21: The bandit that gives back
Lateral with Tom Scott
Lateral with Tom Scott
4.9 • 742 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | What's known in Swahili as a Kippa Lefty? |
| 0:02.9 | The answer to that, at the end of the show. |
| 0:04.5 | My name's Tom Scott, and this is Lateral. |
| 0:12.8 | Welcome everybody to this session of Trivia Geeks Anonymous. |
| 0:15.6 | My name's Tom. I am a trivia geek, and it has been 23 months since I last played Trivial Pursuit. |
| 0:20.4 | Today, we are joined by the team from Answering Progress. Welcome back to the show, Sabrina Cruz. Hello! The cat is also here. There he is. Meow for the camera. No, now the cat is next to the microphone. The cat is silent. He's found the celery stick. |
| 0:37.7 | I'm going to pull him away from that. |
| 0:39.1 | Also, from answer in progress, Taha Khan. |
| 0:41.1 | Hello, I am also from answer in progress. |
| 0:43.8 | I just said that. Do you have a cat? |
| 0:46.5 | I do not have a cat or pet of any sort. |
| 0:49.8 | So my audio will be perfect. |
| 0:52.3 | And also, also from answer in progress, Melissa Fernandez. |
| 0:56.5 | Hello, I don't have a cat. |
| 0:59.2 | I don't know if that's a good or bad thing in this situation. |
| 1:01.5 | This feels like a targeted attack, but okay. |
| 1:04.8 | Our show is just like the snacks aisle to supermarket. |
| 1:07.5 | It's full of beguiling treats that sometimes are just outside of your reach. |
| 1:11.1 | But will the questions drive you nuts or crackers? I apologize for that joke. I liked it. |
| 1:17.5 | Stand by it, you coward. We start off with question number one. Question number one is short and simple. |
| 1:26.8 | Why is there a bar symbol on one-armed bandits? |
| 1:30.3 | I'll say that again. |
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