This week, Justin has written six trivia questions all about our weird, warty friends, frogs! We also hop into discussions of sports history, terrible music, and one very strange Internet meme.
2:14: Q1 (Sports & Games): Wilson Robert “Frog” Redus was an infielder for the St. Louis Stars, among other teams that also played in these associations of segregated professional teams.
10:57: Q2 (Music): Also known as “the annoying thing”, what computer-animated musical artist peaked at number 1 in the UK, Sweden, Australia, France, Belgium, Sweden, Ireland, and Switzerland, with his remix of “Axel F”?
18:42: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What Greek “father of comedy” wrote plays including The Birds, Lysistrata, and, most pertinent to this game, The Frogs?
29:10: Q4 (Movies & TV): Michigan J. Frog debuted in the Merrie Melodies short “One Froggy Evening”, but he later served as the mascot of what now-defunct television network, which merged with UPN to become the CW?
36:43: Q5 (Times & Places): Les crapauds, or “toads”, is a traditional nickname for residents of this island and bailiwick, located in the English Channel, about 41 kilometers southeast of Guernsey.
44:12: Q6 (Everything Else): What anthropomorphic frog and Internet meme originated in the comic Boy’s Club, but is much better known now as an icon of white nationalists and the alt-right?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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