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In the season 16 finale, Hallie has written six trivia questions all about flags, and Justin needs to get all six of them right to keep his season alive! We also talk about art, cults, and Broadway!

2:16: Q1 (Times & Places): What country with its capital at Tirana has a distinctive flag, which has a red background and a black double-headed eagle?

8:42: Q2 (Arts & Literature): The 1954-55 painting Flag is an interpretation of the American flag by what artist, known for using numbers and letters in his abstract paintings?

15:09: Q3 (Sports & Games): In what sport with variations like supersport and sidecar does a blue flag mean a rider is about to be passed by another rider and a white flag means riders can return to their pit boxes, usually when it’s raining?

24:39: Q4 (Movies & TV): In a 2000 episode of this TV show, Stan and Kyle work on a school project about changing the title city’s flag after Chef protests the current flag, which depicts a Black stick figure being hanged, surrounded by White stick figures that are cheering.

30:14: Q5 (Everything Else): Created sometime after the 1993 Waco Siege, the flag of what apocalyptic new religious movement, an offshoot of an offshoot of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, shows a six-winged fiery serpent flying over a white horizon?

36:11: Q6 (Music): The song “You’re a Grand Old Flag” was written by what composer who also wrote “Give My Regards to Broadway” and “The Yankee Doodle Boy”?

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We have a weird one this week, because Justin has written a whole trivia game about cannibals, cannibalism, and all of the associated grossness. We also dig into discussions of low-budget movies, video games, and, of course, Hannibal Lecter!

2:19: Q1 (Movies & TV): Cannibal Holocaust is probably the most infamous example of what infamous type of film, which, as the term suggests, usually feature lurid content and try to take advantage of current popular obsessions?

10:36: Q2 (Times & Places): What island nation was referred to as “the Cannibal Isles” during the colonial period, though it is now a parliamentary republic with its capital at Suva?

15:10: Q3 (Music): What British pop rock band, which fits the theme of this game, topped the Billboard Hot 100 twice, with “She Drives Me Crazy” and “Good Thing”?

21:37: Q4 (Sports & Games): What video game franchise, set in a post-apocalyptic former United States, has featured the ability to consume dead enemies in its third and fourth entries, and its spinoff New Vegas, though cannibalistic acts come with some negative side effects?

29:47: Q5 (Everything Else): A kind of livestock cannibalism is the cause of the disease that we usually just call “Mad Cow”.  Give the scientific term either for the disease in cattle, or the variant that can spread to humans.

35:29: Q6 (Arts & Literature): Easily the most famous literary cannibal is Hannibal Lecter, first introduced in the novel Red Dragon, by what American author?

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We were traveling over the long weekend, so this week’s episode is a tad late, but it was worth the wait, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about Sweden and famous Swedes! We also discuss hockey, classic movies, and one of the most incredible resumes in all of music!

2:14: Q1 (Times & Places): Who ruled Sweden from 1611 to 1632 and helped Sweden rise as a European power but was killed during the Thirty Years’ War?

7:49: Q2 (Movies & TV): Born in Stockholm in 1915, what actress is best known for her roles in Gaslight, The Bell’s of St. Mary’s, and most notably, Casablanca?

14:20: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What psychological thriller novel, published in 2005,  was originally titled Man som hatar kvinnor, which translates to “Men Who Hate Women”?

21:51: Q4 (Music): What Swedish record producer and songwriter has co-written a crazy amount of popular songs, including Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time”, Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”, and The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights”?

29:11: Q5 (Everything Else): Although Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden, he intended for the Nobel Prizes to be awarded internationally.  The first Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Wilhelm Rontgen who discovered what type of electromagnetic radiation?

35:06: Q6 (Sports & Games): Nicklas Lidstrom, probably the most famous hockey player from Sweden, played his 20 seasons in the NHL for what team, for which Gordie Howe also played?

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After all the chocolate last week, Justin decided we needed a healthier quiz, so he wrote six trivia questions related to fruits and vegetables! We also chow down on discussions of opera, weird art, and action movies!

3:26: Q1 (Movies & TV): In 2020, the hashtag #AddAVeggieToAMovie trended, and one of the best examples added a “c” to what Bruce Willis movie to turn it into a film about an ill-fated leafy green?

11:03: Q2 (Times & Places): Also a 1980 single by the Boomtown Rats, and an upscale clothing retailer owned by The Gap, what political science term, coined by O. Henry, refers to a nation whose economy depends on the export of a single product?

15:34: Q3 (Music): What Russian composer wrote the satirical opera The Love for Three Oranges, though he is probably better known for a so-called “symphonic fairy tale for children”?

25:52: Q4 (Sports & Games): What NBA team is not named for British term for arugula, but rather for the role that former hometown San Diego played in developing the Atlas missile?

30:54: Q5 (Arts & Literature): His grotesque portrait-still life hybrids, which arranged fruits and vegetables to resemble human faces, were absolutely hanging in your elementary school art teacher’s classroom.  Name this post-Renaissance court painter.

35:28: Q6 (Everything Else): The first company to achieve a market capitalization of $1 trillion, what is the largest publicly-traded company that shares its name with a fruit or vegetable?

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We have a delicious quiz for you this week, because Hallie has cooked up six trivia questions all about chocolate! We also dig in to discussions about baseball, some very old history, and, of course, chocolate-making!

2:29: Q1 (Times & Places): The oldest evidence of chocolate preparation was from around 1750 BCE, found at an archaeological site from what earliest known Mesoamerican civilization?

7:57: Q2 (Movies & TV): What actress with eight Academy Award nominations and one win, in 1999, was nominated in 2000 for Best Supporting Actress for Chocolat in which she plays the main character’s elderly landlady?

16:02: Q3 (Sports & Games): In 1978, Reggie Jackson aka “Mr. October” had a chocolate bar named after him after winning his first of two consecutive World Series with what team whose record is actually five consecutive World Series titles?

25:56: Q4 (Arts & Literature): In the Chocolate-Covered Contest by Carolyn Keene, what character’s best friend Bess opens a candy bar with a million dollar prize but discovers that someone has already won after which they are accused of counterfeiting the wrapper?

35:10: Q5 (Everything Else): The final process in chocolate production, what is the name for the controlled crystallization of cocoa butter that causes the surface of the chocolate to appear shiny rather than matte and snap rather than crumble when broken?

40:54: Q6 (Music): The film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory introduced what song, which then became a popular hit after being recorded by Sammy Davis Jr.?

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This week, Justin delivers six trivia questions all about the mail, or the post, or whatever you call it wherever you’re listening from. We also open up discussions of basketball, art, and a classic sitcom!

3:01: Q1 (Sports & Games): Now a coach at his alma mater Louisiana Tech, what retired NBA star holds the record for most free throws made, and was nicknamed “the Mailman” for his consistent delivery?

9:11: Q2 (Everything Else): In the 1860s, the United States Postal Service started issuing what kind of prepaid promissory notes, which are generally more trusted than personal checks, and can also be purchased from Western Union or your local convenience store?

19:34: Q3 (Music): What band’s song “Across the Sea” was inspired by a letter sent to frontman Rivers Cuomo from a fan in Japan?

31:03: Q4 (Arts & Literature): What American artist painted Postman Reading Mail, as well as over 300 other cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post?

37:25: Q5 (Movies & TV): The recurring character Newman is a mailman, and the nemesis of the titular character of what American sitcom?

47:32: Q6 (Times & Places): Arguably more famous than it was historically significant, what mail service promised delivery from Missouri to California in ten days, but shut down in 1861 after just 18 months, when the first transcontinental telegraph made it obsolete?

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This week, Hallie has six trivia questions about alternative answers to the oldest joke in the book. Why? Who knows. We also talk about a famous artist, chess, and Justin’s favorite animal!

2:30: Q1 (Times & Places): The joke doesn’t translate well into languages like French or Italian where it takes on a slightly different meaning.  In those languages, only newspapers with which specific ideology are fitting responses?

10:07: Q2 (Arts & Literature): Although he mainly painted circus people in reddish tones for a couple of years, what artist who is best known for a black and white painting also painted Woman with a Vase and The Charnel House in black and white?

21:14: Q3 (Movies & TV): What 1993 film fits the joke with the only color in the film being a little girl in a red coat?

29:27: Q4 (Everything Else): A sunburnt version of what animal of the family Spheniscidae is often included as an alternative answer to the joke?

34:18: Q5 (Music): Known for heating up the red carpet and heating up Katniss’s dress in the Hunger Games: Catching Fire, what American singer-songwriter, best known for the song “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over”, released his album Black and White America in 2011?

40:14: Q6 (Sports & Games): Whose chess board was black and white and blue all over when he was beaten by a computer named Deep Blue, the first computer to beat a chess World Champion?

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This week, Justin has generated six trivia questions all about different generations. We also talk video games, literature, and some awful, awful history.

2:05: Q1 (Movies & TV): Generation X is sometimes also called the generation of what cable TV channel, which pivoted in the 90s and 2000s from its original focus to controversial programs like Beavis and Butt-head and Jersey Shore?

7:55: Q2 (Everything Else): The now-common practice of each generation having a particular name associated with it began with what term coined by Gertrude Stein to refer to people like her who came of age during World War I and the roaring twenties?

18:38: Q3 (Times & Places): What is the most common term for the children of indigenous Australian descent who were removed from their families by state and federal agencies between 1905 and 1967?

26:42: Q4 (Sports & Games): The most popular machine of the third generation of video game consoles, what was the first game system released by Nintendo to use interchangeable cartridges?

35:12: Q5 (Arts & Literature): Alan Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac are among the most prominent members of what so-called literary “generation” active in the 1950s?

39:13: Q6 (Music): Girls’ Generation is an eight-piece idol group that performs music in what genre, which has recently exploded in popularity outside of its country of origin?

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This week, Hallie has written six trivia questions all about Martins, from Saint to Short, and everything in between. We also talk about popular books, popular music, and a popular vacation spot!

2:55: Q1 (Movies & TV): What comedian and musician who has won five Grammys, a Primetime Emmy, and an Honorary Academy Award began his rise to fame in the films The Jerk and Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid?

12:02: Q2 (Sports & Games): In 1955, Sylvia Wene Martin won the BPAA Women’s All-Star tournament, now the U.S. Women’s Open, in what sport, sometimes called big-ball?

18:44: Q3 (Music): What band, started by Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland, was called Pectoralz and then Starfish before getting their name from another band who thought it was too depressing?

26:43: Q4 (Everything Else): Who was baptized on November 11, 1483 on the feast day of St. Martin of Tours before being excommunicated by Pope Leo X 37 years later?

33:41: Q5 (Arts & Literature): What is the name of the most recent book published by George R.R. Martin, which tells the history of House Targaryen from his famous book series?

48:43: Q6 (Times & Places):Saint Martin is the only place where which two nations share a border?

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Today, we set sail into Season 16, because Justin has written six trivia questions all about pirates, piracy, and plundering! We also talk about Internet piracy, swashbuckling cinema, and a bit of history!

2:31: Q1 (Movies & TV): Captain Blood, The Sea Hawk, and Against All Flags are among the pirate movies starring what swashbuckling actor of the 30s, 40s, and 50s, perhaps better known for his portrayal of Robin Hood, his hedonistic personal life, and his, um, physical assets?

9:21: Q2 (Everything Else): Founded by a Swedish think tank, the Pirate Bay is a prominent website that uses what peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol, which sounds a “bit” like a fast-flowing stream?

18:49: Q3 (Music): Pirate metal is a music genre derived from what kind of nautical work song that was popular among pirates as well as more legitimate sailors, and experienced a brief, strange resurgence during COVID-19 lockdowns?

26:15: Q4 (Sports & Games): Although there are a few college teams called the “pirates”, what is the only Big Four professional sports team with that nickname?  I need the sport, and the city.

32:18: Q5 (Times & Places): Also known as Ottoman Corsairs, what pirate slavers who operated out of Northern Africa were named for a nomadic people of that region of the world?

38:50: Q6 (Arts & Literature): Pirate Latitudes is a posthumous novel by what author, better known for techno-thrillers like Next and The Andromeda Strain?

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