Episode 7 We Got MAss Appeal

Nancy takes Laura back to Mass with a Bay State trivia quiz. So bang a U-ey, pass Dunkies, and grab yourself a cocktail. This episode is a wicked pissah! 

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Pub trivia in the palm of your hand

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Hi, and welcome to Trivia Buzz, the trivia quiz game that serves up trivia with a twist.

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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. So let's get into it. Um, all, now that we know how to play, I've got a story for you, Nance. Oh, really? And our listeners, because you're jumping right in. I'm jumping right in because this has been, taking up a lot of my life right now. So remember when we were talking about my dog, Gallagher? Mm-hmm. And how he gets quilled a lot. Yeah. The porcupines. Yeah. His nemes. He got killed. Not killed. Oh my God. Oh God. No. Not killed Quilled. A week ago. Yes, I remember that. And that was like, that was bad enough. And we went, it's funny, we go to the vet and they, we walk in, they're like, not again. I'm like, yes. Again, welcome back. So we got that dealt with. Do you also remember what I said when we were talking about, I don't know what you said, at least it wasn't a skunk, and I go, yeah. Oh, oh, oh. He's never been skunked. He's 14 and he goes in the woods all the time. We live in the forest and Yeah, that happened. Dance. That happened, my dog, the time. Oh, for the first time. And he's 14 and a half or something like that. For the very first Chang myself. Oh no, I'm sorry. I know how awful that is. Yeah, I do. I've, it's happened to me twice. Well, not me, but. Jackson, you got Sked. I hope you didn't, I thought something, something stunk. Yeah, well, to be honest, the first time that Jackson got sked, I didn't realize it first. And I picked him up. Yeah. In your arms? Yeah. I, he was outside looking kind of funny. And I went over and I like put my arms around him. I didn't get'em all the way up, but I was in my pajamas and my favorite pajamas. I loved those. Oh, I had to throw'em away. I mean, oh yeah. So basically I was skunked as well. Yeah, that's so he didn't, you didn't get it on you? No. And luckily it was not a direct hit, but Okay. He came in, we were like, oh God, no. No. Haven't even even seen the skunk anywhere near where we live. I don't know where you found it. And what'd you do? Like what's the cleaning regimen? Well, you told me since everyone knows that tomato soup thing or tomato juice does not work. So I did tell her if you ever get skunk, don't do the tomato thing. No, that's just doesn't work. I knew that anyways. Yeah. Um, but it's, I think rubbing alcohol and baking soda and vinegar, white vinegar. And, Dawn is amazing. Dawn is like one of those amazing products. Yeah. They don't, they get the oil off the ducks or whatever, the wildlife when there's a spill. Yeah. Yeah. It's kind of dawn takes, takes grease anyway. You really can't think about it too much. What's in that? Exactly. But you know what I use like that hippie Dr. Broner stuff for our dishes and it just doesn't cook. The grease doesn't, it's not hip grease. It's not No, no. Kumbaya. It will sing Kumbaya though. Oh my God. I have to say, um, you guys, we we're trying a new setup in the way we're sitting and I, it's so funny'cause I'm actually looking at you now. We weren't really looking at each other before. Don't look at me. Don't look at me. This is much it. I just wanna point you go you, you, I know you, you, I know you. Oh, this is much more comfort. This is gonna be silly. Yeah. We're figuring this out, aren't we? We are. Yeah. So, okay. That wasn't. Awesome. No, no, but, but the good thing was I did have your dog for quite a while and thank, thank God was having him when he was there. Oh my God. I would've lo you would've lost it. Lost my too. You know what? I would've lost it. Yeah. Thank you for watching Jackson. You're welcome. He's so easy. Yeah, well he's a little harder right now'cause his ACL but Yeah. But he was, he was a dream. Oh good. I'm glad to hear him. I'm glad I'm a little buddy. Should we get down straight to business?'cause there's a lot to recovers. To recover. To recover. Did we lose something? We're gonna have to recover? No, there's a lot to cover, cover today. Yeah, let's do this. I'm very excited for today's, I'm super excited about this one. Because, today we're gonna be talking about probably one of the topics that's closest to your heart. I think it's literally closest to my heart right now. Oh yeah. You're sure? Yes. I kind of knew what we were gonna be talking about today. So I wore my shirt. Your heart on the state of Massachusetts. Massachusetts. I'm a asshole. You were gonna be talking about the great state of Massachusetts, the Great Bay State. Yes. The Bay State or the Great Dunking Donut state. Oh, the great Dunking Donut state. Exactly. I'm gonna be dropping that in do a hundred times Dunking Donuts. I do. Really? I do the donuts or the coffee or both? I like the coffee. I have to say that some locations are a lot better than others. Mm. So there are some that are just, you're never gonna get a good cup of coffee, but some are really good. Mm-hmm. So you believe America runs on Dunkin? I believe New England runs a Duncan sponsorship maybe. Oh. Paging Dunking Donuts. Hello? Oh, it's just Dunkins now. Oh, what? They drop the donuts? What? That's right. Which I don't know how you feel about that. I don't care. I never get donuts. So, no, not a donut. Fan dunk. Just called Dunkins or Didi. What are you dunking then? My face into my coffee. How's that? Yeah, that works. Okay. So no, I have zero Dunkin Donuts or Dunkin questions. Today. My God, what are you gonna ask me about? Ben? Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Excellent. Yeah. So before we get into that, why don't you tell everybody a little bit about your connection to the mass, born and raised there. Yay. Until I was old enough to go off to school. Mm-hmm. And I grew up on the North Shore, which is north of Boston, like a half hour, 40 minutes north of Boston. So that's pretty, it's beautiful. Really be right on the water. Beautiful. Yep. Right on the water. And I get back there as much as I can.'cause my mom still lives there and my sister's there too. Mm-hmm. So I love it. And I still have a bunch of friends that I see and miss and dear to my heart, so, yeah. You do go back a lot. Yeah. Well, you're not too far, so Yeah. Easy three hours, pretty much. Yeah. And so you only live there or did you live other places in mass? I lived in Mass and then went off to college and then lived in Colorado and San Francisco and a bunch of different places. But after Chris and I got married, we landed in Salem, Salem, mass which city? That's right. Spooky. Yes. That's something we sort of have in common.'cause I lived in Sleepy Hollow, right. So the scary Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Mm-hmm. Love that story. So Nancy and I both love Halloween. We'll talk about that at some point. We love it so much. Love it. So you lived in Salem. You lived in Salem because, did you ever live in Boston? I lived in Boston only for a few months, one summer. I know it's like the rite of passage for every kid to grow up in Massachusetts, to live in Boston, because it is such a great. Small city, but I was only there for two months, but that is where I developed my love for pub trivia. Oh, this is the genesis. This is the genesis. So it was the summer of 97. Mm-hmm. Your summer of love. Summer of love. It was summer love. Chris and I were in Boston and we had, a few of Chris's friends who lived there. And one of them ran pub trivia. Oh. And, he would go around to all these different bars and we would go and play and, they gave money for prizes. Oh, money. Money. Not a beer. Cozy. They keep cold, hard cash. Oh my God. And so we would just follow him around and. And he in no way helped us like with the answers, but we just loved it. And, yeah, and we would win. We won a lot. We skated on. Wow. You those the good old days. Yeah. So Tease Pub was often, tease Pub. Tease Pub was the green line on the near tease. Okay. Yeah. The Subway or whatever you call it. Mm-hmm. Yeah. The Metro in Boston, right? The TI think it's the original Subway in the States. Yeah, I think so. Okay. If memory serves, I saw a really funny Seth Meyers clip.'cause I'm from New Jersey, so New York, New Jersey, tri-state area and so he was talking about the rats in New York and I guess there was a study that just came out that they have a particular. Squeal like squeak. Oh, that they've got New York accents. So he's like, oh, that's amazing. I think we have a recording of one right now. And they like cut to a picture of a rat and he goes, Boston sucks. That's amazing. Oh my God, I love it. It is awesome rivalry between the two great cities. It's kind of awesome. It lost a little bit of its edge when we finally, won the World Series. That is true. And the Evil Empire was Dero for one year. But, well, I don't think they've been good since then. Haven't. Who? The Yankees. I don't really follow anymore. I feel like, no. Mm. Yeah. I don't know. Um, okay. So then, and when, then you lived in Salem and that's where you had your kids? That's where we had our kids. And we were there for 10 years because my work was in Salem. It was the county seat, so all the courts were there. And so when I was actively lawyering, that made a lot of sense. And we were there for 10 years until we moved up here for Chris's work, which I always find amazing because. Not a lot of people move to Vermont for work. I know. Except to find work. Well, his company, I think it's one of the largest private employers in Vermont. From Vermont. Vermont. Mm-hmm. So it made sense. We got pulled up, up here. Lucky. I I know. I didn't even wanna go at the time. I'm like, my life is here in mass, but yeah, I get it. Hey, I wouldn't be sitting here with you if I, we didn't come up here. None of this would happen. None of this, none of this magic. That's the beauty of it. All right. You can't regret any, it's the sliding doors. Yes, it totally is. We were just talking my, I was talking about this with my, I saw a bunch of friends this past weekend. Old friends are long time friends. We're not allowed to say old friends we're not allowed. Um, no. And we were talking a lot about the sliding doors that lead us to different places and alternate realities and it's why it's hard to regret the choices you make if you think about how they lead you to where you are. Absolutely. I always say I'm happy now, so I can't regret anything. Yeah. It's like my kids, they came outta my choices. Not all. That's not what I thought you were gonna say. I was like, oh my God. Where are you going with that? Don't say it. I'm not gonna go there. No. Is anything else you wanna share about Massachusetts before we move on? No, it's a lovely state and, someday you never know. Maybe I'll have a place there. Not permanently, because it's a little dreary in the winter with not a whole lot to do. Yeah. It's a pretty dire winter. Well, it's not as gray and not as long as it is here, but there's less to do. Yeah. Like what's great about here is that there's always skiing. And it's so pretty. Whereas city snow is dirty. Yeah. It just gets dirty immediately. Yeah, exactly. So, do you wanna know what we're going to be drinking today? I do. I it look so good. I'm dying just to have some of it. It is the prettiest color and I recommend that everybody go to our website, trivia buzz pod.com to take a little gander at it.'cause it's gorgeous. It's beautiful. Yeah. And I think it's my new favorite drinker. It's called the Ward eight. Let's try it.'cause it's, I'm waiting too long to have it. Okay. Here. Cheers. I freaking love that. That is so good. That is right up my alley. Yes, I know. Well, the reason I chose it is because it was,'cause you know me. Yes. Both the flavor profile. And the fact that it was created in Massachusetts, in Boston. Oh, yay. So it's sometimes thought of the, the hub of the universe, by the way. Well, well, that's a nickname. Boston is the hub of the universe. It's called The Hub. Is that actually a nickname? Yep. I Okay, that's not in your questions. So it is sometimes seen as the official cocktail of Boston actually. I had never heard of this before. I had never heard of it either. It was created at the turn of the century in the legendary Lock O Cafe in Boston's eighth Ward. Okay. And that's called, that's why it's called The Ward Eight. And it was created to celebrate the election of Martin Omani. Who, was a state legislator and he was a super powerful political boss in Boston. Around what time? What, what year? Uh, I think it was Turn of the Century. Okay. Yeah. 10th Century, 1902. And as many Boston politicians of the time, he was maybe a little corrupt. He just did no, a soup, soul of corruption. Not a Massachusetts politician. Or a politician in general? Maybe some ballot stuffing. You know, you Well, the usual. Yeah. So the drink was actually created before he even won. To celebrate him because they knew who was winning. It was predestined. Yep. And it's pre-stuff. It's basically a riff on the rye, whiskey sour, with Grenadine added, which I know you like as well. I love pomegranate. Yeah. So that's, I love it. So it's two ounces of rye whiskey, a half ounce of fresh lemon juice, a half ounce of fresh orange juice, two teaspoons of grenadine, and then Marino cherries to garnish. And you basically fill the shaker with ice, add the whiskey, the lemon, the orange, the Grenadine shake well, and then strain into your chilled cocktail glass, which we have done here. It is so good. Yeah. You make this one. And the cherries, you know, I love the cherries. I'm gonna have another six splash out. So I wanna tell you a funny story about the lock over actually.'cause when I saw that this was created, the lock over, I'm like, Hey, wait. That sounds familiar. You had mentioned that to me before. What's the story about it? So that's where my brother Bobby had his rehearsal dinner. For his wedding? Yeah. It's why in Boston? Well, he went to bc That's right. He got married at the chapel at bc. Okay. Yeah, maybe it was a while ago. Yes, so it was beautiful old world. It's closed now. It closed in 2012, but at the time The lock over? Yeah, the lock over. it was a grand setting. It was really fun. We had such a fun night. And, a funny story, like my dad, obviously the father of the groom is paying and they came with the bill at the end and my dad looked a little aghast and he turned to the guy and said, um. What did people drink? And he's the guy just straight faced it and said a lot. We're not even gonna, we're not gonna sugarcoat no. They drank a lot. Yeah. Just a lot. A lot. It was a fun night. That sounds awesome. Um, okay, so, so, so I'm gonna gonna get some questions. Yes, you are. I'm so excited. All right, here we go. These are the happy hour questions. For our gal, Laura from Mass. And every question is worth one point. So I'm gonna go through them. Mm-hmm. Don't answer. I'm not going to, you know the drill. I know the drill. You've been here, done this before. All right. Question one. What area of Boston its oldest residential community is known for? Its Italian eateries. Question two. What is the name of the 2016 film by Kenneth Lonnergan starring Casey Affleck as a grief stricken man dealing with unspeakable tragedy, guilt, and depression. It's a real up episode. I knew this was gonna come up. I knew this one. It was like inevitable. Come up. Of course. It's a very uplifting film. It's It is. It's just like out of Africa. Yeah. Brings you, brings you right up. Question three. Bridget Bishop was the first victim of what historical event in Massachusetts. Question four. Boston is nicknamed bean town due to its longstanding association with baked beans. What ingredient in this dish is the reason for this association? Question five. What is the name of the movement that Massachusetts native Henry David Thoreau was a leading figure in question six. What is the nickname for the 37 foot two inch high Wall, located in a famous ballpark in Boston? Question seven. What is the name of the ship in the American biographical film? The Perfect Storm, which tells the story of a commercial fishing vessel that was lost at sea off Gloucester Mass in that perfect storm in 1991. Question eight, Massachusetts was named by English Explorer, John Smith after the Massachusetts tribe of the same name, and after a land form on which many revolutionary battles were fought, what does that tribe's name mean? Question nine, we have Massachusetts to thank for this most American of cookies. They were invented in Whitman, Massachusetts in 1938 by Ruth Graves Wakefield. And question 10, what is the pejorative term for someone from Massachusetts often used when they're found to be driving aggressively? Alright. We'll give you a few moments to wrap up your responses and we'll be back with the answers. All right. We're back with the answers to happy hour. Ready, Laura? I am. I love these questions. Yay. I don't know if I'll get every one of them, but, I'm feeling fairly confident. Okay. Question one. What area of Boston its oldest residential community is known for? Its Italian eateries. That would be the north end? Yes. And I believe you have a sandwich place there that you love, don't you? Not a sandwich place. Oh, it's not a sandwich place. No. What is it? Pizza place. Oh, it's a pizza. Pizza place. Yeah. Regina's Pizza. once upon a time. It was so amazingly excellent. I think it's changed a little bit over the years. Like my parents went on their first date there. Oh. Or one of their first dates there. And it's, it's just always traditionally been such incredibly, and it's still around. It's still there. Wow. I think perhaps it's sold to a different hands or I think maybe the recipe's different. It's a little different, but it's still a standard over there. The north end. Yeah. That's a really cool area of Boston. I like it. All right, question two. What is the name of the 2016 film by Kenneth Lonnergan starring Casey Affleck? That would be Manchester By the Sea. Yes. Do you know a little bit about that place? I do. I might have lived there for 20 years, but you don't call it Manchester by the Sea. Anyone who's ever grown up there or lived there would not ever call it Manchester By the Sea. And when I was growing up, it was just Manchester. Manchester. Okay. But there was a one person crusade, I won't mention any names, but there was a one person crusade to change it and it was changed. To differentiate it from Manchester, New Hampshire. Oh, apparently male would get mixed up. I don't know if that was just the excuse or not, but Huh. So it's Manchester by the Sea and No, the movie does not in any way resemble No. The real Manchester. But did they shoot it there? Uh, I think exterior scenes. Yeah. I think a lot of it was filmed in Marblehead, maybe Salem. Okay. Um, I'm not sure where else Gloucester even. Mm-hmm. And, and there were some scenes in Manchester, but I don't think there were that many. Okay. All right. Question three. Bridget Bishop was the first victim of what historical event that had to have been. The witch trials? Yes. The Salem Witch trials. You weren't there for that, right? No. But, I don't know if I've mentioned the story I might have already mentioned this. Uh, tell it anyway, how my sister worked at the, Salem Courts. Oh. And, in the library. This is Carrie Meredith. Oh, Meredith, okay. She was able to handle, literally handle, the physical evidence from the witch trials. Oh my gosh. Like the voodoo dolls, the pins, like all these things. Yeah. Wow. That's that's crazy. That's very cool. Yeah, I think they're on display now, but they weren't at that time. Okay. Yeah. Question four. Boston is nicknamed Bean Town due to its longstanding association with baked beans. And what's the ingredient in that dish? That is the reason, I am going to guess that it is molasses due to, that's correct. The great molasses flood that claimed lives in. That was crazy in I, I don't know if it was Boston or Charlestown or Somerville. But yeah. Yeah, people died. That's nuts. I, I mean, isn't that crazy? Yeah. And molasses was abundant there because they were processing the rum, getting the sugars and creating molasses from the ships. Slave trade. Yeah. Yeah. So very historical. Question five. And I do love baked beans. Just do, gonna throw it there. Yeah. Boston baked beans. Question five, what is the name of the movement that Massachusetts native Henry David Thoreau was a leading figure in. Of course, like I studied this in school and I'm just not sure if I know the name. Is it like naturalism or Back to Walden? Walden. It's Transcendentalism. Oh my god. Those guys. Yeah, those guys who Emerson hung out at the lake. Hung out at the lake. Yeah. Okay, moving on. What is the nickname for the 37 foot two inch high wall located in a famous ballpark in Boston. That would be the green monster. That is correct, yes. And where is that? Fenway Park. Extra point for that. Now they have seating up there. That's newish, right? Yeah. Like new, this, this century. I think like, maybe, I don't know if it was the late nineties or I think in the early two thousands they, they renovated, I guess, and put seats up there and those are like really good seats. Did you ever sit up there? No. For a long time we had, seasons tickets in the bleachers. Oh, fun. And that was amazing. That's a real Boston experience. Yeah. Just like in the movie Fever Pitch. Yes. I love that movie. The season tickets in the PLAs. It was, I love that movie. It was a riot. Okay, so I saw your face on this one. I'm not sure if you know the name of this ship. Okay. But question seven, what is the name of the ship in the American biographical film? The Perfect Storm. So I know it's um, a woman's name. It's a woman's name. Mm-hmm. So it's like the Maria Christina or the Christina Marie or the Angelie, or you're closer? It's Andrea Gale. Okay. I don't know if I would've come up with that, but yeah, that makes that, yep. Yeah, that's a good film. So I get, have a point for that. Yeah, sure. Okay, thanks. Question eight, Massachusetts was named by English Explorer, John Smith after the Massachusetts tribe of the same name, and after a landform on which many revolutionary battles were fought. Well, I know you're talking about Bunker Hill Hills. Yeah. Near the Great Hill or Large Hill Place. Oh, large. Yes. I did know that. That's what Massachusetts meant. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay. So the question confused me a little bit, but Yes. And in Bunker Hills on a Drumlin, which is Oh, the Drumlin, we, yeah, we talked about that. Mm-hmm. Question nine, we have Massachusetts to thank for this most famous of American cookies. Toll house cookies. Yeah. Chocolate chip. A chocolate chip. Yep. She was, Ruth Wakefield was the owner of the Toll House Inn. And where was that in, um, Whitman? Oh, Whitman Mass. Okay. Mm-hmm. I, I've never been there. Yeah. Not to be confused with the Whitman sampler. No. Or maybe it is, right? I don't know. I don't think so. Maybe. And the last question, this is the real toughie. What is the pejorative term for someone from Massachusetts often used when they were found to be driving aggressively? You're a asshole. Yes. Which I, I actually love that term. It's a great term. You were not a asshole though, as it turns out. So you got eight. That's good. I'll take it. You did really well. All right. All right. Take it for the win. Take it for the w Do I get to keep my, Massachusetts card? I think so. And oh wait. You also get the extra point for knowing where the green monster is located. Mm-hmm. So yeah, I'm really a nine. Nine should we move on to the, well, yeah. What do you think? Let's go to the well. Okay. Our first round of general questions. It's called the Well, something to wet the appetite and build your confidence. If you are following along with our score sheet, each correct answer is worth one point. Question one. Drawing inspiration from a popular children's book series. What TV show premiered in 1974 and featured the everyday lives of a Pioneer family? Question two. These women were sales reps for the most successful door to door makeup enterprise in history. Question three. What is the name of the traditional Irish jewelry featuring three symbolic shapes, A heart to represent love, a crown to represent loyalty, and two class pans which symbolize friendship. Question four. What is the title of Eric Larson's historical nonfiction book? Chronicling the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the architect of the Chicago World's Fair Exposition Hall in the Chilling Serial Killer HH Holmes. Question five. What British Rock Trio emerging in the 1970s with ska, punk rock and reggae influences produced five studio albums with four of them appearing on Rolling Stones list of 500 greatest albums of all time. Question six, name the A BC Islands. Question seven, what is the white part of an egg called? And no, we don't mean the shell. Question eight, complete this famous line from The Godfather Leave the Gun. Take question nine, nicknamed the Golden Arm. This legendary quarterback played professional football from the 1950s to the 1970s, spending most of his career with the Baltimore Colts. And question 10, what was the first US National Park? Okay. Take a moment to finish up your responses and we will be back with answers. All right, we're back with the answers to the well question one. Drawing inspiration from a popular children's book series. What TV show premiered in 1974 and featured the everyday lives of a Pioneer family. That's Little House on the Prairie or L-H-O-T-P for those, oh my God. You were, you were fanatically into it, weren't you? I wouldn't say I was fanatically into it. I was, loyal into it, like, okay, you were a loyalist. Oh my God. Totally yeah. And the funny thing is people would say to me, because that. Show was very popular. Oh yeah. When we were growing up. And I loved, I love the books. I love the show. Yeah. And people would always say to me, oh, you look like Laura Kels Wilder. And I was like, well, funny thing is my sister's name, Carrie. My sister's name, Meredith. Which sounds like Mary. Mm-hmm. And my dad was Charles. That's funny. They, it was crazy. They didn't plan that, did they? No. Your parents? No. I mean, my mom had read the books, but she did not make any of that. That is so decision. Funny. Yeah. You were like, that's weird. The angles. Alright, question two. These women were sales reps for the most successful door-to-door makeup enterprise in history. And those are the Avon ladies calling. We would've been good at that. I would not have been good at that. Oh no. Me. I would've been great at that. Oh man, I would've loved that. Well, you're a saleswoman at heart. I'm like, that looks horrendous. Not good at lying about those things. But it was good makeup, it was at the time. Okay. Question three. What is the name of the traditional Irish jewelry featuring these three symbolic shapes that we mentioned? It's the Clara Ring. Is that how you say it? Clara. Clara, yeah. Okay. I love the Clattering because obviously I love anything Irish. Irish. Yeah. I am Irish. Mm-hmm. But do you remember the movie The Brothers McMullen? I love that movie. I love that movie too. It's so good. It was so funny. But remember when the Ed Burns character? Mm-hmm. He gave his girlfriend The Clattering. The Clattering, yeah. Mm-hmm. And she's like, and the heart is for what? And he goes, for friendship. She's like, okay. All right. Yeah. It's a great movie. Alright, question four. What is the title of Eric Larson's historical nonfiction book? Chronicling the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, architect of the Chicago World's Fair Exposition Hall and the Serial Killer HH Holmes. Great book Devil in the White City. White City. Really great. Mm-hmm. Loved it. Question five. What British Rock Trio emerging in the seventies with ska, punk rock and reggae influences Produced Five Studio to albums with four of them appearing on Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest albums. The Police. The Police. Oh, I'm so bummed. I never saw them in concert. Me too. I am so bummed. But I did see Sting on his very first, leg of his solo tour. Was he like dream of the Blue Turtles back in 86? Corny Sting at that point or what? Good sting or corny sting. Uh, I thought it was pretty awesome. Yeah. That was the first album. Yeah. It was really good. Um, and I was obsessed with the police. That was my first rock obsession. Love them. They were so good. I had every album, I had posters on my wall. Yeah. Question six. Name, the a, BC Islands, Aruba, Bon Air and Cousa. I've never even heard of Bonair. Oh, all in the Caribbean, I assume. Yeah, way down there. I've been to Aruba. That, that was Oh, you have? Yeah. I liked it. I really, that's a great island that is way down there. That's like off the coast of Venezuela, I think. Oh, in fact, when we were there, this was a first, the first trip Jason and I took together when we started dating. And, uh, you went to Aruba, that was your first trip? Mm-hmm. Yeah. Wow. we did it on the Jeep, right. Yeah. Um, there was, you know, there's like casinos on Aruba. Okay. And while we were there, we weren't at the casino at the time, but uh, cigarette boat from Venezuela came in and I guess as they were want to do, would came in and knocked off, did a heist at the. Casino? While you were there. While we were there, yes. Holy crazy. What did you see it happen? No, no, no, no. They were good. Yeah. I think they, they were professionals. They steal in at night and then steal out. Yeah. When you first said cigarette boat, I'm like thinking of like a banana boat. Like they come up, they're like, get your cigarettes. No, I literally only know that term from Miami Vice, I think. Oh, I know. And then I'm like, oh, cigarette boats like Miami Vice Crockett taught. That one really? Tubs taught me. Oh my God. We have to have a Miami Vice question. We do. I was obsessed with that show. We do. All right, question seven. What is the white part of an egg called? That's the albumin. Question eight. Complete this famous line from the Godfather. Leave the gun, take the cannoli. I'm not actually gonna do the Italian accent.'cause Ted Cruz was just doing, trying to do an Italian accent, like when he was talking about the shakedown of the FCC on Jimmy Kimmel. God so bad. And everyone's been making fun of him, so I don't wanna, I don't wanna do it poorly. Well, can you. Repeat that. How he was doing it? Yes. How he basically sound like a Russian guy trying to sound like he was an Italian American. It's so bad. But that is a great line. So was that from the original? Yeah, so Clemenza says it, after Le Pony Assassinates. Pauli. Pauli. Gotto, okay. It was improvised actually. So the woman who played Clemenza s wife actually was his wife so when Polly goes to pick up Clemenza and his wife is like all passively, when are you gonna be back from, like, as if he's coming back home late from the office kind of thing. Right, right. And she says, um, oh, don't forget to pick up the cannoli. And so she actually suggested to him riff back to that line. And so we did. Yeah. Which I think is fabulous. That's perfect. Yeah. It's a great scene. I have to go back and re-watch that. I will gladly do that with you. I love those films. Question nine, nicknamed the Golden Arm. This legendary quarterback played professional football from the fifties to the seventies. That's Johnny Unitas famous guy. I've heard of him. Yeah. Question 10. What was the first US National Park? Yellow Yellowstone. Yellowstone. Never been. I haven't been either. Are you kidding? I'm not. Ooh. Has Jason. Oh, probably. Yeah. Yeah. Chris has too. Definitely. Yeah. Oh, a smell of road trip. Road trip. Come on. That's a long road trip. But we can do it. Yeah, we can. All right. That wraps up the, well, let's go on to street. No chaser, shall we? Every correct answer is worth two points here. Question one. What is the name of the thousands of life size clay soldiers guarding the tomb of the first emperor of China? Hmm. Xxi Huang, that are an enduring representation of this ruler's legacy. I think I said that right. Did you? Good for you. I was like, I'll let her say it first and then I'll, I'll copy it later question two. According to Greek mythology, the Goddess Searcy turned male sailors into what animals. Question three. What is the only country with a musical instrument as its national symbol? Question four. In 1722, the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuska Aurora Tribes. Joined forces to create what Union? Question five. Salvador Dolly created the logo design for what Lollipop brand. Question six. What former Boston College Eagle threw the extraordinary Hail Mary football pass for the win against the Miami Hurricanes in 1984? That would come to be known as the Miracle in Miami. Question seven, who was the first winner of Survivor? Question eight. What country is known as the land of fire and ice? Question nine, four famous models of the eighties and nineties were featured in a 2023 documentary entitled The Supermodels. They include Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and what other famous American model. And question 10, what Deceased 2000 tens DJ and record producer's. Real name was Tim Burgling. All right. We'll give you a few moments to wrap up your responses and we'll be back with the answers. And we are back with the answers to straight no chaser. Question one, what is the name of the thousands of life-size clay soldiers guarding the tomb of the first emperor of China. That is the terracotta army. Mm-hmm. Question two. According to Greek mythology, the goddess CCI turned male sailors into what? And that would be pigs, pigs, I am going to make no snarky comment. Question three. What is the only country with a musical instrument as its national symbol? It's Ireland, the harp, the Irish harp. Question four. In 1722, the Mohawk, Aida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuska, Aurora tribes joined forces to create the six tribes or the six Nations. And they were all out of New York state. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Finger Lakes. Question five. Salvador Dolly created the logo design for what? Lollipop brand. Chapa chips. Chapa chops. I've never even heard of that. Chapa chip? No. Oh, they're good. Really? Yeah. It's like a little scripty. Cchu in red on a yellow. Rapper. Interesting. Hmm. Question six, what former Boston College Eagle through the extraordinary Hail Mary football pass for the win against the Miami Hurricanes in 84? Of course that was Doug Floaty. Yeah. What, you have a note here saying, Doug floaty the goldfish? What's that? Okay. So is that your, is that your goldfish? Yeah. Oh, I love that. So back in the day, in the eighties, I was a young teenager, tween age, and both my parents went to, BC Right. Well, my dad went to bc my mom went to Newton College at the Sacred Hearts, which, um, got, subsumed Take Yeah. Subsumed by, BC So we would go to games and a lot of, like BC Army or Navy, I can't remember, games. And, there was a whole lot of watching football, BC football in my house especially.'cause Doug Flutie was like the greatest thing Yeah. Since sliced bread. And, I've actually met Doug Flutie. Uh, he wouldn't remember that, but he's gonna call in, he's gonna call that, Hey, I course I remember Laura. Come on. Remember that awkward geeky girl with braces and so we had a couple goldfish in our house and my sister was so great. She, they were hers and she named them both, you know, we had consecutive goldfish, like we had dug floaty. I love that. Which is just so funny that we had dug floaty too. And the thing is, they, they were very good at floating as in dying right up to the top. Yeah. Going belly up. Well, I have to tell my story about that floaty. Yeah, please do. So, my brother Hugo, went to school the same time. It was the same year. He was a contemporary at bc. Yeah, and, um, so maybe I was at one of the same football games with your brother, I'm sure. I'm sure you already went to all of them. Yeah. But, he was. Studying for, he was pre-med at one point in the beginning, and he was, this was before Doug Flutie was big. And he was studying for a organic chemistry exam. And, Doug Flutie came around looking for someone to play football with him, just like to pass the ball around. And knocked on his door. It was literally knocking on people's doors, come pass a football with me. Yeah. Well, you wanna, we wanna. And he's like, I can't, I can't. Sorry, dude. I have this huge exam. Yeah. Yeah. Excellent. Question seven. Who was the first winner of Survivor? The Notorious Richard Hatch. Did you watch that? I did not watch it, but I have heard of this guy.'cause he was an asshole, right? He was not a asshole but an asshole. He was, you know what? I think he was from Rhode Island. Oh, he was a roadie. He was a mass asshole adjacent. Yeah, exactly. Chris and I did watch that first season. Mm-hmm. And I think he totally set the tone for what was to come for every, contestant there on in. Like he was the ultimate, like schemer. Interesting. Question eight. What country is known as the land of fire and ice? Iceland. Iceland. And that's also known as the land of Bjork? Yes. Who I met at a club once. Oh my god. Of course you, oh my God. Of course you did. Okay. I was friends at this where Icelandic, in dc this Icelandic guy called Thor, of course. And, are you kidding? In college? Did he have a hammer? Did he Maybe. I don't know, she came with him one time out and met her. Oh, wow. That's crazy. But I'm not surprised in the least, apparently Iceland doesn't want any more tourists. They're done. They're like, they're done. Yeah. Please stop coming here. Please stop. There's no more fire or ice. It's done. It's done. We're stay home. Question nine, four famous models of the eighties and nineties were featured in a 2023 documentary entitled The Supermodels. They include Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, and what other famous model? Cindy Crawford. Of course. Yeah. My favorite was Linda. Really? Mm-hmm. How come? I don't know. I just, I thought she was unique looking. Yeah. Very unique. I liked Cindy. Question 10. What? Deceased 2010s DJ and record producers. Real name was Tim Burgling. That's a vichie. I know you liked him, right? I did. I didn't really know his music very well, but I thought it was very cool. You liked what you heard. Yeah. And then it was gone. Wait too soon. All right. P. You gonna take us into your favorite round? Yeah. This brings us to the mystery round. It is my favorite 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 is. Each correct answer, including the answer to the connection, is worth two points. Here we go. Question one. What nonfiction novel written by John Barrett is subtitled a Savannah story? Question two. In what film from 1961, would you hear the song, moon River? Question three. What is the name of the rapper featured on Dua Lip a's levitating. Question four. What do the English and Australians call the ingredient that is most commonly used as a thickening agent for sauces, soups, and stew. Question five, named after the German word for goblins. This medal is one of only three naturally occurring magnetic metals. Question six. Tommy Lasorda is most closely linked with what baseball team. Question seven. This September birthstone is second only to diamonds in its durability ranked as a 10 outta 10 on the most scale of hardness. Question eight. What is the full name for the double breasted coat traditionally made of heavy wool that has a deep seafaring tradition. Question nine. What is the name of Lord's Breakout? 2013 hit question 10. Starring a young Jake Gyllenhaal. This film tells the story of Homer h Hickman, Jr. And that wraps up all the questions for the mystery round. Write down all your responses and we'll be back with the answers. Alright, we're back with the answers to the mystery round. Question one. What nonfiction novel written by John Barron to subtitled a Savannah story that's midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Did you read that one? I didn't. It's a good one. It's good. Yeah. I mean, I've seen clips of the movie, oh, Kevin Spacey, right? Yeah. Hmm. Okay. Um, question two. In what film from 1961? Would you hear the song? Moon River? That's Breakfast at Tiffany's. So now I did read that. Yes. Red and Red. And Washed. And washed. So good. Yeah. It is good. Audrey? Yep. Question three. What is the name of the rapper? Featured on Dua Lip a's Levitating. Daba even heard of that guy. Ridiculous name. Sorry. Who goes into wrap as da baby? Come on man. Stop it. That's just stupid. The stupid. Question four. What do English and Australians call the ingredient that is most commonly used as a thickening agent for sauces, soups, and stews? It's corn flour as opposed to our IT corn starch. It's as opposed to it. It's not the same thing. It is the same thing. Oh, okay. Yeah.'cause I was gonna ask you, is that the same thing as Yeah, cornstarch. Okay. Yep. Question five named after the German word for goblins. This metal is one of only three naturally occurring magnetic metals and that's cobalt question six. Tommy Lasorda is most commonly linked with what? Baseball team, the Dodgers. Question seven. This September birthstone is second only to diamonds in its durability sapphire. I did not know that. I know, right. That's a good one. I would've given it a nine at best. 9.5 maybe on a good day. Question eight, what is the full name of the double breasted coat traditionally made of heavy wool that has a deep seafaring tradition. That's the navy pea coat. Question nine, what is the name of Lord's breakout? 2013 hit Royals. Royals. And Question 10, starring a young Jake Gyllenhaal. This film tells the story of Homer h Hickman Jr. October Sky, which fun little fact. He was a NASA engineer, and October Sky is the anagram of Rocket Boys. And that's the memoir of the film is based on That's so cool. Does it have any other association with it other than being an anagram? It happen in October or in the movie, he's looking up at the October sky to see the rockets. Okay. Did they make that scene too to tie the anagram. I'm like, what's wrong with rocket Boys? It's perfect. Perfectly good name. Not as good as Rocket Man though. Exactly. So we've got midnight Tiffany's baby corn flour, cobalt, dodger sapphire, navy royals, and October sky. Those are shades of blue Lovely shades of blue. I tested that one on my son, Hugo, who they definitely got it. He got it immediately. Right. Yeah. No, that's a good one. Like who knew there were so many types of blue? Lots of em. Alright. Laura, we're in the last round already. Stop it. It's annoying. Top shelf. Every answer is worth three points. Here we go. Question one. What do you call the wooden beams in a traditional Adobe house that carry the weight of the roof? Question two. What is the name of Herman Melville's second novel, which is based on his experiences in the South Pacific. Question three called The Great Trail. This hiking trail is approximately 15,000 kilometers long crossing a continent through what country? Question four. American actor Vic Morrow had his career and life cut short in 1982 during the filming of what movie, which legend has, it was cursed. Question five. Teddy Roosevelt coined what term to describe a position or office that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to. Question six, what virus is associated with the common cold? Question seven, formed in 2010 in Melbourne Australia. What alt rock band's latest album Phantom Island, was released in 2025? Eight, murdered While incarcerated in 1978. This man is regarded as the father of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa and was a key figure in bringing about the end of apartheid. Question nine, what is the slang name for Western films or horse opera? And question 10, what organization known for its heritage sites, states its purpose as promoting education, science, culture, and communication to build peace, equality, and sustainable solutions worldwide. I mean, I love that. I mean, who's gonna fight that? You know? Well, I know some people. All right, we'll give you a few moments to wrap up your responses, and we'll be back with the answers to top shelf, and we're back with the answers to top shelf. Question one, what do you call the wooden beams in a traditional Adobe house that's called Viega. I mean, you can tell I was in the southwest. Yes, yes. I knew. I'm like, that just wasn't in your bank of knowledge, I'm pretty sure. Oh, yeah. I totally knew. I totally, I totally knew the Viga. Yeah. Question two, what's the name of Herman Melville's second novel, which is based on his experiences in the South Pacific. That's omu a narrative of adventures in the South seas. And I love that you had this question, Nancy, that you drafted this because Omu is so often, an answer in the cross New York Times crossword. That's what actually, I probably saw it there one time. Oh, really? Yeah. And I'm always like, oh, mu what a weird word. Like what does that mean? And then you have this note in here that it says, it's a Polynesian term, meaning Beachcomber. Yeah. So you like you ticked off a couple of my like I'm so happy to do that. To do that. Question three called The Great Trail. This hiking trail is approximately 15,000 kilometers long crossing a continent through what country? That's Canada. Yeah, I didn't know this. This was a cool, this is one of yours. Yeah. I didn't know either. I think I was really going for, the Appalachian Trail'cause I'm a little obsessed with that. Mm-hmm. And I thought it was probably the longest hiking trail. And it turns out the great trail is. That's cool. Canada's got us on that one. Yes. Well Blame Canada. Blame Canada. Question four. American actor Vic Morrow had his career in life cut short in 1982 during the filming of what movie, which legend has. It was cursed. And I know you knew this, Nancy. Yeah, I do. Remember this happening. You do the Twilight Zone. Yeah. I remember watching the movie and I listened to a whole podcast on this is, which is why I came up with the question. But they were saying that the safety standards were totally ignored and I guess John Landis was, he was the director, right? He was the director and there were a lot of safety standards ignored, leading to a helicopter crashing, onset killing Morrow and two children. So that was 1982. He did the thriller video after that. I get then, so we, yeah, I guess there were some fines and some lawsuits, but no jail time. That's tragic. And yeah, he went on to have a healthy career. Okay. Question five. Teddy Roosevelt coined what term to describe a position or office that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to. That's bully pulpit. He coined so many great phrases and terms. I know. That's really very descriptive. Question six. What virus is associated with a common cold that's rhinovirus. Mm mm-hmm. Question seven. Formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. What Alt Rock Band's latest album Phantom Island was released in 2025. And it's your favorite band, Nance? I've never heard of this band. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. I think I would not like them, but just by the name, God. Wait, admit. My kids were like, you gotta put this as a question'cause it's just so fun to say the name. It is a great name. But I in Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Have you listened to that? I did. Okay. Yeah. not my music, but yeah. Whatever. It's fun, but it music nonetheless. Music, Australian music. Okay. Question eight. Murdered While Incarcerated in 1978. This man is regarded as the father of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa and was a key figure in bringing about the end of apartheid. That's Steve Beko. Cry. Freedom. Great movie. It is Denzel Washington and Kevin Klein, I think also is in it. Richard Attenborough directed it, question nine, what is the slang name for Western films or horse operas? That's odors. Odors Also another crossword clue that frequently comes up. Yeah, because what are the horses eating? Oats. Question 10. What organization known for its heritage sites, states its purposes promoting education, science, culture and communication to build peace, equality, and sustainable solutions worldwide. And that's unesco? All right, Nancy, so that, that wraps up the top shelf and that wraps up our episode. I hope you enjoyed this little trip down memory lane. I could have gone forever about my home state of Massachusetts. Well, I'm so glad that we were able to ask you those questions and then discover this amazing new cocktail. I love this. I think this is going to be on heavy rotation from now on. Yeah, this is the bomb. So what's, on the docket for next week, Laura? So excited. Oh, Nance, you're going to love next week's topic. Strap on your Shing guards guard, girl, because I'm going to be asking you all about your favorite sport football. Yes. A beautiful game of soccer. Yes. That's what you plebes call it. That's what we call it. Those who are not in the know. All right listeners. I'm excited. I know. I'm really excited too. I've got really good questions. Yay. And I'll tell you why. Next week. Okay. I'm excited. So what do we need to, have on hand? So listeners, here's what you are going to need on hand for next week's cocktail. You need gin dry moh. And lemon. That's it. That's it. And I'm guessing it won't be too hard for everyone to I think I got it. Figured. I got it. Figure out what we will be shaking and not stirring. That's the only way. That's the only way. Oh, yay. Well, yes, I certainly know what cocktail that will be and I can, I think everyone does more excited. Shall we toast one more time? Yes. And by the way, my drink has one, one sip left and I know mine doesn't even really have a sip. Cheers. Cheers. Bye bye. Bye y'all. See you next time.