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- So, Ken and Richard, thank you so much
for being with us here today. We're so excited to have you.
- Thanks. It's a pleasure. - So, since you guys are known
for being pretty smart with, you know, Richard being a mathematician
and creator of Magic: The Gathering and Ken being the highest earning
American game show contestant of all time,
both of you are trivia buffs. And you even developed
your own trivia game called Half Truth,
which we'll talk about more in just a bit.
But given all of this, we are going to put
your knowledge to the test. So, we have 100 random
trivia questions on many different subjects,
and we're gonna see if you can get them all correct
in just 10 minutes. So, if you don't know the answer,
you can always pass and move on to the next question.
You can also both work together, and we'll be timing you.
So, once the 10 minutes are up, we'll let you guys know how you did.
- Okay. - That's pretty fast.
That's-- you know, you only get a few seconds
per question. - And in three, two, one.
- What was the first Marvel movie released from Marvel Studios?
- Iron Man. - What year was the crossword
first published in New York World? - 1921, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. - I think it was like 1913.
(buzzer) - Oh! Ohhh.
- What was the first movie to be rated PG-13?
- Red Dawn. (ding)
- What was the name of the first animal in space?
- Laika. - What year was the first
Scrabble World championship held? - Do you know this?
I don't know this. - I do not know this.
- What is another name for the symbol many people know
as the hashtag or pound symbol? - Octothorpe.
- The original Star Trek series started airing in 1966
on what American television network? - NBC.
- Which 18-year-old artist won the Grammy Award
for the Best New Artist at 2020?
- Billie Eilish? - I don't know.
- Which bay is located in the North of Spain?
- Bay of Biscay? (ding)
- The Pope is guarded by soldiers from what country?
- Switzerland. - Switzerland.
Which environmental activist born in 2003 have been nominated
for two Nobel Peace Prizes and is the youngest Time person
of the year? - Greta Thunberg.
- What trading card game joined Matchbox cars
and coloring books in being inducted in the Toy Hall of Fame in 2019?
- I assume, Richard... - Magic: The Gathering.
- ...Magic: The Gathering. - Yeah.
In what year was Magic: The Gathering first introduced?
1993. (ding)
Who is the voice of Yoda for episodes 1-3 and 5-9,
who also served as Yoda's lead puppeteer?
- Frank Oz. - What year was rugby invented?
- No idea. - Yeah, no idea.
- Who was the first person to go into space?
- Yuri Gagarin. - What is the chemical formula
for lactic acid? - No idea. It's kinda long, I think.
- What are the names of the two people who created Google?
- Page and Brin. - Ugh.
Who was the designer of the multiplayer board game Catan?
Klaus Teuber. - Oh, yeah.
- What metal remains liquid at room temperature?
- Mercury. - How many Oscars did Walt Disney win?
- No idea. Pass this. 40-something?
(buzzer) Ooh.
- Who invented the cotton gin? - Eli Whitney.
- Mycophobia is the fear of what? - Mushrooms.
- Who reveals the man behind the curtain
in the Wizard of Oz? - Toto.
- What actor provided the voice for Sideshow Bob on the TV show
The Simpsons? - Kelsey Grammer.
- Zymology, also known as zymurgy, is the study of what?
- I don't know this. (buzzer)
- What position did Babe Ruth play when he first joined
the Boston Red Sox in 1914? - Pitcher. Catcher. First base.
Second base. Third base. Short. Okay.
- (chuckles) A typical octopus has how many hearts?
- Three. - Who are the two creators
of the American fantasy TV drama Game of Thrones?
- Benioff and... Do you know this, Richard?
- I know the author. - It starts with B, right?
It starts with B, right? I think we're gonna have to pass.
- What is the name of the book on which Game of Thrones is based
written by George R.R. Martin? - The series is Song of Ice and Fire?
- What NFL team did the Denver Broncos beat in their second consecutive
Super Bowl in 1999?
- Ahh, I don't know. Cowboys? (buzzer)
- What is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?
- Aluminum? Iron? Nickel. - (FBE) Aluminum.
- What musical family's two oldest brothers,
Virl and Tom, were born with hearing impairments?
- The Osmonds. - Who was the second person
to set foot on the moon? - Buzz Aldrin.
- What is the world's most venomous fish?
- Your mom. (flames rage)
- (voice-over) Burn!
- (chuckles) - Uh, I have no idea.
- What city was to host the first official Association
football game in 1863? - London, Manchester, Leeds.
- (FBE) London, got it. - Ooh, London.
What consumer electronics and video game company was founded
in 1889 and originally produced playing cards?
Nintendo. In Greek mythology,
Hera was the goddess of what? - Marriage?
- Wisdom? - (FBE) I will accept marriage.
- "Upon the long river" or "place of long tidal rivers"
is the English translation of the name of what US state?
- Mississippi?
It's not Mississippi? - That is incorrect.
It is Connecticut. - What is the best selling
board game of all time? - Monopoly? Scrabble?
- Monopoly?
- (FBE) Close. - No?
- (FBE) No, mm-mm. - Ah, that's bull.
What is the longest running American cartoon of all time?
- Maybe Simpsons. - Simpsons.
In 1983, Metallica released their first studio album.
What was it called? - Shoot.
- Metallica? - Is it just Metallica?
- (FBE) No. Close. - Oh. Ahh!
- In the culinary world, was does "amuse-bouche"
literally translate to in English?
- Amuse the mouth? It's an appetizer.
- (FBE) I will accept "amuse the mouth." I will accept.
- In what country were the 19900 Olympic Games held?
- In France? Is that right? US? - (FBE) France is correct.
- Very good. What legendary pirate helped
defeat New Orleans during the War of 1812?
- Jean Laffite. - Who holds the current record
for the most Grammy Awards won with 31 awards?
- I don't know this. Billy Joel, Elton John.
- (FBE) George Solti. - Wow.
Classical music, right? - What classic novel's subtitle
is "The Modern Prometheus"? - Frankenstein.
- Frankenstein. In what year did Michelangelo
finish painting the Sistine Chapel? - Passy, passy, pass, pass, pass.
(buzzer) - 1642.
- (FBE) So close. - (laughs)
- What famous actress secretly put on ballet shows to help
raise the money for the Dutch Resistance in 1940s?
- Audrey Hepburn? (ding)
- Which Broadway musical written by Lin Manuel Miranda won
the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2016?
- Hamilton. It's Hamilton. (ding)
- How many gold medals does Michael Phelps have?
- 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19... (buzzer)
- ...20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26. - What is the largest inland body
of water in the world? - Caspian Sea.
- What are the names of the six main characters
in the show Friends? - Joey, Chandler, Ross, Phoebe,
Monica, and Rachel. (ding)
- What is Johnny Appleseed's real name?
- John Chapman. - Who was the youngest woman
to become first lady? - Ruth-- oh, no, no.
Ruth Cleveland. - (FBE) Close.
- Frances Cleveland. - Ohh. Wow.
- Her mom. - What is the first stage of mitosis,
the process of cell splitting? - Telophase.
- (FBE) Incorrect. (buzzer)
- Ooh, shoot. - Prophase.
- Telophase is last. - Besides Isaac Newton,
this person was also credited with inventing calculus
in the mid-17th century. - Leibniz.
- What year was NASCAR founded? - I don't know. Pass.
Do you wanna pass it? (buzzer)
- Sure. What Chicago Bears running back was formerly--
was known as "the galloping ghost"? - Red Grange.
- What coach came off the bench to play for his team
in the Stanley Cup finals? - I don't know this.
- Name three of the Oscars won by the film "Titanic."
- Best Film, Best Director, Best... hmm, Original Screenplay?
Best score, Best song. (buzzer)
- What is the national animal of Scotland?
- Should we know this?
We should know this, right? - I don't know.
A bagpipe? - [inaudible].
(laughs) - (FBE) Incorrect.
- Ohhh, the unicorn. - I wouldn't have gotten that.
- What does M&M stands for-- stand for?
- I don't know. Mars is one of them. - Mars and...
(buzzer) Yeah, Mars and Murrie.
I didn't know the Murrie. What's the world's
largest living organism? - The fungus?
- Was it coral? Coral of... the crag. - I think it's a giant--
- (FBE) I'll accept the giant fungus. (ding)
- What are the only two states that don't recognize Daylight savings time?
- Arizona and Hawaii. - Standing at 5'3",
who was the shortest NBA player? - Muggsy Bogues.
- Which American president is also in the wrestling hall of fame?
- Lincoln. - What country has the longest
coastline in the world? - Norway.
- (FBE) Incorrect. - Or Russia.
Ahh. - Ohhh, Canada.
- That makes more sense. - What film was Quentin Tarantino's
directorial debut? - Reservoir Dogs.
- Whose face is on the original dollar bill
prior to George Washington? - No guess. Columbia.
Lincoln. - (FBE) Salmon P. Chase.
- Yikes. - Under what pseudonym
did Charlotte Bronte publish her book Jane Eyre?
- Currer Bell. (ding)
- What is the name of the female character
that has a crush on Sonic the Hedgehog?
- Knuckles? Is that right?
What's the right answer? - I don't know.
I do not know. - Ohh, Rose!
- (FBE) Amy Rose is the correct answer.
- Who was the first woman to win an Academy Award,
a Grammy Award, a BAFTA award, and a Golden Globe
all in the same year in2019? - Lady Gaga?
- What city was Beethoven buried after his death?
- Bonn? No, that's not right.
I don't know this. (buzzer)
- Vienna, oh. - Ah, shoot.
- Which Renaissance artist was apparently strong enough
to bend an iron horse shoe with his bare hands?
- Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello. - (FBE) Leonardo.
- Leonardo. Good. Alfred Nobel,
father of the Nobel Peace Prize, made his fortune with the invention
of which powerful tool? - Dynamite.
- It's dynamite. Which North American stew
is also the name of the dish it is cooked in?
- North African stew...
I should know this. I don't know this.
Ah, tagine! - Tagine.
- (FBE) 30 seconds left. - Which form of entertainment was
deemed free speech after 2011 Supreme Court case
Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association?
- I don't know. YouTube videos. Porn.
Oh! - Video games. Ohh.
I could've-- yeah. Which football coach
of the Fighting Irish was Joe Montana's roommate
at Notre Dame? - Lou...
- No. - ...Holtz. That's not right.
Lou Holtz? Is that right? No. It's gotta--
- (FBE) So close. - It's another coach. Charlie Weis.
- (FBE) Mm-hmm. - Yeah.
- Which online retail giant's first URL was relentless.com?
- Amazon? (ding)
- Which plant does Gilroy, California celebrate every summer during
a three-day festival? - Garlic.
- Garlic. - (FBE) Garlic is correct.
And that is time. - Ohhh! So close!
Where were we at? 80-something? That's a real marathon.
That makes Jeopardy seem like a walk in the park.
I'll tell you that. 16 away.
I feel like if we weren't trying to get them right,
we could've done so much better. If we had just guessed, you know,
WrestleMania for every single answer, then we would've done amazingly.
I mean, we wouldn't have got any right,
but we would've got through all 100.
- Ken did all the work. - (chuckles)
- I was just reading. So... - Having to read the questions
makes it hard. Can you imagine a version of Jeopardy,
where Trebek is just up there like smoking a cigarette
and the players have to read the question and then answer?
It'd be a lot harder. - You guys both did pretty darn well
on this game, but that's because you guys both know a lot
about trivia and games, like the one that you made,
Half Truth. You wanna tell us a little bit about it?
- Here's a picture of it. Half Truth is a trivia game
that I made after reading Brainiac, which is a fine book that Ken wrote.
And in that book, he really conveyed his love of trivia to me,
and I wanted to make a game which really brought out
the positive characteristics he talked about.
- It was very flattering when I got the phone call.
I guess it was an email at first. "Hi, this is Richard Garfield.
I'm the greatest game mind of my generation."
He didn't say that, but this is what I'm thinking.
- (chuckles) - "And I like your book so much,
it made me invent a trivia game." It was the most exciting email
I've ever gotten. I think too often,
people walk away from trivia games just remembering how dumb they felt.
Like, they didn't know an answer or they finally knew one,
and it was the other player's turn. So, Richard worked pretty hard
to make sure this is a game that you walk-- that anybody can play,
and you can walk away from it feeling smart.
- So finally, since you both know a lot about games and trivia,
what is one trivia fact that you think everyone should know?
- I think it's really important to know that koala fingerprints
are indistinguishable from human ones.
This is very important if you're a koala criminal obviously,
OR if you're a human criminal looking to pin some of your crimes
on a koala. - Tarot cards were originally
for playing games with, not for telling fortunes.
- (FBE and Ken) Hmm. - What if, in the future,
people start telling fortunes with Half Truth cards, Richard?
That would be pretty cool. - Yeah. That'd-- yeah.
That would be very meta then.
This is Richard Garfield. Thanks so much to FBE for having us.
- And this is Ken Jennings. Please check out Richard's
and my new game, Half Truth, wherever finer games are sold. Bye!