This week, Hallie has a sequel to her punniest episode, and six new trivia questions all about trees! We also talk opera, college sports, and terrifying weather events!
2:28: Q1 (Movies & TV): In what 2006 film does a young girl named Ofelia have to retrieve a key from the belly of a giant toad who lives in an old tree so she can achieve immortality?
9:27: Q2 (Sports & Games): In 1972, Stanford University’s teams were named the Cardinal and their unofficial mascot became a dancing tree. Name either their team name or the official mascot prior to 1972, which students successfully lobbied to abolish.
17:56: Q3 (Everything Else): High temperature and long-duration surface wildfires can cause the drying of tree canopies and their ignition from below. What is the name of this almost simultaneous ignition of most of the combustible material in an enclosed area, also known as torching?
26:51: Q4 (Arts & Literature): What semi-autobiographical novel about an impoverished family in New York City in the early 20th century was published in 1943 by Betty Smith?
35:56: Q5 (Times & Places): A 5-cent stamp issued in 1964 featured the face of what Scottish-American conservationist superimposed on a grove of Redwood trees?
43:13: Q6 (Music): What Italian composer’s last opera was Guillaume Tell, in which Mathilde, a Habsburg princess, sings an aria devoted to a forest of trees?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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