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🗓️ 16 May 2025
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0:00.0 | It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. Mets broadcaster Gary Cohen, |
0:16.7 | coming up later this hour in advance of the Sub subway series this weekend. But first, again, |
0:21.8 | this membership drive, we're doing a 10-question quiz each day at around this time during the |
0:27.2 | 11 o'clock hour, get two in a row right. And today you'll win a Brian Lairshow baseball cap or |
0:32.5 | the WNYC Centennial Tote, about to become a collector's item as our centennial year ends. |
0:39.4 | And again, it's a 10-question quiz, drawing questions from the United States Government Citizenship |
0:47.8 | Test, like we did the last two days, questions from the actual published list of questions |
0:53.1 | that people are given to study from before they take the naturalization test. |
0:58.3 | We read that more than 70% of U.S. adults would fail a basic civics test. |
1:03.5 | So let's see how Brian Lerr's show listeners measure up. |
1:07.6 | Even if you grew up here, you had to take the citizenship test today. Two in a row, |
1:11.6 | right, and you'll win one of those prizes. Let's see how it goes. Randy and Manhattan, you're |
1:16.5 | up first. You're on WNIC. Ready to play? Good morning, yes. All right. I think this may be the hardest |
1:23.3 | question of the 10, which happens to come up as number one, and the order that we have, |
1:34.1 | what territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? |
1:38.3 | Louisiana? |
1:40.4 | That is right. |
1:41.4 | Very good. |
1:45.4 | Number two, what did Susan B. Anthony do? |
1:47.4 | They write it like it's an essay question, |
1:53.1 | but if you know just basically in a few words what Susan B. Anthony did for the prize. |
1:58.3 | Embarrassingly, I'm going to ask for a hint. |
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