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Boo! With Halloween right around the corner, Justin has written six spooky trivia questions about this most haunted of holidays. We also scare up discussions of horror movies, college football, and the retail apocalypse.

2:02: Q1 (Times & Places): The word “Halloween” comes from the Christian feast of All Hallows Eve, but most of what we associate with it, including wearing costumes and carving faces into vegetables, derive from this Gaelic festival that marks the end of the harvest season.

8:33: Q2 (Sports & Games): Born on Halloween, October 31, 1951, what legend of American football has been the head coach at the University of Alabama since 2007, leading the Crimson Tide to five national championships in 12 seasons?

14:50: Q3 (Science): In an annual event held the first weekend after Halloween, uncarved Jack-o-Lanterns are hurled tremendous distances in the World Championship Punkin Chunkin.  The gourds are chucked by various mechanical means, including catapults and this more advanced siege weapon, which uses a counterweight, lever, and sling to throw its pumpkin-y payload.

21:22: Q4 (Everything Else): Now owned by Spencer Gifts, what pop-up store, which moves in to unused storefronts each year in August, is the largest retailer of spooky costumes and decorations in the United States?

28:09: Q5 (Sounds & Screen): While the Halloween series of movies mostly follows the murderous exploits of Michael Myers, Halloween III is an unrelated story about pagan rituals.  What is the subtitle of this infamous film flop, which is also the title of song performed by Scottish singer Donovan?

35:20: Q6 (Arts & Literature): The Halloween Tree is a 1972 novel by what American sci-fi and fantasy author, who is probably better known for works such as Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Illustrated Man, and The Martian Chronicles?

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Could this episode be any more awesome? Hallie has come up with six new trivia questions for Justin, and every answer somehow includes the name of one of TV’s six iconic Friends. And even though nobody told us podcasting was gonna be this way, we also talk about detective fiction, Greek mythology, and a tennis superstar. We’ll be there for you.

3:27: Q1 (Everything Else): What is the name of the Titan goddess of prophecy and oracular intellect in Greek mythology?

9:08: Q2 (Times & Places): What British Royal Navy officer and explorer led an expedition to Antarctica from 1839 to 1843, discovering the Transantarctic Mountains as well as the sea and ice shelf named for him?

13:12: Q3 (Sports & Games): What retired professional tennis player from Yugoslavia became the youngest ever French Open champion in 1990 at the age of 16 and went on to win nine Grand Slam singles titles? 

20:28: Q4 (Arts & Literature): What American-British novelist and screenwriter published his first novel, The Big Sleep, at the age of 51 and was later best known for his detective novels, Farewell, My Lovely, The Little Sister, and The Long Goodbye?

27:51: Q5 (Sounds & Screen): What 1957 movie musical, adapted from a stage musical of the same name, is about a womanizing singer who wants to own his own nightclub and starred Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, and Kim Novak?

33:17: Q6 (Science): What marine biologist and conservationist is most well-known for writing the 1962 book, Silent Spring, about the negative environmental effects of pesticides?

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After a humiliating defeat in last year’s tiebreaker, Justin is back and looking for vengeance, and we kick off season 6 with six new word play trivia questions, because every answer in today’s game is an acronym.  Why?  Why not.

2:53: Q1 (Times & Places): Formed in 1964, and best known by a four-letter acronym, what far-left Colombian guerilla movement finally agreed to lay down its arms in 2017, though a smaller number of dissidents continue their violent activities today?

8:47: Q2 (Everything Else): Although it also catalogues free software, promotes freedom of the press, and funds the translation of great works of literature to and from different languages, what international agency is arguably best known for designating “World Heritage Sites”?

15:13: Q3 (Arts & Literature): Founded in 1929, what world-famous institution can be found in Midtown Manhattan, on 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue?

25:00: Q4 (Sports & Games): Growing out of competitions between bootleggers transporting moonshine during Prohibition in customized vehicles, what company, founded in 1948, now sanctions competitions at over 100 tracks across the US, and worldwide?

31:01: Q5 (Sounds & Screen): What pop group, an acronym of its members’ first names, released their final studio album The Visitors in 1981, though they announced in 2018 that they are back together and working on new music?

41:16: Q6 (Science): Developed by psychologist Paul Ekman, what method of classifying emotional expressions has been used by law enforcement to detect when someone is lying?

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Ten episodes wasn’t enough to settle the score this season, since we finished up tied, 15-15. So, we’re back with some bonus Quiz & Hers: a five-point, winner-takes-all shootout in which we revisit every game from this season for one more bit of trivia. Who will be the first three-time champion?

1:55: Q1. Along with his wife Elena, what deposed former president of Romania was sentenced to death after an hour-long show trial and executed by firing squad, all on Christmas Day, 1989?

3:10: Q2. White alligators, which are extremely rare, may have albinism and completely lack pigmentation from a reduction in melanin, or they may have this other condition, in which there is a partial loss of pigmentation and involves a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin?

4:12: Q3. What classic 1925 novel begins with the narrator, Nick Carroway, relocating to the fictional Long Island village of West Egg, where he moves in next-door to the title character?

5:09: Q4. On the 16th episode of Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie tested a very strange myth asking whether a certain prominent figure was buried under Giants Stadium.  Who was this man, an American labor union leader who was president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and who vanished in 1975 at the age of 62?

5:58: Q5. Marketed in South Korea as the Samsung SM6, this sedan from French manufacturer Renault is also a word for an object imbued with magical properties that brings good luck, and should not be confused with an amulet, which can have many different magical properties.

7:09: Q6. “Pursuit of Happiness” is a song released in 2010 by what rapper, singer, record producer, and actor, whose other most famous songs are “Day ‘n Nite” and “Man on the Moon” and who appeared on TV shows including One Tree Hill, The Cleveland Show, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine?

10:22: Q7. Daryl Frank Dragon (no, seriously, that was his real name), and his now-ex-wife Toni are better known as what pop music duo, who peaked in popularity in the mid-1970s?

11:33: Q8. What American novelist, poet, and activist who wrote The Color Purple and also wrote Meridian and The Third Life of Grange Copeland, was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983?

12:17: Q9. Australia’s best performance at the Olympics, in terms of total medals, came in the year 2000, which was also the second time the land down under hosted the Games.  What city in New South Wales hosted these Games, known for their extravagant opening ceremony?

12:53: Q10. The five French mother sauces include espagnole, tomato, béchamel, hollandaise, and what savory sauce, made from a roux and a light stock and which, in English, means “velvety”?

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We like to quiz, and we like to cook. For the last game of Season 5, Hallie has brought these hobbies together, with six trivia questions about skillets, sautés, and soufflés. We also cook up discussions of the science of taste, celebrity chefs, and the most prestigious cooking competition you’ve never heard of.

1:44: Q1 (Times & Places): What species of human ancestors that lived mainly in the Pleistocene epoch and was mostly replaced by Homo heidelbergensis by 300,000 years ago, was the first to use fire for cooking?

6:21: Q2 (Arts & Literature): What book by Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel is about a young girl named Tita who finds that she can only express herself through cooking and is able to affect other people’s emotions through the food she cooks?

11:08: Q3 (Sounds & Screen): What celebrity chef who originally became famous for his bestselling book, Kitchen Confidential, hosted 4 different cooking shows, the first of which, called A Cook’s Tour, ran on Food Network in 2002 and 2003 and the last of which, called Parts Unknown, aired on CNN from 2013 to 2018?

17:33: Q4 (Sports & Games): Considered the culinary equivalent of the Olympics, what world chef championship, held every 2 years, is named for the golden statue of its founder, which is awarded to the winner?

22:22: Q5 (Science): We of course detect saltiness in food that has sodium chloride; we taste sourness in food with acids; we taste sweetness in foods with sugars; and we taste bitterness in foods with certain plant compounds; but what amino acid, found in MSG, causes us to detect umami in our foods?

26:58: Q6 (Everything Else): The Joy of Cooking was privately published in 1931 by what homemaker in St. Louis, Missouri?

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This week, Hallie has one more chance to build up a lead before the end of the season, and Justin brings six bonzer trivia questions about the land down under, Australia. We talk Aussie current events, geography, art, and more!

3:29: Q1 (Everything Else): Since the end of John Howard’s term in December 2007, Australia has had five different prime ministers, none of whom has served a full three-year term, but one of whom served two nonconsecutive, partial terms.  Name any of them.

12:03: Q2 (Sports & Games): The Ashes is the unusual name of the biannual Test series played between Australia and England in what sport, which is rather obscure in the U.S., but very popular in the land down under, where it has been called the “national sport”?

24:03: Q3 (Sounds & Screen): What film franchise, created by Australian director George Miller and set in a post-apocalyptic Outback, saw Tom Hardy take over the title role from Mel Gibson in 2015?

35:12: Q4 (Arts & Literature): Named for a rural area outside of Melbourne, and sometimes called “Australian Impressionism”, what “School” of art flourished in the land down under in the late 19th century, and included artists like Arthur Streeton, Walter Withers, and Jane Sutherland?

41:15: Q5 (Times & Places): Named for the Spanish explorer who navigated it in 1606, what body of water, containing over 250 islands belonging to Australia, and mostly inhabited by an indigenous people named for it, is located between mainland Australia and New Guinea?

47:25: Q6 (Science): Now found only in one particular Australian state, what animal is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world, and is widely threatened by a “facial tumor disease” unique to the species?

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Hallie is just a bit obsessed with her favorite color, purple. So this week, she’s written six trivia questions about all things violet, lavender, and plum, and everything in between. We also chat about African-American art, Caribbean geography, and a classic children’s movie.

2:21: Q1 (Science): Tyrian purple is the color of a secretion made by predatory sea snails, which has historically been used for what purpose for which indigo and saffron were also used?

10:14: Q2 (Times & Places): Only two national flags have the color purple on them.  One is on the Nicaraguan flag as part of a rainbow.  What island nation, whose flag has a green background, a three-band cross with yellow, black, and white, a red circle in the middle that has 10 stars around the edge, and a Sisserou parrot in the middle that has purple feathers, is the other one?

19:41: Q3 (Sports & Games): What two Big Four sports teams share a name and also have both had purple as one of their main colors- one of them changed to black, white, and silver in 1988 and the other has had their colors of purple, grey, and black since 1994?

28:47: Q4 (Sounds & Screen): Recently deceased actress Denise Nickerson’s popularity originally swelled after she played the character Violet in what movie, although she was mainly associated with a different color?

35:09: Q5 (Arts & Literature): The painting, Nightlife, depicting a busy jazz club in Chicago and using many different shades of purple, was painted by what New Orleans-born artist who mainly studied the African-American experience during the 1920s and 30s, contributing to the Harlem Renaissance?

39:51: Q6 (Everything Else): What holiday, which begins on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany, is often represented with purple, green, and gold and has a bright shade of purple named for it?

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This week, Justin swoops in with a sequel to one of his all-time favorite episodes, and brings six more trivia questions about dragons with him! We also talk about theme parks, a very unique artist, and a musician we’d rather forget.

2:31: Q1 (Science): The star Alpha Draconis, traditionally known as Thuban, is found in the tail of what Northern-hemisphere constellation?

8:29: Q2 (Everything Else): A now-demolished attraction that was known for a time as “Dragon Challenge”, was, for nearly 20 years, a staple of what specific theme park, which consists of eight different, themed areas?

17:05: Q3 (Times & Places): Known to his enemies as “El Draque” or “Draco”, what Elizabethan-era privateer and explorer commanded the second circumnavigation of the globe?

25:06: Q4 (Sounds & Screen): What Baltimorean R&B singer, and former member of Dru Hill, released three solo albums between 1999 and 2015, titled Unleash the Dragon, Return of Dragon and Last Dragon?

31:37: Q5 (Sports & Games): The New York Dragons are now defunct, but they formerly played their home games at the Nassau Coliseum, as a part of what professional sports league, which suspended operations during its 2009 season, reorganized, returned, and has limped on ever since?

38:25: Q6 (Arts & Literature): “Dragon” is a wood engraving print depicting a two-dimensional dragon that, in the words of its creator “persists in assuming he has three” dimensions.  It is the work of this Dutch artist, known for art involving tessellations and other mathematical concepts.

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Hallie’s relentlessly cheery disposition is well-known to Q&H fans, but today, she cranks that smile up to 11, with six new trivia questions all about happiness, happy people, and being happy.  We also talk about neuroscience, avant-garde theater, and Hawaiian history.

2:49: Q1 (Times & Places): Throughout history, there have been two kings known as “The Merry Monarch”.  One was Charles II of England.  The other one was this king of Hawaii, who was elected to the vacant throne over the recently-widowed Queen Emma in 1874?

10:53: Q2 (Arts & Literature): What phrase used to express a high state of happiness gives its name to a play written by British playwright Caryl Churchill about colonial Africa in the Victorian era?

17:24: Q3 (Sports & Games): What gaming device, also known as a control column, was invented by pioneer aviator A.E. George who built and flew a biplane at Newcastle in England in 1910?

25:17: Q4 (Everything Else): In Greek mythology, Euphrosyne, goddess of good cheer, joy, mirth, and merriment is considered one of which group of minor goddesses of beauty, nature, and fertility that give their name to a word meaning compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others?

32:08: Q5 (Science): Scientists have shown that what part of the brain that takes its name from the Latin for border and is also known as the paleomammalian cortex, is involved in laughter?

43:01: Q6 (Sounds & Screen): What artist at just 14 years old released the song “Euphoria” in 1973 as part of their third studio album entitled “Music & Me”?

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This week, it’s a game of double meanings, because the only thing that all six answers have in common is they are also models of car. We also rev up discussions of comics, mythology, and American history. So strap in and put the pedal to the metal!

3:06: Q1 (Sports & Games): Buick’s flagship sedan shares its name with this team sport played professionally by squads including the Chesapeake Bayhawks and the Rochester Knighthawks.

12:20: Q2 (Arts & Literature): What long-running adventure comic strip, which premiered in 1936 shares its name with both its main character, a masked crime fighter based in the fictional nation of Bangalla, and with eight generations of Rolls-Royce’s premiere full-sized luxury car?

23:03: Q3 (Science): Sports coupes from the 80s and 90s sold under the Chrysler and Plymouth banners both share their name with this acronymic sci-fi staple, a technology found in real-world devices like barcode scanners, Blu-Ray players, and printers.

32:16: Q4 (Times & Places): The largest federally-recognized Native American tribe, indigenous to the Southeastern United States, but also – for historical reasons – now found in Oklahoma, shares its English name with a midsize crossover SUV from Jeep.  Name the tribe.

37:26: Q5 (Everything Else): A Tom Cruise film, a Marvel character, a defunct female American football team, and most importantly, a limited production sports car from Aston Martin, share their names with this group of Norse mythological figures.

47:47: Q6 (Sounds & Screen): Also a mid-sized sedan from Hyundai, this is a type of musical work composed by Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Cage, and even John Williams, but, probably most notably, Beethoven.

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