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#134 – Shooting Balls & Taking Names

2024/5/28
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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. So let's see how you do. All right, let's start with question one. The 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, is the only person in the United States

Here's your question. No clue. If you guessed Jenna and Barbara, you are right. Okay, question two coming at you. North Carolina. University of Kentucky. UConn.

The University of Connecticut is the answer. He would have think I would have put that at the top of my bracket, but unfortunately I was pretty much out in the first round this year.

How are you doing so far? Doing good? Not so good? Don't worry about it. All right, let's get to question three. The song Smile has been covered by Michael Jackson, Steven Tyler, Barbra Streisand, my personal favorite, Lady Gaga, and Nat King Cole, amongst many others, who composed the original in 1936? Louis Armstrong. I have no clue.

No clue. The legendary Charlie Chaplin. Man, I would not have known that if they didn't provide the answers to me. Okay, let's look at question four. Causing anywhere from 725,000 to 1 million deaths per year, what is considered to be the deadliest creature on Earth? The hippo. No clue. Rattlesnake. Mosquito.

The mosquito. Also the most annoying creature on earth, right? You're out there, you're having a barbecue, and all of a sudden you feel that little itch, and there's the mosquito. Play, share, listen. Question five is next. Precise, personal, powerful. It's America's weather team in the palm of your hands. Get Fox weather updates throughout your busy day every day. Subscribe and listen now at foxnewspodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Now, the most important moment of this less than five minute quiz that I know you've all been waiting for. All right. This is question number five. Quote, where there's music, there can be no evil is a quote from what work of literature? Oh, I have no idea. Dante's Inferno. Shakespeare. No clue. And the correct answer is Don Quixote. All right.

I would not have known that. But more importantly, how did you do on the quiz? Not me. If you did good, well, make sure you keep the streak alive. Come back again tomorrow. And if you didn't do so good, well, guess what? You can try again tomorrow. Make sure you take the quiz every weekday at the quiz.box. Then come back here to see how you did.

And while I have you, we just launched the Fox Business Rundown podcast. We've got episodes every Monday and Friday. We break down what's going on in the markets, all the economic data. We give you the numbers, but we're going to give you the so what. Why does it matter and why should you care? So make sure you get that wherever you listen to your podcasts. I'm Kelly O'Grady, and thank you for taking the quiz.

Take the quiz at thequiz.fox. Play, share, listen. Five questions, five minutes, five days a week. Thequiz.fox. Put the power of over 100 meteorologists and the worldwide resources of Fox in your hands with the Fox Weather Podcast. Precise, personal, powerful. Subscribe and listen now at foxnewspodcast.com or wherever you get your podcasts.