45: Continental CultureQuiz Cornucopia…Of Culture!, Or “Guess C” (Part 3 of 3)

Happy holidays, dear listeners! Welcome back for the thrilling conclusion of our Cornucopia series, in which Tom and Torin now face off in the final two of six of Dean’s CultureQuizzes: that is, brief quizzes about fundamental culture concepts in different regions of the world. They’re playing for the prize of, well, it’s unclear, as the culture-curious fellows are now into their third successive episode of imbibing frivolity. As time passes and the point totals rise, the decorum tumbles, someone’s chin hits a microphone, and a producer is finally replaced (?). The focus of this episode’s slate of quizzes is on countries in Africa and then in Latin America, and one can’t help but wonder: Will the three-part contest simply peter out in the final round, or can Tom and Torin remain simpatico to finish out the bout? No need to wait to find out: this 52-minute listening adventure contains all answers, quiz-related and otherwise, for you. Enjoy & we’ll be back soon with new episodes in 2024! ***Subscribe to Dean’s Substack here to find ALL of Dean’s CultureQuizzes, including the CultureQuizzes from this episode and many many more.*** Have a cultural question or episode idea? Reach out on X/Twitter & Facebook (@OopsCultureShow) or by email at [e-mail]. Music: “Little Idea” – Bensound.com

Episode Transcript

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- We are rolling.
We're rolling. I'm, I'm rolling.
We're about here for threeepisodes. We're rolling, man.
We've been drinking theentire time, .
We really haven't. I juststarted my second, so I'm, yeah.
Yeah. It's been a littlemore controlled than that.
- And, and we are in themiddle of a major marathon
of cultural cornucopia quizzes.

(00:22):
- That's exactly right. Kindof sorta of culture of culture.
There might be cultureinvolved in parentheses.
- Maybe - We, being Dean hasnot been drinking at all.
We being het a little ke No,
he's been drinking the entire time also.
I'm just, that's a little crick there.
Oh, what's the C creek?
I'm just waiting forhim to c crank me back.

(00:42):
I apologize immediately for that sort
of terrible Irish accent. Terrible Irish
- Accent.
Yeah. Really. I'm noteven gonna comment on that
- One.
It's the beer .
- But we But is yourstruly? Dean Foster's here
- And, and Tom Peterson. Tom
- Peterson.
- Dorad - Peterson. And we arein the middle of a marathon
of culture quizzes. Yes.
- And culture quizzes.- Cornucopia of them.

(01:03):
- Yes. Yes. Of continentalculture quizzes.
That's right. Continental.
- So we've been talking about, because I
- Easy for you to say, see,he's had plenty of guilty.
Yeah. Have another glass over there.
that'll help, that'll get you over
that threshold to the point where
everything is Oh yeah. That
- Blow.
That is definitely being cut. No,
- It's, oh no.

(01:24):
I told you in our first partof this, in fact, we're gonna,
the editing machine has broken.
We're gonna turn that into like a thing.
We play over and overwhat they call a sounder.
We'll just play it over andover. That's happening now.
Absolutely. Yep. .
- Yeah. And we're doing allthese quizzes. Yes. Because,
- Oops.
Your culture's showing. Showing.

(01:52):
All right. So we havecovered before this. Oh yeah.
What'd we do? What?Continental regions? Yeah.
Flashback here. Let's go backtwo episodes. Oh, thank you.
There was the, uh, sounderfor the, um, flashback. Yep.
Does it? And, um, so we've goneback in time, back in time,
back in time and,
and , I'm not sure whatsong that was, but , I

(02:12):
- Like that song.
Um, it was called Back in Time.
- Thank you very much. Itwas, thank you. Um, .
There was one. Yeah. I just sang it. Yeah.
And it was who back in,in Time. Who sang it?
Uh, Huey Lewis in the News. Very good.
And you know what movie?It was Houston, back
to Futurist Song Back to the Future.
Yeah. Saw that movie.
And, um, anyway, that was notthe quiz. The quiz. .

(02:32):
It should be the first quizwas on What to Continent Dean.
- I think we did Australia. Yes. Right.
And then we also, and there'salways been this debate about
Australia as a separate continent,
but we are not gonna getinto that yet. I've heard of
- Oceania.
We're going with it. Oceania,
so Yeah. Continental ish. Okay.
- Yeah. And, uh,
and then we also did,um, Europe, I believe.

(02:52):
And then we also did Asia.
- Well, we did the MiddleEast with, with Australia.
Oh, right, okay. Yes. But we did do
Europe. You're right. Then
- We did those We, and then we did Asia.
Yes. Okay. And then those are the
- Four weeks.
So now we're, we're, we've
still got a couple togo, don't we? Yeah, we
- Do.
The world's a big place. What,
- What do we got? Right?
- What do we got left? We'regonna be looking at, um,
a cornucopia of culturalquizzes and concepts

(03:14):
- Oh, oh, oh.
Of culture. Oh, of culture.
Ding, ding, ding, ding,ding, ding. Dinging,
- Uh, for the African region.
Congratulations for Africa.Okay. As well as Latin America.
- Okay. Alright. Nice- Latin.
- Now let's define,let's, let's be careful.
We understand Africa,
and we said this with all
of these major continental regions.
Mm. Yes. We can dig deeplyinto, very into a lot

(03:34):
of different cultural differences.
There's North African culture,
Southern African culture, east
- African. It's a very large
- Continent.
Also massive. Absolutelymassive. Um, central African.
So, but for now, for our purposes,
we're gonna take a look at General African
cultural concepts.
Ah, okay. And how theyGeneral African and,
and how they, in other words,

(03:56):
they're shared throughout the region,
throughout the continent.
Uh, but I will specify thecountries that we're speaking of.
- Okay, good. No. Okay. I was going
to ask about some countries that,
because is Egypt consideredfor our purposes?
Is at that a African or a MiddleEastern country? Yes. Yeah.
- And this is where Ithink we can have all
- Of the- Above a lot, and we can have lots

(04:16):
of discussion on the variouspositions around these kinds of
- Issues.
I don't think we shouldtalk about those things
on a podcast like this.
. Not at all.It's not a fit at all.
Although if you look atsome of the hieroglyphics
and stuff in Egypt,they're a little kinky. You
- Know, I thought youwere gonna say they talk
about our podcast.
- No, well there's that. Yes. Well,
- There, there is that on the side.
- And some of those arekind of kinky too. So

(04:36):
- It should be.
There are some hieroglyphicson a men's room in Cairo
that talk about our podcast,
- .
Oh, good. Yes. I'm glad to hear
and movie. I'm glad to hear it.
- Well, because we'vetalked about, have we been
to these continents before?
And I have been to Egypt, but that's
- The only, well, see, that's the
- Only place in Africa I've been to
- Historically from theWest west perspective.
Um, looking at Egypt,investigating Egyptian culture,

(04:58):
you know, the, the greatclassical civilizations in Egypt,
it's always been through a European gaze.
Mm-Hmm. And so Egyptianculture has always looked,
been looked at from the, fromthe west as kind of a, a,
a non-African culture.
Hmm. But, but right nowthere is this renaissance of
investigating Egyptianculture with its roots

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to the African continentin which it, it exists.
Yeah. And, um, you know,cases can be made very,
very strongly that there's amuch greater connection, um,
in Egyptian culture toAfrican cultures than
to European cultures.
Mm-Hmm. Um, so, butclearly there's both, and,
and one can say, yeah, if youlook at North African culture,

(05:43):
it's very different from Central African.
Mm-Hmm. verydifferent from Southern African.
Mm-Hmm. , westAfrican. East African. Yeah.
And Egypt is up in thatnortheast corner. Right.
Which is very differentfrom the rest of the
- Continent.
Yeah. I would like tosee much more of Africa.
- All right, well, let's let see how
- Much you'll learn more today.
- I was gonna say, let's,uh, let's find out about,
- This'll get, you know, get your
learn passport up todate and get going. Boy.

(06:05):
- Let's go. Alright, here we go.
- Alright, here we go. Let'sdo it. I'm ready. Alright.
So, okay. Score, update.
- Oh gosh. - . Just to update everyone.
It's, it's 10 pointsper, um, correct answer.
Uhhuh Tom has120 points. Yes. Very nice.
- That's very nice.- Torin has 150 points.
- So with my bonus, I'm like at 190 with

(06:26):
- Your bonus.
Oh wait. The bonus is zero.
- Oh. But listen,
- We have, 'cause we're, are we doing, um,
we're doing Africa and LatinAmerica, is that right? Yes.
- Are okay. Right. Yeah. And we're going
to be looking at Latin America as well.
- Okay. And so there's fiveeach, five questions each again,
- Five questions each, each question has
four multiple choice answers.
The correct one is the winner. Okay.

(06:47):
- So- You have plenty of
- Opportunity to make.
There's a hundred pointsat stake here. Yeah. Yeah.
All right. Tom, I,
- Anything can happen.
I, I think you're there. I
think you're very close. You only,
- Well, I appreciate that- You only need 17 points
and you're, and you,and you take the lead.
- Yes. Think that , Uhhuh,
- This is why I went into, that's
what I'm going culturalstudies and not math, not mad.
- That's- Probably for the best. Yes.

(07:07):
All right. I'm ready. And
- Question number one, g grs throughout much
of the West and centralAfrican regions. Wait,
- Hold on.
Spell please Say thatagain and and spell it.
- G Grs. G-R-I-O-T-S. Okay.- Thank you. Nice.
- Throughout much of the West
and Central African region are,
and your choices for the correct answer,

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A, B, C, or D OTs
- A are there answers on those? Oh, okay.
- Are storytellers,musicians, actors, et cetera,
who carry on the strong oraltraditions of the region
through the retelling
and reenactment of stories,mythologies and beliefs.
- Okay. Uhhuh,-
- B OTs are individualswho act as intermediaries

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between the living and thespirits of their ancestors.
- Huh. Okay.- Mm-Hmm.
Rios C areindividuals usually representing
small, rural, tribal groupswho are looked down upon
by modern urban dwellers.
Hmm. Okay. And D GRS refers
to the transition between the rainy

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and the dry seasons in the region.
- All right. I have my answer. This
- Is West and Central African cultures.
- Can you read a again for me, please?
- A, a storytellers,musicians, actors, et cetera,
who carry on the strong oraltraditions of the region
through the retelling
and reenactment of stories,mythologies, and beliefs.

(08:37):
- Okay. I have an answer.
- Alright. Yeah. Rock,salt, pepper, and paint.
- CA. Oh, wow.
I really thought you were gonna go A
'cause you asked for it.
- I did ask for it. That c Interesting.
You don't know what's goingon as much as you think you
- Do.
No, I really thought I did.Okay. Yeah. Alright. Right.
So he said CI said A. All
- Right.

(08:58):
You said the storytellers,musicians and actors.
Yeah. Torin and
- Tom. I said C,
- C individuals usuallyrepresenting small rural,
tribal groups who are looked down upon
by modern African urban dwellers.
Yes. Come on. Right. Come on.
The answer is, gentlemen. A yes.
- .- Wow. Wow.

(09:19):
- Ooh. It's gonna betough to come back now,
- . Wow. It's
- Not at all implications for,
for non-African working in Africa.
Understand that the powerof the story is, is,
is extraordinary in African culture,
- Uhhuh.
- Sure. So if you can,if you can make your case
with stories, if you can draw parallels

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and make parallel stories,people often speak in terms,
this is a communication style issue.
Speak in metaphors withstorytelling. Mm-Hmm.
It has a powerful tratradition in Africa. Mm-Hmm.
It's going to, what's gonnamake your, it's gonna be
what makes your case notnecessarily your numbers
and your logic and your systems.

(10:01):
- Okay.- Helps to be a raconteur.
- Absolutely. Hmm.Absolutely. Very powerful.
- All right. Good. Alright.So I got points on that one.
- Sure. So Torin, yougot, um, I got 10 points.
10, 10 points. And Tom,
you got 400 pity points. Okay. ,
- You- Did get those.
I could deserve those. I'm sure.
- Moving on to number two,

(10:21):
- I'm gonna drink more beer.
Hold on. I think that's good.I, that's why Go for it.
- Ubuntu, uh, U-B-U-N-T-U,
Ubuntu in the Republic of South Africa.
Okay. So we're now lookingat Southern African culture,
specifically the nation of the Republic
of South Africa. Mm-Hmm.
- . Okay.- Ubuntu.
A refers to a list ofleadership qualities expected

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of all male tribal leaders,
or B, refers to a list ofleadership qualities expected
of all female tribal leaders.
Okay. Or c Ubuntu refers
to the communitarian ethosthat individuals are defined
by responsible to
and dependent on the larger community

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of which they are a member.
Okay. Or d Ubuntu in the Republic
of South Africa refers to a celebration
of multi-ethnicity heldannually in Pretoria.
- Huh.- Okay. I have an answer I do as
- Well.
- All right.- Rocky salted pepper.

(11:26):
- CC oh, no. Yeah,- That's correct.
- Yeah. - Refers to the communitarian ethos
that individuals aredefined by responsible to
and dependent on the larger community
of which they are a member.
You are both correct? Yeah.
- Now, had you heard this before?
Or did you, was that a guess? No, I,
- I just put it togetherby what I knew of, uh,

(11:46):
what I believed I knew
of African cultures SouthAfrican culture. Right.
- South Africa in particular. Yeah. Okay.
I I had heard the term before. No,
- If you can make yourcase as benefiting, so
- You were cheating is what
you're telling me. Uhhuh. Okay.
- Fine. In other words, cheating. Correct.
- The larger community- Yeah.
- And make your case,um, selling that idea.

(12:06):
That is a very strong pointin southern Africa. It
- Seems like a verypowerful concept. Yeah.
- It's exactly the oppositeto what we have, for example,
in the US where the individualis the one who stands out
and whatever, if the individualcan take care of themselves,
then the community will benefit. Right.
- Right.- Now in Africa, the strong,
there is a strongtradition of a strong man.

(12:28):
And the strong man is alwaysthe mo the powerful leader
coming out of a tribal leader.
Sure. The traditional tribal leader,
but the strong man is, is strong
because everyone, he's doingit for the benefit of others.
Now he of course takes careof himself of course. Right.
But the mythology is that it's being done
for the benefit of others. Yeah.

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- Right. Right. Okay. Huh. Okay.
- Okay. Number three. Yes.
In African culture, dashDASH. Okay. Alright.
In Nigeria and West Africa, okay.
A is a frequently usedrequest for fast tracking
and individual to a position of authority.

(13:09):
- Huh.- In Nigeria and West Africa.
B is a term for payment similar
to the Arabic notion of bish.
Usually the payment of a fee made in order
to get something done inthe extreme, it can be seen
as a bribe in moderation.
It's merely a tip.
- Okay. Okay.- Dash in Nigeria

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and West Africa, C refersto a unique dialect
of haa spoken mainlyby the business elite.
- Hmm. Okay. Okay.
- Dash in Nigeria
and West Africa, d refersto a specific hand gesture
used by shopkeepers toalert each other, each other

(13:50):
to the presence ofshoplifters in the market.
- Wow. Huh.- Okay. I have an answer.
- I do too. I'm not confident
on it, but I'm gonna go with it.
- I'm extremely confident in that. Whoa.
Extremely confident in that. Look at you.
That's right. Ready?
- Yes. I Pepper and salt- BB oh .

(14:10):
- Wow. Attorney for payment.
Similar to the Arabic notionof Bish. You are both correct.
- Yeah. Alright. Yeah.
- That is dash. Andagain, the implication for
non Nigerians
and non-West Africans,
you're gonna encounterdash wherever you go.
Okay. It can be as innocent as a tip
for a small service likesomeone carrying your

(14:31):
bags to your hotel room.
Yeah. But it can be as notorious
and ethically compromising as needing
to make a powerful bribe in order
to get somebody to dowhat. Sure. Do what needs
- To be done.
Sure. It's a wide range. Okay. Yeah.
- That was Nigeria and Western
Africa. Right. West Africa. Okay.
- Okay. Okay. Interesting. Still
- Seen as, um, somethingthat needs to be dealt with

(14:53):
as a problem, but also
- Not a problem.
- Ubiquitous and Yeah.With us nevertheless.
Right, right, right. Okay. Number four.
Okay, question number four outta five.
What's the score, by the way? The
- Score is Tom one 40 to 180.
- You had to bring that up,didn't you? It's gonna be tough
- To beat, but there'sstill plenty of time.
- Am I, am I,

(15:14):
- Are you number four?
? Unfortunately, Ithink it refers to a cultural
concept within the cornucopiaof cultural concepts
that we're referring to of culture.
Of culture. , that you're all familiar with.
- Doda Doda,- That too. Go ahead. Actually Marabou.

(15:34):
Oh, M-A-R-A-B-O-U-T. Wait,
- Wait, wait, sorry, spell that
- Again.
M-A-R-A-B-O-U-T Marabou in
Senegal and much of West Africa.
Okay. RA literally means to wander
and refers to a respectedgroup of hermetic.
Itinerant tribes believed topossess magical powers. Okay.

(15:57):
Huh. Marabou in Senegalis BA derogatory term
for a wealthy local individualwho has amassed his fortune
by working with foreignorganizations perceived
to exploit the local people.
- Wow. Alright.- A mabu in Senegal is c religious
and sometimes tribal leader with equal

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or greater power than political
or governmental authorities. Hmm.
- Okay.- And d Mabu in Senegal
and much of West Africa refers
to the highest ranking members
of any clan group in the region.
- Okay. Wow.- Okay.
- Huh.- All right.

(16:39):
I have one again. I'm not confident, but
- Yeah, I'm sticking.
I'm really not confident atall on this one. Yeah, no. Um,
- Remember gentlemen, if you're not sure
what you did on the SAT,
- We do know that.
Yes. C . All right.
Uh, I think I really did dothat on the SAT. All right.
I'm ready. Yeah, I am too.
It is a good strategy, butit, it doesn't have to be C

(17:00):
but it has to be consistentletter every time.
Right. The same one every time. Yep.
- Okay, we're ready. Alright.- Peppered salt.
- A d. Ooh.- Okay, so I'm a you're
- DA - Literally two reallydifferent meanings too
and refers to a respective group
of hermetic itinerant tribes believe
to possess magical powers.
That's not it. And you, Tom, come on

(17:21):
- Baby. Yeah.
- He really needs, what- Was it? D
- Refers to the highest ranking members
of any clan group in the region. No,
- No.
You get chance to
- Make up.
Marabou is a religious
and sometimes tribal leader with equal
or greater power than any political
or governmental authority.
Is that C? That is C.
- C. It's C again. C He keepssaying, see, and I keep away

(17:45):
- Giving it away, guys.
- See, I know you- Are, you've really tried to help
- Us. Wow.
- Oh man. Okay.
- And again, the important point
for somebody working inthis region is that just
because you filled out all the paperwork
and did all the right things
to get you into the countryin order to do business there.
Yeah. It's not gonna be enough.
Did you build a relationshipwith the local Mbu.

(18:05):
- Mbu. Gotcha. And
- There's this two-tiered system in
Africa, in much of Africa.
West, central, south and East. Okay.
Africa of, um, there's the government
and then there of thelocal tribal leaders.
Mm-Hmm. . Okay.And you gotta have both on your
side in order to getanything done. Mm. Right.
- Wow. Okay.- Alright. Last question.

(18:26):
- Okay, we got, here wego. All right. All right.
- See if we can bounce back.- Yeah.
- Amma a double.- MAA double M.
- A. Okay. Next word. Sga. S-A-N-G-A.
- Oh, this is this Amma Sangha.
- No. Two separate words.- Two separate words. SNGA. Okay.
- Amma comma sga. Okay.
Not am sga, but am

(18:47):
- Amma. I gotcha. sga.
- Yeah. Separation.- Am sga. Uhhuh and mungo.
M-U-L-U-N-G-U-M-O-L-U-M-U-L-M-U-U-N-G-U.
Okay. Am sga
and Mungo in West and East Africa.
A are terms that describe different forms

(19:09):
of appropriate greetingsin the regions. Okay.
- Okay.- B, terms of endearment used
by adults when speaking with children.
- Okay. Alright.- C Terms that refer to the degree
of deference, one must showwhen addressing individuals
of greater status and rank.
- Huh? Okay. Huh?

(19:29):
- Or D terms that define the ultimate God.
The ruling spirit of the universe.
- Oh boy.- Okay. Okay. All right. I got an answer.
I do too.
- Again. Not
- Well.
I, I have no faith in it whatsoever.
Yeah, but I have an answer. Yeah.
- Amma, sga and mungo

(19:51):
or refer to A, B, C, or D.
Salt. Rock, pepper, scissors.
- A D.- . I was
- DI was a and he
- Was a I was gonna go C butI changed it last minute.
- Yeah. Well,- So Tom, you you're,
- Oh, I've missed it again.
- You're, you're in- Good grief, .

(20:19):
- Let's wait and see becauseyou are in the
in the catchup seat.
Yeah. We're gonna take your answer first.
- Oh, is that why? Yes. Oh, okay.
- . And you, you, you chose
- A, a- Terms that define different forms
of appropriate greetings. Yes. In region.
- Yes.- No .

(20:40):
That's not, oh, go ahead and laugh. Torin
- Not right either. Yes.
- And your answer was D termsthat define the ultimate God,
the ruling spirit of theuniverse. You are correct.
- Oh no, you're so loyal.
- Really at the last minute.I was gonna go C and changed
- It. Uh, and, and
- Oh, this is completely rigged
because of this, I refuseto accept the results.

(21:03):
Oh no,
- You got- The, please
- Accept- The results.
Torin, you got the payolaenvelope written. Yeah, yeah.
- Again, let's wait till the end.
- Alright. I'm sorry a minute.
Oh yeah, we'll do it
after the little bit ofdash for the, for the, oh,
- There you go.
Dash. See. Very appropriate. See, yeah.
- Yeah. These are all differenttribal groups have different
names for, but one of the,again, the implications
for non-African working in the region is

(21:25):
that there is this verystrong spiritual belief
that pervades all of, uh,all of African culture
really, but getting strongeras we go west, south, and east.
Okay. And, uh, has many different names
and many aspects of it, ofcourse reveal themselves
through the African, um, um,diaspora to the Americas.

(21:49):
Hmm. And we have differentaspects of, of that here in,
in African American culture.
Hmm. Um, but it's powerfulin Africa still today. Hmm.
And this idea of this great spirit
that can be accessed either directly
or indirectly through the influence
of key people like Marabou.

(22:10):
Oh, okay. Which is why individuals build
their relationships with
- Marabou. Okay. Yeah. Right.
- Wow.- Um, so very much,
very much important parts of African
- Culture. Yeah,
- Yeah.
Yeah. So how'd you do?
- Okay. I did quite well, Ibelieve. Did you? Oh, yes. Okay.
I, I'm pretty sure. I think
- You're further behind though.
- How does that work? Uh, wellI've still got a bunch of,

(22:31):
bunch of points out there to get, so Yeah.
- . Well,
- If you wanna know the score.
No, I don't. I don't wannaknow the score. No one does.
All the listeners right now aregoing, we really don't care.
'cause it's not really about the score. I
- See. That's what you think. Huh?
- It's not about thescore as much as it is.
I think they care very muchabout the, you know, the culture
that we, that we're discussing.

(22:52):
- This is the important point. Those are
- The only thing. Think the score matter
- At- All. Not at all. And
- That makes you feel better.
- Not at all. Oh, it's,does it make me feel better?
? I don't know thatthat's possible right now You
- Can have another beer. I think
- You'll feel bad.
I bet I'll feel much better.Yes, definitely. Uhhuh, you
- Can always medicalize this issue.
- . That's right. Exactly.
- Um, so you have one,

(23:12):
- Oh, I'm getting a scoreanyway. That's right. Okay.
- Tom has 140 Uhhuh. Torin has one 90.
- Okay. So a little bit ahead. So yeah.
- So I have to get each one wrong. Uhhuh.
And you have to get each one. Right.
Okay. In for Latin America.
- So you're saying there's a chance to tie
- and I don't know
what the tiebreakermeans. Did you hear that?
- Left the tie?
- I know. It's, it's just taunting.

(23:33):
It's, it's, it's worst. And then we
- Figure out a time period of time.
But we're, let's not do it now
'cause we No, no one are thechances of what's gonna happen.
- Let, let's get, because well,
we can deal with it later, but, Mm-Hmm.
because I'm sure we're gonna
have to, but Oh, for sure.
But let's, let's get toit. I'd say let's go.
I I say let's get to, let's it
to Latin America. We're Alright.
- Our final continent.

(23:57):
- Final continent fortoday, Latin America.
And we're gonna look at LatinAmerican cultural concepts in
the cornucopia of LatinAmerican culture. Of
- Culture.
Of culture. Of culture.The culture, culture.
This is the final. Final.This is it. Alright,
- Now this is it.
- As with the world, this is,well we might do it game the
last today.
- Well, but of our continental,
- Of, of our triplet, whatever it is,

(24:19):
- Of culture,- Our drinking and, and gaming Triplett.
- Yes. And our final episode- Of 2023
- .
- Here's another beer. .
- Alright, we've got- Gentlemen, anyways happen.
- Here we go. Five questions. Yes.
Each question has only one correct answer.
And I have, there are four choices,

(24:39):
four multiple choiceanswers to each question.
- C , he's already won. Is
- That your answer for all of them?
Yes. . And you win. Yay. That's
- It.
- And what did we,well, we haven't learned
- Anything about culture.
Do we have any, uh, partinggifts from me? Right.
We have to learn about culture.Okay, let's go through,
do we have we ? All right,

(25:00):
- Go ahead.
Question number one. Yes. Okay.
And I think you're all familiar with this.
- Are we? Oh,- Are we jio?
- Absolutely. Spell it- Please. Jio.
J-E-I-T-I-N-H-O. Oh,
- I can't- Spell it.
Jio a Portuguese word.Oh, okay. In Brazil. Oh,
- Okay. Mm.
- Okay. Tino and Brazil.

(25:21):
A refers to the traditionof always Downing three
caps when toasting an honored guest.
- Okay. Ah,- Okay.
- Which is what I do allthe time. Absolutely. Day.
- Absolutely. I've been doing all, all the
time here. Right. Don't,
- You don't even have a term for it.
- You just, just do it.
- Just do it. Right. That's just life.
Tino in Brazil, b is a disparaging term
for the racial differences

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that exist within the country. There's
- An awful lot of disparagingterms I want to say. I I
- Haven't chosen any of 'em. Condition.
- No, I haven't chosen any of 'em.
- ? No, I'm not that one.
- Jino. Brazil. Yeah.
C is an expression
of pride in the multiracialmakeup of Brazilian culture.
- Oh, the opposite. Okay.That is what that is.

(26:03):
Torrance Gas rightthere. Well, maybe, maybe
- and Tino in Brazil.
The final possible answerd describes a process
of fixing things or situations.
A workaround, even if not quite correct.
As long as the outcome solves the problem.
- Huh?- Huh. Okay. Okay. Alright.

(26:25):
I have an answer. I don't toolate. I'm sorry. You lose Oh,
- Oh.
Eh, time's up. You've
- Actually forfeitedthe entire game. Oh no.
- Katie, I just hit mychin on the microphone.
It may be the Allagash. Um, .
This is the beer I'm having.Um, Dean, can you repeat
- DD if you- Don't mind.
Yeah. The last one. Tino inBrazil describes a process

(26:45):
of fixing things orsituations at workaround,
even if not quite correct.
As long as the outcome solves the problem.
- Oh, okay. Okay. I I, I'm, I'm locked in.
- Tom, are- You ready? I'm ready. All
- Right. Yeah.
- Rock, pepper, pepper.Ready, pepper, scissors.
Oh, I've been d uh, no,I just lost. I just lost.

(27:07):
You've already lost. . Oh, .
I hate to break it to you. Get out. I
- Just need to get one of- Five.
The new producer for. Oh, they are now.
- Alright. And the answer is A I was,
it's not correct. Oh, it's
- D It's- Alright.
I was actually, I was between A and
- D, so I'm pretty sure I get extra
points 'cause I was right on it.

(27:27):
- I, I like the traditionof downing needing
to down three. Caper. Absolutely
- Toasting.
'cause we just talked about caper,
- Which is what I did- Alcohol episode a few episodes
- Back, which is what Idid with the lizard in my,
in my hotel room in Brazil.
- Right. That's right. But I
- Thought that term may have come up
and that just, so I thought maybe it's
- Not.
Well, I did, I said to thelizard, I said, listen.
Oh, I see. You know, we'regonna be real j Chino here.

(27:49):
Uhhuh .Okay, gotcha. ,
because I had more than threecaps and so did you, and
- If you don't know whatwe're talking about,
go to episode 42. .
- Alright. No, it's actuallyvery similar to the,
in the previous episode wetalked about Juga in India. Yes.
- Yeah. - Right. It's similarto this idea of a workaround
because we don't have Surethe resources to do Right.
Do things in a more formalway. Uhhuh .

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But in Brazil it's, it'sa little bit more of a it,
even if it's not correct.
Even if it's illegal. Mm-Hmm.
- , even- If
- It's not, but it gets the job done
- If it's got too muchshadiness attached to it.
Yeah. And maybe someproblems attached to it.
Listen, if it gets the job done
- Enough, go with it's enough. It
- Is often forgiven. Yeah.
- Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. All

(28:32):
- Interesting.
- Number two, questionnumber two out of five.
Number two, Tom, number two, think.
I think you're, you're getting close.
- Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm making a
rush to the finish here. I think
- We'll all need about nine points and
- Hey, I got that last one right. Torin,
- You gotta watch out.
- Okay. I'm scared.- I got
that last one right. I'm ona run here. You did really
- Nervous.
You're a hundred percent right.
- That's right. Right. Here we go.
- Number. Okay. Questionnumber two, Reon. Okay.

(28:56):
Reon. Yes. R-E-P-A-R-A-C-I-O-Nlike reparation.
Gotcha. Yeah. Reon In Cuba.
- In Cuba. Okay. A
- Refers to the payments
that the Cuban governmentbelieves must be made
by the US at some futuredate to compensate
for the decades old US trade embargo.

(29:16):
- Okay. All right.- B refers
to the continual renewal
and refurbishing of old things in order
to keep them operatinglike the cars. Mm-Hmm.
- . Alright.- In Cuba,
C refers to the enduring sidehustle that most Cubans have
to undertake in order to get by.

(29:38):
- Okay. Okay.- And D, last answer.
Ion in Cuba refers to the immigration
of Venezuelans leavingVenezuela for work in Cuba.
A, B, C, or D.
- Interesting. I've gotan answer. I do too.
- All right. Rock, scissors, salt.

(29:59):
- B, A. All right. I saidA I said B Tom said B
- Tom- Said, oh.
Crying out loud. Wow. Yes.Let's start there. .
Now I have familiarity withSpanish. Oh, I'm so happy.
And it's not doing meany good at all here.
First of all, we hadBrazilian Portuguese. Yeah.

(30:21):
And now we have the CubanSpanish, which we already knew
what the meaning withthe, with the word was.
I don't know Spanish, but I, so it's not
helping me at all. Yeah.
- Referring to the continual renewal
and refurbishing of old things.
Yeah. Such as the cars,which definitely happens,
but that's not that bad on and Mm-Hmm.
And to, in you chose
- A, he went for the moneyfrom the United States. Uh,
- The repayment.

(30:41):
Yeah. Okay. The answer is C,
the enduring side hustle thatmost Cubans have to have to do
to take in order to get by daily.
- Well, I did think aboutthat. Does that count?
Yeah, I did too. I did Did you
- Think about it?
I did. I give him, givehim a hundred points.
- . I think weeach got five
because we did consider it.
Yep. Yeah.

(31:03):
- I think you were close. Yeah.
Well, and you both, likeyou were both right before
and now you were both wrong.So doesn't that count for
- Something?
Well, you see, in my case,what I was thinking of was
that these individualCubans were having to
redo these things that they had,
which was their side hustleto keep them going. Yeah.

(31:24):
- Yeah. - And so I believeI'm a hundred percent correct
on that one actually.
- Yeah, you are. I mean, you were correct.
You just didn't say it .
- You just, you'recorrect. You're just not,
I see's the thing I see.
You gotta circle the,that's pretty much the story
of how I've been doing. Yeah, that's
- Right.
That's right. Well, let's see how, if you,
how you improve with number
- Three, five.
I'm gonna get into thebeer. Hang on. Right.
, I'm not paying attention.
I'm just picking letters now.

(31:44):
I'm finishing my second,so it doesn't matter.
, the beer is obviouslyhelping me. Obviously.
I'm saying I'm giving allthe credit to the beer.
It really is . That'sAllagash, uh, all that's right.
Out of Maine. Who canBeautiful. Absolutely.
Become a sponsor of this brew.It's my favorite beer. Yeah.
Of any beer. It's a very nicebeer. Please sponsor us. Yes.
- Okay. Question number three. .
Here we go. In Mexico.

(32:06):
- Okay.- Malin hemo.
Ah, A describes anattitude of disrespecting
and disparaging one's own culture.
In this case, the disparagingof Mexican culture
by Mexicans.
- Okay. Specifically that. Okay.
- B Malin chimo refers toa form of silent machismo
where men in authorityat work prevent equally

(32:28):
or better qualified womenfrom accessing positions
of similar authority.
- Okay.- D Smo is a nonverbal hand
signal that indicates agreement
often used at business negotiations.
- Hmm. Okay.- And d the last answer,
Malin chimo in Mexicorefers to an annual harvest

(32:51):
festival in Chiapas,
that local indigenous groupshave expanded into a major
regional celebration of theirpre-Columbian traditions.
- Okay.- Okay.
Can you, uh, reread orsummarize a for me please?
- Describes an attitude of disrespecting
and disparaging one's ownculture, in this case,

(33:14):
the disparaging of Mexicanculture by Mexicans.
- Okay. Thank you.- I have my answer.
- I do also.- And
rock paper, scissors.
- A,- B.
Interesting. I said BI
- Said a- Dorin.
You referred to a form of silent machismo

(33:35):
where men in authorityat work prevent equally
or better qualified womenfrom accessing positions
of similar authority. You're not right.
- Really? Mm. Okay.- And Tom, you chose
- A,- Describes an attitude of districting
and disparaging one's own culture.
Mexican culture byMexicans. You are correct.
- Ah-Huh? .- Can I, can I dispute ?

(33:59):
- Actually, actually,what you can do now is be
very quiet .
Because, because you just earned yourself
so much face in Japan. .
- There we go. Nice.- You know, it, it reminded me of
what you just did of, and it's sweet.
It's really, oh, it'skind of nice. .

(34:20):
- Really? We're goingto Nice and sweet now.
- Yeah. Thank you. It's like, like, wow.
Like, you know, in baseball, in Japan,
the losing team never loses by much.
Mm-Hmm. Because the winning team, right.
Just, just fumbles know Exactly.
Happening to stay just ahead
- To win.
Oh. Is that what's going on? Being mer
- I think Mercy being,this was a mercy and that's

(34:41):
- Exactly what's happening.
You people are the lowest. Was that?
It was that. No, I willsay this, I just complained
because my knowledge of Spanishhadn't helped me at all.
And it absolutely helped me on that one.
Well, but we How was that?MAL is bad in Spanish.
Well, yeah, exactly. Exactly.
And a chimo I know too. So, right. But
- However bad behavior.

(35:03):
But, but it's deeper than that, right?
- Yeah. But, but if you fitmore than others, episode,
- Hold on.
Episode 40, we discussed La Malke
- La culture. Right? And who was she?
- So I thought it was referringto, it was La la Malke who,
um, was, I'm forgettingthe, um, conquistador

(35:25):
- Cortez. Cortez
- Cortez.
Right. The pig farmer. Right.
Um, who enslaved Ma
and Malke could speakmany different languages.
- And so she, I including Spanish
and her local language. Right.
- And so she was useful, um, you know, in,
in sort of helping in that way.
But she was forced to do so.
But in Mexican culture, shewas considered as a betrayer

(35:47):
for many, for, for,
- You know, because she led Cortez.
- 'cause she assisted Cortes- To Mata. Zuma. Right.
- And so, in my mind, Ithought, okay, it's so,
it's a putting down ofwoman, women in the,
and culturally it's, you know, machismo.
So that's why, that's why I wanna be,
- But that's really all, you know,
you are working from a very recent
reexamination of Malin Chimo.
That was my issue. Machismo traditionally.

(36:08):
And I knew too muchhistorically. You knew too much.
- Well, let smarty pants,lemme point out something here.
I was too weak and forward.
This is, this is torn alsoreferring to his phone
and looking up previous episode episodes.
That's all I looked up. So
that he can then referencethem with information.
This is how he's winning. Winning.

(36:28):
I looked up No. Clearly how he's
- Winning.
Listen, no, we very,
- I, on the other hand- And just trying
- Advanced run the equipment for recording
and doing the job that I'm intended to do.
- We have very- Advanced equipment
and being nice, clever and so forth.
- And all there, there's a firewall
of Google here. We don't allow Google.
- Oh, is that right? Can't lookit up. Is that right? I It's

(36:50):
- Impossible.
Yeah. If you try It doesn't work.
- Uhhuh. We've- Got everything else
works. We've got every, just
- Not that , which is kind
of amazing since I'mactually working through
that firewall right now.
But, all right. Nevertheless, all,
- Okay.
- So can you just, I'm, I'mnot saying anything negative.
I'm just saying, I'm justpointing something out. Of course.
That's all I'm doing. So,
- Okay.
So I'm sorry. Can youexplain a, if, if you,

(37:11):
- Yeah, because traditionallyMalin Chimo was a,
a putting down of women.
Mm. Um, and, and used as amachismo, an element of machismo.
Mm-Hmm. In Mexico. Mm.
Um, but the re the morerecent reinterpretation
of Malin Chi is that shewas a woman to be admired.
Mm-Hmm. She did what she hadto do to survive. Mm-Hmm.

(37:31):
Right, right. And so you wereworking from that. Mm-Hmm.
. And, and,
and the actual understanding
of the term is the more traditional one.
- So, so a is, I'm sorry,say what a was again. It
- Describes an attitude of disrespecting
and disparaging one's own culture.
Um, as she did. Right.She betrayed. Oh, I see.

(37:53):
- Zuma. That was, that was the perception.
- That was the perception.Right, right. Gotcha.
Because she came, she sawCortez was the guy who was now,
she wanted to throw her lot in with, uh,
'cause he was, he was,he looked like the guy
who was gonna be taking over.
Right. So she betrayed Zumaand hooked up with him.
I got you. Interesting. The old tradition.
- Right. Okay. Interesting. Right.
- Okay. Alright. Alright.So Tom gets 120 points on

(38:18):
- Excellent. Excellent. But that
- Wasn't apparent. And
- Oh, it's very apparent. .
- I told you I was competitive.
- You're a sore winner also. Yeah,
- I was kind of just sore. Yeah.
- Whoa, whoa. Well, I'm sorry.
Maybe some cream will help you. A sore
- Winner is,- Well, hey, see that?
Ooh.

(38:39):
- All right. I'm, I'm walking- Away.
Game shows. Get my competitive juice.
- Go. I'm, and we are moving on number
- Four. How many do
- We have left? Oh, only two
- Left.
Four out of five. Here weare simpatico in Columbia.
Oh, in Columbia. Okay.S-I-M-P-A-T-I-O-I-T-I-C-O. Mm-Hmm.
Okay. Yes. Simpatico in Columbia, a refers
to an unachievablestate of perfection used

(38:59):
as a standard againstwhich the quality of things
and people is often judged. Okay.
- Uhhuh- Simpatico in Columbia B is similar
to the Asian notion of not losing face,
but without the obligationto make face for others.
- Huh. Okay. Wow.
- Okay. Simpatico inColumbia Sea refers to anyone

(39:21):
who is impeccably and fashionably dressed.
- Uhhuh.- Okay.
- And the last possibleanswer, simpatico in Columbia
is a term used to describea sense of shared attitude,
perspective, or chemistry between people.
- Okay.- Okay. All right. I know the answer.

(39:41):
- I, I think I do too,
but yeah, I'm, I'm gonnago with it. We'll see.
- All right. I'm ready.- Me too.
- Rocky scissors paper- D Yeah. A term used,
- Because it's also, it'sbecome an English term,
- A sense of shared attitude, perspective,
or chemistry between peopleoften used as an explanation as

(40:02):
to why certain people are easy
or difficult to get along with. Mm,
- Yes.
- Right. Like we're simpatico. Yes.
- Right. And it's used in,
we're vibing we're it's used in English
as Anglos in American English
because of the influence of Hispanic part.
That's right. Particularly Mexican
and South American culture.
- Absolutely.- Okay. I didn't know it came from that.
So that's interesting. Yeah. Yes. Okay.
Now is it from Columbia specifically or?

(40:22):
- No, it's used in a lot of,a lot of countries. Okay.
Um, Hispanic countries inthe region. Okay. Yeah.
Interesting. And you know,it's a complicated region
as old ma big regions are.
Mm-Hmm. Um, it's mainly Hispanic,
but not only Hispanic. Yeah.
- Okay. Right, right. The
- Largest, the largest country in Latin
America is not Latin.
Mm-Hmm. Well, it's Latin,

(40:43):
but it's certainly notHispanic. Right, right.
- It's Brazil. So, which is very large,
which we've talked about also, um, in,
in si just, just in size.
Um, so many people inNorth America don't realize
the size of Brazil.
- And even the languagesthat are spoken in Hispanic,
Latin America, I think, I thinkif you add up the majority
of languages that arespoken in Mexico Mm-Hmm.

(41:05):
It's almost 50% of the peoplespeak as a first language,
their indigenous language.
- Mm-Hmm. . Sure.- Not Spanish.
- Yeah. Right. Yeah.
- The complications andupon complications. Right.
Last question, gentlemen,
- This- Is your chance.
- Are we fireworks or- Anything? This
- Has got extra points.
Doesn't this one have extra points? This
- One has 500 points. Wait, I forgot

(41:25):
- Two points for that letter.
500 points. 500
- Points.
Okay. So fi so final, well,not final score update,
but second pen, ultimate score update.
Tom, one 70, torn two 10. So
- You just need to get,so I can easily catch it.
- You just need to get 50 points and I
- Will get to, well, thisis a 500 point question.
- Is it? Okay. This is,- This is 500 point
- Question.
This probably will decidethe winner. I see, I
- See.

(41:46):
- Uhhuh. Okay. It a 500 point question.
Well, for me it's a five question
that may not be for you. Okay. Sure.
- Heard me. It's negative 500.
- What? That's exactly right. .
- Now, here- We go. All right, I'm ready.
Just say I'm ready. Ohboy. The final question.
- - Lada.
- Excuse me. La
- Okay.
Ga Gda.
G-A-U-C-H-A-D-A. Gda.

(42:09):
- Okay. - Guda. Okay. Spellthat again for me please.
- G-A-U-C-H-A-D-A.- Okay.
- La gda. Mm-Hmm. in, I said that wrong.
La Gda in Argentina. Okay. Mm-Hmm.
- .- And I'm gonna add here as a hint,
specifically in Argentina.

(42:30):
- Okay.- Okay. Uhhuh
- A is a term used mainly byresidents of Buenos Aires,
is when referring to people
of the rural interiornorth of the country.
- Okay. Okay.- Lada.
Ada B is a term usedto describe the unique
and still active Fagan cultureon the extreme Southern

(42:51):
Argentinian island of Ra del
- Ah, I want go there. Okay. Uhhuh,
- The fire land- C Lada
ostensibly means a gift,
but really describes the common practice
of requesting someone'shelp to solve a problem
that asks them to go out oftheir way in order to do so.

(43:14):
- Hmm. Okay. Okay.
- And d the final possible answer.
La ga chadda refers to theconditions La ga chadda
of having gained too much weight due
to overindulging in sweets and desserts.
- Huh. Wow. Okay.

(43:35):
I I, I have
- No clue as in suffering from the
lada uhhuh or,
- So I'm gonna go with the one I like.
- I , I I actuallyhave one I like and,
and the one I believe it is.
So I'm gonna go with the oneI believe it is. All right,
- We're ready.

(43:55):
- Rock, scissors, paper- A. Which one did you do?
- B? 'cause I want togo to Ro del quick. Oh,
- Well if I'm, I'm, I'mhoping that I'm, I'm
- Into tear though. Have you? Yes.
- Have you been to theNational park there?
I was just looking it up. Oh.
Did you ride the end of the world train?
- No. Oh no. We were there on the way to,

(44:16):
on the way to Antarctica. Yeah.
- Oh, sure. Right. Oh,- Right. Sch
- Speaking of Sea. Ihaven't brought that, that
- There you go.
Antarctica. Yeah. We'll talk about, no,
I brought up up two episodes ago.
Did you? At the very beginningof the episode. Oh, yep.
Okay. Yep. And, uh, I've been discounted.
No, as I've penguins, thes entire,
these three episodes were penguins.
Penguins is the answerevery time Penguins. So,

(44:37):
- But you know, one of the,interestingly, the, the ancient,
uh, uh, Fagan culture isreally not alive anymore.
I mean, it's not active.There, there, there are,
there are people who trace the roots and,
and refer to themselves as Fagan.
Yeah. But one of the, um,the, one of the issues is
that the fagans werebasically, um, nudists really.
They did not dress upas far as we know. That

(45:00):
- Seems weird given thatthat's gonna get cold.
Right? Yeah. This time
of the year, it'd be kind of chilly there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Or this time of the year,it'd be warm there. Actually,
- No, it's winter there- Not in December,
which is when this was coming out.
- Ah, . Well, yes, , that,
- That's in- Parentheses. Well, that's in
- Parentheses. You didn't hear

(45:21):
- That. We may
- Be recording earlierthan when this is coming
- Out.
Hold on, listeners. You
didn't hear That's significantly earlier.
I get another beer, . Here you go.
No, I just pour it in mymouth. That'll be fine.
- Thank you. So Torin,your answer was, uh,
- It was B Yeah.
- Referring to the ancient GaN, which
- I don't think is right. But
- Go Fagan culture sounds- Really wrong right now.
- It it really is wrong.. It really is.

(45:42):
- Oh, no, I lose points on that. Oh,
- Yeah. You
- Lost 500 points on,- Oh, no
- Luck- Out your answer. Tom
- .
Mine was, I be, I think it was a,
was about the people in the,
in northern part of thecountry. I'm pretty sure,
- Uh, a term used mainly by residents
of Buenos Aires when referring to people
of the rural interiornorth of the country.
Yes. Yeah. That was your answer. Yes.

(46:04):
Yeah. Both of you were wrong.
- Oh, no. Oh,- You had a shot, Tom. You had
- A shot.
Really? It's a,
- If the answer is C, it it, oh, of
- Course.
- It's, it refers to a gift,
but it really means the common practice
- Question.
Yeah. Was my next bet's help Yeah.
- Of requesting someone's help
- That specifically requiresthem to go out of their way.

(46:26):
So you apologize for the,for the intrusion and the,
and the need for them to goout of their way to help you.
- Okay.- And this really talks to a lot
of issues in Argent, in Argentine culture.
Hmm. Um, because, you know, the people
who founded the Europeans,who came to the Southern Cone

(46:48):
once Europeans startedcoming to South America,
came much later than the conquistadors.
Mm-Hmm. . So,Argentina, Uwe, Powe, these are
19th century Europeans whohave notions of expectations
that the government'sgonna take care of me.
Mm-Hmm. . Right. And
that we're all in it together.
Right, right. And, um, so thisidea of when things go south,

(47:11):
of being able to depend on Mm-Hmm.
Uh, hopefully the government.
But if, if you, if it'sa leftist government,
if it's a rightist government, maybe not,
although the petista were rightist,
but in some way getting help because,
because you deserve it.
And because people should help each other.
This is what this term
- Refers to.

(47:31):
I'm sorry, I don't understandthat concept at all.
, uh, I, livinghere in the United States,
it seems like a foreign concept to me.
Completely. Yeah. Unfortunately.
- So neither of you .
- Interesting. Okay. Huh. So neither
of us got that last one. And
- You could have had 500 extra points,
but you lost 500 points.
So nobody wins. And next time we're on

(47:52):
- I to- The next culture quiz,
- Tom has final scores, one 70 to in two
- 10, same as the penultimate.
But, um, . So it, it,it, I, what I did with on
that one is I went, well, thank you.
But it, maybe it was,
maybe it wasn't, but it was, it was fun.
It was, it, it was fun. And thesee went with it quite well.
Went, I went, when, whenyou described it as being

(48:12):
specifically Argentinian,I went with Gauchos. Yeah.
- 'cause I said gda. Oh, I knewthat was gonna trip you up.
- And it's a hda probably because
- You kept leaning into your spouse.
- I know. I know,- I know. And there were times you just
- Can't do that.
I thought, okay, maybe it'sthe gauchos, and they may be,
and I'm, I'm trying to thinkwhere were they centered,
but that same idea still works,

(48:35):
because I really thoughthard about C mm-Hmm.
Because that, thatcorrecting answer, they had
- To depend on each other. They
- Independent on each other.
And those particular people
who were like cowboysin the United States.
Right. Like cowboys. Right, right.
They were people whowould help others out even
if they had to go out of their way.
Oh, yeah. Which is the cowboytradition in the US too.
Right, right, right. And it'svery similar of that. Yeah.

(48:56):
Yeah. Very similar. So, yeah. Yeah.
- But, but you didn't go there, did you?
- I, I think I might have once Did
- He thought of, let's check- Back on
this, on the recording.
- Let's the Tom, once again, you thought
of the right answer, but you said,
- I said the wrong, Ijust got the wrong letter.
That's all. That's
- All it was. All right. So we'll
- Give it to you.
Oh, thank you. Oh, well. Sure. So I
- Win if you like, but you still lose.
I win.

(49:17):
- All right. Well,congratulations. But you
- Know what, we Well, thank you.
But we all made, because we had fun
and we learned, we learnedmany cultural concepts, didn't
- We?
It all so easy to say that from the
privileged position of being the
winner. But thank you for that.
- No, it's very, it'svery easy to say from
- That position. You're
- Exactly right. I,
- Lemme me say it that way.
You don't have, oh,there you go. Suffer. Oh,
- Oh, yes.
And I did suffer fromyour highfalutin, uh,

(49:38):
from your throne. That's
- Right. Right from your throne.
- Well, we didn't establishwhat the person who wins Will,
will win, will be awarded
- What the person willour undying respect.
Or at least until theend of the episode. No,
- What the person wins.
Okay. What the person wins.
- It's greater knowledge. I- Mean, I'll take it
- ,- But the person

(49:58):
- Wins.
We're getting you anotherbeer actually. Okay. That
- Works too.
Is a free set of my books. . Yeah.
- Again, otherwise- I was paying
- For 'em.
More of them. ,
- Which you can orderDear listener on Amazon.
There we, yes you can. And you can,
if you really wanna dig intosome of these cultural concepts
of this cornucopia
of cultural conceptsof culture, of culture,

(50:21):
- Of culture, , culturalculturally, culture, check
- Out, very important.
Check, check out the culturequizzes on on My Substack.
There you go. There yougo. Dean Foster Global
dot. Substack. ComCom.
- What's that? On com.- Dean foster global
dot substack com.
- Go there. - I got the linkin the show notes. .
- Well, this was great fun. It was
- Wonderful fun. This
- Was fun.
And I should say it'sappropriate, we ended on Argentina

(50:41):
because we have an episode about shoes
and Argentinian pink underwear.Ooh. Which is really about
- New, an early one,- Which is yes.
Number three coming
- Up towards- Something
- That we've done.
Well, that was episode number three,
but it was really aboutNew Year's celebrations.
That's right. That we're a fewyears from on the Gregorian
calendar from New Year's. So happy a
- Few years, a few- Months from months, few weeks, months.
We're December 28th.
This is coming out. So we're few months.
- Yeah, we're a few, a few weeks from,

(51:02):
from, actually you said years,
- Few months.
Oh, I meant say a few days.
- Correction. Correction.
- A few. It's the beer. Afew days from a new year.
So happy that almost 20, 24 forthose who observed the good,
- Greg.
And you can find out aboutthe New Year's tradition
of always wearing pink underwear.
Yes. If you're there, you go by listening
to our episode number three.
- Number three. Number three,

(51:23):
go back and check that one out.
- And it is Argentinian, not Argentine.
You'll. That's right. Find out why in
- The episodes, yes, you will.
There's much, many, manythings about, because year's
- And the holidays, this is,
- Oops, your culture's showing smell ya.

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