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Hey, everybody. We are live at the Cottlesville Township volunteer fire
department for the Armstrong neighborhood channel. I'm Jeff. This is the
stuff I never knew. Trivia, game show, podcast. I've got three
great guests joining me tonight. We have Greg, Vince, and
Joe. Let's hear that theme music.
That is correct. You are correct. You are wrong. You are wrong. You
are wrong. You are right. That is correct. And as you know, on this show,
we get right into it. And I developed a special game
tonight. We have a game called presidential
wrestlers. So I'm gonna read you a nickname, and all you have
to do is tell me, is that nickname from the
president, Martin Van Buren, or a
pro wrestler? So I'll give you a nickname. Is that a wrestler's nickname or a
nickname for a very specific wrestler or a president? Now, I
got one bonus point. Does anybody know what number president
Martin Van Buren was?
22nd, 22nd, 14th,
1417,
1714. Is the winner. Eight is the actual
answer. All right, so we're going to start with Greg
tonight. Old Kinderhook.
Is old Kinderhook a wrestler or a nickname for
the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van Buren?
I'm going to say wrestler. Wrestler
is
correct. That was the president's nickname.
Over to Vince, the careful Dutchman. Is
the careful Dutchman a wrestler or a president?
Wrestler. Wrestler is
incorrect. All right, Joe. Good
luck. All right, over to Joe
Van Hammer. Was Van Hammer Martin Van
Bjorn's nickname or a wrestler? So it really
sounds like a trick question. I'm gonna go with wrestling.
Wrestler is
correct. First point of the night goes to Joe,
Connellville Township's favorite player tonight.
Let's go back to Greg. Big
Van Vader. Was big Van Vader Martin
Van Bjorn's nickname or a wrestler?
I'm gonna go with the president. President is
incorrect. It was a wrestler. A wrestler. How many
nicknames this guy has? I know. Seriously, are you thinking the second
one would have been correct. Yeah. He was the only 8th president, but he had
at least eight nicknames. Let's go over to Vince.
Red Fox of Kinderhook. Red Fox of
Kinderhook. President. President is
correct. Correct. You paid attention to the first clue. Had kinderhook in it, too.
Yes. That's what got me. And over to Joe,
Martin van ruin. Was Martin Van ruin
a president or a wrestler?
I'm going with the president. President is
correct. Correct. He's on a roll. Back
to Greg, the great
manager. Was the great manager a wrestler
or Martin Van Buren's nickname?
I'm gonna say the president. President is
correct. First point for Greg's on the board. On the board.
And back to Vince. The modern day
warrior. The modern day warrior. Is that a
wrestler or a president's nickname? Wrestler.
Wrestler is correct. Correct.
And our last one in this round. It's modern day.
Last one to Joe. Matty Van. Matty
Van. Is that a us president or a
wrestler? I will say
wrestler. Wrestler is
incorrect. Incorrect. You finally missed one. That's very good.
We have Greg with one, Vince with three, Joe with
two. Vince gets a special bonus going into round two.
You can decide the order. Do you want to go
first or mix it up? I want to go last. You want to go last?
Who do you want to go first? All right. Joe is
going first on the hot seat. Now, Joe,
because you get to go first. You get to pick music, movies
or television. I'll do
television. Television. So in this game, we're gonna. It's
called a connections quiz. I'm gonna give you four random
questions, but the answers all tie together to be
something television related. So just kind of general knowledge
questions, but then you'll have to get a bonus point by telling me what ties
all these things together. Your first
question for television. What was
Dracula's former life? What was he known as?
How old do you think I am?
I got an answer in the back.
Anybody know? All right, we'll go with.
Was it count? We're looking
for Count. Count Dracula. He was a count
which Reynolds starred in. Boogie nights and Smokey and
the Bandon. We're looking for a Reynolds. Burt Reynolds. Burt Reynolds is
correct. In which movie did Sylvester
Stallone play the role of a gangster? Angelo snaps
provolone.
I have no idea. That's a movie. You said television.
Well, the answers will be tv related. We're looking for
Oscar. Oscar, great, underrated Stallone
movie, and name the famous south african
golfer, formerly number one in the world, who was
nicknamed the Big Easy. His name is
Blank. Elsa, blank
L's. I'll go with Ernie. Ernie
is correct. Correct. Good job. So,
Joe, I've got count. I've got Oscar, I've got Ernie and
Burt. And Burt. I'm gonna say they tie together to Sesame Street.
Sesame street for the bonus point, is correct.
Correct. Very well played.
So you got one more chance to earn five bonus points.
And for the name five bonus question, I'm gonna give you a very category,
like name five spices in your spice cabinet. You have to tell me,
salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, and paprika. Right.
Will they be that easy? I don't know, but I'm gonna put 10 seconds on
the clock. You have to do it all in 10 seconds.
So, Joe, name your five
favorite Sesame street characters. And
go. Bert, Ernie, Oscar, Count,
and big Bird. That was five.
That was five. That was correct. But I always let the timer run to see
what happens. You did very well. Total points.
We got eight and more.
You got ten points total going into the third round. That's a very strong
score. And just so everybody knows, tonight, our players are playing
for four free passes to Jennerstown
speedway tonight. So you get four tickets to the
winner. To the winner, you gotta win. So here
we go. We're going to. Greg is going to take the hot
seat. All right, here we go, Greg. Welcome
to the show. Thank you. Greg, tell us a little about yourself and where you're
from. Well, I'm from the city of
Connorsville. I've been the mayor for the last eleven years.
And tonight our chamber is having
our first farmers market, Downeyawk park, every other week
through September. And they're selling new carnival merch. If you like the
shirts, they have stickers and glasses and all kinds of stuff, you
can purchase it down there at the farmers market every Thursday
from five to eight. Every other Thursday from five to eight. So that's our latest
thing going on. Very nice. A round of applause.
Palmsville farmers market every other Thursday. Greg,
do you want to do music or movies?
Do movies. Movies. Here we go. And again, these are going to be general knowledge
questions, but the answers will have a movie answer. Okay.
The United States longest war is the war in
Afghanistan. What is the second longest
war? I'm gonna say Vietnam. Vietnam
is correct. Correct. All right,
what is the easiest Russell Stover product to pick up
at the drugstore as a last minute Valentine's Day gift?
I'm gonna, I would guess, a box. Of candies or
maybe a little more. Specific, heart shaped box of candy.
Chocolate. Chocolate. There we go. We're looking for chocolate. Box of chocolates from Russell
Stover. Yeah. There we
go. What is another name for table tennis? Ping
pong. Ping pong. Three for three is correct.
And your last one, which actor starred in
castaway saving private Ryan and the Green
Mile? Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks. I know the movie
is correct. So what ties together Vietnam, box of
chocolates, ping pong and Tom Hanks? Forrest Gump.
Forrest Gump. Is correct. Correct. Five for
five. Greg, your name five. Bonus
question. Name five
things you can cover in chocolate
and go. Strawberries. Cake.
Marshmallows, crackers.
And pretzels. Pretzels. Pretzels.
Five is
correct. You got eleven points. You got a one point lead over Joe. Going
in the final round, are you commissioner? We're going to bring up commissioner
Vince. Vince, welcome to the show. Thank
you. Glad to have you here. Tell us a little about yourself.
I live in South Union Township and I've been a
commissioner for 25 years. My 25th.
Two years. Wow. I'm getting old.
And so we're gonna go to music questions. You got to
pick the order. They got to pick the categories. So all these answers will
tie together to be something music related. So
what's the color of the topmost band of the
rainbow? Color?
Yellow. Yellow. Incorrect. It's red. Red is the top
one. What is the title of Eric Segal's
tragic book about Oliver and Jenny,
a famous movie in the seventies?
Ow.
We're looking for love story. Love
story. Love story. I wouldn't have known that.
Joan Jett doesn't give a dang about her
bad. What? Blackhawks.
Yeah, I was
dang about her bad reputation.
What reputation? Reputation. Is
correct. Correct. And I was
right about the band. At least I used to listen to
that. Which athlete titled Jet Li film
proves he's not scared. Scared of anything? He's
not scared of anything. What? Say that
again. Which. Which aptly titled Jet
Li film proves he's not scared of
anything.
Nah, it's fearless. He's fearless. So
you might get some help from the front row here. What ties together
red love story, reputation and
fearless? Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift. Is
correct. Correct. Very good. We got put 10 seconds on the
clock, Vince, name five things
that are red and go red. Red.
An apple. A
pepper,
tomato. And time. Time.
We got three and a half from the audience. I heard fire truck from the
audience. Very good. We're gonna go to that final round.
And I have a very close game. We have Greg with
eleven, Joe with ten. And Vince with nine. Only two
points separates first and third place. The good news is we
have 30 points coming in this final round.
I have just ten questions for you, and for each question
I'm going to ask you. It's very vague. Who am I? What am I? Where
am I and what's going to happen. I'm going to start to read you a
series of clues to help you answer that. At any time, you can
buzz in with your. Just say your name, you'll buzz in and if
you get the answer right, you'll get three points for the first clue. If
it takes two clues, you'll get two points. If it takes all three clues, that's
worth one point. And when you buzz in, if you're right, you're going to earn
those points. But if you're wrong, we're going to subtract
those points from your total. So you want to be fast, but you want to
be accurate, too. It's anybody's game. You can buzz in any time
and you can buzz in multiple times. A lot of times,
the fans love a negative score, so don't be afraid to
buzz in multiple, multiple times. So here we go. Just
buzz in by saying your voice or saying your name. Our first one is
who am I? We're looking for a who.
My funeral was attended by 20,000
people. Now, sometimes the first clue can be vague. I
might try to mislead you, but
my funeral was attended by 20,000 people and if nobody
buzzes in, we'll go to the next clue. I never
married. Due to my unfortunate physical
appearance and ailments, a lot of people came to
my funeral, but I never married.
Our third clue, for one point. My symphony
number nine, often called ode to joy, is often considered
the greatest composition ever.
Oh, I'll try it. Hundel.
What's that? Hundle. Incorrect. I lose
a point. I tried. I don't even know damn any.
It's either, what, Beethoven or Mozart or something.
No buzzing. No buzzing. It is Beethoven. You had
it. You had it, but you didn't. Buzzing. All right, we're looking for a
leader. Leader was I. The clue in the title
was I. I abolished Christmas. This
leader abolished Christmas. Boo.
If I shout out you guys names, you have to answer right.
The second clue, worth two points. I survived an
estimated 634 attempts on my life,
probably because I abolished Christmas.
Our third clue. For one point, I was the
third longest rolling leader in world
history. My
hometown is famous for cigars.
Cuba. Any buzzers?
I'll go say Greg I'll go. Okay. Fidel
Castro. Fidel Castro is
correct for 1.1 point.
All right, here we go. I'm looking for a what? What am I? I was
often called the noble experiment. The noble
experiment. Tough. 1 second
clue. Greg thinks he have it. No, no. Second
clue for two points. I was supposed to cause a reduction in
crime, but I led to a boom in crime.
Our third clue, one point. Some of my products were
called hooch, bubbly foot juice, coffin varnish
and tarantula juice.
This is a who am I? This is a what? What am I?
All right. A bootleggere. Bootlegger. Incorrect.
That was part of this. It was prohibition. It has to
meet all three categories. Here we go. We're going to the
next one. What spice am I? I'm looking for a spice.
Too much of me causes psychiatric disorders.
If you have too much of this spice.
Our second clue for two points. The Dutch
traded Manhattan for me. The Dutch got
all of Manhattan for this spice.
It's pretty good purchase.
And our third clue for one point. I am
the nickname for the state of Connecticut.
They used to know it. It
is.
Connecticut is the nutmeg state. The nutmeg state.
Nutmeg. All right, here we go. We're gonna turn it around right here.
Where in the world am I? I'm hiding somewhere. You gotta find
me. I am in two states and famous for my sunny
days in gambling. Oh.
I'm in two states and famous for my sunny days and
gambling. Our second
clue for two points. I am the
largest alpine lake in the world.
The largest? I don't know, Greg. Is it Lake Tahoe?
Lake Tahoe for two points is
correct. Correct. That's because of gambling.
I didn't realize Lake Tahoe is in there. It's in two states? Might
be, yeah. California and what's other? What's that? Nevada? I don't
know. I don't research these questions. What
scientific discovery am I? I'm looking for a scientific discovery. I
am used for something that people will say will one day
destroy the earth. Sounds
exciting. Repeat that. I am used
for something that people say will one day destroy the
earth.
Our second clue for two. I am the largest
single machine in the world.
The largest single machine in the world.
I cost over $13 billion
and I'm being used to find the God particle.
The Large
Hadron Collider. Collider. Try to help you
out on that one. Cern. They just turned it back on during
the eclipse and everyone was freaking out. They thought that that was not a
good thing to do. All right, we have a few more questions left. Just
four questions remaining. Let's go to the scoreboard. It's a very close
game. Greg has 14,
Vince has nine and
Joe has eight. And we still have six questions
remain. Four questions remaining. Twelve points. It's still anybody's
game. This should be a good one, I think. Everybody, hands on your
buzzers on this one. I'm looking for a. What? What am I?
Astonishingly, I strengthen your bones and reduce
your chance of getting kidney stones.
It's a miracle.
Our second clue for two. I was illegal to make in
your home for almost 60 years.
Couldn't make this in your home. It helps you reduce your chances of getting
kidney stones. And our third
clue for one point. I am the third most
popular beverage in the world.
I'm light color bubbly. It
can cause intoxication. Champagne.
A little darker than champagne. We're looking for
anybody. Beer. Beer, beer.
That's what we said. All right. Who am I?
I wrote the book. I may be wrong, but I doubt it.
I may be wrong, but I doubt it. It wasn't
me. It's not my autobiography.
People call me sir. This is for two points.
Sir. I'm a famous
basketball player and an announcer. I competed in the
Olympics and had a long stint with the 76 ers.
Charles Barkley, sir. Charles Barkley for one point
is correct. Correct.
Two more questions remaining. I am from Mars
and my blue dye is famous for its medicinal
properties. This is a what? What am I? I am
from Mars and my blue dye is famous for its
medicinal properties. From Mars. Mars
is the clue on this one. Our second clue for two points. I
became popular in World War two.
I became popular in world War two. I'm from Mars. I
got blue dye.
Hands on your buzzers. I think the whole, whole audience is going to buzz in
on this one. I melt in your
mouth and not in your hand. M and Ms. M and Ms
goes. To vince for one point. That is
correct. Correct. Our last
one of the night of the show.
I'm looking for another. What? What am I?
I'll burn if I'm heated to 1500 degrees
fahrenheit. 1500
degrees fahrenheit, you can burn me.
Our second clue for two points. Romans
believed that I was the tears of gods or pieces of
falling stars. Meteorite,
Vince. Meteorite. Meteorite is
incorrect for two points.
And our last clue of the night. I'll eventually
turn into worthless graphite if you wait long
enough. I am not forever, as it
turns out. Oh, diamond. I got to say diamond.
I'll say diamond. Greg says diamonds.
Correct. Correct. Let's go to the score. Greg with
16, is our winner tonight. Congratulations, Greg.
And the winner tonight, everybody. Make sure you check out Jennerstown this summer.
Greg's got four free passes to Jennerstown. Well, that means
there's only time for one more thing. Let's dance our way out of here. That
is correct. You are correct. You are wrong. You are wrong. You are
wrong. You are right. That is correct. You are correct.
That is correct. We are going to play a game called
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