S19 E1 - Justin and Hallie Talk About Atolls (for a Whole Episode!)

Quiz and Hers

We're back, baby, and we have a new baby! And this week, Justin kicks off our new season by bringing back his favorite recurring segment, “Justin and Hallie Talk About Atolls”, and devoting a whole episode to those ring-shaped coral islands. It’s a weird episode. We also talk football, military history, and classic comedy!

4:32: Q1 (Movies & TV): Atoll K was the final onscreen appearance of what legendary comedy duo, whose first names were Stan and Oliver?

10:16: Q2 (Times & Places): Arguably the turning point of the war in the Pacific, what World War II battle named for an atoll saw four Japanese aircraft carriers sunk?

15:25: Q3 (Sports & Games): Born on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, cornerback Todd Lyght won a Super Bowl with what team, then located in St. Louis?

22:46: Q4 (Arts & Literature): The Far Reaches is a novel set on Tarawa atoll, by what American author and NASA engineer, whose nonfiction memoir Rocket Boys was the basis for the film October Sky?

27:12: Q5 (Everything Else): The Republic of Minerva and the Kingdom of EnenKio both claim uninhabited atolls as their territories, but are not recognized by any country, making them examples of what “small”-sounding entities?

34:01: Q6 (Music): Although it is technically just a “pseudo-atoll”, Bermuda is a hotbed of what musical genre, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago, and is often heard today on cruise ships?

Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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