S6 E1 - T.H.E. A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. P.R.O.J.E.C.T. - a podcast by Quiz and Hers

After a humiliating defeat in last year’s tiebreaker, Justin is back and looking for vengeance, and we kick off season 6 with six new word play trivia questions, because every answer in today’s game is an acronym.  Why?  Why not.

2:53: Q1 (Times & Places): Formed in 1964, and best known by a four-letter acronym, what far-left Colombian guerilla movement finally agreed to lay down its arms in 2017, though a smaller number of dissidents continue their violent activities today?

8:47: Q2 (Everything Else): Although it also catalogues free software, promotes freedom of the press, and funds the translation of great works of literature to and from different languages, what international agency is arguably best known for designating “World Heritage Sites”?

15:13: Q3 (Arts & Literature): Founded in 1929, what world-famous institution can be found in Midtown Manhattan, on 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue?

25:00: Q4 (Sports & Games): Growing out of competitions between bootleggers transporting moonshine during Prohibition in customized vehicles, what company, founded in 1948, now sanctions competitions at over 100 tracks across the US, and worldwide?

31:01: Q5 (Sounds & Screen): What pop group, an acronym of its members’ first names, released their final studio album The Visitors in 1981, though they announced in 2018 that they are back together and working on new music?

41:16: Q6 (Science): Developed by psychologist Paul Ekman, what method of classifying emotional expressions has been used by law enforcement to detect when someone is lying?

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

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