1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,760 Welcome to RU Quizzing Me. I am Vineet Nair with my Co host 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,840 Aditya Kashyap. This is a quizzing trivia 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:10,960 podcast show. Join us as we dive deep into 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,400 history, science, pop culture and so much more. 5 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:21,160 Let's get quizzing and we're back for episode number 98 of RU 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,040 Quizzing me, your favorite quizzing and trivia podcast 7 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,920 show. Aditya and I are back for 8 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,040 another round of quizzing, and let's start off today's episode 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,640 as usual without any further ado. 10 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:33,680 So the audience question for today. 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,280 This is a question I ask at the beginning of every episode and 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,480 the answer to which I reveal at the end of it. 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,200 So you have roughly 40 to 45 minutes to guess what the answer 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:44,520 to could be. Audience question for today is. 15 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:47,920 The Title X was originally a term of abuse rather than a 16 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,720 description of an official role. It implied that an individual 17 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,720 subject had risen improperly above others within the royal 18 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:59,400 circle and had echoes of a political institution imported 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,000 from France, England's great enemy. 20 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,720 Identify the title X. Let me repeat the question. 21 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,120 The title X was originally a term of abuse rather than a 22 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,520 description of an official role. It implied that an individual 23 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:16,240 subject had risen improperly above others while within the 24 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:20,440 royal circle and had echoes of a political institution imported 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,960 from France, England's great enemy. 26 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:26,840 Identify the title Egg. I will reveal the answer to this 27 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:32,760 at the end of today's episode, but now it's time for the I 28 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,840 don't the dark forest of quizzing. 29 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:37,760 I was going for something there. I just kind of, it fell apart 30 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,000 halfway in my head, so Aditya hit me. 31 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,160 OK, so this question has to do with an invention. 32 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:50,000 A team of researchers at the University of Florida led by 33 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,480 Robert Cade invented X. It was originally meant for the 34 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:00,440 school student athletes and was also named after them. 35 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,280 Do you know what X is? Greater read. 36 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:06,480 Was that too easy a question, Vinit? 37 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,960 Did you have to make a mockery out of my first question like 38 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,640 this? You know I'm going to. 39 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:13,880 Edit this so I can just remove. It and ask you another. 40 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:16,280 First question and I can sound smarter now because. 41 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:18,200 This is ridiculous. How could you have? 42 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,960 Done it so bigly. And I just spot somewhere I read 43 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:23,880 this somewhere, which is kind of, you know, click. 44 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:27,120 Fine, fine. Yes, yes. 45 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,880 You are right, it is Gatorade. I thought Florida it will. 46 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,440 Take you a while to give you a hint as to Florida alligators 47 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:36,160 Gatorade. Florida that kind of gave it 48 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,360 away because in my head I knew this trivia, something wrong 49 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,480 with Gators and, you know, Florida sports drink. 50 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,000 So then we mentioned it just kind of clicked and I was like, 51 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,240 it could be this. I've nothing to lose except, you 52 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:52,120 know, my pride. All right, so the Florida Gators 53 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,760 are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the. 54 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,480 University of Florida, which is located obviously in Florida and 55 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,920 their symbol is an alligator. The most common animal, I guess, 56 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:05,480 of Florida, or at least the most popular. 57 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,480 Animal that comes from Florida that's and Gatorade was named 58 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:14,520 after the Florida Gators and that was a very quick crack let 59 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:16,560 us just. Move past that embarrassing 60 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,920 question into hopefully. A much more challenging 1. 61 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,680 So this is hopefully something somebody has well travelled to 62 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,880 Aditya will probably crack very quickly, but it was something I 63 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,040 found very interesting and I'm hoping to share it with the 64 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,200 audience. So the question is as this in 65 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,720 one specific part of this city in India, it is mandated that 66 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:41,240 all commercial signages be hand painted black text on a white 67 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,360 background. Even logos are to be in black 68 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,200 and white and hand painted. The only colour allowed on 69 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,200 signage is are for religious institutions which will be in 70 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,280 maroon and white to distinguish them from shops. 71 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,040 Which iconic city am I talking about? 72 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:04,880 Hand painted black and white signage except maroon. 73 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,520 And white when it is. Religious Right. 74 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:09,520 Yes. Just saying no, I have no idea 75 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,480 what's ever. I don't think I've even seen a 76 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,640 picture of this ever. Oh, I'm. 77 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,079 Fairly sure you have. The problem is it's not 78 00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:19,279 something you notice immediately, or at least I. 79 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,040 Didn't. I at least. 80 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,200 Think of myself as somebody who's pretty observant. 81 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,600 But I visited the. City at least three times before 82 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:30,720 I kind of noticed and then I. Dug up this trivia? 83 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,960 Oh, OK. You know, visited a few times. 84 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:39,680 I'll need a hint. Ah OK, this city also has color. 85 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,880 Coded rickshaws. Color-coded rickshaws like 86 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,080 every. Yes, so there are. 87 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,920 They have white auto rickshaws, light yellow, saffron, sky blue, 88 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,240 light green, pink. Different rickshaws for 89 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:56,200 different zones. Oh, which part of India is this? 90 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,720 That might be a little giveaway. But let's say North India. 91 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,680 I'm going to put it that. I'm going to make it as vague as 92 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,040 possible north of the northern half of India. 93 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,920 That sounds like a. Raj is tiny thing somehow. 94 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:16,120 I'm going to take a wild guess as initially I was going to say 95 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:18,280 Udaipur but I have. I have been to Udaipur a few 96 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:19,920 times and I don't think I've noticed. 97 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,880 Firstly color code rickshaws and only black and white signage. 98 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:28,640 So then maybe Jaipur? Can you be more specific? 99 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,040 More specific than Jaipur. OK, you have the city, but like 100 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,880 where in Jaipur? Oh, so there's a specific? 101 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,280 Zone in Jaipur where this is. Where the signage part is true 102 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:42,760 for one particular area in Jaipur, it's an easy fix. 103 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:44,160 You just have to think of the menu here. 104 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,160 Jaipur. What's the first thing that 105 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,640 comes to mind? Hawa Mahal. 106 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,080 The first name that comes to mind. 107 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,840 Jaipur City. Palace Jai Jai Singh the. 108 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,680 First name First name Sobrikwe? What Sobrikwe does Jaipur have? 109 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,640 The Windy City, right? No, we're not the windy Pink 110 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:00,400 City. Pink City. 111 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,200 Yeah. It's a pink city, so the Waldorf 112 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:03,480 portion. Right, right, right. 113 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:05,200 Yeah, I've. Seen this? 114 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,120 Oh my. God, never mind. 115 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,000 This is embarrassing. I can't believe I took so much 116 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,560 time. But it doesn't kind of hit you 117 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:14,640 like when you're walking through the streets of Jaipur. 118 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:18,920 Like it was on my third visit that I actually realized like 119 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,480 I'd just gotten out of the Hawa mail and I was just walking the 120 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,400 strikes of road. And I've gone to do some 121 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,760 shopping for my wife. And then I realized that all the 122 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:26,880 sign boards are in black and white. 123 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,880 And then a little Google search told me that it's an actual city 124 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:34,880 mandate that within the walled city, the walled Pink city 125 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:38,120 portion of Jaipur, the city of Jaipur is huge, but there is a 126 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:41,680 very iconic historical quarter of the city, which is called the 127 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,840 walled portion of the city, which is what we traditionally 128 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:45,640 think of when we say the pink city of Jaipur. 129 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,360 And you can actually download the city mandate which mentioned 130 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,120 this, but it does mention that all commercial signages have to 131 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,920 be hand painted black text on a white background. 132 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,320 Even logos have to be black and white. 133 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:03,560 So if you go to the walled portion of the pink city of the 134 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,840 major outer city of Jaipur, you will notice that even banks like 135 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:10,320 HDFC Bank has a black and white board. 136 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,160 Interesting you. Move outside the Vault City And 137 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,160 Colour reappears. They want to maintain this 138 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,960 because they want to maintain the pink, even though it's more 139 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,520 of a kind of rusty brown, The pink. 140 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,320 Colour scheme of the city. They don't want to have any 141 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:29,200 contrasting colours in it, so all commercial signages are in 142 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:31,760 black and white, religious signages in maroon and white. 143 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,920 Interesting, interesting. I'm embarrassed. 144 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,400 Yes, I have been there and as soon as you said Jaipur Pink 145 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,120 City, I figured I've I've walked through those very lanes and I 146 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,400 have noticed that signage being. Exactly what you mentioned. 147 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:51,240 OK, after that embarrassment of a second question, let's. 148 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:55,000 Move on to the third question. Speaking of embarrassment, 149 00:07:55,000 --> 00:08:00,640 actually. So Dave Grohl during one of his 150 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,880 shows at London Stadium. Dave Grohl, obviously, of Foo. 151 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:08,760 Fighters fame was throwing a little bit of shade or I guess 152 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:13,840 trying to embarrass another artist, and he made a little 153 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,840 play of words on that artist tour. 154 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:22,280 So that artist X, let's call that artist X, has had a very. 155 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:27,000 Famous tour touring their famous hits. 156 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,440 And songs and Dave Grohl was kind of mocking them for. 157 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,120 Using. Prerecorded music and mentioned 158 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:36,520 how. He never uses prerecorded music. 159 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:38,960 Everything they do. The Foo Fighters do is live 160 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,200 played on stage in front of the audience. 161 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,200 What? Play of words, did he use to 162 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:45,920 mock? X. 163 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,200 Oh, this is tough. Dave Grohl's a pretty nice guy, 164 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:51,800 so I don't know who would be mocking. 165 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,240 And you've mentioned this was in which year? 166 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,520 I did not mention that actually. That should help you. 167 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:02,200 Perhaps both X and Dave Grohl were playing in London at the 168 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,360 same time. This was in 2024. 169 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:11,520 Prerecorded music and X is a band or is it like an artist? 170 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:14,800 X is an artist. X was playing at Wembley 171 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,360 Stadium. Foo Fighters were playing at 172 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,320 London Stadium. Is this Taylor? 173 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,320 Lovely X is Taylor Swift. He implied that. 174 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,680 Taylor's music is prerecorded or she's lip syncing or singing. 175 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:32,280 Over a track and. And he survived on social media. 176 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,480 He got massive backlash. From the Swifties, as would be 177 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,120 expected. But the fun is in how he made 178 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,600 fun of Taylor Swift. What did he use? 179 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:43,640 What did he say when he was mocking? 180 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,080 What is the play of? Words is my actual question. 181 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,040 Dude, I cannot. You know I'm very bad with play 182 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:54,480 on words, right? OK, so you obviously know what 183 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,840 Taylor Swift? 'S concert has what? 184 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,880 Name have they been using? What was it? 185 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:01,680 Eternity. No, something like that, right? 186 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:04,120 I don't remember right now. You literally said this in the 187 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,200 previous. I know that's exactly what I'm 188 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,520 trying to remember now I have amnesia. 189 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,880 When we were talking about the artist. 190 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:13,560 That made the debut. In 2024. 191 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,520 With a concert in India. Yes. 192 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,280 The answer to which was Rihanna then. 193 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,360 Yes. I was just editing the episode 194 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,880 so I know you said the name. Yeah, I know, I know, I know. 195 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,720 I said the name but then I had to delete some things in my hard 196 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,040 drive. Sherlock over here. 197 00:10:31,680 --> 00:10:34,120 Yeah, I am Sherlock. No, that's too much. 198 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:35,720 I'm not Sherlock. I don't remember things. 199 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:36,920 I don't have a photographic memory. 200 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:38,200 No. Do I have a mind playlist? 201 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:41,400 Yeah. What was it called? 202 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:42,880 Yeah. OK, I'll give it to you. 203 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,400 Era store the. Era store. 204 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,320 Not eternity. I'm thinking eternity. 205 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,040 It's the era. Yeah, I knew it was something. 206 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:48,720 Yeah. Era. 207 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,240 The era store. Yeah, yes. 208 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:53,640 Era store. Let's let's. 209 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,280 Spread the embarrassment around. Let's all have a fair share of 210 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,320 the embarrassment. OK? 211 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:03,880 So Eras Tour by Taylor Swift. What do you think Dave Grohl 212 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,240 jokingly called his tour? Because they play live, they 213 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:13,000 might make some. I don't know, this will be 214 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,080 something really obvious and people are going to think I'm 215 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:18,760 stupid for not thinking of it. Eras. 216 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:20,880 The only thing you know, honestly the only thing that's 217 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,680 coming to mind is like eras Peras. 218 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,800 Did he like light the fire and go around it 7 times on stage? 219 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,600 I don't know who that would mock. 220 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,480 I'm I'm sure he would get backlash. 221 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,200 You know dude, this is not about my brain thinking clearly. 222 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,040 This is the way my brain works. Fair. 223 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:39,760 That's fair. Just get hooked on something and 224 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,080 then I cannot think of anything else. 225 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:47,000 So eras, eras era fair. OK, I I think you're going down 226 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,320 the wrong path. Obviously as I know I'm going 227 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,400 down the wrong path. Dave Grohl said that because we 228 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,400 play live, we might do something. 229 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:58,000 We might do whatever, fill in the blank. 230 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,240 They might improvise. They might improvise, or they 231 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:06,160 might make something, make some. Mistakes some. 232 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,160 Synonym for mistakes. It sounds like errors. 233 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:14,920 Errors. There we go, the error store. 234 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:19,520 Oh God. He jokingly referred to it as We 235 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,800 like to call our tour the error store. 236 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,640 We have had more than a few errors and more than a few. 237 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,320 Effing errors as well. Just a couple. 238 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,680 And the old implication was unlike Taylor Swift, who has a. 239 00:12:30,680 --> 00:12:34,080 Backing soundtrack. They play their music live and 240 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,080 they. Obviously make some errors and 241 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,160 then Gore obviously paused and said. 242 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:41,120 Cheekily, that's because we play live and he did not want to 243 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:44,400 invite the wrath of Taylor Swift and her fans. 244 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,440 And. Which eventually did anyway, so 245 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,440 that. Very, very bold statement from 246 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,200 Dave Grohl. I thought it was funny enough to 247 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,760 be included in trivia. It is a funny question. 248 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,280 It is a funny question. Error store. 249 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,960 To mock error store. Ah, very good play on words. 250 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,360 Let me see if I can match that question with another one. 251 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,280 Stanley Dunham. Have you heard of Stanley 252 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,040 Dunham? No, I have not. 253 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,920 So Stanley Dunham was an American anthropologist who 254 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,120 specialized in the economic anthropology and rural 255 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,280 development of Indonesia. In the late 2000s, interest 256 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,640 renewed in Dunham's work. The University of Hawaii LED a 257 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:31,560 symposium, an exhibition of Dunham's Indonesian batik 258 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:34,800 textile collection toured the United States, and in December 259 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:39,760 2009 the Duke University Press published Surviving Against the 260 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,800 Odd Village Industry in Indonesia book based on Dunham's 261 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:49,440 original 1992 dissertation. What was Dunham's claim to fame 262 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,960 which led to this renewed interest? 263 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:55,840 Is it something in the pop culture? 264 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:00,120 Not necessarily, no. No, I wouldn't say pop culture, 265 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,440 though tangentially related to pop culture. 266 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:05,480 Sorry, which country did you mention? 267 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,720 The US the US American anthropologist specialized in 268 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:14,640 the economic anthropology and rural development of Indonesia. 269 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:19,920 Did you mention which year, Which decade are we talking 270 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,000 about? Dunham did their work mostly in 271 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,720 the 90s. However, interest was renewed in 272 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:30,800 the late 2000s. And let's be honest, this is not 273 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:35,360 a very exciting or, you know, it doesn't make your pulse race or 274 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,520 anything. You know, economic anthropology, 275 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,640 the book that we're talking about, is Surviving Against the 276 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:44,120 Odds Village Industry in Indonesia, which is based on 277 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,320 Dunham's original 1992 dissertation. 278 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,600 No, you'll have to give me some other clue perhaps. 279 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:52,040 OK, so the. Clue, I'm going to tell you is 280 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,400 first of all, think the late 2000s in America and think 281 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,280 Indonesia, Indonesia. Late 2000s Late 2000s I can 282 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:02,200 only. Think of the banking crisis. 283 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,480 No, What else? What else? 284 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,160 What else? What major historic things 285 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:13,080 happened in the late 2000s? Late 2000s, something historic 286 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:17,520 that happened. Oh, is it some sort of, I mean 287 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,600 terror attacks was obviously 2. 1001. 288 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,760 I can't think of anything. The wars were ongoing in the 289 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,960 Middle East, but that was not necessarily just the late 2000s. 290 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:31,200 No, I need a clue what what was happening in late 2000. 291 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:34,040 And you said Indonesia? Yes, that's my second clue. 292 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,960 Indonesia. No, I don't. 293 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,240 Know. OK, I will give you one more 294 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,920 clue. Throw your mind back to the 295 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:48,400 depths of time around 9095 episodes ago and I think if I'm 296 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,000 not mistaken, this may be a question which we had, which we 297 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,200 Barack Obama. OK, so what's the connection? 298 00:15:55,920 --> 00:16:00,520 He spent some time in Indonesia. Is he related to? 299 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,960 Is that his mother? Yeah, Stanley and Dunham to 300 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:09,000 Stanley Dunham was by the that's that's the fact that kind of 301 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,160 Copic my interest that Barack Obama's mother was called 302 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:13,840 Stanley. OK. 303 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,920 Interesting, interesting. Stanley Ann Dunham was Barack 304 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,520 Obama's mother, and obviously Barack Obama did spend some time 305 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,640 in Indonesia. And there was once a question 306 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:25,440 which we had, I don't remember if we actually made it to the 307 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:29,160 final cut, but I think it might be one of our trial episodes. 308 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,560 But there was a question about the statue of Goddess Saraswati 309 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:38,560 outside the Indonesian Embassy in the US And at the base of 310 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:42,040 that statue, our two kids, two or three kids, if I'm not 311 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,840 mistaken. And one of those is modelled 312 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,800 after a very young Barack Obama because he did spend some time 313 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,560 in Indonesia. So Stanley Dunham, Stanley. 314 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:54,000 And Dunham was Barack Obama's mother, and she was an American 315 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,720 anthropologist who specialized in the economic anthropology and 316 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:01,680 rural development of Indonesia. And obviously the event that 317 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,720 picked interest in her work again was the 2008 election of 318 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:08,800 Barack Obama. Yep, Yep, Yep, that makes sense. 319 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:11,839 That makes a lot of sense. Wow, lovely question and lovely 320 00:17:11,839 --> 00:17:14,319 throwback to that very, very old episode. 321 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,040 We. Have come a long way, haven't 322 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:16,880 we? Yeah. 323 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:23,520 OK, so Speaking of books, since Stanley Dunham wrote a book I'm 324 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:25,960 going to move to which is not technically a book, I'm going to 325 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,880 move to Macbeth the I. Don't know how many people have 326 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,480 heard of it. It's one of William 327 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,640 Shakespeare's plays. Who's William Shakespeare? 328 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:36,600 Who's William Shakespeare in DADS? 329 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:41,080 This up and coming author. Very obscure up and coming 330 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:45,240 author William Shakespeare wrote this very obscure piece of work 331 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,320 called Macbeth which is first performed in 16 O 6. 332 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,400 In. Act 2 Scene 3 The Porter is very 333 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,920 hungover from the previous night during his monologue. 334 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:02,480 He uses a refrain which has now become a very common pop culture 335 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:07,000 staple. What happens in Act 2 Scene 3IN 336 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,000 Macbeth that has now become a pop culture stable? 337 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:18,080 Act 2, Scene 3 of Macbeth. Porter is drunk by the pricking 338 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,440 of my thumb. Something wicked this way comes, 339 00:18:22,120 --> 00:18:24,320 but that's much earlier in the play. 340 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,360 Now you'll have to give me a hint here. 341 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:29,960 It's been a while since I've read Macbeth in its original. 342 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,320 Actually, it's been more than a decade, so you'll have to 343 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,520 refresh my memory here. OK. 344 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:39,680 So let me give you a little bit more of a progression of. 345 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,720 This pop culture staple writing in the Oakland. 346 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:48,760 Tribune merely, McAvoy recalled. The style of this particular pop 347 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:53,240 culture staple from around 1900 where a person would ask a 348 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,000 question such as do you know Arthur? 349 00:18:56,760 --> 00:18:59,800 And then it would proceed from there. 350 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:01,280 Wait, this is a knock knock joke. 351 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:05,840 That was very well corrected. How did you correct that I? 352 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,600 Don't know, because when you mentioned, do you know Arthur 353 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,160 something, it just clicked. It's one of those things they 354 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,720 just clicked. Don't ask me how I made the 355 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:15,880 connection, it just clicked. Wow. 356 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,360 OK, because that was entirely unexpected that you would. 357 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:22,680 Crack it because the statement. Goes Do you know Arthur? 358 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,680 The unsuspecting listener responded with Arthur, who and 359 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,720 the joke teller answered our thermometer. 360 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,120 I don't know what is funny about our. 361 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:35,120 Thermometer Our thermometer. What is our thermometer? 362 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,000 Our thermometer. My thermometer. 363 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:38,600 Your thermometer. Our thermometer. 364 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,400 That makes no sense. Do you know, Arthur, our 365 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,200 thermometer? That makes absolutely no sense. 366 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,680 But I guess most knock, knock jokes don't make any sense in 367 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:48,760 this case. I will. 368 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,560 Yeah, Move past trying to make sense of that. 369 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:53,640 Though in. Act 2. 370 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,560 Scene 3. When the Porter is very hungover 371 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,520 from the previous night. In his monologue, he uses. 372 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,360 Knock, knock. Who's there? 373 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,960 As a constant refrain, and that might be a possible source for 374 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:07,040 the knock knock jokes. Oh, nice. 375 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:12,680 Nice. OK, that was a interesting kind 376 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:17,840 of segue to the Scottish play, as it's very famously known and 377 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:22,040 it's a very dark play. A lot of dark themes and murder 378 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,880 and betrayal and traitors of Gallard. 379 00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:28,720 So let's move from something that to something similarly 380 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:34,960 dark. On 27th July 1890, a man walked 381 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:40,560 into a field near Auer Sur Wase, a village a few miles north of 382 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,720 Paris, and died of a bullet wound in the chest. 383 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:51,920 The 7mm Le Faucher revolver which fired the shot had limited 384 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,680 power and it took days for him to die from his injuries. 385 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:03,680 The gun was found by a farmer in 1965 near the village where the 386 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,680 man had spent his final days. It was approximately the right 387 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:12,480 age and used the same caliber of bullet the gun. 388 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:19,080 Was sold at auction. For $182,000 who was the man? 389 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:27,280 Sorry, when was the death? 27th of July 1890 was when the 390 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:31,720 man was shot and it took days for him to die from his 391 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,320 injuries. This sounds like a Vincent van 392 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,600 Gogh thing, but I'm not sure about the timeline. 393 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,080 Oh. You you you incorrigible man. 394 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:45,560 Yes it is Vincent van Gogh. I actually kind of also tried to 395 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,400 trick you by saying that he was shot, when actually he himself 396 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,520 kind of shot himself. He shot himself in the chest. 397 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,440 So this gun basically is called the most famous gun in the 398 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:58,160 history of art. And the most commonly accepted 399 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:01,960 narrative is that Van Gogh committed suicide in a field 400 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:06,040 near the deer town of Aber Suevoise in France in 1890. 401 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,080 But there is some evidence pointing to his death being a 402 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:12,880 case of manslaughter. A local boy who was delighted in 403 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:17,520 bullying Vincent by the name of Rene Secreto was well known 404 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:22,560 around our wares for carrying A7 millimetre Lafosha revolver, the 405 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,320 same gun discovered in the fields Vincent loved to paint 406 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,440 and matching the seven millimetre slug doctors removed 407 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:32,240 from his bullet. Secreto supposedly loved to 408 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,160 drunkenly brandish people while imitating an American cowboy. 409 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,440 I remember reading about this, yeah. 410 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,400 Yeah, so we don't know if he actually killed Vincent van Gogh 411 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,600 or Van Gogh shot himself, but yeah. 412 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:52,000 So this is the gun that was the cause of Van Gogh's death? 413 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,680 Such an underappreciated genius. True loss. 414 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,320 If people have not seen it, I would say that one of the most 415 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:03,800 touching portrayals of Van Gogh comes from, ironically, a Doctor 416 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:07,000 Who episode. Oh, I love that episode. 417 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,640 I love that episode. It's such a nice, nice clip. 418 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:11,520 Yeah, so that's, that's a pop culture recommendation. 419 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,800 If you haven't, if you have access to Doctor Who, or if you 420 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,640 don't know, or if you don't have access to, you find access to 421 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,720 Doctor Who and. Watch the episode that centers 422 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,640 around Vincent. Van Gogh when the doctor goes to 423 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,680 visit him in the past. All right. 424 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:32,520 So. Moving from somebody who died in 425 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:37,320 the relative infamy, I moved to a Polish family. 426 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:42,280 Whose lives? Were awarded or given 427 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,920 recognition after that passing. OK, I. 428 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,760 Don't know if you already made sense out of that, but. 429 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,320 They were. Venerated in the Catholic Church 430 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:56,600 as martyrs followed their beatification by Pope Francis in 431 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:01,720 2023, their feast day is celebrated on 7th of July, That 432 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,680 is the day of the anniversary of Joseph and Victoria's wedding. 433 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:11,320 Joseph Ulma and Victoria Ulma were the parents in this case, 434 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:15,840 and the Ulma family entirely has been blessed and beatified by 435 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:17,560 Pope Francis. OK. 436 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,960 The reason that they're beatified was because at least 437 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,640 21 Polish Jews survived in Markova during the occupation of 438 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:32,200 Poland by Nazi Germany thanks to their help despite and they were 439 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,720 actually murdered because they helped these families, 440 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,520 unfortunately. Now, what is special about this 441 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,760 particular beatification? What was unique about this 442 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,920 beatification? They were Jewish. 443 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,760 No, no, no. They're not Jewish. 444 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:52,320 We're the Catholics. OK, you can't beatify. 445 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,840 Anybody who's not Catholic? There was something really 446 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,360 special about their beatification. 447 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,600 Something that happened for the first time ever. 448 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:05,880 First time ever. Is it like a fast tracking of 449 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,240 their bed? No, but it's not going to be 450 00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,200 fast tracking. It's been no. 451 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,000 No, it was OK. So what happened was actually a 452 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,000 very unfortunate story is that they attempted to rescue Polish 453 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,920 Jewish families by hiding them in their own home during the 454 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,320 Holocaust. OK, Yeah. 455 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,040 Both the parents and all their kids were summarily executed on 456 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:28,240 24th March 1944 for doing so. A horrible, horrible tragedy, 457 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:32,120 obviously. Yeah, but they gained, I guess, 458 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:35,960 some recognition in their death and the Pope beatified them in 459 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,760 2023. They're recognised and venerated 460 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,640 as martyrs by the Catholic Church. 461 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,400 What was special, or what was unique, or what was something 462 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,160 that happened for the first time ever in this particular 463 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,960 beatification? Wait, you mentioned multiple 464 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,680 members of the family. Is it like the family got like 465 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,640 normally would beatify a single person right? 466 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,960 But like they did multiple people together. 467 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,000 They did. That isn't what I'm talking 468 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:05,560 about in this case though. OK, no idea, you'll have to give 469 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,960 me some other clue. The first clue, which might not 470 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:13,960 be there most obvious of clues is that the beautification was 471 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:18,280 for the parents, as I mentioned, and their kids. 472 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,080 And that's somewhere where the clue lies. 473 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,440 All the kids that will be defined. 474 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:29,840 I don't think it's the first time that children, or at least 475 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,000 yeah, children have been beautified before, so it's not 476 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:37,080 that. They have, but that is a pretty 477 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:41,520 warm guess. OK, who was like one of them? 478 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:45,080 A baby or something? Very close actually. 479 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,200 Much, much warmer. So it's an infant. 480 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:55,400 Warmer and warmer. Something to do with the age of 481 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:58,760 the babies. Of one baby specifically. 482 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,040 One baby specifically. So it's like a newborn, 483 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:05,600 practically brand new, and the first thing it becomes is a St. 484 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,160 I'll give it to you. It was actually an unborn child. 485 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,080 So oh shit, she was. Pregnant with this executed her. 486 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:17,360 Yeah, yeah. So, OK, Yeah, there's a little 487 00:27:17,360 --> 00:27:20,880 bit of a dispute. So what happened was there are 488 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,760 obviously reports which suggest that the unborn child, their 489 00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,360 seventh child, was unborn and they had six children before 490 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:28,040 that. Wow. 491 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,520 And unfortunately, we're all execute for it. 492 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:35,040 And when they were beatified, beatification was for all of the 493 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,680 seven children. A lot of news reports suggested 494 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,880 that the beatification would represent the first time that it 495 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,840 was happening for an unborn or pre born child. 496 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:48,280 However, on 5th September 2023, the Catholic Church did release 497 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,760 a statement saying that the unnamed son was delivered at the 498 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,280 time of his mother's martyrdom based on the evidence that his 499 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,720 remains were found immersed from his mother's womb in the 500 00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,880 original grave. So. 501 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,240 It's it's it's a little bit of a grey. 502 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,680 Area. We're not quite sure, however it 503 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,080 was. Presumably the first time. 504 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,520 Ever that an unborn child was beatified by the Catholic 505 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,680 Church. An unfortunate story, a rather 506 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:19,000 sad little piece of history. But yeah, that's that's what 507 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:24,240 trivia is I guess sometimes. Wow, yeah, that that was dark. 508 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,960 And that was very dark. You know, we are coming up on 509 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:32,960 what it's like, I think, the 80th anniversary of the end of 510 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,280 World War Two this year, right? We should probably do a couple 511 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,760 of episodes on just World War 2. That would be fun. 512 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:42,440 People shouldn't forget. Never forget. 513 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,040 Yeah, OK. Let me move on to something to 514 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,960 clear the palette, so to speak, with a lighter question maybe. 515 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,240 You know this maybe you. Don't. 516 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:51,960 I don't know if I can get any clues on this. 517 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,400 This is just a piece of very interesting fact that I came 518 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,120 across, or at least I think it's interesting, so bear with me. 519 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:04,600 It's a little indulgent. Tip Toes is a 2003 American 520 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:09,960 comedy drama film starring X Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale, 521 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,280 Patricia Arquette and Peter Dinklage. 522 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:17,440 It has found a place on many lists of the worst movies ever 523 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,880 made. Oldman was included in BBC 524 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:24,800 critic Mark Kermode's great acting in bad Films. 525 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,160 In 2012. The film actor attracted 526 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:33,840 controversy for the casting of non dwarf actor Gary Oldman as a 527 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:39,400 dwarf. Oldman plays the twin brother of 528 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:44,160 X's character despite being 11 years older than him in real 529 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:49,160 life and in the movie, X is an average sized individual. 530 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:54,240 So I'm just asking you, Aditya, film buff that you are, who do 531 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,720 you think they got to play? Gary Oldman's twin brother, 532 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:04,640 whose regular size while Gary Oldman plays a dwarf. 533 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:09,640 Hi. So the entire trivia is who was 534 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,600 cast as Gary Oldman's twin, and I'm assuming the answer is 535 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:16,280 ridiculous. Yeah, it's it's once you once 536 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:20,400 you get to know who played him, it's like you couldn't get 537 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:25,320 somebody more opposite. OK, trying to picture Gary 538 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,000 Oldman. I'm trying to picture somebody 539 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,280 who would. Like a direct opposite of a 540 00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,120 dwarf Gary Oldman. That's my question. 541 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,040 If you're going on the height factor, I guess some really tall 542 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:39,320 actor. Oh my. 543 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,600 The most ridiculous answer I know that comes to mind is Will 544 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,080 Smith, but I doubt they push their luck that much. 545 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:49,040 No. Can imagine Will Smith would. 546 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:50,880 Fit the time frame though, because you said 11. 547 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,480 Years younger to Gary Oldman, right? 548 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,440 Johnny Depp kind of looks like Gary Oldman. 549 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,160 No, this guy doesn't look anything like Gary Oldman. 550 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,680 That's the entire point. Like I said, it's nothing very 551 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,040 it's like one of those tiny pieces of useless trivia that, 552 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:12,000 you know, the very bad movie. Apparently I haven't watched it. 553 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,960 When I saw the trailer for this I was like, is this a comedy 554 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:20,400 sketch of some sort? OK, now you'll have to give me 555 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:20,960 another. Clue. 556 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,960 OK, so just like I said, direct opposite of Gary Oldman, right? 557 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,720 So Gary Oldman is a what nationality is he Irish? 558 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,080 No, he's English. Yeah, obviously. 559 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:34,640 So Gary Oldman is English. OK. 560 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,760 This guy is directly opposite the pond. 561 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,200 Oh, so American. That doesn't help me. 562 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:49,880 He started acting in the early 90s and his very, very, very 563 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:55,520 first words on screen have defined him throughout his life, 564 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,720 throughout his acting career. Oh, this is Matthew McConaughey. 565 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,240 Yes, all right, all right, all right. 566 00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:03,640 Yes. So. 567 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:08,520 Get this, they got big, tall, blonde Texan Matthew 568 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,840 McConaughey. To play the twin. 569 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:15,800 Brother of a dwarf brunette, Not, I wouldn't say brown 570 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,280 haired. Gary Oldman. 571 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,480 Oh, that is embarrassing. That is actually embarrassing, 572 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:21,920 yeah. Yeah, and it's an actual movie. 573 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,560 No, I don't get. What I don't get is they had 574 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,960 Peter Dinklage in the cast. Why do you get Gary Oldman to 575 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:33,120 play a dwarf when you have Peter freaking Dinklage in the cast? 576 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,320 A question for the ages. Absolutely. 577 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,360 OK, your turn. OK. 578 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,640 Since you spoke of all right, all right, all right, I must 579 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,080 mention. That that part is. 580 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:50,320 Improvised in Wolf of Wall. Street and Dicaprio's expression 581 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,560 where he looks a little. Confused where? 582 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,200 He looks a little dazed and confused. 583 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:55,760 A. Little bit of a reference there. 584 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:01,360 Is him actually looking towards Martin Scorsese to gauge whether 585 00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:04,640 should he continue acting or is he going to contact? 586 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,920 The chest pumping scene. The chest pumping scene. 587 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,080 Yeah, nice. And that entire thing is 588 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:14,120 something that Matthew McConaughey actually does as a 589 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:15,720 warm up before he does his scenes. 590 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,360 He just gets his energy going. So he just used that in the 591 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,280 actual scene. And Dicaprio's expression is 592 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,000 actually a very legitimate response to. 593 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,360 What is my? Co actor doing right now OK. 594 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:36,200 Nice, nice. OK, so I think that's all the 595 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:38,520 time we have for today's episode. 596 00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,560 Before we wind up, let's answer the audience question which I 597 00:33:42,560 --> 00:33:44,640 asked at the beginning of today's episode. 598 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:50,520 So the question was the title X was originally a term of abuse 599 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,000 rather than a description. Of an official role. 600 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,640 It implied that an individual subject had risen improperly 601 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:00,160 above others within the royal circle and had echoes of a 602 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:04,400 political institution imported from France, England's great 603 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,280 enemy. What title am I talking about? 604 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:08,639 Aditya. Any clues? 605 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:15,120 Some sort of a French sounding political. 606 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,199 Not French sounding it. The term was derogatory. 607 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,679 It was a derogatory term which now is an accepted terminology. 608 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,560 Is it for a rank? Or for a it's. 609 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:28,560 An official title if it's an official role. 610 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,239 OK. Now it's for an official role in 611 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,800 those. Days it was used. 612 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:40,480 In not so nice context. OK, because I was going to say 613 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,719 something like Colonel. Or Lieutenant. 614 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,040 No. But it's it's a title, not not 615 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:50,800 an rank. It's an official role. 616 00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,960 Role. Role in what context? 617 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,240 Role where? Is his role political? 618 00:34:57,240 --> 00:34:59,200 Obviously. Like the whip? 619 00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,120 No, something more common than that. 620 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:04,280 It's available like it's in India. 621 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:09,520 You would find it in England and many, many other countries. 622 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,240 No, I'll need. A hint OK, I'm. 623 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,600 I'm floundering for clues here because this is supposed to be 624 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:18,000 an audience question. OK, so let's say if. 625 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,720 You. At least in some parts of India. 626 00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:24,760 If you're playing chess. What is the Queen also known as? 627 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,480 Wazir. And what would that translate 628 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,280 as? Wazir. 629 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,560 I don't know what does Wazir translate as. 630 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:37,640 Wazir is supposed to be what? What's that position? 631 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:39,840 What would that position be like? 632 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,400 Say OK. Put it in the English. 633 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:45,400 Context, right, The Queen or now we have rather the King Charles, 634 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,480 right? So King Charles and who would be 635 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:53,720 King Charles Wazir? Oh, so is that Vizor Vizir? 636 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:57,320 Vizir is it? Vizir, Yeah, that's the Vizir is 637 00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,640 it comes from Persia. But no, I'm just like, just look 638 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:03,040 at it politically. Like a minister. 639 00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:05,840 OK, So what terminology are we talking about? 640 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,600 The Prime Minister. Yes, Prime Minister, very well 641 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:11,560 done. Oh, what? 642 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,680 Yes. Oh, that's so cool. 643 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:16,520 Yeah. So it was actually a term of 644 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,000 abuse. Basically, in those days you had 645 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,600 all ministers and the terminology of Prime Minister 646 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:26,080 was our first among equals was a term of abuse. 647 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,760 Because if one of them feels like OK, that or they put on 648 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,720 airs and that they have present improperly above the other 649 00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:35,960 ministers within the royal circle, they were called prime 650 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,600 ministers. It was a sarcastic. 651 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,600 Derogatory. Way of referring to them and 652 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:44,400 because the similar position occupied in France was called 653 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:50,200 premier, which was, you know #1 and from there comes Prime. 654 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,080 So, Prime Minister. Wow, that's so cool. 655 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:55,880 Who would have? Imagined that Prime Minister. 656 00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:57,880 For the most venerated positions. 657 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,440 Actually was a derogatory term. Yes, it at least started off as 658 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:05,720 a derogatory today. It's not OK Radhithya, what was 659 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:07,880 your problem for pop culture recommendation for this week? 660 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,720 OK. Since you mentioned France. 661 00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:13,560 I'm going to mention a French film that is one of my absolute 662 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,040 favorites and I can't believe I haven't already recommended it, 663 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:19,040 and I'll take this opportunity to rectify that mistake. 664 00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,680 This movie is called The Intouchables in English or Lis 665 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:28,640 into Shar Lis or Pardon My French and it is one of my 666 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,040 absolute favorite films. Absolute favorite films. 667 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,720 It has been remade. Into a Hollywood film as well 668 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:37,960 though, from what I heard. The remake did not live up to 669 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,680 the original so I would say just go for it. 670 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:44,400 What's the original? It is so worth your time and 671 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:48,040 more a generally touching, beautiful, wholesome film. 672 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,560 Listen to Shah bliss. Oh, I see is. 673 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:54,400 Actually a lovely. Actor and I had no idea how 674 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,320 talented he was because I had seen him in some Hollywood 675 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,840 productions, did not know that he was a French actor. 676 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,000 Saw him in this French. Film and realized that he's 677 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:05,560 actually a pretty talented powers of an actor, so watch it 678 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:09,440 for some great performances, a touching story and an overall 679 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,280 wholesome experience. The Intouchables. 680 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,120 That's a great recommendation. I 2nd that. 681 00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:20,280 It's a fantastic movie. I would again be partial and 682 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,120 frankly speaking Malayalam cinema is hit is. 683 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,240 On a roll. Since the beginning of 2024, 684 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,760 they've been cranking out some amazing films, and there's one 685 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,120 that's in theaters right now, just released at the time of 686 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,440 this recording. It's called Rekha Chitram. 687 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:41,680 It's a murder mystery and it explores a particular genre 688 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:46,480 which I feel is quite unexplored in Indian cinema is alternate 689 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,920 history. So it combines real events with 690 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,760 some fictional events to create a very, very riveting murder 691 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,480 mystery. So go catch Rekha Chitram in 692 00:38:56,480 --> 00:39:00,400 theaters if it's still running while we are when this episode 693 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,280 releases. So, or maybe it's not and by the 694 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,200 time you can watch it on OTT. But it's a fantastic film. 695 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:07,600 You should definitely try and catch it. 696 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,920 And that unfortunately is all the time we have for this 697 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:13,440 episode. 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