H.I. #64: The Quiz Show

H.I. #64: The Quiz Show

Author: CGP Grey & Brady Haran May 26, 2016 Duration: 1:42:09
H.I. #64: The Quiz Show Download

Grey and Brady discuss: poker, podcast postcards, bi-weekly auto update, flying the Nail & Gear and the Milwaukee flag, and Brady has Grey take a general knowledge / trivia quiz.

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Show Notes

Discuss this episode on the reddit

Playing poker while listening to HI

The Borgata Hotel & Casino

Brady and Grey discuss subvocalization

Podcast Postcards

Hello Internet Flag Referendum

Uber’s self-driving cars are on the road

Travis Kalanick

Google vs Uber

Nail & Gear at a concert

Flying the flag for the show

The Milwaukee flag

Milwaukee flag rebels

Famous Robert Scott

Brady's Quiz:

WORLD LEADERS: Political leaders of these countries (1 point each)

  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • Australia

SPORT

  • Name one current Major League Baseballer (1 point)
  • Name one person who has ever played Test Cricket (1 point)
  • Name four of the countries to win the Men’s World Cup of Soccer more than once (0.5 points each - 2 points max)

WORLD WAR II

  • The nuclear bombs dropped on two cities in Japan at the end of WW2.
  • The names of the two cities bombed (1 point each)
  • Name two of the following - nicknames of either of the two bombs or the two planes that dropped them (1 point each - 2 points max)

A FAMOUS US LANDMARK

  • Mount Rushmore is in which state? (1 point)
  • The Four Faces carved into Mt Rushmore (0.5 each and 1 point extra for the correct order, left to right)

MUSIC: Who sings these lyrics…

When I was younger so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way. (1 point)

Don't forget me, I beg
I'll remember you said,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead (1 point)

Got a long list of ex-lovers
They'll tell you I'm insane
But I've got a blank space, baby
And I'll write your name (1 point)

  • German composer Beethoven’s first name (1 point)

MOUNTAINS

  • 14 Mountains are over 8000m.
  • Name four of them (for 1 point each)

FAMOUS WIVES: Name the wives of

  • Barack Obama (1 point)
  • Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (1 point)
  • Brad Pitt (1 point)
  • David Beckham (1 point)

MOVIES

  • Name eight films directed by Steven Spielberg (0.5 points each)

SPACE

  • List the 10 largest bodies in the Solar System in descending order (2 points for the list being in descending order, 2 points for it being correct)

WEBSITES

  • YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees…. Can you name any one of them? (1 point)
  • Year of first YouTube upload (1 point)
  • Name either of Reddit’s two founders (1 point)
  • What University did Mark Zuckerberg attend? (1 point)

BONUS PICTURE ROUND


Two friends who make videos on the internet decided to start talking into microphones. Hello Internet is the long-running, occasionally vexed, and deeply idiosyncratic conversation between CGP Grey and Brady Haran. What began as an informal chat between two creators about the peculiarities of YouTube has evolved into a sprawling audio documentary of their lives, projects, and endless curiosities. An episode might dissect the nuances of flag design, the ethics of automation, or the proper way to load a dishwasher, often spiraling into heated yet good-natured debates they call "football" or "plane crash corner." It’s a show about the friction between Grey’s systematic, robot-adjacent worldview and Brady’s chaotic, humanist documentary-maker energy. You’re listening in on a friendship that’s equal parts collaborative and combative, where the topics are just the starting point for something much more personal. This isn't a structured interview podcast but a meandering dialogue between two very different minds, recorded in real time. It’s about work, life, the internet, and whatever else happens to be on their minds that week, making for a consistently unpredictable and engaging listen. The appeal lies in the specific chemistry of the hosts, turning mundane observations into compelling audio. You become a silent third participant in a conversation that has been going on for years, picking up running jokes, longstanding grievances, and a genuine sense of two people figuring things out as they go.
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