Are You Quizzing Me?

Do you know what's the coolest new board game in town? You don't have to guess, it is Trivia Pirates. And the creator, Ajay Poonia, joins us as guest quizmaster in this episode. Go ahead and get the game at triviapirates.com!

Do you know which actress ended her Oscar acceptance speech with two words "inclusion rider", creating a huge impact? Do you know what was the fraternity pledge that Oliver R. Smoot had to do in Harvard, that ended up becoming an iconic part of the college's history? Do you know which hip-hop group became the first hip-hop act to win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist and also shares its name with a famous 2000s show?

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Do you know why Merle Oberon's Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role in The Dark Angel was historic? Do you know how Michele de Gennaro's parody pop and doo-wop music group became iconic? Do you know where was Dionysus's legendary military expedition heading to?

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Do you know which band became famous, especially in India, after being referenced in a famous 90s sitcom? Do you know what 'move' is Abraham Lincoln credited with inventing? Do you know which company named one of its products after the French city of Saint-Tropez, famous for its fashion, to associated their product with being fashionable?

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Do you know that our guest quizmaster this episode is also the first female quizmaster in India?

Also, do you know what 'treasure' was moved from Czechoslovakia back to it's rightful home in Vienna during the final days of WWII? Do you know which 1954 movie, featuring a tyrannical group as a stand-in for the USSR, was funded by the CIA? Do you know which Bollywood director insisted that for a scene featuring a feast, the food be cooked in pure desi ghee just for the sake of authenticity?

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Do you know what was a requirement for pilots when being selected by USAF to fly SR-71 Blackbird, to ensure that they didn't defect? Do you know who was found wandering alone in his underwear on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House, trying to hail a cab to get a pizza? Do you know which pasta dish was invented in Naples, apparently in working class brothels, as a quick meal?

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Do you know which word from the Hebrew Bible for the peacock has found it's way to a speciality coffee brand? Do you know what is referred to as "frog" in Indonesia, "turtle" in Thailand, "ladybug" in France? Do you know what's the name of a town in Assam, also called the Coal Queen, named in honour of an Italian engineer?

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Do you know which movie did Preity Zinta win her Zee Cine Best Debut Female award for, and more interestingly, who presented her the award? Do you know which author, very heavily pirated in India, started his career in Broadway and Hollywood, even winning an Oscar in his early years? Do you know who came up with the polar area diagram, a type of a pie chart?

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Do you know what was historic about Sting’s album Ten Summoner's Tales being sold for $12.48 on August 11, 1994? Do you know what is unique about a jail in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada where offenders are held anywhere between 2 - 30 days without food? Do you know which eventually failed proposal was first pitched by French artist Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi to the Khedive of Egypt?

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Do you know the mystery guest joining us in this episode is an avid reader, a thorough researcher and a thoughtful curator of trivia?

Also, do you know who was the only Indian to be executed by the Nazi regime during World War II? Do you know how has the cricketer Sarfaraz Khan honoured his father Naushad Khan in his career? Do you know which punny name was adopted by the amateur cricket team captained by author J. M. Barrie, and had Arthur Conan Doyle, P. G. Wodehouse, Jerome K. Jerome, and A. A. Milne in it as well?

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Do you know what, in modern Indian history, connects: White House, Taj Mahal & Kumbhakarna? Do you know what unique thing does the Italian bank Credem accept as collateral, which has to be stored and maintained periodically in specially designed storage centres? Do you know what product was created because of rationing in World War 2, and led to the fortune of the richest man in Italy?

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