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Good Job, Brain!

221: It's Another One for the Books

Good Job, Brain!

Karen Chu

Hobbies, Leisure, Education

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Get hype for type and go gooey for Dewey because this week, it's all about books, writing, and reading! Dana's quiz about famous librarians gets us jumping from page to page, and Karen's graphic novel quiz gets us hopping from panel to panel. Colin dives deep into the Microsoft archives to discover the dramatic origin of Comic Sans, and the man behind this typeface phenomenon. Discover what common words and phrases we use everyday actually stem from the tradition of the printing press. And do you ever wonder why books have a certain smell? Our own chronic book sniffer Chris is on the chemical case! Also: Where in outer space is Carmin San Mateo? Good Job, Brain is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. For advertising inquiries, please contact sales@advertisecast.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, pals and gals corralling at this locale, not getting a root canal.

0:18.4

This is Good Job Brain, your weekly quiz show and Offy Trivia podcast.

0:23.2

Today's show is episode 221 and of course I'm your humble host Karen and we are your

0:30.0

typical type founders making typos about typhoid and typhoons.

0:37.1

I'm Colin. I'm Dana and I'm Chris. Well, without further ado, let's jump straight into our

0:44.5

first general trivia segment. Pop quiz hot shot. Here are a random trivial pursuit,

0:51.8

genus edition card. You guys have your barnyard buzzers ready. Let's answer some questions.

0:58.6

Here we go. Blue wedge for geography. As of 2016, which two countries both in North Africa

1:07.2

boast the only two subway systems on the whole continent? Wow. Can you read that one more time?

1:14.3

Which two countries both in North Africa boast the only two subway systems on the whole continent?

1:22.0

Colin. I will guess Egypt. Second one, this gets a little trickier. Morocco. Incorrect.

1:35.9

Yes, it is Algeria. So the Cairo Metro opened in 1987 and the Algiers Metro in 2011.

1:46.5

It's actually pretty new. All right, pink wedge for pop culture. Which TV shows 522 episodes were

1:56.0

aired on fxxx on August 21st, 2014 and played for 12 straight days for your binge watching pleasure.

2:08.3

Dana. I almost feel like you should give it to Chris because I feel like his household watched all of them.

2:16.6

The Simpsons. Yep. The Simpsons. Okay. Yellow wedge from which root vegetable were jackal lanterns originally made?

2:27.9

Good job, Brains. First Halloween show. Colin. Yeah. It was it was it was

2:33.2

Your radishes, turnips? Turnips. So it says turnips are correct. People also carve beets and potatoes in

2:40.0

order to ward off those who might bear them ill will. If this is your first time listening to the show,

2:46.7

maybe you never heard that episode. I really, really encourage you to go Google the turnip jackal

2:52.4

lantern because it's just frankly equal parts frightening and hilarious. But they're so small. I

3:01.2

think that's that that's why they love it. They look kind of creepy in those old photos. It's like

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