Episode 11 Jersey Girl

Nancy returns to her Glory Days with a NJ trivia quiz that’s totally boss. The gals will knock back a cocktail while Nancy reminisces about Saturday nights down the Shore.

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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. Hi Laura. Hey Nance. Welcome home. Oh, thank you. Yeah, was just in Minnesota in the land of a 10,000 lakes or something like that. Yeah, 10,000 Lakes and Prince and Prince. Well that the best part of the whole state. Yep. I went with Jason on a work trip there and I got to meet his really awesome colleagues and um, awesome. I found out that we have some super fans there. We do, we do. Who is that? Yeah. Shout out to Karen and Ryan. Apparently they've been listening along. And Karen and Ryan. Hello, hello. Up north. Yeah, it's fun. It's fun to realize people are listening in. Oh, I love it. So many different places. So many different places. So how was, how was Minnesota? It was great. I went to Paisley Park. Oh, that must've been so cool. Which was pretty awesome. And yeah, I'm sure some Prince questions will be popping up on this pod very soon. I hope so. I hope so. But yeah, it's good to be back in time for the holidays and prepping for that. I know. We are firmly into the holiday season. It's coming up. It's just coming right up on us. Yeah. Yeah. It's now Na. Tell me some of your Christmas traditions. Um, okay. Well one tradition that we always do, and I've done it since I was a kid, is that we open a present on Christmas Eve. Okay. We used to do that too. Um, now was it a any present or was there a specific one that your parents set aside for you to open on that night? So growing up it was like any present, although, although to choose, although sometimes you'd like go to choose one they just did not want you to open and zoom. No, not that one. Oh, that's awesome. How about you? That's so cute. It's, okay. some of the great memories I have from growing up were centered around, Christmas traditions that my parents. Put out, one of them being to go to the Boston Ballet each year and see the Nutcracker. Oh, that's nice. Yeah. I actually really, really loved that. You still go into the Nutcracker with the, the kiddos. Oh, that kid. I'm, I'm kind of teeing you up here. Yeah, yeah. I think you are an As. Yeah. So in order to recreate, some of that childhood magic of mine, I took the kids. Last year. It, well, the year before was our first year going. Oh, okay. And it was so great. We sat, our seats weren't great, but the kids really liked it. And we all went as a family for the first time. And I was delighted. So this year they were like, well, can we get little better seats? I'm like, absolutely. Let's get better seats. Mm-hmm. Let's go to a really nice restaurant. Let's do it up. And it could not have been a bigger fiasco. Train wreck. Train wreck of all train wrecks. let's just say it took, even though we had reservations, it took us an hour past our reservations to get seated. Took us two hours after that to get our food. They, we didn't eat half of it because we were so late. Oh my God. They threw away the rest of our meal inadvertently. Like you didn't get to take it home? No. Oh my. No. And then, I sent the kids ahead of us because they had their license and I sent them ahead of us and said, go get to the theater. It's in the middle. We're getting close to the intermission. At this point, I'm like, just, oh my God, go get there. And they had an accident on the way over. It's a nightmare. And they weren't even close to the theater. This is the nightmare before Christmas. So all in all, we never, we never even went that stinks to the ballet. And I laid out all this money Anyways. WW I'm going with a either alone or with my sister alone this year. Um, but talk, talk about Christmas traditions going to little awry. So you wanna talk about last year? Oh my God. Well, I, I love the tradition of secret Santa. Yes. It's so great. Um, it's so much fun. But yeah, no, I, I think I got a little hosed last year. You think? You think. And I, I might have had a hand in that too. So, so we, we did it together, listener Nancy was so nice to invite our family over to her house and she proposed Yep. Secret Santa swap. Secret Santa ahead of time. And, um. Uh, maybe some people didn't take it as seriously, I'm not sure. Mm-hmm. Namely Chris Liver. I think Chris thought he nailed it. I think he thought he did. He got me a puzzle.'cause we both love puzzles. I do like puzzles and I think it was like a thousand or 2000 pieces, but it was an just a mass of candy canes. It was like an un I mean, maybe for some people it would be a great puzzle. Right. No, that was just way too hard for me. It was just a blur of like green, red, white. I mean, yeah. I think Nancy looked at it and threw the box in the fire. She's like, I donated it to Goodwill. Did she? Yeah. She just like screwed this bug. Someone's gonna love it if someone was a little. Yeah, maybe. Maybe. But you guys came over on the other Christmas tradition we have, which is celebrating my two boys' birthday. Oh, that's right. Yeah. Two days before Christmas. Yep. Which, some people might say it's not the best placement of a birthday. Yeah. I would think, at least from the kid's perspective, they, well, they always loved it because we would do their, party with their friends early in the month. Okay. And then that day Jason and I were always able to take the day off from work, and so we'd do something, as a whole family, so. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah. Now it's like, we'll go skiing. Well, it's kind of perfect because they're both back from school. Yeah. And they're always home. That's right. Right. It ensures that they're always home from college. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's good. Yeah. That's our other little tradition. Nance, are you ready to get down to business? You taking me back to my old stomping grounds? Uh, yes. It's your turn in the hot seat, Uhhuh. Hold onto your flux capacitor. Okay. You might wanna dial it back because we are going back in time to your roots. And I'm not talking about your hair roots or your teased hair. I No, please, no. But your origin state Yes. Of New Jersey. Jersey, Jersey. Mm-hmm. Oh, tell me about growing up in New Jersey, the garden state. Well, yeah, of course it's a garden state. Right. I mean, I think that's the biggest misconception people have about New Jersey, that it's all highways and the like, but it's actually a lot of it is very, green and Oh, I know. It's beautiful wooded. And it is so beautiful though, the places I've been there, I mean, I've been a bunch of places there, but the places I've been have been absolutely gorgeous. Wooded, farmlands kind of places. But the most common joke is Ha ha What exit are you from? Do you mean turnpike or Parkway? Oh, do tell Turnpikes 10. Parkways 1 31. Oh, so two major roadways through your town. Two ways to get to. Well, like near my town. Okay. Yeah. That's where I would get off. Yeah. Yeah. So, kind of just touching on what you said, what, what's one of the more interesting aspects or something someone else might not know about? Well, first off, I think New Jersey's awesome because it's very multicultural. Yep. But of course it's proximity to New York City. Yeah. I mean, being able to, how, how far was, was I, yeah. How far out were you? Uh, it was like a 45 minute train ride. Oh. That's just like me from Boston. Yeah. So getting into the to New York City was easy. Yeah. Easy peasy. Was it, train station near you? I mean, was it? Yeah, there was one in our town. Yeah. Yeah. Same I would go in, I would sneak out say I was sleeping over someone's house and we'd go to clubs in New York City. So, oh my God, that would've been so awesome was, I mean, we're not talking about an 18. Uh, your drinking age was there at that time. Oh, no. Or was it No, I was 21. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. But they don't card you when you go to a club, they just No. Look at your outfit. That is so awesome. Oh, at, Hmm. I don't know if we can talk about this, but you met Michael AIG once Oh yeah. At, um, limelight. Yeah. Which absolutely blows my mind. And for those who don't know, and of course you should by now, he was, one of those original club kids. Or maybe he wasn't original, but he was a standout club kid who ended up doing prison time. Yes. For, oh, what, what did they say? Now they say, um, unli. Unliving somebody. Oh. Oh my God, I've never heard that. Oh, you haven't? No. Oh, you haven't been listening to a lot of podcasts? Oh my God. Un liveing unliving. Someone consciously uncoupling. Yeah. I'm gonna consciously uncouple you from your life. So you, um, you had met. Michael Allen, I mean, in passing Passed him in a In a club kind of thing. Yeah. I wouldn't say you met, but were people like, oh, that's, oh yeah. Michael Alec. Yeah. One of the original club kids. Well, maybe not that phrase that way at that time.'cause it was as of the time. At the time. Right. Gotcha. Yeah. Um, wait, but before we get to the drink, I have, I, there's a couple questions I have to ask you because you are from New Jersey, so I assume you know these things. Oh, okay. First of all, is Jimmy Hoffa under the Meadowlands? I have to know. I could neither confirm nor deny. Okay. Oh, oh. Nancy knows it's a code of silence. Nancy knows. Yeah. Okay. All right. So, alright. You've answered, the most question pressing questions. Okay? Yes. Okay. Okay. So you asked what we are drinking and, um, we are drinking. That's another pretty pink drink. A beautiful drink. And I'm betting, although red, I'm gonna say red, it's pretty dark. It's. It's like, yeah, it straddles red or really dark pink. I'm gonna say red because it's almost Christmas. Oh, it's holidays. Yes, yes, yes. And there's a green apple slice in it, which, you know, red and green chefs kiss. Yay. So I am betting that many of you have never heard of this cocktail. What's it called? I certainly had not heard of it, but the tresee internet assured me that this is the quintessential New Jersey cocktail, and it's called the Jack Rose. Never heard of it. Who is that? Um, well, can tell you the backstory. Okay. According to David Emery's, the fine art of mixing drinks, the Jack Rose was during the mid 20th century, a pillar of basic cocktail mixing knowledge. The origin of his name is Disputed. Some credit it to an early 20th century hit man called Bald Jack Rose. Okay, well others connected to New Jersey. Bartender Frank Jay May, who was also known as Jack Rose. Okay. So, but what is certain is that the Jack Rose is a New Jersey cocktail through and through its Apple brandy base. Apple jack, AKA jersey Lightning. Oh my God. Is one of the country's oldest, continually produced spirits. Oh, I've never had applejack before. I had never heard of it. And Laird's, L-A-I-R-D-S in New Jersey remains its largest producer to this day. Okay. So that's why it's, isn't that cool? New Jersey's drink. Yeah, I'm sure that's why it's New Jersey's drink. That is cool. But you hadn't heard of it, just like I had never heard of the word eight. So what's in this besides the applejack? Uh, in order to make the Jack Rose take two ounces of apple jack. Mm-hmm. One ounce of grenadine, one half ounce of lemon juice, one half ounce of lime juice. Put it in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake it until you can't feel your fingers anymore, and strain it into a chilled coop or cocktail glass. Nice. And we have garnished it with a slice of green apple it. Yeah, that's really great. And it looks gorgeous, so go check it out on our website. Alright. Alright. Cheers. Cheers. Yum. That is excellent. Yeah. It's really, it is actually kind of tangy, tangy, tart, sour. Yeah. And then at the end you get like that, but a little sweet. You get that apple, almost like a Jolly Rancher apple aftertaste. It really does. I used to drink a lot of apple tinies and I had to stop because it was really coly Sweet. Those are really sweet. Yeah. Yeah. But this is a similar idea, but way better. This is better. Much better. Yeah. I really like it. I'm going to me likey, put that into the heavy rotation. Mm-hmm. So, today the questions are gonna be all about famous New Jersey people. And there are a lot of them. There are a ton. And, it's so funny because, we'll be watching something, the boys and I, and I'll be like, oh, that person's from dead, actors from New Jersey. And they're like, I know everyone is from New Jersey. Everyone's from New Jersey. There's so many, there are so many. And I, I haven't, this is a broad category. I haven't confined this to just. Actors. Okay. No. No. Okay. All sorts of people. Yep. Yep. No short. Plenty people, plenty people to draw from, so, okay. I hope I know these people. All right. Have you done your warmups? Mm-hmm. The little calisthenics and the break there? All right, I'm ready. All right, people, this is happy hour and every question answered correctly is worth one point. And Nance, just as a reminder, we're going to read through all the questions first, and then we will go back over them and answer them. Okay? Got it. Alright. Thank you for the reminder. You're welcome. Okay. Question one known for his piercing eyes. What Hoboken Native sword to fame in the mid forties with his sweet crooning voice, but also became a hit maker on the screen as well. By the end of his life, he was recognized that the Kennedy Center Honors awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and received the Congressional Gold Medal, earned 11 Grammy awards, including the Grammy Trustees award and on and on and on. And I could go on forever and through all that, he did it his way as if you didn't already know. Question two. Born in South Orange and raised in Maplewood. What New Jersey Native's first major acting role was on the TV show Scrubs earning three Golden Globe and one Emmy nomination, but made the transition to director and producer while also starring in the movie Garden State, Question three. One of the most awarded singers of all time, what Newark Native holds the record for bestselling debut album of all time by a solo artist. She tragically met her early demise in California in 2012. Question four, this New Jersey I was born in Long Branch and grew up in Freehold. You may recall moments in his career such as his famous album cover starring his rear end, as well as pulling a young and then unknown Courtney Cox on stage for a music video. He may never have left New Jersey, but he was definitely born to run. Question five, what 1980s icon is the grandfather to Millie Bobby Brown's daughter? Question six. What legendary creature or crypted is said to inhabit the pine Barons of New Jersey? Question seven. Rising to fame from Red Bank, New Jersey. What jazz pianist led many other musicians to fame under his big band direction? Question eight, raised in Montclair, New Jersey, who is the oldest living astronaut. He's also the last surviving Apollo 11 crew member. Second man on the moon after Neil Armstrong went to West Point and MIT, and he has so many accolades including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 question nine, born in 1961 in Park Parkridge and meeting his early death in Rome in 2013. What actor earned a degree from Rutgers before turning his eye towards the stage, he starred in such productions, a streetcar named Desire and on the waterfront before being cast as a tough guy in true romance. And question 10 inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2008. What man is credited with countless patents from the incandescent light bulb to the Dictaphone, the mimeograph, the storage battery, and on and on. And that wraps up all the questions to Happy Hour. We'll give you a few minutes to wrap up your responses, and we will be back with answers. And we're back with the answers to happy hour. Big smiles from across the recording table. Feeling good? Yeah, I feel pretty good about that. Yeah, I, I think. I think you've got this one in the bag. Pretty much. Alright, question one. Known for his piercing eyes. What Hoboken native sore to fame in the mid forties with his sweet crooning voice. That would be Frankie Frank Sinatra. That's Frankie old blue eyes. Mm-hmm. Old blue eyes. Yep. He did it his way the whole way. Well actually he might not have done it his way. He might have done it the Mafia's way. We know that's true. We dunno. He was in a heavy direction from the mob as the rumors have it. Hey, zero. No proof. That's just a rumor. Yeah. Just, just a rumor. Question two. Born in South Orange and raised in Maplewood. What? New Jersey Native's first major acting role was on scrubs. Is that Zach Braff? Yes it is. Yeah. Oh God. I loved that show so much. I loved that show. It was the. Such stupid comedy. I am so here for. Great. And I loved his movie Gar Garden State too. Yeah, I loved that. It was really good. That was great. Was Natalie Portman in that? Yes. Mm-hmm. Or am I just imagining? No, I think so. Oh, she was Okay. Question three, one of the most awarded singers of all time. What? Newark Native holds the record for bestselling debut album of all time by solo artist. And Do I need to say the rest, or do you think you have this? No. Is it Whitney Houston? Yes. It's, yeah. Yeah. She tragically tragic, uh, lost her life in a bathtub. And then her daughter, the night before the Grammys, oh, was it the night before the Grammys? Yeah. And then just like four years later, her, her daughter, Bobby Christine, died the exact same way. That is so spooky. It's pretty spooky, so spooky, so sad. Yeah. Question four, this New Jersey I was born in Long Branch and grew up in Freehold. You may recall him such moments in his career. Such as his famous album cover starring his rear end. Yeah, it's the boss. It's Bruce is the boss. Boss. We didn't, we don't even need to know. No, no questions about New Jersey can go without having a question about the boss. Of course. Of course. He's one of the best things that ever came outta New Jersey. Yeah. After you. I saw him recently. He looks great. That guy may slightly age, but he ages very well. He ages well. Like a fine one. Yeah. I think he takes care of himself. Yeah, he must. Or just great jeans. Yeah jeans. Blue jeans. Blue jeans. Blue jeans. Uh, okay. And question five, what age? 1980s icon is grandfather to Millie. Bobby Brown's daughter. That's John Bon Jovi. Yes, it is. He went to high school with my brother at the same time they were in the same grade. Really? Mm-hmm. No way. Yeah. Are you kidding? It's a Did they know each other? They both sat the bench, um, the baseball team. Oh, so they definitely knew each other? Oh yeah. He would do the dances. He, his band would do the school dances. Are you kidding? Oh, that's so fun. Was it the same kind of music at the time? I mean, I was younger. I don't, I know, I, I, I assume so. Okay. I don't know. Alright, cool. Question six. What legendary creature or k crypted is said to inhabit the pine Barons of New Jersey? Is that the New Jersey Devil? Yes, it is. It's also known as the LE's Devil. Oh, what? I've never heard that. Um, it dates back to 1735 in Leeds Point, New Jersey. Oh, okay. According to one account in 1735, a woman, her, her name might've been Leeds and maybe the town was named after, I don't know. But she had 12 children, and upon discovering she was pregnant for the 13th time, she cursed the child. Oh. In frustration, declaring let the child be the devil. Wow. The child was born normally, immediately grew wings of tail and claws after birth and flew out to the Pine Barrens. The X-Files did an episode, in the Pine Barrens. Really? Yeah. It was really terrifying. It's a great episode. Really? Mm-hmm. Cool. Question seven. Rising to Fame from Red Bank, New Jersey. What Jazz pianist led many other musicians to fame under his big band direction? Uh, is it Count Basy? Yes. Oh, yay. Yes. It's, it's, I I'm so glad I didn't give you any, hints because I, I know you like him and I know Yeah. Okay. You knew it somehow. I, actually didn't know he was from New Jersey, but I love Count Ba. Well, now you do. Yeah. See, we're learning. Okay. Sure. Oh my gosh. Okay. You've gotten all of'em so far. Question eight. Raised in Montclair, New Jersey, who is the oldest living astronaut? Yeah. These, I'm not really great with these. Is it Alan Shepherd? Oh, wait, no. Oh no, it's not. Who is it? Um, buzz Aldrin. Oh, buzz Aldrin. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I, I tried to put in enough. That would be a good question for Jason. Oh, okay. All right. Question nine. Born in 1961 in Park Ridge and meeting his early death in Rome in 2013. What actor? I think that's James Delini. Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. He was great. He was an amazing actor. That's, that was very sad. Very sad. I I love the movie he's in with. Um, this was right towards the end of his life with Julia Dreyfuss. Oh, I don't, I don't saw that. I remember the name of it enough. Something, something with the word enough, I think. But it's really good. Oh, we'll have to check it out. And of course, he was in Sopranos. I didn't even have to put that in'cause I would Dead giveaway. Yeah. And question 10 inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2008. What man is credited with countless patents and I know, I don't have to say another word. Well, it's the town I grew up in. Yes. Thomas Alva Edison. Right, so I thought I would end on that. Yeah.'cause you grew up in Edison. Yes, I knew that. And, he was the holder of many patents, but we can't say he invented anything. And I'm just gonna say that. Yeah. I, yeah. We don't know. He's got a little bit of a checkered history there. Maybe. Maybe. Mm-hmm. Maybe a little bit. Well, gee, that was fun. That was great. You got all 10? You got a 10? No, I didn't, I didn't get the, the buzz. Oh, buzz alter. Okay. Yeah, you got a nine outta 10. That's pretty darn good. Yeah. Well, I feel pretty good about that. Well done. I think I represented the state well. I felt like you got 10. Okay. I felt it. Thanks for those. Yeah. Yeah. So that wraps up happy hour. Well then that means we're moving on to the, well, let's go to the Well. Well, well, well, our first round of general trivia questions is called the Well. Something to wet the appetite and build your confidence. If you're following along with our score sheet, each correct answer is worth one point. Here we go. Question one. This stretch of Interstate 75 in Florida, stretching from coast to coast and bisecting the Everglades is commonly known by what nickname. Question two, what was the first state in the USA? Question three. What TikTok Singer was embroiled in a decade long lawsuit against music producer Dr. Luke ending in 2023 with the singer accusing him of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. Question four, the lack of what facial feature lends to the unique gaze of the Mona Lisa. Question five. What crime fighting canine of Saturday morning cartoon's fame was part of a gang that drove around in a green mystery van. Question six. What is the name for the code of silence and honor that originated in southern Italy and is closely associated with the mafia? Question seven, what Japanese word translates to empty orchestra? Question eight. Starting in 1990 and running for 10 seasons, what popular TV show featured the characters? Kelly Taylor, Dylan McKay, and Donna Martin. Question nine. What is the name of the line of collectible Plush Toys from China that became a 2025 fad? Thanks to celebrity endorsements, including from the K-Pop Star Lisa from Black Pink. Question 10, what musical is associated with George Rah? We are gonna give you a few moments to wrap up your responses and we'll be back with the answers. And we are back with answers to the, well, question one. This stretch of Interstate 75 in Florida, stretching from coast to coast and bisecting, the Everglades is commonly known by what nickname? Alligator Alley. Yes. Have you been there? I have, yeah. Same. Yeah. Yeah. I drove it just to say I had driven it. I wanted to see alligators. Yeah, I saw them. I did not. You did not? No. Oh. Maybe I'm making this whole thing up in my head, but I went to the Everglades. Yeah. Like the Everglades National Park and we went in and walked on the boardwalks and everything. And I did one of those like fan boat rides in there where I see them. No. Yeah. Yeah. That was pretty cool. Well, and I didn't see alligators that time. Oh my gosh. Well, I've been to Florida a bunch of times. Never seen an ever alligator. Never one. That's not that I remember. That's probably a good thing. Well, I, I hope it's not saving it up for one big moment. One big one. Big jaws moment. Question two, what was the first state in the USA? Delaware. Delaware. Yep. Which is strange'cause you think either, it's Virginia or Massachusetts. Massachusetts, yeah. Or something like that. But no, Delaware or even New York. Yeah. It was the fir first to, uh, what incorporate itself. Exactly. It was the first to ratify the constitution in 1787. So that, grab that pen real quick. Grab that. Grab it up. Question three. What? TikTok Singer was embroiled in a decade long lawsuit against music producer Dr. Luke. And that's not TikTok the app? Nope. But it was a song that I don't know. It, it's, it's spelled T-I-K-T-O-K. So maybe it gave Rise did take there. I don't know. I bet they did. Yeah. Um, but that's Kesha. Yes. Yeah. That poor, poor woman. She's back though. She has a new album out. Oh yeah. Oh, she rose from the ashes. But who the heck needs to go through that? That was terrible. Yes. That was awful. What a jerk. Question four, the lack of what facial feature lends to the unique gaze of the Mona Lisa. And I bet our listeners can guess it's the eyebrows. Mm-hmm. That always weirded me out. It's strange. Like, why, why? I don't know. I mean, it's her, I guess, I guess Did she pluck her eyebrows? Does she not have any eyebrows? I don't know. Yeah. Well, I She has hair. She doesn't have alopecia. No. No. Maybe she's wearing wig. I that crossed my mind. Hmm. You never know. Question five, what crime fighting canine of Saturday morning cartoon fame was part of a gang that drove around in a green mystery van. And of course, course we all know Scooby Doo. Yes. That was, I seminal a cartoon. The probably the best cartoon ever made and convinced me. It's not, it, I, I don't want to convince you that. No, it's still, I could still watch it. Yeah, it's great. It's great. Maybe late at night. Question six. What is the name for the code of Silence and Honor associated with the Mafia? Erta? Omata. I like that word. Question seven, what Japanese word translates to empty orchestra got iop. It's karaoke. It should be empty. Singer. The music is there, you know? Yeah. I guess think about it. So, yeah, but whatever. Question eight. Starting in 1990 and running for 10 seasons, what popular TV show featured the characters? Kelly Taylor. Dylan McKay and Donna Martin. I watched it. You did? Oh yeah. I didn't, yeah, but, well, I, it's Beverly Hills 9 0 2 1. Oh, of course but, um, I did, you know, obviously I've seen a, a bunch of episodes, but I did not watch, I watched that. I watched that. And Melrose plays. Yeah, I watched Melrose. Yeah, I watched Melrose. But something about, I don't know. I wasn't a fan. Brenda. Brenda, Brenda was such a pain. Everyone. Yeah, such a pain. I like Kelly and Donna was so maligned. Oh, Donna and then Tiffany, Amber Thon showed up. Remember? Well, I wasn't watching it by that time. I only watched like the first two seasons, but, um, who's Donna's dad? Isn't he like Aaron spelling? Yeah, Aaron spelling. Yeah. Alright, question nine. What's the name of the line of collectible Plush toys from China. That became a fad last year. Yeah. This year. Yeah. Do we know La Boo Boos? La Boo Boo. Yeah. And never heard of them. Oh really? You didn't see Naomi Osaka with them? No. Every time she came out on, on the court, she had a new one. Really? And she named them, there's one named after, um, Billie Jean King. She had Andre Swagga. She had like Oh, different names for them and that's, she dressed them like, oh, that's funny. Like the characters. Oh, that's funny. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I, I'm not into la Boo boos either, but it was, I like what she did with it. She's very quirky. I, I, I felt proud that I knew what Jelly Cats were, but apparently they were so 20, 24. I don't know what Jelly Cats are. Yeah. Well you don't need to because now we've got labu that Right. Moving on. And question 10, what musical is associated with George Rah? That's Sunday in the park with George. Yeah. Isn't that crazy? They made a musical because out of a painting, out of a painting. Hmm. I, I mean, was it any good? Do we have any idea? I have, no. I mean, I think it did. Well, it's not still running. I think it did. Well, I didn't, I don't know anything about it. What, what like timeframe are we talking about? Uh, I think Bernadette Peters was in it, so maybe eighties and nineties. That area. Okay. That era. Yeah. Nope. Didn't say it, but that wraps up the, the well, yeah. Now we are heading onto straight no chaser. Okay. Take it away. And here we are at straight no chaser. Each correct answer in this round is worth two points. And I'm going to take a drink of this wonderful drink before we start. Mm, that's still good. Question one. Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating peace in the Russo Japanese war? Question two. Due to their docile nature, their slow surface skimming, feeding behaviors, their tendency to stay close to the coast and their high blubber content, these whales got their name because they were deemed the correct whale to hunt. Question three. Gypsy Rose Blanchard was recently released from prison after serving a sentence for conspiring with her boyfriend to kill her mother, who had spent gypsy's entire life convincing her that she was gravely ill From what syndrome is Gypsy's mother believed to have suffered. Question four, what is the name of the famous area within Westminster Abbey? Designated for the commemoration and burial of writers that made significant contributions to British literature and culture. Question five. Name all four avian related words. Mentioned eng golfing terminology. Question six, what classic sitcom was set in a bar below Melville's Restaurant? Question seven. A devastating 1989 earthquake wreaked havoc in California, clocking in between 6.9 and 7.1 on the Richter scale. What was the name of the city above the epicenter? Question eight. A famous handbag was created in 1984 after Hermes Chief Executive Jean Louis Duma sat next to this actress on a flight from Paris to London. Who was the famous actress? This bag was named for question nine. What former McDonald's offering Promise to keep the hot side hot and the cool side. Cool. Question 10. Martin Luther King Jr. Paid the hospital bill for the birth of what, 1990s. A-list actress. And that wraps up the questions to. Straight, no chaser. We will be back in a moment after you've had a chance to wrap up your answers and we're back with the answers to straight no chaser. Question one. Who was the first American to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906? That's Theodore Roosevelt. Teddy to those of us knew him well. Yes, I know. Good friends, right? Good old Ted. Yeah. Question two. Due to their docile nature, their slow surface skimming, feeding behaviors, their tendency to stay close to the coast and their high blubber content, these whales got their name because they were deemed the correct whales to hunt. Those are right whales. I had never heard that. No. Mm-hmm. Yeah, growing up in Massachusetts. I think that was the center of wailing for the longest time. Yeah. I somehow learned that when I was young. Uhhuh. Okay. Right. Whales. Yep. Very whales. Interesting. Little fact. I think, uh, I, they were hunted nearly to extinction, but they are slowly making a comeback. They're coming back. Mm-hmm. Question three. Gypsy Rose Blanchard was recently released from prison after serving a sentence for conspiring with her boyfriend to kill her mother, from what syndrome is Gypsy's mother believed to have suffered. That is munchausen by proxy, but it's not called that anymore. Now called factitious disorder imposed on another or FDIA. Question Four. What is the name of the famous area within Westminster Abbey, designated for the commemoration and burial of writers that made significant contributions to British literature and culture. That is the Poet's Corner. Yeah. So cool. Yeah, I've been there. Yeah, same. Yeah. Not in a long time, but, I think Shakespeare's there, right? I think so. Keats and Yates and Yeah. They're all there. Probably I don't, oh, I don't know, actually. I don't know either. Ooh. Quick, quick check. You Google that check. Okay, question five. Name the four avian related words mentioned in golfing terminology. That's birdie, eagle, albatross, and condor. Question six, what classic sitcom was set below Melville's Restaurant? Do you wanna answer this one more? I do, of course I do. That is Cheers. Yes. Everybody knows your name. Yep. Which is, actually in real life, it's called the Hampshire House on Beacon Street in Boston. Yep. But it's, it's a real place. And you really do walk down into the bar and you can walk up to the restaurants and. We, my, my dad and I used to go to the restaurant. It was very nice at, at a time. That's fun. Okay, we are on question seven now. What is the name of the city above the epicenter of a 1989 earthquake that wreaked havoc in California? That's Loma Prieta. And so that's what they call the earthquake, right? The Loma Yeah, they do. Yeah. Yep. Question eight, what handbag was, named after a famous actress, and produced by Hermes. That is the Jane Birkin, the Birkin bag. Yeah. Do you have one of those? I five. Okay. Well, I have, I have like six or seven, but whatever. That's good. Oh, oh, did you say? Oh, I, I 10. I actually have 10. Okay. And I did quickly fact check Dickens and he is in poets court. There you go. Yeah. Okay. Question nine, what former McDonald's offering Promise to keep the hot side hot and the cool side. Cool. That's A-D-L-T-I actually never had one of those. You never did? No. You like those? I didn't like it, but I remember it. Oh, I remember them. Yeah. Yeah, it was, they went from 89, 19 85 to 1991. For those who have no idea what we're talking about, it was a hamburger from McDonald's and it had this long box and it had two sides because it was on like a hogie size kind of. Yeah, it was huge. And, and on one side was the hot part, the bun and the burger and the cheese. And then the other side was the tomato and the lettuce. And they thought it would be cool to have it like crispy and not, you know, what's the d. Donald's. Oh, Donald's lettuce and tomato. McDonald's, lettuce and tomato. Mick. Oh my. Oh, okay. Got it. Yeah. Duh. I'm like, you know the Donald, I'm thinking like BLT. The B is bacon. What is the D? The Donald Lettuce and tomato. Yeah, the Don, exactly. Oh my God. Oh my gosh. Okay. Question 10. MLK Jr paid the hospital bill for the birth of what, 1990s. A-list actress. And this I did not know, and I had to look up all the information. It's Julia Roberts. Yeah, I had heard. Isn't that a wild story? That is wild. Her parents, Walter and Betty Roberts could not afford the, the bill. And so they had a close friendship with the Kings as they ran the Actors and Writers workshop in Atlanta, a theater school. That was one of the few integrated children's programs in the racially segregated city at the time. And so isn't that wild? They paid the bill for them. I love that story. It's a great story. So cool. Yeah, just learning new things every day. That's what trip's about. Okay, that wraps up. Um, gosh, already that wraps up straight. No chaser. It's time for our mystery round people. Yay. 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. And I just wanna say in advance, I think this one's a little tough. I would agree with that. Okay. So pay attention, but I still like it. Yeah. Question one. Galaxies are made up of planets, clouds of gas and dust, and these all bound together by gravity. Question two, what is the name of the small nocturnal mammal that fights Dr. Eggman? Question three, also called soul or so this is the fifth note of the sea major scale. Question four, what famous book features a main character making visits to his former college sociology professor who is dying? Question five. This elementary school supply can be made with common household items. You can make it using a mixture of flour and water or using milk vinegar and baking soda. Other recipes include corn starch and corn syrup, or water vinegar and glycerin. What is this item? Question six. Martin Scorsese directed the music video for this song, which was also the name of the wildly popular album from which it came. The Seventh Studio album for the artist. The 18 minute long video start A young Wesley Snipes and features a subway battle reminiscent of West Side story. Question seven, coined by Stokely Carmichael in 1966. This movement emphasized black community control and self-determination diverging from the nonviolent approach of the civil rights movement. Question eight canceled after only 18 episodes, what cult television series still managed to launch the careers of many young talents, including Seth Rogan, James Franco, and Busy Phillips. Question nine. What is the Tin Lizzie a nickname for? And question 10, who was the first woman to appear pregnant on one of the three major television networks? Okay, that is the mystery round questions. We'll give you a few moments to wrap up your responses and we will be back with the answers and the connection. We are back with the answers to mystery round question one. Galaxies are made up of planets, clouds of gas and dust, and these all bound together by gravity, and that would be stars. Yeah. Pretty simple. Very simple. Question two, what is the name of the small nocturnal mammal that fights Dr. Eggman Sonic The Hedgehog? Dunno anything about him? No. Nothing. Not a thing. Can't, can't give you anything here. Can't give you anything. Question three, also called soul or, so this is the fifth note of the C major scale. And that is G, G And I would not know anything about that. Did you not, did you take piano ever? I did. I took piano, but it's so far back that, yeah. Buried. It's buried. Question four, what famous book features a main character making visits to his former college sociology professor who was dying. That's Tuesdays with Maury. Question five. This elementary school supply can be made with common household items. And this is glue? Glue? Yep. You ever do that with the kids? No. I, I am not craftsy. Oh, I'm not either. I never did. This is more like science though, right? Like putting stuff together. We, um, but a really great story from my own childhood mm-hmm. Is when one of my sisters. Inadvertently made paste. Okay. Thinking she was making pancakes. She was a, she was a little kid. Oh. And fed it to my other sister. Oh my God. Was it like paper mache, like what you make for beer? Yeah. Yeah. Essentially. Yeah. Oh God. Yeah. And then she tried to feed it to her baby alive and turned it cement baby alive. Yeah. You know, baby life. You would feed her water and she'd pee. Oh, no. And then, yeah, she got totally blocked up. Blocked up. She had a blockage. Poor baby alive. So that's, that's our story about making glue and paste. Okay. Yeah. So you stayed away from it. Yeah. Question six. Martin Scorsese directed the music video for this song, which is also the name of the wildly popular album from which it came. That is bad. Yeah. Michael Jackson, Miguel Miguel, question seven. Coined by Stokely Carmichael in 1966. This movement emphasized black community control and determination, and that is black power. Yeah. Question eight. Canceled after only 18 episodes. What cult television series still managed to launch the careers of many young talents, including Seth Rogan, James Franco, and Busy Phillips. So good. This was a great show. Freaks and Geeks. I never did watch that. It, oh, my sister really liked it. It it, it, you should watch it now. Oh, it, you can watch the reruns. I'm sure you can find it somewhere, right? They still called reruns. No, no. I do. I don't think so. I do love that you said that though. I know. I was like, oh God, did I just age myself there? Question nine, what is the Tin Lizzie a nickname for? And that's the Model T Ford or Ford's Model T. That's right. Which is the way it's written right here. Yes. Question 10. Who was the first woman to appear pregnant on one of the three major television networks, and that was the one and only Lucille Ball. Yes. I have a question about this. Sure. Answer. Mm-hmm. Was she openly pregnant or did they do one of those, like she carries her handbag in front of her burgeoning belly the entire time? No, no, she was pregnant. She was openly pregnant. Yeah. On the show she was pregnant. Okay. Yeah. Did they even say the word pregnant or was that even taboo in the sixties? Sixties and fifties. Oh. And they also like their, I think their bedroom setup changed a lot. Like sometimes they were in two beds, single beds, and then sometimes they were in different bedrooms. And then other times it was a single bed. Like it, it morphed. And I'm thinking like exactly what kind of luxurious lifestyle do you have where you have your own bedroom on your husband? I mean, like I wish in New York City, I mean I love him, but it's nice to have your own space. Yeah. Okay. So, okay, so let's do we do, what do we have here? Yeah, we've got Stars Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic. Sonic G Tuesdays with Maury Glue, bad Black Power Freaks and Geeks, Ford's Model T and Lucille Ball. Do tell us, Nancy, what is the connection? Well, you can put the word super in front of every answer. Yes. We've got Superstar supersonic, super G, super Tuesday, super glue, super bad. Super. What is that? Super power. Okay. Superpower, super freak and super model. It's like Super four. Super four and super ball. That's cool. I like that one. Yeah. Anyway, hopefully someone got that one or many people got that one. Um, and that wraps up the mystery round and which takes us into top shelf. We've made it to the end. That's, yep. That means another sip. Yep, me too. You know, the apple looks pretty, but it's hard to get around to for that drink. It's, it, I, yep. I know that it's maybe not practical. That's okay. It's still pretty. Yeah. All right. We have arrived at the top shelf. This one's challenging. The answers to this round are worth three points a piece. Okay. Question one. Name the two. Overly opinionated and negative Muppets. Who heckled from the theater Balcony. Question two. What are the holes in Swiss cheese called Question three. According to one legend, which one of the seven wonders of the ancient world was built by King Nebuchadnezzar for his wife, queen Amus, sometime in the sixth century bc. Question four. What is the atomic symbol for Mercury? Question five, what? 1968 movie adapted from a book written by Ian Fleming was a family film starring Dick Van Dyke and produced by Albert Broccoli. Question six, who was the famous choreographer of Oklahoma Carousel and Brigadoon, for which she won her first Tony Award? Question seven. What popular board game was originally called Lexio by its inventor, Alfred Mosher Butts. Question eight. What is the meaning of the largely hereditary condition known as hetero chromia? Question nine. Who is a current reigning hotdog eating champion of the world? And question 10. In 1533, what woman from an important Italian family popularized high heel shoes for women when she wore them to her wedding to Ri the second of France? And that wraps up the questions to Top Shelf. Will give you a few moments to wrap up your responses and we'll be back with the answers. Here we are back with the answers to top shelf question one. Name the two overly opinionated Muppets. Who heckled from the balcony? That is Statler and Waldorf Classic. That's so funny. They were so funny. I mean, well, they're still around, I guess. Yeah. You're a little snarky. A little. Yes. I love that. I didn't get, like, when I was little. Oh, sure. Yeah. I'm like, I don't know what they're talking about. What's going on. Question two, what are the holes in Swiss cheese called? They're called eyes. And you have a note here. What, what is this? Yes, they're disappearing. Eyes are disappearing from, from Swiss cheese in general. From Swiss. Yeah. And, and it's funny because I wrote this question a while ago. Mm. And then I, I have some Swiss cheese at home. Mm-hmm. And there it's eye, there are barely any holes in it. That's nuts. And I did a very brief look into why, and apparently the holes are caused by hay particles in, I guess the milk when it's fermenting or whatever it does. Um, oh, it's just like over pasteurized. Yes. It's over. It's too clean out. Yeah. Okay. Oh gosh. So that if the hay particles really aren't there anymore, or not as much, so the holes are disappearing. Wow. That's, and I wonder if that's just in America. I hope in Switzerland they still have everything done the old way. Yeah. That's very interesting. Yeah. Question three. According to one legend, which one of the seven Wonders of the ancient world was built by King Nebuchadnezzar, and that's the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built that for his wife. That's pretty romantic. I that is pretty romantic, but they never have found where it is. Where it is. Yeah. Yeah. So it's Or, or they have no idea what it'd even look like. Mm-hmm. So, well, I mean, I've seen drawings of what they assume it looks like, and so actually Hugo did a project last year and called it Hanging Gardens of, um, whatever his dorm was. He was, he made a garden for his, this architecture project, within the alcove center of his dorm complex. Oh, fun. Yeah, it looked really cool. Oh, that you should showed. I think that's what it looked like. That's exactly what it looked like. He nailed it. Yeah. Question four, what is the atomic symbol for Mercury? That is hg? I don't think I would've remembered that. No, I mean, no chemistry's so far back and that is pretty far back, way back machine for me. I hear you. I hear you. Question five. What, 1968 movie adapted from a book written by Ian Fleming was a family film starring Dick Van Dyke, and that is the classic Chitty chitty Bang bang chitty chitty Bang bang. I loved that movie. I loved it. It was always on a, at Thanksgiving. Oh, was it Thanksgiving? Yeah. I knew it was around one holiday. Yeah. Yeah. And I loved that movie so much as a kid okay, question six. Who is the famous choreographer of Oklahoma? Carousel and Brigadoon. That's Agnes Demil. Question seven. What popular board game was originally called Lexio by its inventor, Alfred Mosher Butts. That's Scrabble. He, he should originally have gotten himself a new name. I know, I know. Why don't you name yourself something? Well, so they changed this several times actually. First it was Lexio, which is from the Greek for four words word. And the second name was crisscross words, which makes sense'cause mm-hmm. When you play. And then in 1948, they changed it to Scrabble. Mm. Which I love. Yeah, question eight. What is the meaning of the largely hereditary condition known as hetero chromia? That's having two different eyes, color eyes. So wow. That's having two different eyes. That's having two eyes. Can you imagine that? Oh, that's amazing. I'm talking to a cyclops right now. I think I might have it. It's having two different color eyes. It's such a, a very cool condition. And either, either because you've been born with it or because you have glaucoma or whatever reason. Right. Or Chimerism. Oh, oh, oh, okay. Getting fancy. That's why. Or an eye injury. You are also your twin. Oh yeah. I'm wild. Okay. Question nine. Who is the current reigning hotdog eating champion of the world? And that is of course, Joey Chestnut. 83 Hot Dogs and Buns in 10 minutes. In 2023, beating the previous record of 76 by Miki Pseudo in 2021. It's disgusting. And we, we are going to, you know, we're always the purveyors of important. This is important brow world defense. Seriously. Highbrow like the hot dog eating champions. Yeah. Yeah. Question 10. In 1533, this woman from an important, Italian family popularized high heel shoes for women when she wore them to her wedding to ri the second of France. And that's Catherine de Medici, and we hate her now. Oh, no. I love her. I love my high heels. Uh, I mean, I love them, but they can be painful. They can be cool shoes. They're, yes. We've all had that matter. They're, they're pretty. Yes. All right. That wraps up top shelf. And that wraps up all our questions for today. We're wrapping up. Lots of wrap up today because we're wrapping, present wrapping presents. Oh, that is, you know, I always, I always start it early. Mm-hmm. Like really early, like, and then you Right after Thanksgiving and then you wane. And then I feel like I've got it almost all done. And then I'll wait until like midnight on Christmas. Yeah. Yep. And get it all done. Oh, many. And remember the nights of staying up and building whatever doll houses? Yes. Uh, never a dollhouse for me, but like a basketball hoop. Oh yeah. Oh my God. At like midnight. Yeah. Yeah. I certainly do. Yeah. No, none of that anymore. Oh. Well, Nance, I hope we did New Jersey Proud. Did we? I think so. I thought I did. We did. Well, you did. Of course. But I'm, I'm hoping that we, um, gave our garden state the props it deserves. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Good. Um, okay. What do you, what do you have here? And, uh, I just wanna say. Get it done. Mikey Cheryl, I'm happy to see another woman in the governor's seat in New Jersey. Woo. And do you know who the other one is? Actually the other, no. Her name is Christine Todd Whitman. She was actually, the head of the EPA under Bush. She was the first, female governor of New Jersey. So Mikey Cheryl, one in a landslide. Woo. Way to go, girl. Get it. So what is on the docket for next time, Nance? Well, we have a guest who is very near and dear to our hearts, our very own pub trivia teammate Megan Reel will be here. Chesty Puller. Yeah. She is. Kind of low key, obsessed with the performing arts and has seen so many musicals on Broadway, off Broadway, everywhere. Mm-hmm. And so we're gonna, we're gonna quiz her on that. Yeah, we are. That sounds awesome. And, the drink will be mixing up, has nothing to do with musicals. Zero, because I don't know if there is anything you might wanna sing after having one though or two. It has nothing to do with musicals, but it's Megan's favorite. So we are honoring her by serving it up. What are we gonna need to have on hand? We will need to have tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, and simple syrup with a lime. We can you possibly guess what that is? Hmm? What could it be put on your thinking, cat dance? What? What could it be? I dunno. I don't know. Let's toast to that. Let's toast to that one more. All right. Cheers. Cheers. Now Allall. Next time. Bye.