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GREEN & PINK: 10 Trivia Questions on Wicked Colors
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In this episode, Andi & Dani will be asking 10 trivia questions on Wicked colors (pink & green!)
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Intriguing Connection: Simone Biles, Pakistan, and Capricorn
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Can you find the connection between gymnast Simone Biles, the country of Pakistan, and a Capricorn? We'll reveal the answer at the end of this episode.
Meet the Hosts: Andi and Dani
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Hey welcome to the Trivia Twins podcast. I'm Andi. And I'm Dani, we'll be your hosts. Today we're bringing you 10 trivia questions on wicked colors, green and pink.
Support the Podcast
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Before we get into our fun fact of the week, we wanted to remind you that if you'd like to show your support for our show, you can buy us a coffee. Yes, if you buy us a coffee, we'll create a trivia episode with your topic of choice. Just submit a note with your requested topic and we'll include that for you in a future episode.
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The link is in the show notes.
Feminist Influence: Matilda Jocelyn Gage and Oz Witches
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Now for our fun fact of the day. Today we're exploring l Frank Baum's inspiration for the Good Witch and Wicked Witch in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and how the character Elphaba later got her name.
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So l Frank Baum married Maude Gage in 1882. Her mother was Matilda Jocelyn Gage, who was a woman's rights activist and author.
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Matilda Jocelyn Gage was also a serious scholar of witchcraft throughout history. Matilda wrote all about how the witch hunts in Europe and America weren't really about magic. They were basically attacks on women who knew too much, especially those into medicine, herbs, and midwifery.
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In 1893, she published a book called Woman, Church, and State, with a whole chapter on those European witch hunts. Her take was that the so-called witches were often just healers, scholars, and priestesses from pre-Christian traditions who got a bad rap.
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So Matilda welcomed l Frank Baum into their family and became his mentor. She encouraged his writing and they even worked together in some of his early stuff. They were very close.
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And they'd have long chats about folklore, myths, and how women were treated throughout history. So when L. Frank Baum was creating Oz, he had direct access to one of the leading feminist thinkers of his time, who specifically studied how the witch label was used to disempower women.
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And knowing that, it makes sense why the land of Oz is mostly run by women, both good and bad witches. Having a good witch archetype was actually breaking new ground, showing how women use their magic and power for good.
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The Wicked Witch of the West didn't actually have a name in the original book. When Gregory Maguire wrote Wicked in 1995, he needed to name her. So he just took l Frank Baum's initials and turned them into a name.
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Yes, he took LFB, made it sound like a word, and then the name Elphaba was born.
Travel and Music Preferences
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All right, let's jump into a quick round of this or that based on today's theme.
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Okay, this or that. First up, would you rather visit the Emerald Isle, aka Ireland, or would you rather visit Greenland? I've always wanted to visit Ireland, so I have to go with that one.
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Would you kiss the Blarney Stone? Yes. I mean, so many people's lips have gone on that in the same place. I don't know. I mean, we we do have a little bit of Irish in us, so it would be kind of like going home. Exactly. Exactly.
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But I think I would still choose Greenland if I had if i could. i would love to see the Northern Lights and maybe see a polar bear or something. I don't know.
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Okay. This or That songs. Pink Pony Club by Chapel Roan or Pink Friday Girls by Nicki Minaj. I do like how Nicki Minaj uses Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper in Pink Friday Girls.
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But I think I'd have to choose Pink Pony Club. Have you heard the Phantom of the Opera remix of that song? Oh my gosh. That would just make me like it more. So thank you. I'm going to have to go listen You have to check that out. I think it has over a million views on YouTube. It's so good. It makes the song even better. But I love that song anyway. but All right. I was going to say, I do like Pink Friday Girls too. I love nicki Minaj. Mm-hmm.
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I think Pink Pony Club is so catchy. so Well, wait till you hear the Phantom of the Opera. I know. Now I'm going to have repeat. Thank you. Yes. Oh, you're welcome. You are very welcome. All right. Are you ready to fly through these pink and green themed questions?
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Let's go.
Green and Pink Trivia Questions
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Question number one. The name of which U.S. state comes from the French words for green mountain?
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Question number two. Named after an insect, which cocktail's ingredients include creme de menthe, creme de cacao, and heavy cream?
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Question number three. Castel Vetrano and Manzanilla are green types of what? question number three castel retrao and manzania are green types of what
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Question number four. Which celebrity with green eyes won an Oscar for her role as Alicia Nash in the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind?
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Question number five. What's that stench? It's fantastic. Was said by which green character? Was it A, the Grinch, B, Oscar the Grouch, or C, Shrek?
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Question number six. Princess Peach rules What Land, the main setting of the Mario video game franchise?
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Question number seven. Meaning showy or flashy, what word is used to describe a group of flamingos? Is it A, a parade, B, a flamboyance, or C, a spectacle?
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Question number eight. Which character says the famous line on Wednesday's we Wear Pink in the 2004 film of Mean Girls? Is it A, Karen Smith, b Regina George, or C, Gretchen Wieners?
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Question number nine. In which country would you find the Hut Lagoon and Lake Hiller, which are pink lakes? Question number 10. What was Pink Floyd's only song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100?
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number ten what was pink floyd's only song to reach number one on the millboard hot one hundred Is it A, Comfortably Numb, B, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2, or C, Shine on You, Crazy Diamond?
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Got your guesses? Next up, we'll go over the answers.
Trivia Answers Revealed
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Alright, let's get into the answers. Question number one. The name of what U.S. state comes from the French words for green mountain? That would be Vermont.
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Ver meaning green and mon meaning mountain in French. Question number two. Named after an insect, which cocktail's ingredients include creme de menthe, creme de cacao, and heavy cream?
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The answer is a grasshopper. It's a beautiful mint green cocktail that tastes like an after-dinner mint. It was created in 1918 in New Orleans. It tastes like a boozy mint chocolate chip ice cream to me. All right, question number three.
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Castle Vetrano and Manzanilla are green types of what? And that would be olives. Castel Vetrano's are bright green and buttery from Sicily, while Manzanilla's are Spanish olives often stuffed with pimentos.
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And more for me because I know you don't like olives. I don't get the whole olive thing. I don't know. Question number four. Which celebrity with green eyes won an Oscar for her role as Alicia Nash in the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind?
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The answer is Jennifer Connelly. Question number five. What's that stench? It's fantastic. Was said by which green character? Is it A. The Grinch, B. Oscar the Grouch, or C. Shrek?
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And the answer is The Grinch from the 2000 film with Jim Carrey. Question number six. Princess Peach rules what land, the main setting of the Mario video game franchise?
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And the answer is Mushroom Kingdom. Question number seven. Meaning showy or flashy, what word is used to describe a group of flamingos?
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Is it A, parade, B, flamboyance, or C, spectacle? And the answer is B, a flamboyance. Question number eight.
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Which character says the famous line, on Wednesdays we wear pink, in the 2004 film Mean Girls? Is it A, Karen Smith, B, Regina George, or C, Gretchen Wieners?
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The answer is Karen Smith, played by Amanda Seyfried. Question number nine. In which country would you find the Hut Lagoon and Lake Hiller, which are pink lakes?
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The answer is Australia. These bubblegum pink lakes are caused by algae that produces beta-carotene, the same thing that makes flamingos pink.
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Question number 10. What was Pink Floyd's only song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100? Is it A, Comfortably Numb, B, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, or C, Shine on You, Crazy Diamond?
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And the answer is Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2, from their 1979 album, The Wall.
Unveiling the Goat Connection
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Before we go, let's give you the answer to our opening question.
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Did you find the connection between gymnast Simone Biles, the country of Pakistan, and a Capricorn? The answer is goats. Simone Biles is said to be the goat, greatest of all time, gymnast. She has a diamond-encrusted goat necklace with 546 diamonds.
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Pakistan's national animal is the marker, which is a screw-horned goat. You should look up a picture. It's really cool. The astrology sign Capricorn is represented by the sea goat.
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And what does this have to do with our trivia theme today? Our favorite professor from Shiz University is a goat. Peter Dinklage plays Dr. Dillamond, a goat professor in Wicked.
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And since we're Capricorns, I mean, we kind of have a soft spot for goats. That's true. All
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