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This week’s trivia is brought to you by the letter T, and we talk about T-Ball, T-Bones, and T.S. Eliot, plus tons of other topics!

3:21: Q1 (Times & Places): What American educator and orator attended the Hampton Institute and Wayland Seminary, then became the first leader of a new institute in Alabama, and later received honorary degrees from Harvard and Dartmouth?

8:34: Q2 (Sports & Games): -ball is the first association level of baseball meant for kids ages 4-5 to learn the basic fundamentals of the game.  Then, before they turn 9 and can play Little League, they play at what appropriately-named level meant to prepare them for Little League?

14:42: Q3 (Arts & Literature): T.S. Eliot is primarily known for what poem, influenced by Dante, that heralded the shift from 19th century Romantic verse to Modernism?

23:19: Q4 (Music): What rapper, singer, and actor, born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., is mainly known for the singles “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” and has also starred in three reality shows?

30:18: Q5 (Everything Else): T-bone steak comes from which cut of beef, on the back of the cattle, found between the rib and the sirloin?

38:56: Q6 (Movies & TV): For what film, released in 1982, did the director shoot from the eye-level of a child to connect with its two main characters and also because only one adult face is shown in the first half of the film?

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It’s the premiere of season 9, and the world probably isn’t ending, even if it feels like it is. We dive into six trivia questions about failed apocalyptic predictions, because we could all use a reminder that the world has kept spinning so far, and it probably will this time, too. We also chat early American history, psychology, and one of the nuttiest people on TV right now.

2:21: Q1 (Times & Places): Puritan minister Cotton Mather predicted the apocalypse on three separate occasions, though he is arguably better known today for his influence on what panicked legal proceedings of 1692 and 1693?

11:09: Q2 (Movies & TV): In 1976, noted lunatic and eventual failed presidential candidate Pat Robertson predicted that the world would end in 1982 on what numerical television series, which he has hosted since 1966?

16:57: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What French physician and supposed oracle wrote The Prophecies, a series of quatrains predicting various disasters, including the imminent coming of the Antichrist?

25:03: Q4 (Sports & Games): What hobby, which keeps its practitioners poring over statistics all day, every day, did a 2009 article from Bleacher Report describe as a “sports apocalypse”, because it “breeds disloyalty” to one’s own team?

32:46: Q5 (Music): What American rock band apparently believed the apocalypse was upon us in 1987, when they released the hit single “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”?

39:48: Q6 (Everything Else): Developed by Leon Festinger, and known as “social psychology’s favorite theory”, what theory of how we rationalize our behaviors was described in the book When Prophecy Fails, about a cult that predicted that the world would end on December 21, 1954?

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This week, we finish up the season with six trivia questions about those stripey yellow jerks, bees! We also buzz about basketball, bestsellers, and beekeeping!

3:25: Q1 (Sports & Games): What was the name of the new team established in Charlotte after the Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans in 2002 and which became the Charlotte Hornets again in 2014 after New Orleans renamed their team the Pelicans?

13:22: Q2 (Music): Honey Bee is a song from the second solo studio album by what American singer-songwriter who was the lead singer and guitarist of his band formed in 1976 and who died in 2017 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs?

22:29: Q3 (Times & Places): What ancient civilization, noted for its highly developed writing system, pyramids, and human sacrifice, was the first to domesticate a separate species of stingless bee, which was named after the Meliponini tribe?

31:34: Q4 (Arts & Literature): Why I’m Afraid of Bees is the seventeenth book in what series, which was first published in 1992, and which is the second-best selling book series in history after Harry Potter?

40:18: Q5 (Movies & TV): Bee Taylor was the aunt and housekeeper on what TV show, which premiered in 1960 and originated from the Danny Thomas show, and also featured the characters Opie and Barney Fife?

47:30: Q6 (Everything Else): In addition to collecting honey, beekeepers also collect other products produced by the hive, including beeswax, flower pollen, and what secretion that is used as nutrition for the bee larvae and the adult queens?

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T-minus-six questions. This week, Justin has written six trivia questions with numeric answers counting down from six to one, to lead into the last episode of the season. We also talk Italian history, French literature, and anime!

2:14: Q1 (Sports & Games): (“Six”) What is the most common collective term for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, and New York Rangers?

10:26: Q2 (Movies & TV): (“Five”) Arguably the most famous fictional racecar that usually had a chimpanzee hiding in the trunk, what is the name of the car driven by Speed Racer?

17:02: Q3 (Everything Else): (“Four”) Said to be the first teaching given by the Buddha, dukkha, samudaya, nirodha, and magga form the basic framework of Buddhist thought.  By what collective term are they known?

26:54: Q4 (Arts & Literature): (“Three”) Oddly enough, there are actually four of the titular swashbucklers in this novel by Alexandre Dumas.

34:20: Q5 (Times & Places): (“Two”) Encompassing the lower half of the Italian peninsula, as well as a large island to the south, and overthrown by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860, what was the largest Italian state, prior to the unification of Italy into one nation?

42:50: Q6 (Music): (“One”) What English-Irish boy band was originally formed by Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and three other, less famous people?

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This week, we go back in time, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about the Roaring 1920s! We also chat about boxing, organized crime, and a pioneering (though problematic) film!

2:16: Q1 (Times & Places): What is the name of the 1929 event in which seven members of Chicago’s North Side Gang were murdered due to the struggle to control organized crime in the city during the Prohibition?

6:59: Q2 (Arts & Literature): What American poet, writer, critic, and satirist born in New Jersey rose to acclaim for New Yorker articles and then won two Academy Award nominations for screenwriting before getting placed on the Hollywood blacklist for being involved in left-wing politics?

15:40: Q3 (Music): What orchestra piece which was originally composed as a ballet and which is the most famous musical piece by its composer, premiered in 1928 to huge popularity and was credited with having a “musico-sexual” nature to it?

24:24: Q4 (Movies & TV): What 1927 film about a young man who defies the traditions of his religious Jewish family was the first feature-length motion picture with a synchronized recorded music score as well as lip-synchronized speech and singing?

31:03: Q5 (Sports & Games): What boxer, nicknamed Kid Blackie and the Manassa Mauler, reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926 and was a cultural icon of the 1920s?

36:29: Q6 (Everything Else): What company was founded in 1927 by Air Corps Majors Henry H. Arnold, Carl A. Spaatz, and John H. Jouett as an air mail and passenger service operating between Key West, Florida and Havana, Cuba and was well known for its logo known by some as “The Blue Meatball”?

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It’s been one whole year since your humble co-hosts tied the proverbial knot, so this week Justin has written a very special trivia game of “name that power couple”! We talk about some of the most trivia-relevant married duos across all categories of quizzing!

3:26: Q1 (Arts & Literature): He was an American abstract expressionist best known for developing the technique known as “action painting”.  She was also an American abstract expressionist, best known for her collages.  Name this dynamic duo of abstract art.

12:07: Q2 (Movies & TV): She is an American comedian best known for hosting a syndicated daytime talk show.  She is an Australian-American actress best known for roles on Arrested Development and Scandal.  Name this pair of small-screen stars.

21:55: Q3 (Times & Places): He was the first Angevin King of England, reigning from 1154 to 1189.  She was Queen of France, and later Queen of England, and the mother of two or three English Kings, depending on how you count.  Name this Middle Ages power couple (pun intended).

32:47: Q4 (Music): She is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, known for the multiplatinum album Dangerously in Love and for headlining the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVII.  He is known for The Black Album, and for being the first hip-hop artist to become a billionaire.  Name this superstar couple, collectively known as The Carters.

42:10: Q5 (Everything Else): He was a French physicist and a co-recipient of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics.  She was a Polish-French physicist, also a co-recipient of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, and the only woman to be a two-time Nobel Laureate.  Name this nuclear power couple.

51:39: Q6 (Sports & Games): She is a retired professional soccer player, considered one of the greatest of all time, and once held the record for most career goals in international play.  He is a retired professional baseball player, best known as a shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, and for having a World Series ring, despite never playing in a World Series.  Name this all-star couple.

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It’s no surprise that we’re back with another episode, but it might surprise you to learn that Hallie has written six trivia questions all about shocking surprises! We also talk about post-impressionist art, hockey, and awards show upsets!

2:00: Q1 (Times & Places): What two-word term, relevant to today’s theme, describes a news event that is deliberately timed to influence the outcome of an election, and was first used after National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger said that peace was close in the Vietnam War after Nixon vowed to end the war and was running for reelection just 12 days later?

8:39: Q2 (Arts & Literature): What post-impressionist painter who began painting in his 40s and is known for painting jungle scenes, first found success with the painting “Surprised!”, also called Tiger in a Tropical Storm?

13:16: Q3 (Sports & Games): In what was probably the most shocking sports upset of all time, the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team beat the four-time defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union in what city’s Olympics in 1980?

23:01: Q4 (Movies & TV): What 1960s TV show had a shocking series finale in a good way when the main character, Dr. Richard Kimble, confronted the man who killed his wife and got cleared in her murder?

27:37: Q5 (Everything Else): Surprisingly, the origin of what item dates back to China rather than Spain, where the Chinese would make figures of cows and oxen filled with colored seeds, which when broken, were part of the New Year’s surprise?

31:47: Q6 (Music): In 1989, when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences created the new Grammy award for Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Recording, what British folk-rock band led by  Ian Anderson shockingly beat Metallica?

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This week, Justin has written six trivia questions about the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, because he is going slowly mad in quarantine.  We also chat about reality TV, new religious movements, and a titan of American literature!

3:18: Q1 (Times & Places): Derived from the Greek words for “black” and “island”, what particular region of Oceania includes Vanuatu, as well as the nations of Fiji, the Solomon Islands, and the island of New Guinea?

10:14: Q2 (Movies & TV): Now in its fortieth season, what reality competition TV series filmed its ninth season on Vanuatu in 2004?

16:04: Q3 (Arts & Literature): Based on his own experiences as a Navy lieutenant stationed in the New Hebrides Islands – what is now the nation of Vanuatu – what Pulitzer prize-winning American author wrote the short story collection Tales of the South Pacific?

24:15: Q4 (Sports & Games): Since gaining independence in 1980, Vanuatu has regularly participated in what international multi-sport event, in which athletes from former British colonies compete against each other, most recently in the twenty-first edition of the event, which was held in Gold Coast, Australia?

30:56: Q5 (Music): Traditional ni-Vanuatu music mostly makes use of percussion instruments like stamping tubes and rattles that produce sound by vibrating the whole instrument.  What is the term for instruments like this, the first top-level category in the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system?

46:02: Q6 (Everything Else): John Frum is a religious figure who is usually depicted as a World War II American serviceman who will bring great wealth to his followers, who is worshiped by a group on the island of Tanna.  The John Frum movement is one example of what particular kind of religious movement, which emerged throughout Melanesia, especially after World War II?

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Once upon a time, Hallie wrote six trivia questions about fairy tales. And she and Justin also talked about ballet, video games, and French history. And they quizzed happily ever after.

1:53: Q1 (Arts & Literature): The titular household object of what fairy tale sequel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under a pseudonym was based on a real object, which remains displayed in Gloucestershire, England?

7:35: Q2 (Sports & Games): What series of action role-playing games, first published by Square Enix in 2002, includes fairytale characters like the little mermaid and Rapunzel in addition to many other characters who are already well-known in popular culture?

12:58: Q3 (Music): What ballet that premiered in St. Petersburg on January 15, 1890 and was based on a classic fairy tale was the second fairy tale-based ballet by the same composer, the first of which is one of the most popular ballets of all time?

18:59: Q4 (Times & Places): Historians believe that the beast of Beauty and the Beast is based on Petrus Gonsalvus, a man born with hypertrichosis, who was “gifted” to King Henry II of France at the age of 10.  After King Henry II died, what wife of his who was born in Florence and gave birth to 3 future kings, married Gonsalvus off to the daughter of a court servant who coincidentally shared her first name?

28:24: Q5 (Everything Else): The 7 dwarves from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves likely had what genetic condition, which translates to without cartilage molding and which causes the arms and legs to be shorter but the torso to be of normal length?

33:29: Q6 (Movies & TV): What 1984 English-language German film, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ende, is about a  young warrior who is tasked with stopping a dark force called the Nothing from engulfing the fantasy world of Fantasia with the help of the luckdragon, Falkor?

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Vroom vroom! In this week’s episode, Justin revs up six trivia questions about all things swift, speedy, and supersonic! We also speed through discussions of fast food, a speedy sport, and, of course, some fast and furious movies!

2:12: Q1 (Everything Else): Beginning as a root beer stand in Lodi, California, what is, according to oldest.org, the oldest fast food chain in the world, and certainly the first successful franchising operation, selling its first franchise in 1925?

11:50: Q2 (Music): Described by Allmusic as “extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding”, speed metal is a musical subgenre whose creation is typically credited to what English rock band, whose only constants were the late Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister and an extraneous umlaut?

19:50: Q3 (Sports & Games): Known as zesta-punta in the Basque language, what sport is played in a walled area called a fronton, and is marketed as the “fastest sport in the world”?

31:00: Q4 (Movies & TV): The 2001 film The Fast and the Furious has spawned seven increasingly insane sequels and one spin-off, with another sequel due out next year.  Name any three of these nine speedy movies, whose titles do not generally stick to one naming convention.

40:35: Q5 (Times & Places): Translating to English as “federal motorway” what series of German highways is known for lacking a mandated speed limit, meaning that, technically, drivers can legally go as fast as they want?

47:32: Q6 (Arts & Literature): As any DC Comics fan knows, The Flash is the “fastest man alive”, and the most well-known character to use that moniker is Barry Allen.  Name any of the other three characters to have used the alias “The Flash”.

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