Show Notes
Hallie just turned 30, and she’s a bit fixated on that, so this week she has written six trivia questions themed around the big 3-0! We also chat about chemistry, American history, and a movie that you probably love as much as we do!
2:21: Q1 (Times & Places): In 1847, when he was 30 years old, he said, “I have no love for America, as such; I have no patriotism. I have no country. What country have I? The Institutions of this Country do not know me – do not recognize me as a man.”
11:43: Q2 (Sports & Games): Thirty was the number of points needed to win a game in what NCAA women’s sport prior to 2008 before they changed the points to win to 25 and changed the term games to “sets”, with games being made up of five sets?
19:17: Q3 (Music): What band was formed in 1998 by brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto?
27:00: Q4 (Arts & Literature): What semi-autobiographical novel, written by a popular female writer and poet, was published in 1963, the same year she committed suicide at the age of 30?
32:07: Q5 (Everything Else): What element with atomic number 30 is a brittle metal used in dietary supplements, deodorants, and dandruff shampoos?
37:09: Q6 (Movies & TV): In what 1985 film does the protagonist travel 30 years in time?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0