Episode 10 Et Tu Laura?

Enter the arena, where Nancy puts Laura to the test with an Ancient Roman Trivia Quiz. Listen, with a cocktail in hand, to see if Laura will be victorious or if she will find disfavor with the crowd.

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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. Laura. It's almost Thanksgiving. I know. It's one of my favorite holidays of the year. I have to say. I love it because it is kind of stress free. Like you're not running around getting the presents and all that. No presents, no crazy decorations. Yep. There's the expectations are a lot different. Yep. There's a lot of eating and drinking and you just have a past for the day. Exactly. I think my mother-in-law said I heard somewhere. That you're supposed to buy two pounds of butter and use all of'em. I'm like, that's right. That is excellent. So what do you do? What's your Thanksgiving, uh, what are your traditions? Well, growing up we, we used to host Okay. You know, all sides of the family and that was great. Um, and then my mother took that on for a long time, but it was getting a little onerous and a lot of, oh, and my sister moved to Connecticut So we all go down and stay at their house. We absolutely invade. That's awesome. There might be a little paddle tennis being played, might be a lot of walks, a lot of games, maybe some trivia games, salad bowl games, and it's just fun. Do you bring something in particular food. Oh my God, how can I forget? It's now become a tradition that I make lemon Drop martinis. Oh. And listeners, if you remember way back in episode one, I think I referred to your legendary. Yeah. You, oh, my lemon drops. Good memory. I forgot about that. Yeah. So I pride myself on my lemon drop, recipe and I I love to share it. I'm sure it makes the Thanksgiving festive. they're pretty good. Mm-hmm. They are delicious. We'll have to feature it on Tribu sometime because the recipe needs to be shared. So I also go to Connecticut. Have you always done that? Because I didn't think that's you did every year. Um, there are definitely years we don't do it. Like last year we didn't do it'cause the boys just went to college and they wanted to come home to Vermont. Yeah. And obviously it's a little harder living in Vermont's a little further. So after traveling from Utah, it was kind of hard to do both. So we, but we'll be going this year and, my brother has everybody over. In many years, it's been a very big event. And many Thanksgivings past. We've done the Turkey trot, before. Oh, really? Yep. Mm-hmm. Yeah. So do we. Yeah. Trot right over to the Turkey. Got a lot of eating to do. And then friends of his come over and it's usually a pretty late night and super fun. I bring potato Gaan. That's my, oh, that's my addition. And I usually bring two kinds. Oh, what? Yeah. One is traditional with Grier and Parm and the other one we use our, own harvested green chili and do, cheddar cheese in it with green chili. It's a spicy one. And my secret for a good, gr ton is to add lemon juice to it, to cut the fat, like it cuts the sort of richness, so that's my dish. Oh, that sounds delicious. I always bring cranberry sauce because Oh, I need to make it fresh. Like you make it fresh. Yeah, yeah, because I have to have that. And sometimes I make different stuff like the, what do you call them with the marshmallows on top? Can Oh, sweet. Oh, like candy M Uhhuh, yeah. Sweet potatoes and, maybe like the green man cas. Yeah. So Thanksgiving on the horizon. Cannot wait. Yeah, me too. But I believe we have some unfinished business. Yeah, the hearkening back to, uh, the last step. The last step with Monty and the Wallbanger. Yeah. So we couldn't find Galliano. Yeah. We couldn't find Galliano anywhere here. Massachusetts, New York. Like what? But you finally found it. Where'd you find it? In Colorado? Of all places. What? Of, I don't know why, but Colorado so random. yeah. And we promised our listeners we'd remake it and do, um, just a comparison of some sort. Yeah. Fair. Thank you. Thank you. Comparison. So just to remind you, last episode we did it with the replacement liqueur 43 or re it's a Spanish liqueur, and this time we did it with the proper liqueur, galeano The big tall yellow bottle. Should we try it? Yeah. Cheers. Cheers, Okay. I'm not just saying this, but I like that better. It almost makes it a different drink. Yeah. And I can't even place my finger on what makes it different. I know you have a better grip on like, I just feel like flavors. The other one was really vanilla. E. It was really too Swedish. It was too sweet for me. Yeah, that has a little more of a tart flavor or I can't even, it's like urbanness to it. Yeah. I mean, I still taste the vanilla, but it's uh, we like it better people. That's all we're saying. That's the bottom line. That's good. You try it. And you tell us, please. Yeah, you tell us. Exactly. Okay. So that, that wraps up that bit we had to take care of right Now that we've taken care of that, what are we drinking today? Yes, I hear, it's something kind of special and you've kept me in the dark. All week. I have. So you see it now. It's very pretty. I know. It is so pretty. I only do pretty drinks for you. Yes, you do. And there's so many pink ones and I love it. I love it. Well, so, um, just to tell you that today we will be talking about one of Laura's, subjects matters that she really loves, which is ancient civilizations, particularly the Roman Empire. Yes. And so in honor of that, I was thinking about what is a very Italian drink right. And what did you find? The negroni comes to mind. It's pretty and Italian. Oh yeah. But I know you don't love it. I'm, I feel like it's not your favorite. It's the Campari is a little bitter. I've tried so hard. Yeah, so hard over the years to like it because it's such a pretty pink color and I wanna drink it. I love it.'cause I'm bitter like the broccoli rob. But you're not, you're just sweet. Well, I like something not in my drinks. I've, I've, I've figured it out. Yeah. It's not everything. It's just my drinks. I like my cocktails. Sweet. Also, I mean, I do like sweet cocktails, but I also like really dry. Like a dirty martini and that kind of stuff. I like that too. So instead of a Campari, this has grapefruit in it. It's a grapefruit Negroni.'cause grapefruit actually has a little bit of bitterness. It has a little bit of the same totally flavor profile of Campari. There is a little teeny bit of Campari, but, um, so, well, let's try it. Cheers. Cheers, dear Again. In one, one game. That's fantastic. Does it do it for you? Totally does it for me and listeners. I'm not just saying that because she made it up for me, but that is really good. Oh, good. I love that. Well, I love grapefruit that bitterness is gone, right? Yeah. And this is a ruby red grapefruit, which it is. I love those. Yeah, they're so good. And, you know, come into season now, so that's great. So the drink is one ounce of fresh grapefruit juice, one ounce of gin, one ounce of sweet vermouth. So it's basically the same way of negroni is, even parts. That's why. It's such a great drink. It's just even, even, even, but then I put a simple, just a half ounce of the Campari, and I put a one teaspoon of sugar just to get a little bit of, yeah. Just to get a little bit of, and, put it all in a mixing glass. First I did it without the ice so that the sugar dissolved and then put some ice in it and then poured it into a glass. And that's it. It's awesome. Thank you so much. God, I'm just gonna have to just keep, going back to our website and checking out all the different drinks that we've come up with that I love. This one will be up there. Yep. Ooh. Another sip. One more sip. We're gonna have one more sip. This is so good. What are we calling this Nance? Well, it's called the Pompeii, of course. Oh my God, that is, that could not be any more. Perfect. Yes. Tell us about how you came to be obsessed with the Roman Empire and all things Italian and. Ancient. Well, it all started back in the seventies. I must've been five or six when my mom took me to an exhibit of Pompeii at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Hmm. And it was an incredible exhibit, and I was just. So in awe of what I was seeing. And I was just a kid and, and my mom says that my, face was pressed up against the glass looking at the, um, plaster casts of mm-hmm. The people who had died in Pompeii. And it just sparked something in me that I've just never been able to get rid of. Wow. So that was the seed that sparked your imagination, that made you learn more? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, gotta love. Gotta love the museums. Absolutely. Bring your kids to museums. Yeah, totally. It's great. And um, NASA is also perfect because I went to Pompeii last year. Yeah. I fulfilled my, um, number one bucket list. I'm glad. And it was everything I ever thought it was that I ever wanted it to be. So it's a pretty amazing place. It is so incredible. I wanna go back. You can feel the spirits. You know, I was so busy following the tour guide mm-hmm. That I think I wasn't really able to just feel the enormity of it all. Mm-hmm. I was checking out the, the architecture and everything else. Sure. And that was so fun. But just to breathe in the, the hugeness of it, I, I think I wanna go back and do in a second time. I took a nap there. Oh, whoa, whoa. What? Why? It was like that, one of those amphitheater type places, you know? Yeah. We didn't even get to that. Oh, it was such a. Beautiful day and I just lied down and took a nap. Well, that's nice. It was 105 when we were there. Oh my goodness. It was, it's too hot. Was miserably hot, but, yep. I'm going back again. Yeah, I'll go with you. Really? Yeah. We go to Herculean too. Sure. Yes. Oh, my course. Okay. I'm getting so excited. But we have questions for you girl. Okay. Okay. Alright, let's do this. Let's do this. Now I'm all fired up. All righty then. Now that you've had your liquid courage? I say this every time, but I'm nervous. You know what, let's just have fun with it. I love the subject matter. I'm just hoping I don't crush out. Well, these questions are all about the ancient world with a focus on Rome. 10 questions. Each answer is worth one point. I will go through the questions and we'll go through them again and get Laura's answers. Question one. This ancient ruler and brilliant military strategist named over 70 cities after himself. He even named a city in India busa after his horse, which was mortally wounded in battle there. Question two, within 50 years, what year was the fall of the Western empire of Rome completed? Question three. What is the four letter symbol on ancient Roman ruins that translates to the Senate and the people of Rome? Question four, who crossed the Pyrenees and Alps with an army of war elephants to invade Italy during the second Punic war? Question five. What, 1960s movie about an ancient ruler starred one of Hollywood's most tempestuous couples. Question six, what? Roman province in ancient Jordan, famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduit systems is known for the strong Roman influence in its architecture, culture, and religion. Question seven, before recent excavations, what we know of Pompeii came from the letters of the 17-year-old boy who lived along the Bay of Naples at the time of the eruption. Question eight, who are the legendary twin brothers who founded Rome? Question nine. Originating in classical architecture. What is a circular opening in a dome or wall called? And question 10. Let's end on a high note. As usual, what was the favorite beverage of the Roman Empire? And it's not an Aperol spritz. It should be. All right. We'll give you a few moments to wrap up your responses and we'll be back with the answers. All right, Laura, we're back. And, you look pretty happy. You look like the, what's the phrase? The canary that swallowed the, the cat. The cat that swallowed the canary, not canary in the coal mine. Carrot swallowing The cat. The cat that swallowed the canary in the coal mine. You, that one. Okay. Question one. This ancient ruler and brilliant military strategist named over 70 cities after himself. And I'm just gonna stop there. Yeah. That would be Alexander and I, you know, he was so great. I actually named a child after him. There you go. Yeah. Yeah. I had to start with that. Yeah. He's, he was one of my favorite to study. I took a little class on him. He felt pretty good about himself. Yeah, pretty accomplished. Yes. Question two, within 50 years, what year was the fall of the Western Empire of Rome? Completed, let's say probably 4 76 ad. So the girl told me, I know the important dates. You can ask me important dates'cause I remember dates and she's spot on. Well, I was thinking like, uh, the eruption of Vesuvius or the founding of Rome. Like, yeah. All right, good. I'm glad I got that one. Yay. And it was, um, I think the goths that took them down or the auths there. The emo goths took them down. We're so sad. Golf on vacation, they're like, Ugh. Okay. With her black eyeliner changed everything. Question three, what is the four letter symbol on ancient Roman ruins that translates to the Senate and the people of Rome? That is SPQR. That's right. That is correct. Yeah. And they still have that all Oh, yeah. Over Rome. Mm-hmm. Which is so cool. When we went last year, like on the sewer tops and Yeah, the sewer tops even. They had these phenomenally elaborate, lighting on the bridges Hmm. Um, with these crazy, ancient Roman ships. And it on the side it said SPQR. That's so cool. Question four. Who crossed the Pyrenees and Alps with an army of war elephants to invade Italy during the second Punic war? That's Hannibal. Yes. It doesn't seem like it could possibly be true. it is kind of crazy. It's so crazy. You're like, wait a minute while we unload the elephants. Hang on one second. Hold on. Elephant. We're just gonna disembark. Don't look over here. Just, just give a second. Nothing to see here. You know, I, um, I stayed on Isia, which is an island like where Cap Capri is, um, you know, Capri and right off the Naples there. And there was a Sarasin fortress there. Oh, it was so cool. Oh, ancient Sara. Yeah, that was really, do they know like it was just a prehistoric pre Hellenistic just, I don't know. I don't know. Way back. I just remember my meals. Oh, that's good. Was it good? Oh my God. Yeah. Yeah. What was it? It was a very simple, pasta with, um, you know, clams, the baby clam. Mm-hmm. Just so beautiful. The parsley and it was so fresh. The lemon zest was beautiful. Olive oil was amazing. Yeah. And the clams were right from the sea there. Sounds delicious. And I had a wine called La Kristi, which means the Tears of Christ. And it was just so fresh and gorgeous. I've had that. Have you had that? I've had that, yes I have. I had that, um, when we went to, Pompei. Oh my gosh, yes. Oh, well I guess it's probably from that mm-hmm. Area. Mm-hmm. So yeah. So that is like this meal that lives in my head. Oh, that rent free. Okay. We're gonna have to try to recreate that. Yeah. Alright. Clams from the Lemo River. Not quite the same. Not the same. Question five what? 1960s movie about an ancient ruler Starred one of Hollywood's most tempestuous couples. I know who you're getting at and you're getting at, Liz Taylor as Cleopatra, but I can't remember. Oh, it's Cleopatra. It's just, I was gonna say it's either Cleopatra or Anthony in Cleopatra, so I wasn't sure. Yep. Okay. Yep. Um, that's 1963. Mm-hmm. And she was gorgeous. Gorgeous. They spent a lot of money on that movie and it did not do well. Did it not? No, I never even watched it. I've just seen stills. Yeah. It's a little overblown. Mm-hmm. Okay, question six, what Roman province in Ancient Jordan famous for, its rock cut architecture and water conduit systems is known for the strong Roman influence in its architecture, culture, and religion. I'm thinking that's Petra. That is Okay. You'd be thinking correctly. Cool. question seven. Speaking of Pompeii before recent excavations, what we knew of Pompeii came from the letters of this 17-year-old boy who lived along the Bay of Naples at the time of the eruption. Right. That was, um, Pliny the younger, or Pliny, yeah. I'm not sure which way you say it. Um, well, I, I always learned it as Pliny the El, he's his uncle. Elder. The elder, yep. And, um, the younger was Lenny, the younger. Mm-hmm. But, um, some people call it Pliny and I always learned it as Pliny. So I don't, I don't know. Who knows? Okay. Um, but yeah, that's correct. Those are fascinating letters. So, um, Pliny the elder made it out mm-hmm. Before the eruption. Before the eruption then went back to help people and then died in it. Oh my God. Really? Yep. Mm-hmm. Wow. Tragic. And that's how we have such a great firsthand account, account of what happened. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Fascinating. Question eight. Who are the legendary twin brothers who founded Rome? That would be Romulus and Remus. Yes. Born of the she Wolf. Mm-hmm. And then, um, Romulus killed Remus. Ugh. Like Abel and Cain. And then founded the city after himself. Named it after himself. Question nine, originating in classical architecture. What is a circular opening in a dome or wall called, I'm assuming it's an Oculus. Yes. Yeah, it's the Oculus. They're so pretty. They have one at the, Pantheon room. Pantheon. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. I love that building so much. Quick aside about the Pantheon. When I went there, when I was a teenager, we walked by it in this like gray, dingy kind of a Romanesque obviously. Yeah. Romanesque style. And it just looks like, like it's gonna crumble in any second. And then you walk inside. Oh, it's awe inspiring. I think. Think and it is like not. A day has changed. It looks brand. Yeah. Spanking new. Gorgeous. Huge. And I mentioned this because if you look up, there's an oculus and it's not covered and it often rains and they have to rope off the area under it. Yeah.'cause it's marble and it's very slippery. Yes. It's beautiful though in sun. Absolutely. Oh my God. Stunning. Yeah. All right. I don't know if you're gonna get this one. I might not. Oh, really? The favorite beverage of the Roman Empire? Well, it has to be wine. It's wine. Okay. Thank God. Mixed with water. And I think they would put sugar or just some herbs or something to make it, yeah. Because it wasn't good wine. I think it was herbs. I know they, they diluted it and even children would drink the wine too. Mm-hmm. But it's so funny you asked this question because I was chatting with my mom and she loves ancient history too. And we were talking about what did they drink in Ancient Rome and she thought it was beer. And I'm like, I don't know if it was beer. I didn't think it was, but they did. They did too. They did drink some beer, but it was mostly wine. Yeah. Yeah. Egyptians like their beer a lot. Can I just say a 10 out 10? I more ancient Roman than I am a massive. That's right. That's well done. Woohoo. Thank you. Yeah, that was so much fun. I'm a little obsessed. You picked some great questions. So thank you. Okay. I guess we go on to the Well now. Next round up is the, well, our first round of general trivia questions. Something to wet the Appetite and Build your Confide. If you follow along with our score sheet, each correct answer is worth one point. Question one. Name The cult leader who found the people's temple and orchestrated the mass murder suicide of his followers in Jonestown. Question two. What is a name for the scientific method of aging? Tree rings? Question three. What national holiday originated in Galveston, Texas? When Union General Gordon Granger arrived to announce the freedom of enslaved people more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after the Confederacy surrendered in the Civil War. Question four. What was 2020 four's fastest growing sport? Question five. Name the iconic sci-fi movie based on Philip k Dick's. Do Android's Dream of Electric's sheep? Question six. Candace Flynn is tormented by her two brothers. And what animated television series. Question seven. What Vegetable is a star of Taki? Question eight. What is the only country in Central America with English as its official language? Question nine. What is Sting's real name And question 10. What nineties Pop Duo encouraged us to push it. Push it real good. And that wraps up our questions to the, well take a minute to wrap up your responses and we'll be back with the answers. Alright, we're back with the answers to the well. Question one name, the cult leader who founded the People's Temple and orchestrated the mass murder suicide of his followers in Jonestown. That's Jim Jones. In Jones. Yeah. Jonestown might have been a giveaway. I know, right? But did you know that they did not actually drink Kool-Aid? No. But you have a note. And I read that and I was like, oh my God. it's Flavor Aid. It was flavored. It was a cheaper. It was cheaper than Kool-Aid because it was a cheap mass murderer. But it was like, what are you, why are you skipping? Yeah. You're going out. I know. Go out in event. Go out in style. I know. So I didn't learn that until I started watching that show. The studio that won all those Emmys this year. Oh, the one with Seth Rogan. And it's so funny, but they have this property, the movie studio to create a movie on the Kool-Aid character because of Barbie. You know, they wanna like get on the, like, it's like so ridiculous. A movie about the Kool-Aid character and Yeah. So that fact is mentioned in the episode. Well, you know, it just, and I looked it up, it just wouldn't be the same if we were all saying they drank the flavor aid. You drank the flavor aid. Yeah. Just doesn't have the same ring to it. Doesn't roll off the tongue. Nope. Okay. Question two. What is the name for the scientific method of aging Tree rings. That's Dro chronology. Yep. Yeah. Okay. Question three, what National holiday originated in Galveston, Texas? Two years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after the Confederacy surrendered in the Civil War. That's Juneteenth and that's awful that the people who were enslaved there did not, were not told, did not know they were free for that amount of time. That is ridiculous. And did you I read somewhere, oh God, I wish I could remember this. There was some poor, poor soul who was not told by their enslavers. For Like. 40 years. Oh my God. Or horrifying. Or something insane like that because they're, we're kept in a bubble. Mm-hmm. Kept away from any sort of news and they certainly weren't, you know? Right. Letting them know, God, I'm, I'm gonna have to go look that up at some point. That's awful. Yeah. It's horrendous. Oh my goodness. Okay, question four, what was 2020 fours a fastest growing sport? That's pickleball, of course, the orthopedist favorite sport Oh, I'm sure. Keeps him in business. Okay, question five. Name the iconic sci-fi movie based on Philip k Dick's Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep. And that's Blade Runner. Okay, so the movie Blade Runner, was that a book? Androids to the, that That's a book, yeah. Oh, okay. Philip Cake. Dick is like a super famous, um, sci-fi author, which is why I have no idea. Yeah, right. I love the name of that though. I love that title. Yeah. I love that too. That's pretty cool title. It's a great movie too. It's a great movie. Yeah. Question six, Candace Flynn is tormented by her two brothers. On what show? Vinny and Verb Mom Vi has blew up the house again. Finnis and Verb are, accord at title sequence. Oh, the title sequence. Yeah. My kids loved that show. I loved it. I loved it. My kids loved it. We actually, went to Disney for, Jason had a conference there and I don't remember which park, Hollywood Studio Park or something like that. I don't know. There's one park where it's all movies and they're like universal. No, it's part. Anyway, they met the big Phineas and verb characters and I've never seen them. So excited. Oh, that's so cute. Question seven. What Vegetable is the Star of Siki? That's Cucumber Q Delicious. Question eight. What is the only country in Central America with English as its official language? And that would be Belize. Believe it or not. Oh my God. So bad. I swear to God, that just came right outta my mouth. Amazing. With Zero filter. Question nine. What is Sting's real name? Gordon Sumner. Hmm hmm. I heard something on the radio today about some contest. They're running to have dinner with Sting and his wife Trudy. It's some charity thing. I wanna enter. Okay. I wanna enter. I know, I do. We have to, I mean, are the tickets, it was like$50,000 each to like, no, no, no. It's contest. I don't think so. And it's airfare is covered and what? Yeah. I'm gonna have to look that up. Yeah, please. And it's for a good cause too. I don't remember what it was. It was, send me on the info. I think it was. Tylenol related Autism. That's what it was. Oh my God. Oh my God. I wish there, I wish there was video. You should have seen my eyes fly up and look at Nancy. Like the take. Are you kidding me? I literally was, had a drink in my mouth. Question 10 What? Nineties. Pop Duo encouraged us to push it. Push it real good. Mm-hmm. Salt and pepper. I've seen them. Oh my God. Really? I have seen them. That's cool. In Burlington, Vermont, because I had a friend, a VP, shout out a VP. Worked@dealer.com and every year they would have these off the hook parties. What? And one year they had Salt and Peppa with like five other amazing acts. That's incredible. Yeah. Private party. It was unbelievable. How fun is that? Wow. It, it was so much fun. Yeah. That was awesome. All right, well that wraps up the Well, Let us move on to straight, no chaser in this round. Every correct answer is worth two points. Question one, what iconic robins egg color debuted on the retail stage in 1845 and was trademarked by the same company in 1998? Question two, what pharmaceutical drug was prescribed to pregnant women in the fifties and sixties for such issues as anxiety, sleeping problems, and morning sickness, but unfortunately cause severe birth defects with approximately 40% of babies not surviving past birth. And um, I'm just gonna have to insert right here. It's not Tylenol people, it's not, not Tylenol. It really wasn't. Mm-hmm. Question three. What color passport is typically a diplomatic passport issued to high ranking government officials, diplomats, or their families for official travel? Question four. What is the name of the poem? From which the phrase, one, if by land and two if by sea is derived? Question five, two cities have hosted the summer Olympics three times, London and Paris. What city will market's third time hosting when it hosts in 2028? Question six. What color goes first in chess? This is like the color round. I didn't realized that. Question seven. What is the name of the action adventure film from 1985 that featured a hunt for the gem called Elison? Question eight. What brother Duo introduced us to the upside down? Question nine. What is the highest US state capital? And question 10. What is the other name for stone fruit? A type of fruit such as a peach featuring a fleshy outer part, a thin skin, and a hard stony pit that encloses a single seed. We're gonna give you a few moments to wrap up your answers and we'll be back. And we're back with the answers to straight no chaser. Question one. What iconic robin's egg color debuted on the retail stage in 1845 and was trademarked by the same company in 1998? And that's Tiffany Blue. I love it. I love it too. But I can't believe they didn't trademark that until 1998. Isn't that crazy? That shocks me. I'm surprised. Mm-hmm. But okay, question two. What pharmaceutical drug was prescribed to women in the fifties and sixties ultimately causing a severe birth defects? That's thalidomide, not Tylenol, but, um, no, although it's poor children, horrifying. 40% didn't even live past birth. And many, many, who did have had birth defects, severe birth defects. It was a horrible, what a nightmare. It was such a nightmare. Question three. What color? Passport is typically a diplomatic passport issued to high ranking government officials. That's black. And that was news to me recently. When did it come across your, my radar? Like, just a month or two ago. One of Chris's friends has a black passport. He is, he he's a diplomat. No, but I think his parents were, and he was, and so as the child of, he gets that too. Well, I think he was also high ranking in some respect. Okay. You don't need to tell me'cause No, because I don't want you to kill me. Yeah. I He will kill you. I know nothing. Yeah. No, but he said, oh yeah, so and so has a black passport. I'm like, what is that? And then I just looked it up and I thought that was such a cool question. Mm. Question four, what is the name of the poem? From which the phrase, one of by land and two if by sea is derived is Paul Reveres Ride by, um, Henry Bosworth. I'm surprised I didn't come up in the Boston question. I did think about it. Yeah, I did think about it. Battle of Lexington Concord or something like that. Mm-hmm. There were so many I know. Questions I last I know. Well, we'll do another one. I We can do another. Yeah, we'll do another, there's plenty. Question five, two cities have hosted the Summer Olympics three times, London and Paris. What city Will Marks third time hosting when it hosts in 2028. And that's Los Angeles. I love la. Yep. Yeah. Are you, are you gonna go? No, no. Yeah, I'm not a big fan of watching the Olympics. I gotta admit, as you probably would not be surprised by this, but. I am. You are. Of course. I know you are. So that's why I asked, I don't really have a desire to go though. I just can't imagine the congestion of the Yeah. Especially la la and their traffic is already a problem. Yeah. I don't know what theyre gonna do. Yeah. No, thanks. Question six. What color goes first in chess? That's white. Question seven, what is the name of the action adventure film from 1985 that featured a hunt for the gym named El Corone? The Heart. That is Romancing the Stone. One of my all time favorites. I recently watched it with Hugo and Leo, and they actually liked it too. What's not to like? Well, you know, sometimes those eighties movies are slow and Right. They're not. They're not. No. Not that one. They're not exactly how you remember them. And this one was fun. Oh, really? It was. I've only watched it like 20 times between childhood and now, so Yeah. And my favorite line is when they're in the airplane, the down to airplane. Oh yeah. Uhhuh. And he's like, oh man, the Doobie Brothers broke up. Oh, he's reading the news. Uh, the, the magazine magazine. That was like 15 years old. It was hilarious. All right. Question eight. What Brother Duo introduced us to The Upside Down, that would be the Duffer Brothers of Stranger Things Fame. You love that show? I loved that show. Yeah. Is there not one more, one more season? I think there is. Yeah. One more. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. The final. It's the final. Final. I mean, they're like 42 now. Those kids I know. Millie Poppy Brown has a baby. She has a baby. Adopted baby. Yeah. With John Bon Bonjovi son. Oh, adopted? Mm-hmm. Okay. That's that's awesome. Yeah, I know. I love that how she married John Bonjovi son. That's so wild. I love that too. Question nine, what is the highest US state capital. Santa Fe. Santa Fe genius. Did you come up with that question on your recent trip to the Southwest where we learned about Viga? Yeah. Everything. Yeah. Yeah. Everything. Petroglyphs and south. All sorts of it. All 7,199 feet higher than the mile High City. And that is so weird because we always think of Denver. Denver being the highest city. I know how Santa Fe gorgeous. Love it, huh? That's okay. Oh, I have been to Santa Fe. Have you? Yeah, it's beautiful. Question 10. What is the other name for a stone fruit? That's a droop. That's a funny name. I was so ready for you to jump in and be like, no, it's the droop A. It's the droop A. It's Drupe. No, just a droop el dr. And it's D-R-U-P-E, not D-R-O-O-P. Just for those who are wondering. That's not droopy. All right, that wraps up straight, no chaser. What's next onto our favorite round mystery round, and I get to read the questions to the mystery round today. You go, it's time for mystery Round. The answers to the 10 questions in this round all have a connection in common. Answer the individual questions correctly and then try to guess what that is. Each correct answer, including the answer to the connection, is worth two points. Question one. Jelly Roll Morton and Buddy Bolden were pioneers in what style of music. Question two, what is the name of the 1980s dolls that came with adoption papers? Question three. In car racing, what is the name of the best starting position? Question four. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter just off of this Southern city. Question five, what German actor has starred in two Quentin Tarantino films and Glorious Bastards and Django Unchained. Question six, what do you call the Buttonless Cropped jacket that stops just above the waist and shares its name with a revelle composition? Question seven. What is the full name of the London Art Gallery that houses the National Collection of international contemporary art? Question eight. What term would you use to order a cocktail with lemon zest? A Question nine. In very hot places on earth, like the at Kama and Sahara deserts, a phenomenon called virga sometimes occurs. What is that? Question 10. Inspired by the city grid of Manhattan and an African American blue style, this famous abstract painting by Piet Mondrian can be found at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. And that wraps up the questions to the mystery round. Take a few moments to wrap up your responses and we will be back with the answers. We are back with the answers to the mystery round. Have you figured out that connection? Question one. Jelly Roll Morton and Buddy Bolden were pioneers in what style of music, and that is jazz. All that jazz. Question two, what is the name of the 1980s dolls that came with adoption papers? Those are the Cabbage Patch dolls, which are so weird. I think they were so weird. Did you have one? No, I didn't either. I knew people who had them. Maybe they were for, were we past it? I don't know. I think we were. I remember being 10 and being like, no, no, I don't. No, they dolls. No, they were weird looking. Question three. In car racing, what is the name of the best starting position? That's the pole position. Question four. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumpter. Just off this southern city. Let's Charleston, South Carolina. I want to go there so badly. I know. Me too. Everyone I know who's. I haven't been. Road trip. Road Trip. Road trip. That's my answer for everything. Road trip. Winter's coming. Road trip. Question five. What German actor has starred in two Quentin Tarantino films in glorious bastards and Jango Unchained. And that is the great Christopher Volz, Christophe Volz. Excuse me. I think Inglorious Bastards is one of my top 20 favorite movies. Yeah, my fam loves that one, and I really do need to watch it. It's so good. Question six. What do you call the Buttonless cropped jacket that stops just above the waist and shares its name with a revelle composition? So that is the bowl. Bowl ero. It just makes me think of, the three amigos. Another classic. Yeah. Question seven. What is the full name of the London Art Gallery that houses the National collection of international Contemporary Art. And that's the wonderful Tate Modern. I never knew modern was on at the end of that. I just thought it was the Tate. Isn't it just they refer to it that way? Yeah. Call it the Tate. Yeah. That's why I said full name. Yeah, I know. I know. And you will find out why that is important very soon. Listeners, what question? Eight. What term would you use to order a cocktail with lemon zest With a twist? Question nine. I think. I see what's going on here. Yeah, it's all coming together. Question nine. In very hot places on earth, like the Atacama and Sahara deserts, a phenomenon called virga sometimes occurs. What is that? That is when rain doesn't actually hit the ground. I have seen that. I have seen that. You've seen that? Yeah. Oh, wow. Yeah. Yeah. That's cool. Yep. It's not, I mean, it's most common in really hot places, places like that, but it's not totally confined. Confined those areas. And Question 10. Inspired by the city grid of Manhattan and an African American blue style, this famous abstract painting by Piet Mondrian can be found at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. And that's also the Divine Broadway Boogie Woogie. That's a beautiful painting. So we've got jazz, cabbage patch pole position. Charleston Christopher Vaults, Bolero, the Tate Modern with a twist. Rain doesn't hit the ground. And Broadway Boogie Wy. Those are all dances. The rain is a dance rain dance. Oh, got it. And you'd have to be doing it a lot if you, you're in the middle of a virga. Well, someone hasn't been doing it a lot around here'cause we just had a big drought, but, but well a little bit right now. Pulling out of it now. So that was fun. That was great. That was a fun one. Good one. Nance. That's Nancy's, she did that one. Okay. Should we move on to Z top shelf? Where all the questions are worth three points. Question one. What was Dr. Seuss's real name? Question two in skiing, what is the German language derived term? That is a skiing technique characterized by short rhythmic parallel turns and translates literally to wagging. Question three, what is the most recent film to have won the Big Five Academy Awards? And that's best picture, best director, best actor, best actress, and best screenplay. Question four, elephants, humans and bison are all K selected species. What letter designation is given to smaller animals that usually inhabit unstable environments and have shorter life expectancies? Question five. Chickpea flour or besan flour is a gluten-free flour made from split brown garbanzo beans. That is also called what? Question six. What US state has the union jack on its flag? Question seven. What intimate piece of clothing made its debut in the US at the 1939 World's Fair? When New York Mayor LaGuardia demanded that nude dancers cover themselves? Barely. Question eight, Julius Caesar uttered the die is cast after crossing the Rubicon into what country? Question nine. What is the meaning of the Turkic Ukrainian word? Kurgan. K-U-R-G-A-N. In question 10. What was Snuffleupagus first name? All righty. That wraps up the top shelf round of questions. Take a few moments to finish your responses and we'll be back with the answers. And we are back with the answers to top shelf. Question one. What was Dr. Zeus's real name? That was Theodore Geisel. Nancy? Yeah, I come to think of it, that was actually one of the questions on our very first trivia pub. Trivia game we played in Boston. Remember? Last episode, we were talking about Boston and that was a tease pub. Oh, you and you and Chris. You and Chris, yeah. Oh my gosh. Yeah. And they said, who is Yourdo? Geisel? Yeah. I'm like, oh, I know that is Dr. Zeus. Oh, that's a throwback. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, question two in skiing, what is a German language derived term that is a skiing technique? Literally translating to wagging. That's Wedling Ling. Yeah. Ve, I guess that's how you say it. Question three, what is the most recent film to have won the Big Five? Silence of the Lambs? I'm wondering if you got that film. I mean, that, it's such a great film, but who knew it swept? I mean, I knew it won a lot of Oscars, but to know that was the last film to win the top five, right? That's, that is a toughie. And I think there was only one other one. Um, it happened one night in 1934. Oh no. Two happened one night in 1934 and one flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Yep. In 1975. That's amazing. Phenomenal film. I haven't seen the first one. I haven't either. Question four. Elephants, humans, and bison are all case selected species. What letter designation refers to smaller animals? That's R rated. Does the R stand? Does the R stand for something? I know it refers to how much time and energy they devote to raising their young, but what R actually means, I don't know. Okay. But I know rearing maybe, well, it would be X. Oh yeah. Because there is none. Yeah, they just birth and run. But I always submit it as rodent. Okay. I don't think that is actually it. Right. But it, there are a lot of rodents in that category. Mm-hmm. Question five. Chickpea flour or beon flour is also called what? And that's graham flour. It's Indian cooking, I think they used, oh yes, that makes sense. Now question six, what US state has a union jack on its flag that is Hawaii. That's kind of a fun one, right? Never. Ever would've come up with it. It's literally the farthest from England. Yep. But they had a historical alliance between the kingdom of Hawaii and Great Britain and, captain George Vancouver gifted a red end sign to King Gme Meha, in 1793, and then recognized the strategic advantage of a powerful ally for its newly unified kingdom. And they wanted to recognize that, that relationship. And it's still there to this day. Yeah. Guess I haven't looked at the Hawaiian flag recently. No, I didn't know that. Question seven. What intimate piece of clothing made it debut in the US at the 1939 World's Fair? When New York Mayor LaGuardia demanded that nude dancers cover themselves? That would be the Fong and funny fact, this is also the origin of the thong song, I'm just about to say is that when, just how you took that outta my mother. I was like, and that is the year they did the thong song. Oh, that's hilarious. Who knew it went back that far? Well, I think it actually goes back further into other cultures, probably. Yeah. Yeah. Probably goes back further than we have any idea. Yes. Question eight, Julius Caesar uttered the dice cast after crossing the Rubicon into what country? And that is Italy. Mm-hmm. It's, you know, you wouldn't think,'cause he was already in it, but he was declaring war on Rome, question nine, what is the meaning of the Turkic Ukrainian word GaN. It means a barrow or a burial mound. And you wanna tell us about that now? Yeah. so the people of the step region mm-hmm. You know, this is sort of the area we're talking about. They often buried their horses with them. In these gans. And it was because just like the Egyptians, they were so important to'em, the horses, they thought they brought them into the next world. Right. Just like the Egyptians would put jewelry and things like that. And furniture and everything. Cats and everything. Food. Yeah. We would bury them with food, pottery. Exactly. That is very cool. I love that question. Of course, because it's ancient. Question 10, what was Snuffle Cus first name? I bet a bunch of you never knew he had a first name. It's ais. It's a perfect first name for him. How cool is that? And did you know that like sometimes we call Alex Alois? Oh, yes. I've heard you had actually say that. Have you? Yes. All right. That wraps up. Top shelf and wraps up our episode. It does. That stinks. And I always say that that stinks'cause I love recording. Well thank you Nance for that trip down memory lane. Memory lane. Uh, what do you mean? Okay. We didn't talk about this and you're gonna think I'm so weird, but, um, I think about the permanent empire so much that I sometimes think that I lived it. Oh right. Not to get woo woo, but I really do think that maybe you lived another life. Yeah. Okay. Nance, next week you're up and you'll actually be going down Memory Lane or Thunder Road. Mm. Or the New Jersey turnpike if you Oh well yeah. Exit 10. Who's at your exit? Uhhuh. Nice. We will be taking you back to your Jersey girl Origins. Oh, awesome. I'm gonna drink some water order and I'm gonna have a, for your daughter, I'm gonna make a pork roll sandwich. Really? And I'm gonna chew in some salt water Taff. Wait. Okay. I knew about the saltwater taffy, but the pork rolls. Yeah. Can we make pork roll sandwiches and stick'em in our drink? They're delicious. I bet. Yeah, I bet. I'm telling you. And we, I'm excited. Yeah. I'm excited too. Mm-hmm. I don't know anything about Jozy. Um, so we will be mixing up a cocktail in honor of that topic. What's that gonna be? I know this is, this one's really different. Okay. So you will need to have on hand apple jack Grenadine, lemon juice, lime juice, and a green apple for garnish. Apple jack never had it. Me neither. This will be an, this will be a first for both of us. Yeah, this will be a, do you have any idea what it is? No idea. Perfect. Bring it on. Perfect. Bring it on. All right. That's all you need and um, we will see you next week everybody. Awesome. Bye. See you next time folks. See you later.