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TUESDAY TRIVIA: Will You Claim the Crown On This Week's General Knowledge Quiz?

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Join The Trivia Twins for a double dose of trivia each week! On Tuesdays, we'll quiz you on general knowledge topics and on Thursdays, we'll quiz you on our pop culture theme of the week.

In today's episode, test your knowledge on a mix of topics including animals, fruits, inventions, and more with the following format:

The Name Game: Name a certain number of things from a given topic.

What’s the Connection?: Guess the connection between 3 seemingly unrelated things.

The Timeline Challenge: We’ll give you 3 events from history and ask you to guess which happened first.

A Triple Shot of Trivia: We’ll ask 3 themed trivia questions. Bonus points if you can correctly guess what the theme is!

5 Clues: We’ll give you 5 clues about an answer starting with the most difficult and ending with the easiest. Bonus points if you can correctly guess the answer in the fewest amount of clues.

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Transcript

Trivia Question: National Animal of India

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Also the name of an NFL team, what is the national animal of India? Think you know the answer? Keep listening to find out.

Podcast Introduction and Format

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Hey welcome to the Trivia Twins podcast, where it's double the fun, double the facts, and double the episodes each week. I'm Andi. And I'm Dani.
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We'll be your hosts. On Tuesdays, we quiz you on general knowledge topics, and on Thursdays, we quiz you on our pop culture theme of the week. Today, we're bringing you a general knowledge quiz.

Event Announcement: Ladies' Virtual Pop Culture Trivia Night

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Before we jump into the trivia questions, we wanted to mention a couple of things. First, we'll be hosting a Ladies' Virtual Pop Culture Trivia Night on Thursday, September 18th.
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We'll have questions on topics like the TV show Friends, the music of Taylor Swift, the movie Mean Girls, and more. We'll have a variety of pop culture topics that will be perfect for a virtual Girls' Night Inn.
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Get your tickets at the link in the show notes.

Engagement Request: Rate, Review, Subscribe

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Also, we'd love it if you took a moment to rate, review, and subscribe to our show. And if you'd like to show your appreciation for our content, you can buy us a coffee.
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And if you do, be sure to request a topic for yourself or for a loved one, and we'll include it in a future episode. Our Buy Me a Coffee link is in the show notes.

Social Media and Newsletter Promotion

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And lastly, we'd love to connect with you.
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You can follow us on Instagram at the Trivia Twins Podcast, or sign up for our emails to receive a weekly newsletter and quiz from us. The link to both is in the show notes.

New Podcast Format Overview

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Alright, so we're back with Season 2 and a fresh new format. Here's how it's going to go. First, we'll start off with the name game, where you have to name things on a certain topic.
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Then for trivia, we'll start off with a what's the connection question, followed by the timeline challenge, where we'll give you events from history, and you have to guess the year or guess what event happened first.
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Then we'll move on to a triple shot of trivia, which will have three themed trivia questions. And then we'll finish with a round of five clues where you have to guess an answer based on five clues starting with the most difficult clue and ending with the easiest.

Sample Trivia Questions

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All right, let's get into the trivia.
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All right, so let's get started with the name game. Can you name the four least common letters in the English language?
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Can you correctly guess the connection between a furniture store, deck of cards, and Sacramento, California? you correct we guess the connection between a furniture store a deck of cards and sacramento
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Which of the following happened first? The first man walked on the moon, or the first Barbie doll was released, or the sound of music was released.

Trivia Rounds Introduction

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now a triple shot of trivia.
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now a triple shot of trivia Question number one. Also the name of an NFL team, what is the national animal of India?
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Question number two. The ladyfinger, the goldfinger, and the cavendish are all types of what fruit?
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number two the lady finger the gold finger and the cabin dish are all types of what
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Question number three. Early names for what invention included the penny farthing, the dandy horse, and the bone shaker? lastly, five clues.
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We'll give you five clues, starting with the most difficult
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number one.

Five Clues Challenge: Guess the Country

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It's the twelfth largest country in Europe by area. Clue number two. It's home to the Merry Cemetery, the happiest cemetery in the world.
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number two it's home to the mary cemetery the happiest cemetery in
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Clue number three. Its capital city is nicknamed Little Paris. number four. it borders five countries including Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia, Moldova, and Bulgaria.
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Clue number five. It's Transylvania region inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
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All right, let's get into the answers.

Trivia Answers Revealed

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The least common letters are Z, Q, J, and X, and the most common is E.
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The answers to What's the Connection? A furniture store, a deck of cards, and Sacramento, California are all places you'd find kings.
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A king mattress, a king card, and the NBA team Sacramento Kings. The answer to the timeline challenge is that the Barbie doll came first.
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It was released in 1959. The Sound of Music was released in 1965. And the first man walked on the moon in 1969.
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The answers to Triple Shot of Trivia are the national animal of India is the Bengal tiger, which is the name of Cincinnati's NFL team.
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The lady finger, the gold finger, and the cavendish are all types of bananas. The cavendish is the most popular and the one we see most often at the grocery store.
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The penny farthing, the dandy horse, and the bone shaker were all early names used for the bicycle. And last but not least, the five clues answer is the country of Romania.
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All right, that's the show. We'll see you on Thursday for this week's pop culture episode. Thanks for playing.