101 Engrossing Trivia – Why did so many pirates wear eye patches? And how did they get horses to the Tokyo Olympics? Hear the answers on the Off Ramp with Bob & Marcia Smith.
Bob and Marcia discussed a range of topics, from the origins of pirate eye patches to the transportation of horses to the Olympics. Bob shared insights into the creation of the popular brand Harry’s and provided interesting facts about Oreo cookies and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Marcia inquired about the regeneration of the human skeleton and discussed the methods used to transport horses to the Olympics, including flying with pre-built stalls for comfort during the flight. Their engaging dialogue highlighted their differing viewpoints and enjoyment of discussing various subjects.
Outline
Pirate eye patches and shaving brands.
- Marcia Smith asks Bob Smith why pirates wear eye patches, and Bob explains it’s because it looks good in movies and helps them see better in low light conditions.
- Bob Smith also shares a fascinating fact that horses at the Tokyo Olympics have to be trained to wear an eye patch for a specific event, and Marcia finds it interesting.
- Bob Smith and Marcia Smith discuss how a bad experience at a drugstore led to the creation of Harry’s, a new brand for men’s personal care, specifically shaving razors.
- The founders saw an opportunity to create a business that made it easy for customers to access their product, rather than being locked up in a case or being expensive.
- Bob Smith and Marcia Smith discuss the best-selling cookie in the world, with Bob correctly identifying Oreo as the answer.
- Marcia Smith names the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as Aretha Franklin, with Bob asking for the year of induction.
Camels’ eyelids and horses’ travel to Olympics.
- Marcia and Bob discuss camels’ unique eyelids, with Marcia providing interesting facts and Bob expressing surprise and delight.
- Bob wonders how horses could compete in the Olympics, and Marcia jokes about flying or crossing the ocean to get them there.
- Horses travel in pre-built stalls on planes, with support staff to ensure relaxation.
Cheese consumption, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and human sleep patterns.
- Bob and Marcia Smith discuss cheese consumption and its relation to height in various countries, with Denmark topping the list.
- Bob Smith and Marcia Smith discuss the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, including the only artist inducted three times (Eric Clapton).
- Marcia Smith asks Bob Smith about mammals that sleep the least number of hours, and Bob incorrectly guesses elephants (they actually sleep 2-7 hours per day in the wild).
- Bob and Marcia compare body proportions, finding similarities
Vinyl records, bone regeneration, and running speed.
- Bob and Marcia reminisce about their shared love of vinyl records.
- Marcia and Bob discuss the human body’s ability to regenerate bones every 12 years, and Bob expresses surprise at how fast bunnies can run.
TV series “24” and its trivia.
- Bob Smith and Marcia Smith discuss the TV series “24,” including the number of people Jack Bauer killed (270) and the show’s original concept (a wedding).
- The show’s clock ticking sound effect stopped when a major character died, and there were 11 presidents in the show’s universe.
- Bob Smith and Marcia Smith discuss music royalty and quotes from notable figures, including Oliver North.
- Bob Smith jokes about lawyers being creative with their responses, and Marcia Smith thanks listeners for joining the trivia segment.
Marcia Smith 0:00
Why did so many pirates wear an eyepatch? Hmm,
Bob Smith 0:04
that’s a good question.
Marcia Smith 0:05
Were they all really one? I don’t think so.
Bob Smith 0:08
And how do they get horses to the Olympics? He’s like a horse. answers to those and other questions coming up in this episode of the off ramp with Bob and Marsha
Marcia Smith 0:20
Smith.
Bob Smith 0:37
Welcome to the off ramp a chance to slow down. Steer clear of crazy. Take a side road to sanity get some perspective on life and answer some of life’s weirdest questions. including yours, Marcia about the pirate.
Marcia Smith 0:52
Why do they wear eye patches? Bob? Well, because
Bob Smith 0:55
it looks good in the movies.
Marcia Smith 0:57
Yeah, and on the right at Disney World.
Bob Smith 0:59
Okay, why did pi? Well, maybe maybe it was about those hooks gouged out the eyes when they got into fights.
Marcia Smith 1:05
So you’re thinking a lot of them just have one eye? Well, this is fascinating. Bob, they did it to see better in the dark. What? According to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the eye patch could be used to prepare one eye to see in the dark. So when they would go pirates would go below deck, they would swap the eye patch from one eye to the other and see with the eye that has already adjusted to the low light conditions, because there are no windows down below. Right?
Bob Smith 1:31
Okay.
Marcia Smith 1:35
That would allow them to instantly see in the dark.
Bob Smith 1:39
Wow. Where did this come from? What’s the source of that?
Marcia Smith 1:41
Well, it’s part of the history at the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, but it’s in several other references. I think I saw it on now. What’s that place you like?
Bob Smith 1:50
Mental Floss? Yeah. Okay. That is fascinating. Yeah,
Marcia Smith 1:54
It helps them adjust immediately to low light conditions so they don’t fumble around down below.
Bob Smith 2:00
And we should say that in the past tense, it helped them adjust to the dark conditions below. Not it helps them because I don’t think there are pirates today. Who were I? Well, other than Johnny Depp.
Marcia Smith 2:12
Johnny Depp does. Okay.
Bob Smith 2:15
All right, Marcia. I’ve got that interesting little story I’ll get to in a minute about how they get horses to the Tokyo Olympics. Curious Yes, I was watching the horses and I thought well, no, these couldn’t just be random horses.
Marcia Smith 2:26
They had to what’s the even? Equestrian.
Bob Smith 2:28
They have several equestrian events. We’ll get to that in a minute. Oh, first I have a question closer to home here. How did a bad experience at a drugstore lead to one of the major new brands for men’s personal care? See, it’s for shaving. Okay. Okay. How did a bad experience at a drugstore lead to one of the major new brands in shaving?
Marcia Smith 2:53
The only thing that pops into my mind? Are those those new razors that are out Perry’s Harry’s, okay, yeah, yeah, because he went in and those good razor blades were so dang expensive. He thought I could do better than this. And he went to Germany,
Bob Smith 3:11
You must have read the same article I read. I read the box that you brought here Oh, well, that’s the reason. I went a little deeper than that. Okay. Okay. You know, we always like to look at axioms for entrepreneurs or axiom for business, right? This one I would say is don’t make it hard for your customers to get to your product. Because what happened was and this was back in 2011, Andy Katz Mayfield, he was in his local drugstore trying to buy razor blades. And he had the same experience many of us have. He was frustrated because it was in one of those locked up cases. And he couldn’t find anybody to open it up. And on top of that, they were so darn expensive. I’m talking about the Gillette brand, which we all know. The one that made shaving famous because it was “give away the razor sell the blades” that’s Gillette. Yeah. So he said he couldn’t get to it. On top of that they were expensive. So what he did was he was ticked. He called his friend Jeff Rader to complain. Well, guess what? They both have MBAs and they immediately saw a business opportunity. Absolutely. And so Harry’s was born that’s one of the first consumer brands that was sold online only. But quickly it got store distribution. Today you can find their products Yes. Next to Gillette since all the virus.
Marcia Smith 4:23
It’s only been about a year or so that I’m seeing I’m in big stores now.
Bob Smith 4:26
Yeah, and who would have thought. It didn’t look like a fair fight. Who could compete with precision machined razor blades – with five blades – produced in highly automated manufacturing plants? Well, anyway, Katz Mayfield has an MBA from Stanford and Raiders friend had an MBA from Wharton. He helped co found the Warby Parker eyewear brand that’s big on the web. I think our kids both have bought their eyeglasses through Warby Parker. So they put together a business plan that included buying a 500 employee razor blade factory in Germany that had been grinding precision steel for more than 100 years and Hary’s was born. Harry’s is at play on what do you get if you don’t shave your hair? Yeah. So and again, the lesson there is Don’t make things difficult for your customers. They may just compete against you.
Marcia Smith 5:10
Okay, Bobby ready?
Bob Smith 5:12
Yes.
Marcia Smith 5:13
What’s the best selling cookie? In the world?
Bob Smith 5:16
The best selling cookie in the world? I would say it’s Oreo. Why would you say that? Because I love him.
Marcia Smith 5:22
Yeah, you’re so weak and there are multiple parts.
Bob Smith 5:24
You know, we have to assemble it. It’s not just a regular.
Marcia Smith 5:27
That’s right. It’s got things to do.
Bob Smith 5:30
Is it an Oreo?
Marcia Smith 5:31
It is. Oh, you when I was – I had a feeling you’d get that. According to a 2014 study, the sandwich cookie brand from Nabisco generated global sales that year of $3.28 billion. Wow, the cookie has been able to move across the generations and cultures and easily outperform the competition around the world for every kind of cookie.
Bob Smith 5:57
And it’s a real testimony to science and putting science in manufacturing because now they have multiple thicknesses of the layer cream in the middle. multiple flavors. Yeah, in the middle. Yeah. Everything but the shape has changed. It’s amazing. Yeah. Okay, I have a couple of fun music questions. Then we’ll get to my horse questions. Who were the first artists named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And when was these?
Marcia Smith 6:22
Oh, geez. Oh, geez. The first woman was Aretha Franklin.
Bob Smith 6:28
That’s right. But that’s not one of the first people know the first artist. What year do you think it was? Let’s start with that.
Marcia Smith 6:34
Gosh, 65,86
Bob Smith 6:38
Marcia 86. Can you give me just three of the artists that made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the first year?
Marcia Smith 6:44
The first year Elvis Presley one. Johnny be good. Chuck Berry, too. Buddy Holly three is that three of them?
Bob Smith 6:50
That’s good. The first year I remember they named off all these people they include they were Chuck Berry James Brown Ray Charles Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Elvis Presley. That was the class of 1986. I remember at the time thinking, well, who’s the left?
Marcia Smith 7:10
Yeah, well, turns out a whole lot. A whole lot of people.
Bob Smith 7:14
But that was the class of 86, in the Hall of Fame was wasn’t actually a building at that time. It was in New York City, and then they moved to Cleveland in 1995. Okay, and you answered my second question, who was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? What year was that?
Marcia Smith 7:29
For God’s sakes? How would I know? I’ll just say 86 Was the when it open? I’ll say 2002?
Bob Smith 7:37
No, luckily, it was 1987. So I’m saying next year, Aretha Franklin went in Oh, good. They didn’t wait forever. Yeah, it wasn’t like they ignored women for years and years. They ignored them the first year,
Marcia Smith 7:47
Tina Turner, Mr. Gotti. And pretty quick after that, we
Bob Smith 7:50
will have that answer in the future.
Marcia Smith 7:54
Okay, ready? All right. You probably were very curious about this question. How many eyelids do camels have
Bob Smith 8:01
how many eyelids do camels have? Yes. Wow. I never thought about camels having more than one eyelid even having one. I never thought about it. Yeah, of course. I bet they have several because they have to deal with sand. So they probably evolved to have three eyelids.
Marcia Smith 8:16
Very good, Bob. Good detection and correct. Oh,
Bob Smith 8:19
wow. You’re gonna say and incorrect. Yeah. They have
Marcia Smith 8:22
three sets of eyelids on each eye, and two rows of eyelashes, two rows of eyelid. On top of that. They all help keep that pesky sand out of their eyes. The long eyelashes act like dusters you ever see those close up or even on puppets? They always have these really long eyelashes. So make sense? Yeah, things keep the sand moving out of their eyes. So that is not a big exaggeration when they do that as Yeah, I always thought it was I just thought it was to make it cute. But no, they really do have and their third eyelid is a transparent thin membrane that works as a shield to protect the camel’s eye from dust and sand while still retaining moisture. So it’s it’s a lubricant as well as Yeah, it’s it’s a thin shield. It’s like a membrane so it keeps it moist in there. How about that?
Bob Smith 9:12
Well, that’s pretty cool. Yeah. So we go from camels to another beast of burden, but these are called equine athletes. So my question is, how do they get horses to the Olympics?
Marcia Smith 9:25
They either fly him or they go across the ocean. Neither one I would think was a spectacular idea. I’ll just say, fly, fly.
Bob Smith 9:35
You’re right. We’re talking horses. And in this case, I’m talking about the Tokyo Olympics. That’s when I really thought wow, horses. These can’t be just any horses because people train with the horses for years. So how did they get them to Japan? Yeah, obviously they have to be flown. So owners take their horses around their riders and they ship them by plane but it’s I got some interesting information. than this, they load the horses into pre built stalls to horses per stall, which sounds crowded, but actually they’re designed to hold three horses. So they actually have more room. So they’re business class.
Marcia Smith 10:13
Do they sleep standing,
Bob Smith 10:15
They sleep standing up problem. So anyway, they also fly with a support staff, every horse of veterinarians and groomers who, among other things, try to make sure the horses stay relaxed. It’s the human equivalent of business class, the stallions travel at the front of the plane so as not to be distracted by the mayor’s funny they don’t know distract the stallions. Ah, now NPR had a great article here from the 2012 Olympics and FedEx flew 60 horses to England that year for the Olympics from all parts of the world. Now there’s
Marcia Smith 10:49
something I would have never thought to FedEx wonder what the raid on that?
Bob Smith 10:52
Well, I actually have that. How much it costs. Yeah, but but the cost, it depends on the weight, the distance and the airport availability. So a lot of it’s the same as any kind of FedEx thing. It’s up to $55,000, including the round trip airfare. So that is a lot and each one of these horses weighs a 1100 pounds at least. So that’s why it costs so much. And horses need passports. They have passports Wow. When they are microchipped unlike human athletes, they’re microchipped you’re not one of these people who really likes flying that much.
Marcia Smith 11:27
I hate flying. Yeah,
Bob Smith 11:28
Well guess why? A lot of the horses do to said even though they’re superstars. Some horses don’t like to travel, they’re worriers. They worry about the noise and the sound and the pressure. They remain standing. every once awhile they turn off that fasten your ropes button so that so the horses can roam around you know a little bit and the in flight beverage and snack service for horses. What do you think that would be?
Marcia Smith 11:52
Well, I imagine some sugar cubes, and some water.
Bob Smith 11:58
Hey, mixed with apple juice mixed with water. Okay, you also get Gatorade. So that keeps them hydrated. And of course, carrots. We can’t forget the carrot,
Marcia Smith 12:07
no wine to calm down.
Bob Smith 12:09
They might be given a mild sedative, which is equivalent to a glass of champagne or two and I’m sure they do. So that’s how you get horses to the Olympics.
Marcia Smith 12:20
Yeah, Ever wonder how much cheese she’s had eat Bob. Stats show that annually we consume the most in the United States. 32.7 pounds a year in Wisconsin? Yes. Okay. Yes. Although, this right behind us is California and Idaho. When they’re not eating potatoes. They’re eaten cheese anyway. But we are we are pikers compared to one country who comes in almost double us at 62 pounds a year. per person for cheese.
Bob Smith 12:51
Okay, I will suggest it is because a lot of the Wisconsin farmers who came here and started doing dairy were from Germany. I’ll say Germans.
Marcia Smith 12:59
That’s a good guess. No. Where are they? Denmark? No kidding. Yeah. Followed closely by Iceland, Finland. And fourth place my first guest France. Okay. And the Danes like to tap their cheese with jam or chocolate. And they do it a lot and regularly. And now statistically, they are the tallest people in the world who? The Dutch really?
Bob Smith 13:22
Yeah. From Holland, the Netherlands. Yeah, the tallest people in the world and the cheese eaters and milk drinkers. Well, that’s what Mom always said. That’s right. Get strong balls don’t bones and make you grow tall. Who knew was so nice to know Mom was right after all. We’ll be back with more in just a moment. You’re listening to the off ramp with Bob
Marcia Smith 13:42
and Marcia Smith.
Bob Smith 13:46
We’re back with more on the off ramp with Bob and Marsha Smith trivia today and Marsha I have some more women rock and roll trivia questions. We had the one which you actually pre guessed I call it a pre guess. Was Aretha Franklin. Amazing. Okay, so how many women have been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame more than once? You know where they were members of fans. And then they were also inducted. I’ll say nine? Nine? No, just three. Okay, and one was not in a band. This was a songwriter, Carol King. Carole King. Yes. She was inducted first with her writing partner Gerry Goffin in 1990. And then for her solo career. Yeah. Later, Stevie Nicks entered as part of the Fleetwood Mac band in 1998. And then for her solo work 2019. And then the woman you mentioned earlier, Tina Turner to Tina Turner. Yes, she was part of Ike and Tina Turner in 1991. Got in solo too. And she got in for her solo career later too.
Marcia Smith 14:47
Oh, that’s very cool. You know, one of my favorite shows live shows was beautiful. Remember that? You saw that together? That
Bob Smith 14:55
was it was a stage show but Carole King’s life.
Marcia Smith 14:57
It was wonderful. Okay, Bob, what mammal? sleeps the least amount of hours? I
Bob Smith 15:05
would say it’s human beings? No. Oh, okay. Mammals I think of possums. No, I think of dogs. No. Okay. What is it Marsh?
Marcia Smith 15:16
I wouldn’t have guessed this. Elephants. Really? They only sleep in the wild. Two hours a day. Holy cow, and captive ones. I don’t know. Probably because they’re depressed. Generally sleep three to seven hours a day on average, but seven hours. That’s a lot up to seven. Yeah, for an elephant who’s Yeah, but in the wild. They all sleep apparently. Two hours is the perfect norm.
Bob Smith 15:40
Isn’t it amazing as huge animals? Yes. Yeah. I think they need more sleep. Yeah. than two hours a day. Yeah. Wow. Okay. All right. I’ve got one more Rock and Roll Hall of Fame question and then I’ll drop this category for a show or two. Okay, thank you, Bob. Okay, who is the only artist inducted three times in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times.
Marcia Smith 16:01
For different categories like music.
Bob Smith 16:04
I’ll give you some answer. Okay. Is it a he? Yes, he’s a guitarist. He’s British. He has been active since the mid 60s And he still performs today on the card. No. Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton. That’s right. He came in with the Yardbirds in 1992, and then a member of cream in 93. And then his solo career in 2000. So they’re gonna
Marcia Smith 16:24
go, well, here’s something you’re going to say say what? Your nose is the exact same size as your what?
Bob Smith 16:36
Okay, to just avoid this question. Your nose Yes. Exact same size as your thumb. That’s right. Is it? Yeah, I just put my thumb in front of me when I said that. And I thought that’s kind of I’ll
Marcia Smith 16:48
put it up there. It is the same size from the joint to the tile. So
Bob Smith 16:53
it’s the same length, apparently. Yeah. But they’re a little wider than thumbs. Yeah,
Marcia Smith 16:57
the same length. So that’s not all the length of your forearm, measured from the crook of your elbow to your wrist is also the exact same size as your what, as you’re looking at your forearm. Now
Bob Smith 17:12
think from the crowd. I would say it’s from your hips down to your knees. It’s the psyche.
Marcia Smith 17:16
Your thigh. Yeah, I know. Your foot wide. Yeah, your foot. Your foot is the same size from your from your wrist to the crook in your arm. I’ll measure you after the show is that big? It
Bob Smith 17:30
looks bigger than my foot. That’s
Marcia Smith 17:31
what I said. That’s ridiculous. But I got out the old tape measure there it was nine and a half.
Bob Smith 17:37
Well, that’s probably part of the geometric balance. You need
Marcia Smith 17:41
a very DaVinci like perfection. And this is an all human beings unless you’re, you know, particularly out of sorts. Yeah, that’s it. That’s everybody’s like that is
Bob Smith 17:52
fascinating. All right. So this is from the more things change, the more they remain the same. This was an item I saw on Mental Floss. Okay. See if this sounds familiar. I think if you’re a person of a certain age, it might. For those wanting to build a vinyl record collection. Amazon has introduced a new subscription service No, no, not like Columbia sounds just like which, according to Elaine Sellner writing on Mental Floss. With this service, you’ll receive a classic record through the mail every month, all of which are handpicked by the curators at Amazon Music currently, the club focuses on the golden era of vinyl, which the company categorizes as the 60s and the 70s. So the record so far include hits like the wall by Pink Floyd and London calling by the clash. This subscription service is only available in the United States comes with free shipping. You can look ahead and see which album is on its way that month. If you’re aren’t interested in Watson store, you can simply check skip this box or return it for free. Exactly the same. So if you’re a person of a certain age, that certainly sounds like the old Columbia record club.
Marcia Smith 18:59
I was a member where you Oh, yeah.
Bob Smith 19:01
Because you know, I grew up in a small town unlike you so there weren’t that many great record stores. So I’m sure it’s was fantastic. You get a new album every month. Yeah, yeah, I had specials where you’d buy by him for I forget what albums cost back then they were only like three or $4 an album but you get an album for $1.75.
Marcia Smith 19:19
That’s probably why you and I had so many huge record collection. We got married. God look at this, but that’s
Bob Smith 19:26
one way Marsha and I knew we would like each other. We had, oh, you’ve got these. I’ve got this record to avoid that kind of stuff. It’s kind of fun to go into each other’s apartment and see the same albums. They’re like the same books. Yes. Anyway, so that’s a new subscription service and
Marcia Smith 19:40
all comes around baby it all comes around. Okay. How long Bob does it take for us humans to grow an entire new skeleton
Bob Smith 19:48
to grow a new skeleton because we actually are doing that in our lifetime is that the truth is I was really I thought I didn’t I didn’t I thought you had these bones and
Marcia Smith 19:58
they were they were then yeah Ah, now, the truth is the humans grow a new skeleton every 12 years. Wow, due to the body’s continual replacement of its bone cells.
Bob Smith 20:10
I never thought of that. I
Marcia Smith 20:11
didn’t either. So every 12 years you got a whole different body go
Bob Smith 20:14
I just hope I have another 12 years left.
Marcia Smith 20:16
I just went out suppose you had a replacement of a hip or a knee what happens in 12 years
Bob Smith 20:21
everything just regenerates you know, you shed bad cells it goes into your bloodstream and goes away you know, a lot of stuff goes through wasted a lot of its, you know, cells that die and go away. Okay, it’s an amazing thing. The human body.
Marcia Smith 20:33
Do you know how fast bunnies run, Bob? how fast they run? Yeah, no, give me give me your best guess. Well, for our 30 miles
Bob Smith 20:42
an hour’s really fast and I doubt if they could run that fast because they’re tiny little feet.
Marcia Smith 20:46
Usain Bolt is that it says first name, Usain Bolt. Okay, yeah, the Olympic he ran 27 miles per hour. So just giving you a bunny and a bowl. Well,
Bob Smith 20:57
are they the same? Or no, not close. Now. Both buddies run less fast. They run fast. No kidding. Even though they’re tiny little lanes how fast they run
Marcia Smith 21:05
up to 45 miles per hour. Holy
Bob Smith 21:08
cow. I wonder why they run out in front of cars. I can make this I
Marcia Smith 21:12
want to guess that and 45
Bob Smith 21:14
miles an hour. Wow. Okay, Marcia. I have some interesting questions for you about a TV show that you and I used to watch. Okay. 24 remember that? Of course. We watched it. We loved it. One of the first epic series of the 2000s Right. It was imminent threats last minute saves all done to the soundtrack of a beeping clock. Remember that? went on for eight real time years, but they covered 11 years and digital time. Can you believe it premiered 20 years ago? In 2001. Oh my gosh. That’s how long ago it was your Sullivan key for Salomon. Yeah, keep her Sullivan was the star. Scott Biggs published a great article on that and Mental Floss first. We know it was a violent show you and I used to joke about Jack. You know, don’t let them near an electrical cord. He’s gonna strangle somebody and something awful to do with it. So here’s my first question, Marsha on the TV series 20. For one of our old all time favorites, how many people did Jack Bauer kill?
Marcia Smith 22:11
Oh my god. How long was it on the air? Trying to think at least 10 per show. Six did and I’ll say 1500? Oh,
Bob Smith 22:21
no, not that many people. No, he didn’t kill that many people. 270 people over eight seasons. So that’s 18 years in universe or 15 people a year, which makes our hero much more prolific than the average serial killer 270 people so 15 people a year he would kill and guess what 24 was not originally about the war on terror. What was it going to be about? It was a countdown shoot
Marcia Smith 22:44
Russians know the Chinese.
Bob Smith 22:48
If you won’t believe this, what it was going to be about a wedding. The concept of the show is about the day leading up to a wedding. So the clock was going to be ticking off as the wedding got closer. Apparently, for some reason that was quickly scrapped in favor of a thriller where someone’s daughter was kidnapped, and eventually it morphed into the anti-terrorist drama now, this is what really blows my mind. Most of the first season was filmed before 911 It was not a reaction to 911 we all kind of thought, hey, this was there were hijackings and things. Yeah, that terrorists are going to attack that was all thought through before 911. And the ticking clock was a pain for the writers. You want the character of Curtis to be at the CTU but he’s at the airport. How do we get him where he needs to be? Yeah.
Marcia Smith 23:35
And they never went to the bathroom. And those
Bob Smith 23:39
we always said he would jack never went to the bed. Yes. Give me or eat or
Marcia Smith 23:44
eat, drink or go to the bathroom. He just was
Bob Smith 23:46
two more things. The clock appeared silent. When did that happen? Commercial? No. is when a major character died. It would still keep ticking but the sound effect would go away. Really? Yeah. Okay, now they went through all these years. How many presidents were there? 311 presidents? Yes, no, there were 11 presidents and only one served a full term. Dennis Haysbert, the black president, President Palmer who today is all the all state commercial. Yes, he was the only president elected to office to finish your full term when President was incapacitated during attack on Air Force One another was unseated when his terrorist activities were exposed, one was assassinated and one resigned because of her involvement in the assassination cover up. Oh, um, that one left because of dementia, which, which all of us almost suffered by the time the show and we’re familiar with that scenario.
Marcia Smith 24:37
Okay. All right. I’m going to finish up my questions with some pop questions. Okay. Music questions, just fill in the name. The Queen of Soul is Aretha Franklin, Queen of blues.
Bob Smith 24:53
Billie Holiday,
Marcia Smith 24:54
Diana Washington, the queen of
Bob Smith 24:56
disco. Well, that was done a summer, King of Swing Benny Goodman, king of cowboys, Roy Rogers. Good and the king. Oh, Elvis Presley. That’s
Marcia Smith 25:07
right. You got five out of six. Good going, Bob. Well, that’s good. That was very good. So what’s
Bob Smith 25:12
it called? Music royalty? Is that a category? Do you have a quote? Oh, yeah. Do
Marcia Smith 25:18
you remember Colonel Oliver North
Bob Smith 25:21
Oliver North was during the Iran Contra, exactly. during the Reagan years?
Marcia Smith 25:26
Yes. And this is a quote from from Oliver. I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version,
Bob Smith 25:40
saying I lie I help to spread a lie.
Marcia Smith 25:44
That’s his convoluted way, which we’ve now become accustomed to. But back in the old days, you say, What the hell did he just say?
Bob Smith 25:52
Wouldn’t you love to have your kid tell you that when you say who stole this app? What would the kids say?
Marcia Smith 25:55
I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version. Mom. That’s
Bob Smith 26:03
right. You stole the apple and you helped Billy steal the app. Oh, my God. Oh, that’s fun. Oh, that just well that. Lawyers can be creative. Yeah. All right. All right. That’s it for this time. We hope you’ve enjoyed our trivia for this day. I’m Bob Smith. I’m
Marcia Smith 26:19
Marcia Smith. Join us again next
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time when we return with more trivia on the off ramp.
The off ramp is produced in association with CPL radio online and the Cedarbrook Public Library Cedarburg, Wisconsin.
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