Hello, You Should Know Better fans. As you may or may not know, sag AFTRA, the union I am a proud member of, as well as many of our guests, has gone on strike. Part of adhering to this work stoppage is that we cannot promote TV shows and films that are covered in this contract dispute, so we are going to hold off on releasing any
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fifty plus pods. We thank you for your support and understanding and hopefully we will be back real soon with some new and entertaining season two episodes of You Should Know Better The Trivia Podcast. So, without further ado, on with the show, Hey They're Friends. Before we kick off today's podcast episode, we have a correction from last week's show. Thanks to our avid listener and
friend of the podcast, Nancy Skinner. She reminded me that in talking about Kramer versus Kramer, it wasn't Ricky Schroeder who played the little kid Ricky Schroeder was in a movie called The Champ, So the little kid from Kramer Versus Kramer. His name is Justin Henry, and he was so good in Kramer Versus Kramer that he was nominated for an Oscar Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
And he was only eight years, ten months and twenty days old, making Justin Henry to this date the youngest nominee for a competitive honor in Academy Award history. Way to go, Justin Henry. My apologies and thanks again to our friend Nancy. Now on with the show Welcome to You Should Know Better with Mike C. Nelson, the guy who won't shut up about winning
three times on Jeopardy. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to You Should Know Better, the trivia podcast that tests your knowledge and a little bit of your patients. Our goal here is to celebrate the theme of continuing education. We should always be learning and always be on the prowl to know better. Now we will meet our sensational Jeopardy champions and hear all about what good causes they're playing for, and shortly crown one of them the smartest person in the world for
one week. But as for right now, Let's jump right into some questions and answers with our first of four rounds today around one General knowledge thinking caps on, gentlemen, pencils ready, hand away we go. There are eight questions in the general knowledge round. Here is question number one. Who wrote the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces? Who is the author of that famous book Mythology? Who wrote the book The Hero with a Thousand Faces?
For question number one? Last name will Suffice? All right? Question number two is a world geography question. What is the capital city of the African nation of Namibia? Namibia? Kind of a South African. I think it's southwestern African nation of Namibia. What is the capital city? Her? Question number two not an easy one, all right? Question number three, What singer, songwriter, pianist and activist got the nickname the High Priestess of Soul?
The High Priestess of Soul? I think there was a documentary about her in the last five years. I think it was titled like where did you Go? And this person's name? What singer, songwriter, pianist and activist got the nickname The High Priestess of Soul? Aretha Franklin's the Queen Well? I took out one of my dresses. Yeah, she's the Queen of soul? Was she a multi high finit queen slash priestess? Let's give it a
whirl. Here's question number four. Eugene Delacroix commemorated the July Revolution of eighteen thirty, which toppled Charles the Tenth with what fourword titled painting? Very famous painting by Eugene Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of eighteen thirty, which toppled Charles the Tenth with what four word titled painting? How do we feel about art and artists wheelhouse or not at all? It's not my wheelhouse. It's funny.
I was terrible at it, to like, met my wife and she really got me into art, and so I think it's something that was horrible at and I think turned into a relative strength at least. So that's great.
That's awesome if anybody or anything can do that to you. Because I felt like someone just asked me about, like, how did you study for Jeopardy as I well, that's kind of what I focused on, was like the things that show up a lot on Jeopardy that I was pretty shitty at its like I got a brush up on these dozen to fifteen things that show up a lot on Jeopardy that I wasn't great at question number of five. We've arrived at question number five. Who is the current Prime Minister of the
UK? Kind of more of a current events thing. He's only been there for a little bit. Last name Will Suffice again? Who is the current Prime Minister of the UK. A lot of volatility over there, people only lasting for weeks and stuff, But can you name the current PM of the UK? General knowledge around with our Jeopardy champs here? Question number six, This is a weird one. What's the national sport of Canada? It is
not ice hockey? What is the national sport of Canada? Will give you the clue that it is not ice hockey, which is kind of crazy. But they have a national sport up there? Can you name it? For number six? I think it's my phone a friend for Mattea at this point, or yeah, Alex Trebeck's kids, someone Canadian? Will Arnett and Murray the band members of Rush can I call them? I'm gonna call Getty Lee? What is your sport up there? Question number seven your penultimate question in
the general knowledge round? Can you give me the first names of either of the Gilmore Girls? I missed the show. I didn't watch it. It's a famous show. Can you give me either of the first names of the two lead characters on Gilmore Girls? For question number seven? And finally, here we are. We've arrived at question number eight in the general knowledge round. Name the largest musical instrument manufacturing company that gets its name from the words
meaning mountain and blade. Mountain and blade. When you put him together, you get the name of this largest musical instrument manufacturing company on the planet. Can you name it? All? Right? Well, pencils down. We'll go over your answers in just a second. But it's time to introduce our wonderful Jeopardy Champs. This gent from Bluebell, Pennsylvania. Originally he won five times in regular season play and won one game in the twenty twenty two Tournament
of Champions to finish as a semi finalist. He's a consultant and start up director. My friend Tyler Davis Road is here. Hey, Mike, how's it going. Yeah, it's awesome to have you here. Love watching you on the show in both regular season and then in the t OC. You can follow follow Tyler on social media. He's on Twitter and you can follow him at Tyler thinks This on Twitter. Tyler, what charity are you playing for today? I am for the ASPCA Adoption Center in New York City.
Eric, the person that will be shortly my competitor today, both are notable for our Jeopardy Famous cats and I received Hopper from this ASPCA adoption center. I'm looking on there right now and they've got a cat to be adopted by the name of Jellybeans and another one by the name of Wiggles. So with names like that, I don't know how they are not yet adopted, but they're a great organization. I think they also provide some emergency medical care for
animals in the city. I had a great experience there, so hopefully a little attentional donation will mean some other people can as well and find some great cats and dogs to bring home. Fantastical winner lose. We're happy to make a donation in your name to the ASPCA Animal Adoption Center in New York City. It's time to meet your opponent. Go a lie and I from Champagne have a Champagne jam and Champagne Illinois. He was he's always one upping Tyler.
He was a six game champ and he won't shut up about it. In twenty twenty two, and we got some caveats here with a unique distinction of both defeating and being defeated by fellow t O Sears, Ryan Long and our our most recent guest, Megan walks Press. And then you also won game one game in the Tournament of Champions, which involved you being the second contestant to pull off the back to back true daily double Wagers. Shout out to Roger Craig who did it first? Did it? That's ballsy? Were
what were the amounts? What was the first amount and then what was the second amount? I mean I was third place if I've pretty disenmergine when it started, so I didn't have a ton of money to work with, but it was like six thousand and then twelve thousands. I think That's what I'm talking about. That's that's awesome. That's what makes that show great though it's you are wagering your own money. This guy is a meteorologist with the National
Whether Service. My friend eric A. Haysick is here. Yeah, things might great to have you here? You can follow Eric on social media at Eric Haysick on Twitter and what charity are you playing for? Today? So?
I'm playing for a charity called Wilderness Inquiry, and it's a Twin Cities organization that basically tries to remove barriers for people to go outside our outdoor activities like hiking, camping, canoeing, rock climbing, so, you know, disadvantaged youth, people of all ages with disabilities who might not be able to
get out into nature. They make it much more accessible. I know when I was a kid growing up, I loved steading out of the woods with my dad and my brother, and you know a lot of people might not have that same opportunity. So it's a really cool organization to kind of make the outdoors available for everyone. That is beautiful Again, win or lose, We're happy to make a donation in your name to the Wilderness Inquiry. Folks
you know are players, you know what great charities they're playing for. But it's time to get back to the game and go over our answers for a very fun General Knowledge round. We'll get our first scoreboard update here. There were eight questions in the General Knowledge Round. Question Number one was who wrote the book about mythology, The Hero with a Thousand Faces? Tyler, start
us off, what did you get for number one? The name that jumped to mind and mealing was Conrad, and I couldn't think of anything better than that, so I stuck with Conrad. Stick it with Conrad. Eric, what did you put for number one? I had absolutely no idea. So maybe Mark Twain wrote a book about mythology. So Mark Twin we got Mark, Mark Twain, we got Conrad. Conrad was closer. It is the gentleman known by Joseph Campbell. Joseph Campbell wrote that book about mythology, The
Hero with a Thousand Faces. Now will never forget question number two? What is the capital city of the African nation of Namibia? Eric? What did you get from number two? So I went with wind What Windhuch? Yeah, wind Hoick, wind Hoke. Tyler, what did you put from number two? Yeah? I'm meant to go through my flash cards on national capitals today and I read a time I did not venture a guest, but wind
Hollock sounds pretty correct. So I'm gonna guess I'm down one nothing. The correct answer the capital city of the sub Saharan African nation of Namibia is wind Hoick wind Hook. So we got Eric off the Schneide. Tyler's gonna get it right here, here we go. It's one nothing after two? Question number three, What singer, songwriter, pianist and activist got the nickname the High Priestess of Soul? Tyler? What did you get from number three?
I guess Billy Holiday? Oh, excellent, guest, I love Billy Holiday. Eric, what did you put? Philly? Philly Holiday was who I was trying to think of, but I came up with Edda James. Yeah, we got Billie Holliday, Eda James. She's actually over my shoulder right here. It's miss Nina Simone. Nina Simone, one of my favorites, is known as the High Priestess of Soul. But a little deeper cut of a nickname, Nina Simone is the High Priestess of Soul. Question number four
was your art? Question you? Gene Delacroix commemorated the July Revolution of eighteen thirty, which toppled Charles the Tenth with what forward titled painting Eric with help from his wife, I think, Eric, what did you get from number four? Yeah? I wouldn't have known this a couple of years ago, but I think I do now believe it's liberty leading the people. Liberty leading the people? Tyler, what did you get again? My answer doesn't doesn't compare. I think I'm down two oh, and I'm so sorry. I
did not want to do this to Tyler. I hope you know that, but it is, in fact liberty leading the people. Is that famous painting by Eugene Delacroix for number four Liberty leading to People? Question number five? Who is the current Prime Minister of the u K? Tyler as of recording today, April thirtieth, I believe it is Richie Senak. That is a great caveat or opening thing. Preamble to your answer, Eric, what did you put? Yeah? So one of my totally inexplicable like trivia holes is
like current current events. I don't know why don't keep up with the world is you know, Twitter and social media can be a little bit of accessible, so I stay away from it. But I had no idea I think there was you know, there's two or three of them in a short span there, and I just totally zone out on that. So we'll go in. I think there was Liz Trust and then a cabbage and then I think
we had discussion. Was that what it was that they put that up to see like what would last longer ahead of Lass or Liz Truss who was there for like, yeah, eight days or something. It is Rishi Sunac is the current Prime Minister of the UK. So Tyler's off the schneide breathe freely now. Question number six, what is the national sport of Canada? And I gave you the caveat that it was not ice hockey, Eric, What did you come up with? I went with lacrosse? Lacrosse, Tyler?
What did you put? I did not venture far from ice hockey and I made it all the way to curling. See, I thought that might be a guest too. Curling is a great guest, but it is in fact with the native tribes from North America. It was lacrosse. Lacrosse is the national sport of our neighbors to the north. Some people call it the hat of America. That is not nice, but I think it's funny about it's lacrosse. Four number six. Question number seven is kind of your TV question.
Can you give me either of the first names of the Gilmore Girls. There's two of them, Lee in the lead character role. Tyler, what did you get from number seven? I believe they are Laura Lai and Rory. Laura Lai and Rory. Eric, what did you get? Yeah, I've never seen Gilmore Girls, but for some reason when those sends us in your brain. I don't know why. I think one of them is named
Laura Lai. So hopefully Tyler's right. You know what, I'm gonna give Eric one point and I'm gonna give Tyler two because he got a bolt. There is Rory and Laura Lai are in fact the Gilmore Girls for number seven. Question number eight? Interesting question? Name the largest musical instrument manufacturing company
that gets its name from the words meaning mountain and blade. Eric I was not cool enough to be a banned in school, so the only instrument companigner Remolly think of his zill jan Yeah, we'll go with them, Yeah, Zilgen symbols. If you're a drummer, that's a big deal. Tyler, what did you put for number eight? I went with Yamaha. Yamaha,
Yes, you had to go to Japan. It is Yamaha, the name of that company that means super mountain plade Yamaha, when you think of ye pianos and keyboards and all that stuff, and then they're like, and we'll also make motorcycles. Sure, sure, that's great. That's great. So after a very fun general knowledge round, look at this, we are all tied at four. It is four to four after one. Yeah, great strategy. Get the first four wrong and then you get a kiddy bonus point.
That's I wish Jeopardy worked that way. Yeah, yeah, because that's that's one thing I'm very glad in your first games when you were on the show, did you like get off to like a pretty okay start or were you one of those people that kind of took a while to kind of get warmed up. I was horribly horrible. Yeah, horrible to start one of my one of my first games. It may have actually been my first game. The question was about the Portmanteau tequila brand founded by George Clooney, and
I said, Tasa amigos. I like, I kind of spaced it out a little bit, maybe a little nervous, and I got a hit with the neg right from the start. So yeah, you just gotta bounce back from it. There's there's a lot of fus on the board, and sometimes you just get start off with a negative six hundred right to the gut. I love that. So it is tied at four after one before we move on to the pop culture grab back, which is our round number two.
Yeah, we've already talking about our little fun anecdotes from the show. But can you guys regale us with anything about just getting on the show. How long have you watched the show and how many years or how many times did you take the test or was it something that was right away? We'll start with you Tyler. How was it for you? I don't know. I was just kind of watch Jeopardy growing up and then in college and working. It was kind of my test to see if I could get home soon enough
because it's airs at seven where I am. I had taken the test a couple of times, and then one year, I think when Alex got sick, I kind of made it my vision board New Year's resolution. Up, I'm going to get on Jeopardy this year. And I took the test and I felt really good about it, and I missed the email where they called me back for a audition, and I found it in my spam folder from like five days prior where they get sold please respond to the next like forty
eight hours and sign up for one of these indue time slots. So I immediately emailed them back, sent them on my paperwork and I'm like, I'm so sorry, can you get me a next week? By the way, there's one more slot tonight, can I can? I can fill that one? And they're like, if you can make it on zoom in the next fifteen minutes, you can have that slot. So I canceled a bunch of meetings and like throw on a collared shirt and turn on all the lights and
just kind of went in cold. And I think my euphoria over finding the email translated into being personable on camera. And three months later I was I had actually just proposed to my girlfriend and the next day I get the call to go on the show. So it just all sort of it all went very quickly and very very well in a very short period of time. That's so cool. Yeah, you didn't have the time to overthink it or freak yourself. I was just like, Oh, let's go, time, go
do do it, do it? Do it? How about you? Eric? Yeah, So I've been trying out like every single year since I was in high school and I'm in my thirties now, so it took a little bit of time. Yeah. It was actually Ken Jennings run right before I started high school and kind of was like, well, this is cool,
I want to do that someday. And you know, you know, probably failed the tests four times that I had passed it because I only got like three maybe interviews like during that time and Tylight Tyler, I got the you know, I took the any Time tests in like March of twenty twenty one, and you know, you're like, hey, you passed it. Sign up for one of these Zoom times. And my work hours are really weird
and I couldn't make any of the slots. So I emailed him about that and they never emailed me badge, and it was like two months later. I was like I should follow off on that, and they're super nice. They're like, oh, we're so sorry. Here and got my Zoom interview and obviously and obviously went from there. So there's a lot of time coming but it paid off. That's awesome. Yeah, I'm one of those long term I think I took like over the span of like twenty one or twenty
two years. It took me to get on the show. So it happened some people. It's like, oh yeah, I took it for the first time and they called me a month later, and then another month I was on. I'm like, that's also another avenue of you getting this show. But everyone has a different story. That's why I love it. Well, thanks for telling us about that. We'll talk more about your runs on the show and the t OC later on. Well, let's get back to the
game. It's four to four. Tyler and Eric are tied here as we head head into two pop culture grab bag, but we're gonna do around about theater. It's all about the theater. There's eight questions in this round. Here we go. Question number one in your theater pop culture grab bag, The Threepenny Opera was written by what German. What German wrote the Threepenny Opera. For question number one, that's what we call it deep cut. That is a deep cut. That is a deep cut. We're not doing.
You're a good man, Charlie Brown and right Hamilton, Yeah, yeah, exactly, all right. Question number two here, it is what Patty spelled Patti has won three Tony Awards for playing Evita, Rose and Gypsy and Joanne and the Sondheim's Musical Company. What Patty? I just need the last name of what Patty has won three Tony Awards for playing Evita, her own, Rose and Gypsy and Joanne and Sondheim's Company. Name that, Patty? For
number two? All right, we have arrived at question number three. Can you name either of the two main characters in the very famous play Waiting for Good Doot Waiting for Godot? Can you name either of the two main characters that are sitting there waiting for Godot for the whole play? Just need one of the very interesting names that they have. I'll give you that. Just need to name one of those two main characters for Waiting for Godot by Samuel
Beckett for number three. All right, back to the game in the theater round here, question number four. What a literative playwright penned The Vagina Monologues back in nineteen ninety six? What's a literative playwright penned the very famous The Vagina Monologues back in nineteen ninety six? All right, here's question number five. I think I feel good. I feel good about this one. What Shakespeare character has the famous line it is a tale told by an idiot full
of sound and fury signifying nothing. What Shakespeare character has that famous line it is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing. Name that character from a very famous Shakespeare play for number five. All right, Question number six is kind of a fill in the blank. We're gonna go over some Sam Shepherd plays. I just need you to fill in one of these blanks for any of these plays. I'm gonna give you three Sam
Shepherd plays. You fill in the blank. There's blank West, there's buried blank, and then there's full four blank. So again you have fill in the blank of these Sam Shepherd plays Blank West, buried blank, or fool for blank? Just need one like this question a lot. Question number seven your penultimate question, and the pop culture grab back. This is all about
theater. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's seventeen seventy five play The Rivals gave us this character who often misspeaks by using words which they do not have the meaning that they intend. It's become a word we use nowadays, but it's based on this character. So again. Question number seven. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's seventeen seventy five play The Rivals gave us this character who often misspeaks by using words which do not have the meaning that they intend. If you even know the term or
this character, I'll give you the points. And finally, question number eight, your final question in the theater around. What Pulitzer Prize winning Tony Kushner two part play was subtitled a gay Fantasia on National Themes? I think they made an HBO film out of this as well, or a two part series on h What Pulitzer Prize winning Tony Kushner two part play was subtitled a Gay Fantasia on National Themes? Hancils down. Let's go over our answers for the
pop culture grab bag. I think the first time we've done this. It is a theater around. Let's go over our answers. Question number one. The Three Penny Opera was written by what German Eric so I Actually this was one of the when I was studying for Jeffardy, Like, I've should probably learned something about theater. What are like the top one hundred plays, I believe? Er told Brett told the threepenny Opera. I'm selling an idiot or
told Breck's a great guest for the three penny Opera? Tyler, what did you put for number one? I put Gilbert and Sullivan, but I think Brex sounds a little more German and also more correct. Gilbert and Sullivan they did some stuff too. The correct answer is Bertolt Brecht. That's a pretty German name to Bertolt Bret for number one, wrote the three penny Opera. Question number two? What Patty spelled? Patti has won three Tony Awards for
playing Evita, Rose and Gypsy and Joanne and Sondheim's Company. Tyler, I was going back and forth between Patty LaBelle and Patti LuPone, and I ended on Patty LuPone. Patty LuPone, both great patties. Eric, What did you put for number two? I'm vaguely aware of someone named Patty Clark, so I'm gonna put that down. I'm Patty Patty Clark. The correct answer. It's not LaBelle, it's not Clark. It is Patty LuPone, Patty
Laponi three time Tony Award winning Patty Lopone. Question number three? Can you name either of the characters, the main characters that are waiting for Godot and that Samuel Beckett play. Eric. So, yeah, I was struggling this one, and then Estragone popped into my head. Estragone. Great, that's a connection. That was a right connection. Tyler, What did you put?
I'm not I'm not angling for the bonus point here, but I believe the characters for Vladimir and Estragon, I think we have I think we've created Uh yeah, I don't want the president this is, but it is, in fact you got them both. You guys got the points. It is Vladimir and Estragone are the two gents that are waiting for Godove. Vladimir and Estragon. For number three, well done? Question number four? What a literative playwright penn to the Vagina Monologues back in nineteen ninety six? Tyler?
I, No, this is on a note card somewhere, but couldn't come up with it. I don't have a guest for this one. Find the dust off that note card, that flash card. Eric, could you pull out an answer for number four? Yeah? I first thought when you read that was I should have made a note card on this. That's a pretty popular play. I have absolutely no idea. Her name a wonderful play right. Her name is eve Ensler. Eve Ensler wrote the Vagina Monologues. Now
we all know. Question number five was your Shakespeare question? What Shakespeare character has the famous line it is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing. Eric Ah, Shakespeare's not my category, but I feel like like fools and sound and fury is like ringing a lot of king Lear bells in my head. So we'll go with kan king Lear. Great guest, Tyler, what did you put for number five? If it's the show I'm thinking of, I've seen it live and I'm gonna feel terrible if
I'm wrong. But I'm gonna go with Macbeth Macbeth, the Scottish play. Yeah, you maybe saw Denzel Washington say these lines in the last couple of years. In the film version of Macbeth, it is Macbeth that says that fateful line, and Shakespeare play for number five? Question number six, still in the blank? For one of the sam Shephard plays you it could either choose blank, west buried blank or fool for blank? Tyler, which one
did you pick? For number six? The only thing that rang remotely about would be like fool for Love. So I went with love fool for love. Great guests, Eric, what did you pick for number six? Yeah? I took the pirate angle and went with a buried treasure. That answer deserves a splush. Yeah, so fool for Love and Buried Treasure. The answers are True West. That's that play that I think Philip Seymour Hoffman and John c Riley would like flip roles. They play each role like one day
in the next days the other interest. They did that I think in the nineties or two thousands or something. That was really cool that they did that for True West. Then there's Buried Child. It's Buried Child is the title, very very strange play. And number three was fool for Love. It was fool for love. So Tyler gets the big point for number I already crossed that office incorrect, So I gotta give yourself a little pat on the
back or a gold star for number six. Question number seven. Richard Brinsley Sheridan's seventeen seventy five play The Rivals gave us this character who often misspeaks by using words which do not have the meaning that they intend, Eric, what did you come up with? It's maybe a misconnection, but it's spoonerism. Spooner is like like weird words, there's funny words. A spoonerism. That's a good guest, Tyler, what did you put for number seven? I
went with a malapropism, A malapropism. It's based on the character character I should say, Missus malaprop that was her name, Missus malaprop And that's how we get a malapropism for numbers seven. Way to go, Tayler. For those of you wondering what a malaprop or a malapropism is, let's go to the king of malapropisms, Yogi Barra, who said a bunch of stuff, including it ain't the heat, it's the humility. And he also said he hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious. There you go.
And then finally, question number eight. What Pulitzer Prize winning Tony Kushner two part play was subtitled A gay Fantasia on national themes? Tyler? Angels in America? Angels in America? Eric, what did you put for number eight? That's the only ani Cruisier player I know. Its Angels in America. The correct answer is Angels in America. You both nailed it for number eight. Well done in a tough theatrical round. We have a scoreboard update after
two. At halftime we have Eric. Is it a Hassick or a Haysick. It is a Hassi. It is a Hassik. So Eric Assick. Yeah, Erica has Sick with seven points and Tyler Davis Roade with ten. It's ten to seven at halftime. This is lovely, all right, So it is ten to seven at halftime. We'll take a break right here and if you guys can regale us with any stories about your actual runs on the days you had a five game win and a six game win. So we'll
start with Eric this time. What is something you remember, something good, batter and different you remember about your run on the show? I mean, you know, it's just I won't six and so the first five or all on the same day, you know, show up, you see there's a sixteen game returning champion, which is terrifying. The first thing you do when you show up is always you know size enough who's at defending champ? And then Ryan Lawn Watson and you know they're like how games and Ryan He's like,
you know, he's a really humble guy. He'sn't our saying and sixteen and so you're like, oh my god, it's over, you know. But yeah, just somehow beat him and then just it's just the blurry. You just keep going and fifteen minutes later you do it again, and then you'd come back the next day. But a really funny story from that was actually after that fifth game, so like, you know, you just won five games, one hundred thousand bouts of Minuterner Champions whatever, and I'm waiting
like for an uber to get back to the hotel. And I had a really old, crappy like Samsung AS sixteen at the time. The battery last like four hours and I'm there all day, so like the battery like dies while I'm getting an uber. And then I'm like, oh, maybe I asked one of the you know, the parking people for a charger or someone at the studio and and they did me a charger, but like I didn't I didn't realize Samson had new chargers with the newer phones compared to like the
old crappy ones. So I had to like walk across the street to the gas station to like buy a cell phone charger. So that was the first thing I bought with my late Jeffrey money. Meanwhile, while I'm there, Sarah, the producer and formerly of The Clue, Drew is like getting gas bob at the gas station in my suit and sus like, oh you okay. I'm like, yeah, I'm fine, don't worry about it, and she's like, oh, I wish it had helped, but I'm not allowed
to like talk to you because you're still in a contestants under control. I just looked at a total idiot in front of Sarah. But yeah, so that was a fun That's awesome. Yeah, you're buying a five dollar charger at a weird gas stations from Sony Studios and run into this Sarah. That's awesome, Tyler, what about you? Yeah, I mean I kind of went in expecting to not win any games and but to have it's like a
great experience and leave us some great memories. I thought I was going to have to face Matamodeo, and so when I got there and didn't see Matt, I thought, oh, a window of opportunity. And then they introduced Oh, by the way, this is the guy that beat Matt. He's Jonathan Fisher. He's won ten games himself. But then he loses. He loses the game right before I get called, and it's just like it was. It was like his met So I go and I win the first game.
It was a terrible board for me, which was a dog fight, and then but I eked it out and I didn't have any guests come with me because this was still very much COVID taping time. So after my third game, because I played Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, I called my then fiance, Well, we're getting married at the end of this month. I called. I called Megan, and she's like, well, how did it
go? And I go to do with the short version of the long version, goes a short version first because she was like at a work conference. Yeah, just a short story. I'm like, yeah, so I won sixty five thousand dollars and I have to come back tomorrow. So that was that was the short story of how I did in Jeopardy Day one. Oh that's great. Yeah, I think I think I was kind of a d bag, but I thought this would be it's one time you get to make
these phone calls. But I made a couple of phone calls to like, you know, my dearest friends and some of my family, and I would start off by being like, well I lost and they were like everyone was always like, hey, buddy, you this is great. Just you getting on this show was amazing. And I was like, yeah, I lost my fourth game and they were like what and I was like, yeah, that means I won games one, two, and three and they're like you
son of a bitch. Oh my god. But yeah, just one of the I'll never forget that moment of just yeah, like walking to your car, you know, walking to your hotel room, just being like, no one knows what just happened to me, Like this thing ever so cool. Here we go. It is ten to seven round three, the Lightning Round. Eric. You are trailing at the moment, so you can choose first
for a lightning round. Question today, let's go have some dessert. So today you could choose from either a Klondike bar, an ice cream sandwich, or a drumstick. What would you like for dessert sir? Let's go with the Klondike bar. What would you do for a Klondike bar? Let's let's find out. Let's find out. So I'm gonna say the question twice. I'm gonna say go and hit the start button. You're gonna have twenty seconds
to give me as many answers as possible. Tyler, you might want to jop some answers down because I'm gonna come to you straight away with your five second rebuttal. So Eric ahsk your Klondike bar lightning round. Question goes like this, can you name the best Picture Oscar winners from nineteen ninety one through
nineteen ninety nine? So most of the nineties ninety one through ninety nine best Picture Oscar winners twenty seconds on the clock, and to go a Titanic, Forrest Jump, Shaw Sank, Redemption, uh, uh, Star Wars, The Phantom Menace, uh, the some of those weird early nineties movies which I can't think of. Stop, you got two, you got all right? Yeah, you got Forrest Gump and you got Titanic. Of course,
Titanic and Forrest Gump. You got your five second rebuttal. To see if you can steal some answers here, Tyler, five second World Best Picture Oscar winners from ninety one through ninety nine, and a go Dances with Wolves, American Beauty, Shakespeare in Love, Gladiator. Stop you got two. I think you've got Shakespeare in Love and American Beauty. I think Dances with Wolves was nineteen ninety, so you missed it by one year. But you got
the last two. You got Shakespeare in Love, which was ninety eight, American Beauty, which was ninety nine, So you got the last three. So let's go over the ones we didn't get. Ninety one was the Silence of the Lambs, one of my favorite films, in ninety one. Then they gave a Western some some love because they haven't given a Western anything for a while. Unforgiven was ninety two, Schindler's List, Schindler's List, O Horse in ninety three, and then we got Forrest Gump. You got that
Brave Heart. You said, Gladiator. It's like bravehearts right there in that world. Brave Heart. I think. I think Gladiator was two thousand, so I think I was. I think it was one year. You had the book Ends and then the other one that's after Braveheart. In between Braveheart and Titanic, one of my least favorite films. Sorry everybody, but the English Patient also won for Best Picture and I've given it a couple chances, and I'm like, I am still bored to tears. I do know like
this movie. I'm sorry, but you guys did well. That was That's that's tough to think of stuff in it a decade go. So it's your turn, Tyler in the barrel. You could choose either an ice cream sandwich or a drumstick for your lightning round question. Ice cream sandwich. Let's go ice cream sandwich. So the drumstick we'll just go back into the hover for a future game. So ice cream sandwich. So I'm gonna say the question twice. Say go hit the button twenty seconds on the clock and then I
will come to Eric with your five second buttle straight away. So you might want to jot some things down through ice cream sandwich. Question goes like this. Per odyssey dot com, name the top nine best selling musical artists or bands of the nineteen eighties, So a different decade, the nineteen eighties. Per odyssey dot com, name the top nine best selling musical artists and or
bands of the nineteen eighties. Twenty seconds on the clock and a go share Madonna, Wham Blonde, The Cars, The Police, Rolling Stones, you two. Uh, Duran Duran U three. Uh. Flock of seagulls. Flock of seagulls. Great, you got two. You got Madonna and you two were in the top four. So you got two of the top four. Madonna and you two. There's still some up for grabs. Let's see if Eric can steal some pro Odyssey dot Com name the top nine best selling
musical artists or bands of the nineteen eighties. Five seconds on the clock and go all right. Queen van Halen, talking heads, Bruce Frinstein, Billy Joel, Stop, you got two. You stole two. Queen was number five on the list. Bruce Springsteen, The Boss was number eight, so he did well in that one as well. He stole a couple of answers. Let's go over the ones we didn't get two. Number one m J Michael Jackson, of course with Thriller and Bad Holy Smokes. It was number
one. Number three, you forget he was part of Genesis. Phil Collins rocked the eighties, Phil Collins, number six, Prince Prince, Yes, oh my god, I'm run in trouble for the Yeah. Number seven some hard rock with ac DC had a great decade. I was surprised, but they were number seven on the list, and another hard rock band, bon Jovi, was in the top nine. So let's go over our scores, and he's tabulating our scores. We have a scoreboard update. Erica Hassick with
eleven, Tyler Road with fourteen. It's fourteen to eleven after the lightning around, so it is fourteen to eleven after three. We're here with Tyler Davis Road. You could follow him on social media at Tyler thinks this on Twitter. He's playing for the ASPCA Animal Adoption Center and n why see. And then we're also here with Erica Hassick. You could follow him on social media at eric A. Hassick on Twitter. He's playing for the Wilderness Inquiry Charity
again win or Lose. We're happy to give donations to those two wonderful causes. So let's before we get into our fourth and findal round between you two, let's talk a little bit about the TC and are there any other stories or anecdotes from that? Tyler start us off with any t OC remembrances.
Yeah, it just really felt like going to a high school reunion of a high school that none of us went to because we all kind of knew each other enough and we recognize other spaces, Like I ran into Brian whom I had met very briefly before in Mattea and Jessica Stevens in the lobby, each checking in, and then we random Adammodio taking our COVID tests, so it was just and then we ran into like Megan watch Press and a bunch of other people just like out even before we got started, So it really felt
like we had all just descended on this block and a half a radius. But it was just great to get to know everybody. Everybody is exactly how they seemed on TV, but just more and better. Like Sam Butery was did not take any Like he jumped over the row of chairs and he didn't navigate throughout the studio and did fault once and it was kind of silly, but like popped right back up. But yeah, it's like it was just finger in a cast and he like jumped and he wiped out one time.
We're just like, oh my god, Sam, he just popped right back off. He's fine. Yeah, he had a broken finger, which I can only assume was some other sort of whimsical accident, but yeah, what a guy Sam Butchery. Yeah, we're hoping to get him, get all of them on the show because yeah, like they're they're just what an incredible collection of folks. Like what a cool shared experience you had to Eric, you, what do you have to add? Yeah, I mean it was
just awesome. I mean, like I was one of the later twelve, like one of the last qualifiers, like Ryan, Maggie and I and we had kind of kind of watched everyone and as I was watching the show and see everyone in the flesh was really cool. They all like the really fun stories have been covered with the charaoke night and when like after we got done
with the tournament, Amy had one. We had We're all just kind of hanging out the hotel having drinks and Amy came a little bit later and she and Genevieve show up and we all just start cheering, and we're just like, oh my god, we just gave away the winner. Oh no, So then we start cheering. Every time someone new to the droop would come in, even like random people, we would start giving them a standing applause just so we would throw off the sense. Well that was a fun one.
Another fun story with me and Tyler was we before. So before they sent my final game, I'd come down from the hotel and we're wearing like the EXAs same thing. We have, like a blue sweater on and a blue tie. And it was like, oh, one of us don't have to change, and it was me, But I thought that was kind of funny. Yeah, I think. I think East Coast asserted is over Midwest politeesy. I walked into wardrobe and they're like, oh, so Melson's wearing
a pre summer sweater. I'm like, yeah, this will be fine, and just kind of walked back out. They made are a change, So I was I was a game time decision. I wasn't committed, so when they gave me an option to switch, I was like, Yo, yes, switch, It's fine, I'll switch it up. Oh my god, that's awesome. Well thanks for telling us about those stories. It's just I never tire of it. It's just it's so fun because it is such a weird, awesome, great experience that we all get to be a part of
that universe of Jeopardy, the greatest show ever. It is fourteen two eleven. Let's get back to the game. Round four, the double Duty. We call it the Double Duty because points are doubled and there are nine questions in this round, so there's eighteen very large points up for grabs. Today's category in the double duty is twentieth century US History, So we have a history round twentieth century US history for your double duty nine questions. Here is
question number one, what is the ada of nineteen ninety? Can you tell me what the ada is that came about in nineteen ninety first question number one? All right, Question number two, we're going to take it in the wayback machine. On March twenty fifth of nineteen eleven, there was a horrific fire at the Triangle Blank factory, resulting in the deaths of nearly one hundred
and fifty young women and girls. Fill in that blank. On March twenty fifth of nineteen eleven, there was a horrific fire at the Triangle Blank factory, resulting in the desk of nearly one hundred and fifty young women and girls. It was so horrific that they made many many changes fire safety and building safety after this fire. But fill in the blank for number two. Question number three, the birth control pill was approved at the start of what decade.
I just want to know what decade the birth control pill was approved at the start of what decade? It was approved in May of what decade? All right, moving things right along to question number four. What Harry was appointed by FDR to head an emergency program to aid the unemployed during the Great Depression back in nineteen thirty three? Harry? What so again? For question
number four? What Harry was appointed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to head an emergency program to aid the unemployed during the Great Depression back in nineteen thirty three, Harry? Who? For number four? Question number five? The Miracle on ice happened in nineteen eighty between the upstart US Olympic Hockey team versus seemingly unbeatable ussr Red Army team. But that wasn't the game that won the US the gold medal. Who did the US have to beat two days later to claim
the gold medal? A lot of people forget that the game against the Russians wasn't the game to win the gold medal. They actually had to go out and beat someone else two days later. Question number six. In nineteen sixty two, who became the first Latina to win an Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actress again, question number six in nineteen sixty two, who became the first Latina to win an Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actress. All right, here
we are final three questions in the Double Duty Redcliff Brown. This is a category about twentieth century US history. Question number seven the Seminole Supreme Court case Brown versus the Board of Education. More specifically, it was Oliver Brown versus the Board of Education of what city and state? That's what I want to
know. For question number seven, the Seminole Supreme Court case Brown versus the Board of Education that we've heard about, but more specifically, it was Oliver Brown that was taking on the Board of Education of what city and state? For question number seven, Here we go for question number eight, or next to last question in the Double Duty round. Two memorable uprisings and or occupations happened at two different prisons in nineteen seventy one? Can you name them?
Two memorable uprisings and or occupations happened that two different prisons in nineteen seventy one? Name them? All right? It all comes down to this question number nine. In March of nineteen forty one, the George Washington Carver Museum was dedicated at what School? For question number nine. In March of nineteen forty one, the George Washington Carver Museum was dedicated at What School. For question number nine. All right, pencils down, YouTube jents, let's go of
our answers for the Theodore double Duty Radcliffe round. These are all questions about twentieth century US history. Question number one? What is the ADA that came about in nineteen ninety? Tyler? Start us off? I went with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act? Eric, what did you put for number one? I also had the Americans with Disability at it is in fact came out in nineteen ninety excellent thing. Americans with Disabilities Act
that came out in nineteen ninety two. Big points for you both. Question number two. On March twenty five, nineteen eleven, there was a horrific fire at the Triangle Blank Factory, resulting in the deaths of nearly one hundred and fifty young women and girls. Eric, what did you do to fill in the bank. I went with the title shirt Waist Factory, Shirt Waist Factory. Tyler, what did you put for number two? I also said, shirtwaist. It's a strange word that we don't hear very much anymore.
But it is the triangle shirt waist factory that caught on fire back in nineteen eleven. Question number three, the birth control pill was approved at the start of what decade? Tyler? I'm gonna guess the nineteen sixties, the nineteen sixties? Eric, what did you put for number three? Yeah? I also went nineteen sixties out of the whole free love dejade right, yep. It was approved in May of nineteen sixty. It was the sixties. You
guys are crushing the history round so far. Question number four? What Harry was appointed by FDR ahead an emergency program to aid the unemployed during the Great Depression back in nineteen thirty three? Eric, what did you get from number four? This is one I could have easily overthought, which led me straight before, so I decided not to overthink it and go with Harry Truman. Harry S Truman? Tyler, what did you put? Very similar to Eric?
I originally did not have a guest for this one, but then figured I might as well put Truman, because if I don't put Truman and it is Truman I'm gonna feel real dumb, so I went with Harry S. Truman, no harm, no fall. Put Harry S. Truman just as a fail save. It was one of the most popular things that FDR did to get people out of the Great Depression. On This guy became kind of a hero. His name was Harry Hopkins. Harry Hopkins is the name of
that man that FDR appointed. It's a tough question, that's a deep cut, but it is Harry Hopkins for number four. Question number five. The Miracle on Ice happened in nineteen eighty where the US beat the USSR Red Army team. But that wasn't the gold medal game. They still had to beat someone else two days later. Who was it, Tyler, It's been a while since I rewatched a miracle, but I think it was Sweden. Sweden. Good guess, Eric, what did you put from number five? It's
one of those Scandinavian ones. But I also went Sweden. Also went Sweden. Yeah, I think Russia in the next game beat Sweden. The US beat Finland. It was that we beat so the US finished first because they were doing it by like a weird point total thing. So the US finished first Russia won the silver and then like Sweden or Finland won the bronze. But it was Finland those fins that we had to beat two days after we
beat the Soviet team. Now we know question number six in nineteen sixty two, who became the first Latina to win an Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actress? Eric, I want Rita Marino in her name is in the news with the new West Side Stories. Yeah, Rita Moreno for number six? Tyler? What did you put for number six? Since I declined the clue for this one, I'm gonna feel really dumb if this is not Rita Moreno, it is, in fact the great Rita Moreno for West Side Story where she
won. That answer deserves a huzzah on Oscar. Back in nineteen sixty two, question number seven the Seminal Supreme Court case Brown versus the Board of Education. More specifically, it was Oliver Brown versus the Board of Education of what city and state? Tyler? First thing that came to my mind was Topeka, Kansas, So I went with Topeka, Kansas, Epica, Kansas. Eric, What did you put for number seven? Was split between Topica and
Lilarach Because I know there's another civil rights in LA. But the Pecha is the one that's suck in my head. So Tapeta, Kansas. The correct answer is, in fact in Kansas. It's the capital of Kansas. Topeka, Kansas is the correct answer for number seven. Impressive Question number eight. Two memorable uprisings and or occupations happened at two different prisons in the same year. That year was nineteen seventy one. Can you name them? Eric?
All right? Alcatraz was kind of bumping in my head. There someone Alcatraz and then singsing Alcatraz and sincing. Great guess is, Tyler, what did you put from number eight? I felt good about Attica and then less good about my second guess, which was Leaven worse combined. You guys got the
correct answers, but I can't give it to you both. You had Alcatraz and Attica, both starting with the letter A. Alcatraz and Attica Attaka were the correct answers, but great guesses on both of those, very very close. Question number nine it comes down to this US. In March of nineteen forty one, the George Washington Carver Museum was dedicated at what school Tyler? I went with Moorehouse Morehouse, great guests, Eric, what did you put? I went with the Tuskegee Institute. Yes, he was a teacher.
I think he was somewhere else, but then Booker T. Jones or Booker T. Washington actually got him to come to Tuskegee Institute and was there for many, many years. So it was the Tuskegee Institute where they dedicated the George Washington Carver Museum in nineteen forty one. Oh my god, we have a final score after four incredible rounds. We have Eric Ahssic with twenty three and Tyler Davis Road with twenty four. It was a one point game.
Holy smokes, that was awesome. Twenty four to twenty three. That's how we draw it up. What a great What it's like thinking my pity point in round one? So I don't I don't feel like this was an out and out win, just a just so we're clear, you still feel weird about that pity point. You knew both Gilmore girls, you knew that's great? Yeah, twenty four to twenty three. So Tyler wrote, okay, if I could go back, though, I actually think that Eric also knew
both third names, cause I think Rory is short for Laura LII. So I think both of their names are both lauraly Ah, that's true, that's true. Judges, Judges, we have to have a winner. We'll see, Tyler Davis Road, you are, in fact the smartest person in the world for one week. We're happy to give donations to both the Wilderness Inquiry and the ASPCA Animal Adoption Center NYC. But the game is not over. The final throwdown, Tyler, you have first crack at an answer. We'll
let Eric chime in here. I'll throw in an answer, and then we're gonna learn a little something something about this question and answer that Annie comes up with. So Annie, without further ado, reveal the final throwdown question. I'll read it to the world here and then we'll we'll start our discussion here. Who was Who is the world's most successful pirate? It's an interesting question. Who was considered the world's most successful pirate? Not my wheelhouse. I'm
gonna start off the discussion with not my wheelhouse. Uh, well, it's it's a little bit more in my wheelhouse. But I don't I don't know how we keep measuring most successful. I know we'll find out. I'm gonna go with I'm gonna go with kids. I'm gonna go with Captain Kid. Captain Kid. That's a that's a good guess, Eric, you got anything to throw in here? I feel like this this is jetting to a philosophical
discussion about what defines a pirate. Right if we're going by you know, our gotta, it's a go Blackbeard name there, That's what I was thinking, black Beard. So we got Yeah, what was yours? Tyler? I'm with Kid. I'm considering Calicopa Jack and a couple of other people, but I'm gonna just stick with Kid. Okay, we got captain Captain Kid, we got black Beard, and then I'll go with Barbara Rossa. Is that a pirate? Red Beard? Barbarossa Redbeard? All right? I think
we got some basses covered. I think I think my guess is probably the worst one. But let's find out who is considered the most successful pirate. So any revealed the answer. Let's learn a little something something about this. Here we go, Holy cow, this is ching She is the pirate would also accept xang Ye Sao also known as so Ching She or zang Ye Sao. Let's learn about this in her early days, she was a prostitute on a floating brothel. She married Chang the First, a commander on the Red
Flag fleet and active pirate. He died six years into their marriage. She commanded over eighteen hundred pirate ships and eighty thousand men. Blackbeard, in comparison, commanded only four ships and three hundred men. So Ching Shi or zang Ye Sao is one hell of a pirate. I will not soon forget that unbelievable good question, Annie Jans. It was so lovely to meet you guys and have you on the show. Yeah, continued success with all you do.
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