Show Notes
T-minus-six questions. This week, Justin has written six trivia questions with numeric answers counting down from six to one, to lead into the last episode of the season. We also talk Italian history, French literature, and anime!
2:14: Q1 (Sports & Games): (“Six”) What is the most common collective term for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, and New York Rangers?
10:26: Q2 (Movies & TV): (“Five”) Arguably the most famous fictional racecar that usually had a chimpanzee hiding in the trunk, what is the name of the car driven by Speed Racer?
17:02: Q3 (Everything Else): (“Four”) Said to be the first teaching given by the Buddha,
dukkha, samudaya, nirodha, and
magga form the basic framework of Buddhist thought. By what collective term are they known?
26:54: Q4 (Arts & Literature): (“Three”) Oddly enough, there are actually four of the titular swashbucklers in this novel by Alexandre Dumas.
34:20: Q5 (Times & Places): (“Two”) Encompassing the lower half of the Italian peninsula, as well as a large island to the south, and overthrown by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860, what was the largest Italian state, prior to the unification of Italy into one nation?
42:50: Q6 (Music): (“One”) What English-Irish boy band was originally formed by Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and three other, less famous people?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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