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#142 – A Coin Flip

2024/6/7
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This is the quiz. History, pop culture, science, sports, civics. How much do you know? Let's find out. Five days a week, it's five questions in less than five minutes. We asked people on the streets of New York City to play along. Let's see how you do. Question one. James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States. Andrew Johnson was the 17th. Who was the 16th? I don't know. I don't know.

Lincoln. Easy. Abraham Lincoln. By the way, I had no idea. Question two. After writing the 90s cult classic True Romance, this man later had greater success in directing, among others, Pulp Fiction, Yangon Chained, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Name him. I don't know. Is that Tarantino? No.

If you guessed Quentin Tarantino, you would be correct. Okay, that was kind of easy for me. I absolutely knew that one. But the questions get progressively harder, so just hang on. On to question three. Soccer's first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930. What country won that World Cup? Brazil. Spain. Manchester. That would be Uruguay.

they had an unfair advantage. Okay, question four. According to a study by researchers Ross Taylor and Scott McLennan, the most common element on the crust of Mars is oxygen. What is the second most? Iron. Nitrogen. Carbon dioxide.

Water. The correct answer is silicon. Hmm. Maybe we have an opportunity to build a third Silicon Valley over there. Play, share, listen. Question five is next. This is Jimmy Fallon inviting you to join me for Fox Across America, where we'll discuss every single one of the Democrats' dumb ideas. Just kidding. It's only a three-hour show. Listen live at noon Eastern or get the podcast at foxacrossamerica.com.

Get ready, this is it, the moment you've all been waiting for, question five. What is the capital of the Republic of the Congo? Dakar. Kenya. Congo City. Kenya. And the answer is Brazzaville.

How did you do on the quiz? I think I would have probably gotten like two or three out of, no, maybe two out of five. Either way, you can try again tomorrow. So if you missed any along the way, you can always find more quizzes at thequiz.fox. Then come back here to see how you did.

And I'm Daniel Lubetzky, the founder of Kind, and also we just recently launched buildersmovement.org. So go and check that out too, buildersmovement.org. It's important for us to replace all of these us versus them mindset and hate with a problem solvers toolkit that will help you not just to build a better community, but will help you at work, will help you in your life. So come join us at buildersmovement.org.

Take the quiz at thequiz.fox. Play, share, listen. Five questions, five minutes, five days a week. Thequiz.fox. Jason in the House, the Jason Chaffetz podcast. Dive deeper than the headlines and the party lines as I take on American life, politics, and entertainment. Subscribe now on foxnewspodcast.com or wherever you download podcasts.