This week, Hallie has grown six new trivia questions all about trees! We also branch out and discuss college sports, modern art, and the not-so-modern art of papermaking.
2:22: Q1 (Science): What is the scientific name for the method in which scientists determine when a tree was formed, usually when the tree is too young for radiocarbon dating or as an added measure to calibrate radiocarbon ages?
7:47: Q2 (Times & Places): As you probably know, the tallest tree in the world is at Redwood National Park in California. The second tallest tree, however, is a yellow meranti tree at the Danum Valley Conservation Area on what island, which is the largest island in Asia and is politically divided among three countries?
12:55: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What Dutch post-impressionist artist painted Evening; Red Tree, which was different in style to his other art but shared a similar palette with his later paintings?
20:34: Q4 (Everything Else): What is the name of the wooden frame used in manual papermaking as a mold to hold in the paper pulp and also happens to be the name for the second cut of brisket, also known as the ribeye cap?
24:19: Q5 (Sports & Games): What American university’s teams are named for any of six species of tree in the soapberry family, which have nutlike seeds with a shiny red-brown surface with a pale area on them?
31:02: Q6 (Sounds & Screen): What talk show, featuring two potted trees, which premiered as an online show in 2008 and which just had a movie premiering on Netflix on September 20, 2019, has had guests such as Barack Obama, Jon Hamm, and Bradley Cooper?
