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Hey, everybody. We are live at the Cottlesville Township volunteer fire

department for the Armstrong neighborhood channel. I'm Jeff. This is the

stuff I never knew. Trivia, game show, podcast. I've got three

great guests joining me tonight. We have Greg, Vince, and

Joe. Let's hear that theme music.

That is correct. You are correct. You are wrong. You are wrong. You

are wrong. You are right. That is correct. And as you know, on this show,

we get right into it. And I developed a special game

tonight. We have a game called presidential

wrestlers. So I'm gonna read you a nickname, and all you have

to do is tell me, is that nickname from the

president, Martin Van Buren, or a

pro wrestler? So I'll give you a nickname. Is that a wrestler's nickname or a

nickname for a very specific wrestler or a president? Now, I

got one bonus point. Does anybody know what number president

Martin Van Buren was?

22nd, 22nd, 14th,

1417,

1714. Is the winner. Eight is the actual

answer. All right, so we're going to start with Greg

tonight. Old Kinderhook.

Is old Kinderhook a wrestler or a nickname for

the 8th president of the United States, Martin Van Buren?

I'm going to say wrestler. Wrestler

is

correct. That was the president's nickname.

Over to Vince, the careful Dutchman. Is

the careful Dutchman a wrestler or a president?

Wrestler. Wrestler is

incorrect. All right, Joe. Good

luck. All right, over to Joe

Van Hammer. Was Van Hammer Martin Van

Bjorn's nickname or a wrestler? So it really

sounds like a trick question. I'm gonna go with wrestling.

Wrestler is

correct. First point of the night goes to Joe,

Connellville Township's favorite player tonight.

Let's go back to Greg. Big

Van Vader. Was big Van Vader Martin

Van Bjorn's nickname or a wrestler?

I'm gonna go with the president. President is

incorrect. It was a wrestler. A wrestler. How many

nicknames this guy has? I know. Seriously, are you thinking the second

one would have been correct. Yeah. He was the only 8th president, but he had

at least eight nicknames. Let's go over to Vince.

Red Fox of Kinderhook. Red Fox of

Kinderhook. President. President is

correct. Correct. You paid attention to the first clue. Had kinderhook in it, too.

Yes. That's what got me. And over to Joe,

Martin van ruin. Was Martin Van ruin

a president or a wrestler?

I'm going with the president. President is

correct. Correct. He's on a roll. Back

to Greg, the great

manager. Was the great manager a wrestler

or Martin Van Buren's nickname?

I'm gonna say the president. President is

correct. First point for Greg's on the board. On the board.

And back to Vince. The modern day

warrior. The modern day warrior. Is that a

wrestler or a president's nickname? Wrestler.

Wrestler is correct. Correct.

And our last one in this round. It's modern day.

Last one to Joe. Matty Van. Matty

Van. Is that a us president or a

wrestler? I will say

wrestler. Wrestler is

incorrect. Incorrect. You finally missed one. That's very good.

We have Greg with one, Vince with three, Joe with

two. Vince gets a special bonus going into round two.

You can decide the order. Do you want to go

first or mix it up? I want to go last. You want to go last?

Who do you want to go first? All right. Joe is

going first on the hot seat. Now, Joe,

because you get to go first. You get to pick music, movies

or television. I'll do

television. Television. So in this game, we're gonna. It's

called a connections quiz. I'm gonna give you four random

questions, but the answers all tie together to be

something television related. So just kind of general knowledge

questions, but then you'll have to get a bonus point by telling me what ties

all these things together. Your first

question for television. What was

Dracula's former life? What was he known as?

How old do you think I am?

I got an answer in the back.

Anybody know? All right, we'll go with.

Was it count? We're looking

for Count. Count Dracula. He was a count

which Reynolds starred in. Boogie nights and Smokey and

the Bandon. We're looking for a Reynolds. Burt Reynolds. Burt Reynolds is

correct. In which movie did Sylvester

Stallone play the role of a gangster? Angelo snaps

provolone.

I have no idea. That's a movie. You said television.

Well, the answers will be tv related. We're looking for

Oscar. Oscar, great, underrated Stallone

movie, and name the famous south african

golfer, formerly number one in the world, who was

nicknamed the Big Easy. His name is

Blank. Elsa, blank

L's. I'll go with Ernie. Ernie

is correct. Correct. Good job. So,

Joe, I've got count. I've got Oscar, I've got Ernie and

Burt. And Burt. I'm gonna say they tie together to Sesame Street.

Sesame street for the bonus point, is correct.

Correct. Very well played.

So you got one more chance to earn five bonus points.

And for the name five bonus question, I'm gonna give you a very category,

like name five spices in your spice cabinet. You have to tell me,

salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, and paprika. Right.

Will they be that easy? I don't know, but I'm gonna put 10 seconds on

the clock. You have to do it all in 10 seconds.

So, Joe, name your five

favorite Sesame street characters. And

go. Bert, Ernie, Oscar, Count,

and big Bird. That was five.

That was five. That was correct. But I always let the timer run to see

what happens. You did very well. Total points.

We got eight and more.

You got ten points total going into the third round. That's a very strong

score. And just so everybody knows, tonight, our players are playing

for four free passes to Jennerstown

speedway tonight. So you get four tickets to the

winner. To the winner, you gotta win. So here

we go. We're going to. Greg is going to take the hot

seat. All right, here we go, Greg. Welcome

to the show. Thank you. Greg, tell us a little about yourself and where you're

from. Well, I'm from the city of

Connorsville. I've been the mayor for the last eleven years.

And tonight our chamber is having

our first farmers market, Downeyawk park, every other week

through September. And they're selling new carnival merch. If you like the

shirts, they have stickers and glasses and all kinds of stuff, you

can purchase it down there at the farmers market every Thursday

from five to eight. Every other Thursday from five to eight. So that's our latest

thing going on. Very nice. A round of applause.

Palmsville farmers market every other Thursday. Greg,

do you want to do music or movies?

Do movies. Movies. Here we go. And again, these are going to be general knowledge

questions, but the answers will have a movie answer. Okay.

The United States longest war is the war in

Afghanistan. What is the second longest

war? I'm gonna say Vietnam. Vietnam

is correct. Correct. All right,

what is the easiest Russell Stover product to pick up

at the drugstore as a last minute Valentine's Day gift?

I'm gonna, I would guess, a box. Of candies or

maybe a little more. Specific, heart shaped box of candy.

Chocolate. Chocolate. There we go. We're looking for chocolate. Box of chocolates from Russell

Stover. Yeah. There we

go. What is another name for table tennis? Ping

pong. Ping pong. Three for three is correct.

And your last one, which actor starred in

castaway saving private Ryan and the Green

Mile? Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks. I know the movie

is correct. So what ties together Vietnam, box of

chocolates, ping pong and Tom Hanks? Forrest Gump.

Forrest Gump. Is correct. Correct. Five for

five. Greg, your name five. Bonus

question. Name five

things you can cover in chocolate

and go. Strawberries. Cake.

Marshmallows, crackers.

And pretzels. Pretzels. Pretzels.

Five is

correct. You got eleven points. You got a one point lead over Joe. Going

in the final round, are you commissioner? We're going to bring up commissioner

Vince. Vince, welcome to the show. Thank

you. Glad to have you here. Tell us a little about yourself.

I live in South Union Township and I've been a

commissioner for 25 years. My 25th.

Two years. Wow. I'm getting old.

And so we're gonna go to music questions. You got to

pick the order. They got to pick the categories. So all these answers will

tie together to be something music related. So

what's the color of the topmost band of the

rainbow? Color?

Yellow. Yellow. Incorrect. It's red. Red is the top

one. What is the title of Eric Segal's

tragic book about Oliver and Jenny,

a famous movie in the seventies?

Ow.

We're looking for love story. Love

story. Love story. I wouldn't have known that.

Joan Jett doesn't give a dang about her

bad. What? Blackhawks.

Yeah, I was

dang about her bad reputation.

What reputation? Reputation. Is

correct. Correct. And I was

right about the band. At least I used to listen to

that. Which athlete titled Jet Li film

proves he's not scared. Scared of anything? He's

not scared of anything. What? Say that

again. Which. Which aptly titled Jet

Li film proves he's not scared of

anything.

Nah, it's fearless. He's fearless. So

you might get some help from the front row here. What ties together

red love story, reputation and

fearless? Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift. Is

correct. Correct. Very good. We got put 10 seconds on the

clock, Vince, name five things

that are red and go red. Red.

An apple. A

pepper,

tomato. And time. Time.

We got three and a half from the audience. I heard fire truck from the

audience. Very good. We're gonna go to that final round.

And I have a very close game. We have Greg with

eleven, Joe with ten. And Vince with nine. Only two

points separates first and third place. The good news is we

have 30 points coming in this final round.

I have just ten questions for you, and for each question

I'm going to ask you. It's very vague. Who am I? What am I? Where

am I and what's going to happen. I'm going to start to read you a

series of clues to help you answer that. At any time, you can

buzz in with your. Just say your name, you'll buzz in and if

you get the answer right, you'll get three points for the first clue. If

it takes two clues, you'll get two points. If it takes all three clues, that's

worth one point. And when you buzz in, if you're right, you're going to earn

those points. But if you're wrong, we're going to subtract

those points from your total. So you want to be fast, but you want to

be accurate, too. It's anybody's game. You can buzz in any time

and you can buzz in multiple times. A lot of times,

the fans love a negative score, so don't be afraid to

buzz in multiple, multiple times. So here we go. Just

buzz in by saying your voice or saying your name. Our first one is

who am I? We're looking for a who.

My funeral was attended by 20,000

people. Now, sometimes the first clue can be vague. I

might try to mislead you, but

my funeral was attended by 20,000 people and if nobody

buzzes in, we'll go to the next clue. I never

married. Due to my unfortunate physical

appearance and ailments, a lot of people came to

my funeral, but I never married.

Our third clue, for one point. My symphony

number nine, often called ode to joy, is often considered

the greatest composition ever.

Oh, I'll try it. Hundel.

What's that? Hundle. Incorrect. I lose

a point. I tried. I don't even know damn any.

It's either, what, Beethoven or Mozart or something.

No buzzing. No buzzing. It is Beethoven. You had

it. You had it, but you didn't. Buzzing. All right, we're looking for a

leader. Leader was I. The clue in the title

was I. I abolished Christmas. This

leader abolished Christmas. Boo.

If I shout out you guys names, you have to answer right.

The second clue, worth two points. I survived an

estimated 634 attempts on my life,

probably because I abolished Christmas.

Our third clue. For one point, I was the

third longest rolling leader in world

history. My

hometown is famous for cigars.

Cuba. Any buzzers?

I'll go say Greg I'll go. Okay. Fidel

Castro. Fidel Castro is

correct for 1.1 point.

All right, here we go. I'm looking for a what? What am I? I was

often called the noble experiment. The noble

experiment. Tough. 1 second

clue. Greg thinks he have it. No, no. Second

clue for two points. I was supposed to cause a reduction in

crime, but I led to a boom in crime.

Our third clue, one point. Some of my products were

called hooch, bubbly foot juice, coffin varnish

and tarantula juice.

This is a who am I? This is a what? What am I?

All right. A bootleggere. Bootlegger. Incorrect.

That was part of this. It was prohibition. It has to

meet all three categories. Here we go. We're going to the

next one. What spice am I? I'm looking for a spice.

Too much of me causes psychiatric disorders.

If you have too much of this spice.

Our second clue for two points. The Dutch

traded Manhattan for me. The Dutch got

all of Manhattan for this spice.

It's pretty good purchase.

And our third clue for one point. I am

the nickname for the state of Connecticut.

They used to know it. It

is.

Connecticut is the nutmeg state. The nutmeg state.

Nutmeg. All right, here we go. We're gonna turn it around right here.

Where in the world am I? I'm hiding somewhere. You gotta find

me. I am in two states and famous for my sunny

days in gambling. Oh.

I'm in two states and famous for my sunny days and

gambling. Our second

clue for two points. I am the

largest alpine lake in the world.

The largest? I don't know, Greg. Is it Lake Tahoe?

Lake Tahoe for two points is

correct. Correct. That's because of gambling.

I didn't realize Lake Tahoe is in there. It's in two states? Might

be, yeah. California and what's other? What's that? Nevada? I don't

know. I don't research these questions. What

scientific discovery am I? I'm looking for a scientific discovery. I

am used for something that people will say will one day

destroy the earth. Sounds

exciting. Repeat that. I am used

for something that people say will one day destroy the

earth.

Our second clue for two. I am the largest

single machine in the world.

The largest single machine in the world.

I cost over $13 billion

and I'm being used to find the God particle.

The Large

Hadron Collider. Collider. Try to help you

out on that one. Cern. They just turned it back on during

the eclipse and everyone was freaking out. They thought that that was not a

good thing to do. All right, we have a few more questions left. Just

four questions remaining. Let's go to the scoreboard. It's a very close

game. Greg has 14,

Vince has nine and

Joe has eight. And we still have six questions

remain. Four questions remaining. Twelve points. It's still anybody's

game. This should be a good one, I think. Everybody, hands on your

buzzers on this one. I'm looking for a. What? What am I?

Astonishingly, I strengthen your bones and reduce

your chance of getting kidney stones.

It's a miracle.

Our second clue for two. I was illegal to make in

your home for almost 60 years.

Couldn't make this in your home. It helps you reduce your chances of getting

kidney stones. And our third

clue for one point. I am the third most

popular beverage in the world.

I'm light color bubbly. It

can cause intoxication. Champagne.

A little darker than champagne. We're looking for

anybody. Beer. Beer, beer.

That's what we said. All right. Who am I?

I wrote the book. I may be wrong, but I doubt it.

I may be wrong, but I doubt it. It wasn't

me. It's not my autobiography.

People call me sir. This is for two points.

Sir. I'm a famous

basketball player and an announcer. I competed in the

Olympics and had a long stint with the 76 ers.

Charles Barkley, sir. Charles Barkley for one point

is correct. Correct.

Two more questions remaining. I am from Mars

and my blue dye is famous for its medicinal

properties. This is a what? What am I? I am

from Mars and my blue dye is famous for its

medicinal properties. From Mars. Mars

is the clue on this one. Our second clue for two points. I

became popular in World War two.

I became popular in world War two. I'm from Mars. I

got blue dye.

Hands on your buzzers. I think the whole, whole audience is going to buzz in

on this one. I melt in your

mouth and not in your hand. M and Ms. M and Ms

goes. To vince for one point. That is

correct. Correct. Our last

one of the night of the show.

I'm looking for another. What? What am I?

I'll burn if I'm heated to 1500 degrees

fahrenheit. 1500

degrees fahrenheit, you can burn me.

Our second clue for two points. Romans

believed that I was the tears of gods or pieces of

falling stars. Meteorite,

Vince. Meteorite. Meteorite is

incorrect for two points.

And our last clue of the night. I'll eventually

turn into worthless graphite if you wait long

enough. I am not forever, as it

turns out. Oh, diamond. I got to say diamond.

I'll say diamond. Greg says diamonds.

Correct. Correct. Let's go to the score. Greg with

16, is our winner tonight. Congratulations, Greg.

And the winner tonight, everybody. Make sure you check out Jennerstown this summer.

Greg's got four free passes to Jennerstown. Well, that means

there's only time for one more thing. Let's dance our way out of here. That

is correct. You are correct. You are wrong. You are wrong. You are

wrong. You are right. That is correct. You are correct.

That is correct. We are going to play a game called

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