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Introduction
00:00:04
Speaker
Hello and welcome to From Dublin to Cleveland. I am Logan Howard. I am joined by Brendan Thomas Merritt. How's it going, Brendan? How are you today? Great, always great. Merry Christmas to you, yours, and our From Dublin to Cleveland fan. And Happy New Year. Yes, Happy New Year starts tomorrow. Will be the brand new year 2025. I can't believe we've made it this far.
Trivia Game: Rules & Gameplay
00:00:32
Speaker
you know we all want to die right long ago yeah well if you heard anybody in 2020 they would have thought we wouldn't have made it so okay but we are here so today we are going to be playing a trivia game we're going to play this it's called angels bombs and devils brennan will explain the rules to us here in a second but we are hopefully um going to be getting into that in a little bit. We're thankful for each and every one of you for listening, thankful for your time and your willingness to listen to us. Even though we haven't always been as faithful this year, that's moved down me. I will not let Brendan take any blame for that. We'll be better in 2025, hopefully either getting back to weekly or every other week um into the new year. New things coming up um and
00:01:19
Speaker
I've been able to settle back into where I'm at so that ah I can get back to doing this and doing it the right way and doing it so that you guys can get the most benefit and joy out of it. So thank you for listening as always. I'll turn it over to Brendan with our rules for our new game.
00:01:36
Speaker
Okay, guys, so like Logan said, this game is called Angels, Bombs, and Devils. So there are 25 boxes on screen. Each box represents a question. There are 50 questions. I have 25 questions on Christmas. Logan has 25 questions on New Year's Day. So when it's Logan's turn, he'll pick a number.
00:02:05
Speaker
I'll look at my list of questions and I will ask him whatever that question is. So if he says 23, I will read him my 23rd question. If he gets it wrong, no, that happens. If he gets it right, I will reveal what is behind 23. If it is an angel, he will get two points. If it is a devil, he will lose a point.
00:02:33
Speaker
If it's a bomb, Nippwa. No points, nothing happens. And when it's my turn, I'll ask a question, or I'll pick a number, I might say number four. Logan will tell me the fourth question, and if I get it wrong, nothing happens. If I get it right, he'll reveal with an angel a devil or a bomb. So, Broski, why don't you pick a number first?
Trivia Questions Round 1
00:03:01
Speaker
Go for it.
00:03:03
Speaker
All right, I'm going to go with number seven, number of perfection. No way a devil is behind number seven. I'd be surprised if Madman made this game. Name the angel who visited Mary. Gabriel. Ridiculously easy. I should have removed that question. Is it Gabriel? Yes, it is. Bum-nip-wah. No bueno.
00:03:32
Speaker
All right, Broski, number nine. Number nine. I a big i didn't want to pick nine. Number nine. You're going with number nine. Are you i use this official? All right, number nine. According to John Lewis's How We Shop, Live, and Look report, which sofa color was the most popular in 2024?
00:03:57
Speaker
um Oh my goodness. I want to say blue because it's my favorite color. but both men and women need furniture. Boys typically prefer blue to girls. So let's go in between. Purple. Purple. I'm sorry, the correct answer is- I don't need the correct answer. No, no, no, no, no. Just keep it to yourself. Oh, don't. Okay. Oh, because I might need to come back to it. Oh, okay. What?
00:04:24
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I might try again if I feel lucky. Oh, gotcha. So what happens? Do I have to click the nine? Do you click the nine? Not at all. You might pick number nine. That's you. Christmas question number nine. We'll leave nine there for now. All right. Gotcha. All right. So in the future, I will not reveal the correct answer. Exactly. Gotcha.
00:04:45
Speaker
Some viewers might say, Brendan, why did you explain that rule of the stars? Because I've never played the game this way before with 50 questions. I'm making this up as I go. But I think my way makes sense. All right. OK. So at some point, I will reveal the answers, not right now. You just pick a number. All right. I'm going to go with number 20. Number 20. 20.
00:05:13
Speaker
and and and
00:05:18
Speaker
I really should have changed these. Which US president needs a cameo appearance in Home Alone 2 Lost in New York? Usually I play this game with South Americans and Asians, so they know nothing. Donald Trump. Doesn't better than get bummed. Because you don't deserve to win this 20.
00:05:42
Speaker
Bomb. Good. Thank you, Jesus. All right. Number one. Number one. um Which country won the 2024 Paris Olympics?
00:06:04
Speaker
I thought individual people won. Countries won that? What that mean? So they record as countries who has the most amount of medals. And whoever had the most amount of medals is the supposed winner of the Olympics as a nation. So which country won the 2024 Olympics, the most amount of medals?
00:06:30
Speaker
United States or frickin' America?
00:06:35
Speaker
That's a good guess. Is it? Yeah, yeah. That's gonna break. Okay. It's an angel. Two points. Two points. Lovely. How old are you? Let's go 25. 35.
00:07:03
Speaker
Oh, sorry. Ooh, which country sends the most letters to Santa Claus? Oh man. Could this be, this could be the United States. We have a lot of people. I don't see like going and don't think China would send more. They have more people, but no. North Korea isn't doing it.
00:07:31
Speaker
um south america a so South American country. I mean, it could be like an Icelandic country like Norway or Sweden. um They have less people. So I'm just going to say it's the United States. The United States has a very big population, but not a very big Santa Claus, lesser rising population. Nope. Not the USA. Not the USA.
00:08:03
Speaker
Nope. Okay. I'm gonna say with the top line, two. Number two. What is Pantone's color of the year 2025?
00:08:22
Speaker
What will be the color of the year in 2025 according to ah to, probably pronouncing that incorrectly. Sunset orange.
00:08:34
Speaker
No, it's not Sunset Orange. All right, pick a number. um Let's go with 12.
00:08:56
Speaker
In which year was the first Christmas card sent? Ooh, this one's hard. um Super easy, barely an inconvenience. 1935. Eh, I can confirm it was earlier than 1935. No fish.
00:09:23
Speaker
18. 18. What is the name of the Surrey Cottage in the holiday movie?
00:09:35
Speaker
I've never seen this. The abode. No. Okay. Probably has a really stupid name like the ship or the Titanic. All right. Over to you. Number 10.
00:10:03
Speaker
Which country? is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition.
00:10:14
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Is it Norway? Thankfully, it is not Norway. Man. Four. Number four.
00:10:35
Speaker
Which famous flower, which Miss Flower Show took place in May of 2024?
00:10:46
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Was I alive in 2024? Cause I know none of me. The one in Holland where they're very proud of their orange fields.
00:11:01
Speaker
Um, I don't, it needs a specific name because the specific as we're getting, well, there's nothing about tulips. So the answer is no. yeah
00:11:14
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If I find that. I was raised and you were like, you didn't say it in Dutch. You and I gonna have words after this. All right, I will look it up. If it has anything to do with tulips and let's see. Gotta, gotta do some fact checking folks. Fact checking the fact check. I meant that jokingly, but I can get points. I'm gonna hit them. yeah And you said it took place where? Holland is a mad one for tulips. Think of Spider-Man 2, no way home or far from home or
00:11:46
Speaker
whatever home when he lands in the field full of tulips? No, it is not Holland. It does not take place in Holland. Amsterdam is in Holland. It's not in the Netherlands. Nope. The Netherlands is in continental Europe. Nope, it is in Europe. I can confirm it's fermentson europe okay and Do I live in Europe? I don't feel like I live in Europe. We're just like an island off the coast of the continent. We're like fake Europeans.
00:12:18
Speaker
All right, so I've been avoiding my favorite number because I feel like ah this game, if it's any similar to the way it was last time, I'm pretty sure 17 has like a bad thing behind it, but know i it fun it's my favorite number.
Trivia Questions Round 2
00:12:31
Speaker
So let's go 17. What is so good about 17? It's the day of my birth. um sure well yeah Yeah, of course it is.
00:12:39
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Uh, but I love it for it's, uh, it's got the number of perfection and number one, because, you know, you're supposed to be number one winners. Um, Ooh, the best of both s worlds. I like that. What would the other reindeer not let Rudolph do in the classic Christmas Carol Rudolph the red nose reindeer? Um,
00:13:06
Speaker
Why am I drawing a blank now? Because you grew up in a Christian homeschooling household and they would not let you say by Santa Claus or flying. You know, we sang this song all the time. um
00:13:22
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It's like in my head. They used to laugh and call it names, but But welcome. Reindeer games, reindeer games. They would not let them join the reindeer games. That is sadly correct. And behind 17, we have an angel. Let's go. Two points. Maybe that is tied up. OK, so it's currently 2-2.
00:14:01
Speaker
25. 25. What was Amazon's best-selling book of 2024? Hint, it is not one of yours.
00:14:14
Speaker
ah it Shame was plugged, people. The ghost of the unsaid, the phenomenon to come. And what's my second book called? Reckoning. Reckoning, yes. I got my own material for a second there. um and So focus on the third one.
00:14:40
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Good question. I don't know. What new books exist?
00:14:54
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The newest fresh cover version of Harry Potter. Because he shakes it up every few years. No. Yeah. Let's do number 13.
00:15:24
Speaker
As you can all hear of people at home, we're very cultured ah but in the ways of 2024 and Christmas. we We have so pop culture famous, you know, we just know all the pop culture. Which ocean can Christmas Island be found in? Ocean. um That's not what I thought you said. What did you think I said? so yeah You just said ocean.
00:15:58
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I thought that was going to end very differently. I was like, this is a Christian YouTube channel. what's your
00:16:05
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Um, ocean. Um, I need to stop saying it that way now. You can hear it now. Let's go with Atlantic.
00:16:20
Speaker
Oh, it's not between you and me. I'm afraid. Nope. That's gonna have to come back to that one.
00:16:28
Speaker
I'm going back to a lot of these. We might just have to end the game short when someone reaches like six points. I'll make it ten. I'll make it a respectable ten. Eight more to go. Four. Number four. I like that it's just big. What? Oh, didn't you already do four? I hope not.
00:16:57
Speaker
I think you just did because it's what famous flower show took place in May. Stop. I've been trying to write down the ones that have gotten wrong on a tea visit piece of paper and I knew I was forgetting one. Do you want a different one? No, I'm gonna be honorable. Something in England.
00:17:22
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Yes, it is in England. Stop the lights. Um, okay.
00:17:33
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Something at Poppy's, a World War I commemoration thing. I think you need to focus on the town, not the flower. Oh. It's in England.
00:17:54
Speaker
Nottingham exists. Sherwood Forest exists. um Cambridge exists, but it's very stony, um beautiful, but not, wouldn't say it's very flowery. and Something in the Cotswolds, not a time, but a region.
00:18:13
Speaker
um Gorgeous part of the country. Gonna have to do some checking here. I love how I just say no to all yours and you're trying so hard to give me points.
00:18:30
Speaker
Okay, let's see if this will answer it for me. um
00:18:43
Speaker
Hello, you're here tonight?
Humor & Interruptions
00:18:44
Speaker
Yep. Can the clock and sharing it? Okay. That's the housing state. Yes, I do too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And when you drive in, drive straight home down to number 25. Okay. Just give me a phone call when you come in. Okay. Okay, thanks. Okay.
00:19:00
Speaker
I'll let you know what there's a mess that comes on, please. Okay, okay, okay. I believe, was that right? Who made a appearance in the chat? 138 episodes in and finally there's a cameo. She's made a cameo. um We don't actually live alone by ourselves in our own rooms.
00:19:27
Speaker
I think it is in the Cotswolds. I can't confirm, but I think it is. Because the thing about it is it's saying that it was there. So we're going to say it could be in the Cotswolds until I can confirm. It's your question. You decide if you're going to give it to me or not, honestly and truly. Whatever you say, I'll go with.
00:19:56
Speaker
It's my fault for knowing less of England than I do. Sorry. right just do The distance between these two places is 103 miles. So no, they're not. They don't have miles in Ireland. That means nothing to me. wow Kilometers would be great. Now I have to do that too. You really don't. Let's just move on. but i Fact check. I'm a fact checker. Try that one again later.
00:20:27
Speaker
My next chance is four. Next game, four. Next round, four. All right, um my number. Let's go with number nine. Oh, nine, my brother's favorite number.
00:20:45
Speaker
Since apparently we're having cameos and details in all of our family. Ah, crap on things. Name the king who tried to kill the baby Jesus. Herod!
00:20:58
Speaker
You should have updated this for me. I should have updated it years ago. It's not like I haven't had the chance. It says here on the screen, 2022, I've had lots of chances to change this, but it's another bomb. Serves you right. You're forgetting all the easy ones. Nope. All right. What number do you want? I did pick a 20 earlier. I think I picked 25, 24.
00:21:24
Speaker
twenty four When did the practice of making New Year's resolutions start?
00:21:34
Speaker
1987. 1987. Oh, no, no, no. This is way before 1987. Over to you, Roski. Oh, boy. Let's go with number 21.
00:21:51
Speaker
We are nowhere near getting 10 points. This is insane.
00:21:59
Speaker
This might become like our longest ever episode ah by default. Oh, I love this question. In which country is it now traditional to eat a KFC for Christmas dinner? Which I am 100% behind, by the way. This should be a day of rest. Take all the pressure off.
00:22:19
Speaker
Very interesting way to describe eating at KFC by saying it's a to eat a KFC. and I've never eaten a KFC. You've never had KFC in your life? I've had Kentucky Fried Chicken, yeah.
00:22:43
Speaker
so Hello. All right. ah what's I think I've heard this
Trivia Questions Round 3
00:22:50
Speaker
stat before. I've heard people talk about this. I feel like it's an Asian country. I don't think it's China. I think it might be weirdly like Japan. So I'm going to say Japan. I love the way he's pretending he doesn't know the answer. It is Japan. Oh, I didn't know the answer.
00:23:11
Speaker
that alber A devil serves your life, your bad manners, your lies, your deception. Your two points have become one, which is terrible because it means that this game will actually never end. Why did we suggest playing this again? Hey, it was your idea. It was, yeah. I'll take ownership if it was.
00:23:37
Speaker
14. 14, which famous channel for property TV show celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2024.
00:23:52
Speaker
Holly oaks. What'd you say? Holly oaks. No. Okay.
00:24:04
Speaker
um Let's go with number 19. What have I been doing all year that I know none of these 19, okay. Serving the Lord, that's what you've been doing. That's what I've been doing, exactly, thank you. In which 2004 animated film about a magical adventure in North Pole does Tom Hanks voice six characters? Ah, fun fun stat. Polar Express.
00:24:32
Speaker
The answer is not funstache, no. Good. And 19 is, drum roll please. and but number them but Another bomb. The good thing about this game is it will be impossible for you to find bombs because you're already getting them all.
00:24:49
Speaker
ah fuck and Oh dear me, three. Number three, he says. music beat What, which animal will represent the Chinese New Year in 2025? I'm a Christian, so I don't actually get involved in that nonsense. That's just the Chinese. There's nothing to do. but Oh really? Oh, okay. That's the thing they do.
00:25:20
Speaker
oh Some people make it superstition but most of the things just Chinese that's what they refer to the new year. They have an animal. very enough sorry Logan's just like hiding his Chinese calendar in the background. A Capricorn. Come on January 3rd. No no no no it's an animal. It's not it's not a All right. It's not a celestial thing. You got to pick an animal. Which animal? That was okay. Um, yes, I probably just misheard. My favorite animal, the rubbish. It's not the rabbit. No, it should be. It should be the rubbish. That was my favorites. Probably something fancy and stupid like a horse. Okay. Pick a number. Um,
00:26:14
Speaker
Let's see, let's go 15. Why now?
00:26:27
Speaker
What is December 26th called in Ireland? um And I did say it's here earlier off camera. I wasn't paying attention. You weren't.
00:26:45
Speaker
Um, post Christmas blues.
00:26:54
Speaker
Sure. Why not? Okay. It's an angel. Two points. No. No, I mentioned it in the context. I gave your one down in my last few days and I didn't actually say it was the day after Christmas. I just gave it by its title. So you probably didn't actually pick up on it, but ah I'll tell you later.
00:27:13
Speaker
ah Okay. Um, eight. Number eight. Um, all right. Who won? I'm a celebrity in 2024. The UK won. Uh, I guess so. Yeah. I don't watch any of them. Didn't even know that show was still on TV. I should know who was in it this year. Um,
00:27:44
Speaker
That British politician who was pro lockdown and got caught cheating on his wife in the Midlands.
00:27:53
Speaker
ah
00:28:03
Speaker
This guy's not a politician. Okay. He's a musician. A singer, songwriter, musician. That doesn't help. Nope. I didn't even know who he was, so. All right. ah Let's go for number 16. Oh, you're sick of all the teens now, huh? Oops.
00:28:36
Speaker
I should put on my glasses before playing this. How many ghosts appear in A Christmas Carol? Three. It was as three. Nope. 11. 11. All right. um Number 11. In an interview with House Beautiful UK, what did Kristi Asapi reveal she has for Christmas Day lunch?
00:29:10
Speaker
I'm going to be perfectly honest its with you. I didn't catch the war out of that.
00:29:17
Speaker
I don't know where I just spaced. I read again, please. yeah It's worth spacing out because there's not much information there. um in ah In an interview with House Beautiful UK, what did Kristi Alsopi reveal she has for Christmas Day lunch?
00:29:42
Speaker
Beef lasagna. You're close with the beef. It is a beef thing. Drag it off. No. Burgers. Shepherds by. You're a lot closer with the burgers. Oh my gosh. Beef sandwiches.
00:30:07
Speaker
Nope.
00:30:12
Speaker
Your turn. All right. What did you say was that? Yeah, that was number eight. um Let's go number six. Let's never play the scam again. i feel Like you say that every time we play any game.
00:30:31
Speaker
and front
00:30:34
Speaker
Goodness sakes. Where did Mary live?
00:30:40
Speaker
What do you mean? Where did she live? Like, when? Whatever you say, I'm going to say it's wrong anyway. forth Later on, she probably lived in like- This is a Christmas quiz. We only took it December 25th. It's a joke, people. I know we weren't born in December. It's fine. It's a joke. Nazareth. It was, regrettably.
00:31:07
Speaker
I won't say the word of God is regrettable. It says regrettable. You got it right. It was Nazareth. Six. It's an angel. You know, three points. I think I've figured out this game.
00:31:27
Speaker
Because the circles are just big enough to cover certain things. Oh, I don't think it's that simple. There are some lists of ones I think which were bombs, you know? I don't know. Maybe a rice, I don't know. I made this almost, what was it, two, three years ago? um as I forgot. All right, anyway, what which number you want? Right to know, an easy one, 22. 22. What popular series returned for a Christmas special on Christmas day in 2024? In Ireland. um No, this would have been UK, I think.
00:32:04
Speaker
We can see UK channels, Gavin and Stacey. Gavin and Stacey is the right answer. Yeah, baby, you got that one, nice one. He's got one. I didn't want to, I just heard someone else talk about it a couple of days ago. Ah, for goodness sakes. It's the demons and I'm down to one point. This game will never end. Is it even possible to get 10 points in this game? We've got the board cleared, you have three, I have one.
00:32:32
Speaker
Let's go with number two. Why don't you just go all the numbers that I got wrong? Because I could ask them the second, the second, the third time. I'm not going to get them right. Oh, I already did this one. Oh, wait. Yeah, no, no, no. um What date is Christmas Day in Ireland? And it could be deceptive, so don't assume, you know.
00:33:02
Speaker
Is it the December 26? No, but the Christmas day is different depending on the European country you live in. Oh, it could be one of like three things. I just said, don't assume you know, it's a psyche-ish.
00:33:26
Speaker
um Little cheeky, little cheeky. 15. 15. All right. For whatever reason, in the middle of the row seems to have been very, very bad for all of us. Who won this year's Great British Bake Off? I don't know. I don't care. Every time I watch that show, I just catch a snippet of it and it always seems to be a final.
00:33:55
Speaker
The guy from The Inbetweeners played Simon. What's his name? I don't know and I don't care. I'm a Christian. I don't watch the in-betweeners. UK in-betweeners. At least the celebrity version of the Great British Bake Off.
00:34:22
Speaker
What does he do? No, this guy was a nurse. This wasn't the celebrity version. Nah.
00:34:33
Speaker
All right. Just between us guys, you do know Ireland's not in the UK, yeah, when you chose these quiz questions? Yes, but I also know you're close enough that you you should know some UK stuff. and ah Let's go number three. Yeah, I don't think you knew that. I think you falsely assumed that. but just Let's go with number three. I don't know anything about my neighbors. to rice number um Number three.
00:35:03
Speaker
Ah. Now we've got a UK question for you. True or false? Mariah Carey, that chick who is probably back in Ice Cube right now and won't begin melting until the first of December next year. um Her song, All I Want for a Christmas is you, has never made number one in the UK charts.
00:35:29
Speaker
um Yeah, sure, that's true. It's not true. I'm gonna give the answer. I'll come back to it next one. Dave. What was that of our misery?
00:35:48
Speaker
16. 16. How much confetti drops in Times Square on New Year's Eve? I'm not reddish. I'm not American.
00:36:01
Speaker
Cell monster that takes 42 cleaners to sweep the roads. Just give it to us and in kilograms.
00:36:13
Speaker
Give me a number. 5,500 kilograms. That's a lot. Not that much. Not that much. It's a big square. It's lower than that. Okay.
00:36:29
Speaker
If you could get within 500 of it in the future, I'll i'll let you get it. Let's go with, be pitied let's go back to number three and we'll give it a false for Mariah. I'm not even going to do you the injustice, putting it back on the screen. It's an angel. Well done. Beautiful. beautiful Five points. So after 46 minutes or so, um we are halfway through the quiz.
00:37:01
Speaker
Fads. Ah, japers. Guys, is this way takes us so long to turn out these episodes, because each one just goes on, on, on, because we fill it with absolute nonsense.
00:37:15
Speaker
and
00:37:17
Speaker
The Lovely Legs, number 11. Number 11. We already did this one. i know In an interview with House Beautiful UK, what did Trustee Al Safi reveal she has for Christmas Day lunch? Right, you said I was close and I said beef burgers, yeah? Uh-huh. Ah, you cheeky sod. You got me hung up on the beef. Chicken burgers. No, no, no, it's it's beef.
00:37:58
Speaker
It's beef. Did I say at beef sandwiches last time? You did, yes.
00:38:10
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It's strangely a thing an American would enjoy. Aren't most things? Yeah. No offense to your country.
00:38:27
Speaker
Beef hot dogs, that's not a thing, that doesn't exist. It is a thing, it does exist. Job. It does. Let's see if we can get America. Okay. In Ireland, we still are living in a potato diet. Where is beef sandwiches?
00:38:50
Speaker
be pete says Beef beef.
00:38:55
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What, what things come from beef? What are some cuts or some stuff from beef? Calories. No. Oil. Grease.
00:39:09
Speaker
Well, yes, but no. protein. No, but like, if you were to cut up a cow, what, what kind of cuts would you have? Shallow cuts, deep cuts, bloody cuts.
00:39:23
Speaker
he doesn't He doesn't know. You don't eat much cow, do you? I love eating cow, but I don't ask it questions. I just eat whatever's in the place. I don't ask where it came from, what it looks like. I just eat it with whatever's available. Beef and chips. I'm going to give it to you. It's steak and chips. I was this close to saying steak, but you have me hung up on the word beef.
00:39:52
Speaker
I'm giving it to you. Take whatever number 11 is. I don't, if I win guys- I hope it's a devil. I hope it's a devil. That's a bomb, you get nothing. Yeah. Well, I got nothing from your clue at beef either, so. Pick a number you better misery. Let's go. I don't, have I done 18? Let's do 18. Let's do 18.
00:40:21
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to
00:40:28
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Which city is Die Hard, which I have not seen. I have not seen either. Let's say Chicago. It's not Chicago. Not Chicago, man.
00:40:44
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18. All right, um for number 18, I have the question. ah What is the name of the Surrey Cottage in the movie, The Holiday? For show, I'm not sure if it's a movie or show. I love the shack. No, no, that is called the shack. The shack, which is a terrible representation of God. oh good that Okay, that's a good sign. Yeah, makes her out to be makes God out to be a black woman.
00:41:18
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to her. Long before Disney began race swapping everybody. nakedgan like like Like Oprah just walks out as God.
00:41:29
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I should look at the Lord of here and whatever guys he wants to. Oh, sorry um number Number 15. Yeah. So that was G U S 15. 15.
00:41:51
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What is December 26th called in Ireland? It is called ah ah the second day of Christmas.
00:42:23
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That is not a uniquely IRS recognition. Nope. but
00:42:34
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Five. Number five. um Which country holds a tradition of throwing plates on New Year's Eve? How wasteful.
00:42:52
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china and they got their slaves to make more all over again nope it's not china not china um let's go with number 14
00:43:12
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Guys, if you at home are getting these answers correct, let us know. What's our channel called again? Double into Cleveland. a te from Double into cheeky Cleveland. I think I'm so used to saying cheeky every time I make a C sound. So yeah, it's like, what are we called? What type of building with the baby Jesus born?
00:43:38
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Manger, andt I don't have two ends the second engine be there. It is me. Yes, you are correct Don't be a bomb just give him an angel put us out of our misery Nonsense absolute nonsense There'd be many bombs left bro To Two, he's on to number two. I feel like we've been here before. I feel like we have been. Oh, yes, we have. What is Pantone's Color of the Year 2025?
00:44:21
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Hint of Rosemary. Because they sound like a really pretentious group. They just go with sappy, stupid names.
00:44:29
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it They are a pretentious group. They do give pretentious names. It is not that one. I feel like I should get the blind space on having said it was pretentious. Well, no one here in the audience agrees with you. So sorry, no points. Give them the blind. Just do the Bible verse already. Let's do number 10. That's the number I was going to pick.
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Which country is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition? Denmark. No. Because you're closer than you were last time.
00:45:20
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25. 25. Let's see. What is Amazon's best-selling book of 2024? Yes.
00:45:33
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I don't know, probably a sinful one. Bridgerton. I think it is. What is it? Bridgerton. The Whiterton? No, that sexy show on Netflix and the 1800s with all the black people. Oh, no. ring room No, it's not that one. Okay.
00:45:55
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What the monist, the monarchy was like back then. Number 12. I don't think I've said number 12.
00:46:04
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I could not tell you if you have or haven't.
00:46:14
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hang you and Which year was the first Christmas card sent? boom Would it have been 1860?
00:46:31
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Still too late. Still too late. Oh, man.
00:46:41
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At the risk of being very, very cheeky. How about we allow ourselves to Google the answers from now on? Just to wrap it up.
00:46:53
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ah op ah How about instead we we have a limit of we each get three questions left and we'll see how well we do Well, I've already begun googling the answer number two. Hence why I asked I Think we just have three more we cut it off for time. Okay we'll get ill retir Three more I'm gonna go um yeah I'll go up my three then you go your three. All right, that's fair. Go for it to
00:47:25
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Number two is what is the ah color ah of the year 2025? Mocha moose. Mocha moose. He looked it up. He totally, totally knew it though on the third try. I will let you look up one. No, technically I'm going to be dying one turn. It's an angel. Oh my goodness. I can't believe it.
00:47:52
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Okay, that brings me to a grand total of three after an hour. 23. 23. What was IKEA's most searched home furniture item of 2024?
00:48:15
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In the UK, presumably, or globally. Work globally. else it's going to help You know what IKEA is, right?
00:48:24
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We're not that behind. OK, good. Yeah, thank you. Actually, fun trivia fact, IKEA had to get special planning permission to build an island because their building was going to be bigger than what our maximum building space was allowed to be. but There you go. um But to this day, I've never been inside IKEA.
00:48:45
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um but have good They have good meatballs. I didn't even know this whole food. They did. Okay, I'm gonna make that for probably my January resolution. It's gonna be the first time in my life. A bed with dream pillows. Nah, it's a shelf unit.
00:49:23
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Okay, my last guess, 23. You just did 23. I know. You said I had three chances.
00:49:36
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ah All right, well, 23 has questions changed. I told you not to stay with the answers more. It's not my fault you did 23, as is.
00:49:50
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ah yeah What is the highest grossing fill of 2024? A Kelvin unit.
00:50:03
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You will not take this from me. All right, fine. You you have your demon, because it's totally a demon. Take it. That is...
00:50:16
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Okay, so I finished on two points. Thank you, Terry. All right. um Let's go number four.
00:50:34
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When the 12 days of Christmas stars. 13th of December. Oh, no, no, no, no, na no, no, no.
00:50:47
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All right, ah number five.
00:50:55
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What is the biggest selling Christmas single of all time? So it's either Mariah Carey's um All I Want For Christmas Is You or um Bing Crosby's White Christmas. I don't know the confirm nor deny.
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I'm going to say it's the second one. it's big the san And I think this is a demon. Pretty sure. Yep. Okay. You're down to four.
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and last one
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ha da and Let's do 24. 24.
00:51:46
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Ah, what is the name of Ireland's postal service?
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ah
00:51:56
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The Air Clovers.
00:52:01
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No, but we do use ei or air a lot in this country, ah including in our air codes, which for you are called postal codes. No, it's on post. On post. On is A-N, it's there. And post, P-O-S-T, is um yeah that's the mail.
00:52:23
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Gotcha. All right, well, thank you for putting up with us. We're playing this horrible, awful, no good trivia game. um It will not be returning for a third Christmas season. Definitely not. He says, knowing that Brendan will suggest to do this again next year, because Brendan will. Remind me the next year that I got two after an hour and you got four. Just say, bring your loss. You don't really want to do either of those, do you?
00:52:50
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We will will hopefully be more creative in the new year. um Logan has been so bored out of his mind, he's not even happy he won. Yep, i't I'm not even acknowledging I won. I also think you need to change your board because the board was too easy to figure out what was a demon and what was an angel. um Said the guy kept on finding bombs. Well, yeah, ah just that was my testing mechanism. Anyway.
00:53:18
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I didn't know you could copy and paste from Google Images back I made this. um What is a Bible passage, Brendan, that has been um on your heart lately?
Reflections on Psalms
00:53:34
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Psalm 70. And why why has Psalm 70 been on your heart?
00:53:45
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I was praying for somebody in Wales yesterday, and he mentioned Psalm 70, and I was like, oh my goodness, that is so good and under-appreciated. People open Psalm, they just skip right to chapter 23. And after that, they just skipped on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It's not good enough. But I have some really beautiful ones in there on 70. I like it a lot.
00:54:12
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So yeah, I'll read it from the King James Version for no other reason than it's the first one Bible Gateway sent me to. um I don't want people thinking I actually read this archaic English as a matter of course. Make haste, oh God. Imagine telling God to hurry up and get his act together. Put your clothes on, read the cinema movie starts in five minutes. Make haste, oh God, to deliver me.
00:54:40
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Make haste, O O Lord, to help me. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul. Let them be turned backwards and put to confusion that desire my heart. so
00:55:00
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Turn them That's not what it says. and I'm not wearing my glasses obviously. Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame. Let's say, let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee. And let such as love thy salvation say continually, let God be magnified. you But I'm poor.
00:55:32
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and needy. Make haste unto me, O God. Thou art my help and my deliverer. O Lord, make no tearing. Don't delay.
00:55:49
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I feel like at different points for their lives. We've all found ourself in situations where we were just at the end of our rope or at the end of ourselves. And sometimes it can feel like we're the only person who's going through these things. We're the only one who understand how we've ever felt like no one else could possibly be going through this. um But actually, to even read an amazing, thing
00:56:23
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Man of God song like David's in Sam and see that even he was going through these kinds of situations and just saying, God help come to the defense. I need you. I need you now. I need immediate help rescue me. And I just think um it is so often the cry of our hearts and whether it's a situation at school, at work and family,
00:56:51
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um through political bigotry, which is a big one at the moment, through crises that affect um are our nations or the world. um But just that heart's cry that just says, God, deliver me. God, help me. Jesus, you're my hero. You're the only one who can solve this. Anyone who can fix this, move.
00:57:19
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It's very raw, i am very real, and I think it's great to know that um ah we serve such a good and absolutely good God who wants us through that transparent, who wants to help us, who wants to heal, who wants to restore us. He'll be moved by his own compassion to rally to our defense because he is a good, good father.
00:57:49
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man and a warrior he while capable ahed yeah I think for mine today, I'm going to go to Psalms 1. Ironically, we're both in the Psalms. Good place to be. But Psalms 1, I've been going through because kind of what I want to go through the Psalms is to focus on the word um uh blessed and it's also translated in different versions as how happy is the man who does the certain thing or who acts a certain way or who does the certain thing and i kind of want to get a picture of what that what those things are as i walk through psalms of finding out what is the way to be blessed to be happy to find joy in a world where
00:58:38
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We're told to find joy in our social media, in our um interactions, in the stuff that we have, in the food that we eat. Find your happiness in all these different things that is not on God. And God's word has a different way of being happy and a different thing to focus on. um And so it starts here in Psalms 1 about, blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
00:59:07
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But his delight is in the law of the Lord and his law and in his law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in its season whose leaf will not wither and whatever he does will prosper.
00:59:22
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The ungodly are not so, ah but are like the chaff, which the wind drives away. Therefore, the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment nor sinners in the congregation of of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly will perish.
00:59:39
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So this whole idea of finding happiness, being blessed, is this person who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly. That means that their first reaction is not to say, oh, Google, let's see what Google has to say about filling a blank. I am struggling with talking to, if you're if you're struggling with talking to people or you're like, does this person like me or not? Your first reaction should not be Google, right?
01:00:08
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ah Google isn't always going to give you the godly answers that you need to get where you need. Now, this is this is me speaking from a person who does this. Just Google it, you know? oh So if they don't they don't Google things. um They don't stand so that they don't get their counsel from ungodly places or ungodly people.
01:00:30
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They also don't stand in the path of sinners, meaning they don't go where the sinners go. um That doesn't mean that we're not supposed to go to Walmart or we're not supposed to interact with people who are unsaved, but it means that where sin is being committed, abortion clinics, um terrible, um you know, if you're if you're involved in, like, um you know places where pornography or any of those kinds of stuff are done um or created or seen um or strip clubs or any of that stuff, they're not there. They're not in where the sin is being committed. um They don't stand there. They don't hang around. They don't watch. They don't view it. They are avoiding it. Then not only do they not stand where sin is being committed, they don't sit where scornful people are.
01:01:24
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So the people who ah throw stones and throw arrows and attack other people or just scorn life in general, that's not where you're gonna find a blessed person at.
01:01:35
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um That's not we're gonna find a happy person. So your happiness is not going to be found in committing sin. It's not going to be found in um Some getting counsel from poor people or poor counselors and the ungodly it's not going to be found sitting around um in with scornful arrogant complaining people um but just this is the good one, the good twist, is that His delight is in the law of the Lord. So His delight is in reading God's Word and being in God's Word. um And in His law, He meditates day and night. That means He's always thinking about it. So a good thing to do as we start New Year's, we've got resolutions and all that stuff, is finding ways to get into God's Word and let it ruminate in here.
01:02:27
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I'm going through ah my resolutions and I think my number one is going to be getting rid of social media entirely, just period, for a far complete year.
01:02:40
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That doesn't mean that you're not going to hear from me on the podcast. That doesn't mean you're not going to know what's going on in my life, because if you're in those who are ah care enough about me and are involved enough in my life, I'm going to stay in contact with them. And there's other ways to do it without having to see all of the stuff that leads us astray.
01:02:57
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um There's a lot of stuff that's inappropriate on and on social media, whether it's Instagram or Facebook. There's a lot of stuff that just gets in our way. And then on top of it, we spend so much time on it. We spend so much time going through what did they say? What did somebody respond to this?
01:03:11
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um And that's so many, even though there are sometimes moments in between other things going on that we're doing this, you know, I look at my phone and it says something like four to six hours a day that I'm on it. How is that possible when I feel like it's just little moments in between those little moments start to add up? um And so getting to a point where you're not so reliant on what's going on around you, you are meditating on God's word. You're not in God's word because you're spending six hours on your phone and you need to be in God's word. You need it meditating, ruminating, because that's the stuff that is going to be life and healing and living for you. So he continues out the rest of the passage about how this person is planted like a tree. They're not movable. You can't really,
01:03:59
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shift them around. and even though Even when the winds crash against them, even when terrible things happen and Brendan has had bad things happen to him, I've had bad things happen to me. Our trees don't just fall over and they' move they they're They're where they need to be. They're rooted in Christ. They're planted by the rivers of water and the rivers of water are the things that give it life. So they're where they need to be.
01:04:24
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and it brings forth fruit in its season. And the key word is in its season. We don't always have fruit all the time, unfortunately. Sometimes you go through rough patches where fruit doesn't always show up, but the fruit will bite and it will it will bear fruit if you continue in following the Lord. um his leaf This leaf is not gonna wither. It means that your your end is not gonna be of doom and fire and any of those things. Your soul is gonna be caught and in God's eternity. It's planted where it needs to be.
01:04:54
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And whatever he does is going to prosper. That doesn't mean that we're always going to see every little detail of prospering. It's just going to go easy and smooth. And our life is just a straight line. But it does mean that the things that we're doing for the Lord, the things that we're doing that are wise and under God's counsel and in his word are going to prosper. They're going to grow into huge, awesome things that um are going to impact so many other people that we don't even know all the impact that they'll have.
01:05:25
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Lastly, it says the ungodly are not like this. They are like the chaff, which the wind blows away. They're just gone. Therefore, the ungodly are not gonna stand in the judgment. they They are not like a tree. They are like just blown away so easily. They're not gonna stand. And the sinners are not gonna be in the congregation of the righteous, those who are caught in sin. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly is just gonna get cut off. It's gonna perish.
01:05:52
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So remind remember today to be blessed is not to be somebody who finds your counsel and sitting in the wrong places and being in the wrong places. It's finding it in God's word. It's reading his word, being in him, being planted like a tree, being immovable, steadfast, abounding in the gracious love and works of Jesus Christ.
01:06:12
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That's what we're about to be about as Christians.
Conclusion & Resolutions
01:06:14
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So I pray that you can find that in your heart to grow that way, maybe challenge that way, use your New Year resolutions to make yourself more like a tree and less like chaff.
01:06:29
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Anything else you'd like to add as we close, Brendan? No, I think that that's a good connection, actually. Yeah, so often when it comes to New Year's resolutions, people think of very physical things like, him oh, I'm gonna eat less chocolate. I'm gonna exercise more. I'm gonna spend more time doing things that you ain't gonna spend more time doing, so don't lie to yourself. But I'm gonna spend less time sinning. It's a pretty good one. I'm gonna spend more time in the word. It's a good one. I'm gonna spend more time in the company of the people of God, whether electronically like this and or in person.
01:07:11
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because Sam 9213 says, no Sam, plans it in the house of the Lord. I flourish. And we want you all to flourish friends. Isn't this good?
01:07:24
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Good. Well, thank you all for listening and we will see you all soon. New things in the new year. We're going to continue to get back on doing the podcast, doing it the right way. um And we'll be with us. Hopefully you'll be with us the whole way. um And God's Word is going to continue to go forth from us doing dumb things like terrible quizzes that we don't know how to do. So thank you all for listening.
01:07:53
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ah hu no quizes at twenty twenty five none but right we'll see you all next time bye folks i'm not to kind of ja like