Ep 314: General Trivia

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Hello and welcome to quiz quiz bang bang. The pub quiz brec to show that hits you pow!

Right in the quiz er, I'm David Flora. And I'm Annie Flora. And we're here to teach you more about

trivia than there are food puns that people are working on for the 2026 Oscars. Michael Breed Jordan,

cake pop demon hunters. Frankenstein. One bagel after another.

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be consuming more ham than usual this Oscar party. Sinnersman rolls.

Alright, let's do it. And if you're still listening, here's how the show works.

One final question. Round one, question one, the category is history.

Which 1916 battle is usually considered the worst disaster in British military history

and one of the deadliest battles in human history?

Question two, category pop culture. Released on Netflix on February 16th, 2026,

reality check is a three-part show about which former TV series and its creator.

Question three, category art. What is the term for a piece of graphic artwork

that is painted or applied directly to a wall ceiling or other permanent substrate?

Question four, category music. This one comes from listener Bobby. Thank you Bobby.

Thank you Bobby. What beetle band member is holding a cigarette on the cover of Abbey Road?

And now the answers to round one. Question one, which 1916 battles usually considered the worst

disaster in British military history, one of the deadliest battles in human history?

The battle of the psalm.

Question two, released on Netflix on 216, 26, reality check is a three-part show about which

former TV series and its creator? America's next top model.

Question three, what is the term for a piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied

directly to a wall ceiling or other permanent substrate? That's a mural.

And question four, what beetle band member is holding a cigarette on the cover of Abbey Road?

One in four chants, unless you don't know the beetles. It's Paul McCartney.

You've heard the rumor. Paul is dead. Paul is dead. This was kind of a reaction to that, I guess,

what hint smoking? Well John Lennon is in the front wearing white and then Paul has a cigarette

and it's in his right hand and he's left-handed. So it was kind of like, that's right, he is said.

Why else would his cigarette be in the wrong hand? Well I know you can get a lot of trivia

questions out of that one album cover. Right. Yeah, what order are they in? Who's not wearing shoes?

Who's wearing jeans, this and that? Where's Pete Best?

Round two, question five, the category is sports. Which sport did James II of Scotland ban

in 1457 because he felt that young men were playing it too much instead of practicing their archery?

Question six, the category is literature. Author Luis Penny is well known for her detective

series that stars which chief inspector? Question seven, the category is television. This question

comes from listener Nolan, thank you Nolan. What British quiz show, often featuring the phrase,

I've started, so I'll finish, has been on the air continuously since 1972.

Question eight, the category is science. What does a manometer measure?

And now the answers to round two, question five. Which sport did James II of Scotland ban in 1457

because the boys were not practicing their archery enough? Golf. Well, at least it wasn't booty

pension. Question six, Luis Penny is known for her detective series that stars which chief inspector?

Armand Gamash, he's Canadian. Question seven, what British quiz show, often featuring the phrase,

I've started, so I'll finish, has been on the air continuously since 1972?

Mastermind. It has had as long a run on TV as the price is right in the USA.

Now, question eight, what does a manometer measure?

Please send in your best wrong answer. The pressure of a medium like liquid or gas.

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 US History.

You'll have 30 seconds to give as many answers as you can to the following.

Name the seven US presidents who served as either commander in chief or as a general in the American Civil War.

Your time starts now.

And that's time. The seven US presidents who served as either commander in chief or general in the American Civil War are Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson.

Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison.

Now, there were some other presidents who served in the Civil War in different capacities. These were

the ones who were either president or some form of general. Yeah.

And that includes brevet, brigadier, general, brigadier, general, things like that.

Round three, question nine, the category is Video Games.

Developed by Electronic Arts, which franchise of life imitation games has the player

guide the daily activities, relationships, and careers of their characters.

Question 10, category geography. This one comes from major data. Thank you, major.

Thank you, major.

The river that flows underground in London shares its name with what street that is familiar to theater fans.

Question 11, category food and drink. Which spice is the costliest by weight?

Question 12, category medicine. In describing a medical condition, what single word is used to

indicate new, recent, and sudden? And now the answers to round three, question nine,

developed by Electronic Arts, which franchise of life imitation games has the player guide the daily

activities, relationships, and careers of their characters? The Sims.

Question 10, the river that flows underground in London shares its name with what street that

is familiar to theater fans? Fleet street for the river fleet. Question 11, which spice is the

costliest by weight? Safron. At $5,000 per kilogram or higher, Safron has long been the world's

costless spice. Question 12, in describing a medical condition, what single word is used to

indicate new, recent, and sudden? Acute. Round four, question 13, the category is mythology.

In Roman mythology, who is Jupiter's wife and sister?

Question 14, the category is film. In the matrix, does Neo take the blue or red pill?

Question 15, the category is theater. Olianna, American buffalo, and Glen Gary, Glen Ross

are all plays written by which playwright? Question 16, the category is games and hobbies.

What are the three different action cards in the game, Uno?

And now the answers to round four, question 13. In Roman mythology, who's Jupiter's wife and sister?

Juneau. She's basically the equivalent to Hera. Question 14, in the matrix, does Neo take the

blue or red pill? The red pill. Question 15, Olianna, American buffalo, and Glen Gary, Glen Ross

are all plays written by which playwright? David, mammoth. Question 16, what are the three

different action cards in the game, Uno? Draw two, reverse, and skip. Yeah, the official rules

separate wild cards from action cards. Yeah, because you can't get the wild card of draw four.

So if you said that, yes, that is a card. We are not denying that, but yeah, Uno separates that.

Yeah, keep some separate. Because you have the number cards, the action cards, and the wild cards.

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 sports. We're going to 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. Question 1, author Khaled Hosseini is best known for

his coming of age story about a young Afghan boy named What? Question 2, avians known as raptors

are also characterized by what three word phrase? Question 3, who was the first postmaster general

of the United States? And your Big Bang question again, the category is sports. Several countries,

including Thailand, Afghanistan, and India, hold outdoor contests including one sponsored annually

by Red Bull for what kind of fighting? And now the answers to the Big Bang Round question 1,

author Khaled Hosseini is best known for his coming of age story about a young Afghan boy named What?

Amir. Question 2, avians known as raptors are also characterized by what three word phrase?

Birds of prey. Question 3, who was the first postmaster general of the United States?

Benjamin Franklin. And finally, several countries, including Thailand,

Afghanistan, and India, hold outdoor contests, including one sponsored annually by Red Bull for

what kind of fighting? Included in the name of the best-selling novel by Hosseini, a type of bird

of prey, and famously flown by Ben Franklin, it's Kite. Kite fighting is what they do, Annie.

I have not seen kite fighting, and now I feel like I must.

So just a description from the wiki, traditionally, most are small, unstable, single-line flat kites,

where line tension alone is used for control, at least part of which is manga, typically glass-coated

cotton strands to cut down the line of others. Historically, for most Asian-type fighters,

a thin cotton or hemp line is coated with a mixture of finely crushed glass and rice glue,

and competition rules vary by region, two or more contestants fly their kites,

the person who cuts the opponent's line wins the fight,

and multiple kite matches the person with the last kite in the air is the winner.

And it's a big deal. It's in quite a few countries, not just those, but I think the Red Bull

one has been going since I want to say 2015, and I think they hold it in India, but it's big in

Thailand. They do it in Afghanistan, obviously, with the kite runner from Hosseini.

Not to turn this into a Red Bull ad, but it seems like Red Bull does really fun sponsorships

for sports stuff. It's always wild. Wild and entertaining, so I'm like, I'll watch the Red Bull

kite fighting. They do that flug tag, I think is what it's called, where they have kind of like

a soapbox racer, but it's supposed to have wings, and then they drive it off into a lake,

or something, and they see how far they can glide, and it's usually just someone getting

yeeted out of the seat, or the thing crashes right behind them and stuff.

Yeah, that's never good. You never see someone do a really good job.

Yeah, are there no engineering students, or are we just seeing the bad ones?

Yeah, that's true. Maybe there are some ones that like, they've crossed the entire lake.

I've seen one that instead of trying to like fly, it glides, and it goes like

almost across the lake. That's awesome. Yeah, if you design it right, that's what you do.

You just glide it across. That's how you do it, I would think. Yeah.

They do some fun stuff with the old Red Bull group. A lot of people feel like they don't have

energy, so they have a pretty large market to choose from. We, however, have energy to host

Zoom trivia on March 14th. And little else. That's about it.

Ida Marchween. Yes. So much stabbing. I'm going to add stabbing.

Yeah, yeah. Don't forget to stab a Caesar. Don't forget to leave a toga and a dagger out overnight,

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I've been David Flora. I've been Annie Flora. Here's looking at you, quiz.

Yeah, when we were doing our second city days, the second city was above a fleet feet,

and I always wanted to do a musical about the manager of fleet feet,

and that due to the music of sweetie Todd, but they haven't be like, he always forgives and he always

forgets. It cracked me up. Sweetie Rod. Yeah. The manager of feet feet. He always forgives and he

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