Chris Hadfield: Ground Control To Major Trivia

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🗓️ 6 July 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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AMA blasts off to D.C. with astronaut Chris Hadfield! He talks about the challenges of spending five months in space, gives tips on playing space guitar. This episode originally aired on Feb. 8, 2018.

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0:00.0	Hey Jonathan. Hey, if you're so today on asked me another special guest is astronaut Chris Hadfield
0:05.6	So astronaut speed round boy who was the first woman in space that was the Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova that is correct
0:14.6	What did the US astronaut Alan Shepherd smuggle onto the moon? He brought golf balls
0:19.2	That's right exactly and in addition to being the first Canadian to walk in space
0:24.9	What else did Chris Hadfield accomplish that day?
0:28.7	He became the first Canadian to say I'm sorry in a vacuum
0:36.4	From NPR and WNYC coming to you from the Warner theater in Washington DC
0:42.3	It's NPR's hour of puzzles word games and trivia ask me another. I'm Jonathan Colton. Now here's your host Ophira Eisenberg
0:54.8	Thank you Jonathan
0:56.8	We are back in Washington DC on a trip that Politico has already called a strategic blunder
1:04.0	We have a great show for you four brilliant contestants our backstage leaking puzzle secrets
1:08.8	And they are here to play our nerdy games only one though will be our big winner and our special guest is a real live astronaut
1:16.5	It's Colonel Chris Hadfield
1:19.4	He was the first Canadian to command the International Space Station
1:25.1	Canada the second most popular place Americans talk about moving to after space
1:32.9	Our first two contestants will play a word game where they'll get to change something without having to call their representatives
1:39.3	Let's meet them first up Heather Hurley on buzzer number one
1:43.8	You work at the Library of Congress copyright office, which is your dream job. Welcome. Thank you for having me
1:50.4	Your opponent is Paul Nicholson on buzzer number two you work in a web development for the Library of Congress
1:57.7	websites
1:59.6	Welcome, thank you
2:05.1	Heather and Paul the first of you who wins two of our games will go on to our final round
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