# Episode 022 - Stanford, Zhivago & Uncle Sam

An episode of [Are You Quizzing Me?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1663104901), 1 Jun 2023, 55 min.

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Do you know which iconic Indian character/mascot was conceived by Bobby Kooka, and Umesh Rao, an artist at J. Walter Thompson Ltd and whose look was inspired by Syed Wajid Ali, an industrialist from Pakistan? Do you know what connects Boris Pasternak, Gerhard Domagk, Richard Kuhn, Adolf Butenandt & Liu Xiaobo? Do you know how Samuel Wilson, a meatpacker from New York in the 19th century, has been immortalized in the American consciousness? Tune in to find out! You can reach us at Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/areyouquizzingme/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/areyouquizzingme Email: areyouquizzingme@gmail.com

## Transcript

[0:01] Welcome to. Are you quizzing me?
[0:03] I'm an admirer with my co-host on the deck of a ship.
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[0:10] Science fought of God, Ra and so much more.
[0:13] Let's get quitting. And welcome back.
[0:18] It's another day another episode at The Tiara back for another
[0:22] round of questioning. But before we get to the actual,
[0:26] quizzing part of the show, let's do away with to the torture part
[0:31] of the show other than he has a question that you have pending
[0:35] hanging off. A cliff actually, from last
[0:38] week, I do. And I believe the question I
[0:41] asked was about the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and how they have
[0:46] used Circle to to pay their respects to the first moon
[0:51] landing and touka memorize that. So I wondered what would they
[0:55] use Square for? And I realize the answer was
[0:59] very evident the Hollywood Walk of Fame if they ever decided to
[1:05] show their respect to journalism and journalists, perhaps one of
[1:09] the first few that they would give its to a pretty renowned
[1:14] Daily newspaper and use. In the u.s. it's called The New
[1:19] York Times. And if you are going to
[1:22] commemorate the times you'll do it with the Time Square.
[1:25] Oh and not other types of new new.
[1:31] Oh God, yeah I was wondering where you were going with this
[1:35] for a second. I thought when you said
[1:37] journalist, I thought you were going to Clark Kent and that
[1:40] people, you know, called him a square as it because he was, you
[1:43] know, completely straightforward as a boy.
[1:47] What about everything? That's that's the thing with my
[1:49] answer is you do you don't know where I'm going?
[1:51] I don't know where I'm going, but get any level has so many
[1:58] many levels. Okay.
[2:01] But not bad. Not bad, not bad Time, Square.
[2:04] That's that's a clever one. Yes, I'll give that to you.
[2:07] So let's start off with the quiz.
[2:09] I'll start off this today about this episode today.
[2:13] With a question though ex seems to be quite recent There is
[2:18] literature about this which dates back to the early 17th
[2:22] century in China. It also Finds Its mention in a
[2:26] few books in Japan. This primarily involves three
[2:31] principles cutting crushing and covering what is X.
[2:37] So, little way, I purposely made a little big.
[2:39] I give you Clues, if you as you go forward, I'm bit blank right
[2:46] now. So Again, sorry it is a practice
[2:51] cutting crashing. I haven't mentioned it, has it.
[2:54] Do people think it's quite recent?
[2:56] There is literature about this which dates back to the 17th
[2:59] century in China. It finds mention in a few books
[3:03] in Japan and it primarily involves three principles
[3:09] cutting or crushing and covering, okay?
[3:12] Principles and not an activity, cutting crushing and covering
[3:19] Wow. I would say this has something
[3:23] to do with the is it that the Art of War thing like it in
[3:30] somewhere, not sense or not, tons of not.
[3:32] So let's and those are no, no. Technically you could say this
[3:37] is a form of warfare. Some people do use this form of
[3:41] warfare. So interesting cutting crushing
[3:46] and covering descend. Again, seems like I can Crush
[3:52] dissent, I can cover this. I don't know how you would cut
[3:55] this end. No, no, no, this is nothing that
[3:59] okay, okay, I'll give it to you, I'll give you one more clue, one
[4:02] more sentence, which should make Larry fi things quite a bit.
[4:06] This usually happens between two people but more people can join
[4:11] to make it more. Or complex and interesting, I
[4:15] guess sex, it's not imagine, but it would be difficult to justify
[4:29] for that answer. Sorry, it's a, it happens.
[4:33] Usually between two people, but more people can join in for it
[4:37] to be more intense in. Yeah, there are there are there
[4:39] are other two ways more people can join.
[4:42] In with just these three principles, or there are some
[4:45] versions where more principles also come into place in case you
[4:50] come into play racing. Sorry.
[4:52] Yeah. Between two people is it some
[4:55] sort of a sport. I wouldn't call it a spot but
[5:00] it's a game. Yes, it's a game or okay, I
[5:06] don't know why in my head I immediately went to Battleship
[5:10] but then again that's not No, no, no.
[5:16] I don't know if it is if it has because surprisingly many games
[5:19] have their origins of the orienteering could be, could be
[5:23] but okay. No, I am blanking right now.
[5:27] I have no idea. Okay, let me put it this way.
[5:30] People use this when they want to break a tie or when there's
[5:35] an unpleasant tasks between, and they want to decide who's going
[5:40] to do it. Okay, and covering wall, I mean
[5:49] the connection but I'm assuming you mean.
[5:53] Yes, it is. Rock, paper, scissors.
[5:56] So the first mention of this game was in the book who's a
[6:01] film. I don't know how to that's a
[6:04] butcher pronunciation. I'm very sorry by the Ming.
[6:06] Dynasty writer ji Shao Lei in around 1600, who wrote Odd that
[6:12] the game dated back to the time of the Han Dynasty which is 206
[6:17] BC, okay. In the book, the game was called
[6:21] Xiao Ling and Leary was book note of loons.
[6:26] I also mentioned this game calling it chao-li.
[6:29] So this is quite old, if that other can be believed, it's
[6:33] even, you know, around, maybe around 2,200 2,300 years old.
[6:42] Quite honestly, I would have never imagined makes it one of
[6:46] the simplest and yet, most entertaining games ever.
[6:50] Yes, almost as simple. And as the detailing of 6mm
[6:54] might name and if you're a Big Bang Theory fan, I think there
[7:01] was a version of this game. That was made popular,
[7:04] rock-paper-scissors- lizard-spock.
[7:08] Yeah. I am sad time played that
[7:12] version also with them, but we had to keep him cheat sheet and
[7:15] has just begun every time I played.
[7:17] I do not sure who won and in order to refer to the teacher.
[7:22] Yeah, okay, great question. Love, that was out of left
[7:31] field, but speaking of not realizing, what is being spoken
[7:36] of. That's quite the Give it.
[7:41] But there is a little tweet from the 22nd 2019, by the Jerusalem
[7:50] Post in which they were talking about the international criminal
[7:55] court. And their statement that the
[8:00] Israeli government is afraid of the Hague pointing to the
[8:03] failure to correct weight. The illegal, Bedouin Village of
[8:07] Colonel armor. Okay?
[8:08] These are just technicality And this was something of a style
[8:11] from Jerusalem Post, not getting into the factual part of
[8:15] whatever they claim. However, this three got a
[8:20] response from a very unlikely account unlikely, Twitter
[8:25] account. Okay, cool.
[8:27] Just wanted to the street and why somebody not related in any
[8:35] particular way to to Jerusalem or Israel or Palestine and a of
[8:39] it and yet was responding to this point.
[8:44] Who was it? Okay, so this is regarding so,
[8:49] okay, it's not important what their original to it was okay.
[8:53] So I'll tell and repeat the, what the context of the detours.
[8:57] Again, it was based on need the international criminal code, and
[9:01] in a statement said that the Israeli lawmakers had responded
[9:08] to them saying the they want to dismantle Palestinian Authority.
[9:12] Okay, so that was the okay basically in effect.
[9:15] What they were talking about some some some Israel Palestine
[9:17] issue, and just posit spoken about that now, which Twitter
[9:23] account responded to the street. You would choose who you would
[9:26] not expect to, and why. So let's now turn left field.
[9:33] I'm trying to guess. Because if you mention, it's
[9:39] nothing to do with Jerusalem, some guessing it's not the
[9:41] Armenians. It's not the, it's not a country
[9:46] at all, actually? Okay, okay.
[9:49] That's not an official account of any form.
[9:52] No, not on account of inertial organization.
[9:56] Okay? It's a verified account face.
[9:57] It, it is, it is an organization, but it's not a
[10:01] country that makes sense. Okay, so it isn't a government
[10:06] or it isn't a country or Didn't even a government
[10:08] representative. Okay.
[10:10] So, it's one of those independent kind of things.
[10:13] Yes. An organization email something
[10:17] like UNICEF. No.
[10:22] Okay. Who would want to get in between
[10:26] an israeli-palestinian dogfight? I would like who's brave enough
[10:30] to venture there. So the question then becomes why
[10:34] I also would be responsible. Yeah, me too.
[10:38] The reason I mentioned UNICEF. Yeah, the reason I mentioned
[10:41] UNICEF was by way of thinking of a ceasefire for vaccinations and
[10:45] those kind of things do happen in between loads.
[10:48] So this is actually kind of a for path at the Jerusalem.
[10:51] Post committed. They kind of a mistake they made
[10:54] in the tweet and hence this Twitter account responded to
[10:57] them. Okay?
[10:58] So then I would have to ask you for the content of the Tweet
[11:02] itself. Is that a possibility, sure that
[11:06] I could get, of course, of course.
[11:07] I can give that and this should hopefully make it much easier,
[11:10] okay? In light of the international
[11:13] cricket Court statement. The party MK and the tag another
[11:19] account stated that the Israeli government is afraid of the.
[11:23] A quote-unquote. There's a ligament is afraid of
[11:27] the Hague pointing to the failure to evacuate the illegal
[11:31] between Village of Kalama. Okay.
[11:33] So this is the Tweet. So I'm going to guess it's
[11:36] either the Over bcca the ICC. So the right of the address ICC
[11:48] statement instead of tagging the international criminal code
[11:52] which is a different to take out the Taiga international cricket
[11:55] Council and I feel like, hey, buddy.
[12:10] Because I think you mentioned at the ICC, the international
[12:14] cricket Council. When you were 18 of the to eat,
[12:37] Has served me. Well, yeah instead of are you
[12:41] quizzing me Reserve Army. Quizzing me.
[12:44] It's just a question myself. This is quite good at it.
[12:50] That is a great place tonight. Jerusalem Post can make that
[12:53] mistake. So can I so true?
[12:58] True. Okay.
[13:00] Okay, so that was a great question.
[13:04] I'm going to go a little back. Back to the ecology in history.
[13:10] Okay. So basic mythology refers to
[13:13] this place as an ancient settlement conquered by King
[13:17] Bharat Bharat was also called as push girl.
[13:21] And so the name of the settlement became known as push.
[13:25] Kalavati? However, research has proven
[13:28] this claim as debatable and hence, suggests an alternative
[13:32] of This Town purusha opera or city of men.
[13:37] The city is named may also be derived in the Sanskrit name for
[13:40] the city of flowers or Porsche Bora.
[13:44] A name that is found in an ancient karate inscription.
[13:47] Which modern-day city? Am I talking about?
[13:51] So I'm assuming this this, the modern-day name carries some
[13:56] relation to the original name which would which would then yes
[14:00] that would be a feminist. Yes.
[14:02] Okay and you did say to reassure time to push opera or Porsche
[14:12] Opera also known as city of flowers in Sanskrit, all right,
[14:19] be shower. Got it in one.
[14:22] It is a shower. No, I was thinking of PPU and
[14:27] Pune and all of that, but be official.
[14:31] Yes, yes. So it's basically the same thing
[14:34] I mentioned before. Sanskrit purush Opera, the city
[14:38] may have also derived its name from Sanskrit for the city of
[14:41] flowers. The city came to be known as
[14:44] special our during the era of Emperor Akbar of the Mughal
[14:49] Dynasty. So yeah that was a very quick
[14:53] track. Very well done one if I may say
[14:55] so myself. That was a great act.
[14:58] Yeah, well I wanted to question very easily, my question and
[15:01] your question. Okay, let's do this question,
[15:10] which is lovely history. The expression, rather invention
[15:17] of something that is very common.
[15:20] Today in 1853 there was an individual by the name of George
[15:27] spec, who worked George in George spec who lived in New
[15:32] York and work. There he worked in a as a cook
[15:37] of the Moon Lake Lodge resort this the 1853 that it Uncle -
[15:42] okay on one of his days working there.
[15:46] There was a customer who ordered three Trays and was not
[15:52] satisfied with the way they turned out.
[15:55] Okay eventually from got so exasperated that he changed the
[16:03] recipe slightly and in the process invented something new,
[16:09] what your head? George Spectrum invent.
[16:13] Okay. Now to be fair I did not know
[16:15] that this guy's name was George crumb but I have the heard the
[16:18] story before this is The invention of what the British
[16:22] might call the crisp. All right, Carlos potato chips.
[16:28] That is very well done. And very, very easily cracked
[16:31] while we are on a road. It is the mention of the potato
[16:38] chip and let me be more specific as to what happened.
[16:42] So this particular customer complained.
[16:45] That the fries were too thick for the fries.
[16:48] Very popular the restaurant there when he got And the
[16:51] customer is not happy because he thought they were too thick and
[16:55] they were too soft. So then George spec who also was
[16:59] known as George Crump. Send another back to this time.
[17:02] He tried to make it cleaner and yet the customers that
[17:04] satisfied. So George got so frustrated that
[17:08] he made fry, that were too thin to eat with a fork, hoping to
[17:11] orders annoy. The customer who is being really
[17:14] fussy customer. Surprisingly enough was very
[17:18] happy and this extremely thin extremely crispy and well-salted
[17:23] in Dish, came to be parade with chips and that's how pretty the
[17:27] chips were invented in 1853. That's the stone.
[17:32] I've heard the story but George come was a new addition to me.
[17:36] Interestingly, he was born George spec and he
[17:39] professionally adopted the name crumb later on in life.
[17:42] It's a I don't know what to make of it.
[17:46] The fact that both his last name's one is crumb and the
[17:50] other is Spec both pointing to very tiny items.
[17:55] Well he vanished he managed to create something which does
[17:58] create a lot of crumbs and specs while eating.
[18:01] So I guess it's all fair aptly named aptly named aptly named.
[18:07] Okay, okay. I am going to go to a connect
[18:12] question, so I'm going to give you five limbs, okay?
[18:16] And I need you to tell me what connects them.
[18:19] It's a very Singular connect, right?
[18:23] So there's only one thing that will possibly connect all of
[18:25] them. Gerhard the mark, Richard Kuhn
[18:33] adults, Buton Aunt, Lu Shou Bou and Boris Pasternak, wow, apart
[18:44] from Richard cool, which also very vague, I don't think I will
[18:47] note that the levels Boris Pasternak possibly making the
[18:53] Bell right now, okay? So I'm assuming these are all
[18:56] names of people. Can I check if these are
[18:59] fictional people or Or really? No.
[19:02] Yes there are. There are not living but
[19:06] flesh-and-blood they were flesh-and-blood.
[19:07] Okay. So they were people who lived at
[19:09] some point. Okay.
[19:11] Could you repeat the names again?
[19:13] Okay. The names are Gerhard.
[19:15] The mark, Richard Kuhn at all boutonnat.
[19:22] Lu Shou Bou and Boris Pasternak. Next question, I'm going to ask
[19:29] her, would they all arrive at the same time?
[19:31] Or are they all come to nothing like that.
[19:33] Nothing like that. I buy.
[19:37] You do want a clue. I can.
[19:38] Can I have put Boris pasternak's name?
[19:40] Last hoping that you would recognize that, what Boris
[19:43] Pasternak is, the author of Doctor Zhivago, does that give
[19:48] you something to work on? I've got, what's the film or the
[19:54] book so too. Now, you wouldn't have to read
[19:57] that. There's a another piece of a
[19:59] lift. We are that's associated with
[20:00] the fact with dr. Zhivago, because the others III
[20:05] unless you are do it, like really deep dive, it's very
[20:08] difficult to get what those are for.
[20:11] I was I put dr. Zhivago because that one maybe
[20:14] the one that cracks. So, you know, I'll give you
[20:20] another Okay, so I'll give you yours associated with these
[20:27] people, right? So gerhardt, the Mark was 1939.
[20:31] Richard Kuhn was 1938 a tall boot anant was 1939.
[20:37] Boris Pasternak was 1958 and Lucia Bo was 2010 all the from
[20:46] the entertainment industry by any chance.
[20:49] No no, no. So I'll give You an additional
[20:53] flow because again, as I mentioned now if you don't know
[20:55] these names, it very difficult to get them.
[20:57] So they're hard. Oh Mark I would say you think
[20:59] medicine, Richard Kuhn would be, I would ask you to think
[21:03] chemistry a doll Putin at also chemistry Boris Pasternak
[21:08] literature and LU Shou Bou would be peace.
[21:13] So I magically s Nobel prizes but then yes, what about Nobel
[21:18] prizes is? Posthumous Nobel prizes.
[21:23] No no Nobel prizes are notorious.
[21:25] Communication policies are not given past tense.
[21:28] Y MK. Gandhi does not have rejected.
[21:39] The Nobel Prize. You're very close.
[21:41] You are very close. They did not reject it.
[21:44] But who but was it retracted? Was it.
[21:50] Big governments did not allow them as any.
[21:53] Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, okay, that's how I know that.
[21:57] That is not a Chinese name, lose your ball is over the TV.
[22:03] Yeah, he was in jail, when they commit, so I'll give you a
[22:06] little bit of History. So, three of these people.
[22:08] As I mentioned, gahard Tomic, Richard Kuhn, and other of
[22:12] Bhutan, Aunt were from Nazi Germany, during the bank.
[22:16] So, what happened was in 1936, the Nobel Foundation, Offended
[22:20] of Hitler. When it awarded the 1935 Nobel
[22:23] Peace Prize to Carl one has its key German writer who publicly
[22:28] opposed Hitler and Nazism Hitler reacted by issuing a decree on
[22:33] 31st January 1937 that forbade German Nationals from accepting
[22:38] any Nobel prizes. So this prevented three German
[22:42] from accepting their prices Gerhard to Mark.
[22:44] Who won the 1939 prize in physiology or medicine, which
[22:48] should cool the price. In 1938 for chemistry and are
[22:52] all 49 butanna 1939 in chemistry.
[22:56] That's all Nazi Germany. Boris Pasternak had actually at
[23:00] First accepted. The 1958 Nobel Prize in
[23:02] literature, but was forced by the Soviet authorities to
[23:05] decline because the price was considered as a reward for the
[23:09] dissident political innuendo in his novel Doctor Zhivago.
[23:14] The 2010 Nobel, Peace Prize was awarded to lose above.
[23:18] When he was server serving a prison sentence for subversion
[23:21] of the state. With the Chinese government not
[23:24] allowing him or his family members to attend the ceremony.
[23:28] Now, what you mentioned is, you know, voluntarily declined,
[23:33] which is a very fancy way of saying rejected, the 21
[23:37] laureates have voluntarily declined.
[23:39] The Nobel Prize Jean-Paul Sartre famously declined in 64 for
[23:45] literature stating that a writer must refuse to allow himself to
[23:49] be transformed into an institution, even if it takes
[23:52] place in the most honorable form.
[23:55] As I remember the case. Yes.
[23:58] And the second person who refused the price is laid.
[24:00] Docto over the water. The 1973 Peace Prize for his
[24:04] role in the Paris, Peace Accords.
[24:07] He declined saying that there was a no, actual peace in
[24:10] Vietnam and the war resumed four months after he was declared.
[24:14] And the winner. So prescient in the most
[24:18] depressing way. Yes, interesting, yes.
[24:22] And I think I have again, my quest to also find trivia, I
[24:26] believe I was going at doing a deep dive on Nobel Prize, when I
[24:30] found this thing about people rejecting it.
[24:32] That's how I remember when I did.
[24:34] I had forgotten the people who are not allowed to take the
[24:39] receive their prizes. But cool, lovely to be okay.
[24:43] All right, let's move to the US. My next question.
[24:50] So length on Leland Stanford as you would guess.
[24:58] The name of the university is named after and who was the
[25:01] founder of the University along with his wife also had a large
[25:04] farm and which he be on, which it bread trained and raced
[25:10] different kinds of horses. So your standard Bread's your
[25:13] thoroughbred things like he was also interested in the Arts and
[25:18] Science. Okay.
[25:19] At some point allegedly we made a bet a very specific been out
[25:25] of which a very historical and iconic result of happened.
[25:34] So something very iconic happened.
[25:37] Something very historical happened because of the bet that
[25:39] made this was back in 1872. So what are your bed and what
[25:45] happened? As a result of the Brett?
[25:50] Did he is found the university on there or the bet?
[25:53] No, it, no, it doesn't have anything to do the university,
[25:55] but it was just a little piece of trivia that he's the same
[25:59] guy. You mentioned, he has a farm.
[26:05] What timeframe is this? What your time famous has.
[26:09] So 1872 is Apparently he made the BET and this is around the
[26:17] time that the result also happened around 1870.
[26:23] So there were a couple of attempts to settle the BET. 1873
[26:27] 1877, 1878 is, what is most iconic Lee remember?
[26:33] Does this have you mention thoroughbreds?
[26:36] It doesn't have to do anything with like with secretary.
[26:40] It was in the 90s if the 20th century right side.
[26:43] Betsy this kid was definitely a 20th century secretary but I
[26:46] think the 20th century I believe is it?
[26:51] It doesn't have any good Secretariat, it doesn't have
[26:54] anything to do it is it does have something to do with horses
[26:57] but will not very specifically very famous.
[27:00] Also draw something to do with horses.
[27:04] Know, you'll have to give me something else, okay?
[27:07] So first of all, you know, is interested in the Arts and his
[27:11] bet was old. So he approached this gentleman
[27:15] and maybe the gentleman's name would ring a bell.
[27:19] Eadweard muybridge who helped settle his bet.
[27:23] It would my fridge. Why is that name familiar?
[27:27] I can't remember how I it's only but I have read his name
[27:30] somewhere. You probably have.
[27:32] You probably have heard recently in, you know.
[27:36] Yeah, I guess. Well received or at least a lot
[27:40] of people did like it movie that came out.
[27:43] Out last year. This is particular historical
[27:48] event itself is reference in that movie along with eadweard
[27:51] muybridge's name. Okay.
[27:53] Then I have not seen the movie, so I have that.
[27:55] That would be fairly sure that I'm not.
[27:57] I don't think I see it that way. I must have because I don't
[28:01] remember anything regarding a better than it is at the okay.
[28:08] Art's. Okay, is this okay?
[28:12] This is way out of left field but no, I don't think so.
[28:16] This is 1872, so you separate 1872 is the better.
[28:21] I believe 1873 was the first attempt.
[28:25] There's another term in 1837 in 78, is what not Lincoln's
[28:28] assassination, then and I thought that was until 1869 or
[28:32] something, right? So it's one that I'm not sure
[28:35] the air but yeah, I'm guessing it's not that okay.
[28:38] It's because I'm thinking is it were event that changed the
[28:42] world? Not exactly but in a way I guess
[28:47] most people might not know this event specifically but it has
[28:52] changed the world in. Oh so many ways.
[28:55] Okay okay I'm let me try to let me bring you a bit closer than
[29:03] the movie that I should reference it last year.
[29:05] Let me give you that name and maybe Needs you to the answer,
[29:11] okay? It is the third movie by Jordan
[29:15] Peele. It's called nope.
[29:18] Yeah, wait. I've seen both, but that fact in
[29:23] the current all, okay, this is the okay.
[29:28] This is the first I think one of the opening sequences where she
[29:34] saying that the horse and the jockey in That iconic picture
[29:40] is. Okay.
[29:42] So this is okay. I think so, Stanford Catalyst
[29:58] bed. And the bed was T, was always
[30:02] not sure of what the relative positions of the feet of horses
[30:06] and rapid. What?
[30:09] So, somebody had bet him that it was at least at any given point
[30:13] of time. At least one foot was on the
[30:15] ground was in contact and Stanford had the opinion.
[30:19] That all four feet would be off the floor now.
[30:23] Okay, there was no real way to reduce the answer or to settle
[30:29] this bed back then, except when we Bridge came along and said,
[30:33] you know what, I'm going to try to photograph a horse in motion
[30:37] so in 73. There was a first attempt in
[30:39] 1877. Does a single image of a horse
[30:42] trotting in 1878 is when he published a series of images so
[30:48] these are called cabinet cards which includes six I believe six
[30:53] cards that each show 11:54 photographs depicting, the
[30:57] motion of a horse. And in these photographs you can
[31:00] tell that all four legs or four feet of the horse are off the
[31:04] ground at one point then in the process of Fast.
[31:09] Galloping here. Nice.
[31:10] Nice. And this is how the first ever
[31:13] film came to be. That is, where is he comes in
[31:17] the first time? Film is the horse in motion.
[31:20] I have an additional kind of tangential piece of trivia.
[31:23] This is somewhat medically related.
[31:25] So I don't know if you've heard, but there are people looking
[31:30] into using DNA as a form of data storage.
[31:34] Yeah, so one Group of researchers.
[31:39] I think this is around six or seven years ago.
[31:41] What they did was they took this video of a horse Galloping,
[31:45] right? They converted into a genetic
[31:48] sequence and insert it into the DNA of a bacteria.
[31:52] They allowed the bacteria to grow for.
[31:55] I think a few Generations then took one of the bacteria out and
[31:59] Z kind of encoded the genetic sequence to form the video
[32:03] again. Now the video did undergo some
[32:06] level of degradation I've seen. We do, it's the after a few
[32:09] Generations, it is degraded but they still did manage to
[32:13] propagate a video through generations of bacteria.
[32:17] Okay? And thing, I know because this
[32:20] whole storing data and DNA, I believe there was something
[32:24] along the lines of storing Shakespeare's or some very
[32:28] famous missing treasure and they, I know there have been
[32:31] multiple attempts to do the same Google, didn't know, get to be
[32:35] there because it's not a data density.
[32:37] ET, you're able to store a lot of you know information able to
[32:42] like binary you have four states to end of apply four different
[32:47] nucleotides. So this is a good question.
[32:50] I did not know that this was a result of a bet.
[32:53] No, I like I had heard of this bet separately but it was not in
[32:57] conduct, you know, conjunction with this, you know, have stand
[33:01] for Leland Stanford, nor the video, so you brought.
[33:04] Yeah. And also presumably the man who
[33:06] made the BET was Stanford. Obviously everybody knows that
[33:10] being the namesake of the University.
[33:14] My next question is again, going completely in a different field
[33:18] but I am asking this question more for the to kind of bring
[33:23] awareness rather than anything else.
[33:25] So this is a question that I'm guessing you already have to
[33:28] guess more than workout. So this is the question.
[33:32] Anthony Maria iridium Anthony Maria arrived.
[33:37] I am is a two-time world champion and nine time, national
[33:42] champion of India. He is the only recipient of the
[33:46] Arjuna award in the spot till. Now, simple question, which
[33:50] sport, does he play only recipient of the Arjuna award
[33:57] for the spot? Two-time world champion,
[33:59] nine-time India national champion for this Portman V and
[34:05] so it's a solo sport then I'm only the incipient it.
[34:12] So again let me ask this question.
[34:15] Is it a sport? That is not very commonly played
[34:18] in India than no. No, it's very commonly played in
[34:23] there. Oh okay good.
[34:25] I'm going to say something like I don't know.
[34:27] Skiing or something. No no definitely not.
[34:30] It's very commonly played. I have played it, you played it.
[34:34] I am guessing at least 50 to 60 percent of people listening.
[34:37] To this podcast in India, have played it at some point in their
[34:41] life at least once and guessing they must have at least seen the
[34:44] sport being played it seen in movies.
[34:48] It seem like in regular life It's a very common spot in
[34:53] India, but not many people know which is why exactly.
[34:57] I am putting this question out so that people know that you
[34:59] know okay a mystery to them deserves a little bit of
[35:04] recognition which I feel that he hasn't gotten enough Emily.
[35:07] He has been honoured but key you know my name is not as common
[35:13] places. It should be as it should be.
[35:16] Yes okay. Speed-walking doesn't know.
[35:22] Nobody expected for somebody with this color looks a bit
[35:26] strange. Okay, not speed.
[35:28] Walking, we have all, by the way.
[35:31] Let me just put it this way, as well.
[35:33] You mentioned that this is a solo spot, not necessarily there
[35:37] is a team version of this as well.
[35:41] Boom. Oh, Basics.
[35:43] Like the solo or the singles, and the team versions, called
[35:47] The Doubles point was going to cycling, but I know doubles is
[35:50] not the team better. For cyclists, you know, let's
[35:54] not start. Now, it's not cited, okay?
[35:59] I don't know, we have to give me some sort of to.
[36:03] Okay, let me just put it this way.
[36:05] Some people may call this a game rather than a sport.
[36:10] There is a lot of skill, that's involved.
[36:12] Okay. Maybe again, will be a sport
[36:16] again. Can't be a chair.
[36:17] It can be chest, it's not as, obviously not.
[36:21] Yes. Is it games is it some sort of
[36:25] video game thing? No, no, no, obvious, this
[36:29] basically on. You don't require any form of
[36:33] support for the. You just need the accoutrements
[36:36] for this game and anybody can start playing, okay?
[36:40] So and I guarantee you've definitely played it.
[36:43] I mean like I would be very, very, very, very surprised.
[36:45] If you've never played it even once.
[36:48] Coco regimen of this commonly occurring progress singles as
[37:03] well as doubles singles as well as doubles convey table.
[37:09] Tennis can we demonstrate know what could potentially be?
[37:14] Yeah no I have no clue at all right now?
[37:17] Yeah. Give me some other clue of how
[37:19] is this gameplay. Now is a sport played, where is
[37:22] a played mostly you'd acquire at least two people to play, but up
[37:26] to four. Okay?
[37:29] It's played in schools, it's played in hostels.
[37:33] It's played in any while. The didn't, obviously,
[37:37] obviously, it's been fight. If you haven't been going
[37:42] through, they didn't. Let me put it this way.
[37:45] If you were Painful it is. When you don't have a games,
[37:50] period, right? What happens?
[37:53] When you do have a games period? The math teacher says that the
[37:58] syllabus is not over. Okay, no, I'm saying I'm saying,
[38:04] you just imagine you and a couple of your friends are
[38:07] playing pain fight, right? There was a period when fight,
[38:11] what would you then convert that into during a games?
[38:14] Period. So I'm trying to think of like
[38:16] some Dolly Cricket version things.
[38:20] But then again do people are a soulless protocol badminton
[38:24] again, you know I'm not sure like I said, game think game
[38:30] people this okay, let me just put it this way, you can play
[38:33] this. I would do is if you want to but
[38:34] you can also play it in those because I think to Bombay and
[38:40] I've seen some of the older societies you can find uncle's
[38:44] in the evening sitting and playing this in what I want.
[38:50] Karam it is, Karen. Yes, it is.
[38:54] Care of the angles, playing it into his, Give It Away with them
[39:00] as only one that makes sense. That he was, as I mentioned,
[39:07] two-time world champion, nine-time national champion.
[39:11] He's also the he's been very outspoken about the fact that
[39:16] Karen does not receive as many sponsorships or, you know, any
[39:21] kind of things that he's participated all over the world.
[39:24] The word, Karen Championship, the sarcasm Championship US,
[39:27] Open International career, amateur tournament, the French
[39:29] Open International, Karen tournament.
[39:33] You know he's played doubles with a became double Champion
[39:37] with our a low gear Rukia. Raj who Is also from tamilnadu.
[39:43] Yeah. So he's, he was also one of the
[39:45] judges of the all-india, Karen Federation for the 2020 online
[39:49] World, carom Challenge, and wow, I would never ever qualify
[39:55] caramelize, not a game of skill at all.
[39:57] It is and that somebody who really has like the dexterity
[40:02] and hand-eye coordination, I feel your pain, my friend I
[40:08] belong in the same boat. No wonder what struggling sports
[40:13] questions but hopefully our show some more love together.
[40:36] Okay, let's do a question. Since we were in India, let's
[40:42] move to another Asian country. Okay, I'm opening.
[40:46] This is a quick question. What is May?
[40:50] The 31st May the 35th in China? May the 35th do realize.
[40:57] It may only has 30 days, right? I know it's late in the night,
[41:04] but it's not that mean I'm not, okay?
[41:08] So this is not an error that you've made.
[41:10] It means like the ICC. Okay, me the 35th.
[41:21] I know what made the fourth is. May the fourth be with you,
[41:26] China, you mentioned, right? It's almost over.
[41:32] Now I'm guessing. This is some kind of cryptic
[41:35] clue where nothing is as it seems.
[41:39] Obviously because there is no way, I wouldn't call it cryptic
[41:43] in the way that it wasn't pretty leading to the answer.
[41:48] It is Method. If it is a day that is 35th.
[41:53] Be a d. There is no.
[41:56] So let's try to crack the shell we because China obviously is
[42:00] known for a lot of things. The Chinese government is
[42:04] infamously also known for being pretty tough on Nam descent and
[42:11] criticism. So that helped you make a
[42:15] connection. So why would people think is
[42:17] there is no date, isn't he? The perfect gift?
[42:23] So I would meet people use made of the different when referring
[42:27] to a day, I will be definitely can count on, they're using that
[42:35] to their advantage and Okay. Okay, okay.
[42:40] So basically, this is some way of circumventing China senses
[42:43] lip. Yes but now specifically what?
[42:48] So if May 35th, that would then be June 5th if you wanted to
[42:56] collect 31, 31 days. Me that you want you in fourth?
[43:04] No, wait. I'm gonna confuse now if you'll
[43:07] can clog. Yeah, it's amazing.
[43:08] Monday's. Okay, I just humiliate myself in
[43:10] front of everybody for the podcast.
[43:12] So my defense, it is. Currently 2:00, 2:00 in the
[43:18] morning when we are recording this.
[43:19] So I am allowed to have crane farts.
[43:22] Okay, yeah, so may, is this is June 1st, June 4th, Tiananmen
[43:27] Square. The Almond Square track down
[43:30] happened on June 4th. So any any reference to hashtag
[43:35] June 4 or June 4th online? Posts and social media is
[43:40] usually obviously blacklisted immediately.
[43:44] So people started good offering bit of methodism, conserve June
[43:48] 4th. You do realize this is the
[43:50] Chinese government on listening to this podcast.
[43:52] Obviously, they will listen to this podcast because they have
[43:57] even though immediately blocked by the 36 as well.
[43:59] You've agreed to service to the Democratic people of China in my
[44:03] defense, in my defense, they've already blocked it.
[44:06] The Chinese government Really giving the kids were here right
[44:11] now. So what are the reasons for
[44:13] cracking down on dissent case? They were definitely do a good
[44:17] job of Greg McDonald. And hence.
[44:20] They have also blacklisted before I mean made it effective.
[44:27] Okay, but for a while the people used to use it as as a as an
[44:33] alibi inaudible were on the same as you
[44:48] that's nice. That's nice.
[44:49] I did not know that that was a very nice one.
[44:53] Okay. Okay, I will think we have time
[44:55] for one more set of questions do it.
[44:59] Okay, so X was conceived by Bobby coca and we'll measure how
[45:06] who was an artist at J water though.
[45:08] Some limited. The look of X was inspired by
[45:13] Scythe, watch it Ali and industrialist from Pakistan.
[45:17] Watch it Saab, had a great personality and lifestyle that
[45:20] inspired Bobby to create X. I need you to identify X in
[45:28] this, the man wearing the turban, the mascot for certain
[45:37] mascot for Tata. Then, why am I close away?
[45:41] Anywhere you're very close. You very close.
[45:43] I don't know. I don't know whether I should be
[45:44] cruel and insist on you to give me the exact answer.
[45:47] I just give it to you right now because it is very impressive
[45:50] that you caught it so quickly. I'll tell you how I got that.
[45:54] Also, I yes, yes, yes. What is the Iridium a spot
[46:03] called? Do you have?
[46:04] They're just being mean now, but wow.
[46:08] Worker module something. Yes, yes it is the Maharaja.
[46:12] So there it is. Mascot is called, it is, the
[46:14] Maharaja, it is the Mile Island. I'll tell you how I got this
[46:18] because when you started talking about this and I am just giving
[46:21] away feature question that I wanted to ask what I was
[46:24] thinking of when you mention, it was another iconic character
[46:29] that has been inspired by a person who was known to have
[46:33] very specific style and the person in question is Jay P
[46:36] Morgan. So do you know who the Character
[46:39] is the Monopoly, man. The Monopoly, man.
[46:43] Yes. That's exactly.
[46:44] The, when you said the person of this, pretty good thing, as
[46:48] inspired as like a witch mascot to, I know in India which is
[46:52] fine. Hence, that was.
[46:54] Yeah, I'll give you a little bit of noise.
[46:57] So there is another name for the Maharaja before he became to be
[47:00] known as the Maharaja. He was also known as the Rogue
[47:04] as in Rog Rog UE the Rogue. Yeah.
[47:09] It was first conceived in 1946, by Bobby Cuca air.
[47:12] India's commercial director illustrated by Omega flower
[47:15] artist Jay Walter Thompson limited, which is an advertising
[47:18] agency in Mumbai. While the Maharaja was first
[47:21] designed for an in-flight memo pad, he then went back on, but
[47:25] went on to become the star of a series of promotions launched by
[47:29] it. Not many people know this, but
[47:31] his famous mustache was inspired by side vegetarian and
[47:35] industrialist from Pakistan. Boosting room.
[47:38] So that now it's your turn last question for the day for this
[47:41] episode. I'd love special episode.
[47:45] Let's do an etymology question because why not?
[47:52] Yes, because we have a great shortage of those always always.
[47:57] You can't ever have enough. All right.
[47:59] So Samuel Wilson was a meatpacker okay, New York.
[48:04] So we're going back here. U.s. survey Samuel Wilson was a
[48:07] meatpacker from new Who is this alive actions for American
[48:11] soldiers. During World during the War of
[48:14] 1812? That's was a niche American
[48:18] worker. I believe it is. 12 would be
[48:21] American Maria. OK, I will check that.
[48:24] But yes I believe that is the case.
[48:26] There was a requirement of the time for contractors to stamp
[48:29] their name and where rations came from all the food that they
[48:34] were single. Okay?
[48:36] So there was apparently. A joke that emerge from Wilson's
[48:42] stamp and how do we popularly know that wherever the joke was
[48:47] and what do you, give birth to let me know.
[48:50] Popular me. Today I I have to guess because
[48:57] you said stamp but one of them, I'm fairly sure.
[48:59] Is because of World War Two. So now I'll just tell that first
[49:04] became, very sure. So one I think, Can kind of army
[49:10] supplies what stamp with GI the thumb American soldiers, came to
[49:14] be known as GIS but I think that is WWII, right?
[49:19] Okay. And the other one.
[49:22] Yeah. Yeah.
[49:23] It makes sense. Yes, yes.
[49:24] So this guy's the name behind Uncle Sam.
[49:27] That's a lot of a little quick crack.
[49:29] That's absolutely right. It is Uncle Sam.
[49:33] And the packaging was timed with EA.
[49:37] I feel you. U.s., so reason being that, EA
[49:42] was the contractor, resupply Albert, and the sink and the
[49:45] u.s. of course, refer to the food where it was being sent to
[49:49] the destination point. So the US and I'm sorry, so USA
[49:56] turns out that when somebody asked like, oh what, God, where
[50:00] are these from and what does it stand for?
[50:02] Somebody said, Albert, and it's Anderson and Uncle.
[50:05] Sam reference in 2, Samuel Wilson was the meat Bad who was
[50:09] in the control system in package, that's how allegedly
[50:16] Uncle Sam though. There are disputed accounts as
[50:20] well but the popularly accepted by origin to Uncle.
[50:24] Sam is the fact that I made Wilson the meat Packer gave his
[50:29] name to Uncle Sam and how it is now.
[50:31] Different angle time, being the euphemism for the US.
[50:35] Uso. There is another question.
[50:37] I'm basically just giving you another question here, but still
[50:39] a very tangentially related to our put it this way, there was
[50:43] an artist by the name of James flag, and when the US Army
[50:48] started making posters with Uncle Sam on it.
[50:52] They want they hired him to make a poster.
[50:54] The problem was he wasn't able to find a proper model for it,
[50:57] poor Uncle Sam, you know, the iconic image that we have now.
[51:00] So finally what he did was he painted himself but as an old
[51:04] Older person with a goatee. We will, I want you to join the
[51:08] u.s. Army to join the u.s.
[51:11] Army, so that I can be recruiting poster for the US
[51:16] Army. Starring Uncle Sam.
[51:20] The man's face that you see is an aged face of the artist
[51:24] himself, flag games Flash, if I'm not mistaken idea of how
[51:30] cool. All right, the love.
[51:32] Like a lovely piece of trivia like that as well.
[51:34] Okay, I believe that is the end of the desert.
[51:37] Yes, that is the end of our episode.
[51:40] So as if you have before before we wind up today's episode there
[51:45] is a question that is due from you that you are.
[51:48] That you owe us to what's the question for this week.
[51:53] So I was inspired by a question and you ask me what sport and
[51:59] that led me to the answer? What sport do Old Uncle?
[52:02] Sometimes clay. In the evenings in society,
[52:06] sometimes. And the, my question obviously
[52:10] is going to be what is the other sport that old Uncle knowledge
[52:14] in society, which I believe is also woefully ignored by the
[52:21] Arjun award. Another voting Halls of Fame.
[52:26] So yeah, now that's a beeline for the next week and with that
[52:31] we are winding up this episode. Thank you for listening in.
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[53:14] So, thank you again, for tuning in.
[53:15] Have a great day for me and the goodbye.
[53:19] See you soon. And here's the fact check for
[53:35] the episode. The game of Battleship is
[53:38] thought to have its origins in the French game.
[53:41] The attack played during World War 1.
[53:44] The 3 Germans who were not able to receive their Nobel prizes
[53:48] due to Hitler's degree. Gerardo mock, Richard Kuhn, and
[53:52] a dog. Putin and did receive their
[53:55] certificates and medals later. But did not receive the prize.
[53:59] Money Pasternak died without ever receiving the prize.
[54:04] Ever, he was honored by the Nobel Foundation at a banquet in
[54:07] Stockholm on 9 December 1989 where they presented the medal
[54:11] to his son. Abraham Lincoln the 16th
[54:14] president of the United States was assassinated on April 14th
[54:18] 1865. The War of 1812 was fought by
[54:23] the United States of America and its indigenous allies against
[54:28] the United Kingdom and its own indigenous allies in British
[54:32] North America with Did participation by Spain in
[54:36] Florida, and that's all for the fact.

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