June 14, 2021

Episode 154: Slap Grandpa

1 hour 23 minutes

Quizmasters Lee and Marc meet to ask, suss and answer a general knowledge quiz with topics including Fast Food, First # Hits, Lucky Charms, Product Mascots, Classic TV, NBA Records, The Periodic Table, Movies, Video Games, NHL, Famous Races, World War II, The Vinyl Revival, Product Endorsements and more!

Round One

FAST FOOD - What two fast food restaurants feature an identical Happy Star logo, and are both owned by parent company CKE?

FIRST #1 HITS - "Wake Up Little Susie" was the first number one hit by what group?

LUCKY CHARMS - Citing it as his lucky charm, which Pokémon card did Logan Paul wear to the ring in his 2021 exhibition boxing match with Floyd Mayweather (#6 in the Pokédex)?

PRODUCT MASCOTS - Mr. Whipple was the mascot of what brand name product from 1964-1985?

CLASSIC TELEVISION - What recurring SNL character first appeared in a sketch entitled ""Jaws II"" on the Candice Bergen-hosted episode in Season 1 (1975)?

NBA RECORDS - What ex-Laker currently holds the NBA record for most career personal fouls?

Missed Corrections

153 - Ajax is a Dutch football team, not Spanish.

153 - Warner Brothers does actually not own Movie World, they license their properties to Village Roadshow.

153 - Woodie Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” could be a good hint for Lee’s ocean current question.

Round Two

PERIODIC TABLE - Which soft, silvery white alkali metal has the atomic number 3?

MOVIES - Tromaville, the fictional setting where most Troma Entertainment films take place, is said to be located in which U.S. state?

VIDEO GAMES - In Pac-Man, what color is the ghost named Clyde?

NHL - What West Division NHL team's home arena was flooded in 1995, causing the only NHL game on record ever to be cancelled due to rain?

FAMOUS RACES - What race was started in 1911 by a man named Carl Fischer?

WORLD WAR II - Which British prime minister declared war on Germany in 1939, leading Britain into WWII?

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VIDEO GAMES - What video game, that won the 1996 Game of the Year award, is credited with creating and popularizing the color coded rarity system for in game rewards?

Factoid Alert

VIDEO GAMES - In 1978, what video game is popularly believed to have caused a shortage of Yen coins in Japan?

Final Questions

THE VINYL REVIVAL - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first release, what album sold 246,000 copies in 2019, making it the best selling album on vinyl in a single year since the vinyl revival began in 2007?

WORLD WAR II - Against which country did Hitler launch Operation Barbarossa?

PRODUCT ENDORSEMENTS - Which athlete has appeared on the Wheaties cereal box the most?

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