Welcome to. Are you quizzing me? I'm very tired with my co-host, Aditya kashyap. This is a quizzing trivia podcast show, where we ask each other questions, and share what we know and learn with you, though, in a quizzing format, it's not competitive. The questions are simply a way of sharing, our love of trivia. So sit back, relax and join us as we explore the depths of
human knowledge. Here's the format, we ask each other questions alternatingly as many as time permits, while giving as many Clues is needed to help each other get to The answer. Let's get quizzing. Another day. And another episode, we are back with a brand new episode of. Are you quizzing me before? We start the proceedings. Let's it's time for our weekly round of self-flagellation as it. Yeah, you have a question to answer.
I do, I do. And I think we should give this caviar today that we are recording super late at night. So any of our listeners? So any of our listeners, who might think that we are slower than usual, it's only got the late hour of the day to blame and nothing else. And that note I should also give you the answer to last week's question. Which was what would be the scent that would be used as an alarm. If there were Indian scientists were designing, the fire alarm
instead of the Japanese ones. And I realized it would be a very simple thing actually. And it would be more Universal than just a fire alarm because it would work in the case of a fire. But it also work if there was snake bite. Or honestly if even the heavens are falling down, it will work in all these scenarios and many others and that would be the scent of a broken heart. You see, there is a very famous Hindi song, which you go Sky a Gallagher like, Java. Oh God.
Okay. Now to say does Java and get a good job is to table. Keep it is a energized. So, the only thing that you can tolerate is the scent of a broken heart. And that, my friends would be the greatest alarm that one could ever design. And that is my answer. You know, I think somebody might as someone so who's listening to this now today or in the future? We might find a way to weaponize your answers more than anything else. Okay. Okay, so that's over and my apologies to everyone listening.
I would look, let's go ahead with the questions. Are the. Yeah, it's your turn to start of the proceedings, so let's have it. Well, since I did just quoted a Bollywood song, I'm going to start at the Bollywood question. Okay, so in 1922 there was a play which is written by this play, right? His name is three words long and I'm going to give you the last part of his name, which is Taj. And the first part is X. So X is X comprises of two names. Like a first name. Emily.
Okay, so, first name, middle name and the last name being touch. So, X naught X touch wrote a play and display, became the inspiration for one of the biggest hits in Hindi Cinema released in 1960, contemporary movie, director, whose name is also. X is a huge fan of this movie. She this epic historic. Amazing Bollywood film. Let's call the film. Why he is a final film by Andy paid homage to film by the Contemporary Director X played paid.
Homage to the film. Why by dressing up his lead actress in a costume which directly reference the movie? Okay. So, identify X and identify. Why given the error. So, basically, from what you said, a my mind is immediately going towards Sanjay Leela bhansali and is this mughal-e-azam you did identify why correctly? Which is mughal-e-azam? Well, well done, well done, but Sanjay Leela bhansali would not fit because X is two words, two names. So. Oh yeah, it's not Sanjay Leela.
So the director's name is literally that that first name and the last name which for the playwright was first name, middle name and then badge. So for example if it was the director was its name a contemporary current jar, right? So the playwright would have been current shortage and then the Contemporary director would be current jar, but current juror is obviously not the right answer. What is the name of the playwright and also the contemporaries film director in the film director?
He said he'd he dressed up one of his hero and in in omashu mughal-e-azam, yes, that's also a period film because we're at the moment, I'm thinking it'll be something to be a period film, right? Interestingly no, yeah. This film, The, the directors, the Contemporary directors, film. In which he paid a mirage is from 2007, it was one of the biggest hits of the year, if not the decade. Nope, I need a clue. So it is a 2007 film that I already mentioned.
It is also the second Venture as a director for x s Venture. Is it a record 2007? If I gave you the the leads leads of the film itself, it would be easy. So let me give you the leads of his directorial debut that had that star Dubai there, and I shall attack here in 2005, that was his first film in the second film is the one very paid homage to mughal-e-azam, okay, okay. Dear. And I Shattuck, yeah. Perhaps you haven't see with the first one, was not as big a hit. So my God.
Lydia, second film is a massive it. Let me give you another clue. The second film. The deletes were dating at the time. Okay. And soon there after they broke up so they were the the actors themselves were dating and they School broke up there, after they broke up in 2007. Actors who are dating, that's practically everyone very famous, couple. One of those big celebrity couples. Well, then yeah, yeah, yeah. Give me, give me, give me the leads.
Give you the lead actors name in the film is other technician. Who? Wait, what? Yeah, the lead actors. The character's name. The pressure is Aditya kashyap. Okay? Now I'm gonna I feel like using you for having an indulgent question with this is still, I can't remember who who had such a heart attack, Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Oh my God, this is India's. Ali job email. Yes, it is job. You made it.
Is you're pre-med Premed being a second picture movie, and the first one was Socha, na Tha We have not seen. Yeah, no not the most popular of this film is but nobody Central. Nonetheless. Interestingly, the reason I get
this trivia is because imtiaz. Ali is a huge fan of mughal-e-azam in the first, in the very first scene where you see Kareena, Kapoor, jumping onto the train, she's wearing a white all white outfit butter, white top has the mughal-e-azam poster on it, so it has the mughal-e-azam poster on that and that U.s. for a significant portion of the film, almost the entire First Act and the little bit of the second act, she's
wearing that and imtiaz. Ali Taj is the name of the playwright who wrote the play anarkali upon which he as if based is Iconic film of nails. And so I love the little Coincidence of India's Elite agendas Ali and Shahid Kapoor characters in a child. His character was there. Yeah. I think I should risk on take a ship. Okay. Okay. Okay, so let me go to a question. Slightly different over Tommy. Nauta was a British Taylor famous for Reinventing, the
Savile Row suit in the 1960s. He described his suits as a cross between the big shoulder. Miami Vice look, and the authentic Savile Roanoke. He Also created the clothing of the Joka worn by Jack Nicholson, in 1989, Batman and in the late 60s. Three gentleman, wearing his suits became a worldwide sensation although it could have been for. If one had not decided to wear their limbs, what am I talking about? She of them wore suits, all of them were them in, in the, in the 1960s. Yeah.
Is it Abbey Road? Yes, it is. The cover for a below. You can you, you caught that away too quickly should have made this a little more vague. But yes. Yes, I'll tell you why. I got this very quickly because usually before while preparing these questions, I go through my set list and one of my visual questions is the Beatles. Just before they cross the road, they're all preparing on the sidewalk.
Ha ha ha. It's a very interesting picture because you remember, we don't buy them walking, but this is them standing at the sidewalk. And for those of you who are interested, you can Google that picture right before they the walk, the sending very nice, very nice outfit from that took chairs. Tommy Nutter is the, you know, the name of the tailor who's responsible for that and it's also the project that he's most famous for and what he was most
proud of basically. And for the cover of The Beatles, album, Abbey Road, in 1969, he dressed three out of four. Do you remember? Who's the one who elected to be photographed in denims? I have absolutely no clue. I'm going to make a guess, was it lemon now. It was a blend and it is Josh Harrison, how has this thing? He was always slightly odd, one odd, man out. And yeah, then we go, was just happy to be included at that time. So let's go a bit further back in British history now.
Okay, what event that happened on January 20th. 1936 was actually practically a scandal that was revealed only 1986. And the reason for that action to have happened was because the reason the rationale that was given when it was revealed in 1986 finely, in a diary from that era, 50 years later was, because the news would have been inappropriate for the evening journals, okay? I know what you're talking about. This was the death of the king.
And I think the the doctor is his bedside doctor, the person who was taking care of him in his last hours, actually euthanized him, because he didn't want the news going out to the evening journals, and he wanted it to happen in the morning, so he hastened the King's death by euthanizing him. Hey cannot I could not possibly expect a better answer.
That is exactly right. So let me just fill in the few details, King George, the Fifth was very sick in that year and was pretty practically breathing his last few breaths just before midnight, he passed away on January 28 1936. 1986 50 years later in the Diary of his physician Lord Bertrand Dawson. Wrote that, he had injected the king with morphine and cocaine.
Enabling painless death and also ensuring that the king pass that an appropriate time, such that is news is revealed in the morning papers because he passed just before midnight. So the revenues would be published in the morning papers and not the more perhaps in his view, inappropriate evening Germans, so he Supplies, King George 5, I had this is actually one of the questions I had put aside not for today, but it's there in my list, I couldn't remember the name of the doctor.
But, yes, I remember the fact that I remember, when I remember reading, this is the first time I'm thinking. Oh my God! A king of England was euthanized was euthanized down at this exhaustive. Not sound. Like it would be true but it is. Yeah. Well you've got that too quickly. Right, let's move on to us.
Okay, so this is a 200-page novel written by Sheridan, Simone of. He said the book was a result of extensive research of 39 years and he basically got his findings and he wanted it known were known to be prone to the world basic The book out perform, both Harry Potter and The DaVinci Code on Amazon. What is the, what is so special about his book? It's a 200-page novel written by
Sheraton some more. I will give you the title as a clue if you required, but if you can tell me from, if you give me the title, then what do I have to answer? Now, I'll give you the title as a clue. I need you to tell me what special about the book. What is special about the book? Yeah. What's unique about it? That it outperformed both Harry Potter and The DaVinci Code on Amazon? So I'm assuming I would have heard of this book, but what's
the name of the authoritative? Sheridan, some more that sounds. So unfamiliar just saying, okay what is unique about this book or I guess is it written in Braille? But that would not be no formula. And when you say Amazon was like, ordered on Amazon, physical remain, Amin Amazon ebooks, No, by the are doesn't matter. It actually I'd became famous after a physical delivery of pages were out of order or something but that would not be such a unique thing.
I might as well give you the name of the book, The should be able to get it. You're getting. So the title of the book was what every man thinks about apart from sex. Oh, was it an empty book? Wasn't no pages in it. It was it was a completely empty book. All the pages were blank. That is phenomenal. Oh my God, author and comedian. Sheridan Simo claimed. It is gripping book. What every man thinks about apart from sex is basically
nothing. So, all the pages in the book was blank and he filled the Playbook with A blank pages and even though you could say it is far from, well, written it climbed the chair rank of the Amazon charts to number seven, forty four. And even outsold both Dan Brown's, The Da Vinci Code and JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, it turned out to be Campus Crest throughout Britain after student.
At the University of Nottingham bought the book as a joke, for her friend, who brought it to class to take notes on. Oh, lovely boy. That is so precious. I love it. That is genius and good. Crack. Good crack your turn? Yeah, we're blazing through questions tonight. I love it and yes we have. Okay, let me first ask this before we get into the question. Are you a fan of the YouTube? Cgp grey, I am not, and would it be childish of me to say?
I've never even heard of them. No II mean, there are so many millions of YouTube channels. I imagine nobody, possibly could law. Also them also, but the reason I ask is because this is from a very recent video of his, this is just a shout out. Also to any listener that if you love trivia, feel of just learning things in a very interesting Way. Cgp Grey YouTube, explainer videos are fantastic source of Just knowledge here.
So okay. Okay. I'm gifting you something for the next week, please, please in higher level of collection of videos. I assure you. If you start with one, you will watch all of them. Okay, great. So this is from one of his more recent videos, there was a 1996 game or a program computer program. It was 3D Atlas program. Developed by the multimedia. Corporation G Bartram designed something very unique for this 3D at this program, that became a universal symbol.
So I'm being a bit vague right now and I'll give you more hints as you go along, okay? But Gambit rim design. Something for this game, that became a universal symbol, which had inquired existed before for geopolitical reasons, what do you design for this 3D Atlas program? Okay, when you say 96 right okay, reaching back. And through the fog of, I'm back to 1996. When you say 3D Atlas and program, my mind goes to Encarta, okay? Is this something to do with and
Qatar know? So it's a visual design, it's a visual sign that he came, so it doesn't have anything to do with in Carter. Ah, it is a visual design that he came up with. Okay to represent a physical entity. This physical a physical entity of visual design to represent a physical entity. Nope. You'll have to be a, give me something like unnecessarily week, flag that, he designed, it isn't a flag. Yes, Graham Bartram designed the
flag, and this is a flag. There is designed only for the program sash game and yet it became rather, universally adopted flags are very contentiously, debated, kind of things you could do. Don't just get somebody designing it for a program and then everybody accepting it. They are international national and and to be to be completely Fair. There was a proposal to redesign the flag for this specific physical entity in 2018, okay? So if you say it's my it's a flag.
Is it like an organization? Is it a flag for an organization? It's not for an organization. No, it's not. An organization. Is it a country Inc, Atlas and flag. So it it and physical entity. Was it? A disputed piece of land or a country, which is Something like East Timor editorial? Yes, yes. You could say there are disputes. Yeah, there are land disputes equal. Say that. Let me also give you another
hint, he used. So when you g naught, I will keep messing up as in apologies G bottom when he was designing the flag. He use the flag of the United Nations as inspiration, okay? So that it's not a tree or East Timor. Well, the fly I was accepted and if it's in United Nations, that have to be blue, it'll be a blue flag. You are very much on the mark. It has to be a recent flag because if it's like to insert is not a country. Let me, let me help you out over there. It is.
Okay, it's not a country. Wait, this is a flag for a un entity, like UNICEF or not an organization, either not. Okay, what else is left? What else is left? You have cities. States, you have. But again, I think you wouldn't be that petty. If it's not a country, it's probably not a city-state. I love it. It isn't a city-state. It isn't human demarcated boundary if that helps it's not a human in the market by humans. Yeah. So not a city-state, not a state, not a, I don't know.
I made it over to one of those not not demarcated by humans, it's a geographical entity. Let's put it that way. Yes. Yeah, you wouldn't be wrong in calling at the geographical entity, right? Normally you would not be, it would not Not be wrong at all. Nope, I need some other clothes, I'm blanking out how do you bear? You have something in on Earth, which is not demarcated by humans office. We've some other countries are less ABC, agents. Not, fictional! It's real.
And it is dispute to it are no, dude. You'll have to give me a little, something more. I guess you could say, it was Probably first seen by humans in 1820 seen by humans in 1820. So humans have never set eyes on this Geographics first confirmed human presence. There was an 1895 1895 what was colonised too late by that point Australia was already called. Nice owes.
New Zealand know when I because Australia would also not be considered 1885 because they were that would also be contentious and be from a western perspective. History because obviously, as the Aborigines discovered, you know, Happy Time me are very much, very much. Never, in all fairness, when we say discovered, it's impossible to say that anybody discovered anything because I don't guess,
it might be too. In this case, it might be true that it was discovered because human migration in Europe. You know, humans migrated even across the Into the Pacific Islands, 40,000 years ago, Australia, was or less, you know, you are absolutely right. But humans do not go everywhere till 1820, nobody had seen it in. 1895 is when the first set foot on it, at least you are, okay? I really want to call you a bad word right now because I have a feeling is is Antarctica. It isn't Arctic.
Okay, you you led me on a very, very chase, a very nice lady In fact is the place Antarctica and didn't have a flag. That was agreed upon white lie, till 1996 and G Bartram designed this for the 3D Atlas program. And it is the flag is basically a blue background and literally the shape of Antarctica and the center of it, which is inspired parallels in it.
If you do Google it, you it might seem Miller and it is very familiar also because it is inspired by the United Nations Flag, which is blue possible and the world map from the North Pole. It is a view of the world from the North Pole of the United Nations as should look it up. I should look it up but that was a very cleverly worded question tricky, tricky a big mistake. I'm gonna get you back for that.
So from because it was from the North Pole, he decided that he wanted to South Pole image and that fit perfectly for Antarctica. And it became in fact, most emoji keyboards when you Google the flag of Antarctica, that's the one that will show up. I've never had okay to, you know, ever look up the lack of, but now I will now, I will tomorrow at least one person and this is not just of, we need
this for all our listeners. In the flag of Antarctica randomly to one person audio and do it exploded puzzling responses from other side. Okay. Forget it. Okay. Very nice question and all fairness it was an, it was an excellent question, cgp Grey video, because you also shows you what the latest design it is. And it is a beautiful design. It is a gorgeous design. It's just amazing, okay? Yes, that is, that is my question please. We need to take over.
Gotta in 1890 pharmacist Lunsford Richardson of Selma North Carolina took over his brother-in-law's business in Greensboro North Carolina. They are most popular product was first developed in 1891 in Greensboro. It was introduced in 1995 and then rebranded in 1912 at the instigation of Lunsford oldest son, the pandemic of 1918, tripled the sales of the product within a year, the company was show a soul to a huge conglomerate in 1985.
More than a century later. This product is still household name but not in the name of the man who developed it. But the name of his brother-in-law whose name for the product was retained, What product or what famous brand, are we talking about? So I'll just summarize it for you. Just the Salient point. We have a man by the name of Lunsford Richardson, who took over his brother and lost business?
He was a pharmacist. They released a product in the market, which is so the sales of which tripled in one year. During the 1918 Spanish, Flu, pandemic. It was later sold in 1985 to huge conglomerate. This brand name is not in the name of mr. Lunsford, it's in the name of his brother-in-law goes business. He took over and it is a household name. And when I say household, I mean literally practically everybody noses.
I'm going to make a guess. And this is my first instinct Kellogg's. No it's our catalogs. Yeah. The logs also has an interesting history. Yes. Yes. A lot of self-abuse is a link to that hopefully will sharpen a trivial example. Okay. This is a household name. Okay. I guess I'm going to ask you for a clue. What particular Type of product, is a food product. Is it a? I give you the clue is in mr. Lunsford Richardson's profession, he was a pharmacist and the second key word.
Ask you to focus on was that this the sales of this product tripled in a year during the pandemic of 1918. Flu of 1918, was also a virus but I can't think of any antivirals now from an antiviral, though, people who believe in a We use it for practically anything, John brush, you know, John Proctor is much, much older than that. And I have a question on that coming up. Look up. Yeah, coach and brush but interesting that your impression is obviously not a serious case,
use it for a lot of things. John brush kind of vibe do. And it is famous on the name of his brother-in-law. Yes. So is it literally named after his brother-in-law? Yes, his brother-in-law's last name. Okay, let me just put it this way. I will give you an additional close, something it's likely indulgent, but the additional clue the brother-in-law after whom this product is name. Who? Okay, his Full name, if you pronounce it. Now is rampantly famous in pop
culture. Okay. And I mean, rampantly, famous and he is extremely famous. That name is extremely name. Yeah, because it's a, see this brother-in-law's name. Let's call it, X, whatever it is or XY first name last name. X Y, is very, very popular. Now Especially for the last eight years. Hmm. Mi sing to him. Now, go to Donald Trump. No, it's not on time.
So if you think xyy would be the portion of the last name which by which you know, the product and X Y. If you say it out loud, is also the name of a very, very, very popular pop culture figure for the past eight years. Country girl for the past eight years. Yeah. Um let me just put it this way. It's also ironic that this pop culture figure is known for his skill in doing practical the exact opposite of this product.
What this product is supposed to do last eight years specific, am thinking some magician for some reason, I was going David Copperfield or somebody like that. But okay, David Copperfield has been around for donkey's years. As I remember him from the 90s and what else? This guy is really famous. See this product is really famous this person. Talking about this, the
brother-in-law, his name. If you say it out loud, now the spelling might be slightly different, but if you say it out loud now is rampantly famous in pop culture. Okay? And so, homophone last eight years. What field is this? Pop culture? That's that seems to be my hand. Give it to you. It's in the movies. So is it a character for Mu is a fictional character? Yes, you could talk to talk. It's a character, it's a name. What do name in the last eight years?
Only Point. Thanks gone viral in the last year's. Let's just say that those characters named would. This homophone would not have been famous prior to the release of a movie. You wouldn't find any mention prior to the movie, releasing any about, I'm guessing around eight years ago. I'm just giving you the school, whether it's the ballpark, Somewhere, like it is. Forgetting the name of the character but I'm no way for some reason. I'm thinking Wolf of Wall Street, not Jordan Belfort
Belfort, okay? But before you set this pop culture thing, let me actually go back to it. Let me see if I can find my way to the answer from that approach my singles to go to Crow, seen crossing the Indian product. You'll also want something from the US. It is an Indian product, but yeah. So because you said the people who abide by this, use it for practically everything. Yeah. Same thing. It's a similar concept. You are close. You are close going to make a
paracetamol and all situation. But no no not seem like a last name. Like I said, you may not have thought of this as a last name until maybe this movie came out again. The spelling is like a different, pretty sure I would have heard of both these things and yeah, I guarantee it 100%, including including the pop culture icon. Yes, yes, 100%, I can tell you that for a living. Yeah, then I need another clue, I am. Okay. Okay, so I'm going to put it this way.
Way the product when it was first released had the description. It was released with the description that it is a group and pneumonia solve those. Oh, sorry. What is the first thing you say? Crew? Crew cro, you be crew and pneumonia self. I have no idea what a group is. It's a kind of cough. Let's just put it that way. Okay? So that's how it was first described when it was released in 1891. And in 19.5, it was name was changed to what we know currently. You know, the famous, utterly
famous household name. I was like, I'm going to say aspirin, but again, that doesn't fit, so it's like coffee. Up kind of a thing. I'm blanking on cough drops right now. It's not a cough. Drop a sad. It's a sad sad. I was like an ointment, I choked. Oh my God order, and I'm going to eat this is going on for very long. So I'm going to lead you to the answer by. What is an indirect way? Let's let's see if we can do it backwards, right? So remember the pop culture character.
I told you about. Yes, give me something. About that. Yeah. Yeah. If I told you the name chats to henskee. No, I have no idea about the sample. Sounds familiar but no, I'm kind of getting everything later. Okay. I'm going to just give it to you. If I said Keanu, Reeves Sean with week so is it wakes up? It is like John Wick with the girl? Yes. So in 1890, pharmacist Lunsford Richardson, the Selma, North Carolina took over the detailed. Drug business of his brother-in-law, dr.
John Wick. But with a V of Greensboro North Carolina, the most popular remedy they had was a crew and pneumonia cell which was first compounded in 1891 in Greensboro. It was introduced in 1995 with the name fix magic group cell and rebranded as VapoRub in 1912 at the instigation of lunsford's son.
Who assumed the presidency of the company in 1919 upon his father's death and the company, which was then known as Richardson weeks, Incorporated was eventually sold to Procter & Gamble in 1985. You know, if anything lunsford's wouldn't have rolled out and just like, have it, the same rate as wouldn't have the same number of other what? I want really attracted me to this question was finding out the guy. This is named up. We actually named John Wick, who Has killed.
What 490 something or people across four movies. Perfect. And it's perfect a child's. Yeah. And weeks you'd basically use it. Okay. You live, you live just use some mixtures, do some bikes. I know when you use weeks to stay awake during exam, you know, people who use it too for a cold for a cough for practically everything. It is, it is the universal drug, you're right. Let me, you won't be an easy. Chair would be to give a competition.
Would be tiger balm and Axle. There was going to be my first guess but I know tiger bombs origin, so I know that wasn't it here. Okay, I think that's all we have time for. We have hired a couple of comments that are episodes have gone a little too long in the past couple of weeks. So let's wind up today but before we leave at it. Yeah, it's something you need to say to the audience. Sure. Why not I will I will ask question fixes the universal drug of choice for a lot of people.
But what is the drug of choice in India that cures all sorts of ailments, if you were to have one, let me yes I will come up with an answer by next week. Yes. And yeah, while we leave Aditya to his ruminations that me. Thank everyone for listening in. We hope you enjoyed the show and learn something new. Please forgive us for because we are recording this late at night and we are a little extra demand
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