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Speaker 1:
[00:00] So you're saying with Hilton Honors, I can use points for a free night stay anywhere? Anywhere. What about fancy places like the Canopy in Paris? Yeah, Hilton Honors, baby. Or relaxing sanctuaries like the Conrad and Tulum? Hilton Honors, baby. What about the five-star Waldorf Astoria in the Maldives? Are you gonna do this for all 9,000 properties?

Speaker 2:
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Speaker 3:
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Speaker 4:
[01:14] Hello and welcome, my fellow Trivia nerds, to the best trivia podcast ever, the Family Road Trip Trivia Podcast. I'm your host Brittany, I'm here with my best friend Meredith. Say hi, Meredith.

Speaker 3:
[01:22] Hello, Kids in the Car.

Speaker 4:
[01:24] We're gonna play, I'm so nervous about this episode. I know it's not always your wheelhouse, but I wrote for you today, Ultimate Sportsball Trivia.

Speaker 3:
[01:35] I can't handle it, because I know all the dads are just gonna like send me messages and be mean, but listen, I know a lot of stuff, I don't know a lot of stuff about sports. Let's see how it goes today. Good luck to me.

Speaker 4:
[01:49] Alright. Here we go. Round one. Here we go. Godspeed. Question one. How many players are on the field for one team in American football? Ooh, you're not off. It's 11.

Speaker 3:
[02:08] I mean, I was off by one.

Speaker 4:
[02:11] Barely, barely, barely. Question two, what sport uses the term love to mean zero?

Speaker 3:
[02:21] Yes!

Speaker 4:
[02:22] I got on the board! Okay, question three. What colored flag means a false start in auto racing? Yellow. Question four, what sport is known as the beautiful game? Your husband is going to be so disappointed in you. It is soccer. Question five. What piece of equipment did early basketball players use instead of nets?

Speaker 3:
[03:10] No one's going to know that. Just a normal basket, just a basket.

Speaker 4:
[03:14] A peach basket.

Speaker 3:
[03:15] I'm accepting it. Peach basket acceptable.

Speaker 4:
[03:17] Well, you get to make the rules. Okay, question.

Speaker 3:
[03:20] That's why it's called making a basket. All right.

Speaker 4:
[03:22] Yes, question six. How long is an Olympic swimming pool in meters?

Speaker 3:
[03:28] I know this. I had child swimmers 50 meters.

Speaker 4:
[03:39] That's right. Question seven. What country invented golf? Hello, Scotland. How many points is a touchdown worth in football before the extra point? Six, yes, question nine. How many periods are played in a standard hockey game? Two. It's apparently three. Oh. Seems weird to have an odd number of periods.

Speaker 3:
[04:17] I know, when is the half time?

Speaker 4:
[04:19] I don't watch the sports, so I'm not 100% sure. Right, when is the half time? After two and a half? Weird. Okay, question 10. What sports championship trophy is called the Vince Lombardi Trophy? Yes, it is football. Not terrible. Okay. Not terrible, not terrible. About half, about half.

Speaker 3:
[04:46] Do not send me messages, dads.

Speaker 4:
[04:48] We're trying our best.

Speaker 3:
[04:50] I'm doing my best.

Speaker 4:
[04:52] I was a cheerleader.

Speaker 3:
[04:53] I should know more of the football stuff. Okay.

Speaker 4:
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Speaker 5:
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Speaker 4:
[06:42] All right, we are back for round two of Sportsball Trivia. It was about, you know, broke even probably in the first half. Let's see if we can do a little bit better in the second half. Question one, what is the name of the line that separates offense from defense in football?

Speaker 3:
[07:02] The answer is the halfway line.

Speaker 4:
[07:06] Yeah, it is the line of scrimmage.

Speaker 3:
[07:08] 50 meters.

Speaker 4:
[07:09] The scrimmage line, yeah. Question two, what sport did Michael Jordan briefly play professionally besides basketball?

Speaker 3:
[07:24] Baseball.

Speaker 4:
[07:25] And it was a disaster.

Speaker 3:
[07:27] A disaster, as they say in Brooklyn.

Speaker 4:
[07:30] Yes, question three, is it Boston, I think, right?

Speaker 3:
[07:33] Boston.

Speaker 4:
[07:33] A disaster.

Speaker 3:
[07:34] It's a disaster.

Speaker 4:
[07:35] Everybody in Boston listening right now is literally cringing.

Speaker 3:
[07:38] I don't care.

Speaker 2:
[07:39] Then we'll go right back to the Midwest.

Speaker 3:
[07:41] Midwest as it comes.

Speaker 4:
[07:43] It's a disaster.

Speaker 3:
[07:44] It's a disaster.

Speaker 4:
[07:46] Question three, what sport is played at Wimbledon? Yes. Question four. What is the term for scoring three goals in a single hockey game?

Speaker 3:
[08:06] I know it, because when you sell three cars in the same day, it's called a hat trick.

Speaker 4:
[08:10] Dang, that's right. Okay, question five. What sport uses a pommel horse rings in volt? This sport was added to the Olympics in 2020 and involves tricks and street courses.

Speaker 3:
[08:39] Breakdancing?

Speaker 4:
[08:40] It's skateboarding.

Speaker 3:
[08:41] Oh.

Speaker 4:
[08:42] Breakdancing. Question seven. All right, points for pins and takedowns happen in which sports?

Speaker 3:
[08:55] Wrestling.

Speaker 4:
[08:57] Question eight. What sports athletes wear spikes on their shoes for traction on ice?

Speaker 3:
[09:06] Ice racing.

Speaker 4:
[09:08] Oh, I might give it to you at speed skating.

Speaker 3:
[09:10] That is not the same as...

Speaker 4:
[09:12] No, I was trying to be nice. Okay, question nine. This sport is sometimes called water ballet.

Speaker 3:
[09:23] Synchronized swimming.

Speaker 4:
[09:25] Yes. Okay, final question. What martial art literally translates to the gentle way?

Speaker 3:
[09:39] Let's use it, Sue.

Speaker 4:
[09:40] It's Judo. That's the same thing. I don't know that that's... Half a point. But not bad, not bad, not bad. It wasn't, you know, it went better than I thought it was going to for me. I thought it'd be worse, and it's not bad. So good job.

Speaker 3:
[09:54] That was the most painful moment of my life.

Speaker 4:
[09:56] Okay, well.

Speaker 3:
[09:58] Let's move on.

Speaker 4:
[09:59] That's some luck. All right, guys, we want to hear how you liked this episode and any ideas you have for upcoming episodes. Head over to Apple and Spotify and leave us five stars and drop in that review what you want to hear. We can't wait to read it. All right. Have a great day, Trivia nerds.

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