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    S18 E2 - Can I Borough Some Trivia?

    enOctober 17, 2022
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    About this Episode

    This week, we’re in an Empire State of mind, because Hallie has written trivia questions featuring the five boroughs of New York City (plus Long Island)! We also burrow into discussions of a Broadway legend, a pioneering athlete, and one of our favorite movies of all time!


    2:51: Q1 (Times & Places): What was the codename for the gun-type fission weapon developed as part of the Manhattan Project, which became the first nuclear bomb to be used in warfare?


    12:12: Q2 (Sports & Games): The home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Flushing Meadows, Queens, is named for what tennis legend who founded the Women’s Tennis Association and the Women’s Sports Foundation?


    22:40: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What 2009 fantasy novel by Lev Grossman is about Quentin Coldwater, a high school student in Brooklyn who finds himself in a Narnia-like place called Fillory?


    30:31: Q4 (Music): A Bronx Tale, a musical based on a movie based on a play by Chazz Palminteri, had music written by what EGOT winner, best known for writing the music for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin?


    37:56: Q5 (Everything Else): A museum located in Centerport, Long Island is named for a member of what prominent American family that originally became rich with their shipping and railroad empires and during the mid-19th century, was the richest family in America?


    46:10: Q6 (Movies & TV): In what 2008 film is there a scene shot on Staten Island ferries in which the villain pits two ferries- one holding civilians, the other holding prisoners- against each other?


    Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0


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    Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0


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    Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0


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