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ODDBALL - Trivia Tuesday: Hakeem Olajuwon Edition with Mirin Fader

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.98.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It's Tuesday, which means it’s time for trivia on Oddball! Today’s guest contestant is Mirin Fader, senior staff writer at The Ringer and New York Times best-selling author. In honor of her new book, Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon, today’s questions spotlight the life and legacy of the Houston Rockets legend. Mirin and Amin tackle questions about Olajuwon’s late start in basketball at age 17, debunk common myths surrounding his move to the U.S., and explore the lasting impact of his post-NBA life on the city of Houston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Draft Kings Network. Welcome to Oddball, I'm Charlotte Wilder. That's Amin Alhassen as always and today is

0:26.0

trivia Tuesday. I'm very excited for today. We have an amazing guest. She is a senior staff writer for the ringer, a New York time

0:35.4

best-selling author, and her latest book, Dream, The Life and Legacy of Hakim

0:40.5

Elijuan just hit bookshelves.

0:43.0

There it is, it means holding it up.

0:44.5

Mirin Fader, welcome to Oddball.

0:47.7

Thanks for having me.

0:50.1

We're just so excited to use this beautiful little format we have to talk to you about your amazing book.

0:57.0

Here are the rules. It's very simple.

0:59.0

We have up to six different questions for each contestant. We'll see how many we get to.

1:03.2

Whoever gets the most questions right is the winner and you are encouraged to

1:08.1

think out loud. So if you're working through something let us know what your

1:11.7

thought process is but you are only

1:13.2

allowed one final answer and in the event of a tie a subjective tiebreaker

1:18.4

question by me will be posed for the deciding point that That's always really fun.

1:24.3

Mirin, I mean, are we ready?

1:26.4

I'm ready.

1:28.4

So this is a Hakeemelijo on theme day right the question we're all gonna right

1:34.4

am I correct this yes good I've got the source material right here

1:38.0

does give me like you can't cheat well I can't look I can I can I won, I'm just gonna browse through the book.

1:44.8

Yeah, if you hold it below the camera,

1:46.4

there's no way we'll ever know.

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