Episode 182: Go With Your Guts

Quizmasters Lee and Marc welcome Erik and Bobby for a general knowledge quiz on topics Animals, Sports, Board Games, Astronomy, Language, New Year’s, and more!

Round One

• ANIMALS - What common variety invertebrate animal has 32 brains, ten stomachs, several hundred teeth and 18 testicles?
• BIRDS - What kind of North American blackbird features an iridescent head in adults and is referred to as a "plague" when speaking of a group?
• SHIPPING - What country has the largest postal system in the world, boasting more that 155,000 post offices and five million postal workers?
• SPORTS - The vast majority and top level of men's decathlons are divided into how many days of competition?
• FURNITURE - What is the french term for an upholstered sofa that is the shape of a chair but long enough to support the legs (which translates into 'long chair' from its native language)?
• BABIES - Until the mid-1980's, it was believed that babies could not do what?

Round Two

• GRAPHIC DESIGN - In type design, what is the term for the space between any two characters?
• BOARD GAMES - How many weapons are there in the classic game Clue?
• ASTRONOMY - In order to maintain functionality, the James Webb Telescope's orbit will be further than what solar systems orbit?
• BEER - The term 'stout' is used interchangeably with what other type of well-hopped dark beer, which was the first to be brewed globally and was named for its early appreciators?
• MINERALS - What mineral whose name is derived from Greek for 'stone or mineral which strikes fire' is also known as Fool's Gold?
• VITAMINS - Thiamine is also known as which vitamin?

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• LANGUAGE - Derived from a Japanese art form, what is the portmanteau to describe an NFL game’s final point combination, that has never before occurred in the league’s history?

Final Questions

• NEW YEARS - On New Year's Eve in Scotland, who do you kiss at midnight?
• ANIMALS - How many jointed appendages does a crab have?
• FILMMAKING TERMS - What is the filmmaking term for character narration, soundtrack or music overlay and sound effects from outside the film-world?

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