S4 E6 - Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of All Ages, Quiz and Hers Presents to You… the Circus! - a podcast by Quiz and Hers

In a high-flying new episode, Hallie has trained up six new trivia questions related to the circus! We also talk about ancient entertainment, current literature, and, naturally, Cirque du Soleil.  And, of course, we clown around a bit.

2:51: Q1 (Times & Places): The origin of the circus dates back to ancient Rome, in which a circus was an open-air venue used for horse and chariot races, gladiator battles, and equestrian shows.  What was the equivalent term for the circus in ancient Greece, which came from the Greek words for horse and course?

8:29: Q2 (Arts & Literature): What novel by Sara Gruen is about a vet student named Jacob Jankowski who leaves vet school and ends up being hired by the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth to care for the animals?

16:57: Q3 (Science): Clownfish, also known as amphiprioninae, have what type of symbiotic relationship with sea anemones, similar to that between bees and flowers?

26:07: Q4 (Sports & Games): The arcade game Circus, in which the player controls a seesaw and a clown in order to pop balloons at the top of the screen, is based on what 1976 Atari arcade game influenced by Pong and which also influenced popular games previously built into Microsoft Windows and BlackBerry phones?

32:38: Q5 (Everything Else): In 2012, $9.3 million of contributions to what organization went to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus to settle a lawsuit in which they falsely accused the circus of using chains and bullhooks to control their elephants?
39:31: Q6 (Sounds & Screen): What Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil has a surname which means freedom in France and which he shares with two Canadian politicians, a Canadian professional ice hockey player, and a world champion Canadian curler?

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

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