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#173 – Let The Games Begin

2024/7/22
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Gerri Willis: 本期节目包含一系列涵盖历史、流行文化、体育和政治等领域的问答题。问题涉及奥运会的起源地、电影《绿野仙踪》中不同版本女主角的故乡、美国职业棒球大联盟中首位黑人球员、热门网站eBay的创始人以及美国总统伍德罗·威尔逊夫人埃迪丝·威尔逊对内阁成员的影响。 通过这些问题,节目旨在测试听众的知识面,并提供一些鲜为人知的历史事实和人物故事。 每个问题的答案都经过详细解释,并结合相关背景知识进行补充说明,例如,关于奥运会起源于古希腊的解释,以及关于Larry Doby作为首位在美联出道的黑人球员的介绍。 此外,节目还介绍了Edith Wilson在丈夫中风后所扮演的重要角色,以及她如何影响了内阁成员的去留。 这些问题和答案的设计,既具有娱乐性,又能够引发听众对历史和社会事件的思考。 Gerri Willis: 节目以轻松活泼的方式呈现,通过与纽约街头民众的互动,增加了节目的趣味性。 同时,节目也注重知识的普及和传播,例如,关于杰基·罗宾逊和Larry Doby的介绍,不仅解答了问题,也向听众普及了美国历史上重要的种族平等事件。 节目最后还提供了更多类似的测验资源,鼓励听众积极参与,并持续学习。 这种寓教于乐的形式,使得节目能够吸引更广泛的受众群体,并提升节目的影响力。 节目中穿插的广告信息,也体现了节目在商业模式上的探索和创新。

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Hi, everybody. I'm Jerry Willis, and it's time to take the quiz. ♪

This is the quiz. History, pop culture, science, sports, civics. How much do you know? Let's find out. Five days a week, it's five questions in less than five minutes. We asked people on the streets of New York City to play along. Let's see how you do. Question number one. In what country did the Olympics originate? France. Greece.

That's right, Greece. Question two. Judy Garland stars as Dorothy Gale, a young girl from Kansas in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz. Decades later, Diana Ross played the same iconic role in the 1978 film The Wiz. Where is Ross's Dorothy from? Massachusetts. I don't know.

Oklahoma. I should know this. Harlem. How you doing so far? Having fun? Let's keep going. On to question three. Jackie Robinson was the first black baseball player to play in the major leagues when he debuted for the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers. Who was the very first black player to debut in the American League? Willie Mays. I don't know. Willie Mays.

Well, that answered Larry Doby. Question number four. Pierre Omidyar is founder of what popular website that launched in 1995? Google. Yahoo. Facebook. Wikipedia. If you guessed eBay, you'd be correct. Play, share, listen. Question five is next.

All right, get ready. Drum roll. The moment you've been waiting for. Question number five.

Nicknamed America's first woman president, Edith Wilson, assumed a great deal of influence following her husband's stroke. She's even credited with playing a part in having what member of Wilson's cabinet removed? I don't know. I don't know. No clue. Lyndon Johnson. And the answer is Secretary of State Robert Lansing.

How'd you do on the quiz? Either way, you can try again tomorrow. And if you missed any along the way, you can always find more quizzes at thequiz.fox. Then come back here to see how you did. And you can listen to my podcast, The Fearless and Proud, at foxnewspodcast.com or wherever you get podcasts. I'm Geri Willis, and thank you for taking the quiz.

Take the quiz at thequiz.fox. Play, share, listen. Five questions, five minutes, five days a week. Thequiz.fox. From the Fox News Podcast Network, subscribe and listen to the Trey Gowdy Podcast. Former federal prosecutor and four-term U.S. Congressman from South Carolina brings you a one-of-a-kind podcast. Subscribe and listen now by going to foxnewspodcast.com.