First called a Miracle Worker by Mark Twain. What famous teacher herself suffered from a form of blindness in her youth? Question six. Initially founded in Germany in 1837, what form of schooling was first instituted in the USA in 1856 and Watertown, Wisconsin? Question seven. This 1967 British film starring Sydney Poitier is set in an underperforming East London school dealing with social and racial issues. Question eight, not to be outdone by England in the poor schooling category. This novel by Colson Whitehead is based on the true story of the Dozier School for boys, a now closed reform school in the Florida panhandle. Question nine. This memoir by Tara Westover tells her story of triumph after a childhood of no formal schooling. She leaves her survivalist Mormon family in Idaho and ultimately earns a PhD at Cambridge University. And question 10. And 3 43. BC Philip II of Macedon hired whom to educate his son. We'll give you a few moments to wrap up your responses and we'll be back with the answers. George, are you ready for the answers? I am ready. How you feeling? I feel pretty good. Confident. I like that you had a poker face. I was watching you. Poke, poke, poke, poker. Okay. Question one. Who was the first teacher chosen to go to space? That was Krista McAuliffe. That is true. That is very tragic. Very tragic and true. I remember that unfolding. Yeah. I was in first grade watching. We wield Stop it. Okay. TV into this screen. The room. Yeah. They wheeled the TV in. I remember. I remember watching that. I might have been in high school. I may have been as well. Okay. Question two. Who is Bart's teacher on The Simpsons that is the ever delightful Mrs. Kabale? Yes, correct. Edna. Edna I did not know this until recently, but she married Ned Flanders after mom died. Yeah. Mom. Ma. I thought you said mom. No, no. Ma. Ma was the first wife. She died and then Ned himself. Yeah. I always love that just'cause like when you look at the spelling, it's like, oh, it's Mrs. K Crab apple. Yeah. You know the apple for the teacher, but no, the way it's pronounced Kreb Apple. Thank you very much. It's perfectly rom name. It's just awesome. Okay, question three. This American educator served as a US Secretary of Education under President Obama. I believe that was Arne Duncan. That is correct. Very good. Well done. It's impressive. Question four. What famous author was a professor at Oxford University specializing in old and middle English? Oh, so this is one that I screwed up when I was on Jeopardy. Oh no, it was the, the R category and I stumbled over my words and it was JRR Tolkien. Oh, and you said JR. And I just went JR. And then, and they, they didn't give it to you? He ruled me, correct. And then they took it away and I didn't argue it. That is harsh. And it shook me. Oh yeah. And then your whole game is set off. Yeah. Yeah. I get it. Because it's stuck in your head. You keep ruminating. Yeah, exactly. It's like, I had that. Right. Wow. Okay. Well, you just redeemed yourself. Hooray. Thank you. Keep that in mind when you're grading her. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Question. The pronunciation's always tough. Yes. Question five. First called a Miracle Worker by Mark Twain. What famous teacher herself suffered from a form of blindness in her youth? I did not know about the blindness thing, but it sounds like Annie Sullivan. Yes, correct. That is correct. She had a crazy life. Uh, yeah. She really did. It was not, um. An easy life. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And she, she knew a lot of famous people too, right? She ended up being friends with Nolan Ryan and Charlie Chaplin. Okay. Do you guys know about this whole Gen Z conspiracy theory thing that Helen Keller actually either didn't exist or our whole history is made up? Oh, come on. I've not heard that at all. I have not heard that either. Yeah. But there's a conspiracy about everything. Everything. I mean, my kids are like, there's no way I heard she flew a plane. There's no way. Well, maybe she held onto like. A plane steering column for a second while someone else was like, yeah, it is infuriating though. Like, she's like, okay, I'm bringing it in for a landing. Yeah, no, right. Exactly. Some, some of my students love learning about Helen Keller though, and just like, oh, that's amazing. Like, yeah. And she pretty rabid communist as well. Yeah, she was. Exactly. Indeed. Yeah. Yep. Question six, initially founded in Germany in 1837. What form of schooling was first instituted in the US in 1856? So originally I was like, oh, that no Montessori's Italian. So I was like, well German, that's gotta be kindergarten. That is correct. You're correct. Yeah. Yes. Funny story about this question is I was also on who wants to be a Millionaire? Mm-hmm. And I actually, this, it wasn't phrased exactly like this. The first one of these started in, Watertown, Wisconsin. And it was like golf course, kindergarten, oh, what was the other one? Oh, uh, temple. Mm-hmm. And I can't remember the fourth one, and I figured it was kindergarten because of the German, ancestry up there. Yeah. But I was at the point where I would've gone down$25,000 if I answered correctly. Yeah. And the other crazy thing is my kids had just started kindergarten two weeks before I was on the show. Right. And I thought, oh, am I just feeling that it's that because of what just happened and I walked away? But it says, of course, kindergarten, like, oh yeah. Nancy, now that you're explaining this, I think I may have seen you on that before I knew you stop it. Well, I watch that show all the time. Oh my goodness. That's wild. I may have yelled at you at the TV and said, that's kindergarten kindergarten's guarded, but you just yell against, against yourself when you're in that moment. Oh, absolutely. You know? Oh, of course. Like, of course. See, and that's why I, I could never go on any game show because I think I would just be in this loop of like self-doubt and I'm gonna come off looking. It's tough. It's tough like a dummy. Okay, question seven. This 1967 British film starring Sidney Poitier is set in an underperforming East London school. I believe that's to Sir With Love. It's one of the best movies, isn't it? Yeah. One of my, favorite, assistant principals ever, uh, not my wife, who is definitely my favorite assistant principal, even though I don't work with her. Would always start his school year by watching that. It's a great movie. It's just like, no, it just motivates me. Gets me ready to go and that's amazing. There we go. Yeah. And that soundtrack is incredible too. That song to Serve with Love is beautiful. Question eight, this novel by Colson Whitehead is based on the true story of the Dozier School for Boys. This is the one I don't know. I got no clue whatsoever. There was actually, it was in the Oscar running last year, the movie, based on this book, it's called Nickel Boys. Oh, okay. Nickel boys. Okay. Still, you're doing great. Question nine. This memoir by Tara Westover tells her story of triumph after a childhood of no formal schooling. I just finished reading this book oh, kidding. Wow. Wow. You're kidding. Yeah. I hadn't read it yet, and I was like, oh yeah, I'm gonna read that one. Yeah. Fascinating. Really. Boy, it made me angry sometimes too. But really pretty amazing. And it's educated. That's correct. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Wow. You're, you're doing very impressively. Thanks. And that was an amazing book. Oh, so good. Hard to read in some parts. Yeah. Really very hard to read. Really tough. Yeah. Absolutely. Just kinda makes you be like, oh man, the triumph and awfulness of humanity, but yeah, yeah. Question 10. In 3 43 BC Philip II of Macedon hired whom to educate his son. So Socrates taught Plato. Plato taught Aristotle. Aristotle taught Alexander the Great. That is correct. That's correct. Aristotle, yes. Wow. I'm impressed that you got the whole line. I like that. Yes. Philosophy. Yes. I love it. And the great quote from Alexander the Great is, I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well. Oh, that's nice. I hadn't heard that. That's a nice one. Yeah. I named my son after Alexander the Great. Just gonna put that in there. Great name. So, nine outta 10. Woo. Winner, winner. Well done. Thank you. Well done George. Very impressive. Thank you. That was a lovely mix of, okay, I can do this. But also, oh, okay. That was kind of random. Love it. Great. All right, let's move on to the, well, our first round of general trivia questions is called the Well, something to wet the Appetite and build your Confidence. If you're following along with our score sheet, each correct answer is worth one point. Question one. What Queen ruling from 1837 to 1901 is believed to be the first royal carrier of hemophilia B? Question two. In 1982, Mark Mosley of the Washington Redskins. Now the commanders won the first and only MVP for this position. Question three, what is Ironman's AI assistant? Question four. What is the commonly used ingredient in Mexican mole sauces that adds a bitter sweet flavor? Question five. Picasso's emotional state defined his work between 1901 and 1904. What is the colorful name for this time in his life? Question six. What comedy troupe established in 1969 created such movie classics as the Holy Grail and life of Brian? Question seven. I want my$2 is a refrain herd in this 1980s era comedic movie. Question eight, what type of meat is guanciale? Question nine, roughly straddling the border between England and Scotland, what landmark was then created as a purported barrier between the civilized and barbarian lands. Question 10. What formations shapes can be described as domed, pinnacle, blocky, or wedge? We will give you a few moments to wrap up and we'll be back with the answers, and we are back with the answers to the, well. George, do you wanna answer some of these? Wanna try to answer? Yeah, I'd love to jump in for a few. Okay. Perfect. Question one, what Queen is believed to be the first royal carrier of hemophilia B? This one I do not want to answer because it's a history question that I'm just like, oh man. She had many children. Many children, yes. And her husband was Prince Albert in a can. It is Queen Victoria. Victoria, yes. Yes. One second. Yeah. Yeah. She, she passed it along to at least one of her children who ended up dying from it. Mm-hmm. Question two. In 1982, mark Moseley of the Washington Redskins won the first and only MVP for this position. Yep. Got nothing on that one either. Well, it's kind of a fun question because it's what position would not normally get The MVP? Yeah. Oh, that's, yeah. That would, that would be the hint. Like center. It's the kicker. Iter. Yeah. And question three, what is Ironman's AI assistant named? Well see this one. I was like, Ooh, I wonder how technical we're getting.'cause originally it's Jarvis. That's it. That's it. But as you move on, it turns into Friday because Jarvis turns into, um, he transitions. Yeah, yeah. No, he totally does. Into Friday into a day of the week. Yeah. Yes. Um. Oh, what the heck is the guy's name now? Vision? Yeah. Oh, okay. So yeah. Yeah. Later. Paul Bey's. Yeah. Yeah. So Paul Beney actually gets to be a physical form on screen there. Okay. Okay. So yeah. So once vision comes into play, Jarvis is replaced by and like totally nerding out here. Okay, well we went with Jarvis George Technic Jarvis. All right. You're gonna have to quit hosting and join our team for the sci-fi. Exactly. We have a big, big dirt here. It's a little hole. Yeah. Yeah. Big gaping hole there. Question four, what is the commonly used ingredient in Mexican mole sauces that adds a bittersweet flavor? That's chocolate. That's right. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. That's very good. And question five. Picasso's emotional state defined his work between 1901 and 1904. What is the colorful name for this time in his life? That's the blue period. Sad. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Question six. What comedy troupe established in 1969 created such movie classics as the Holy Grail and life of Brian. Thank you. Monty Python. Yes. Yes, the best. They're hilarious. I got my kids watching it too, right? Yeah. My kids like it too. Yeah. Life of Brian especially. Yeah. My kids are the holy GRA kids a little too young for it, but I'm like, oh, can't wait till we can introduce that. What would be that's in the future would be the first one you would show them. Oh, I think we would do Holy il. Holy Grail. Yeah. This is kind of the, the best. Yeah. I think it's gotta be holy grail. I mean, there's some parts of Holy Grail. You could absolutely walk now. We'd probably, you know. Skip the castle. Yeah, the vest of virgins. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. But it's very silly, so that, yeah. Oh, absolutely. It's great. It's hilarious. Question seven. I want my$2 is refrain heard from this 1980s Eric Comedic movie? I'm gonna pass on that one. Yeah. This might be, he's not Gen Z. You know what it Gen X? I mean, he's not gen. Are you Gen XI feel like, are you a millennial? I'm, no, no. Come on now. So you're Gen X. I'll walk out Gen Y. Um, I, I don't even know what the names are. Yeah, I, I was 79, so I think I'm the tail end Gen Gen. You're Gen X to, you're Gen X. Gen X, yeah. Had a ton of big names in it. Yeah, I know John Cusack and John Cusack, that other person, it's called Better Off Dead. And if you can find it, it is so funny. Yeah, I've seen Better Off Dead. That's Fran Bread. Fran Fries. Fran Fries. It's too funny. It is really funny. Question eight, what type of meat is Guanciale? Gule Guanciale. Gu. That sounds like kangaroo. I love that answer. Thank you for saying that. I just, that's so funny. It's a guko. Just kidding. It's pork and it's delicious. You render it into your meals and put it pasta. It's delicious. Yeah. All comes from that same magical animal. Is bacon. Exactly. Ham. It's basically just high-end bacon. Question nine. What landmark was then created as a purported barrier between the civilized and barbarian lands? Ooh. Ooh. I knew this one. It was exciting. That's Hadrian's wall. Yes. The history teacher for the wind. Yeah. That's on my bucket list. All ancients think it's stitch just like a stone wall. It is, but I think there are some parts of it that are more impressive than others. And you can walk along it. Yeah. Question 10. What formations shapes can be described as domed, pinnacle, blocky, or wedge? I don't like up until the wedge, I was thinking volcanoes. But no, that would've been a good guess. They float on water. They're melting volcanoes don't float on water. Titanic l Titanic knows them. These icebergs. Correct. You got it done. I'm trying to think if I've ever seen like a domed iceberg before. I want to. Yeah. That sounds cool. I don't wanna be anywhere where I can see an iceberg. I totally that much. No, really? Never. Okay. I wanna do that Alaska cruise thing. My parents did that. It sounded amazing. Yeah. Yeah. See them while they're still there. Exactly. Hate to be the pessimist, but Totally. You're right. No, that's my, one of my wife's bucket list things is a trip to Antarctica. So to like see, you know, icebergs and I think mostly'cause she just wants to eat a penguin, but Oh, she wants to eat. No, I'm just kidding. Oh my God. Scared us. What? But you'd have to go through the Drake passage. Oh. And that scares me. Jesus out me. So many terrify things. It sounds like very bad stomach issues. Yeah. I've seen videos and I'm like, no. Absolutely. Never. Mm-hmm. Never, ever. Oh, okay. Onto the straight no chaser round where the answers are worth two points each. Question one. What is the name given to the strip of leather used for sharpening or straightening razors? Question two. When it first aired in January of 1977, Americans were riveted to their TV sets watching the miniseries roots based on the novel by Alex Haley. What was the name of the protagonist in the early episodes? Question three. What tree, sometimes known as the bottle tree or the upside down tree, can be found throughout Africa, Madagascar, and Australia. Question four, what is the capital of the Argentinian province of Tiara del Wago? Question five. Where did the Ewoks live? Question six. Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded Blue Ribbon Sports, the precursor to what Enormously successful company. Question seven, whose victims included Marianne Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Ows. And Mary Jane Kelly. Question eight. What is a pen name that Stephen King adopted in 1977 for the novel rage? Question nine, whose diary recounts life in London during the plague in 1665 and the Great fire in 1666? And question 10, what is a commonly used name of the South Vietnamese communist gorilla fighters that were allied with North Vietnam and fought against the US and South Vietnamese government? And that wraps up the questions to Straight Note Chaser, and we'll be back with the answers. Answers to straight note chaser. Question one. What is the name given to the strip of leather used for sharpening or straightening razors? I always thought that was just like a, A sharpening strap. I dunno. Well, it sounds, it sounds like strap. Yeah, it's str. Str. Okay. Yeah. Close strip strap. Yeah. They really went out on a imaginative limb on that. Question two, when it first aired in January, 1977, Americans were riveted to their TV sets, watching roots. What was the name of the protagonist in the early episodes? So that's LaVar Burton as Kte Kinte. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Question three. What tree is sometimes known as the bottle tree or upside down tree can be found throughout Africa, Madagascar, and Australia. It's a great crossword. Yeah. Is that like, I want to say bunya, bunya tree, but that, I don't think that's it. Well, it does begin with B. Yeah. It's the baab. The baab. Okay. There we go. Question four, what is the capital of the Argentinian province of Ra del Fuego Capital Delego. It sticks in my head because it's so fun to say. Yeah. Us. Oh, that is fun to say. Isnt TI like it. I like it too. Question five, where do the Ewoks live? That's the forest planet of indoor. Is it? Not the forest. Moon. Ofor. Forest. Moon Ofor. Okay. Yeah, no, you're right. You we'll accept that, George. Yeah. Remember that? Will we? I don't know. No, no, no, no. We'll, oh, we're playing. Paying it forward. Yes, exactly. Question six, bill Bowerman and Phil Knight founded this enormously successful company. Let's the end of marathon when he shouted Nike. Nike. That's right. We, I figured as a runner, you'd know this one. Yeah, yeah. Uh, question seven. Whose victims included Marianne Nichols, Annie Chapman, and Elizabeth Stride. Is that Jack the Ripper? Yes, that is indeed. Yes. It's, yeah, indeed. Question eight, what is the pen name that Stephen King adopted in 1977 for the novel Rage? It's Richard Bachman. That's right. And do you know why he chose that name? Because he loves Bachman Turner overdrive. He was actually listening to them at the time that his, he was talking to his agents. Is that right? That's hilarious. Did you know that or was that just a guess? No, I was just guessing. Oh, you're kidding. I was like, wow. He knows everything. And he took the, um, pen name because he was so prolific, he felt like he couldn't put out more than two books a year. And he, he wanted to. Yeah, I love that. Since he retired from writing, he's published about 75 books. Question nine. Whose diary recounts life in London during the plague in 1665? I don't know that one. Am I the only one who read this? Yeah. I think must have been the only one ever. It's like, it's not Anne Frank. It's Samuel Peppy. Yeah. No, that, that name has no meaning to me whatsoever. Samuel Peppy. Yeah. It sounds like a soft drink. Samuel Pepsi. Question 10, what is the commonly used name of the South Vietnamese communist gorilla Fighters? So I was trying to think with that one. Are we going like, what Americans called them or is it Viet Kong? Are we going Charlie, yeah. Yeah. Okay, good. Um, the term Vietcong actually appeared in Saigon newspapers beginning in 1956, and it's a contraction of Vietnam Kong San, which is Vietnamese communist, which I'm sure I said in totally incorrectly, but that's what the, where it comes from. Hmm. But yes, the American soldiers referred to the Vietcong as Victor, Charlie, or VC taking the V and the C. Right. Yeah. I always liked that, uh, scene from. Good morning, Vietnam. Yeah, that's great. Robin Williams. Like, it's very hard to find a Vietnamese man named Charlie. That is a great movie. A movie. Yeah. That's a fantastic ones. Good movie. Yeah. Alright, that wraps up straight. No chaser. So now let's move on to the mystery round. This is a fun round, George, I think you're gonna like this. It's 10 questions, the questions themselves are not related, but the answers all have something in common, some relations. Oh, fun. So like connections in the New York Times, right? Yeah. Although we're not ripping that off, I swear. Um, and each answer is worth two points, and that's including the connection itself. Question one. What is the name of the character played by Jack Black in the movie Kung Fu Panda. Question two. This landlocked country in Western Africa is bordered by Libya to the north and Nigeria to the south. Over 80% of its land is in the Sahara Desert. Question three. Diana Prince, more commonly referred to by another name, is the famous daughter of the Queen. Of what people. Question four. What color Jersey is worn by the overall leader in the Tour de France cycling race? Question five. What is the name of the second studio album of the band? Duran Duran. Question six. What song did Neil Young write about the shooting at Kent State on May 4th, 1970? Question seven. What man won Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016? He was the first British man to win in 77 years when he defeated Novak Djokovich in 2013. Question eight. This is the French wine region renowned for salsa wine. Question nine, whose autobiography is titled A Long Walk to Freedom question 10. The medical symbol known as the rod of features. What animal? We'll give you a few moments to wrap up and we'll be back with the answers. And we're back with the answers to the mystery round. All right, George. Feeling good? Okay, let's do it. Excellent. Question one. What is the name of the character played by Jack Black in the movie Kung Fu Panda. The girls love these movies. That is the Dragon Warrior Poe? Yes. Yep. Nice. Question two. This landlocked country in Western Africa is bordered by Libya to the north and Nigeria to the south, Yep. Nope. Got nothing on that one. That is Niger. Question three. Diana Prince, more commonly referred to by another name is the famous daughter of the Queen. Of what people. So Diana Prince, also known as Wonder Woman. It's the leader of the Amazons. That's right. Nice one. Question four, what color Jersey is worn by the overall leader in the Tour de France cycling race? That is a yellow jersey. Indeed it is. Question five, what is the name of the second studio album of the band? Duran Duran. I don't know this one. I'm gonna say Hudson. Okay. That's, I see, I see you've cottoned onto this. That's a connection. It's Rio. Uh, there we, yep. That makes more sense. Yeah. And listeners, Nancy's last name is Duran. It's indeed. So we call her Duran Duran Analog. Question six, what song De Neil Young Wright about the shooting at Kent State. That's Ohio. It is great song. Mm-hmm. Great song. Question seven, what Man won Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016? I was thinking Andy Murray. And you would be correct, right? You were, yeah. That's gotta be, yeah. Question eight. This is the French wine region renowned for Sair wine. Is that lair? Yes, it is. Wow. Killing it. Question nine. Whose autobiography is titled A Long Walk to Freedom. Didn't we have this at trivia last week? I, he did. He spent a very long, was it just last week, 27 years in Joe? Yeah. Yeah. That's, uh, Mandela. Mm-hmm. Yes. It's, yeah. Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela. Yeah. As opposed to, you know, Jeffrey Mandela. Well, it's important to have both names for the theme, right? Right. It's true. Question 10, the medical symbol known as the Rod of asclepius features what animal? Woo. Snakes. That's right. That's right. Yeah. So we have Poe, Niger, the Amazons yellow Rio, Ohio, Andy Murray, Loar, Nelson Mandela, and Snake. Yeah. What's the connection, George? And common connection of course, is all colors of crans. That could probably be anything, right? Yeah. Right. Absolutely. Why is it pink? Um, no, those are all rivers. That is correct. Well done. And you got it. So the Murray is a river in Australia. That was the one that was like, oh, okay. It's not the Andy Murray River. Andy Murray River in Australia. They love him there in Scotland. Huge fans of Andy Murray. Yeah. I was just watching Wimbledon last month or whenever it was on. Mm-hmm. And. They call the Hill that everyone watches from Henman Hill Hill because, Henman came so close, he had been the closest one to winning in, forever. But then Andy Murray actually won it. And they don't even, they don't have anything for Andy. It's nothing. That's the, it was like, that's the Murray hotdog cart. Exactly. Murray Mound. Yeah. He's so funny too. He is. I love him. He's kind of awesome. Yeah. All right. Should we do top shelf? Let's move on to top shelf. And we've made it to the final round. Buckle up kids. This one is challenging. George, put on your seatbelt please. Every question is three points each. Three points. Auntie has been upped. Yes. Question one. This author was best known for creating the Cthulhu Mythos. A series of stories about New Englanders encountering extraterrestrials. Question two, in cricket, what is the name of the test series between England and Australia? Question three. Derived from red seaweed. This substance is used as a solidifying agent in biology. Question four. The movement of tectonic plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries. Convergent where plates move into one another, divergent where the plates move apart, and what other type of boundary where plates move sideways in relation to each other. question five. What movie Music Composer has had a long-term relationship with the director, Tim Burton, and was once the leader of the band, Oingo Boingo? Question six. What was the ancient geographical region, which is largely comprised of modern day areas of Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Question seven. Alan Stewart Coburg legally changed his name to what, in 1952. Question eight. Name one of the five US presidents who had no biological children. Question nine. What is the term for letting dough rise? And question 10. Also known as the Persian silk tree. What tree's name evokes a breakfast Libation. All right. We will give everyone a few moments to wrap up their responses and we will be back with the answers. We're back with the top shelf answers. All right. Let's do it. Those were harder. Yeah. We told you. Yeah. We warned you we're honest. Question one. This author was best known for creating the Kaulu mythos. That should be HP Lovecraft, I believe. Correct. And it is, yeah. Question two in cricket. What is the name of the test series between England and Australia? Written like a true person who lived in Australia for six years. I had no idea on that one. Yeah, it's the ashes. We're trying to give every sport some love. Right. Question three, derived from red. Seaweed. This substance is used as a solidifying agent in biology. Is that carrageenan? It's agar. Oh, agar. Agar. Agar, okay. Yeah. It's also used like in, they use it in Petri dishes, don't they? Yes. Yes. That's right. And in cooking, um, like if you're doing a jello mold, you can use it to, um, is, that what's also in ice cream or that's car, or is it derived from the same thing? I think they must be from the, be derived from the same thing. Because like, I know, uh, ice cream agents, used like gu gum and Carine and, oh, Gugu. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Question four. The movement of tectonic plates has three types of tectonic boundaries. What is the type of boundary where plates move sideways in relation to each other? That is the Doey Dough. Grab your partner. It's transform. I did not know this one. Yeah, learn something new today. Yeah, it's nice. Question five. What movie Music Composer has had a long-term relationship with the director? Tim Burton. It's Danny Elman. Yeah. He's great, right? Yeah. So talented. Yeah. Ogo Boingo was my first concert. Question six. What was the ancient geographical region, which is largely comprised of modern day areas of Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey. I wanna say Anatolia. Oh, that's a good, oh, that's a guess. Good guess, but unfortunately is incorrect. Yeah, it's three. It's three. Oh, okay. Mm-hmm. I would've gotten it on my third try. Rice. Try question seven. Alan Stewart Koenigsberg. Changed his name to what? He's a funny guy. Very prolific in, the film world. Yeah. I don't know. Woody Allen. Okay. Question eight. Name one of the five US presidents who have no biological children, I don't know, like, did Jefferson have any that he claimed he did? Yes, he did. He did. He did. He had biological children. Yeah. Think just before that. Yeah. Yeah. Think a little earlier. Before Jefferson. Yeah, yeah. Oh, George Washington didn't have kids. Correct? George Washington? Yeah. His wife had a child. Yeah, but yeah, because she was second wife, martha had a child, didn't she? Yeah. That wasn't George's. Yeah. Was she married before? She was married before? Yeah. Oh yeah. Okay. So Washington, Madison, Jackson, Polk, and Buchanan. Okay. Yeah. No biological children. Number nine, what is the term for letting dough rise? Leavening, uh, you know, I think that's acceptable too. That that might be, yeah. Would be a jeopardy. Acceptable answer. Yeah. Maybe. Yeah. We have proofing. Oh yeah. Yeah. Okay. Goes in the proofing drawer. Yeah. But I think we should probably accept leavening as well. Yeah. I was just like, oh, it's unleavened bread. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But the act of letting it rise. Oh, that's okay. Yeah. Interesting. That's fact checking question 10, also known as the Persian silk tree. What tree's name evokes a breakfast libation. Like, this is not the orange juices. Oh, that is involved. So close. Is it? You're so close. That is involved, but there's, there's something a little sparkly in there too. Oh, the mimosa tree. That is correct. That's right. How about that? Alright. Fun, right? Yeah. Yeah. And perfect for this podcast. Do we have an answer on Lebanese? You know, I, I'm looking quickly and I don't see anything. Well, the AI answer says proofing. Um, it can also be referred to as fermentation. Proving, or, yeah, proving first bulk rise. But I don't proving and I don't see leban, so I can't, we can't make that call at the moment, but okay. For the moment. We'll, we'll let you slide. Remember that, George, remember? Yeah, that's right. Next Tuesday. Tomorrow. Well, that wraps up our questions. Fabulous. Have you had fun? Yes. You have to think about that a little on I know. I don't know, George, I thought you did incredibly well. Oh, thank you. You did. No, it was very fun. It's, it's always fun to get to answer questions, especially like as a trivia host, you don't get to answer as many. Yeah, I know. That would kill me. That would kill me actually. I don't. Yeah, because you don't get to be like, oh, oh, look how smart I am. It's like I actually do like asking the questions. Like I love the weeks when I'm asking you questions. I find it so fun. It's fun when it's you and me, but when it's for points I'm like, oh, I know that, know that. Yeah. When you can't lose it, you know, it's funny. Well, we are so thankful that you made time out of your busy day to come and really just talk about nothing. Ah, I was lovely and everything with this. Yes, George. Thank you. Let's do another cheer. Finish up our drinks that we've been sipping this whole time. And next week, Laura, you're in the hot seat again. I'm back in the hot seat. Oh, and before we leave, we have to tell our listeners what to have on hand for next time. It's going to be a fun one. You'll need lemonade, vodka, raspberry, liqueur, and honey. Do melon. Alright, we'll catch you all next time. In the meantime. Cheers. Cheers.