Ep 298: General Trivia

A new week means new questions! Hope you have fun with these!

Mn is the chemical symbol for which element?
Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, is the Aunt of what pop star who just released her seventh studio album, "Man's Best Friend"?
Switching from overhead to an isometric view, which 1993 game was released as a sequel to the original SimCity?
Aleppo is the largest city in which country?
What rags to riches story by David Szalay just won the 2025 Booker Prize?
Enjoy a Freshmaker while visiting this 555 foot tall shining white obelisk in the middle of the National Mall of Washington DC.
In the TV show "Friends", what is the name of Central Perk's main barista, played by actor James Michael Tyler?
With over 400 active volcanoes, what is the most geologically active object in the Solar System?
Miroslav Klose, Ronaldo, Gerd Müller and Just Fontaine are the top four scorers in what event?
According to an over the counter product's ads from the 1970s, "How do you spell relief"?
With over 800 species, what type of crab lives in a cast-off mollusc shell?
"Into the Woods", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" are all musicals with music and lyrics by which composer?
What Renowned painter of classical and mythological scenes — works like Flaming June and The Return of Persephone, was the first painter to be given a peerage title and only held it for one day before his death, the shortest in history?
Which branch of mathematics is latin for "small pebble"?
What Spanish sauce containing roasted peppers, almonds, garlic, & tomatoes sounds very similar to a member of the broccoli family?
In 1779, where did Captain James Cook die?


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:15):
Hello, and welcome to Quiz Quiz Bang Bang, the pub
quiz practice show that hits you pal right in the quizzer.
I'm Anny Flora, I'm David Flora, and we're here to
teach you more about trivia than there are monkeys that escape,
But they left the news cycle, so we don't know,
we don't know how many monkeys are still out there.
Remember when we're getting monkey updates.

Speaker 2 (00:34):
Every day, it's a year of monkey escapes.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
Man, Hey, David, we just want to give a quick
shout out to Major Data and Laura for coming up
to Cresty Butte to come and see some live trivia
brought to you by us.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Yeah, thanks for coming up and visiting. And thanks to
Juno and Truro for making an appearance. Yes, it was
fun to hang out out with them. And also thanks
to Jeff Capal who we met in Denver and went
and crushed a trivia night together and want a bottle
of tea?

Speaker 1 (01:13):
Thanks for the tequila, Jeff. We had a lot of
fun meeting you in real life as well. What a treat,
What a time to be alive, actually a good way
for once. Yeah, so yes, that was a joy and
a delay I just wanted to say thank you. And otherwise,

(01:35):
don't forget about Plunger Day, the day after Thanksgiving when
all the plumbers come out to play. They're like Santa's
little as helpers. We'll write a poem about them.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
It'll be great. Anyway, We'll have Plunger Day trivia where
it will have a number two thieb and whoever comes
in second comes in first.

Speaker 1 (02:02):
So come out for that. Ha haah.

Speaker 2 (02:05):
November twenty eighth, Friday, noon, mountain time.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
That's right. Otherwise, we hope all of you are doing well.
You're the best. Have an amazing day. You deserve it.
Here's how the show works.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Wiz Quiz Bang Bang's format is four rounds of four questions,
each followed by the answers. After round two, we'll ask
a quick fire bang Bang question where you'll have a
time limit to give multiple answers. After the fourth round,
the show culminates with the Big Bang, a final round
with three questions whose answers are all clues to one
final question.

Speaker 1 (02:42):
Round one. Question one, the category is science m N
is the chemical symbol for which element. Question two, the
category is pop culture. Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart

(03:03):
Simpson is the aunt of what pop star who just
released her seventh album, Man's Best Friend. Question three. The
category is video games, switching from overhead to an isometric view.

(03:24):
Which nineteen ninety three game was released as a sequel
to the original SimCity? Question four. The category is geography.
This question comes from listener.

Speaker 2 (03:39):
Bobby, Thank you, Bobby.

Speaker 1 (03:43):
Aleppo is the largest city in which country? And now?
The answer is to round one. Question one. M n
is a chemical symbol for which element manganese? Question two.

(04:05):
Nancy Cartwright is the ant to which pop superstar Sabrina
Carpenter m hmmm? Question three? What was the sequel to SimCity?

(04:26):
SimCity two thousand? Question four? Aleppo is the largest city
in which country? Syria?

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Round two? Question five. The category is literature. What Rags
to Riches story by David Soloy just won the twenty
twenty five Booker Prize. Question six category taste bricks. This

(05:01):
question comes to us from listener May, thank you, May,
thank you.

Speaker 1 (05:05):
May.

Speaker 2 (05:06):
A tasty brick is a mashup or before and after
of a food item and a building or landmark. So,
for example, if it was food and music, I'd say
this chocolate confection what have you living on a prayer?
You'd say bon bon Jovi. Just replace the musician with

(05:29):
a building or landmark and you've got it. Here we go,
Enjoy a fresh maker while visiting this five hundred and
fifty five foot tall, shining white obelisk in the middle
of the National Mall of Washington, d C. Question seven,
Category Television. In the TV show Friends, what is the

(05:53):
name of Central Perk's main barista? Played by actor James
Michael Tyler. Question eight category space With over four hundred
active volcanoes, what is the most geologically active object in
the Solar System? And now the answers to round two?

(06:19):
Question five? What Rags to Richest story by David Soloy
just won the twenty twenty five Booker Prize Flesh Question six,
Enjoy a fresh maker while visiting this five hundred and
fifty five foot tall, shining white obelisk in the middle
of the National Mall of Washington, DC. That would be

(06:43):
the Washington monumentos.

Speaker 1 (06:47):
Well done May.

Speaker 2 (06:50):
Question seven and the TV show Friends, What is the
name of Central Perk's main barista played by actor James
Michael Tyler. It is gunther Question eight, with over four
hundred active volcanoes. What's the most geologically active object in
the Solar System The moon of Jupiter known as Io.

Speaker 1 (07:14):
And that's it for the first half, which means it's
time for the Bang Bang Round. The category for this
week's Bang Bang Round is food and Drink. You will
have thirty seconds to answer the following question. General Mills
has a line of monster cereals that were introduced in

(07:37):
nineteen seventy one that include six brands that have endured
and been discontinued. Name them Your time starts now.

Speaker 2 (08:18):
And that's time. The six monster cereals introduced since nineteen
ninety one, including those that are still around and those
that have been discontinued, are count Chocula, Frankenberry, Booberry Fruit, Brute,

(08:38):
Yummy Mummy, and Carmela Creeper.

Speaker 1 (08:45):
Round three Question nine, The category is sports. Miroslav Closa, Ronaldo,
Gared Mueller and Juiced Fontaine are the top four scorers
in what event? Question ten? The category is business according

(09:12):
to and over the counter products ads from the nineteen seventies,
How do you spell relief? Question eleven. Category is animals
with over eight hundred species. What type of crab lives

(09:33):
in a cast off mollusk shell. Question twelve. The category
is art. This question comes from listener Major Data. Thank
you Major. What renowned? A painter of classical and mythological scenes,

(09:53):
works like Flaming June and the Return of Persephone was
the first painter to be given a peerage title and
only held it for one day before his death, the
shortest in history. And now the answer is to round three.

(10:15):
Question nine. Miroslav Closa, Ronaldo, Gerd Mueller and Juiced Fontaine
are the top four scores in what event f Fire
World Cup. They scored a lot of good MESSI was five,

(10:38):
so that's too easy. And it's Ronadel not Ronaldo because
I would also make it easy. Question ten. According to
and over the counter products ads from the nineteen seventies,
how do you spell relief rolades r LA? Question eleven?

(11:03):
With over eight hundred species, what type of crab lives
in a cast off mollusk shell? A hermit crab because
they need one David because they're all tender. They have
a squishy exoskeleton, so they have to protect themselves. But
when they need a new home, they all get in
a line. It's the cutest. Question twelve, what renowned painter

(11:28):
of classical mythological scenes works like Flaming June and the
Return of Persephone. Was the first painter to be given
a peerage title. That's Sir Frederick Leyton.

Speaker 2 (11:45):
Round four, question thirteen. The category is theater, Into the Woods,
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
in Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Are
all musicals with music and lyrics by which composer? Question
fourteen category math language, math language? Which brand of mathematics

(12:11):
is Latin for small pebble? Question fifteen category Food and drink.
This one comes from listener Nolan. Thank you, Nolan, Thank
you Olan. What Spanish sauce containing roasted peppers, almonds, garlic

(12:31):
and tomatoes sounds very similar to a member of the
broccoli family? Question sixteen, category history in seventeen seventy nine,
Where did Captain James Cook Die? And now the answers

(12:54):
to round four question thirteen. Into the Woods, Funny Thing
Happened on the way of the Forum and Sweeny Talk
are all musicals by which composer Stephen Sondheim. Question fourteen,
which branch of mathematics is Latin for small pebble calculus.

(13:17):
Question fifteen, what Spanish sauce containing roasted peppers, almonds, garlic
and tomatoes sounds very similar to a member of the
broccoli family Romesco and that is similar to the vegetable
romanesquo Question sixteen in seventeen seventy nine? Where did Captain

(13:40):
James Cook die? Hawaii?

Speaker 1 (13:46):
That's it for the regular rounds, which means it's time
for the Big Bang Round. The category for this week's
Big Bang Round is phil We will give you three
clue questions, which are all hints to one final question.
The clue questions may not fall under the same category.

(14:09):
Question one, which comedic actor was the first actor to
be nominated for a single Academy Award for a film
in which he portrayed three different characters that came out
in nineteen sixty four?

Speaker 2 (14:28):
Question two? What is a solid form of the element
carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure?

Speaker 1 (14:40):
Question three P D. James's Adam, Doug leash, Agatha Christie's
Japp and Arthur Conan Doyle's Lestrade are all characters that
have what profession?

Speaker 2 (15:00):
And your Big Bang question get In the categories film,
what film series is named after an object that appears
in six of its eleven films.

Speaker 1 (15:14):
Now the answers to the Big Bang Round. Question one?
Which comedic actor was the first actor to be nominated
for a single Academy Award for a film in which
he portrayed three different characters? Peter Sellers, You got it
for Doctor Strange Love or How I Learned to Stop

(15:34):
Worrying and Love the Bomb?

Speaker 2 (15:39):
Question two? What is a solid form of the element
carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure? Diamond?

Speaker 1 (15:49):
Question three? P. D. James's Adam, Doug leash, Agatha Christie's Jepp,
and Arthur Conan Doyle's Lestrade are all characters that have
what profession? Inspectors?

Speaker 2 (16:05):
And finally, what film series is named after? An object
that appears in six of its eleven films? The film
About a Diamond where Peter Sellers plays an inspector the
Pink Panther that was later remade with Steve Martin as

(16:26):
Inspector Clouseau.

Speaker 1 (16:29):
Yeah, so the Pink Panther is the diamond. Yeah, that
theme songs right?

Speaker 2 (16:34):
Sure? Henry Mancini, he's the composer.

Speaker 1 (16:37):
The composer he composes a catchy too, and I'll tell you.

Speaker 2 (16:41):
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Speaker 1 (17:14):
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Speaker 2 (17:17):
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