H.I. #64: The Quiz Show
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The Nail-in-Gear Flag
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Grey and Brady discuss: poker, podcast postcards, bi-weekly auto update, flying the Nail & Gear and the Milwaukee flag, and Brady has Grey take a general knowledge / trivia quiz.
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Show Notes
Discuss this episode on the reddit
Playing poker while listening to HI
Brady and Grey discuss subvocalization
Hello Internet Flag Referendum
Uber’s self-driving cars are on the road
Brady's Quiz:
WORLD LEADERS: Political leaders of these countries (1 point each)
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Australia
SPORT
- Name one current Major League Baseballer (1 point)
- Name one person who has ever played Test Cricket (1 point)
- Name four of the countries to win the Men’s World Cup of Soccer more than once (0.5 points each - 2 points max)
WORLD WAR II
- The nuclear bombs dropped on two cities in Japan at the end of WW2.
- The names of the two cities bombed (1 point each)
- Name two of the following - nicknames of either of the two bombs or the two planes that dropped them (1 point each - 2 points max)
A FAMOUS US LANDMARK
- Mount Rushmore is in which state? (1 point)
- The Four Faces carved into Mt Rushmore (0.5 each and 1 point extra for the correct order, left to right)
MUSIC: Who sings these lyrics…
When I was younger so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way. (1 point)
Don't forget me, I beg
I'll remember you said,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead (1 point)Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name (1 point)
- German composer Beethoven’s first name (1 point)
MOUNTAINS
- 14 Mountains are over 8000m.
- Name four of them (for 1 point each)
FAMOUS WIVES: Name the wives of
- Barack Obama (1 point)
- Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (1 point)
- Brad Pitt (1 point)
- David Beckham (1 point)
MOVIES
- Name eight films directed by Steven Spielberg (0.5 points each)
SPACE
- List the 10 largest bodies in the Solar System in descending order (2 points for the list being in descending order, 2 points for it being correct)
WEBSITES
- YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees…. Can you name any one of them? (1 point)
- Year of first YouTube upload (1 point)
- Name either of Reddit’s two founders (1 point)
- What University did Mark Zuckerberg attend? (1 point)
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