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Hey, everybody, welcome to the stuff I never knew. Trivia game show
podcast. I'm jeff, I'm your host. We are on the Armstrong
neighborhood channel. I've got three great guests joining me,
ayla, Jilly, Maria, and Melissa. Let's hear that
theme song.
That is correct. You are correct. You are wrong. You are wrong.
You are wrong. You are right. That is correct. That is
correct. And as you know, on this show, we get right into it.
My order tonight is Ayla, Jilly, Maria, and
Melissa. And tonight we're going to play a game called tri
bonds. And in this game, I'm going to give you three words that
somehow tie together. So, for example, if I were to
say elephant, car
and tree, what do those three things have in
common? Trunk. Bonus point.
They all have a trunk. Very good. Ayla, you
are first. Cat,
sword. Tuna. What ties
those three things together? Fish. Fish
is correct. They're all types of fish.
Over to Jilly Mariah. Marble,
sponge, angel, food,
cake, cake. Is
correct. Correct. To Melissa,
fountain, felt, tip,
ballpoint pens,
pension. Correct. Three for three. Off to
a great start. Let's go back to Ayla.
Fringe, curtain,
rough. What
ties together fringe, curtain, and rough? All I can think of is rough.
Puff pastry. Because I've been watching the great british. Bake off
is pastry. It's a haircut. Haircut. I've had
all three of these, but it is parts of a golf
course. Over to Jilly
Maria. The canyon state, the copper
state, the aztec state.
What ties those three things together? The canyon state, the
copper state and the aztec state.
Arizona. They are all nicknames
for Arizona. Very well. Played.
And to Melissa, Mork and Mindy,
Laverne and shirley. Joanie loves
chachi. Oh,
God. I mean, they're classic tv shows, but they're
also, like,
classic partners and whatnot. I don't know.
How are they partners? You're very close. You're so close.
Best friends. I know. I don't know.
No. We're looking for shows that spun off from
happy days. Happy days. All right, our
last ones. Back to Ayla.
Basket foot
rubberization.
I'm making word associations, and they're not helping me. That's all I can think
about is basket case. Basket case. Foot case. It could
be athlete's foot and a rubber case.
Yep. That. That's exactly what I was going for. That's my final
answer. We're looking for types of
balls. Basketballs, footballs, rubber balls. That makes
so much sense.
And to Jilly Maria. Lions,
tigers, pistons. Oh, my.
Oh, my. Lions and tigers and pistons. Oh, my.
Types of animals. Type animals
is incorrect. And we're looking. There are
teams in Detroit. I should. Detroit Lions,
Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons. And our last one, to
Melissa. The Sun, the
globe, the Tribune, types
of newspapers, names of
newspapers is correct. Let's go to that final. Or let's
go to that scoreboard. Then we'll jump to the final round. Why not?
We have Ayla with one Jilly Maria, and Melissa with
two Ayla. You get a little bonus because you have
a different score. You get to choose the order for round
two. Would you like to mix it up or keep it the same?
Let's mix it up. Who would you like to go first?
Is it Jillian? Right? Jillian Maria.
Jilly Mariah. And who wants. Who's second?
I'll go second. All right. And then Melissa third. We're
gonna move Jilly Maria to the hot seat. Jilly
Maria, welcome to the show. Thank you. Tell
us where you calling in from tonight. I am in central North
Carolina. I'm originally from Boston, hence the hoodie.
And what do you do? Over. And what did you say?
Central North Korea. Central North Korea, yes. I'm
southwest of Raleigh. For those of you who like maps and
geography, I am a trauma and emotion coach. I'm also a medium
and an intuitive, so I talk to dead people? Yes. Really?
And I can know things before y'all know things.
Awesome. Do you have a. Do you do this professionally or do you have a
podcast or a way people can connect with you? Sure. My website is
Jillianaria jilliemaria.com, and
I have a brand new podcast. I
love your weird with Jillian Maria. So you can look that up on YouTube. It
will be on Spotify podcasts and via
pod bean this week. Awesome. Awesome. We'll put those links in
the show notes. Jilly Maria, are you
ready for the hot seat? Yes.
So tonight we're going to do a general knowledge hot seat. This is going to
be three just random, vague questions that we chose and then a
name five bonus question where I'll give you a category
and you have 10 seconds to put five things into that category.
Jilly Maria, your first question, what
advertising slogan did wendy's begin using in
1984? Where's the beef?
Where's the beef? Is correct.
Correct. Our second question. What
singer is named chairman of the board?
Oh, crap. That's not
it. Oh, his name is right there.
Oh, crap. Tony. What is his name? What is his
name? What is his name?
It's escaping me when you need to know these things. Sorry. Are you thinking
Tony Bennett? Yes, but I know I'm wrong. Tony
Bennett, is it correct? Frank Sinatra. Frank
Sinatra. All right, our last one, who
hosted the game show truth or consequences before
joining the Price is right.
I can see his face. What is his name?
Oh, he just died. Not just died, but
he always said spay. And new to your animals,
we have. A three second rule. It just pops up.
Boo. You can't boo the
buzzer. Bob Barker. Bob Barker. Help
control the pop pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered.
And our five point bonus
question, name five reasons to pull over to
the side of the road when you're on a road trip and go.
Historical marker, you blow a tire, you get some other
reason with your car going on like the check engine light. Your car is shaking.
Copy. We got four. You
got car shaking. And the check engine light. Those were two different things. The
producer gave you four of the five points. Very well played,
Jilly, Maria. Let's go to Ayla. Ayla,
welcome back to the show. We just had you on on the last episode.
Glad to have you back. Thank you for joining us. Let's remind
everybody. Where are you calling in from? I'm calling in from Maryland.
Maryland. Recently relocated to Maryland. This is
last week. Loving it so far.
Tell us a little bit about what you do in Marilyn and a little bit
about your show. So my show is called Curator's Choice, and it is
a podcast about museums. I'm a big museum
dork and history lover, so every episode features
a new museum. And I have someone from that museum share the
history and some of the amazing artifacts that they
have. And I like to do big and small, all types. We do art,
aviation, military, natural history. I've done George Washington's
Mount Vernon to the Idaho Potato Museum, which
is as fantastic as it sounds. Oh, wow. Very nice. And how can
people listen and connect with you? So anywhere
you get your podcast, you can look in curator's choice, and that is
the podcast. Or you can go to curatorschoicepodcast.com
dot. Very good. Ayla, are you
ready for the hot seats? Yes. What item
of clothing was named after Bo and Luke's cousin
on the tv series the Dukes of Hazzard? Daisy
Dukes. The Daisy Dukes is correct. The
shorts. And which heavy metal band has
a mascot named Eddie?
Well, with my very extensive metal band
knowledge, I'm going to totally guess
Van Halen. Is that even a metal band? Oh, this is embarrassing.
Van Halen is incorrect. Iron Maiden.
Or as we say in Pittsburgh, Iron Maiden.
Iron Maiden. All right, who is the angry guy on the reality
tv show Hell's Kitchen?
Oh, I get so angry at him because he's mean to people,
but he's really nice to kids so he can be nice. Oh, this is
just such an easy question. It's the hot seat. It's making me panic.
I gotta put the 3 seconds. That's fair.
It is. Gordon Ramsey. Listen, we all knew that. I just
couldn't come up with it. All right, ayla, your name five
bonus question relating to road trips. Name five
games you can play in the car on the road trip. And
go. I spy road bingo.
License plate, 20 questions
and truth or dare. Kind of.
Those all work? Those are all things you can do in the car. Nice run.
Five for five. We're bringing Melissa back to the show.
Melissa, welcome back. Hello. Also on the
previous episode, tell us where you're calling in from. I
am in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, the birthplace of
aluminum. What some people don't know. Yes. A great town just
outside of Pittsburgh. Tell us what you do in New Kensington. I
am a boudoir photographer in New Kensington.
My studio is a safe space for women to reconnect with
themselves, and it's exciting to see the
transformation happen in my studio. Very nice
if people want to connect with you and maybe even hear your podcast.
Yeah. So I just started a podcast. It's called let's flip your
script. It's rewriting the
stories that you've been telling yourself and changing those
narratives. You can also find my
website, Melissa Jackson photography, and you can find me on Facebook,
Melissa jacksonphotography. Very good. I'll have all the
links from all my guests in the show notes. Make sure you click
through and support them. Melissa, are you
ready for the hot seats? Hopefully. Here
we go. Who is Dennis the menace's
cantankerous next door neighborhood?
Mister Wilson. Mister Wilson is
correct. Correct. Our next
question. What term was used to describe a group of
successful eighties film stars, including Ali Sheedy,
Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald and Rob
Lowe? The Breakfast Club.
The Breakfast club is close. I don't know.
The brat pack. And our
third one. Which girl group's second album was
titled Crazy Sexy Cool?
I don't know. The Pussycat Dolls. What's the cat dolls is
it was TLC. I only know their songs, not their
albums. All right, Melissa, your road
trip bonus question. Name five foods you can
pack in your car to snack on during a road trip and
go. Apples, cheetos,
bananas, pretzels and.
Chips. Chips at the buzzer. Five for five. The
producer says you got all five. Very well
played. Let's go to that scoreboard. Look
at this score tonight. It is a one point game.
Melissa with eight in the lead, Ayla
and Jilly Maria with tied with seven.
We're going to the final round with 30 points
available. And in this round we're going to play a bunch of
videos. We got ten videos lined up for you tonight and we're going to start
with very generic questions. Who am I? What am I? Where am
I? And we're going to start to read you a series of clues.
Now, if you buzz in when you think you've figured it out, if you buzz
in on the first clue, that's worth three points. The second clue is worth two
points and the last clue is worth one point. When you buzz in and
you're right, we're going to add those points to your total. When you
buzz in and you're wrong, we're going to subtract those points
from your total. So you want to be fast, but you want to be right
at the same time. And I've asked each of my guests to bring in
their own buzzers. Ayla, let's hear your buzzer.
First, we got the tax in the box
and Jilly Maria
has the jingle bells and Melissa,
she has the harmonica. So if you're
ready, let's go. And remember, there's you can buzz in multiple
times. We're looking for a pop cultural
phenomenon. Which pop
culture phenomenon? Excuse me. The short version
of this show became part of the Tracy Allman show in
1987.
Our second clue for two, the opening night for the
2008 movie was held in Springfield, Vermont.
You'll see a little timer on the right side. Let you know how much time's
left. Our third clue.
Matt growing created this animated sitcom.
I think Jilly Maria had was shaken first. Jilly
Maria. The Simpsons. The Simpsons is
correct. Correct. We'll go
to our second question. Very well played. We're looking for a pop
singer sensation. Which pop singer sensation?
She played the role of La Chameleon in
Robert Rodriguez movie Machete Kills.
Our second clue for two points. She recorded a
duet with Beyonce called telephone.
Melissa. Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga for
two points is correct. I. Very
nice. We'll go to our third question.
We're looking for a car brand. Which car brand is
it featured there? I don't know. Which car
brand. The first part of its name is a spanish girl's name meaning
grace. Now remember, my pictures may or
may not help you get to the answer. Sometimes I mislead you.
Our second question. Clue. The english slogan of the
company is the best or nothing.
Our third clue.
Its three pointed star represents land,
sea and air.
I'll just guess. Just to guess. Ayla, is that
like a forge? A Porsche is
incorrect. Julie, Maria, you have the option. Mercedes
Benz. Mercedes. Is
correct. Mercedes Benz. Mercedes.
Let's go to our. Hopefully everybody knows what I'm referring to there. Which
insect? We're looking for an insect. Which insect?
And this one. I use some video spiders. Those are fun. They are often
confused with grasshoppers and stick
insects.
Our second clue for two. Two points.
They are used as a form of biological pest
control. I thought creepy spiders would help
set the stage. Any.
Our third clue. The females are known for eating
their sexual partners. Ayla, is it a praying
mantis? It is the praying
mantis. He didn't get animated on that one.
All right, our fifth one tonight. Which animal?
One of my favorites. Which animal are we looking
for tonight? It's only predators are
humans and tigers.
Its only predators are humans and tigers. Our second clue
for two points. It is
highly gregarious and mostly lives in
packs. Six packs.
Our third clue.
Their distinctive howling is used to call the pack together.
Ayla, how's that? Wolves. Wolves
is correct. Correct.
We are now halfway through. Five questions
remaining and we're looking for a planet.
Which planet are we looking for?
It is the fifth largest of the eight planets
in our solar system. So it's a one out of eight guess
if you're not sure. Pluto was offended.
Our second clue for two points. It is the densest planet in
the solar system,
the fifth largest. But the densest.
And it is the third rock from the
sun.
Oh, Melissa, is it
Earth? Is it Earth? Boy, is it ever. It
is the earth. Listen, people don't realize the pressure you're under in
this fun game until you're sitting here.
You were shaking. I said
my very educated mother, like five times in my head before I. Said,
Earth, Mother Earth, Mother Earth. I would have accepted it.
All right, we're looking for. We're going from Earth to an
environmental disaster. Right here. Right here is the environmental disaster.
All right. It is considered the largest environmental disaster in
United States history.
Our second clue for two. It resulted in
an ocean sea floor gusher to flow for 87
consecutive days before being capped.
And it has, it has had a
detrimental effect on tourism, commercial fishing and the sea life
of Gulf coast areas. Yeah.
It is the Deepwater Horizon
oil spill of 2010. I would accepted parts of any part of
that. All right, which fruit? We're looking for a
fruit. Here we go.
In fact, this fruit is not a
berry. We're narrowing it
down. It's a fruit that's not a berry.
Our second clue for two points. It is part of the
Rose family.
Fruits, not a berry. It's part of the Rose family.
And our third clue. Any music fans here?
The Beatles wanted to take you down to its
fields. Jilly Maria.
Strawberries, strawberry
fields.
I did sing it wrong so we don't get copyrighted.
Two questions remaining and it's a very close
game. We're looking for a us state. Which
us state are we looking for? The state does not have a
single straight line in its state boundaries.
Is it Montana? Looks pretty straight thing. Our second
clue, this state's largest export is its
petroleum and coal price products.
Virginia is
incorrect. It does have a straight line with Pennsylvania.
And Melissa, you have the option. You did buzz it. Do you wanted to go
for one? Owner rescind reset. That's perfectly
fine. Our third clue
for one point.
It is the only american state which is completely made up of
islands. Ayla.
That would be Hawaii. Hawaii is
correct. That's not fair. It wasn't pictured on that picture that you showed us.
I hit it. Let's go to that scoreboard before we go to this final
question because it's anybody's game right now.
Ayla with nine, jilly Maria with eight and
Melissa with eleven. It's anybody's
game at this point. Let's go to the final
question. Which us state? You can always pre guess
for four points if anybody wants to get risky.
Arizona. Did you want to guess? Yeah. Arizona.
Arizona is
incorrect. Its economy relies on the
natural gas and oil industries.
It's a US a lot. So North
Dakota. North Dakota is. I
don't even know if they have natural gas.
Our second clue, it is the least densely
populated state.
Jillian Maria, Alaska for two points
is correct. Correct. Let's
go to that scoreboard.
We have Jilly Maria with ten and
Melissa walking away with the victory at eleven
points. Very well played. Nice
job. That was a lot of fun. Let's go around one last
time and make sure everybody can connect with my guests tonight. We
had so much fun. Ayla, tell us again your website and how can
people find you? You can go to
curatorschoicepodcast.com or you can find me on Facebook and Instagram
under the same name. Very nice. And Jilly Maria
website is jillimaria.com, jilliemaria.com.
and my podcast is I love your weird
with Jilly Mariah. Very good. And to our winner
tonight, Melissa. Congratulations. Tell us, how can everybody
find you and connect with you? My website is Melissa
Jackson photography. You can find me on Facebook at
melissa jacksonphotography and my podcast. Let's flip your
script. Awesome. Click those links in the show notes. Let's
dance our way out of here.
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You are wrong. You are right. That is correct. You are correct.
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