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This week, Hallie has inadvertently ripped off a quiz theme that Justin already did: socks! Justin grumbles, but the game goes on. We also talk about a classic musician, baseball, and some religious history.

5:28: Q1 (Movies & TV): The poster for what 1967 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols shows the main character staring at a woman putting on her stockings and says, “This is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future.”?

15:05: Q2 (Times & Places): What tradition is believed to have begun with Scandinavian children leaving carrots, straw, and sugar by the fireplace for Odin’s flying horse, Sleipnir, to eat before becoming associated with a different figure after Christianization?

21:58: Q3 (Sports & Games): What baseball pitcher for whom the MLB award for best pitchers is given each year, pitched for the Boston Red Sox in the first modern world series in 1903 in which they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates?

32:53: Q4 (Arts & Literature): The children’s novel, Socks, about a tabby cat with four white paws who lives with a young married couple, was written by what American writer better known for Dear Mr. Henshaw and the Ramona series?

39:24: Q5 (Everything Else): What chemical company, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, introduced nylon in 1939, which created a high demand for stockings in the U.S., selling up to 4 million pairs a day?

44:04: Q6 (Music): What term, fitting to the theme, was used for the wild and enthusiastic teenage girls who were fans of 1940s pop music, particularly that of Frank Sinatra?

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It’s our 101st episode, and Justin couldn’t resist the pun. So, he came with trivia questions related to the number 101, like a normal human would. We also talk about sitcoms, one of our favorite books, and the tallest buildings in the world!

2:35: Q1 (Movies & TV): Channel 101 was a project developed by what future creator of the offbeat sitcom Community?

10:58: Q2 (Everything Else): Element number 101 on the periodic table is named for what chemist, often called the “Father of the Periodic Table”?

18:18: Q3 (Sports & Games): Phil Taylor has a world-record career average of 101.28 points per turn in this professional sport, which is also a pub game.

29:39: Q4 (Arts & Literature): What protagonist of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four must face his fear of rats in Room 101?

35:50: Q5 (Music): “101” is the 13th and final track on the album Girl on Fire, by what singer-songwriter?

44:33: Q6 (Times & Places): Taipei 101 was the world’s tallest building from 2004, when it superseded a pair of buildings in Kuala Lumpur, until 2010, when it was superseded by a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, which has held the record ever since.  Name both the buildings that Taipei 101 beat out, and the current record-holder.

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We’ve somehow made it to our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE! To celebrate, Hallie has written six trivia questions about people who somehow made it to their 100th birthday! We also talk old movies, old music, and VERY old art!

3:08: Q1 (Arts & Literature): Bertha George Harris who died in 2014 at the age of 101 was an American Catawba tribal elder and master in what ancient art form, for which she did not use electricity nor a typical wheel?

9:09: Q2 (Movies & TV): What British-American actress who died this past July at the age of 104 first came to prominence in adventure films along with Errol Flynn and received 5 Oscar nominations, the first of which was as Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind?

15:51: Q3 (Everything Else): Olivia Hooker, who died in 2018 at the age of 103, was the first African-American woman in what branch of the United States Armed Forces, which was created in 1790 at the request of Alexander Hamilton as the Revenue-Marine?

23:16: Q6 (Sports & Games): Eddie Ambrose, who lived to age 100 and worked with Toro, Wildair, and John P. Grier, and Edgar Britt, who lived to age 103 and worked with Kerry Piper, Oatflake, and Black Tarquin, both held what profession?

29:50: Q5 (Times & Places): What American politician who died in 2003 at the age of 100.5 served for 48 years as a Senator from South Carolina and ran for president in 1948 with the Dixiecrat party who supported racial segregation?

34:59: Q6 (Music): What American composer and lyricist who died in 1989 at the age of 100 wrote songs for Broadway shows and Hollywood films, such as “Puttin’ on the Ritz”, “Anything You Can Do I can Do Better”, and “White Christmas”?

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In our 99th episode, Justin has locked up six trivia questions about our favorite police comedy, Brooklyn 99! We also laugh about rock music, a famous actor, and a bad investment idea.

1:55: Q1 (Times & Places): The season 4 premiere finds Holt and Peralta in Witness Protection, and features Maya Rudolph as Karen Haas, a member of what federal law enforcement agency?

8:02: Q2 (Movies & TV): What actor, who extended his exclusive deal to produce films for Netflix earlier  this year, appears as himself in the episode “Operation: Broken Feather”, in which he insists that he is a “serious person” and is writing a movie about the Russian Revolution?

14:24: Q3 (Everything Else): The company-slash-cult NutriBoom, of which Jake and Charles run afoul in season 5, is an example of what kind of unsustainable business model, in which people are paid for recruiting new members, rather than actually providing any good or service?

24:37: Q4 (Sports & Games): What leisure activity, a favorite pastime of Detective Amy Santiago, was a major focus of season 5, episode 15, which guest-starred David Fumero as Melvin Stermley and Will Shortz as Sam Jepsen?

32:01: Q5 (Arts & Literature): Detective Jacob Sherlock Peralta’s desk is home to a mouse that shares its name with the titular rodent of what science fiction work by Daniel Keyes?

36:55: Q6 (Music): Although it has nothing to do with Australian hard rock, the season 2 episode in which Jake is hit by a car and pursues a perp to New Jersey shares its name with what band, founded in Sydney by Angus and Malcolm Young?

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healthcare organizations, is actually a symbol of what Greek god who was said to carry the staff to make people fall asleep and wake up or make peace between adversaries?

8:00: Q2 (Times & Places): The swastika symbol was adopted by the Nazi Party before World War II to symbolize German nationalistic pride, but the symbol originally comes from Hinduism, with the word swastika meaning “conducive to well-being,” in what language?

16:43: Q3 (Movies & TV): What TV show that premiered in 2008 showed a glyph, a type of symbol, before each commercial, to represent some of the ways that Dr. Walter Bishop solves a case in the episode?

24:06: Q4 (Sports & Games): The symbol of what Big Four sports team is the team name and three hypocycloids in primary colors surrounded by a grey circle?

37:24: Q5 (Arts & Literature): What configuration of symbols is used in Eastern religions as a map representing deities and in New Age beliefs as a chart that represents the cosmos?

42:59: Q6 (Music): The symbol on the cover of what artist’s 12th album, later called Love Symbol #2, incorporated the initial letters of the Ancient Greek names of the classical planets Mars, Venus, and Mercury?

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This week, Justin has written six trivia questions all about our weird, warty friends, frogs! We also hop into discussions of sports history, terrible music, and one very strange Internet meme.

2:14: Q1 (Sports & Games): Wilson Robert “Frog” Redus was an infielder for the St. Louis Stars, among other teams that also played in these associations of segregated professional teams.

10:57: Q2 (Music): Also known as “the annoying thing”, what computer-animated musical artist peaked at number 1 in the UK, Sweden, Australia, France, Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, and Switzerland, with his remix of “Axel F”?

18:42: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What Greek “father of comedy” wrote plays including The Birds, Lysistrata, and, most pertinent to this game, The Frogs?

29:10: Q4 (Movies & TV): Michigan J. Frog debuted in the Merrie Melodies short “One Froggy Evening”, but he later served as the mascot of what now-defunct television network, which merged with UPN to become the CW?

36:43: Q5 (Times & Places): Les crapauds, or “toads”, is a traditional nickname for residents of this island and bailiwick, located in the English Channel, about 41 kilometers southeast of Guernsey.

44:12: Q6 (Everything Else): What anthropomorphic frog and Internet meme originated in the comic Boy’s Club, but is much better known now as an icon of white nationalists and the alt-right?

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In an odd homage to the Caped Crusader, Hallie has written six trivia questions, each one about one of the actors who has played Batman. Except Michael Keaton. Sorry, Michael. We also swoop in to discuss the Old West, recent music, and arts education.

2:03: Q1 (Times & Places): Early in his career, Adam West starred in a bunch of TV Westerns, including Maverick opposite James Garner.  In the show Lawman, he played what real-life gambler, gunfighter, and dentist?

11:00: Q2 (Sports & Games): In 2004, Ben Affleck won the California State Championship and qualified for the world tournament in what card game with variations such as Follow the Queen, Billabong, and High Chicago?

16:32: Q3 (Arts & Literature): Christian Bale first became really famous for starring in American Psycho, a a 2000 black comedy horror film based on a 1991 novel of the same name by what American author and screenwriter?

23:14: Q4 (Music): Robert Pattinson himself had a track on the Twilight soundtrack along with Muse, Paramore, and what other American rock band that formed in 1996 and whose songs include “In the End”, “Shadow of the Day”, and “Bleed it out”?

30:02: Q5 (Everything Else): Val Kilmer was the youngest person at the time to be accepted to the Juilliard School’s Drama Division and Kevin Conroy earned a full scholarship to attend.  Besides drama, what are the two other programs offered at Juilliard?

36:43: Q6 (Movies & TV): George Clooney’s first major role was in a short-lived 1984 sitcom, which coincidentally shares a name with the show which made Clooney famous a decade later (when he played Dr. Doug Ross).  Name that show.

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In possibly the most “Justin” theme in Q&H history, Justin has written six questions this week about eponyms!* We also name-drop American political history, a classic sitcom, and a legendary piece of rock n’ roll history! *(An eponym is something named after a person.)

3:44: Q1 (Times & Places): Derived from the name of a Massachusetts governor, what is the common term for the practice of drawing the boundaries of electoral districts to favor one political party?

13:14: Q2 (Movies & TV): Archie Bunker’s Place was one of several spin-offs what groundbreaking American sitcom, though it was really more of a continuation, as it still starred Carroll O’Connor as the titular racist windbag?

21:10: Q3 (Sports & Games): Named for its inventor Dick Fosbury, the Fosbury Flop superseded earlier techniques like the straddle technique and the scissors jump as the standard method for clearing the bar in what track-and-field event?

32:02: Q4 (Everything Else): Named for an Italian-American restaurateur who probably invented it in Mexico, what dish led to an enormous increase in the amount of Romaine lettuce grown in the United States?

40:49: Q5 (Arts & Literature): Easily the most famous work by Daniel Defoe, this novel was once thought to be a travelogue written by its fictional protagonist, with whom it shares its name.

53:37: Q6 (Music): What iconic electric guitar, first sold by the Gibson Guitar Corporation – which is eponymous in its own right – is named for the legendary guitarist who contributed to its design?

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This week, it’s not all black and white, because Hallie has written six trivia questions about various shades of gray, some of them rather obscure. We also talk American political history, music certification, and a terrible movie!

2:27: Q1 (Times & Places): What socialist political organization was founded in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton and was active in The United States until 1982 when it was dissolved after controversies, internal divisions, and target efforts by the FBI?

10:12: Q2 (Arts & Literature): What is the original name of the painting now known as Whistler’s Mother, which is very appropriate for this theme?

18:39: Q3 (Everything Else): Thomas Gainsborough, an English painter of the late 18th century, is possibly the inspiration for the pale gray color of Gainsboro, but he also lent his name to a crater on what planet, which looks grey in photos and has more craters than any other planet in our solar system?

25:25: Q4 (Music): What shade of grey indicates that an album has sold over 1 million units in the U.S., 300,000 units in the UK, 80,000 units in Canada, or 100,000 units in France?

32:11: Q5 (Sports & Games): What Big For sports team, also the first to put players’ last names on jerseys, originally had navy and red uniforms, but now has grey, black, and white uniforms?

39:09: Q6 (Movies & TV): What shade of grey comes from a Philodendron species, which shares a name with the summer capital of Kublai Khan’s dynasty and with the titular nightclub in what 1980 film that became a cult classic for its old-fashioned storyline mixed with rock and pop music?

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It’s the spookiest time of the year, and Justin’s obligatory Halloween episode is all about vampire trivia! We also bite into discussions of medical oddities, horrifying history, and classic cinema!

2:13: Q1 (Everything Else): Vampires are not real, but I Fucking Love Science proposes that there is a “biological explanation for vampirism”, specifically, erythropoietic proto-this disease.

9:23: Q2 (Sports & Games): A soccer team nicknamed “The Blue Vampires” play in Liga III in the Romanian football league system, though they hope to one day make it to Liga I, because Romania, like many countries, employs this three-word system, in which teams move up and down between levels of competition, depending on their performance.

19:30: Q3 (Arts & Literature): “The Vampire” is one of the lesser works of this short story author and poet, better known for works featuring a mongoose, a feral child, and his own blatant racism.

30:11: Q4 (Music): What rock band, known for their world music influences, released the 2019 album Father of the Bride, which won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, and was nominated for Album of the Year?

38:08: Q5 (Movies & TV): Bela Lugosi’s Dracula, along with other monstrous characters played by Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr. all appeared in the first shared universe in cinematic history, a huge series of movies released by what studio, which has recently made several unsuccessful attempts to revive these properties?

45:52: Q6 (Times & Places): What ruthless Wallachian prince, whose violent sobriquet references his favorite method of executing his enemies, was an inspiration for the titular vampire in Bram Stoker’s Dracula?

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