# Episode 015 - Ghost Towns, Toys and The Speed of Mice

An episode of [Are You Quizzing Me?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1663104901), 13 Apr 2023, 48 min.

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Did you know in what ridiculously obvious way, the town of Tesnus paid tribute to the Southern Pacific Railway, to which it owed its existence? Do you know what potentially litigious name is given to the unofficial unit measuring the speed of computer mice? Do you know which multiple academy award winner made his directorial debut in 1993 with a short film titled "I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meathook, and Now I Have a Three Picture Deal at Disney"?? 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 very tired with my co-host, Aditya kashyap.
[0:06] This is a quizzing trivia podcast show, where we ask each
[0:09] other questions, and share what we know and learn with you,
[0:12] though, in a quizzing format, it's not competitive.
[0:14] The questions are simply a way of sharing, our love of trivia.
[0:17] So sit back, relax and join us as we explore the depths of
[0:20] human knowledge. Here's the format, we ask each
[0:23] other questions alternatingly as many as time permits, while
[0:26] giving as many Clues is needed to help each other get to The
[0:30] answer. Let's get quizzing.
[0:34] And welcome back. It's another day.
[0:36] Another episode and we are both of us are back at the end myself
[0:41] for a round of quizzing, but before we start the proceedings
[0:46] that is tradition that we have to honor the tradition of, you
[0:50] know, basically mutilating our brains, with the answers that
[0:55] are the da gives To His Brilliant and insightful
[0:58] questions at the end of every episode.
[1:01] So at the end of last week's episode at the If you had asked
[1:05] us, what is the drug of choice for all elements that are used
[1:09] in India? So I did.
[1:12] What is the drug of choice? We need to.
[1:15] This is advice that I would give to anybody out there and this
[1:19] works universally. And in fact, in India,
[1:21] especially we work wherever you come from, it is a cure-all,
[1:25] whatever problem you're having in life.
[1:27] It doesn't even have to be at ailments that if any issue are
[1:30] having let this go to somebody older than you from the previous
[1:33] generation and then them about it and they will tell you how
[1:37] your problem is invalid because it was much harder In my
[1:44] opinion, a brilliant. You're all.
[1:47] So I've recently been trying some stand-up actually review by
[1:50] Sir, and and I heard this from a friend's mother, she said that
[1:57] the PT kids these days have such issues and it is, it doesn't
[2:01] make any sense. You know, they talk about mental
[2:03] health or die by the, okay, fine.
[2:05] I get that. Maybe she was coming from the
[2:06] perspective of it is a lot more right now than it was back then,
[2:10] and it's sad that Them earlier. But she also mentally mention
[2:14] mental health and depression. And then she said prior roid,
[2:18] another Tyrant is the to them and you will be
[2:37] suffering, will be inconsequential by comparison.
[2:43] For once I have to agree with her once or whatever there's
[2:47] answers, I find no fault in that.
[2:53] Okay, so I think it's my turn to start off this episode's
[2:59] proceedings. So let me start off with a piece
[3:02] of trivia that I came to learn very recently and I just had to
[3:06] put it to you this, multiple Academy Award winner.
[3:11] Made his directorial debut in 1993 with a short film titled
[3:20] and this is the title mind you. I killed my lesbian wife hunger
[3:26] on a meat hook. And now I have a three-picture
[3:29] deal at Disney. This is literally the name of
[3:32] the film. I will repeat it again.
[3:34] I killed lesbian wife, hung her on a meat hook, and now I have a
[3:38] three-picture deal at Disney. He didn't direct anything else
[3:43] for approximately 14 years after this.
[3:48] Who am I talking about? 93 was a w.
[3:52] Yes. It's a short film by the title.
[3:54] As I mentioned, I killed my lesbian wife hung around a meat
[3:58] hook and now I have a three-picture deal at Disney.
[4:02] Okay. So sorry 93 was the short film
[4:04] that we release on the piece of wood but that wasn't a
[4:06] directorial debut of anything. I mean like that was the first
[4:08] time you directed anything and and the First thing, you
[4:11] directly goes 14 years later, 14 years later, and is a multiple
[4:15] Academy Award winner. A multiple Academy Award winner.
[4:20] Yes, 93. And that means the next thing
[4:22] was 2007 as this person won Academy Awards for not
[4:28] Direction. So like acting yes something
[4:31] else. Yes.
[4:33] Okay, okay. Okay.
[4:38] I don't know why Mel Gibson comes to mind but yes, but no,
[4:43] it's not Mel, okay? Despite all of his faults, he
[4:47] has a place in my heart is one of my favorite actors, so, yeah,
[4:51] yeah, yeah. Yeah.
[4:52] The done, some good work. Okay, his next tutorial Venture
[5:00] killed, my lesbian wife have a three-picture deal.
[5:03] No, I don't love me, too. Don't forget that I killed my
[5:06] lesbian wife hung her on a meat. And now I have a three-picture
[5:10] deal at Disney, which is it love the title I have to ask if the
[5:13] title also reference to something in this individuals
[5:16] life. No.
[5:17] No, I don't think so because he was much too young to have to be
[5:21] that you know, Mystic role they played or something.
[5:26] Okay, no I'm going to going to venture a guess with then 2007
[5:35] was the 2007 film. Well, known film.
[5:39] Yes. Very, very well-known.
[5:42] And take a feature, film. Not a short film?
[5:44] Yes, it was a feature film. I think it will be the only hot
[5:47] film that this person is directed.
[5:49] So technically the feature film debut was in 2007 by this
[5:52] individual feature film directorial.
[5:55] Yes. But not split hairs.
[5:57] He directed this first. No, I got that.
[6:00] I'm just like you because I'm trying to figure out who would
[6:05] do you need to do? I'm going to say George Clooney.
[6:08] Oh, very good guess, but no, I know.
[6:12] George Clooney is directed something in the 2006.
[6:15] First time. I know that I need a clue.
[6:18] Okay, I'll give you his Academy Award wins.
[6:23] So he is 1 for the last time he won, I'll give you.
[6:27] That was for best picture. So the director know the Best
[6:33] Picture award is usually given to the producer.
[6:36] Go, go, go, get it. But sadly before he actually
[6:40] told me that I cannot I was going to, another guess I was
[6:43] going to make was Russell Crowe, no, not Russell Crowe, okay?
[6:47] So that in the best picture. Something this is this is the
[6:49] last one he won. That's the latest one that he's
[6:52] one was for best picture. And as I already told you, it's
[6:58] given to the producer of the film.
[7:01] Is it by any chance for getting this guy named?
[7:05] Matt Damon's friend. God, what's his name then?
[7:13] I said yes it is. When I flick it is, when I
[7:16] forgot. So the last pic he's won for
[7:23] best adapted. The best screenplay with Matt.
[7:25] Damon for Good, Will Hunting and he won best picture for Argo
[7:32] Argo. Okay, then and his co-producer
[7:35] on Argo was George Clooney. Okay yeah I'm going to be so
[7:41] handy movie of 2007 that he directed Was Gone.
[7:44] Girl Gone Girl, Gone Gone, Baby Gone, not God.
[7:49] Maybe one going to be gone. Gone girl was the one he acted
[7:52] in he acted and yeah. Okay knowledge.
[7:55] And just let me just check that time.
[7:57] My memory may be little fuzzy because of, you know, the time
[8:03] at which we are recording this but Second film is the town.
[8:08] I think he has done. 250 yes yes Gone Baby Gone.
[8:11] Yes it's always hard on Girls Gone Baby Gone and then the town
[8:15] are go live by night and now the new release are oh yeah there's
[8:22] a little one are right? Yeah yeah and he's reunited with
[8:26] Matt Damon on that one. So I'm looking forward to that
[8:29] one. So yeah.
[8:31] So but again I mean like as far as titles go, this is the best
[8:35] title of any movie ever. One.
[8:37] I kill it by lesbian wife hunger on a meat hook and now I have a
[8:41] three-picture deal at Disney something.
[8:50] Okay? Okay.
[8:52] Give me. So, let's discuss a fictional
[8:57] character was initially named After a Japanese phrase.
[9:07] So engine was a Japanese phrase, okay?
[9:11] And the title was changed a little bit so even though it
[9:15] sounds, the character's name sounds like a shape, the name of
[9:19] actually a Japanese phrase, origin, the original name, which
[9:23] was the name that the character is now famously known as okay
[9:29] avoid vandalism which Each character from the 1980s.
[9:35] Am I talking about? Is this short around know, when
[9:40] you said shape, I was felt again.
[9:42] Indiana Jones Short Round. Okay.
[9:45] No, no. Okay.
[9:47] That would have given me a chance to bust out Mikey.
[9:50] He Quan trivia, okay, so Japanese phrase, character neck,
[9:57] actor, named after the Japanese ways, But, whose name was
[10:02] changed to avoid vandalism. Yeah.
[10:06] Are we sure went? Okay, okay.
[10:08] Let me, let me actually break it down a bit further, right?
[10:11] So assume that the name was X, right?
[10:14] Okay. And X was from a Japanese
[10:16] phrase, X also refers to a shape.
[10:19] But that is not where the origin apparently comes from.
[10:24] You would assume it came from the ship, but it came from the
[10:26] Japanese phrase, X was changed to why?
[10:30] Because English, that name would be easily vandalized.
[10:35] So X was very slightly modified to why why is very close to what
[10:40] x was. And why is what?
[10:43] We know this particular fictional character fictional
[10:47] character from a movie from a book Comics.
[10:49] Any clue there. Sure.
[10:52] I would give you a hint. It is not from a movie.
[10:59] Even are you okay? At least not originally from a
[11:04] movie or book we as fictional guide as go and as adaptations
[11:08] go. Okay.
[11:09] I've been movie and book adaptations but not originally
[11:13] from what okay. Japanese phrase shape or gal
[11:19] deliver the Japanese phrase meant the Japanese phrase.
[11:23] Meant gobbling something up. Gobbling something up.
[11:29] No, yeah. Remember it also means the
[11:32] shape. Now X when it was going to be
[11:34] released in the North American markets, they were worried kids.
[11:38] Might vandalize the name to make it sound obscene.
[11:43] So they had to change the name slightly.
[11:46] Okay, let me give you another hand since I haven't given
[11:48] Vedic. Religion comes up.
[11:50] It is in the world of video games.
[11:53] World of video games. So then this would be a Nintendo
[11:56] characters, I'm thinking or sake.
[12:01] I could also be Sega with gobble things up with Pac-Man.
[12:08] No, but Pac-Man, you are correct.
[12:10] It is Pac-Man. So why let me, let me explain
[12:15] why is Pacman X? In other words, real name was
[12:18] fuck, man. Which was you?
[12:49] And making obscene. So they are getting the puck man
[12:52] to Pac-Man. And that's where the name
[12:55] Pac-Man comes from nice. I remember the shape I think was
[13:00] inspired by a pizza. It is inspired by a pizza.
[13:03] All right? Yeah, the open mouth.
[13:07] Okay, so I'm going to now give you another story.
[13:12] Going to tell you a story, okay? X was born in the Brooklyn.
[13:17] Borough of New York. On January 17 1899, his parents
[13:25] were Italian immigrants. Gabrielle, who was a barber and
[13:30] Teresa, who was a seamstress, he showed promise as a student, but
[13:35] always ended up in trouble with the rules at the strict Catholic
[13:38] school that he was in his schooling ended at the age of
[13:43] 14, after he was expelled for hitting a female teacher in the
[13:48] face, He didn't worked at odd jobs around Brooklyn into
[13:53] including candy stores and bowling alley and later while
[13:58] working as a doorman at a dance hall, he inadvertently insulted
[14:03] a woman and in the resulting fraca, he received something,
[14:10] which led to get him getting is Iconic.
[14:13] Nickname, who am I talking about?
[14:17] And what It was this nickname. Okay, which here was this again
[14:22] when was born on January 17, 1899, 1899, what do we know this
[14:32] person for the like, what is person famous for?
[14:38] I would just say that this person's nickname is a very
[14:43] famous in the world of movies. This person has been the subject
[14:50] of numerous movies. His name is quite ubiquitous
[14:59] when it comes to his field. Especially when talking about
[15:03] America, I'm being a little vague because if the moment I
[15:07] give you anything about this now you'll be able to catch it up
[15:10] like anything. Let me very quickly record.
[15:13] Sorry. I just want to clarify that
[15:16] inadvertently insulting somebody outside.
[15:19] So basically he was he was working as a doorman at dance
[15:23] hall. And he inadvertently insulted a
[15:26] woman and and then the resulting fraca in the resulting kind of
[15:31] push pull and things that happened.
[15:33] He received something that led to him getting his iconic
[15:37] nickname and that nickname is now very famous.
[15:42] For other reasons, also, similar reasons in movies, In Hollywood
[15:51] in American movies, this is a one American movie is also
[15:54] having the same nickname as a title.
[15:56] That should kind of give you a big clue.
[15:59] Okay, thinking a black, I am I on the right path.
[16:08] Something along those lines. No.
[16:10] Oh, yeah, something something, something similar.
[16:12] Yes, who no. I'm, I'm quite lost right now.
[16:18] Hello. I get or Okay, so this person
[16:23] calc, I'll give you the clue regarding the nickname.
[16:28] So what happened, was he while working as a doorman, he
[16:31] insulted a woman and her brother, a man by the name of
[16:36] Frank galluccio, okay, retaliated against him with a
[16:43] knife and some and the result of that ended up in him getting his
[16:48] iconic nickname. Okra Scarface carpets.
[16:53] Okay, so Scarface is the nickname.
[16:55] Who are we talking about? What's his name?
[16:59] Oh boy. No, I'm I will not be able to
[17:04] remember this, if you're thinking of the movie.
[17:10] No, it's not that. It's not the character Al Pacino
[17:13] played. No, no, it's not the character
[17:15] Al Pacino bailable. Okay, they just jealous this
[17:18] name for that. Oh, I have no idea that and I
[17:21] thought that was a real person. That okay, so let me just put it
[17:24] this way. What if I told you this guy
[17:26] actually said, actually basically So this character,
[17:33] this person may have once told people to say hello to his
[17:38] little friends on Valentine's Day.
[17:43] Dirty Harry. No, no, no.
[17:47] It's a little bit of this from Scarface, only.
[17:49] Yeah. On Valentine's Day.
[17:53] Yeah! Wow.
[17:57] No idea at all Casanova. Okay.
[17:59] I'm, I'm referring the referring to the st.
[18:02] Valentine's Day Massacre, all cattle.
[18:05] That's something with somebody. No, no, no.
[18:08] I'll give you the answer. I'll give you the answer.
[18:10] It's Alphonse. Une better known as Al Capone,
[18:17] Robert De Niro playing him. Yeah, that might have a, I do
[18:20] not know Al Capone was called Scarface.
[18:22] Yeah, I'll come out Scarface. So what happened was Frank,
[18:26] galluccio slashed his face three times on the left side of his
[18:30] face and it led to a people giving him the nickname
[18:34] Scarface, which he hated Oh, okay.
[18:38] Yeah, so whenever he was photographed, he always tried to
[18:41] hide the screen left side of his face, saying that, and he used
[18:45] to tell people that the injuries were due to war wounds.
[18:50] Oh, Tony Montana, that's his name.
[18:52] That just don't even tell you what you're thinking or Tony
[18:55] Montana. But I was, I don't know anyone
[18:57] that story maternal based on a real person.
[18:59] I know, I don't think so. I think is an amalgamation of
[19:02] various different characters Cuban immigrants that way, but I
[19:06] don't think is based on One particular person.
[19:10] Okay, good. Well, that's really cool.
[19:12] Al Capone was called Scarface. Yes, I was the original
[19:17] Scarface. All right, I believe this should
[19:23] be an easy crack but I never get it.
[19:27] When I mean it's like you jinx it on purpose.
[19:30] Yeah. In the space of fictional
[19:34] characters again. Okay a businesswoman Ruth
[19:38] Handler created, these iconic fictional characters and named
[19:44] them after her son and daughter. Okay?
[19:49] As am I talking about? I know this because there's a
[19:53] movie coming out about this. Yes, you are right, on on the
[19:58] market is one bad for the, for the sake of the audience, let me
[20:03] just Flex a little bit. It is Ken and Barbie What's the
[20:08] new Barbie movie? By the way, I'm very fascinated
[20:12] by the trailer. I don't know what it's about it.
[20:14] Just Bonkers trailer, I love it. I can't wait.
[20:18] I don't know. It might be really bad but be
[20:19] really good but I will probably watch it.
[20:21] Okay, this is for the benefit of the audience as well.
[20:25] Ruth Handler, she wanted to create a new toy.
[20:29] Her her husband was a co-founder of the metal toy company, so she
[20:34] proposed an adult sized doll instead of the Baby dolls that
[20:38] kids used to play with back then and she named it after her own
[20:42] daughter, Barbara Barbie and her son Kenneth can, which is a bit
[20:47] weird because they are supposed to be a media can has no mere
[20:51] man parts. So that's also very it.
[20:54] Also that also that and that that is literally how Barbara
[20:59] and cannot give them names to two of the most iconic toys soon
[21:03] to be in a film. Yes.
[21:07] All right, thank you. No.
[21:08] I won't do that. Because this was recently on my
[21:11] mind, I saw the trailer and I was like, this is just
[21:15] brilliant. I really goes made it.
[21:17] I don't know, I have no clue what it's about but I really
[21:20] want to watch it. Yeah, same likewise very much.
[21:23] No idea what it is about, but I want to watch.
[21:25] Yeah, okay, so I'll move slightly laterally into
[21:30] business, okay? You were talking about an
[21:33] American businesswoman. Let's go to England across the
[21:36] pond, Owned to England, good old England, X, this product X was
[21:42] created in 1928 by County chemicals.
[21:47] At the chemical works at Bradford Street.
[21:50] Birmingham, England, and it is the flagship product.
[21:55] X is an Emulsion of water and mineral oil stabilized with
[22:00] beeswax. It has become so ingrained in
[22:03] popular culture that some RAF That's the Royal Air Force
[22:08] members. During the second world war were
[22:11] nicknamed, The X boys X being the product, a romantic comedy
[22:19] with the same title as the nickname.
[22:22] That is the X boys was released in 1998.
[22:25] Starring Billy, Campbell, Angus, McFadden, John Butler and
[22:29] Gabriel Byrne and was directed and co-written by Terence Ryan.
[22:34] It's also a safe bet that the iconic look of the stars of Mad
[22:39] Men were also due to the use of this product in the 1960s.
[22:45] Identify this product. I'm going to recap a little bit,
[22:51] I met this is a very long question with many different
[22:53] moving parts. So, X is a product manufactured
[22:57] by County, chemicals. And it is our Flagship product,
[23:00] right? It was basically, and it is
[23:03] basically an Emulsion of water and mineral oil stabilized with
[23:08] beeswax. Okay, it's huge.
[23:12] It's become the its spirited, popular culture so much so And
[23:16] I've given three examples one is the during the second world war,
[23:19] a members of the RAF, some members of the RAF were called
[23:23] DX boys, okay? Okay.
[23:27] The DX voice, that title was also used for a movie which
[23:32] released in 1998, starring Billy Campbell Jean Butler, Gabriel
[23:37] Byrne and the iconic look of the characters stars of Madmen.
[23:44] The famous TV show. Was also most probably due to
[23:49] the use of this product in the 1960s.
[23:52] So what product are we talking about?
[23:55] Some kind of a urgent. I knew you'd get that I was but
[23:59] I was kind of debating whether I should just keep in that water
[24:01] and mineral oil Emulsion. But yes, so then I need you to
[24:05] give me the name of the brand them, boys are a brand, that is
[24:10] famous. I can't actually think of
[24:12] bigger. I only get it based on.
[24:13] Yeah, the These were the ingredients and yeah beeswax and
[24:19] also Mad Men look and stuff. Okay so what hair product, you
[24:26] remember from like way back when you are a kid set words attack.
[24:43] It is available anywhere outside India.
[24:47] The world is missing out on it. Okay?
[24:50] What kind of? Wow, hair is hair.
[24:55] Grease hair gel. I actually don't know.
[24:57] You're going to kick yourself and you hear the cell.
[24:59] I guarantee you that any other any other clues or is that not
[25:09] only can give you remember this product.
[25:12] Because I remember my dad using it in the late 80s.
[25:15] Sorry 90s. You know, I was told as a keep
[25:18] that hair wax ruined your head so what I have.
[25:22] Okay, let me just put it this way you right now if you were to
[25:25] buy it it wouldn't be in the form of a gel or a wax that you
[25:29] would recognize it more of a cream.
[25:33] Oh boy. No, I am completely out of
[25:37] options. Let me give you a clue cream.
[25:41] What can media team man? What boy?
[25:45] Sighs. It's a little alliterative will
[25:53] slightly alliterative menu. Say the X boys.
[25:58] The Borel in boys. No.
[26:08] Why I'm ready? I'm going to hate myself.
[26:10] No I have you looked at me. Dance.
[26:14] It's Brylcreem real team. Of course of course.
[26:21] Three Brylcreem boys. Yeah.
[26:24] That makes sense. Okay.
[26:27] So for the audience, the first Brylcreem product was a hair
[26:30] cream created, in 1928, by County chemicals.
[26:34] The cream is an Emulsion of water and mineral oil.
[26:37] Stabilized with bees wax. It is notable for the high shine
[26:40] that it provides which spawned the name of the product because
[26:46] the name Brylcreem is an amalgamation of brilliant teen
[26:50] and cream. Now, brilliant in was often used
[26:55] to soften men's hair and mustaches, and give it a shiny
[26:58] appearance, and it was perfumed, and a colored kind of, you know,
[27:02] product. If you are interested, I think
[27:06] Yardley still produces a green, brilliant in that you could buy
[27:11] it again, very perfumed. It gives a very shiny or oily
[27:14] appearance. So Brylcreem came from
[27:17] brilliant, in and cream. And during the second world war
[27:19] members of the RAF K became known to be known as the
[27:23] Brylcreem boys. It was initially intended as an
[27:26] insult by other branches of the forces because of the RAF
[27:30] specific safe and comfortable job.
[27:33] Can be written one that afforded them.
[27:36] The Glock Sheree of personal grooming but the term rapidly
[27:40] became one of endearment after their success during the Battle
[27:43] of Britain. The Brylcreem boys is also the
[27:46] name of the film from 1998, which is also about the Raf in
[27:52] the world war in World War Two. It's a rom-com set in that time
[27:55] directed and co-written by Terrence rhyme.
[27:57] So there you have it. The Brylcreem boys, boys, I
[28:03] don't know what goes the history goes back that much.
[28:06] Yeah, I'm fascinated by certain products, you know, things that
[28:09] we saw in during childhood and we just take for granted and
[28:13] they have histories that Go back, you know.
[28:18] Tell your kids are sometimes centuries.
[28:22] All right. My question while this might not
[28:27] be a very commonly known term, as still exists, a really fun
[28:33] little piece of trivia. So in the computer mouse and
[28:38] especially back, when we used to have a lot more, physical Mouse
[28:41] has been these days, we have lots of attachments, so with the
[28:45] old computer mouse mouse, There was a unit of measurement to
[28:51] identify a speed of a mouse. You know, what that unit of
[28:55] measurement is called squeak? Squeak is a really nice guess.
[29:00] But no, it's not that either. Okay, okay.
[29:05] Speed of a mouse. I know the mouse was invented by
[29:09] the engineers at Xerox. I know that Steve Wozniak and
[29:15] Steve Jobs basically stole the idea from the nuts told.
[29:19] I think he they bought the idea for that's yeah.
[29:22] But no, I think they paid for it.
[29:23] I have? No, I'm not mistaken.
[29:24] They might have paid for it. Yeah.
[29:26] And they used it in the apple one bite.
[29:29] Yeah. Okay.
[29:31] That's the extent of my knowledge.
[29:35] Knowledge regarding the origins of the mouse and something from
[29:37] this point. This is not well known at all.
[29:40] This is not even something that I can.
[29:41] Okay, also get older. My old old mice to use the
[29:45] plural. We used to have those balls.
[29:47] So, is it something related to the balls isn't revenue for it?
[29:50] And it doesn't think. No, no, it has nothing to do
[29:52] with that. Also, it is just a really cute
[29:55] piece of trivia that I want to share with the world.
[29:57] That's all it has nothing. So honestly at this point I
[30:00] can't even give it to you but I guess I could give a clue.
[30:04] You must. Can you weren't thinking in the
[30:06] right direction with squeak in the sense?
[30:09] You will try to relate the world Mouse to it.
[30:11] So I continue in that particular way it's related to the word
[30:16] Mouse later. The word Mouse white mouse rat
[30:25] but first what is the first word that you would relate to the
[30:28] word Mouse? Okay no that is set on fire
[30:31] because you might read multiple degrees.
[30:35] Let's say because you put give me an altercation, I'm going to
[30:38] give you an allocation back it's kind of an electrician okay and
[30:42] Ira tradition with mouse Mouse on Mickey Mouse, Mickey Mouse,
[30:48] Mickey Mouse. How's Mickey Mouse Mickey is a
[30:53] unit to measure the speed of a Mickey is a unit to measure the
[30:57] speed of a month. What does that translate to be
[31:02] like physical terms? Like oh how much is a Mickey?
[31:05] Okay. So the idea was the speed is
[31:07] determined by the number. The amount of mm you move the
[31:11] mouse and with how many pixels, the pointers moves on the
[31:14] screen. So if you move it slightly on in
[31:17] the physical space, how many pixels does that translate to
[31:22] and these varied the measurements vary but generally
[31:24] a Mickey was considered to be either 12 hundredths of an inch
[31:28] or 0.1. Mm.
[31:30] So it would be if you moved it by that much of a distance, how
[31:34] many pixels Would you cover would be a Mickey?
[31:37] So this will be a Mickey is the Mickey is the then Mickey's
[31:40] distance, right? If you're talking about, yeah,
[31:43] but it would be will make up your enemy Keys per hour.
[31:56] When I travel from here to my office, I travel at 20 million
[32:00] Mickey's per are pretty much. Should be a very useful.
[32:07] Nice knife. And I stays Mickey, I did not
[32:11] know that. Okay.
[32:18] Halstead on October 3rd, 2014, which program has now become a
[32:24] major source of revenue for all India.
[32:27] Radio. While usual adds Lots sold for
[32:32] roughly around, 500 rupees per 10 seconds, A 10 second ad slot
[32:39] for this program costs. 2 lakhs What program or broadcast are we
[32:45] talking about? You said only radio all India
[32:51] radio it had been do this and I would have dressed guest clichy
[32:56] darshan but all in the video okay only radio I'm going to I'm
[33:05] going to say something else like your to left field.
[33:07] Is it the traffic check or something?
[33:10] No, no I don't think anybody's that interested in the traffic
[33:14] check. I am wondering sir.
[33:16] Won't even be something along the lines of weather report
[33:19] itself. No, I'll give you a clue.
[33:24] It's more National in nature. Is it the is it done?
[33:30] Daily. Not done Dairy.
[33:32] No, it's not done. Daily slightly regular, it
[33:36] doesn't have a specific schedule as far as I know or not, but it
[33:40] does happen once in a while and I will say I was going to guess
[33:43] like Independence Day speech or something.
[33:46] Okay, buddy. It's odd that no not that but
[33:49] you're very close. When you said Independence, Day
[33:51] speech. So then it will be something
[33:54] along the lines of prime minister's address something.
[34:01] Okay, can you be as a specific? I would not imagine this sell ad
[34:08] slots for emergency broadcast. No, it's not evidence.
[34:11] He broadcast know. This is a plan that has done.
[34:16] Oh no that would be so amazing if you just sold at third for
[34:19] emergency broadcast. Yeah I think it I think it needs
[34:23] to be when it started out it was a monthly thing.
[34:26] I don't know if it's still happening monthly but yeah it
[34:29] started out as a monthly thing. Move.
[34:36] Okay, let me just put it this way.
[34:37] This first started first in 2014, I have this part of the
[34:41] question, so just put that in your mind.
[34:43] All go get more 2014. I don't know why.
[34:46] I'm sitting in the line, people are something okay.
[34:49] Then monkey bars. Yes it is.
[34:51] Monkey bar for the edification of our listeners.
[34:56] Monkey bath is an Indian radio program hosted by prime minister
[35:00] Narendra Modi in which you addresses the people of the
[35:03] Nation on ordinary. Radio DD, National and Daily
[35:06] News. The Prime Minister addresses,
[35:09] the nation every month. Having officially started from
[35:13] 3rd October 2014, it aims to deliver the prime minister's
[35:18] voice and ideas to the general public, since television
[35:22] connections are still not completely available in certain
[35:24] parts of India, radio was chosen as the medium for the program.
[35:30] Monkey bath became a major source of revenue for the all
[35:33] India radio in 2015, slightly old news but still ballad the
[35:38] usual ad slots on erendira video store.
[35:41] Sold for 500 rupees for 10 seconds, but a 10 seconds flat
[35:45] form a slot for monkey bath cost round 2 lakhs. well, so I think
[35:51] it's safe to say that we are in the August company when it comes
[35:55] to podcasting because even the Indian Prime Minister does a
[35:57] form of podcasting Or so at this point I think I would also like
[36:02] to put it out there that we are selling ad slots, if you want to
[36:06] edit. Yes, please please Brylcreem,
[36:11] please set the somebody. We will ask one Brylcreem
[36:15] question per episode right now, I'd accept anything, even, VIP
[36:19] tent deeper on that. Very desperate note.
[36:35] There is a town in Texas. So yeah, it's a ghost town now
[36:40] actually. So goes down for those who don't
[36:43] know, are abandoned towns which important point is fear, and he
[36:47] has no because I think people would have assumed that it is a
[36:50] town populated by ghosts, official.
[36:55] Town mascot is Casper. No, it is a good started in
[37:00] Texas and gave was established as a lot of towns back then were
[37:04] Because a real Road was being built.
[37:07] So it was, it was meant to be one of those points where as the
[37:12] railways expanded westwards in the continental, United States,
[37:18] one of those towns which I meant to cater to the workers who are
[37:21] laying down the tracks and then it expanded Beyond just that
[37:26] over time. There was a post office
[37:31] established in 1912 and it remained in operation until 1954
[37:35] just given you a context of when it was operational.
[37:38] Now, the railroad which was running past this point was the
[37:42] Southern Pacific Railroad, okay? How did the tour town of Tesla's
[37:49] pay homage to Southern Pacific Railroad as almost like a form
[37:55] of tribute to the company? Because of which it existed.
[38:00] So, how did they do that? Okay, can you also just want to
[38:04] understand this question? So we are talking about a
[38:08] railroad, we're talking about a railroad town, right?
[38:12] That was established for the Southern Pacific Railroad and
[38:17] this town somehow paid tribute to the Southern Pacific company.
[38:26] Yeah. Okay.
[38:28] In the sound, no longer exists. It's a ghost, a ghost.
[38:31] Oh, yeah. Okay, even though the company
[38:35] she doesn't exist. So so this is a great word,
[38:38] doesn't exist anymore, okay? Okay.
[38:41] It was that 1996. So the names of the towns named
[38:46] would then be the thing that gives.
[38:49] So after I have to basically get the town's name, right?
[38:53] The town is Test - oh you. Okay, that's nice.
[38:56] Is the name of the town? Yeah, in Texas.
[39:00] Okay, this mess Yes. This - I've never heard of this
[39:06] case. Testing us.
[39:08] Okay, so I'm assuming you also would not know Southern Pacific
[39:13] heard of it. But I can't like I wouldn't be
[39:15] able to tell you anything about it apart from the maybe it was
[39:19] one of the railroad companies, which existed during the Wild,
[39:21] Wild West Annie Oakley rotate once or Billy the Kid shot at it
[39:28] or something that I don't know if there are such that gets
[39:34] these But I'm sure there would be something.
[39:38] No, I have what I actually would give you a hint that would lead
[39:43] you. There is the logo of a of
[39:48] Southern Pacific is a blue colored logo.
[39:51] Once will be so much better. If this was a visual issues to
[39:55] let me, try do a blue colored logo with the railway Line
[40:00] running through the center and the Setting Sun in the horizon.
[40:07] Very simple logo, nothing too complicated, Railway line
[40:11] ringing. Ryan, Davis paid, homage to this
[40:16] holiday town of Estes pay. Homage to this company.
[40:26] Do they have like a sign outside know that City like I was
[40:31] thinking of like a Las Vegas seeking sign something that no
[40:34] with Rogue of the company? Hmm, normally you have companies
[40:40] naming the place so it is a reference to the logo that helps
[40:49] that is why I describe the logo. So think of bird is a
[40:53] references. The other attribute is the
[40:55] dommage. The tribute is the reference to
[40:58] the logo. So it's a beautiful pays tribute
[41:01] to a train on the logo as well. There, Is the trail on the local
[41:09] tracks around and the Setting Sun.
[41:12] Yeah, okay. Nope, you need me.
[41:18] You need to give me a clue, so they wanted to pay homage in a
[41:26] certain way and they chose against that way, because there
[41:30] was already a town doing the same thing.
[41:35] So they had to reverse that idea if that makes sense.
[41:42] Okay. You know, for those who can't
[41:45] obviously nobody listening to a skin, can see a DTS face right
[41:49] now, but I have a feeling, there's something very of all,
[41:52] there's an obvious clue. He's giving me because a slight
[41:55] smirk on his face, it's like that unknowing smoke.
[41:59] So I have a feeling, it's something obvious that I'm
[42:01] missing but for the life of me, I can't think of what it is.
[42:05] It is it is tough to, it is tough to get to it instinctively
[42:09] but once you No it then. It becomes very obvious.
[42:12] Yeah. So some other town was going to
[42:15] do the same thing but they didn't work because there's
[42:18] already another town doing that they had to do it in the reverse
[42:24] order that make sense the other one.
[42:27] The traffic was very, very Southern Pacific's.
[42:30] Really? So, so pack, so back soap Accra.
[42:37] Exactly. Describe the logo and I told you
[42:39] it's a loo Oh, go right along with your logo thing.
[42:42] So blue down to low. Okay?
[42:46] This is the last time I'm going to give again, pay attention,
[42:49] meaning okay, that's not us like this.
[42:56] Let me repeat that one more time.
[42:57] Okay? - oh God, this is Tesla Sunset,
[43:06] spelled backwards or something. Yes it is.
[43:11] Yes, it is. The town of testis stick in
[43:15] Texas. They do much to Southern
[43:17] husband. Okay, let me just put this out
[43:21] there. Let me just put the other
[43:22] brilliant question, but at the dumb way of giving.
[43:24] Maj. I mean like seriously of all the
[43:28] places I mean like Americans are not shy about stealing names for
[43:33] their places, right. They have.
[43:35] It is named after Roman generals, they have places named
[43:38] after their own Heroes which again we we are nobody to you
[43:43] know, complain about that. We have a million empty roads
[43:46] but I mean and they take from American Indian languages, they
[43:50] take from many places in Europe. And the best they could come up
[43:56] with is sunset spelled backwards because they're already existed
[44:02] in town in Texas called Sunset. So they went to test - oh God,
[44:15] good question because if you put the logo, And if you and if you
[44:25] spell the word business out, it's a bit easier to get to as
[44:28] well. That are you hearing it?
[44:30] So perhaps that made, it's a pitiful, but that's not.
[44:34] This is sunset, spelled backwards.
[44:37] My God. And now, there are actual
[44:41] physical formations near this Texas were like a Tesla's Shale.
[44:46] It's in Bedrock of the really Rocky formation, which is also
[44:51] called technol shell simply called named after Tesla's, the
[44:54] down. Wow, exactly.
[44:56] Better job formation to me and my vagina, wow, just wow.
[45:04] Okay, so that's all. I think.
[45:06] That's all the time we have for today's episode.
[45:08] Before we wind up. Aditya, is there a question that
[45:11] you should be asking? Of course, I should ask some
[45:15] question. In this case, I would ask you
[45:19] did mention the RAF men were named the Brylcreem boys.
[45:24] And I'm treading on very, very shaky ground here because you
[45:28] know, you shouldn't be insulting the Armed Forces.
[45:31] So I will try to come up with an answer is not insulting but What
[45:35] is the nickname for the Indian Air Force men and women who
[45:40] serve our nation? Yeah I can tell you the answer
[45:43] right now, they're called Heroes.
[45:47] You are playing it safe. We need this will be a PJ while
[45:51] at the same time not disrespecting.
[45:54] Anybody will serve the nation and is willing to give their
[45:56] life for the country. Is going to be a very yeah he's
[46:00] walking a very thin line here folks who are killed in next
[46:03] week to see if Aditya is still alive and hasn't been lynched
[46:07] yet. So that's all for the episode.
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[47:03] that's all from me. Have a great day, guys.
[47:21] And here's the fact, check for the episode Tony Montana, the
[47:25] protagonist of Scarface is partly based on Tony camonte,
[47:30] the protagonist from the 1932 film Scarface.
[47:33] Come on tay was an adaptation of Tony Guarino.
[47:37] From the 1929 novel Scarface, who in turn was a loose,
[47:42] fictionalization of real-life Italian, American Gangster.
[47:46] Al Capone, the brand set wet is sold in at least one country or
[47:50] Outside of India which is Bangladesh.
[47:53] Douglas engelbart of the Stanford Research Institute is
[47:57] credited widely as the inventor of the computer mouse.
[48:00] Apple Lisa was the first computer from Apple to have a
[48:04] mouse monkey bath. Prime minister modi's radio
[48:07] broadcast continues to be done monthly even today and that's
[48:12] all for the fact check.

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