Show Notes
This week, we finish the season a “high” note, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about mountains! We also talk about geography, winter sports, and an iconic musician, and crown the Season 18 champion!
3:00: Q1 (Times & Places): Name the mountain range that stretches from the Liard River in British Columbia to the Pecos River in New Mexico, and whose highest peak is Mount Elbert.
8:37: Q2 (Arts & Literature): Which Post-Impressionist painter, known for his landscapes and still-lifes, is most famous for his series featuring Mont Sainte-Victoire, a mountain in the Provence region of southern France?
17:07: Q3 (Sports & Games): What sport which usually takes place on a mountain, was originally called “snurfing” in 1965 and is now featured in five events at the winter Olympic games?
24:26: Q4 (Movies & TV): What 2003 epic war film starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Renee Zellweger is about a Confederate army soldier during the American Civil War traveling home to see the woman he loves?
27:55: Q5 (Everything Else): Believed to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia, what creature’s name comes from the Tibetan for rocky bear?
33:53: Q6 (Music): “Mountain Magic Christmas” is a TV musical premiering in December, 2022 starring what singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist whose songs “9 to 5” and “I Will Always Love You” will be featured?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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