Episode 078 - The Olympics, Marvel Comics & The Northwest Passage
Do you know which Olympic sport got its name from a Connecticut Pie Manufacturer? Do you know what Snikt means? Do you know the enduring legacy of a ship which set out in 1852 to find Franklin's lost ...
31 Heinä 20241h 4min
Episode 077 - Assassination, Alamos Fission & An African Nation ft. Hari Krishna
Do you know which American presidents have survived an assassination attempt? Do you know which African nation is named after a wealthy 15th century Arab merchant? Do you know what are the names for v...
19 Heinä 202459min
Episode 076 - Bullfighting, Broadway & Breaking Bad ft. Garry
Do you know which 11 American states are named in honour of important people? Do you know which iconic speech, inspired by a Dylan Thomas poem, was written in a span of only 5 minutes? Do you know wha...
10 Heinä 20241h 10min
Episode 075 - Native Americans, Mount Rushmore & The New York Times ft. Garry
Do you know, for what humanitarian cause did Native American tribes got together and raise money in 1847? Do you know who is in the line of succession to be president if the sitting president and vice...
4 Heinä 20241h 24min
Episode 074 - Cows, Beer & Treasure Island
Do you know which ubiquitous word in modern medical parlance comes from the Latin for cow? Do you know which island in the Caribbean hosts two countries and is mentioned in Robert Louis Stevenson's Tr...
1 Heinä 202452min
Episode 073 - Boxing, Smokestacks & Top Level Domains
Do you know which world famous monument was once described as a gigantic black smokestack? Do you know what the name of a seaport in Indonesia has to do with the world of boxing? Do you know which cou...
29 Kesä 202448min
Episode 072 - Computer Bugs, A Conspiracy & A Murder
Do you know what programmers call a bug which disappears or alters its behavior when you try to debug it? Do you know what terms of venery are? Do you know what trope was named by Spike Lee based on A...
17 Kesä 202451min
Episode 071 - Dictators, Cardinals & Playwrights ft. Ani
Do you know which American city got its name from a Roman dictator famous for giving up his dictatorial powers? Do you know what Cardinal Richelieu (villain of the three musketeers) invented which is ...
3 Kesä 20241h 5min
