Quizmasters Lee and Marc are joined by singer-songwriter Kyle Anne, to ask, suss and answer a general knowledge quiz with topics including Classic Movies, Classic Rock, Debut Singles, Current Events, Dungeons & Dragons, Explorers, Board Games, Literature, Philosophy, Physics, Boards Games, Hip-Hop Artists, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Drugs and more! Thanks to our Patreon supporters for helping select some of our topics for this episode.
Round One
CLASSIC MOVIES - Sam Spade is the lead character in what 1930 novel that became a successful 1941 film starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor?
CLASSIC ROCK - What Beatles song is referenced by backing singers at the end of "Young Americans" by David Bowie?
DEBUT SINGLES - “As Tears Go By” was the 1964 debut single of what singer of pop, rock and jazz whose voice went through a mid-career transformation due to severe laryngitis?
CURRENT EVENTS - A video of what Cameroonian-American doctor was retweeted by Donald and Donald Trump Jr. claiming that hydroxychloroquine could be used to treat COVID-19 before being deleted by Twitter, Facebook and YouTube?
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS - Illithids are creatures in Dungeons & Dragons better known by what common name?
EXPLORERS - What famous explorer mistook the Sumatran Rhinoceros to be a unicorn in the late 1200’s?
Missed Corrections/Know Notes
Sara writes in to mention the sexist medical term “hysteria” (mentioned in episode 113).
Kevin corrects our syllable count of the word ‘Jewelry’ from episode 114 (3, not 2.)
KnowNote from new Team Captain Lydia (LDags).
Round Two
LITERATURE - Walden, written by Henry David Thoreau details his experiences living in a cabin he built living in a year for two years, two months and two days by Walden Pond in what state?
PHILOSOPHY - What French philosopher, who wrote about theories of power and human sexuality, was the first major public figure in France to die of complications related to AIDS?
PHYSICS - What is the mathematical equation for Newton’s Second Law of Motion?
BOARD GAMES - What is the most expensive property to own in a standard British version of Monopoly, based on an affluent London village named after an annual event that was once held in the area?
PHYSICS - What is the mathematical equation for Newton’s Second Law of Motion?
HIP-HOP - Born Daniel Dumile, what super-villain rapper is also known by their producer handle “Metal Fingers”?
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ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME - There are currently 22 people who have been inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame twice, for their part in two different bands or artists. Who is the only person inducted to the Hall of Fame on 3 separate occasions?
Final Questions
DRUGS - What turn-of-the-twentieth-century bartender is the namesake of a substance used to render another insensible?
CHANCE GAMES - What is the highest number on a standard roulette wheel?
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