Good Job, Brain! - 140: ALL QUIZ BONANZA! #28 - Holiday Edition!

Episode Date: December 26, 2014

Are you yearning for yuletide yapping? Then join us at the trivia table and keep your brain fresh with a jolt of holiday quizzing! Colin gets super experimental this episode and debuts a new game segment "30 SECONDS TO GLORY"!, a whole Christmas music round, famous people anagram challenge, and test your holiday IQ. ALSO: "12 Days of GJB Christmas" as performed by our own Chris Kohler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast. Hello, flipping, flawless flash bulbs, flaunting flavors. Welcome to Good Job, Brain, your weekly quiz show and offbeat trivia podcast. This is episode 140. And of course, I'm your humble host, Karen, and we are. your flock of flame-throwing fledglings flabbergasted by flan. Oh. I'm Colin.

I'm Dana. And I'm Chris. Seriously. How do they flan? Bro, do you even flan? Bro, do you flan? I like that sound, the flound. Flam.

I wanted it to last forever. Flavloff. Florever. Flagrflopts. Oh, flagrantly. Flagrant flan. Flammable. Flammable.

Well, yeah, I know. Flambay. Thanks for telling me now. Floutest. Floutes. Yes. Thanks for joining us, everybody. We fell down a hole.

A flol. Flavor town. Flavor hole. So it was a little insight into how we talked to each. Oh, wait, we didn't say our names. We didn't. No, we, oh, we didn't. Yeah, that's what.

We started laughing at the, yeah, the flagrinly. Oh, we did. Wait, did we? Should we say it again? Let's just do it one more time, just to be safe. All right. Okay, well. I'm Colin.

I'm Dana. And I'm Chris. We did say it. We totally did say it. Now that we did it again, I remember we did it. Our brains suck. We're falling apart. When's Christmas break?

Soon. It's this week. It is this week. Happy holidays, everybody. Yay. It is the week of Christmas seasons. This episode is number 140. And of course, every fifth episode we have.

have what we call an all-quiz bananza, and that is when we all prepare quizzes to stump each other and stump you guys, listeners. And today, I think most of our quizzes are kind of holiday theme. A lot of them are. Yeah. Yeah. But not all. It's more festive this way. Right. So today is our all-quiz bonanza number 28. Yeah. Wow. off with our first general trivia segment pop quiz hot shot and you guys have your morning zoo radio buzzers and I have a random

trivia pursuit card from the box here we go let's answer some questions Blue Edge for geography oh I think we had this question before probably and pub trivia What state is the birthplace of most U.S. presidents Oh we have had this

Oh is it Massachusetts No I think we got it correct I think it was New York Incorrect what We got it wrong. Virginia? Virginia. That's good.

Okay. Were you going to say that? It was Virginia or Illinois. Okay, all right. Well, let's just say you were going to say Illinois, so I didn't stop. Sure. Yeah, okay. Eight presidents.

Eight presidents. Oh, not all, not the present names, but eight presidents were born in Virginia. It doesn't list them specifically. No. Pink Wadge for Pop Culture, according to the song The Joker, what do some people call Steve Miller? Besides, space cowboy, gangster of love. Oh, Maurice. Yes.

All right, Yellow Wedge, what U.S. congressman played gopher on the love boat. That is Fred Grandi. Wow. Hey. Wow. You know, some of those either know it or you don't. And I'm guessing you know it because you know it, right? That's right. You know what? Because it's a trivia question.

All right. Purple Wedge, what painting was stolen in broad daylight from a museum in Oslo, Norway in 2004? Is this Munch's scream? Munch. Tell me that that is not what you think of when you see his name. It is. Bite me, all of you. It is the scream. The scream. There's a note here.

one of four versions of the famed Edvard Munk Munch Painting. Little Munch. It was recovered in 2006 and went back on display in 2008. You talked about this in your art theft. In my, I had an art theft segment. Yeah. All right. Green Wedge. Whoa. Who was the

first female medical doctor in the United States? Oh. First. Dana. Is her name Blackwell? Yes. Elizabeth Blackwell. Yes. Elizabeth Blackwell. Wow.

Good job, Bray. Ladies Studies. Ladies. Ladies studies? Lady History Month. Wow. First female medical doctor. All right. Last question.

Orange Wedge. Who pitched a perfect game for the Yankees in 1998 while suffering from, quote, a raging hangover? Oh. I believe that was David Wells. Yes, correct. He threw a note here says he threw 120 pitches and struck out 11 batters. Man. If you saw a picture of David Wells, you would say.

Yep, that looks like a guy who would pitch while hungover. All right, I'll quiz. Holiday edition. Who wants to go first? All right. I have a quiz for you guys. It's called Christmas with bugs. Oh.

So I took some concepts about Christmas or themes or motifs from Christmas, and I threw them into the anagram finder. The thing that I noticed was that there were always a combination of words that had a bug reference. Whoa. Oh, like a B-U-G or like random bug names? Random bug names. Random bug names. So here, I'll share this with you.

I see some holes in the matrix poking through. Red pill, blue pill. Yeah. There you go. First one. You can buzz in. Casual ants. Karen.

Santa Claus. Yes. Casual ants. Termites crash. Termites crash Christmas time You're close Christmas something

Termites crash It's not There's no V It's not Christmas Eve Christmas Star Christmas It is Christmas tree If only there was some single

iconic item On Christmas Yeah Shyest non-fat worm Shyest S-H-Y-E-S-T Shyest non-fat Worm Yeah, I'm going to have to

Let me eat that actually Yeah, wow They're weird Yeah There's W in it There is a W in it There is a W in it Snow

Shyest snow Shious non-Fest Oh snow Oh yeah something snow Are we on the right track? Yes Okay, all right Snowman

Oh Frosty Frosty the snowman. Frosty the snowman. Shiest non-fat worm. None of these are clues. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was going to and then I was like, no, the bug thing is cool. Also, is a worm a bug?

Colin, it's not picking up. Oh, sorry, sorry. It's not an insect. Okay. But it's a bug. Okay. Yeah. Because bugs not really just insects.

It's just creepy crawlies. Okay. It's the non-scientific word. Okay. Fair enough. Thin leg nits. Thin leg. Thin-legged knits?

Just thin-leg-n-leg-nits. Thin-leg-n-leg-n-leg? Yeah, like thin-leg-knits. N-I-T-S. Mm-hmm. Tinsel? No. Oh, uh, uh, uh, three kings?

Uh, no. Got it. Yeah. Silent Knight. Yes. Wow. Okay. Meat Ivy insect.

Meat. Meat. Meat, IV insect? Yeah. Uh, uh, that's not Christmas. Nativity scene Yes Whoa

You typed it out Yeah she's writing them down Okay Okay Well yeah Well still it's still Yeah This one's weird

I found the bug And then I was like Man there's so many combinations But here you go Pushier Older Hornet Reddend Pushier

Older Older Hornet Reddend Oh red end Rudolph the red nose reindeer Yes There's a good job you guys Man

Wow. There were more that had bug names in there. You're on to something. You're on to something. You're on to something. There's something. There's some of the matrix. I know.

They're going to shut you down. I know. I actually just found this out, but I'm sure our Canadian listeners already know. So Canadian, their postal code is, and it's three letters or numbers and three letters and numbers. There is actually a postal code that is H0H. Oh, no. Zero age zero. So it's ho, ho.

And people actually do right. And is it like in the up north in Canada? I actually don't know where it is. I actually like in none of it or something. Right, right. So like kids will send their letters to Santa there. That's really convenient actually. It helps them sort it probably.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Instead of like just saying North Pole with no zip code and you're like, what, trash. No. I like that there's no middle ground. It's either goes to ho, ho, ho, ho, or trash. You guys, it all goes to the trash. It all goes to the trash.

I have a quiz for you guys called 30 seconds to glory. Oh, what's sufficiently dramatic for you? Yeah, it is. So you guys will be doing this one together. This is a team effort. Whoa. We are trying something new here, and you guys are going to be on a timer. So what we're going to do is I'm going to give you guys 30 seconds collectively.

to name all of a given group. Oh, sure. Maybe a group of people, a group of famous things. So, for example, we'll do, if I were to say, you have 30 seconds, name me all five stark children on Game of Thrones. Sansa, Rob, Aria, Bran. Ricken, there you go. You got to do that in about five seconds. They will start easy.

They will get more difficult toward the end. Can we bank the 25 seconds that we didn't use in order to use? use on a later I am glad you asked that no because then I would have to change the name of the quiz I thought about it I thought about letting you bank some but I trust you guys and then there's no time pressure

oh we need a game show theme song well you can drop one in oh yeah drop one in right yeah 30 seconds to glory with like an awesome little guitar with like a big wham

all right we'll start the timer you will hear this sound when your time is up. Okay, all right. And I will keep track as you go. Feel free to shout out answers. I will let you know if it has counted or not. All right, you guys, 30 seconds on the clock. Please tell me all six noble gases.

And go. What are noble gases? Oh, it's neon. Neon, yes. Zonon. Zon. Argon. Argon.

Yes. Three more. Fredon? Which side is this on? It's on the right side of the periodic table. Helium? Helium, yes. Fluoride?

Nope. They all end in... Ingon. No, no. Sorry. Oh. Okay. Argon, helium, Krypton, neon, radon, and xenon.

All right. All right. I thought we were starting easy. I know. Yeah, right? Holy cow. I guess maybe what I should have said is we're starting with smaller numbers. Oh, okay.

Okay. All right, I'll give you guys a little bit of an easier one. Here we go. You have 30 seconds on the clock. I want you to name all seven of the seven dwarfs. And go. Sleepy, happy, grumpy, dope, sneeze, bachelful dock. Yeah.

Correct. In five seconds there for Chris. I like how you guys just looked at Chris. Wow. Like, I was wondering who was going to say. it because there is a almost a rhythm to that's it

yeah yeah there is there is all right all right we'll stick with these sevens here I need you guys to tell me all seven deadly sins and go

wrath greed envy pride sloth yeah lust gluttony there you go pride envy wrath sloth greed gluttony

and lust thank you seven well looks like I accidentally did do it a holiday theme one here 30 seconds on the clock I think you guys will handle this one

30 seconds on the clock I'd like you to tell me all eight of Santa's original reindeer and go Dasher, dancer vixen, comic cupit, Donner, blitzin Yep

Yay, all right Wow It's a song It's in the poem, yeah You know dasher and denser and prince or and vixen Yeah, from the night before Christmas And I would have accepted Donner, Donder, Dunder, Dunder. Oh, yeah.

Well, there's a myriad of spellings for those last two. Sometimes you'll see Blitzin, sometimes you'll see Blixom, any kind of, a lot of variations on those. Dunder, Dunder, Dunder, and Mifflin. Right. Dunder and Mifflin. All right, ramping up the difficulty here a little bit. Here we go. There are nine in this one, 30 seconds on the clock.

I'd like you to tell me all nine children in the musical Jackson family. Oh, man. And go. So, Michael. Yep. Germain. Tito. Yep.

Randy. Yep. Marlon? Marlon? Um, Reby. Yeah. Janet. Janet.

Latoya. And Joseph? No. Joe Jr.? No. Germain, Tito, Michael, Randy, Marlin. Um, it's another boy. Yep.

The oldest. The oldest. It's not Joseph. Greg. John, Tom. Oh, you're so close. Germaine Tito. Oh, no.

Jackie. Jackie Jackson? Jackie Jackson. Wait. Wow. And that's not short for Joseph Jr. Oh, Sigmund. Sigmund.

Oh, my God. Sigmund. Okay. Well, that doesn't happen. Sigmund Esco, quote, Jackie Jackson. Yeah. I'm impressed you got Rebby. I'll be honest with you, Chris.

I remember. No one ever gets Revy. I've seen the, um, uh, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the mini-series, the Jackson's An American Dream. So I remember a lot of the kids' names with Angela Bassett. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, so six boys, three girls. Wow. Lots of talent. Lots of awards. Lots of records sold. All right. 30 seconds back on the clock. I want you to tell me all eight of the countries

in the G8, the summits and the meetings. The G8. Okay. And go. U.S. U.S., Russia, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany. No, Canada. Nope.

You got Germany in there. You got Canada. China? You've got seven. USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Russia, and... China. Nope. India.

Nope. Switzerland, Spain, the UK, Germany, Portugal. No. Ireland. No. Germany, Italy. Italy just under the wire

And despite the fact that it's G8 There is also a representative from the EU there So there's nine members technically But EU's not really a country What does the G stand for? That is for the group of eight Which originally was the G6, then the G7 The G8, yeah

And as a side note, Russia is currently suspended For their role in the Ukrainian unrest. Right, right. The other members were a little mift. All right. Ramping up the numbers here, we're up to nines now. 30 seconds back on the clock.

See who knows their civics. I would like you to tell me all nine members of the United States Supreme Court. Currently? Yes, currently. Yes. There are more than nine. And go. So Ginsburg, Kagan, and Sotomayor.

and then John Roberts, Kennedy, Scalia, Alito, Breyer. Suter is gone. Suter's gone. There's only one left. Kennedy and, um, oh, Clarence Thomas. Clarence Thomas.

Hey, there you go. That was so impressive. Chris knows his government. I don't know. I don't know any. Like, I know Sotomayor because it was in the headlines. Right. Clarence Thomas.

But like, wow. in Ginsberg? You don't know Ginsberg? Notorious R.B.G. She's on Futurama. She's on Futurama. You know her. You know who they are in the jar?

You know what? If we said, name the Supreme Court justices that were on Futurama. Oh, in the jar. Those are real? Is Lila real? Is Lila real? Yes. I want Nibler to be real.

30 seconds back on the clock. This is another group of nine people. This might be the only time. these two groups of nine have shown up back to back in a quiz. I need you to tell me all nine original members of the Wu-Tang Clan. Wow. Okay. And go.

ODB. Yes. Giza. Yes. Rizza. Yes. Red man? No.

Oh. Ghost-face killer. Yes. Ghost-face killer. Method man? Yes. Method man. Seek.

Githa. You got five. you over halfway. Oh, man. You guys definitely got, I would say, the most famous members. Now it's my turn to be impressed. I'm like, I don't know any of those people. Here we go, yes.

Rizza, the Jizzah, Method Man, ODB, or Old Dirty Bastard, the late old dirty bastard, no longer with us. That was his name, Big Baby Jesus. That was what, again, many stage names. Ghost Face Killer, Inspecta Deck, Master Killer, You God. And Rayquan. Rayquan. Yes. I would also accept Rayquan the chef.

Sorry, Rayquan. That's right. The other ones I didn't know, but Rayquan, yeah, I should have. Wow. Well done. That's pretty good. All right. Last one.

Last one. 30 seconds back up on the clock. 12 in this one. See if you guys can do this. I want you to name all... Months in a year. And go. What's your mnemonic for that, Carrie?

All 12 nations. Sovereign nations in South America. There are 12. South America. South America. So here we go. 30 seconds on the clock. And go.

Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Peru, Bolivia. Venezuela. Paraguay, Uruguay, French Guiana, Syriam, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador. Venezuela. You've actually named them all in Afghanistan. added an extra one that's not there. Oh.

You can stop her at any time. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana,

Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela. Duh, French Giana is not, okay.

Yeah. All right. Cool. Thank you, Animaniacs. It's from France. Yeah. Good job,

guys. That was not bad. Yeah. That was not bad. Yeah. The first one was the hardest one. I know. Yeah.

When you're like, everybody in high school's like, you guys. Somebody, somebody, has some final that they're prepping for. This is like fresh on their brain. So now we know we got to bone up on

Noble Gasses and Wu-Tang Clan. Okay. All right. Good to know. We found some holes. That was good. All right. Okay. I have something a little less nerve-wracking. It is, of course, the holiday

all-quiz bananza. So I thought we should definitely have a Christmas music quiz. Who wants some Christmas music in their face? Sure. We all hear... Can I have it in my ears?

Yeah. Maybe, maybe if you're good. If you're good, were you good this year? We all hear a lot of these songs on the radio. A lot of these are the sort of quintessential versions of these Christmas songs. Sometimes they're the original. Sometimes they're just the one you hear all the time. But who sang them?

And so you'll definitely recognize a lot of these songs. The question is, do you know who the performer is on these tracks? And then there's some other random ones thrown in there for, fun. It's all over the place. You'll never know what's going to happen during the holiday Christmas music quiz. All right. So buckle up. So get ready, because here is

clip number one. Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Yule-tide cows being sung by choir and folks dressed up like Eskimos

Everybody Colin That sounds like Nat King Cole That is Nat King Cole's version of And what's the title of the song? Chestnuts roasting on an open fire What's the title of the song? White Christmas?

No, that is called The Christmas song. Oh. It is sometimes referred to as The Christmas song and then in parentheses Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Yes, yeah, yeah. The Christmas song?

Wow, I know it. idea. Not really leaving a lot of room for other songs after that. Not a Christmas song. I wanted to make some money on it. Okay, here's one. Ho, ho, the mistletoe home where you can see. Somebody waits for you, kisser wants for me.

Have a holly, jolly Christmas. Is that Burl-Live? That is the great Burl Ives. Wow. Yes. Who? What? Burl Ives.

Well, you know, from the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty to Snowman, you know, Christmas specials. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Burlives. Great name. Holly Jolly Christmas. Yeah. Okay. Here's one.

It's coming on Christmas. They're cutting down trees. Putting up reindeer singing songs of joy and peace. I wish I had a river. I could skate every all Whoa, Dana James Taylor When his voice first started, I was like, oh, that's James Taylor,

And then I was listening to the lyrics, I was like, Is this weird out, Yankham? Like, are these parody lyrics? And then I was like, no, it went back to being sincere. No, no, it is a cover of the Christmas song, River from Oh, I don't know. Joni Mitchell A big hit for her

Very downbeat Christmas Yeah a little sad Sad Christmas song Mellen calling Drinking some tea by the fire Yeah very popular these days More modern Christmas classic Okay

Here is another song Another musical number For your listening enjoyment Those of marshmallow Plows being friendly In the arms of the evergreen And the sun is red Like a pumpkin's head

It shines as all you go Lauren. Is this group or solo? I will tell you it is a solo artist. Connie Francis. He's not Connie Francis. Colin. Is it Martha Reeves?

Not Martha Reeves. It sounds a lot like the lady from 20 feet from Stardom. Yeah. What's her name? Love? What's Darlene Love? I'll take Darlene Love because her name is Darlene Love. Yes, that is Darlene Love.

Wow. Marshmallow World off the Phil Specter Christmas album and actually enjoying a bit of a resurgence this year because it's in all of Target's Christmas ads various remixes of that song yep oh I'm very impressed with myself yeah I did not know I had her name right out of the puzzle wow I would have given you last name yeah so that was good here's another here's another crooner on Christmas here we know that Christmas will be green and bright the sun to shine my day and long the stars of night

Mali Kili Maka is a wise way To say Merry Christmas to you Uh, Karen I know the girl part, is that Andrew's sisters? It is the Andrew Sisters, but I'm looking specifically for the guy Dana. Is that Don Ho? It's not Don Ho.

Bing Crosby. It is Bing Crosby. Oh, hey, well, you get multiple bites of the app. I guess so, yeah, that's Christmas. Christmas is cut through, Colin. I was going to say, Bing Crosby. Yeah, you got a horn right in there. I guess so.

Yes, Bing Crosby, Melakaliki, Maka. It sounded more like, but I was like, it's Hawaiian, though. Yeah, I know, it did sound more like Bing Crosby. It did sound more like, Dana. Yeah, interesting. Collin. Okay, here's one that is definitely not from Hawaii.

A. Karen. Enya, I just like, is it in, like, what you're you're using. Gaelic? Gaelic. Gaelic. Yeah. here is another performance of a musical christmasy type thing

oh Dana tell me if he really cares because I can't give it all the way if we won't be here next year Whoa uh Dana Is that Ariana Grande? It is something called an Ariana Grande Yes

I'm not sure what I think it's a Starbucks drink that became sentient I only know what it is because I read the lyrics on Gawker for that song And they were like But it was like Because she sings with a mush mouth Yeah

She does You have it transcribed That's very good Oh Wait are you already on a Yeah Okay Here we go

It's the most Wonderful time of the year With the kids jingle-belling And everyone telling you be of good cheer It's the... Colin I'm not sure, but is that Perry Como? It is not Perry Como.

It is not... This was when Regina, my wife and I were talking about this. It was like, it should be just the Bing or Perry. Right. It's Bing or Perry. But it is not either of those two gentlemen. I don't think it's the rat pack. Most one is not rat pack.

No. Most wonderful time of the year. Oh, it's so loud. We hear it all the time, right? Yeah. But who is it? Who is it? I can tell you.

Just a tip of my tongue. All right, say it. It is Andy Williams. Andy Williams, most wonderful time of the year. All right, one more. One more. We'll end on. Maybe you'll get this one.

I don't know. A classic song, but again, who is the singer, the male singer. You know Dasher and dancer and prancer and vixen. Comet and Cupid and Donner and blitzin. But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? I had a weird accent, huh? Is that pericomo? It is not pericombo.

This is a Como free quiz. You think he had an accent? Yeah, sounds like. Like a weird act Lauren's woke A little bit of a draw You might say Yeah

Southern Hank Williams Kind of a cowboy cake on it Yeah Glenn Oh I'd tell you if it was That is Gene Autry

The Gene Autry Version of Rudolph I wanted you to say Willie Nelson I was like what Classic classic Yeah Yeah

Yeah Yeah Nice And you may also hear of course For Our Lives version of Rudolph the red nose reindeer. Also popular the Dean Martin version of

Rudolph the red nose reindeer pair. Yeah, I just feel like crooners always have like Christmas. Yeah, it's always like Christmas lounge. Woo! I'm festive. Those are all earworms. Every last one of those is an earworm. Yeah. I was looking at the Billboard Hot Holiday 100

to kind of pick stuff from and of course all the classics are up there. Then of course the, you know, the Chris Kohler presidential library from which Enya and James Taylor, yeah, exactly. Supplemented, didn't need to pay the 99 cents for those. Let me tell you.

There was no Mariah. There was no Mariah. But that was easy. Sometimes the absence of something is a challenge in and of itself. It's true. It's like, when is Mariah? All right, let's take a quick break. A word from our sponsor.

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That's the Explorers Podcast. All right, so in the spirit, not just of Christmas, but of seasons greetings and happy holidays. I have a quiz for you all about new holidays and new holiday traditions. Oh, huh.

Recent, traditions. I'll ask you some questions. You buzz in with the answer or your guests or your comical clip, whatever. Yeah. Buzz in with your comical clip.

With your answer and or unhelpful, smart-ass comedy. All right. Which holiday includes events such as the airing of grievances and peace of strength. Fest of us.

Yes. It was introduced via Seinfeld in 1997. What was the second part of that? It was airing of grievances and feats of strength. Feats of strength. Yes. I never watched Sanofel. I just knew this was a thing.

It's starting to become a real thing. Oh. I mean, like where people celebrated. Yeah. In 2013, an atheistic organization erected what next to the nativity. scene, menorah, and other religious holiday displays in the Florida State Capitol building. Whoa. Yes.

Is that the Festivus poll? Yes. Do you know what they made it out of? I believe it was beer cans. It was beer cans. Oh my God, really? Yeah. Because it's supposed to be aluminum, I think, if I know my Seinfeld mythology.

Did they get in trouble? Yeah, probably. I mean, but they were like, oh, this is our religion, along with the nativity scene in the Manora. It's a pole of beer cans. Yeah. Yeah. Have you guys ever heard of Chris Mahana Kwanzika?

If you remember that from a few years ago. Chris Mahana Kwanza. Yeah. It was Christmas Hanukkah and Kwanza. It was a term made famous in an ad campaign. Yes. By which company. Do you remember which company?

I don't remember. It kind of took the pop culture world by storm. It was 2006. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know. I've never heard of it. Chris Mahana Kwanzica. I don't remember.

It was just, it was, yeah, it was a ad campaign. Yeah, it was a fun thing for a while. What was it? Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile. Oh, wow. Wow. What term related to a new type of gift buying made its debut in November 28th, 2005, in a shop.

org press release. Its debut in 2005, it was November 28th when they coined this term. It was now a totally a thing. A new term for... What term related to a new type of gift buy? A new type of gift buy. A new type of gift buy. Yeah, so there's got to be something online.

Yeah, Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday. Oh, okay. Yeah, okay. Around the time of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza, what do Pastafarians celebrate? The Flying Spaghetti Monster, of course. Oh, sorry. Oh, what's the name of the day?

Yeah, what's their holiday? The Flying Spaghetti Monster is their God. Oh, it's like Pasta-Mus or something like that, right? What is it? What is this from? I don't even know. It's a religion. Yeah.

Really? Yeah. Pastafarian. Somebody just, I forget where it was, but like somebody was able to get their driver's license picture taken with a colander on their head, right? They call it holiday. Oh, holiday. And it doesn't have any specific date or any specific traditions.

It's just called holiday. And so they, the George W. Bush sent up his Christmas holiday cars and it said, Happy holiday season. And they said, thank you. Like that. Recognition. Yeah. Pasta fairies?

It's like an anti-religion. Right, right. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Um, friends, what animal does Ross dress up as to excite his son about Hanukkah? Oh. Armadillo.

Armadillo. Yes. Yes. It's an armadillo. I did not know that. It's like, because, you know, like Christmas has like Santa Claus and stuff. And Hanukkah doesn't have like a mascot. Uh-huh.

And he was teaching his kid about Hanukkah. So he like got a, like, an armadillo, like, full stuff. suit costume I'm the Hanukkah Armadillo Okay Last question

What song Which won a Creative Arts Emmy For Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics And premiered on December 26

On S&L About two singers Making a gift For their girlfriends Everybody That must be

Dick in a box Yeah It won an Emmy Yeah It was a good song It was It was People still know

what it is 2006. Yeah. Wow. It's catchy. It was catchy. I can't believe I won an Emmy. That's crazy.

Eight years ago, is it? Oh my God. We were so young. Time flies. Justin Timberlake was just a baby. Who's our age? Just a 26 year old baby. 25 years.

Time moves faster when you're a celebrity. Yeah, that's true. Ron Raul received the letter on Christmas Day 1776, he put it away to read later. Maybe he thought it was a season's greeting and wanted to save it for the fireside. But what it actually was, was a warning, delivered to the Hessian Colonel, letting him know that General George Washington was crossing the Delaware and would soon attack his forces. The next day, when Raul lost the Battle of Trenton and died from two colonial Boxing Day musket balls, the letter was found, unopened in his vest pocket.

As someone with 15,000 unread emails in his inbox, I feel like there's a lesson there. Oh, well, this is the Constant, a history of getting things wrong. I'm Mark Chrysler. Every episode, we look at the bad ideas, mistakes, and accidents that misshaped our world. Find us at Constantpodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts. All right. And we have one last quiz segment

Yes, I have a final quiz Not holiday related But it is another anagram quiz Just purely by coincidence That's a lot It is, yes And as always, I need to give a shout out To the internet anagram server

For helping me assemble this quiz The answer to every question I will give you Will be a famous person or figure Mostly real, maybe some fictional characters in here That doesn't really narrow it down Well, you know, it's not a place or a thing, so... Okay. And I have actually printed these out for you guys.

Apparently. So you have a little bit of a visual reference as we go here. Classy. This is a little bit more prep than a good job brain quiz usually gets. I'll sign these. These will be collector's items. Right, right, right. It's on foam core.

All right, so I will tell you what this person or figure might be known for, and I will read out the anagram as I hold it up for you. Okay. So, one of the more popular athletes in the world, also anagrams to real men jobs. Athlete? Not little boy jobs. Real men jobs. Like LeBron James.

Oh, look at this. LeBron James. He has the paper folded so he can unfold it. Wow. I'm very tactile because you guys didn't know that. What is that? I like that font. That's a Gotham.

Gotham. Oh. This is a fictional character from a well-loved book and movie as well. Thy Logie Hill Log. Thy Logie Hill Log. Wow. Famous book and movie from the 1960s. Oh, my God.

I'm blanking on the news. This is a. female protagonist Karen Holly Galightly Holly Golightly Yes thy Logie Hill log So many

L's and Eches Yeah It's so funny when you put these Anagram quizzes together How obvious they seem once you know the answer I was like oh they're going to get this one right away No no no that is a well-documented Phenomenon

Like psychological phenomenon If you see the question and the answer for like an anagram or something like that, you will rate it as being easier than it actually is because you see the question and the answer, you're like, oh, yeah, I would get that, yeah, sure. But then when they give those same people, like, you know, anagrams of similar difficulty, it turns out they're actually super hard.

Oh, well, I hope we're not getting into trouble here. No, it's okay. Yes, Holly Go Lightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's, the book by Truman Capote. Okay. this well-known American author anagrams into iron monitors. Iron monitors.

Iron monitors. Well-known American author. Ah. Chris. This is Tony Morrison. It is. Tony Morrison. Nice.

And it helps that it's T-O-N-I. Indeed. Some anagrams a lot easier. Yes. Iron monitors. Wow. Cool. This fictional.

crime lord anagrams to a jet bathtub a jet bathtub fictional it's not Corleone this is of course Jabba the Hut

it is Prince is on it yeah yes Jop bathtub Jat bathtub Jabba the hut I want to see Jabba the hut in a jet bathtub

he'll melt it would just be really gross when he gets out yeah it would look like Jello salad. All right, getting into some fun ones here. This is a world leader whose name Anagrams to Lark Gel Enema. And I hope that none of you ever have to have a lark gel enema. Karen.

Angela Merkel. Yes. Angla. Angla. Oh, Angla? Engla Merkel. Yes, the Chancellor of Germany. Lark gel enema.

This award-winning actor, anagrams to try canon bras. Oh, I should. Maybe small caliber bras aren't working for you. You need to step up. Try-canon bras. How did you describe this person? Award-winning actor. Award-winning actor.

Award-winning actor on one of the most critically acclaimed television shows of our time. Karen. Brian Cranston. It is. Brian Cranston, with the Y and Brian, yes, of course, from Breaking Bad and Malcolm in the middle as well. We'll throw that in, yes. This man of science, famous, man of science, anagrams to let koalas in, Chris. Nicola Tesla.

That is. Nikola Tesla. Let koalas in. Let koalas in. And I added the exclamation point just because it makes me smile. All right, last one, last one, and the longest one. Here we go. This explorer anagrams to

EGAD Linen Farmland. EGADLINN farmland. Karen. Ferdinand Magellan. Correct. Yes, the great Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan. Did a paper on him when I was fourth grade. Oh, a Magellan nerd.

There you go. Nerd anan. A Magellan head. Yep. He was the first to circumcise the globe. That's funny than it should be. I don't know if that's the right word. Oh, I don't know about that. All right. Good job, guys.

Hey, all right. And that is our show. Thank you guys for joining me and thank you guys, listeners, for listening in. Hope you guys enjoy your holidays. You can, of course, find us on iTunes, on Stitcher, on SoundCloud, and on our website, good jobbrain.com. And we have a... Oh, yeah. I just, you know, I just felt like it's the holiday season and in the spirit of the holiday season

and me sitting around at home alone a lot with a baby. I wanted to give you guys a special present of the 12 days of Good Job Brain Christmas. We're not going to subject you to the whole thing. Here's just the last verse. If you want the whole thing, we'll throw it on the website for you. But I don't recommend it. Please enjoy. So we're going to end this episode.

this gift here you are yeah happy brain miss on the 12 day of christmas good job brain gave to me 12 foreign snacks 11 literations 10 tim tim tim slamming nine new mnemonics eight waxed mustaches seven robots singing six quizzes quizzing five be verbal For crazy co-hosts, three poop jokes, two acronyms, and then a back shall eat. If you like this podcast, can we recommend another one? It's called Big Picture Science. You can hear it wherever you get your podcast, and its name tells part of the story. The big picture questions and the most interesting research in science.

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