Final Trivia Rounds and Big Bang

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Hello and welcome to Quiz Quiz Bang Bang the, Pub Quiz practice show that hits you. Pew! Writing the quizzer, I'm Annie Flora. I'm David Flora. And we're here to teach you more about trivia than there are people getting booed at their commencement speeches for telling graduates about AI. People will boo anything. I love booing. See . Boo. Here you go. Feels good, man. It does. Here's something to cheer. Oh. We got a coffee. Yeah . From Huff . Pim, pimp . Thank you, Huff. Thanks, Huff. Appreciate it. Well, that is wonderful. And if there's any graduates listening, congratulations. Way to do it. Otherwise, is there any business, David? Just have the second Saturday of June as our Zoom trivia day. That's uh June thirteenth, Saturday, noon mountain time. We'll see you there. Otherwise, should we dive in? Let's do it. Here's how the show works. Whiz 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 c lues to one final question . Round one, Question one, the category is hist ory . What title did Fidel Castro assume in Cuba in nineteen fifty -nine . Question two Category Food and Drink Shepherd's Pie is a meat and vegetable hash in gravy topped with a layer of what ? Question three. Category Games and Hobbies In dice games, if you roll a boxcar, what have you rolled with your two dice? Question four. Category Opera. This one comes from listener Mamie. Thank you, Mamie. Thank you, Mama . Name either of the Pierre Augustin Coron de Beache plays that are the basis for popular operas by Rossini and Mozart . And now the answers to round one. Question one . What title did Fidel Castro assume in Cuba in nineteen fifty-nine ? Prime Minister. He was Prime Minister from 1959 to 76, and he was succeeded by himself as president from 76 to 2008 . Question two. Shepherd's Pie is a meat and vegetable hash in gravy topped with a layer of what ? Mashed potato . Delicious. So good . Question three in dice games if you roll a boxcar, what have you rolled with your two dice? Two sixes Question four name either of the Pierre Augustin Coron de Beaumauchet plays that are the basis for popular operas by Rossini and Mozart. You have the Barber of Seville and the Marriage of Figaro . Those are pretty famous. And Beaumarchais was also apparently a watchmaker, inventor, musician, spy, publisher, arms dealer, and revolutionary, both French and American. He got around. Beaumarchais, Tinker Taylor, Soldier, Spy . And he even makes Julianne fri es. Round two, question five. The category is science. Thank you, Bobby. I am become death, the destroyer of worlds, is a famous quote by which US scientist Question six the category is language From the French word for untie, what ten letter literary term refers to the final part of a story where everything is resolved . Question seven the category is musicals in which musical does Joe Boyd sell his soul to the devil so that the Washington Senators can win a pennant ? Question eight. The category is Animals . What mammal can eat up to twelve hundred mosquitoes in an hour ? And now the answers to round two. Question five. I am become death, the destroyer of worlds, is a famous quote by which US scientist ? J. Robert Oppenhe imer, after witnessing the first atomic bomb test, his quote was drawn from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita . I think he he said that story in an interview. He did, yes. You can watch him say it on YouTube, because it it is a televised interview. Yeah. Question six . From the French word for un tie, what ten letter literary term refers to the final part of a story where everything is resolved ? Des is what happens after the clima x and all the loose ends are tied up, which is funny that it means untie . Question seven. In which musical does Joe Boyd sell his soul to the devil so that the Washington Senators can win a pennant Damn Yankees Question eight What mammal can eat up to twelve hundred mosqu itoes in an hour . Bat . Sounds like we should get some pet bats, David. Just let 'em hang out by the porch and eat all the mosquitoes so we can actually sit outside. That's it for the first half. That means it's time for the bang bang round . The category for this week's bang bang round is music And this one's brought to you by Major Data. Thank you, Major. Thank you, Major. You'll have thirty seconds to give as many answers as you can to the following. What are the six games mentioned in REM's Man on the Moon. Your time starts now . And that's time The six games mentioned in REM's Man on the Moon are Game of Life Monopoly Checkers Chess , tw ister, and risk . Now if you said twenty-one , you could make an argument that the lyrics are referring to blackjack there. The reason we didn't include it is because there are a lot of people who think that the reference of 21 there is for the game show that had a scandal. Because there was a game show called Twenty One where the producers secretly fed answers to coach contestants to build suspense and drive ratings, which ultimately uh caused the show to be canceled . Round three, question nine category hist ory In World War One, the Allied Gallipoli campaign was beaten back mainly by which member of the Central P owers . Question ten. Category Art . The convention of painting outside to convey the feeling of being out doors called en plain air gained popularity due to what eighteen forty one invention ? Question 11.eg Coryat Food and Drink. Which American fast food chain is known for square beef patties and the baconator ? Question 12 Category Television In Friends, after the six main friends, which character was in the most episodes? And now the answers to round three. Question nine. In World War I, the Allied Gallipoli campaign was beaten back mainly by which member of the Central Powers? The Ottoman Empire Question ten The convention of painting outside to convey the feeling of being outdoors called on plain air gained popularity due to what eighteen forty one invention ? Oil paint in tubes Artist Pierre Auguste Renoise quoted as saying Without paint in tubes there would have been nothing of what the journalist s were later to call impressionists. Yeah, you don't really think about little technological advances like getting oil in a tube as revolutionizing art, but it makes total sense. You can't go out and paint if all your paint is dried up before you set up. Question eleven Which American fast food chain is known for square beef patties and the baconator ? Wendy's Question twelve in Friends after the six main friends, which character was in the most episodes Gunther He was the Barista at Central Perk, is that right? Correct, yes . Round four, question thirteen, the category is music . What rock group set a precedent by issuing two albums, Use Your Illusion 1 and Use Your Illusion 2 on the same date which was september seventeenth, nineteen ninety one . Question fourteen The category is film Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies , is something Andy Dufresne says in what mov ie ? Question fifteen. The category is language. This question comes from listener Nolan. Thank you Nolan. Thank you, Nolan. What P-word is a gymnasti cs and diving position? The common name for the genus of fish that includes walleye , and a simple medieval infantry weapon Question sixteen The category is mythology Which treacherous and merciless monster of Greek mythology would challenge travelers to answer a riddle . And now the answers to round four. Question thirteen. What rock group set a precedent by issuing two albums on the same day ? Guns and Roses . The albums debuted at number two and one on the Billboard two hundred and sold a combined thirty-ivef million copies worldw ide. So that's one way to do it. Yeah. Question 14 : Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. This something Andy Dufresne says in what movie ? You better get busy living or get busy watching the Shawshank Redemption . Technically he writes it, but he does narrate the letter when Red reads it. Oh true. He fte en What P word is a gymnastics and diving position? The common name for the genus of fish that includes walleye and a simple medieval infantry weapon Pike also a captain in Star Trek. Question sixteen Which treacherous and merciless monster of Greek mythology would challenge travelers to answer a riddle ? Sphinx Hm Interesting that it's Greek. I associate Sphinxes with Egyptian. Am I thinking of the wrong thing? Now in Egyptian mythology, Sphinxes were guardians, they were masculine, whereas the Greek was more feminine and often showed uh strength and ferocity with the head of a pharaoh or associated with pharaohs, you know, things like that. So it's just a symbol of power and and guardianship. And in the Greek they had the one sphinx and it was a monster. Yeah. A riddle monster. Brains and brawn. That's it for the regular rounds. That means it's time for the Big Bang Round . The category for this week's Big Bang Round is History . We'll ask you three questions, the answers of which are all clues to the final question. Keep in mind, the three clue questions may not be from the same category as the final . Questi on one . Which Disney character died in a wildebeest stampede ? Question two. According to IMD B, who is the only actor to have worked with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola ? Question 3. Which actor has played undead characters in Shawn of the Dead, Underworld, and Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest ? And finally, your big bang question again the category is hist ory . A nineteen seventeen congressional act that granted statutory birthright U.S. citizens hip to anyone born in Puerto Rico was sponsored by Senator John Schaefrith and a representative from Virginia. What was the last name of the representative, which would go on to be the short n ame by which the act was known And now the answers to the big bang round. Question one . Which Disney character died in a wildebeest stampede Mufasa . Question two. Who is the only actor to have worked with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Copla . Harrison Ford . Question three Which actor has played undead characters in Shawn of the Dead, Underworld, and Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest Bill Nahi And finally a 1917 Congressional Act that granted statutory birthright U.S. citizenship to anyone born in Puerto Rico was sponsored by Senator John Schaeffreth and a representative from Virginia. What was the last name of the representative, which would go on to be the short name by which the act was known? The same last name as characters played by Nahi, Ford, and the actor who voiced Mufasa Jones . Till you got James Earl Jones. In Jana Jones and Davey Jones. Yeah. And if you're wondering about the other undead characters, uh Bill Nye played a zombie in Shawn of the Dead and a Vampire in Underworld I guess David Jones is kind of like an octopus zombie. Octopus zombie. They discovered a new z a new zombie, I almost said. A new octopus . I guess scientists have discovered a stubby little legged octopus. Ugh. So good. So William Atkinson Jones, who was the representative from Virginia, was the other sponsor of the Jones Schafrith Act, Schaefer, uh a senator from Colorado, by the way. And this operated as a de facto constitution and established a bill of rights based on the United States Bill of Rights, Puerto Rico. I had not heard of, you know, when this happened. I know Puerto Rico is basically a territory of the US, right? Or considered under the umbrella. But um nineteen seventeen. It's been a while. And Americans have no idea. No, they don't. But to be fair to Americans, you're not taught anything about Puerto Rico in schools. But yeah, I I would recommend to anyone who's interested in sort of this blind spot of ours to read how to hide an empire. I do have another fun fact here. The Lion King, speaking of James Earl Jones, that's the second film in which he and Madge Sinclair, who played Sarabi, performed together as an African king and queen. Jones and Sinclair were also king and queen of the fictional African nation in Coming to America. Such a good movie. And they did amazing. Like they are very believable royals. Oh yeah. They're so good. Big time gravitas. Yeah