Do you know which attraction at the Rockefeller Plaza, opened in 2023, allows visitors to relive an iconic New York moment from history? Do you know how specifically is the telling of Ramayan different in the village of Drongiri? Do you know what did Maharaja Gaj Singh II decide to commercialise when across India the royals were being stripped of their royal titles and privy purses?
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Do you know which are the largest militaries in the world (with a whole lot of tangential questions and caveats)? Do you know which legendary hero in Persian mythology, whose life and work was immortalized in the Shahnameh, has become part of a common Hindi phrase? Do you know what trope was used in movies as a way to avoid any real life 'nuisance' but was effective only till 1994?
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Do you know a whole bunch of trivia related to Bollywood, including which director wanted to make 'Ek' an expensive, ambitious international project and which was the first film to kickstart the film title abbreviation trend (think: DDLJ, ZNMD, K3G)? Do you know what was the name of the American working wear clothing line launched by JCPenney, a name that was later used by another huge American company for their flagship product? Do you know what is the title of Season 5 Episode 10 of House M. D. (I swear the trivia is actually interesting)?
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Joining us on this episode is our 'Delhi lover' guest quizmaster, Hari Krishna!
Do you know which award in the field of architecture is named after the title of a Shia Imam, and the etymology of which derives from 'elder brother' in Turkish? Do you know what two word phrase originated with the brothers, Chang and Eng Bunker, Asian immigrants to America? Do you know what tree along with a big cat, was featured on the East India Company mohurs?
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Do you know which song from the 1956 musical film Carousel, has gained worldwide recognition, and recently was being sung more than usual? Do you know what connects the countries Ecuador, Mongolia, Pakistan and Croatia? Do you know what etymology connects a Swiss cheese dish to the world of tech?
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Do you know why Donald Lau, the CFO of a food company, claim to be the most read writer in America? Do you know which unexpected publishing house first published the award-winning book "Mrs Balbir Singh’s Indian Cookery " by Balwant Kaur? Do you know what type of books are named after creator and publisher Clifton Hillegass?
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Do you know what historically and globally significant directive was issued by Ronald Reagan after Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down by the USSR in 1983 (Hint: it has to do with the US Space Force)? Do you know what is the unofficial term in the world of typography, given to improper 'kerning', the spacing between the letters of a font? Do you know which 2003 film, and starring whom, was initially conceived as a sequel to Space Jam, called Spy Jam starring Jackie Chan?
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Do you know what historically significant event has occurred thrice in history, in 1294, 1415 and 2013? Do you know who were the filmmakers who, post their divorce in 2003, made their own films dealing with the end of the relationship, and both won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay for their respective films? Do you know which popular phrase was coined by Patrick J McGinnis in 2004 in The Harbus, the magazine of Harvard Business School?
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Do you know which now-common proverb was first used in the obituary for the actor Marshall Pinckney Wilder? Do you know what award was posthumously given to psychologist and inventor B. F. Skinner for his study on housing live pigeons inside missiles to guide them to their targets? Do you know which popular phrase, according to historian Thomas Fuller, was first used by the poet Edmund Spenser when he did not get the money he was promised by Queen Elizabeth I?
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Do you know who is the Portugese Catholic priest, born in India, and who was a pioneer in the scientific study of hypnotism? Do you know which company threatened to relocate their headquarters from Atlanta if an event honouring MLK in the city wasn't supported by other local businesses? Do you know what very common word originated from the activities of student pranksters at MIT?
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Do you know which boy band achieved stardom in 1989, an achievement listed on Rolling Stone's "Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments"? Do you know which song was performed as a tribute for Queen Silvia when she married the King of Sweden? Do you know which are the four Great Offices of State in the UK government?
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Do you know who was called in to find the bullet that had mortally wounded American President Garfield in an assassination attempt? Do you know what were the qualifying criteria for the "Dream Budget" of 1997? Do you know why did the British chemist and astronaut Helen Sharman gain the nickname "The Girl from Mars"?
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Do you know what happens after a run of 100 episodes? A brief pause. But nothing to fear, we are gearing up for our next 100 episodes and we'll be back in a few short weeks.
And as always, there is some trivia in this episode too: Do you know what was the name of the second live album by the Eagles, in 1994, after a hiatus of 14 years?
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Do you know what happens when some of the best trivia nerds gather together on a single podcast episode? You get some amazing trivia like:
Do you know what glaring omission is allegedly because of Gösta Mittag-Leffler's affair with Sofie Hess? Do you know what nickname was given to Adam Curry, one of the pioneers of podcasting? Do you know how 3 very iconic nature reserves were formed, unintentionally, because of other human activities?
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Do you know what is the nickname given to Lasius emarginatus, an invasive ant species found in New York? Do you know why do certain gene mutations in Drosophila melanogaster, or fruit flies, have names like 'Swiss Cheese, Cheap Date, Ken and Barbie'? Do you know in which year did the Homo Sapiens populationreach 6 billion?
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Do you know what pop culture stable was first established in Macbeth in the Porter's monologue in Act 2, Scene 3? Do you know how did Dave Grohl cheekily make fun of another artist for using a backing track, when the Foo Fighters performed at the London Stadium? Do you know which actor was the unlikely choice to play the twin of Gary Oldman's character in the movie Tiptoes?
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Do you know which fictional characters did the poet William Ernest Henley and his daughter inspire? Do you know which building is considered "London's worst kept secret"? Do you know which TV show where the first letters of the lead characters' names spelt "MAGIC"?
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As per tradition we are doing an extra long, special episode to mark the beginning of the new year! And what better way to do that than by discussing some fun trivia pertaining to events that happened in 2024.
So, do you know what happened in Europe in January of 2024 that happened only once before, in 1146? Do you know why a Lennon-McCartney single in 2024, "Primrose Hill", go completely under the radar? Do you know what bizarre hashtag went viral before Paris Olympics, to protest hosting events in the river Seine?
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Do you know what piece of technology was made obsolete by a Japanese and Dutch collaboration, which is now making a resurgence? Do you know what are the unique characteristics of Belphegor's Prime Number, named after the Prince of Hell? Do you know which is the only band to have performed on all 7 continents? Also, bonus, find out why the ghosts of trivia past, present and future visit in this episode!
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Do you know why the director of a famous West End production had to come out on the day Queen Elizabeth II passed away? Do you know which Grammy award winning, famous American singer was raised as a Hindu in her younger years? Do you know which "disease" was said to affect soldiers and Swiss mercenaries, and was given its name by Johannes Hofer?
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