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Are you planning an event? Want a quiz that's actually fun to play and written by professional quiz makers and our friend John. Here's what you do. We create brilliant bespoke quizzes. You can get your very own versions of the rounds from the pod or something totally custom for your group. Parties, workdues, weddings, team building days, whatever the occasion we've got you covered. Just drop us a message via the links in the description and let's make something brilliant together . Hello quickly before the podcast starts, sorry I have quite a bad cold, which has affected my voice for quite a few podcasts. Some may say it's a good thing but I wasn't as loud, but sorry if you can't understand everything I say. Okay, on with the show Hello and welcome to Here's What You Do a Quiz Show podcast that's like ten thousand heartbeats, but we've gone into cardiac arrest In each show we have three brand new quizzes for you to play along with. I'm James Mails. I develop quiz shows for TV and I'm joined by Johnny Robinson who's developed games for TV. Hello and as ever we're joined by our friend John John Cantrell. Hello everybody. Each episode we set each other a new quiz inspired by things that happened to us this week. At the end of the show, we'll each vote for our favorite and someone will win the episode or it'll be a draw. And first up with their quiz this week it's Me So as quizzers, we love questions The more the merrier. Everything I do in my life I end up turning into a quiz. So I wanted to make a quiz where for once I wasn't the one asking the questions and create something that goes against our natural instincts of more, more, more questions This is Can You Answer Now? And here's what you do. I've got a mystery answer It could be anything. I'm not going to give any categories or clues . You have to guess what the mystery answer is by asking me questions . Oh wow. You'll do this one at a time with the other player in the soundproof booth because to make it fair, you're guessing the same word . Woah. Whoever gets the mystery word in the fewest questions wins. If at any point you make a guess, that counts as a question. So guess wisely and I'm not going to give you much thinking time. If you don't ask a question quickly enough, I'll add an extra question onto your score. Whoa, let's play. Can you answer now? So So, Johnny will play first and set the score to beat. John, I'm sending you to the soundproof booth. When you come back, you'll have to get the same answer in fewer questions than Johnny. See you, John. Good luck, Johnny. Bye John . Johnny, are you ready? I'm ready. Just keep asking me questions until you can answer. What is your first question? Is it a chicken? , can you answer now? No, are they a human? No, can you answer now? No. Is it an animal? No, can you answer now? No. Is it a food? No can you answer now? No, is it a mineral ? No, can you answer now? No, I've run out of things that could possibly be. Is it a country? No, can you answer now? Nope. Is it a object? No, can you answer now? No. Is an element? No, can you answer now? Nope, is it on planet Earth? Yeah, technically. Okay, can you answer now? Nope, I've got to think about this now. You don't got long. Is it a website? No, can you answer now? It's not an animal. Is it a vegetable? No, can you answer now? No, and I've gone through the animal vegetable mineral and it's none of those things. So that's blown my mind. Could be anything. Is it something I can hold in my hands? No, can you answer now? No, is it a planet ? No, can you answer now? Nope. Is it bigger than a house? It's not any size . Can you answer now? Is it in the sky? It can be. Can you answer now? No , can be in the sky. It's not an object . No, another question . Is it weather of some description? No, can you answer now? Is it omnipresent? Well, it's not God if that's what you're asking. Yeah , yeah , I guess. And it's not weather. No, I'm gonna mark that down as another question even though it's the same question Is it a feeling? No, although feelings are sometimes associated with what it is. Can you answer now? Is it a day? No, can you answer now? No, I'm struggling here , we can tell. I think I've been tracking these questions, but there's been a lot. I've got you at twenty one questions so far. That could be out by a few. If it's close, we'll have to go back and listen to the tapes, but for now you're on twenty one and you haven't actually got any closer than when you started. No, I feel like I'm still very far away from this thing that's not an animal vegetable mineral, it doesn't exist, it's not an object. You can't hold it. It could be in the sky, but sometimes and it's not weather and it's not omnipresent or a god. You've perfectly described it. Is it a force? No, can you answer now? No. Is it a shadow? No can you answer now? It feels like it's some like esoteric question, like the essence of living that slowly wanes as we get older. Is that it? No, and that's another question. Can you answer now? No, is it oxygen? No, can you answer now? Nope, have you ever seen this thing? Yes, lots of times. Can you answer now? No. When was the last time you saw this thing? Yeah, the last time I saw it was probably today when Googling it, but I see it regularly. I can see it on my fridge right now. I've been asking you yes or no questions. You have. And what is the item I'm trying to say? Well, Johnny, you could have just asked that as question one and I'd have told you I never said at any point that it had to be questions and I would answer yes or no. You could have said what's the thing and I'd have told you straight away , it's taken you a little while to realise when you've asked me a question that I've answered not just yes or no to this is unbelievable It's a colour which you didn't quite get to and the colour is Sian N , which are the initials of Can Answer Now? What a horrible time . I just kept saying it. It was there the whole time. Can you answer now? Can you answer now? I did wonder why you kept asking me that and yes, like you correctly deducted at no point did I say you could only answer yes or no. You could have just asked me what the word was. So Johnny, it took you twenty seven questions to get there. So you're telling me, instead of my first question being, is it a chicken? It should have been what's the answer? Yep, and Ada just said Zion and you'd have won with one question Great. I hate it . Well, now you're going to get to listen to John try and get that same word. Will he work it out quicker than you did? Or is he going to be fumbling? He's got twenty seven to beat. Let's get John back in and see if he can beat that and indeed work out the sneaky clues . Okay, John. Johnny guessed the answer and it took him twenty seven questions twenty seven. If you can get it in under that, you win. Get it in more than that, Johnny wins. Get it in the exact same amount. I do not have a tiebreaker, so it's just gonna be a draw . I'll keep notes of his questions if you want. Oh, thanks, Johnny. It's the same answer. John, what is your first question? Is it a human? No. Can you answer now? No. Is it Heather? Oh no worries scratch that. It's half a question. So if it does come down to a tiebreaker, Johnny's gonna win. Is it an animal? No, can you answer now? Nope, is it a food? No. Can you answer now? No. Is it something you can hold in your hands? No, can you answer now? Nope. Is it a ir? No. Can you answer now? Nope. Is it more of an ide a than an object? Concept. No, it's real. Can you answer now? Nope, is it an emotion? No. Can you answer now? Nope. Seven down, John, you got to get it in nineteen or fewer. Next question, is it on earth? Yeah , great is it a liquid? No. Can you answer now? Nope. Oh god. Is it a country? No. Can you answer now? That was quite a firm no. No, I can't answer now. Looks like I've gone further away from wherever I might have been near. Is it a drink? No, can you answer now? What the hell is it? That's another question. It's a colour john. Oh, I like that. What color is it? It's Sian, John. It's the ultra scyan ned. Yes it is John . Oh my god, I would never have got there. Unbelievable. In your frustration, John . You've seen through the tricks. It took Johnny twenty odd questions to get there. I didn't say you could answer yes or no questions . I just assumed you just assumed Oh my god . I don't think I'd ever have got there. No, I was going all over the place . Well, it took you fourteen questions, John. Fourteen, thirteen quicker than Johnny. I think we all agree that was pure luck. There was nothing to do with skill there. There was one other little clue in there, John. Did you notice what that might have been? Not a clue. The phrase I kept repeating and the name of the quiz can you answer now ? Can begins with a C, you begins with a Y. Classic smiles that is. Answer begins with an A and now begins with an N. C. Y AN I was literally telling you. You were spelling it out for me. The whole time. And it could have just told you. It could have just been one question long . But your frustration your bent up anger got it out there. Johnny, was it fun listening to someone try and guess it when you knew what was going on. It was. It was nice to see John in as much pain as I was, yet he managed to voice it in a way that led him to the answer whereas I sort of just stumbled upon it. He lost his cool quick er and that helped him . Yeah. Johnny took twenty seven questions, John took fourteen. So John, you win, can you answer now? Thank you Well done, John. And that was can, you answer now? Next up, it's Johnny. I recently tested out a quiz format sneakily on the pod through the form of a tie breaker. For any eager lived listeners, it was from my seven dwarfs themed short and sweet quiz. And the tie breaker had James and John naming Disney princesses one by one not Disney Queens. Sorry, Anna and Elsa and it was such a hit I just had to bring it back. This is your turn and here's what you do. I'll give you a category and you need to give me answers one at a time back and forth. The first to give me an incorrect or duplicate answer or just can't give me an answer in a timely manner los es that round. It's best of three, let's play your turn. Let's do it . First things first , we've got to decide who is going to be our starting player. And we all know there's only one way to do that . What is it guys? The post it notes. The post it notes. We've got JO, we've got JA. Here they go. John will be starting. Well, I'm sure John's won all of the flip s on these posting notes. Are you sure you're not just misreading JA as JOH Maybe I am, but that's what I've got so John Let's stick with it. Well maybe in this game it's better to go second maybe there's only an even amount of good answers and when you get to the fifth it's really hard. Very true. Are you guys ready? Round one. So it's very simple. I'll keep taking answers until someone gives me a duplicate or an incorrect answer. What if we exhaust the answer list? Is that possible? Could we do it? I mean it's possible. If you do, I will come around your houses right now give you a big old kiss on the forehead challenge accepted, Johnny. I would be amazed if anyone could do it. People could. There's always a possibility, however, with you two, not a chance . Here we go. Saying with you, John. I want you to name films starring Tom Hanks. Saving Private Ryan. Correct . James. Big Erect. John. Castaway erect . James. Boris Gump is correct. John. Let's go for the green mile. That is correct . James. Toy Story. Correct . John. Her toy story two? Correct . James, I knew that happened the second I said it. And so Toy Story three. Yes, it's on the list. John. The gamer and me will not rest until I say Toy Story four. Correct. Back to you, James. Would you accept Toy Story five even though it's not been released yet, Johnny? I would not. Okay, fine. I am gonna say we said this. I can't remember. Philadelphia? We have not said it. It's correct. John. Feel like the pressure is now coming to pass. Oh my god, what's it called? Time him out. I need an answer. Let's go for is it saving Mr. Banks? He's just in there in time correct , James. Oh, that's a good one. It's not the movie I wanted though. Um , I'm gonna struggle here. I need an answer. I am gonna say counting you down. Come on, Tom. Five the terminal. Is he in that? He is in the terminal just in time literally a second or two to go, John. Is it called a man named Otto? It is called a man called Otto. You are correct. Back to you, J ames. Was he Sully? Is that the name of the film? He was Sully and that is the name of the film. Great. You may finish the list, John. There's no way I'm out now. Catch me if you can. Oh good it is there. You've caught it. James. Oh, is he in Road to Pradition? He is in Road to Pradition. You're pulling him out somewhere, James. I love it. John. Bridge of Spies? Oh, it's the same kind of film. I'm just giving him a genre of sp . Keep going, James, it's on you. I'm struggling now. I'm stuck between two. I don't think he's in either of them. I'll say it anyway. Is he in Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy? He is not Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy John takes the first victory. Did you have another one in your in your back pocket there, John just in case. I've had no, I didn't. I've been thinking is in the Christmas one, the Something of Other Express and I could not think of what of the something is in that older Express, of course. Express. I kept on thinking Christmas midnight. Johnny, the other one I had was United ninety three, but I don't think he's in that either, is he? No, I don't think he is in that. So ones you could have had. I'll run through a couple just very quickly that you will probably kick yourselves. He is in Apollo thirteen. Oh my god. You did very well. He's in sleepless in Seattle Splash . The DaVinci Code . Oh yes . Turner and Hooch a classic and of course according to IMDB Partysaurus Rex, which I've never heard of. That was the one on the tip of my tongue. Round one done. One nail to John. Are you guys ready for round two? You betcha Yes. I think this could be maybe more in James's wheelhouse, but I think both of you will do fairly well. Just to make it fair, James, you can start this time around okay and this time I, am looking for countries that end with the letter A ustralia. Australia is correct. John. I'm going to go for Austria. Austria is correct. James. Argentina. Argentina, it's correct.. John Albania. Albania is correct. Back to you, James. Algeria. It's there. Back to you, John? Armenia. This is clinical work. It's there. James? Costa Rica. Ooh, he's taken it somewhere else, but he's right, John. You know what? I didn't even think of doing that. I'm just going for the AAAs. I'm gonna do it again. Angola. He's done it again. He's right. James. Well, John, I couldn't think of all the double A so that's why I went there. It wasn't planned. Come on, give me an answer. Namibia. Ooh, right down there . You are correct. John? Bosnia and Herzegovina? That's good, James? Dominica . He's right, John. Nicaragua. Correct. James, Cuba. Of course, lovely. John Columbia. It's on the list. We're into the seas. Well done. Back to you, James. Venezuela. Right down to the other end. Correct, John. That was going to be my next one. I'm gonna have to go for Canada. Of course. James, Panama. The lovely answer. Is correct? John. I feel like I might be up against it now. There's got to be more out there. So there are eighty five on my list . Oh my goodness me. Oh no, then this is horribly embarrassing Count him down Johnny Cut him down I think I'm gonna have to count you down we're on five Guinea is correct . James. That's help me. Guatemala. Great work. John, China. Wow, great work. James? Well, India, damn it . Of course You getting some biggies now. You started off niche and now you're going for the big ones John? Cambodia correct James? Well I'm giving John a tap in South Korea think of another one very quickly. John, do I have to ask? North Korea . Correct. James. The clock's coming. You got five. Four. No , Brie. Wait two. Saudi Arabia. It's done it. John, that is a lot of Prussia. Estonia. Oh what an answer . Back to you, James , Prussia's back on. I'm presuming you're not taking local languages like Espana. I wouldn't be able to not taking local languages or Italia . Right, here we go. No one ticking you down. Five, no , four , three no two It's all over King of the countries mister Geography himself Mr. Taken down by John. I feel like that five seconds came in a lot quicker. I will say this is something that's going to give me more pleasure than anything I think I've done in this podcast is reeling off some of these names to see James's response when he didn't think of them. So I'll sort of go through some bigger ones. Bolivia, Botswana, Bulgaria, Croatia. Oh God, you've got Ethiopia, Gambia, G hana, Jamaica, Kenya, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, some of your real favorites here. I can't believe I didn't get any of them. It's so hard though, when that time pressure starts counting down. You just panicked, did you? Yeah, I mean, Russia. Oh my gosh. Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Upganda, Zambia there is so many. Johnny, at what point were Jim and I beginning to struggle? Because I think we were about twenty when we were both like who ever there surely there can't be too many more. You both started off so clinically going through the AS and I was like this is, gonna take forever. They're gonna literally name every country. Then all of a sudden the wheels came off, then they came back on again and then they came off. Well, that means John, after just two rounds, you have taken the victory. Thank you. And that was your turn . Next up is John. Microz this week was inspired by an anecdote Jim mentioned recently about Priscilla Presley. After it, I googled Elvis and found myself falling down something of a conspiracy rabbit hole. The kind of stories they don't want you talking about, the kind that gets post deleted, accounts, flag and vans parked outside your house at three in the morning. This is the only round on this episode where we'll genuinely try and uncover the truth. It's been classified redacted, buried, denied and possibly replaced with a decoy. So adjust your tinfold hats, keep one eye on the exits . And remember, if this quiz suddenly cuts to static, we were never here. This is the truth is out there, and here's what you do. The rules are simple. You'll take it in turns to answer three questions each, and each time you'll hear three conspiracy theories linked to the same shadowy theme. One of them is completely real. It may have been debunked, it may be satire, but someone out there genuinely believes it. The other two are a fabrication, created by me in a moment of paranoia fueled inspiration . Your job is to distinguish the real theory from the fake ones. The questions fall into six categories. They are Elvis, Animals, Countries, Britain, Moon Landing, and Bizarre. Jim, you'll go first by choosing a category, I will then declassify it and read out the corresponding top secret files . If anyone official asks, this round is about gardening, and I'm your host, Johnny Robbins. Let's play the truth is out there So Jim, I'm coming to you first. Which category would you like? I have to choose bizarre. It's calling out to me. Fair enough. Now there are some conspiracies so outlandish. It's hard to fathom how people believe them, but which one of these is real? Is it one? Jim Carey is really an interdimensional traveler. Is it two? The reason sea levels are rising is because there's a flatilla of U. sp S.aceships hidden underwater standing ready to evacuate the Earth. Or is it three? The real reason for the nineteen ninety one Iraq War was because Saddam Hussein had a stargate. Wow . I mean, what is amazing here, John? Is no one currently belie ves two of these you've made them up and are putting them out there. Maybe someone listening might go, Well hy on that is true Yeah, this is how they start We're creating it, we're fueling it I am going go to for the one I think I've heard someone say and that is that Jim Carey is an inter dimensional traveller. And it's a bit like where you see those old photos of celebrities from back in the day. Yep, also because his face contorts in such a crazy way. I can kind of see why someone might believe that. I think the sea levels is a great one, but surely no one is believing that. We know what's on the bottom of the ocean. Well, have you been there ? Take that tin foil out of Johnny. I'm just saying and I feel like John probably likes Stargate and so was just watching it trying to think of a question. That's how he came up with the Arct anset. I'm going for the Jim Carey. Well, you were correct to rule out the sea levels. I did make that one up. The other one I made up is that Jim Carey is an interdimensional traveller. The real one is that the Iraq War was started because Saddam Hussein had a stargate. Wow. There's a website out there called the Iraqi Stargate Conspiracy and you can go and read about it yourselves. Oh, we will. But John, how do you know that someone in the world doesn't believe Jim Carey's an interdimensional traveller. I did Google to double check that it didn't pop up immediately when I popped into Google and no one's come up with it as yet, but as you say, Jim, it's only a matter of time. It's out there now. I like the idea that the next time someone pops that into the internet our pod will be the first one that pops up in the old search Okay Johnny I'm going to come to you next which category would you like? Okay I'm gonna go for Moon Landing. Moon landings. For there's a lot of chat around that, let's go for that. Well, Moon Landing, Moon Schmanding. Which one of these conspiracies is real? Is it one? The Moon is nothing more than an elaborate project beamed into space to hide something completely different. Is it two? There were sounds recorded on the first trip to the Moon that we have never heard or is it three? The Moon's orbit is changing and it's been kept secret by NASA , the changes have begun to affect the Earth already with its changing tides and climate. The thing that I'm finding weirdest about these conspiracies is that when you list the answers as one, two, three, whereas normally we go ABC I'm fit there's some sort of hidden message here, James. He's sending a message to the listeners . I was genuinely briefly on this going to call them one would have been you, two would have been f and three would have been O. I thought you'd get really crossing . So we've got one, the moon is a projection. Yep, two, there are sounds recorded on the moon that we have not heard. And three , NASA are they controlling the Moon to No, the Moon's orbit is changing and it's been kept secret by NASA and it's affecting the climate and tides. I am going to go for one that I think ties into like the fl at earth theory and all that the moon is a projection and it's hiding something . Oh I kind of believe number three a little bit as in the Moon does affect our climate and tides . So the fact that its orbits changed to me doesn't seem that mad. I guess it's them covering it up. Yeah. Well, you're both correct to rule out that there are sounds recorded on the first trip to the Moon. That has not happened. There is no evidence of that, at least that I could find. I can confirm, Johnny, that number one, the Moon is nothing more than an elaborate projection is indeed the correct conspiracy theory. There are so many websites devoted to that particular theory that I can't list just one. Just pop it on the internet. Hundreds pop up. Wow. Amazing mad. There was that film wasn't there where the moon was a shell for an alien inside it. Yeah, moonfall. It was quite good. It was not quite good, James. It's one of the worst films made. That's quite good James is coming up with his own conspiracy theories . Moonfall was a good film . Unbelievable . And just to clear up number three, the Moon is not changing orbit, everything's okay. Well, how do we know? They haven't told us, maybe it is. And they haven't told us that, John. This is true, the truth could be out there still. Okay, Jim, I'm coming to you for your next question. Which category would you like? I'm going to go Elvis because if it's based on me mentioning Elvis, I feel like I should. So the king, Elvis Presley allegedly died in august nineteen seventy seven, but since then he's been sited on numerous occasions. Which of these sightings is real? I thought that was the fact. I was like, yeah, that's true. That's the one they think. Also, John none of them are real. As in which of these sightings do people believe to be real? Yeah, which of these conspiracy theories is real ? So one. Elvis was spotted in the background of the airport scene in the movie Home Alone, wearing a sports jacket and turtleneck. Is it two? Elvis was seen in a Walmart in Nashville, Tennessee in nineteen ninety one, dressed in camouflage gear buying, a five gallon water bottle, and other prepper goods. Why is it three? Elvis was spotted boarding a flight to Detroit wearing a COVID mask, asking flight attendants if they served burgers. Now that's a couple of Elvis cliches together number three . I have a vague recollection of Elvis and Home Alone, but it would be utterly insane if you were Elvis and you were pretending to be dead to pop up in a film. Don't go anywhere near any film sets. I'd be mad. Those shots in Home Alone are they all you think everyone there is an extra. You don't think it was shot on the fly. Oh so you think it's like a crowd scene maybe. And number two was Elvis was seen at a Walmart in Nashville, Tennessee in nineteen ninety one, dressed in camouflage gear, buying five gallon water bottles and other prepper goods. Yeah , that sounds the most feasible, which is why I think John's come up with it. And the craziest one is home alone. So I'm going for that. Yeah, I think home alone too. James oughta gone for that. It's home alone one, I think, pretty Oh boom . Oh, Jim, you correctly identified that I made up number two. Elvis has not been seen in a Walmart in Nashville, Tennessee buying prepper goods. I did make that up. And you have correctly identified that Elvis was spotted in the background of the airport seen in the movie highlight. Wearing a sports jacket and turtleneck. That particular conspiracy theory has since been debunked. There's an article on the web called Busting The Elvis Presley Home Alone movie conspiracy. She can go read. It's in the Skeptical Inquirer. Oh, that sounds like a great read And number three, Elvis again was not spotted on a flight to Detroit ordering burgers. Johnny, you've got animals, countries, and Britain left. Let's go for animals. Well, the world is filled with unusual animal sightings and conspiracy theories. We've all heard of the Loch Ness monster. But which one of these conspiracy theories is true? Number one. In the nineteen sixties, all birds in the USA were exterminated by the government and replaced by lookalike drones. Number two, pandas aren't real. They are just people dressed in panda suits. Or is it number three? Dolphins are fully intelligent, but pretend not to be so humans don't bother them . Now Now, I think I might know this one. Ooh, go on Johnny. Why do you believe one of them Johnny is that why? Oh yeah. I do believe one of them is true. Now I don't think it's the bird drones. I think in the six ty were ' s drones about in that time. It's also quite easy to disprove. All birds just go and kill one and then you'll find out that it's not a drone. Dolphins being fully intelligent. Yeah, they're quite intelligent, but I think if they were that intelligent, they would probably just rise up and take over . We'll be listening to the here's what you do pod, but it would be pod of dolphins. Oh nice . That is delightful, Johnny. Here's what you Oh, I think there's a dolphin . Well, Johnny, I actually did at university in my first year a newspiece on the Sunderland Dolphin, which was a dolphin that wandered up the river Weir wandered up right past where the university campus was and it got lost and stuck and it was became a bit of a legend. Well maybe it was because it was so intelligent it was trying to get into the uni, but I don't think that's the case. I think it's number two pandas aren't real. They're people in suits and I think was it like a zoo or somewhere? I've definitely heard something along those lines so I'm going for two. Pandas are not real. I feel like also I've seen someone dressed up in a panda suit to feed pandas or something, you know what I mean? Like I feel like that's a video I've seen. Well, I once years ago for a show I worked on dressed Dom Jolly up as a panda Whoa . a O hnidden camera comedy thing we did. So there you go. Maybe that's what started this whole thing this whole shit. Yeah. Well, Johnny, you were correct to rule out number three. Dolphins are not fully intelligent and pretending not to be so humans don't bother them well done. Hang on, you can't say that they're not. You're just saying that no one has posited that theory. This is true. We don't know that that's not correct. Yeah, dolphins don't come for us. However, Johnny, the correct conspiracy theory is number one that in the sixties while the birds in the USA were exterminated by the government and replaced by look alike drones. You can go and look this up. It's called Birds Aren't Real. It was originally a piece of satire that people set up as a bit of a joke quite recently and then people have been sucked in by it and now believe that all the birds were exploding in the sixties. People are idiots. And two, pandas are real Johnny. They aren't people dressed up in pandas suits. I'm sure that has happened on many occasions that people have dressed up, but no one believes there aren't real pandas. Come on. Yeah, maybe I think I probably got sucked into seeing it at a zoo or something and forgot there are actually pandas in the wild. Jim, that leaves you with countries and of Britain. Which would you like to choose? I'll choose countries, please, even though I have been burned by them in the pod once already. Brutally burned. So sometimes conspiracy theories go international. Which one of these is the real one? Is it number one? Canada secretly controls the world's climate and weather systems from hidden stations in the Arctic circle? Is it two? Denmark, Britain, and France entered into a secret p in ninetackedeen forty eight to start to wing Greenland nearer Europe using underwater cables or is it three? Finland is a fictional country created by Japan and the Soviet Union in nineteen seventy. Wow, excellent ones. I feel like Greenland is quite on topic at the moment. Yeah . So maybe you might have come up with that because it's been in the news possibly. Or maybe that is a conspiracy theory that has been put out by people who want it to be part of America. So actually that could legitimately be a reason for it. The Finland not existing is absolutely brilliant and it was nineteen seventeen. So back in those days how, would you know? It's just a map. I can see why conspiracy theories happened back in the day. And Canada secretly controlling the weather feels like the plot of a film. I think it might even be in the Avengers as in not the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers, but like the original Avengers. I feel like there was a plot and a storyline and that's the one controlling the weather. And so I think I'm gonna go with Finn than not existing, even though it sounds crazy because of the time it happened, I feel like maybe people got on board. Well, Jim, you were right to rule out Canada secretly controlling the climate and weather systems. That isn't true. I made that up. You were also right to rule out Denmark, Britain and France secretly towing Greenland near Europe . Good work . The correct conspiracy theory is Finland being a fictional country created by Japan and the Soviet Union. Didn't actually happen in nineteen seventeen, happened much more recently, and there's an article called This Dude accidentally convinced the Internet that Finland doesn't exist . What a guy. I want to be known as the dude who exactly. Amazing. John, you're going to be the dude who created about fifteen new conspiracy theories of patrons . You should put them all online as separate blogs and see which ones gain the most traction. How many websites can you buy? This is the way to grow a podcast, isn't it? Jump out conspiracy theories left right and center? So Johnny that leaves you with Britain. Now we do conspiracy theories a little differently over here. Which one of these is real? Is it number one? Richard and Judy have been replaced by body doubles multiple times since the mid nineteen nineties. Is it two? King Charles III is actually a vampire or is it three? There are more roundabouts in the UK than necessary as part of a long running behavioural experiment. Wow , quite the selection to choose from there. For American listeners, Johnny, who are Richard and Judy and might not know who they are? Richard and Judy are I say they were once they were considered the king and queen of daytime TV. They're a married couple. They used to present sort of a late morning lunchtime show and they sit in a book club, which does very well. If you feature on the Rich and Judy Book Club, you're going to sell a lot of book s. That's where our conspiracy book is going to be released in actually . King Charles III is a vampire. Don't want to say too much. I don't want to annoy any royalists that may be listening . More indeed vampires or vampires, exactly. And roundabouts. I quite like a roundabout. Gives me something to do when I'm driving. Have you been to the magic roundabout in Swindon Johnny? The magic roundabout in Swinden? How is it magic? Is it one big roundabout with lots of little roundabouts around it? That's exactly it. It's one giant roundabout with I think is it six or eight mini roundabouts off it as well? It looks so fun. If one thing I don't like about a roundabout is when I don't know exactly which exit I'm coming off of. There's like eight exits. I'm like which lane am I meant to be in? Two from the middle, three from this side, and everyone else seems to know exactly where they're going. And I'm like, Ah , sorry Make just scoop over here. Apologies. People get so angry at that but it's like, I don't know this roundabout. Just let me move over. It's fine. Exactly. Whereas if I know where I'm going, it's just sweet, sweet motion. I think the correct answer, the one that tickles me the most is Richard and Judy have had body doubles since the nineties. Well, Johnny, you were correct to rule out that there are not more roundabouts in the UK than necessary as part of a long running behavioural experiment. There may be more roundabouts than are necessary, but that's not why. Now, this is the crunch. You get this right, Johnny, we go into a t goingie tob are sideak. bre If you don't , Jim wins the quiz. I can let you know that the correct conspiracy theory is that King Charles is actually a vampire. Of course he is . Of course he is. There's a fabulous reddit th read that just is entitled King Charles is not a reptilian. He's a vampire and I can prove it . Because that was the only other option. If he wasn't a vampire, it would be a reptilian. One of the other. I love the fact that the reptilian crew are at war with the vampire crew. It's like a new twilight. Indeed. Yeah, love it. So Johnny, I'm afraid number one, Richard and Judy being replaced by body doubles is one I made up just for a bit of a laugh. And at the end of those six questions, that means Jim wins two won. Congratulations, Jim. I don't believe it, it's a conspiracy and that was the truth is out there . Right. That's all three quizzes and it's time for us to select the best one. I went first to get to select my favorite first. So your turn. Johnny recycled an old concept because he was obviously busy this week . But it was lots of fun and we did a lot better than we should have on the Tom Hanks question, but a lot worse than we should have on the country's question. You should have and I really like the ding dong back and forth between me and John and where one answer could feed another one and you say a Tom Hanks film in one genre and it hits the other one and then you list all twelve toy story films a North Korea and South Korea in the count ries, it was lots of fun. And the truth is out there. It was a classic of the Here's What You Do Genre One Real and two fakes. Or were they? Maybe all of the things that John said were real , we'll never know because they're covering it up. It was really great to learn about things which are genuinely out there in the world which people do believe . So I think this week for the reason that we may have started at least one brand new conspiracy. I'm going with the truth is out there, which means John, you get to select your favourite next. Wow, I thoroughly enjoyed both of those. Can you answer now sneaky sneaky Jim Sm snails. I love a quiz and you're particularly good at the gym, where it's the instructions that you don't give that are the most important and this was a classic case of you didn't let us know that we could just straight up ask you what the answer was. Johnny and I fumbled into the trap of just asking yes or no quest ions and it was a delight to have that moment of revelation for me purely because I got a bit cross and sort of blundered my way to it . And then Johnny , your turn, I thoroughly enjoyed the idea that a tie breaker became a quiz. It's like a coming of age story on the podcast, and there's nothing quite like a good old battle of wits, head to head a proper ding dong. I thoroughly enjoyed that. I thoroughly enjoyed as mean as it is to say a sneaky geography win against Jim. Jim is far better countries than me normally. I think this week because of the sneakiness of the lack of instructions I'm, going to give my vote to Can You Answer Now? Thank you very much, John, and that means Johnny, you get the deciding vote and it's a kingmaker. Whoever you vote for will win the episode. Two great quizzes say it every week. If you don't say it one week, we'll know that you're furious at it, Johnny. Serious buffoonery will have occurred . The day will come . Can you answer now? James loves nothing more than an infuriating quiz and one day I will see through his clever flooring . But today was not that day, such a simple idea, such a horror rible quiz and then the truth is out there. I love a conspiracy theory and this was a great look into John's mind. Although I reckon he believes at least half of the conspiracy theories he threw out there and was just sort of testing the water with us to see if we were like that is true John This week I'm giving my vote to the quiz that infuriated me the least. The truth is out there well done John. Thank you . Well, congratulations, John. You the e wpinisode