MINISODE: Season 5 Tiebreaker Shootout - a podcast by Quiz and Hers

Ten episodes wasn’t enough to settle the score this season, since we finished up tied, 15-15. So, we’re back with some bonus Quiz & Hers: a five-point, winner-takes-all shootout in which we revisit every game from this season for one more bit of trivia. Who will be the first three-time champion?

1:55: Q1. Along with his wife Elena, what deposed former president of Romania was sentenced to death after an hour-long show trial and executed by firing squad, all on Christmas Day, 1989?

3:10: Q2. White alligators, which are extremely rare, may have albinism and completely lack pigmentation from a reduction in melanin, or they may have this other condition, in which there is a partial loss of pigmentation and involves a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin?

4:12: Q3. What classic 1925 novel begins with the narrator, Nick Carroway, relocating to the fictional Long Island village of West Egg, where he moves in next-door to the title character?

5:09: Q4. On the 16th episode of Mythbusters, Adam and Jamie tested a very strange myth asking whether a certain prominent figure was buried under Giants Stadium.  Who was this man, an American labor union leader who was president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and who vanished in 1975 at the age of 62?

5:58: Q5. Marketed in South Korea as the Samsung SM6, this sedan from French manufacturer Renault is also a word for an object imbued with magical properties that brings good luck, and should not be confused with an amulet, which can have many different magical properties.

7:09: Q6. “Pursuit of Happiness” is a song released in 2010 by what rapper, singer, record producer, and actor, whose other most famous songs are “Day ‘n Nite” and “Man on the Moon” and who appeared on TV shows including One Tree Hill, The Cleveland Show, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine?

10:22: Q7. Daryl Frank Dragon (no, seriously, that was his real name), and his now-ex-wife Toni are better known as what pop music duo, who peaked in popularity in the mid-1970s?

11:33: Q8. What American novelist, poet, and activist who wrote The Color Purple and also wrote Meridian and The Third Life of Grange Copeland, was the first black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983?

12:17: Q9. Australia’s best performance at the Olympics, in terms of total medals, came in the year 2000, which was also the second time the land down under hosted the Games.  What city in New South Wales hosted these Games, known for their extravagant opening ceremony?

12:53: Q10. The five French mother sauces include espagnole, tomato, béchamel, hollandaise, and what savory sauce, made from a roux and a light stock and which, in English, means “velvety”?

Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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