1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:03,320 Welcome. To Are you quizzing me? 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,080 I'm Vineet Nayar with my cohost Aditya Kashyap. 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,280 This is a quizzing trivia podcast. 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:10,720 Join us. As we dive deep into history, 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,320 science, pod pop culture, and so much more. 6 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:20,280 Petscat quizzing. Alright, welcome back everybody, 7 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:23,000 to another episode of Are You Quizzing Me? 8 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,400 As you can tell by my introduction that Vineet is not 9 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,400 around. And this is Aditya Kashyap 10 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,960 introducing the show today. We do have of course a guest 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:35,760 joining us and that would be our recurring quiz master, Hari 12 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:37,360 Krishna. What's up HK, I think. 13 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:41,280 I'm going to call myself Hari Krishna, Old faithful weather 14 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,040 Indian because I feel like whenever when it is done with 15 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,720 something, I seem to be the reliable replacement. 16 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:52,800 So those are massive shoes that you are expected to fill and you 17 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,320 do it brilliantly. So if anything that is a 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,240 compliment to you and your quizzing skills. 19 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,100 HK Anyways, so back to the usual programming. 20 00:01:02,100 --> 00:01:04,739 And of course that means I have to start with answering last 21 00:01:04,739 --> 00:01:08,220 week's question. The last week's question was how 22 00:01:08,220 --> 00:01:13,260 would we in India celebrate a royal wedding as was celebrated 23 00:01:13,260 --> 00:01:17,380 in Europe when the Russian Princess Marie married into the 24 00:01:17,380 --> 00:01:19,500 British royal family? And that's how the Marie biscuit 25 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:21,500 came to be. So how would we do something 26 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:24,340 similar in India? And of course in India? 27 00:01:24,340 --> 00:01:28,580 Royal weddings in today's world obviously mean Bollywood 28 00:01:28,580 --> 00:01:33,360 weddings and I was thinking of which biscuit in India qualifies 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,520 as a good celebration. And I realized hide and seek is 30 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:40,000 a brilliant example because the entire time leading up to the 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,800 wedding, the couple is trying to hide from media. 32 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:47,280 And all we are trying to do as faithful followers of Bollywood, 33 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,000 the the royal family of India. All we are trying to do is seek 34 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,960 them out. So hide and seek is how we 35 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,520 celebrate royal family weddings in India. 36 00:01:56,450 --> 00:01:58,210 And that is the answer for last week's question. 37 00:01:58,210 --> 00:02:01,610 But let's move on to some actual trivia for this week. 38 00:02:02,370 --> 00:02:04,610 HK, do you want to start us off with a question? 39 00:02:05,370 --> 00:02:08,729 Insider note he came up with. That answer literally 5 minutes 40 00:02:08,729 --> 00:02:11,250 before the show recorded, so yeah. 41 00:02:11,930 --> 00:02:15,050 So I'm not even going to try to understand that answer, but OK, 42 00:02:15,090 --> 00:02:18,650 my first question hopefully a fun one which has a filmy link 43 00:02:18,650 --> 00:02:21,980 as well. So Starship, the 165 foot tall 44 00:02:21,980 --> 00:02:25,740 spacecraft that SpaceX developed to take people in cargo to Mars 45 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:28,580 and other distant destinations, was supposed to have a 46 00:02:28,580 --> 00:02:32,460 relatively blunt head. But of course, the SpaceX chief, 47 00:02:32,700 --> 00:02:36,340 whom I shall not name, told his engineers to make the Starship 48 00:02:36,340 --> 00:02:40,100 head more sharp. What 2012 creation from the 49 00:02:40,100 --> 00:02:43,340 entertainment world served as the inspiration for him to 50 00:02:43,340 --> 00:02:44,780 change the shape of the rocket head? 51 00:02:46,340 --> 00:02:50,050 2012 cinematic inspiration? And did you say this is 52 00:02:50,050 --> 00:02:54,010 Bollywood or was it just cinema? No, I just said cinema. 53 00:02:54,690 --> 00:02:55,250 Yeah. OK. 54 00:02:55,370 --> 00:03:01,850 So 2012, I'm trying to think of Conehead kind of character. 55 00:03:03,250 --> 00:03:06,290 Oh, I know there's another movie that came out in 2012, I believe 56 00:03:06,290 --> 00:03:10,290 was The Avengers. The Headquarters. 57 00:03:10,730 --> 00:03:14,400 It it was conical in shape. No, it was not The Avengers. 58 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,200 Also, your thing is way too seriously. 59 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,920 This is we're. Talking about the head of SpaceX 60 00:03:18,920 --> 00:03:22,680 chief, and the key thing to lookout for is that it was it 61 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:26,280 had a blunt head and then it, you know, was made to become 62 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,920 more sharp. Which movie was an inspiration 63 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:34,360 for this? Yeah, So OK, let me clarify 64 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,400 then. Does the movie itself have 65 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:41,760 something sharp and and shaped like what were sharp headed 66 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,000 rocket would look like or is it something else? 67 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,640 So there is a scene, a very famous scene in the movie, where 68 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,360 a character in the movie makes that same request. 69 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,120 So that was the inspiration for this. 70 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:59,080 Oh, interesting. Can you make this sharper? 71 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,840 Can you make this pointier? I cannot think of anything which 72 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:08,640 comes close to that. Was it Dark Knight Rises by any 73 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,240 chance? Yeah, they need to see this. 74 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,520 Think of comedy movie. Yeah. 75 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,160 If you think of comedy and character comedy, who's the 76 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,160 first actor who comes to mind? Do you think of character comedy 77 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,560 in Hollywood? Character comedy Sacha Baron 78 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,280 Cohen. So at 2012, what movie did he 79 00:04:28,280 --> 00:04:30,920 make? Oh, is it the dictator? 80 00:04:31,530 --> 00:04:32,770 Yes. What did he? 81 00:04:32,770 --> 00:04:34,610 But I don't. I generally, I'm not. 82 00:04:34,610 --> 00:04:36,250 I don't even think I've watched the movie entirely. 83 00:04:36,250 --> 00:04:37,570 I've only seen scenes from the movie. 84 00:04:37,570 --> 00:04:38,650 So what? What is the dialogue? 85 00:04:38,970 --> 00:04:40,570 OK. Go look at this scene, 86 00:04:40,730 --> 00:04:43,690 basically. Obviously in that movie, he's 87 00:04:43,690 --> 00:04:46,730 the fictitious head of his dictator of this kind of Middle 88 00:04:46,730 --> 00:04:49,450 Eastern nation. And so his scientist comes up to 89 00:04:49,450 --> 00:04:51,610 him saying that we have developed the nuclear bomb and 90 00:04:51,610 --> 00:04:53,610 then the bomb looks like. Rounded. 91 00:04:53,650 --> 00:04:55,810 And then he's like, you know, everyone will laugh at me if it 92 00:04:55,810 --> 00:04:58,490 is not pointy. And then there's this whole 93 00:04:58,490 --> 00:05:01,450 exchange about where he got that inspiration from, which is 94 00:05:01,450 --> 00:05:05,450 basically from Road Runner comics or from Dafida comics. 95 00:05:05,730 --> 00:05:09,490 And that is apparently supposed to be the SpaceX rocket, you 96 00:05:09,490 --> 00:05:11,170 know, became more pointy and sharp. 97 00:05:12,050 --> 00:05:17,250 Yeah, so the SpaceX redesign initiated by the head of SpaceX 98 00:05:17,730 --> 00:05:20,010 was done based off of this movie. 99 00:05:20,010 --> 00:05:23,610 Is allegedly true or or is it like a verified? 100 00:05:23,650 --> 00:05:25,210 I think it's actually true. Yeah. 101 00:05:25,210 --> 00:05:27,130 Yeah, yeah, I. Think it was actually true? 102 00:05:28,170 --> 00:05:31,370 Yeah, I am not surprised. Why am I not surprised? 103 00:05:32,450 --> 00:05:34,210 OK, great. All right. 104 00:05:34,210 --> 00:05:39,770 So I will move from all this modern technology and stupidity, 105 00:05:40,010 --> 00:05:42,810 if I may say so, to something more historical. 106 00:05:43,530 --> 00:05:47,550 This place was a landmark in London and tourists would 107 00:05:47,550 --> 00:05:49,990 actually visit it alongside Westminster Abbey. 108 00:05:50,790 --> 00:05:55,870 It started functioning in 1676 and it appeared so opulent that 109 00:05:55,870 --> 00:05:58,790 it was compared to none other than the Palace of Versailles. 110 00:05:59,750 --> 00:06:06,110 This place gives its name to a modern word which would be 111 00:06:06,310 --> 00:06:10,790 synonymous with mad or lunatic. Can you tell me which place I'm 112 00:06:10,790 --> 00:06:15,280 talking about? So it's near Westminster Abbey 113 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,360 1676, is it? You said. 114 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,360 What do you think of Downing St. 10 Downing St. 115 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,960 Because 1676 also is I think around the time when I think 116 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,840 1666 was when Charles the second was beheaded and I think the the 117 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:32,320 whole Cromwell era was happening. 118 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,480 I'm not missing, you know, maybe I've got my English history a 119 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,360 little wrong. Does it have something to do 120 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,440 with historical event? Or no, not at all. 121 00:06:39,170 --> 00:06:41,970 No, I would not focus so much on any specific historical event. 122 00:06:41,970 --> 00:06:44,690 In fact, I don't know if the year will lead you to it. 123 00:06:44,970 --> 00:06:47,690 I would in fact encourage you to think more along the lines of 124 00:06:47,690 --> 00:06:52,650 the word format or lunatic that is inspired by this particular 125 00:06:52,890 --> 00:06:58,810 institution or building. Crazy, crazy, or what else is 126 00:06:58,810 --> 00:07:02,780 there for mad or donatic? I mean asylum, but that's like 127 00:07:02,980 --> 00:07:05,020 an institution because you said asylum. 128 00:07:05,020 --> 00:07:06,740 Actually, let me give you a bit more of a clue. 129 00:07:06,740 --> 00:07:11,780 So this place was an asylum hospital for those with mental 130 00:07:11,780 --> 00:07:14,740 health issues. It was considered very opulent 131 00:07:14,740 --> 00:07:16,820 from the outside. However, the inside, the 132 00:07:16,820 --> 00:07:21,540 treatment of the patients and as it were back in the day was very 133 00:07:21,540 --> 00:07:25,380 subpar and and in poor, poor conditions, right. 134 00:07:25,740 --> 00:07:28,860 So that's where the word actually comes from. 135 00:07:29,530 --> 00:07:31,530 OK, so let me actually also clarify this. 136 00:07:31,530 --> 00:07:36,210 The word itself would not directly mean mad or lunatic in 137 00:07:36,210 --> 00:07:40,570 the sense of an individual, but more of the setting, lunacy or 138 00:07:40,570 --> 00:07:41,890 madness. OK. 139 00:07:41,970 --> 00:07:46,290 Yeah. But so like doghouse, is that 140 00:07:46,330 --> 00:07:48,410 something like, is it like close, getting close or 141 00:07:48,450 --> 00:07:50,490 something like that? Or that's a good guess. 142 00:07:50,490 --> 00:07:52,170 But no, no, no, it's not very close. 143 00:07:52,170 --> 00:07:53,530 It's not. OK. 144 00:07:54,330 --> 00:07:57,250 Like I remember, because he said outside, inside, through the 145 00:07:57,250 --> 00:07:59,690 looking glass, and thinking of like all these kind of Mad 146 00:07:59,690 --> 00:08:03,210 Hatter, I'm thinking of like all this Alice in Wonderland, but 147 00:08:03,210 --> 00:08:05,810 then like, I don't know, probably going cold at this 148 00:08:05,810 --> 00:08:07,970 point. No, no, not not that. 149 00:08:07,970 --> 00:08:09,210 Yeah. Is it a place? 150 00:08:09,210 --> 00:08:12,450 That is, if you've been to London or something, Is it still 151 00:08:12,450 --> 00:08:13,930 around? Basically is that is the name 152 00:08:13,930 --> 00:08:17,250 still used in London? OK, so this particular place is 153 00:08:17,250 --> 00:08:19,810 still in operation. It is still a psychiatric 154 00:08:19,810 --> 00:08:24,920 Hospital in London. OK, and it has such a famous 155 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,880 history. It has inspired several horror 156 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:32,480 books, films and TV series. So it is ingrained in pop 157 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,200 culture. Perhaps not very well known, but 158 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,679 it is there. And it's near Westminster Abbey. 159 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:39,640 No, it isn't near Westminster Abbey. 160 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:42,360 What I said was people used to visit it alongside Westminster 161 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:44,520 Abbey in the sense that it was as famous in London as a 162 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,320 landmark. Right, right, right. 163 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,880 OK. OK, it is in London though. 164 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,920 It is in London. OK, so probably some sort of 165 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,380 hospital, right? It is a hospital. 166 00:08:55,540 --> 00:08:57,820 Yeah, helping one someone. Yeah. 167 00:08:57,820 --> 00:09:02,660 So like I said, I think not mad and lunatic in the sense of a 168 00:09:02,660 --> 00:09:06,700 person, but more of the exact definition actually I can give 169 00:09:06,700 --> 00:09:10,420 you is a sense of uproar and confusion in a place. 170 00:09:10,420 --> 00:09:15,140 A scene of uproar and confusion in a place that kind of madness 171 00:09:15,140 --> 00:09:20,220 or lunacy. Has it lent its name to disease 172 00:09:20,500 --> 00:09:23,530 as well or no, it's not a disease. 173 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:26,850 It's not a disease. It is specifically just that 174 00:09:26,850 --> 00:09:29,010 uproar and confusion kind of a scenario. 175 00:09:31,730 --> 00:09:33,250 Pandemonium. You're very close in terms of 176 00:09:33,250 --> 00:09:36,010 the word. But no, it's not the exact 177 00:09:36,010 --> 00:09:39,130 synonym that I'm looking for. It is tough if you haven't heard 178 00:09:39,130 --> 00:09:41,690 of it, and if you're not able to get the word immediately, it is 179 00:09:41,690 --> 00:09:44,290 a bit tough. So it's OK You know what? 180 00:09:44,290 --> 00:09:46,330 I'll give you the answer. The answer to this one is 181 00:09:46,330 --> 00:09:52,160 bedlam, and it comes from the Bethlem Royal Hospital or Saint 182 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:55,880 Saint Mary Bethlem. And bedlam is the word that you 183 00:09:55,880 --> 00:10:01,480 get for pandemonium or a scene of confusion and chaos and 184 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,960 madness, right? So Bedlam comes from, yeah. 185 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:07,080 Oh, wow. OK, the good question. 186 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:09,840 Anyways, give me your next question HK. 187 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,160 I'm going to follow you with another etymolity question hit 188 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,960 me, although we think of X as something that is swift. 189 00:10:17,470 --> 00:10:20,510 At the heart of the word's origin is the notion of slowness 190 00:10:20,510 --> 00:10:23,830 and paralysis. So the electric ray, which is 191 00:10:23,830 --> 00:10:27,910 probably the inspiration you'll see, produces a shock to capture 192 00:10:27,910 --> 00:10:32,510 prey and for difference. Its Latin name was X, meaning to 193 00:10:32,510 --> 00:10:35,910 be numb or sluggish. And then in the late 18th 194 00:10:35,910 --> 00:10:40,590 century, an inventor named his creation after the Latin name of 195 00:10:40,590 --> 00:10:43,710 the eel, but the only difference was that his creation was 196 00:10:43,710 --> 00:10:46,510 actually not slow. What is this word X? 197 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:52,560 The Latin name is for that quality of the electric heel 198 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:53,840 that that particular property of. 199 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,320 No, it's just a, it's a species name is there. 200 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:02,040 So the the, the taxonomical name is actually this this word X and 201 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,560 that's and that that word comes from the meaning to be numb or 202 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:09,200 sluggish. And that word is also used, you 203 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:13,400 know, for this this creation by this 18th century inventor, in 204 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,510 the late 18th century inventor. But of course even though X 205 00:11:16,510 --> 00:11:20,030 needs to be numb or sluggish, the creation is anything but 206 00:11:20,230 --> 00:11:24,510 numb or anything but slow. It's not electric eel actually I 207 00:11:24,510 --> 00:11:26,630 think it's electric race. So slight different. 208 00:11:26,670 --> 00:11:29,350 I think I I meant I think the eel is misspoken. 209 00:11:29,350 --> 00:11:30,790 But yeah, but I mean it's it's a race. 210 00:11:30,790 --> 00:11:34,110 They're not eels. If it helps, yeah. 211 00:11:34,270 --> 00:11:36,750 Got it. So electric race doesn't really 212 00:11:36,750 --> 00:11:39,350 help. Yeah, I know it is the wrong 213 00:11:39,350 --> 00:11:41,030 answer. I know already it is the wrong 214 00:11:41,030 --> 00:11:43,750 answer. But I wanted to say Taser. 215 00:11:44,140 --> 00:11:46,220 But I also know Taser's etymology is not this. 216 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:50,180 Taser has a different etymology. I think Taser has is an accurate 217 00:11:50,180 --> 00:11:52,740 and if I'm not mistaken, but yes, yes. 218 00:11:53,020 --> 00:11:58,020 The hint is that the like pink portion rated, so that's 219 00:11:58,180 --> 00:12:00,660 probably a hint for you. The creation is something that 220 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:04,100 is very closely associated with the water as well water 221 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:05,420 invention. And you, which year did you 222 00:12:05,420 --> 00:12:07,300 mention? 18th century, late late 18th 223 00:12:07,300 --> 00:12:09,300 century? And does it have to do with 224 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:11,140 electricity? Like does it have to do with 225 00:12:11,140 --> 00:12:13,140 some sort of electric charge and current? 226 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,640 No, not necessarily. There is nothing electric about 227 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:18,760 it, though. Now it's a It's a weapon. 228 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,520 Oh, OK. I would be very surprised if 229 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,280 this dancer would torpedoes. Yes. 230 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,960 Invented back then. Yeah. 231 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:30,200 Oh, wow. Late it is OK. 232 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,720 Interesting. Is is I think Tor fitness or 233 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:33,880 something like that. Yeah. 234 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,520 They they call torpedoing me, torpedoing me forms. 235 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,120 That's the order of electric rays. 236 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,950 And the genus is torpedo. Fascinating. 237 00:12:42,030 --> 00:12:44,470 Wait, what torpedoes are that old? 238 00:12:44,670 --> 00:12:45,950 Yeah, gunpowder. Right. 239 00:12:46,310 --> 00:12:48,070 Now that I think about it, gunpowder makes sense. 240 00:12:48,070 --> 00:12:51,950 But I only somehow imagined, probably because I've watched 241 00:12:51,950 --> 00:12:53,750 whatever Pirates of the Caribbean and stuff that I 242 00:12:53,750 --> 00:12:55,510 always imagined. Naval warfare was more to do 243 00:12:55,510 --> 00:12:58,990 with cannons. Yeah, And back in, back in the 244 00:12:58,990 --> 00:13:01,310 whatever, sixteen, 17th century. But 18th century? 245 00:13:01,310 --> 00:13:03,190 You're saying that they already had invented torpedoes. 246 00:13:03,190 --> 00:13:05,590 That's interesting, yeah. Yeah. 247 00:13:05,670 --> 00:13:07,430 I mean, there's some demonstrations that happened, 248 00:13:07,430 --> 00:13:10,430 but I think probably it got refined over the 19th century. 249 00:13:11,810 --> 00:13:14,570 Great. So now I will move on to my next 250 00:13:14,570 --> 00:13:19,970 question. You spoke about something very 251 00:13:20,290 --> 00:13:24,010 fast, right? So here's my segue into 252 00:13:24,010 --> 00:13:28,130 something at the diametric opposite end. 253 00:13:29,370 --> 00:13:33,010 So this question actually has to do with my life recently. 254 00:13:33,010 --> 00:13:35,750 So I was traveling, as you might know, in Europe. 255 00:13:36,030 --> 00:13:38,750 I was also having the time and space to think about life in 256 00:13:38,750 --> 00:13:41,750 general, about feelings about emotions and about the human 257 00:13:41,750 --> 00:13:44,150 experience. And this has a little bit to do 258 00:13:44,150 --> 00:13:45,390 with all of those things combined. 259 00:13:45,870 --> 00:13:50,070 So there's a Dutch grocery chain called Jumbo Supermarket. 260 00:13:50,390 --> 00:13:53,590 It has 700 stores worldwide. So it is a pretty big chain. 261 00:13:54,910 --> 00:14:00,190 And they started something in the Netherlands, which is called 262 00:14:00,190 --> 00:14:05,050 the Kletz Casa, Kletz Casa. So that is the name in Dutch. 263 00:14:06,370 --> 00:14:13,330 Now the objective of this Kletz Casa was for people who felt 264 00:14:13,330 --> 00:14:19,130 like that day could be improved by a nice quiet conversation or 265 00:14:19,130 --> 00:14:22,890 a slow moment. What was Kletz Casa 266 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:26,010 specifically? So what does Kletz Casa mean? 267 00:14:27,210 --> 00:14:29,570 And it's related to moments of silence. 268 00:14:29,570 --> 00:14:31,130 You said that's going to help someone. 269 00:14:31,170 --> 00:14:35,080 Or like a quiet conversation. Yeah, like I said in the 270 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,400 introduction, slowness more than that. 271 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,560 Not silence as much as a slowness. 272 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,800 Slowness. OK, so what's the meaning of 273 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:44,360 this? Is it Kletz Casa? 274 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,160 So what was Kletz Casa? This is something implemented in 275 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,040 a supermarket chain and the project or the initiative is 276 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:53,760 called Kletz Casa. What is Kletz Casa do? 277 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,240 They make their trolleys slower. Or they, like, you know, make 278 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:00,600 that is such a that is such a cute initiative. 279 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:01,760 But no, no, that's not the answer. 280 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:02,720 No. OK. 281 00:15:03,550 --> 00:15:05,590 Is it something to do with the supermarket itself, like the 282 00:15:05,670 --> 00:15:09,350 design or the space very much within the supermarket 283 00:15:09,870 --> 00:15:15,550 physically OK, a change in how supermarkets normally function? 284 00:15:16,270 --> 00:15:17,950 I'm reminded of like I care like thing. 285 00:15:17,950 --> 00:15:20,630 Where do they like make it like a house, Where you they make the 286 00:15:20,630 --> 00:15:25,510 rooms, like they make like the sections, like houses or 287 00:15:25,510 --> 00:15:28,430 something like that. No, no, no, nothing like that. 288 00:15:28,950 --> 00:15:30,750 So okay, let me actually expand a little bit more. 289 00:15:30,990 --> 00:15:34,590 So the Netherlands Bureau of Statistics claims that 33% of 290 00:15:34,590 --> 00:15:38,030 adults over 75 in the Netherlands feel moderately 291 00:15:38,030 --> 00:15:39,310 lonely. Right. 292 00:15:39,310 --> 00:15:42,390 And this was meant to try to help them. 293 00:15:42,470 --> 00:15:45,710 Specifically, it was the target group for this initiative. 294 00:15:46,150 --> 00:15:50,430 They were trying to help the seniors who felt lonely and who 295 00:15:50,430 --> 00:15:52,350 felt like they did not have anybody to connect with. 296 00:15:52,830 --> 00:16:00,390 So they needed that slowness. And I I emphasize on the words 297 00:16:00,430 --> 00:16:03,350 low. Yeah I'm thinking is it with 298 00:16:03,350 --> 00:16:07,350 something to do with I know the deadlines that are like dementia 299 00:16:07,350 --> 00:16:10,430 villages but I mean like where like you know they they they 300 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:11,670 things that help you remind and stuff. 301 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:15,310 But here I think like is that is they like someone accompany them 302 00:16:15,310 --> 00:16:17,710 when they're shopping. There's some robot accompany 303 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:22,510 them when they're shopping or it you would be surprised. 304 00:16:22,510 --> 00:16:24,950 This is actually much simpler than that. 305 00:16:25,350 --> 00:16:28,710 This doesn't even have any technological breakthrough or 306 00:16:28,710 --> 00:16:30,310 any advancement along those lines. 307 00:16:30,990 --> 00:16:35,550 If anything, this would be what you already see in supermarkets, 308 00:16:35,550 --> 00:16:41,550 just turned on its head. So supermarket, you go and pick 309 00:16:41,550 --> 00:16:43,470 up the stuff. In this case that's like you 310 00:16:43,510 --> 00:16:46,630 know, do you give the list and the someone else like and then 311 00:16:46,630 --> 00:16:48,830 you chat around or something like that while someone is 312 00:16:48,830 --> 00:16:53,060 shopping for you or that would that would be lovely I imagine. 313 00:16:53,060 --> 00:16:55,820 But no. In this case let me again give 314 00:16:55,820 --> 00:16:58,060 me give you a hint which would probably lead you to the answer. 315 00:16:58,420 --> 00:17:02,660 What I said was supermarkets already have a function which is 316 00:17:02,660 --> 00:17:07,339 along these lines and that is fast and you just have to. 317 00:17:07,540 --> 00:17:10,540 The slow version of it basically is what they implemented. 318 00:17:11,780 --> 00:17:14,140 Check out Yeah in the checkout lane, right? 319 00:17:14,140 --> 00:17:16,020 Yes, So that that is basically the answer. 320 00:17:16,300 --> 00:17:19,380 The fast checkout lane, they actually opened an alternative 321 00:17:19,380 --> 00:17:23,500 to a slow checkout lane and this is meant for people who want to 322 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:26,660 take their time with it, who want to, who dont mind waiting 323 00:17:26,660 --> 00:17:29,140 for a while quietly and then when they reach the counter they 324 00:17:29,140 --> 00:17:31,140 can have a conversation with the person over there. 325 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:34,940 So the person behind the counter is somebody who would be willing 326 00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:37,820 to have a conversation and to chat and do more than just their 327 00:17:37,820 --> 00:17:41,100 billing and and you know bagging of groceries. 328 00:17:41,340 --> 00:17:45,960 So this is what was implemented in this Dutch supermarket store. 329 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,880 It's called Let's Casa, which apparently in Dutch literally 330 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,440 means slow check out. And it was. 331 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,880 It became viral, I think, on social media a while back 332 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,000 because it was this little nice initiative for people who might 333 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,520 feel lonely and it's not even that difficult to implement. 334 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:04,320 Yeah, it's very wholesome. So on that note of 335 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,080 wholesomeness, I'm gonna go on to this question, so I hope so. 336 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:12,280 In an interview, the writer of the number clarified this 337 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,660 intentional misspelling. He cited the following as the 338 00:18:15,660 --> 00:18:18,060 reason. The why is there to denote that 339 00:18:18,060 --> 00:18:20,340 it's about you and what makes you happy. 340 00:18:20,940 --> 00:18:23,620 The same misspelling was continued and it was adapted 341 00:18:24,020 --> 00:18:26,300 into an acclaimed movie of the same name. 342 00:18:26,820 --> 00:18:28,940 Now I'm not telling the year of the movie because maybe that's 343 00:18:28,940 --> 00:18:31,900 the giveaway. But, you know, can you guess the 344 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:33,940 name of the movie? Slash memoir. 345 00:18:36,860 --> 00:18:39,710 The movie and the memoir both have. 346 00:18:40,070 --> 00:18:43,070 The name is misspelled. Yeah, yeah, intentionally. 347 00:18:43,150 --> 00:18:46,630 Specifically, like he said, the Y is there to denote that it's 348 00:18:46,710 --> 00:18:49,470 about you and what makes you happy. 349 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:53,910 Do you mean the letter Y is there because it is about you? 350 00:18:54,350 --> 00:18:56,110 Yeah, OK. I know what this is. 351 00:18:56,110 --> 00:18:57,470 This is the pursuit of happiness. 352 00:18:57,990 --> 00:19:00,710 Yes, it is. OK Yeah. 353 00:19:00,710 --> 00:19:02,550 I did not know this, though. I did not know that was the 354 00:19:02,550 --> 00:19:04,350 intentionality. I assumed it was intentional 355 00:19:04,350 --> 00:19:08,080 because that is a very obvious spelling misspelling, but that 356 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,240 is very cute. Wait, so who wrote this? 357 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,520 I have no context to that. It's written, it was written by 358 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:16,760 Chris Gardner. So it's written by, I think it's 359 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,600 kind of a real, it's based on his life story, right. 360 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:22,320 So he's an American businessman, more digital speaker. 361 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,800 So yeah, so he's the one who's featured in the movie also. 362 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:26,960 So I will first characterize Chris Gardner. 363 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,280 Yeah, I remember that it's based off of someone's true life 364 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:32,760 experience. Also, that movie featured A 365 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,800 Rubik's Cube and I think I was inspired to. 366 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,000 I already had Rubik's Cube, but after watching the movie, I was 367 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,800 like, OK, now I'm going to figure out how to solve it now, 368 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:44,160 which is what I did. And yeah, it's a very wholesome 369 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:44,800 movie. I love it. 370 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:50,160 Great movie, great movie. OK, now that you have opened up 371 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:57,160 the Pandora's Box of pop culture and books also, let me go into 372 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:02,990 something related to that. I imagine you would know this 373 00:20:03,150 --> 00:20:05,910 because it seems like a space that you are very familiar with 374 00:20:05,910 --> 00:20:11,030 and you are very interested in. So this particular famous author 375 00:20:11,270 --> 00:20:16,470 was an OED lexicographer, an Oxford English Dictionary 376 00:20:16,510 --> 00:20:19,070 lexicographer. I hope I'm pronouncing that word 377 00:20:19,070 --> 00:20:20,750 right. Lexicographer. 378 00:20:20,830 --> 00:20:26,000 Yeah, apparently he use his experience there Later on when 379 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,040 he became published author. It inspired his style a lot. 380 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:32,760 And let me give you some examples of that, right. 381 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:40,080 So there are some scholars of his work who argue that his 382 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:43,760 literary technique was specifically inspired by his 383 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,520 experience working as a lexicographer because he drew 384 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:51,240 the language of his books directly from etymological 385 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,700 research. So he was given a lot of 386 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:56,740 etymological research when he was working there. 387 00:20:57,980 --> 00:21:01,740 And he was working for this Co editor of OED called Henry 388 00:21:01,740 --> 00:21:06,940 Bradley, who has mentioned that all the words which were 389 00:21:07,380 --> 00:21:10,420 particularly difficult in their etymology were assigned to this 390 00:21:10,420 --> 00:21:13,260 particular person because he was so good at his work. 391 00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:15,740 So which author am I talking about? 392 00:21:15,740 --> 00:21:18,260 Who worked at the Oxford English Dictionary? 393 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,020 The first name that comes to mind is it Jared Tolkien. 394 00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:25,180 Oh brilliant, Crack easy one for you. 395 00:21:25,260 --> 00:21:27,460 It is Tolkien. It is JRR Tolkien. 396 00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:33,300 Yes, he did work at the OED and I assume you have read some of 397 00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:36,300 his work. Yeah, I've read the trilogy, and 398 00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:40,140 I've also read The Hobbit, but I haven't read the What is the 399 00:21:40,180 --> 00:21:41,900 other one? Samarion. 400 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:46,300 Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I have to confess, I have 401 00:21:46,340 --> 00:21:49,780 only read a part of The Hobbit and I have basically watched the 402 00:21:49,780 --> 00:21:52,870 movies for the rest. So I am nowhere close to being a 403 00:21:52,910 --> 00:21:56,190 Tolkien enthusiast. But I do respect the kind of 404 00:21:57,230 --> 00:21:59,470 impact he has had. In fact, very interestingly, and 405 00:21:59,470 --> 00:22:04,590 he's known to be super humble and he refused to take credit 406 00:22:04,590 --> 00:22:07,550 for the invention of the word Hobbit for decades. 407 00:22:07,550 --> 00:22:10,390 Apparently he just refused to take credit for that and 408 00:22:10,390 --> 00:22:12,070 everybody would assume he came up with the word. 409 00:22:12,070 --> 00:22:15,270 But as it turned out, an obscure list of mythical beings which 410 00:22:15,270 --> 00:22:20,650 was published in 1895 came to light in 1977 and it included 411 00:22:20,650 --> 00:22:23,810 the word hobbits. So he had in his research 412 00:22:23,810 --> 00:22:26,490 somewhere encountered the word perhaps, and that is why he 413 00:22:26,490 --> 00:22:31,650 refused to take credit for it. Humble guy who obviously changed 414 00:22:32,170 --> 00:22:35,770 literature and writing in the modern English literary sphere. 415 00:22:35,930 --> 00:22:39,050 Probably changed the fantasy genre in many ways. 416 00:22:39,050 --> 00:22:42,090 So, you know, definitely like set a very high bar for what 417 00:22:42,090 --> 00:22:45,500 counts as world building. Yeah, I I very interestingly, I 418 00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:49,180 feel like the fact that he created a world and treated it 419 00:22:49,620 --> 00:22:53,980 almost as if it is the most natural thing was perhaps a big 420 00:22:53,980 --> 00:22:57,900 leap forward from fantasy before that phenomenal, phenomenal 421 00:22:58,380 --> 00:22:59,220 author. Yeah. 422 00:22:59,340 --> 00:23:04,060 Anyways, your question next HK. This might be a relatively easy 423 00:23:04,100 --> 00:23:06,980 one, so, but also it's a book related question. 424 00:23:07,020 --> 00:23:09,500 I'm gonna write it out and we're probably gonna get it quickly. 425 00:23:09,620 --> 00:23:10,700 But let's see, it's a long question. 426 00:23:10,940 --> 00:23:12,220 At least let me read out the question. 427 00:23:12,630 --> 00:23:17,030 Don't do a Vineet. Yeah, so, oh, we're calling 428 00:23:17,030 --> 00:23:19,630 Vineet out on this. Poor guy did that once. 429 00:23:20,510 --> 00:23:23,910 Yeah, OK, the code goes. I tried to write that book for 430 00:23:23,910 --> 00:23:26,430 almost 10 years. Ever since I worked as a 431 00:23:26,430 --> 00:23:27,830 chaplain. I would go back. 432 00:23:28,190 --> 00:23:30,990 I was trying to work on what I called the Children's Hospital 433 00:23:30,990 --> 00:23:32,950 story. Although in all of its previous 434 00:23:32,950 --> 00:23:35,550 incarnations it started. This 20 year old hospital 435 00:23:36,150 --> 00:23:39,110 chaplain was like surprisingly handsome and like hooking up 436 00:23:39,110 --> 00:23:41,310 with doctors. It was very embarrassing. 437 00:23:41,630 --> 00:23:43,870 I hope. That it was just terrible. 438 00:23:43,990 --> 00:23:46,310 But, you know, I would go back to that story and go back to it 439 00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:49,470 and go back to it. Then in 2010, a good friend of 440 00:23:49,470 --> 00:23:52,230 mine died of cancer. A young friend and I went back 441 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:55,350 to the story and I went back to it angry and needing to work. 442 00:23:56,110 --> 00:23:59,190 The author who's quoted is talking about their novel 443 00:23:59,390 --> 00:24:01,310 written Violent Residents in Amsterdam. 444 00:24:01,990 --> 00:24:05,550 So I'm going to stop there. If you know what book I'm 445 00:24:05,550 --> 00:24:06,710 talking about, you can let me know. 446 00:24:06,830 --> 00:24:09,630 Otherwise, there's like a couple of other hints about this as 447 00:24:09,630 --> 00:24:13,520 well. Yeah, right now I have no clear 448 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:15,480 answer in my head, but I would just like to clarify. 449 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:22,200 So this was a book that was inspired by some hospital that 450 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,040 this person was working at and the chaplain was having an 451 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,040 affair with the doctors. Is that it? 452 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,000 No, no, no, no. So the initial kind of. 453 00:24:30,940 --> 00:24:33,780 The, the book was being written for almost 10 years, right? 454 00:24:33,780 --> 00:24:36,220 So the the author was trying to write the book and every time he 455 00:24:36,220 --> 00:24:39,300 would end up with the story of the chaplain who would go about 456 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:41,140 whose hands someone would go about, like picking up with 457 00:24:41,140 --> 00:24:43,020 doctors. But then the kind of the 458 00:24:43,020 --> 00:24:47,140 precipitating incident was this good friend of the author who 459 00:24:47,140 --> 00:24:48,740 died of cancer was a young friend. 460 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:51,380 And then the author went back and kind of wrote the story that 461 00:24:51,380 --> 00:24:54,180 we know quite well now. OK, interesting. 462 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,300 And another clue was that was written in residence in 463 00:24:57,300 --> 00:24:59,180 Amsterdam. That's actually kind of a big 464 00:24:59,180 --> 00:25:02,000 clue. Dutch novelist or a Dutch novel? 465 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,560 I I'm blanking. I did not say to the Dutch 466 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,240 novelist author violent residence in Amsterdam. 467 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:10,720 I did not say to the Dutch novelist. 468 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:11,960 Fair enough, Fair enough. No. 469 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:13,280 I'm just trying to make connections. 470 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,840 But right now I don't have anything to go off of. 471 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:17,400 Yeah. Can I get the publishing date, 472 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,240 perhaps, of this book? When was this book published? 473 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,000 Yeah. So the book was published in 474 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,120 2012. OK. 475 00:25:24,710 --> 00:25:27,870 So inside the book there's a there's a fictional book within 476 00:25:27,870 --> 00:25:30,550 that book, and the Bandit 2 books served as inspiration for 477 00:25:30,550 --> 00:25:32,830 that. The Blood of the Lamb by Peter 478 00:25:32,830 --> 00:25:36,270 Devrius and Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. 479 00:25:37,470 --> 00:25:41,470 OK, oh, but 2012 might be the wrong year for this. 480 00:25:41,470 --> 00:25:45,630 But I'm, I want to say fault in our Stars. 481 00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:48,030 It's The Fault in Our Stars. Kmart in 2012. 482 00:25:48,310 --> 00:25:53,070 The book? OK, it did OK, lovely. 483 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,840 And Amsterdam makes sense because there is a whole part of 484 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,440 the book which takes place in Amsterdam. 485 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,560 Yes, that's very nice. So John Green wrote the book 486 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,240 because a friend of his passed away. 487 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:07,440 Yeah, yeah. So the young friend who died was 488 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,280 Esther Earl, who was apparently named in the book's dedication. 489 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,480 I see. And as the avid listener of the 490 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,600 Are You Quizzing Me? Another John Green book was 491 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,640 recently mentioned, I think a few episodes ago. 492 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,090 Paper towels as well, I did. I did mention Paper Towns. 493 00:26:23,090 --> 00:26:26,370 I believe Vineet has not read John Green books enough, but I 494 00:26:26,370 --> 00:26:30,170 have read most of his stuff. So yeah, this is a question that 495 00:26:30,810 --> 00:26:32,610 that I really, really appreciate. 496 00:26:32,610 --> 00:26:33,930 Thanks. That is lovely. 497 00:26:35,090 --> 00:26:36,890 Now let me move to something else. 498 00:26:37,530 --> 00:26:42,890 There was a company called Washburn Crosby Company, which 499 00:26:42,890 --> 00:26:46,250 was a flour milling company and it was started in the late 500 00:26:46,290 --> 00:26:49,250 1800s. This eventually actually became 501 00:26:49,250 --> 00:26:51,680 General Mills, which is a lot more famous. 502 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:57,240 The product Gold Medal Flower Kick started a specific thing. 503 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:01,360 OK, so let me actually clarify more a little bit more, OK, Gold 504 00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:05,960 Medal flower ad was placed in a Saturday Evening Post in 1921. 505 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:11,120 This ad featured a puzzle and contestants were encouraged to 506 00:27:11,120 --> 00:27:12,920 send in the response to this puzzle. 507 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,600 There was an overwhelming number of responses. 508 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,240 Apparently, more than 30,000 people responded. 509 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:22,480 Along with the responses, which were the solutions to the 510 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:26,640 puzzle, people also sent in a lot of questions about baking. 511 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,080 So what came out of this particular incident? 512 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:36,120 So there's a tradition of recipes being printed on flour 513 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,680 boxes and stuff like that. Is this something related to 514 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:42,280 that or no? That would not be the answer 515 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,980 here, no. OK. 516 00:27:43,980 --> 00:27:46,980 Or the other one I think of is like I don't conflicts or 517 00:27:46,980 --> 00:27:49,820 there's like on in in cereal boxes there's just again a 518 00:27:49,820 --> 00:27:52,580 tradition of like either asking questions or solving something 519 00:27:52,580 --> 00:27:55,700 and sending the box back and getting something returned. 520 00:27:56,020 --> 00:27:56,780 No, no. OK. 521 00:27:56,780 --> 00:28:00,820 So I think my question could do with the slight clarification I 522 00:28:00,820 --> 00:28:03,940 said what did give rise to let me change that slightly to say 523 00:28:03,940 --> 00:28:08,020 who did it give rise to. So it's a person in question 524 00:28:08,020 --> 00:28:16,040 here. 1921, Yes, OK 1921 who? Some sort of mascot. 525 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:21,800 Is that what we're looking at? You would not be incorrect, OK? 526 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,680 Is it is it like a television baking show or a cooking show 527 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:27,920 person? Something like that? 528 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:30,800 I'm not sure if this this particular person has had a 529 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:35,280 baking show and television show, but OK, they are very closely 530 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:40,680 associated with baking. Is it the Pillsbury Dough Man? 531 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:43,320 No. No, no, that's an Indian thing, 532 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,400 is it? Perhaps it is some 533 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,000 anthropomorphic character. Is it like, is it an actual 534 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,080 person or is it like it's a human being? 535 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,400 It's a human being, OK. I like how you said human being 536 00:28:53,400 --> 00:29:00,120 OK and this was to answer kind of baking related questions, 537 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,960 right. So they're just it's like a 538 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,160 character that someone like in in the papers or something that 539 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:07,920 you ask an expert sort of thingy. 540 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,650 You are very much on the right path and which is why I said the 541 00:29:11,650 --> 00:29:14,130 human being, because what you had asked me was is it an actual 542 00:29:14,170 --> 00:29:16,610 person. So let me clarify, it's not an 543 00:29:16,610 --> 00:29:18,330 actual person, but it is a human being. 544 00:29:18,330 --> 00:29:22,170 Like it's a fictitious human. See, I I don't know about these 545 00:29:22,170 --> 00:29:23,730 columns that much, but is it like some? 546 00:29:23,890 --> 00:29:26,450 I'd ask him how this. I don't know all these kind of 547 00:29:26,450 --> 00:29:28,970 columns, but I don't know which one specifically. 548 00:29:29,170 --> 00:29:32,130 There's probably a famous baking one, but I'm frankly like I 549 00:29:32,410 --> 00:29:36,450 don't have that much knowledge. But yeah, so the intention was 550 00:29:36,450 --> 00:29:40,570 to answer the questions for your customers, but that is not what 551 00:29:40,650 --> 00:29:43,090 is exclusively the domain of this character today. 552 00:29:43,570 --> 00:29:48,290 So it is more generally linked with baking and the world of 553 00:29:48,290 --> 00:29:51,090 baking. Do you think I would know of 554 00:29:51,090 --> 00:29:55,930 this person like you have definitely heard of it? 555 00:29:56,330 --> 00:30:01,330 You might have even consumed something associated with this 556 00:30:01,330 --> 00:30:04,930 person if I could be excused for being weak. 557 00:30:06,380 --> 00:30:08,260 Right. I'm thinking of what sort of 558 00:30:08,620 --> 00:30:11,100 baking companies have, like people's names on them and 559 00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:12,700 things like that. Is it some? 560 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:16,620 It's an American company, yes, and that is the right path to go 561 00:30:16,620 --> 00:30:19,660 down. OK, first on Pepperidge Farms, 562 00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:22,260 but I presume no. What's that? 563 00:30:22,260 --> 00:30:24,940 What's that baking based thingy? Graham's crackers? 564 00:30:24,940 --> 00:30:26,740 Is it? Is it something to? 565 00:30:26,740 --> 00:30:27,620 Is it? No, no, no. 566 00:30:28,380 --> 00:30:31,060 Again, I assume you would have consumed it, but I remember the 567 00:30:31,060 --> 00:30:34,980 first time I saw it was when I was going to study as a student 568 00:30:34,980 --> 00:30:37,780 and I had no access to a kitchen. 569 00:30:37,780 --> 00:30:39,380 So all I had access to was a microwave. 570 00:30:39,380 --> 00:30:42,820 And this particular product was very easily microwavable, gave 571 00:30:42,820 --> 00:30:45,700 this wonderful little cake, instant cake kind of a deal. 572 00:30:46,260 --> 00:30:50,540 And that was with this. And this was something very new 573 00:30:50,540 --> 00:30:52,220 for me. Right, right, right. 574 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,320 Talking about brownie mixes, right? 575 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:59,080 And let this like, yes. I don't know if that is the that 576 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,920 is the thing that they're most famous for today, but that is 577 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:05,000 what I first encountered and I have consumed the most also. 578 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,800 I know the company. You're right, I've seen them, 579 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:14,960 but the name is just. I will give, I'll give you the 580 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,520 hint that it's a two word name. So it's not like just one word 581 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,200 or something like that. It's not grams, crackers, 582 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,760 something like that. It's a first name and a last 583 00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:24,600 name. And I'll give you the initials, 584 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:29,480 it's B&C. Betty Crocker, Betty Crocker is 585 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,880 the answer. Betty Crocker is the answer. 586 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,600 Yes, yes. I assume you have you have heard 587 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,040 of Betty Crocker? If not, had Betty Crocker at 588 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:38,920 least? I don't think I've had the 589 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,840 premix and Betty Crocker is not an actual person. 590 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,400 Interestingly enough, back then, as a lot of workplaces were, 591 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,880 this was also all male. But when they had to answer 592 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,880 these questions, they would ask women for their expertise. 593 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,360 The department manager, Samuel Gale, would never feel 594 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,720 comfortable signing his own name to the advice because he's 595 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,680 suspected that women would rather hear from other women who 596 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:04,840 knew their way around the kitchen. 597 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,040 And for some reason, instead of getting an actual woman, they 598 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:13,040 created a woman called Betty Crocker who would answer these 599 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:14,480 questions. And that's how Betty Crocker 600 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,720 came to be, because that was the name that was signed at the 601 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,320 bottom of these responses to customers. 602 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,800 The name Crocker, interestingly, was from the recently retired 603 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,040 director of the Washburn Crosby Company. 604 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,520 His name was William G Crocker. And Betty was chosen just 605 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,080 because it's a wholesome, cheerful name, apparently. 606 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,160 So that's how Betty Crocker came to be. 607 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:36,840 OK, hit me with the next question. 608 00:32:39,630 --> 00:32:45,790 Under the handle Chang Sumat 666, this 34 year old Taiwanese 609 00:32:45,790 --> 00:32:49,830 math teacher basically has a verified account that has netted 610 00:32:49,830 --> 00:32:54,430 over 1.7 billion views and features the slogan Play hard, 611 00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:57,630 Study hard. He appears in every clip 612 00:32:58,390 --> 00:33:01,150 carefully explaining things like the differential methods in his 613 00:33:01,150 --> 00:33:05,510 native Mandarin. The goal is for viewers to sign 614 00:33:05,510 --> 00:33:08,900 up to Changshu. Jancture's online course, which 615 00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:13,380 Nets him over $250,000 a year, which he uses to pay his stuff 616 00:33:13,460 --> 00:33:17,780 and produce the math videos. The question for you is where 617 00:33:17,780 --> 00:33:20,100 does he upload his math videos? Oh OK. 618 00:33:20,420 --> 00:33:23,220 I had assumed before you asked this that it was YouTube, but 619 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:25,180 now that would seem too straightforward. 620 00:33:25,460 --> 00:33:28,740 So my next guess would be TikTok. 621 00:33:29,180 --> 00:33:31,260 No. Oh, interesting. 622 00:33:31,700 --> 00:33:33,260 Not YouTube. Not TikTok. 623 00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:36,580 He's uploading videos online. Instagram. 624 00:33:36,990 --> 00:33:37,790 No. So OK. 625 00:33:37,870 --> 00:33:40,590 So there's a couple of words you have to latch on to 1 is that 626 00:33:40,590 --> 00:33:43,670 it's a verified account. So there are certain platforms 627 00:33:43,670 --> 00:33:47,230 that use this term verified. So Instagram is one of them, but 628 00:33:47,230 --> 00:33:50,470 it's not Instagram. And also the slogan is play 629 00:33:50,470 --> 00:33:54,870 hard, study hard. So you know, I hope these will 630 00:33:54,990 --> 00:33:59,310 inspire you to think slightly out-of-the-box for this, you 631 00:33:59,310 --> 00:34:01,710 know, website. HM interesting. 632 00:34:02,910 --> 00:34:04,910 Play hard. Study hard. 633 00:34:05,350 --> 00:34:09,420 Verified accounts. Verified account makes you think 634 00:34:09,420 --> 00:34:11,260 of Twitter. But then that probably is also 635 00:34:11,260 --> 00:34:14,820 not the right answer. Play hard, study hard. 636 00:34:16,739 --> 00:34:21,900 Oh, is it a oh boy, is it Pornhub by any chance? 637 00:34:22,659 --> 00:34:29,460 It is Pornhub. Oh God, What? 638 00:34:29,460 --> 00:34:30,580 What's the logic? Why? 639 00:34:30,580 --> 00:34:34,020 Why upload educational videos to Pornhub? 640 00:34:35,230 --> 00:34:39,310 I mean, it clearly gets viewers to sign up for his online 641 00:34:39,310 --> 00:34:42,510 course, and that's apparently helps him sustain this business 642 00:34:42,870 --> 00:34:44,070 that he has. Wow. 643 00:34:44,070 --> 00:34:46,270 Wow. I guess there is a niche in 644 00:34:46,270 --> 00:34:48,989 every market in the world. I guess you have people who are 645 00:34:48,989 --> 00:34:52,670 interested simultaneously in adult entertainment and in 646 00:34:52,670 --> 00:34:57,310 mathematical education. That is fascinating. 647 00:34:58,130 --> 00:35:00,010 I was thinking play hard, work hard. 648 00:35:00,010 --> 00:35:01,890 And I was like, what do you mean by play hard, work hard. 649 00:35:01,890 --> 00:35:04,890 As a hint, play hard, study hard. 650 00:35:05,010 --> 00:35:07,850 By the way, sorry. Study hard, not work hard, play 651 00:35:07,850 --> 00:35:09,770 hard, study hard. OK. 652 00:35:12,650 --> 00:35:18,250 The the juvenile nature of that humor is is tickling my funny 653 00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:19,730 bone. Well done, well done. 654 00:35:19,730 --> 00:35:25,140 OK, that's a brilliant question. And I'm tempted to end it here. 655 00:35:25,140 --> 00:35:27,260 You know what? I'm gonna end this episode on 656 00:35:27,260 --> 00:35:30,500 that question, because that is a really, really fun question. 657 00:35:31,060 --> 00:35:33,180 Thanks, HK. That brightened up my day. 658 00:35:34,500 --> 00:35:38,260 We hope we don't have any under 18 listeners, you know, so I 659 00:35:38,340 --> 00:35:39,660 they are. I don't know if there's any 660 00:35:39,660 --> 00:35:43,500 setting that you have to do to mark this podcast as not safe 661 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:46,820 for work, but well, here's what. Here's my opinion on this. 662 00:35:46,820 --> 00:35:50,290 I feel like we did not say anything explicit, and I imagine 663 00:35:50,290 --> 00:35:53,690 a lot of lot of people under 18 also know of the existence upon 664 00:35:53,690 --> 00:35:56,610 up, but they are not allowed to visit it. 665 00:35:56,610 --> 00:36:01,210 So hey, you do what is legally and morally OK with you. 666 00:36:01,970 --> 00:36:05,890 I have nobody to tell you what to do anyways. 667 00:36:05,890 --> 00:36:09,170 So yeah, that is a wonderful, fantastic, hilarious question. 668 00:36:09,170 --> 00:36:11,410 One of the best questions I've heard on this podcast. 669 00:36:11,450 --> 00:36:14,650 I loved it. OK, before we end this episode, 670 00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:19,590 as usual, I have to ask a question for next week's episode 671 00:36:19,590 --> 00:36:26,070 and that will be which Indian movie has apparently, in my 672 00:36:26,070 --> 00:36:30,710 opinion at least, is misspelled intentionally. 673 00:36:31,110 --> 00:36:34,070 And why was it misspelled so? What was the intention behind 674 00:36:34,070 --> 00:36:36,390 that misspelling in that Indian movie's name? 675 00:36:37,070 --> 00:36:42,590 And the answer for this question will be given next week at that 676 00:36:42,710 --> 00:36:45,390 I have to sign off. Thank you so much HK for joining 677 00:36:45,390 --> 00:36:48,960 us once again for this episode. You have been as usual a 678 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,920 wonderful quizzer and I will see you very soon. 679 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:57,360 Thanks everybody for tuning in. And as usual, as we need to tell 680 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:01,320 you, go ahead and subscribe to our podcast and leave a review, 681 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,920 leave a rating, It helps us tremendously. 682 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:07,120 And another thing that helps us a lot is if you recommend this 683 00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,320 podcast to somebody who you think would enjoy trivia and 684 00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:14,280 just juvenile humor once in a while. 685 00:37:14,730 --> 00:37:18,370 Like work hard, study hard. I can't get over that. 686 00:37:20,490 --> 00:37:22,650 So please go ahead and recommend it to people. 687 00:37:23,010 --> 00:37:27,250 And if you have any suggestions for us, please reach us on our 688 00:37:27,250 --> 00:37:29,530 social media. We are on Instagram at Are you 689 00:37:29,530 --> 00:37:32,010 quizzing me? Or you can even respond to the 690 00:37:32,010 --> 00:37:34,650 question that pops up on Spotify if that's where you are 691 00:37:34,650 --> 00:37:38,010 listening to us and you can leave a suggestion for us. 692 00:37:38,250 --> 00:37:41,170 Are we only on Instagram, Madhi? Are we not on any other 693 00:37:41,170 --> 00:37:43,030 platforms? It seems like there are, you 694 00:37:44,710 --> 00:37:49,430 know, featured. So you know, yeah, I I feel like 695 00:37:49,430 --> 00:37:51,950 we haven't launched the video version of a podcast yet. 696 00:37:52,310 --> 00:37:55,710 But now that this is something that you have planted the seed 697 00:37:55,710 --> 00:37:59,070 off in my head, I'm going to consider at some point 698 00:37:59,470 --> 00:38:04,270 convincing Beneath to launch our video version of the podcast on 699 00:38:04,390 --> 00:38:07,190 an adult entertainment website, which is not even legal in 700 00:38:07,190 --> 00:38:08,910 India. So I don't even know why I would 701 00:38:08,910 --> 00:38:12,150 do that. OK, signing off, See you guys 702 00:38:12,150 --> 00:38:12,910 next week. Bye bye. 703 00:38:30,250 --> 00:38:32,250 And here's the fact. Check for the episode. 704 00:38:33,130 --> 00:38:36,290 Charles the First was beheaded in 1649. 705 00:38:36,810 --> 00:38:41,130 The earliest recorded usage of modern torpedoes in both warfare 706 00:38:41,130 --> 00:38:45,070 and even as a demo was in the very early 19th century. 707 00:38:45,590 --> 00:38:49,630 Betty Crocker has appeared on both radio and television shows 708 00:38:49,670 --> 00:38:53,070 in the United States of America, and that's all for the Fact 709 00:38:53,070 --> 00:38:53,350 Check.