#34: Octagon Labs: Trivia Buzz with Laura Weber and Nancy Duran

This week we veered off from our traditional format diving into the stories and characters that make Stowe, Vermont so legendary.  We are calling this new series Octagon Labs.  Many community members have connected with us wanting to start their own podcast and this Labs extension of the traditional format brings an episode from community members diving into a specific topic or passion. The  goal of Octagon Labs is to provide our listeners with additional educational and thought provoking content to implement into their lives. For the second episode of Octagon Labs we explore all things trivia with Laura Weber and Nancy Duran. 

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Union Bank is a proud supporter of the Octagon Podcast, as well as many fantastic community oriented endeavors such as the STO Trails Partnership, the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum, and the STO Land Trust to name a few of the over 200 nonprofits we work with. To learn more, go to ub local.com. Welcome listeners to the Octagon Podcast. I'm your host, Mike Carey. Joined by my co-host Ted Thorndyke. Here at the Octagon, we usually dive into characters and stories that make St. Vermont so legendary. But today we're trying something new. We are calling Octagon Labs. A lot of the STO community members have connected with us over the last few months with ideas to start their own podcast. And this Lab's extension of the traditional Octagon format brings an episode from community members diving into a specific topic or passion that they have. And today's episode of Octagon Labs is Trivia Buzz with guest Laura Weber and Nancy Duran. Welcome to the Studio Lan. Laura. Nancy, thank you. Thank you. Happy to be here. So happy to be here. Mike, are we your first lab? You are actually our second lab. Oh, second lab number two. Yeah. Number two. That's not what you wanted to hear. Second's. Pretty good though. You ironed out the kinks. Second's pretty good. Yeah, exactly. So I've known Laura since I moved here. Yeah. 14. 14 years. Just about 14 years ago. Ago. Yeah. I think we met at the school the first, one of the first events they had there. I think we did. And we had the North shore of Massachusetts connection. We did. Yeah, exactly. So we immediately knew some of the same people. So I think for our listeners, tell us about yourselves and Trivia Buzz and the idea behind it. we are both obsessed with trivia. I've been on both Jeopardy and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and a show in Australia when I used to live there called Rock Whiz. I don't think I knew that part. Oh yeah. I had to sing actually. What? Oh wow. How did he not notice? Like American Idol kind of thing? it was, you have to finish singing the riff and then guess the song in artist? Yeah. Oh wow. it was hard. It was fun. It was fun. It was set in a pub in Melbourne, Australia and Laura, while you have a big pub trivia background. Yes. And nothing quite like your turns on all your game shows, but I have known myself some pub trivia. It's a good side hustle going back, I don't know, 30 years. Yeah. How many beer mugs do you have in your house? I just throw them away at this point. There's so many coozies I could equip like many bars. And don't you play, Mike, don't you play trivia too? We play trivia at Alfie occasionally. We're not diehards. Not die hards we're, I'm not very good at, so I can speak to this. We've been going for, I don't know, two years now. The only time our team has won Uhhuh was the time I wasn't there. Oh, no. Okay. That's not a good sign. don't tell anyone. I think we should give a shout out to Picasso, though. That's where we Oh, yes, absolutely. Shout out Picasso here in sto, Vermont. Yes. They've got a great trivia. Can I? Yeah, tonight, every Tuesday. Every Tuesday at Picasso. We've gotta be outta here pretty soon. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Nice. I do have one question for Nancy Jeopardy. What's it like to be on Jeopardy? It is, it's stressful would be the first word I think of. It was a very exciting, but also very intimidating, very confronting. You are just up against the smartest people. Yeah. And everybody on who got on the show passed a test and were passed several tests and they basically know the answers to the questions and I'd say 80% of the questions, they know the answers, but it's, who's fastest on that buzzer. And who's more, most adept at the buzzer? Yeah. What kind of tests do they implement? there's an actual written test that you have to pass and you don't, you can take it as many times as you want, and eventually you'll get a call from them out of the blue and, oh, what? Who? and then there is a, I did it during the time of COVID, so it was a Zoom like interview and you mock play it against other people. Wow. And then they interview you a little bit about your background. They, they wanna have some interesting stories to talk about with you. And then you go again into a pool. It was 18 months to the day after that I got the call and Wow. They said, okay, in two months you need to be here in California. Amazing. Yeah. Cool. That's cool. It's pretty fun. Awesome. Alright, let's do trivia Buzz. Let's go. Exciting. Let's do it. Let's, thank you so much for having us and welcome to this bonus episode of Trivia Buzz. The trivia quiz game that serves up trivia with a twist. Here's a quick primer on how the game works. The game consists of five rounds of trivia questions that get progressively tougher as the rounds go on. If you wanna make a fun party game out of our pod, you can answer long using the scoring sheet on our website, trivia buzz pod.com. And. Our game is called Trivia Buzz, not only because we love trivia, but also because we love cocktails. And each episode we'll be sharing a cocktail with you. Today we have a cocktail, which we're going to introduce in a few minutes. This bonus episode will be a mini version Taylor made for our friends here at the Octagon. So without further ado, let's get into our game. Okay guys, this round is called Happy Hour, where the questions are one point each. First to business cocktails. Mike, I believe you got a favorite cocktail. This is my go-to Favorite cocktail. Vermont Whiskey Sour. Oh my God. What makes it Vermont? So traditional whiskey, sour is simple syrup. Vermont, take on that is maple syrup. Oh, of course. Yeah. So that's the real big difference. And then bitters. In the store bitters to help bring it out. So I do find. Take your traditional whiskey sour recipe. Use maple syrup, a dark maple syrup. Actually works the best. Gives it that robust flavor to balance the bourbon. I have turned a lot of people onto this drink that don't like bourbon as we're all tasting it right now. You don't taste the bourbon really. It's just a delicious summer cocktail. can we try it? Let's try it. Yeah, let's try it. Cheers. Cheers everyone. Cheers. Cheers. That is excellent. I love it. Yep. Refreshing, crisp. And we do have the mocktail version. Yes. Here we do. I'm enjoying that right now. Could you remind our listeners about Yes. What you made in that? So this, the bourbon version has two ounces of bourbon, two ounces of lemon juice, three quarters of an ounce of maple syrup, and three dashes of angas or bitters, shaken over ice, and then poured. Over a single ice cube. That's the way you like it, I believe, Mike. Yes, correct. For the mocktail version, we subbed out the bourbon with two ounces of dark brewed black tea. Yeah. English breakfast in this case. Yeah. How was it? it's delicious. Oh, so appreciate you making that effort for us non-drinkers out there. And anybody else listening, there is a mocktail option. I just have to chime in that I love any single drink that has maple syrup in it, and it's not just because we live here in Vermont. It's just, I love it. Have you ever had the maple margarita. no, they have that at backyard. Huh? It's so good. Yeah, it's so good to taste. I try make some syrup in a cocktail is It's great. It's delicious. And we in Vermont, we know maple syrup. Exactly. yeah. Do not use Aunt Jemima make syrup. No. All map syrup bowl. Thank you for that caveat. Do you cannot be using any sort of corn syrup ever or ever? Yeah. Or ever. If you don't need to put it in your fridge to keep it, then it's not real. Exactly. And fun fact about the whiskey sour. Yes. It was recorded in a recipe book by Jerry Thomas in 1862, the Bartender's Guide. However, it was definitely. Consumed before that, and that was by sailors on boats because it was a fight against scurvy because of the vitamin C, there's Oh, wow. So it's good for us. Nice. It's a good life. A hundred percent. you can add egg white. You know some whiskey sours do come with egg white. Really? Oh. If you get it at doc ponds, oh, you can order it with egg white and they'll put egg white in and shake it. You shake it before you put the ice in. The shaker then put the ice in and reshake it. And now you're getting protein. It's a full meal. Full meal. I love that all the food groups in dinner is served. Put a slice of bacon on it too. Exactly. The varnished. Forget it. Ted Mike, we love that you've invited us onto your show. But you know what that means, don't you? We think we know what that means. I have an idea. It means you're in the hot seat today. Hot seat. Have you ever done trivia, Ted? Man, live trivia. I've watched Jeopardy. Okay. that's good. That's good. That's start off. That's to start. That's the basic gist of it. I would say No, never been to trivia then. I've never been, I've been to Picasso during trivia while I was eating dinner. And I was like, oh, this is cool. Come, maybe this will entice you. Come, yeah. Maybe we'll give you a little. There's no way I lose to Ted. There's no way I lose to him. Oh no. Wait, I thought competitive thought we were team. I love the competition. I thought we were doing the team thing. That's fine. I'm kidding. Yeah, we're team. we're individual, but we've come together as a team at the end did team on to gun. Didn't I beat you in the derby? No you didn't. Total time. You did not. I'd beat you the ski. That would be the OW derby. Yeah. That's not the, that's not the event. The event was both. That's, but that's the most important, not of the two. It's the derby meister that is a ski race that is held in STO every year, and that might be a hint to what's going to happen here in a minute. All right. Okay. All our first round of trivia questions are for you because we live in a beautiful snow sports town, and because we know both of you two, love to. Hit the slopes. We thought we'd ask you some questions about the greatest winter sport there is skiing. Yes, sure is both. I bet it all. I bet it all. You bet it all. Okay, perfect. You feel confident on this one? We don't usually bet, it's not discourage. Yeah. How often do you guys ski in the winter? is it an everyday get a couple runs in the morning type of thing? We have different modes of skiing. So we're both pretty, even over a hundred days total on snow. Okay. And that's impressive that Nordic and Ted skins. Oh yeah. I do a lot of skiing. I also do some Nordic skiing, backcountry skiing. I'll ride the lifts on occasion. so yeah, it comes out to probably 120. Wow. give, that's a good season. Yeah. Give or take. That was. 70 days lift served. Yep. This year. Plus about 30 something skins. So Yeah. Yeah. we're we on snow a lot? you guys, we diversify. I don't wanna embarrass you, but I went I think five times this past winter. Okay. Okay. Hey, that's funny. That's five more than I feel like I've seen you there. 10. Back onto the slopes. Called out. What about you, Nancy? I, more than that, probably I think. 30 to 35. oh, that's legit. It's also maybe I'm going to beat her next year though. Yeah. Oh, for sure. It's not a competition. Yes. Everything's a competition as long as you're getting out there and having fun. Yeah, exactly. It's all good. Exactly. and besides sto, what other resorts do you guys. Like to visit when I'm, if I'm on the East Coast, it's just hard to leave still. Yeah. It's so great. be like, Hey, I'm gonna go to Sugarbush or anything like that. I lived out in Lake Tahoe for a couple years. Oh. no, I skied Heavenly. Yeah. Squaw Valley. It's actually named Uhhuh. Okay. Palisades. Tahoe now. Yeah, that was one of my favorites. I lived in Park City for a little bit. Oh yeah. So Snowbird Was probably pretty good. Probably those two. Jackson Hall I've been to a bunch. I'd say probably. You know those three. Nice. Been to Alaska skiing, oh, ESKA. How was that? It was amazing. Yeah. It's tricky though. I was there in March and they have so little light that the lifts were open from 10 to three. Wow. And that was in March. Wow. So I don't really know how they. Yeah, make money like two hours in the other months. But yeah, probably those four zones. those were some nice, was lucky. I grew up in STO and my parents had me on skis when I was probably three. Okay. They were just super into it, so pretty much ever since then, that's the way to do it. So you must have seen the town change quite a bit. Quite a lot. Yep. Seen it change a lot and there's pros and cons to that. You should talk about it on a podcast idea. Good idea. Let's start a podcast. Yeah. You guys should start a podcast. We say. Yeah. Yeah. Great idea. But honestly, for me, skiing and it's like breathing. I just, I'm at the point now, like I just, I don't even think about it. I just, I have all my gear and I wake up. Just go up. It's in your DNA now? Yeah. Yeah. It's just a big part of my life and like I said, my parents are, super into it, so that helped. Oh, that's wonderful. And I go in the mornings, so Ted's usually coming off the mountain at seven 30. Oh my gosh. And he'll text me and say, you gotta get up there, it's eight inches. And I'll go up, I ski before work, so I'll go off from eight to nine 15. Get six runs in and it's plenty of days. Ted's alerted me to the fact that it's way better than you think it's gonna be here. I love that you have your own personal snow report. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. That's pretty sweet. Lifetime. Mine is very unreliable'cause my husband goes early and he'll be, he'll just rave about it and I'll get there and he's really optimistic. he sees the snow roads. it is better it eat one of those. It is always better. That's what he always says it is. And I've started going to Europe last about four years ago now. We went to St. Anton, Austria. So we became enamored with skiing in Europe. So this year we're gonna the Dolomites. Oh. Oh wow. I've always wanted to go there. You would love it. It's awesome. Blue cruising, mixed with great food and great Ry ski. So it's say no more. It's a really nice vibe. Could do live recording. Oh, we're in Italy. There we go. Oh, that is a, yeah. Podcast rental equipment. Lemme tuck that. Ship it over or something. All right. Having heard all this, we have every confidence in you guys. You're going to, oh my God. We're gonna nail that one. We're gonna nail this. Are you ready? I'm ready. All right, ready? All right, let's go. So we have 10 questions for you. All right. And we're gonna give you time to think and let our lovely listeners jot down their answers. So we'll go through all the 10 questions and giving you time to think, and then we'll go back through them and get your responses. Question one. The modern day version of what Snow Sport equipment was invented in Vermont in 1977. Question two, what Mountain Academy did Mikayla Shiffrin get her start at question three? What do you call the stance on a snowboard where the right foot is forward? Question four. Who is the most decorated American male downhill skier? Question five. What is the term used to describe someone who is inexperienced or just generally bad and awkward at skiing? Question six. What new ski discipline will be added to the 2026 Olympics in Milano Cortina? Question seven. When skiers turn, they tend to push snow into small piles called what? Question eight. What Olympian is known as the flying tomato. Question nine, what French term is synonymous with the term groomed trail? And question 10, just for fun, who is the patron saint of skiing? All right, we're gonna give you a few seconds to wrap up your responses and we'll be back with the answers. Okay guys? Alright. Good. Got all your answers down? Good. Yeah. Good. I feel pretty good. I. I saw you guys scribbling furiously. Yes. It was a competition to get it down. First one that, I just can't remember his name. Just one. That's pretty impressive. Mike. Which one was that? the flying tomato. Oh yeah, I got you there. I think they were using our scoring sheet, which is on trivia, the tomato. Oh, that's right. Technically isn't skiing though, if I'm thinking of the right name. No, that is true. Okay. Did I didn't say Scott, did I? Anyway, we'll start at the top. Yeah. Okay, question one. The modern day version of what Snow Sport Equipment was invented in Vermont in 1977. Snowboard snowboarded. Yeah. Correct. Yeah. Jake Burton. By Jake Burton. Jake, yeah. Jake lived in this town. He did for a long time. Exactly. But Stratton, he invented it at Stratton. Yes. Did he? Yeah. Okay. London area, right? Did he, yeah. Yeah. And he started with the S surfer where That's right. Was like a rope. Rope attached to the very front of the, yep. Yeah. They have that at the ski museum, right? Yes, they do. Oh, yes. All the old version. Shout out to come check it out to the Ski and Snowboard Museum Downtown Stowe. That's right. All right, so far so good. Question two, what Mountain Academy did Mikayla Shiffrin get her start at Burke? Burke. Burke. Nice. Legendary. Not even. I thought someone would go for Green Mountain or No. Okay. No. They make'em tougher out here, Yeah. They build Olympians. Yeah. You have to learn how to ski on ice. Exactly. That's right. They say, if you can ski the east, you can ski anywhere. That's, true. that's essentially what those downhill racers are skiing from. It's ice. Oh, ice. They want it to be ice. Yeah. Crazy. Okay, question three. What do you call the stance on a snowboard where the right foot is forward? Goofy. Goofy. Correct. Oh my gosh. These guys know their stuff. Number four, nail it. I'm not. I think I, oh, okay. Okay. Let me remind the listeners. Question four was, who is the most decorated American male downhill skier? I wrote Phil Mayer, Bodie Miller. That is correct. It's Bodie Miller? Yes. Oh, Phil Mayer. I didn't, I thought he was doing more kind of freestyle bumps. Really? Mayor Brothers competition. Anyway, I got it wrong. It was a good guess though. Mike, look up Phil Mayer. I may have to protest that one. Okay, we'll put it in the chat. We do know the number Bode Miller one. How many times he won. Yeah. Six Olympic medals. Did he? Yeah. And he won the World Cup overall Championship twice. Yeah. Probably the last American. and even besides that, I was like maybe Tommy Mo. Yeah. Or something like that. But yeah. historically, Americans haven't not done great. It's usually Norwegians, Austrian. Americans like to invent new sports to that we can win like snowboarding. Yeah. At least for a aboard cross snowboard. Cross. Okay. Got it. Half pipe. And Mikayla Schiffrin obviously blows the men outta the park. Exactly. On another level. Yep. Alright. Question five, what is the term used to describe someone who is inexperienced or just generally bad and awkward at skiing? Okay. I have a I, I think I know the answer, but I'm gonna give you an alternate answer, Jerry. That's what I thought. Correct? Yes, correct. That was my, I think my alternate answer is an epic skier. oh, what me and my friends call, you know when you like go out on a super busy Saturday. Yes. And people are all there and they just really don't know how to ski. They don't come very often. They're there for the first time, the most dangerous day winter. We just call'em epic skiers'cause they have epic passes. I was gonna say, if there's Ference, epic, epic Pass, of course. Okay. I, you know what? There's another term I use to call those kind of skiers. The Laura Weber? No, I've, I can attest that's not true. I actually have another alternate game. So when I first moved here, or even before I moved here, they used to do canned food day. You may remember this. yeah. If you brought a can of food To donate to the food bank, STO would give you a free Lyft ticket. It was like a November. I love that. It was great. Great program that, but keep in mind it's November, there's one trail open, right? Yeah. And 6,000 people show up with a can of food to ski for free. Oh. And it was chaos on the one inch of snow. So we call it canned, that we always call that canned food day whenever it's super crowded. Alternate day. Great. Oh god, these are great. Question six was what new ski discipline will be added to the 2026 Olympics in Milano? Corina isn't S Schmo. I wrote S Schmo Alpine Touring. It is Schema. Yeah. Sche Mountaineering Racing up. Noah Dimes. Yeah. Once you get, no, there's sprint version. Sprint skinny up, but I think there's a sprint version and a regular version, and the sprint version is like 30 seconds. Oh my God. Yeah. Wow. You get Noah Dines past Octagon guest. Yeah. To compete. Wow. I think Milan, Milan? Yeah. Oh, the former tennis director. Yeah, he does some. Some former coaches. Really some coaching. I don't know if it's for the US team, but I know he's involved in that. I did not know that. I don't think. I wonder. That's incredible. Yeah. I wonder if us has a chance. It's big in Europe. I bet Europeans are gonna be really good at that. look forward to seeing that. Question seven. When skiers turn, they tend to push snow into small piles called what? Ogles Mogul. Yes. Okay. I didn't, you didn't know it. Yeah. No, I know. It felt too like obvious mogul. Yeah. So does that mean now you're even Yes, I think you think so. For even you both have six. Okay. Question eight, what? Olympian is known as the flying tomato. Sean White. That is correct. Oh, you're kicking yourself. Mark. You like I pictured him. I can picture him. I with the red orange hair, I kept getting confused with the comedian. That's casual. Carrot top. Yeah. Little known fact. They're cousins. Not really. Gosh. Okay. What French term is synonymous with the term groomed trail? Peaced. Correct. I didn't know that. Yeah.'cause like off east on Overall Square, we're all square. Yeah. You're off your, you. Oh my gosh. You're eight and eight or eight? Eight. Eight and eight. Eight, eight. Okay. Wow. And the last question, who is the patron saint of skiing? I have a guess, but I don't know. Stein Erickson? no. It's St. Bernard of Maju. Okay. Like Swiss, some kind of Swiss, yeah. Makes sense. Yeah. Saint Bernard. Bernard? Yeah. He's the patron saint of the Alps in snowboarding, hiking, backpacking, and mountaineering. Wow. He lived in the 11th century, so this is way back. That's pretty cool. You didn't know him personally that I didn't know that We did. All right. Yeah. You guys did eight outta 10 state good questions. And as a team we would had'em, all those really good. We would've had'em all. But the last one. Yep. Yeah. Excellent questions. Okay. So the lesson is work together. Yes. That was fun. Really. Ni good questions. Really good. Good questions. All right. You gonna, you wanna continue playing along? I am ready to play along. Majestic Mount Mansfield embodies the spirit of Stowe heritage. And we're proud to present the Octagon Podcast, a true reflection of our amazing community. Stowe Living is honored to sponsor this podcast. We're helping you live your best life daily with stunning furniture, unique design, kitchenwares, thoughtful gifts sourced from around the world. Thank you Stowe for your continued support of Stowe Living and the Octagon Podcast. When it comes to luxury real estate in Stowe Trust, Meg Kaufman of Land Vests, Christie's International Real Estate. Meg Kaufman knows the market inside and out. 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What country known for its Buddhist temples and military Junta run government was struck by a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in March of 2025. Question three, what southeast Asian country would you most likely be in if you were enjoying a Bon me sandwich? Question four. What country is considered to have the world's oldest national flag still in use? And question five, originally called touch what? All female nineties bands first hit. Wannabe is the world's biggest selling debut, single of all. All right. We will give you guys a few moments to wrap up your answers, and then we will reveal them to you. All right, and we're back with the answers to the well. Okay. Question one, who died after being shot by a poison arrow in the Philippines? There's gotta be some. Explorer Yes. Of some sort. I don't know why, like the name like Cook came to mind. It is Magellan. I was gonna, oh. Oh, I didn't have it and it's okay. Speak up. It's okay. Magellan. Yes, you got it, Mike. That's correct. Number two, what country was struck by a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in March, 2025. The modern name please. I went with Myanmar. That is correct? Yeah. I didn't know I was getting, wow. Impressive. Nal. Huge. I crossed out Nepal and I crossed out Bhutan and I wrote Myanmar. I, I wrote Nepal. Yeah, but I, but are, that's not, I didn't think it was communist, but anyway, well done. Question three, what southeast Asian country would you most likely be in if you were enjoying a bond? Me. Do you want me to go for it? I know it. Then let's have you say it. Yeah, you say it. Thailand? Nope. Indonesia? Nope. Ah, Vietnam. That is correct. Ding, ding. Vietnamese food. Bon me sandwich. That's not my thing. They're all over Stowe. Oh, they are delicious. Yeah. The bench has one, I think. Yeah. Yeah. I get the nachos, but what country is that from? Mexico. Okay. Question four. What country is considered to have the world's oldest national flag still in use? That is so tough. Japan? Nope. That's a good guess. Can I take his necking? Do you know this guy? It is a European country. It's a European country. Spain, I think a little north. Yeah, it is. Denmark never would've known that. yeah. it makes sense, right? Yeah. Danish. Yeah. Yeah. Makes sense. Okay, and the final question of the originally called Touch, what all female nineties bands first hit was wannabe. I took a good guess. Yeah, I have no idea. You don't know Spice Girls? That's correct. Yes. Yes. Wow. Nice job. Thanks. Wow. Yeah, that's the only one I could think of. That was great. Yeah. there weren't a whole lot of, I should that the all girls, yeah. Nine dos all girls like Spice Girls. There's, there are always clues in the question. Yeah, totally. well done. So I think I got three. What'd get. Zero. No, you didn't. I think we're gonna say three. Three. It's okay. You guys are jump three. Yeah, we're a team. Team. We're a team. We're plus three. I'm not concerned. Plus three. Okay. That wraps up the can't be afraid to fail, right? No, exactly. Gotta go for it. All right, next, next up is straight no chaser, which is our medium level toughness round. That's right. Each correct answer in this round is worth two points. In what US state was VO born. Question two. The Bible says that Noah's Ark made landfall upon what mountain. Question three. What short story published in 1924 tells the tale of a big game hunter who finds himself on an isolated island hunted by a Russian aristocrat. Question four, in professional tennis, how many points are there in a super tie break? I'm confident Michael, get this. Yeah. Oh, 10 too. That's right. This feels like a good one. Question five, how many bones are in an adult human body? We are gonna give you a few moments to wrap up your responses and we'll be back with the answers and we are back with answers to straight no chaser. How do you guys, how'd you guys do tough? Tough round. Maybe we can cobble together. I think. Yeah, we can cobble, yeah. Yeah, put it together. All right. Okay. Question one. In what US state was Geronimo born New Mexico? I was just say Arizona. You were right. All right, Arizona. I'm well done. Back on the board. Got it. Let question two, the Bible says that Noah's Ark made landfall upon what mountain. I dunno. I don't know. No idea. That would be Mount Era Rat Mount Mansfield. Mount what? Mount Mansfield. Mount Mansfield, This new, it's up on the chin. You never noticed. Wait, what was the answer? Era rat. A rat. A rat. A-R-A-R-A-T. That's right. And I forget what modern day country that is, but, is it? It might be Arant Turkey. Oh, yeah. Somewhere probably. Oh yeah. I think you might be right. I think it's Turkey. Okay. Question three. What short story published in 1924 tells the Tale of a Big Game Hunter? Any guess? We both loved this book. Yeah. I feel like we were asking each other question. You said short story by story. Yep. Book or Oh, did, yeah. Short story publish in 1924. Yeah. Big game Hunter who, he falls off a ship and he winds up on this deserted island and it's so good. It's, oh, it's got a twist ending. It's very good. Anything was, I, when I think of Frontier, I always think of like Daniel Boone or it's actually, this was South America. Yeah, this was Okay. Yeah. Somewhere. I thought it was in South Pacific, but wherever it was in the middle of the ocean. Don't know. It was the most dangerous game. Yeah, we had to read that in, in school. Did you? My in grade school. My kids had that Gonna be my nice question and that's what I'm learning about. But I don't know really how that works in trivia. how many clar, how many clarifying questions can you ask in, in this format? Zero. This is very, this is loosey goosey, It's just you know it or not. Yeah, exactly right? Yeah. Yep. And question four, in professional tennis, how many points are there in a super tie break? Let's go 10. 10. That's right, exactly. And the last question, number five, how many bones are there in. An adult human body. This is gonna just be a total guess. I'd have to call a friend to get that call. Laura. Yeah. 206. I thought 1100 shows You what? I know. I was gonna say a hundred. Yeah. Two oh six. And you're born with more because in the skull are not fused. Yeah. But then they little become fused. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Or they all right. become confused. Confused. Confused. That's right. Exactly. you either know that or you don't. You're not counting'em like one? No. you could but six for like time's up. Hold on. I'm only on my arm. I haven't gotten to my leg. just your foot alone. You know how to, that's why I thought I'm more, I don't know why. Yeah, no, it's understandable. A lot of little bones. Yeah. Yeah. Little bones in the ear. Anyway. 2 0 6, I'm gonna remember that for trivia night. There you go. It's training. All right, you guys, now it's time for the mystery round. The answers to the five questions in this round will have a connection in common, answer the individual questions correctly, and then try to guess what the connection to all of those answers is. Each correct answer, including the answer to the connection is worth two points. Do you have a question? So like a theme? Is that, yeah. Across all five answers, right? Just the answers, not the questions, just the answers. The questions. Just the answers. Almost a crossword puzzle has usually. Yeah, a theme. Exactly. Exactly. Or like connections. A game called Connections. Yeah. Yeah, that's right. All right. Question one. One of the seven Wonders of the Ancient World for 3,800 years after it was built was the tallest, manmade structure on earth. Question two. What important symbol of American freedom was hidden in the Zion German Reformed Church for nine months during the American Revolution? Question three. Name The Filipino American actor who played Richie Valens in the film lab Bamba. Question four. Most of these birds from the re, how do you say that, Nancy? I have no idea. Aspi family. A-C-C-I-P-I-R-I-D-A-E family, which also includes hawks, eagles, and vultures. They have a distinct notched or deeply forked tail. What is his birds called? And question five. What is the name of the extraterrestrial family that featured in a recurring sketch on 1970s Saturday Night Live. Okay, we'll give you a second to wrap up your answers and see if you can figure out that connection. All right. The answers to the mystery round. Here we go. Number one. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It was for a while, the tallest, manmade structure on earth. What did you think? One of the great pyramids? Yes, that's what I wrote. Pyramids. Wow, that's what I wrote. The Great Pyramid. Pyramid of Giza. Yep. Sweet. Question two, what important symbol of American freedom was hidden for nine months during the American Revolution? I didn't know this Plymouth Rock. It's a good kiss. It's the Liberty Bell. Liberty. Oh, they were afraid they would, the British would melt it down for ammo. Oh wow. Yeah. That's awesome. Have you ever been to the Liberty Bell? I have. Do you know how it cracked? I do. And now I'm forgetting. I think Nicholas Cage had something to do with about, was hunting for the declaration. Literally old age. I went on the tour, it was overuse, right? oh. It's just yeah's. Just overuse. Old age and overuse. And the guy's doing the tour and who knows why it's cracked. We're like freedom of a war. We found no war. He goes, no. Just old age. No, it got tired. That's a good tour guide. I like that. So the answers we have so far are the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Liberty Bell. Question three. Name the Filipino American actor who played Richie Valens in the movie Lab. Baba. I can picture, you can see him, right? So I can see his face. I gimme a hint. it's a three, it's three names. it's a first middle west. Yeah, I knew that. I know, I'm trying to think of what else he was in, but I can't even remember this spell. I don't even know. Yeah. And I've seen the movie a few times. It is Lou Diamond Phillips. Ah. You knew it and now I know it. Okay. Number four. Most of these birds in this family include hawks, eagles, and vultures, and have a distinct notched or deeply forked tail. So this is like a classic, A type of bird cake. It's a type of bird. Yeah. I wrote birds a prey, but that's It's an actual bird. Yeah. These are kites. Wow. K-I-T-E-K-I-T-E-S. Kites. Yeah. So we've got the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Liberty Bell Lew, diamond Phillips, and Kites. And question five, what is the name of the extraterrestrial family that featured in a sketch on 1970s SNL, and they had a movie in the eighties. Conehead. Yes. That's what all feels. Yes. The cone Job Heads. Well done. All right. All right. Any thoughts on what that connection might be? Conehead, diamond Kite. Bell and pyramids, if it makes you feel any better. I did not get this. Some kind of shape. Yes. These are all shapes. Yes. Yes. Shapes. All right. Yes. That's awesome. And we're on the octagon. Okay. You got it. You guys got it. Shapes nice. Love it. That was fun. Good questions. Yeah, tough. Really good. Awesome. Okay, let's move on to the top shelf then. This is top shelf. Are you guys ready? Good. Have a little of my drink before the top shelf. Let's just have another drink. I'm really, I'm scared here. I don't know if I'm tired now from thinking or warmed up. hopefully you're warmed down. It's invigorating, right? Yes. No, it's cool though, you realize, you know how much more there is. To know and just building knowledge and fun little facts. It's so fun. Even just this short period of time, I'll go home tonight and I'll just be like, oh, Lou Diamond, Phil. I know. Exactly. that's all we do all day. We just, yeah, I know. it's cool. Yeah. We have a shared notes now where we just keep adding things. We'll be talking, I'll be like, oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute. I gotta put this in my notes. Are you driving around and you dump something right. All the time. Absolutely. The list is like 200 items long now. Yeah. How many of the questions do you just come up with on your own versus Is there a source? Is there like a No, we, this is all our own. We create all our own. You're just thinking of these things and then we research it and make sure it's accurate. Yeah. Got it. That's amazing. Nice. okay, let's do that last round. Let's go. Okay. Question one. Besides India, what is the other official shortened name of the Republic of India? Question two in Dante's Inferno, Dante is guided through hell by what? Roman poet. Question three, the movies gone with the Wind and the Wizard of Oz were both released in what banner year for film Question four. What are the two main components of a ru? That's spelled ROUX cooking term. And question five, in what year was the first YouTube video debut? All right. We'll give you a few seconds to wrap up and we'll be back with the answers. Okay. And we are back with answers to top shelf. And I don't know if we mentioned this earlier, but there were three points. I did not mention that they are worth three vulner. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Okay, so question one, besides India, what is the other official short name of for the Republic of India? I dunno. I didn't know. I did not know this. This is a Laura question. this is tough. This is Barat. So if you were to go to India, that's what they would call their country. I've heard of it, yeah. You have? Yeah. that's fascinating. Yeah. Question two in Dante's Inferno, Dante is guided through hell by what poet? A lot of things came to me, but I don't know. Nothing came to me. So at least you had a lot of things. That was Virgil. Yeah. That wasn't one of them. That was toughie. Question three, the movie's Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz were both released in what banner A year for film. when I think of Gone With the Wind, it's like pretty old. Yep. For sure. Thirties. Late thirties. Yes. Oh, I was thinking of the thirties. 39. That's guys. Wow. Amazing. Well done. I love that. I didn't know. I didn't know it was that old. Yeah, actually, because I had to, I was thinking it had to be before World War ii. Oh, yeah. That's a good point. Yeah, that's correct. Wow. Look at this. Listen to this guy. Yeah. 39, big year. See this guy? Go. Question four. What are the two main components of a ru? Okay. I went with flour. That's one of us. And broth so close. Ted, it's fat. Some sort of like butter. I didn't know if it was, I was gonna say like a cream. Of course. Cream is what was gonna be my guess. Of course. Flowering cream. Yeah. That's stupid to me. Yeah. Yeah. And five, what year was the first YouTube video debut? This is a guess It's mid nineties. no. it's later. It's late two thousands. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. 2005 to be exact. Okay. That's amazing to me. Yeah. It predates Facebook, but the internet grew up in the nineties. It's amazing that, yeah. It was that late. It took that long. YouTube specifically. Yeah. No, that's, yeah. That's amazing to me. Everybody got that. I've gotta say, you guys did awesome. Yeah. Yeah. That was fun. Very impressive. These showing these were, those were some challenging ones. Skier ones. Yeah. it's fun when you get your, your wheelhouse, right? Yeah. Oh yeah. Definitely. Yeah. But it's fun also to think through okay, it could be this, it could be this. What's, or even what's the logic behind the movie one. all right, I don't really know, but here's what I think. You can nut it out. Yeah. Yeah. That was awesome. It gets you thinking. For sure. And stuff you have really haven't. Yeah. And Geronimo for example. Yeah. Like that. I loved learning about Native Americans. Growing up in school. So it was like, immediately I tapped it out. I'm like, oh cool. I just started thinking about it, dig back into what you've learned in the past that was like, what I, hands down, what I just, I loved learning about it. So brought me back to that place know Ken Jennings from Jeopardy, he said, says that. And of course he has an amazing brain, but he's I don't have a photographic memory. What I have is an interest in a lot of things, and when I'm interested in something, I tend to remember it. yeah, totally. I think that's true. Shout out to Ken. Yeah, I know. Come on. Our podcast sometime, Ken, we all have these. That would be my dream. That's my drive. Okay. It's, you have this stuff buried in your brain and it's how do you bring it to the surface? Yes. That's how do you access it? Exactly. Yeah. And then it just gets, sends you down a path of. thought and yeah. You arrive at others cool stuff to learn and remember. Memories. Memories too. Yeah. watching the cone Heads. Oh, that reminds me of, that's buried in my brain. High. Great soundtrack to that movie, by the way. Oh, I don't remember it. Red. The C Heads movie. Yes. Red Hot Chili Peppers only. Yeah. Yeah, I remember that. Oh, was it under The Bridge? Was in, was that in that? Oh, no. Sold a Squeeze. Sold A Squeeze is only on the Clone Head's For Real Soundtrack. Yep. Yeah. Oh, I love that was the movie Dan Aroy, Jane Cur was the same people. yeah. I remember that. The music video, it was hilarious. Actually had a music video on MTV. Oh my gosh. For that song. And I'm pretty sure the cone heads were. Oh, that's right. That's pretty hysterical. That's right. I think I, I think you're right. I know the whole theme was they were at, like a circus or something like that. Oh God. I forget. It's been a while. Insane. It's been a long time, isn't it? Netflix? We gotta watch that somewhere. It's live. It can be found. Totally request. Yeah, that was, that just brought up a memory for me. Oh my gosh. thank you for letting us play a game with you. That was so sun. Great. Awesome. That was awesome. Thank you so much and thank you for having us. yeah. Our podcast is, yeah. Tell us about the podcast. Yep. So our podcast is Trivia Buzz and our website is trivia buzz pod.com, where you'll find all the recipes of the cocktails that we drink on our podcast. And the scoring sheet. And the scoring sheet. So you can play along. Yeah. A little info about us and how we got into this. And yeah, we encourage you to, Listen along and play along and maybe make a drinking game out of it. If you want to, you'll find us on Apple and Spotify. Yep. yeah. Check them out. Check them out. Sounds great. Trivia buzz. Alright, awesome. Love it. Another OW podcast. That's right. Going live. Yep. Another one coming out. Oh, thank you so much guys. Thanks. Thanks, Nancy. Thank you. Bye. Hope you enjoyed that episode of the Octagon Podcast. 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