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Bonus Episode! Quasi Speed Travel Trivia with our Finnish Friend, Sami Asp
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This transcript was automatically created and has not be read or edited by our team . Hi , I'm Alexa and I'm Rory , and together we are .
Speaker 2The .
Speaker 1ROAMies , we are married .
Speaker 2To each other .
Speaker 1Right ? , We are a touring musical duo .
Speaker 2And our music has taken us to all kinds of places all around the world and keeps us always on the go .
Speaker 1So we hope you enjoy our stories and adventures while running around working to keep all your plates spinning .
Speaker 2And we hope to facilitate your busy lifestyle and feed your inner travel bug . Hi everyone , we are really excited to have kind of a pop-up episode . It was an unplanned episode , but we thought it would be fun .
Speaker 2You know we've been doing this travel trivia throughout the year and I am not a fan of like trivia I don't know , probably because I feel like I would never know all the answers Any of the answers , I don't know , and so I've just never been a big trivia person , but I was , you know , we did them anyway and we called it dumb because we weren't doing a whole lot with it and because I'm not a big trivia , I'm not into trivia .
Speaker 2But I was kind of just glancing at the rest of the cards , because we have like this whole stack of cards of from this travel trivia game that we got and I was like you know what this is actually like interesting stuff , like you actually learn stuff when you do this trivia , and so and I was looking through some of them , I thought it was interesting . I was like you know what , let's just do like a little dumb super speed trivia . And we were I was talking with my wonderful friend , sami , who is in Finland , and I thought Sami would be so fun to join us . So y'all welcome , sami Osp from Finland .
Speaker 3Thank you , I'm so honored to be in your show .
Speaker 2Yes , we are honored to have you .
Speaker 1Tervetuloa , Sami Sami .
Speaker 3Thank you . Thank you , my friends Awesome .
Speaker 2So not only does he have to think about the actual answer to the question , but he has to think about them in English , and so this is like double challenge for Sami .
Speaker 1Not for that brain of his , the massive brain in that head of his . He's brilliant .
Speaker 2Yes , he is . First , rory and I are now in Kentucky . We've been traveling to get to Kentucky to be with my parents for Christmas and so we had that . We have the cats with us and we had one night in a hotel , and so that was yesterday morning . So , rory , let's talk about how the yesterday morning in the hotel went .
Speaker 2We have the two cats and so first Ellie decided she had to do her meow kind of thing , and it's like we're in a hotel and that's a really loud cat meow . We were able to kind of stop her , but she was kind of the first interesting noise . And then had the guy outside speaking spanish on his phone right outside our door . That was really lovely , and then loudly . And then what else ? There were other things . Then the fire alarm goes off in the hotel . Oh , but before that , I'm sorry , before that we had a car outside our window . The car was parked right outside our window and it was playing music and it was so loud from their car and it was making our room vibrate , and so we had this loud music from the car . Then the fire alarm went off in the whole hotel and so then that went off and Rory was trying to sleep through all of this .
Speaker 1I managed it .
Speaker 2Mm-hmm .
Speaker 1Yeah , he just kind of turned his head the other way . I lay on my left side so that my right ear , which was the ear that was injured years ago , doesn't hear nearly as much . So you know , then I can continue sleeping .
Speaker 2Mm-hmm , so he's sleeping .
Speaker 1The fire alarm and all this music .
Speaker 2Then our cat Mozzzie was starting to meow a little bit , and but anyway , so that was our quiet morning yesterday , and nice , restful morning , yeah , especially when I'm trying to get enough sleep so I can get over a cold .
Speaker 1And then all this stuff is happening , but and sleep enough , sleep to drive , but anyway .
Speaker 2So these are how road trips go . Okay , sami .
Speaker 1Welcome to downtown Memphis Tennessee .
Speaker 2Yeah , all right , ready for trivia ? Y'all , y'all can . I'm going to spat out the questions , because y'all are going to know the answers . Oh , and if y'all don't know , I'll just tell you real fast , since we're going to try to make this a fast one .
Speaker 1All right . So it's me and you , Sami , our big brains .
Speaker 3Wow , I hope you can get some of my words .
Speaker 2At least you can't caption an audio thing . Okay , all right , here we go . Which country does feta cheese originate from ?
Speaker 1Greek Greece .
Speaker 2Yes , if a British woman Come on , come on . Yeah , I know . If a British woman has a hairstyle with a fringe , what would her American counterpart have ?
Speaker 1Bangs .
Speaker 2Yes .
Speaker 3Hey , come on , it's too late here . The time difference is amazing . So just to let you know that this isn't fair .
Speaker 2Also . Well , it's not a competition , Y'all are just sharing the wisdom .
Speaker 1We're a team , you're a . The wisdom . You're a team , we're a team , sami , but also sami .
Speaker 2Okay , sami , that sounds good , he has been in the studio all day and this is the end of his work day and his brain is fried , and so , um , he's got that going for him too yeah , yeah oh , and now my parents ? Uh phone is ringing yeah , so all .
Speaker 1so all right . Come on , sami Brain mail bro .
Speaker 3I do my best . I have been only working 11 hours today , so Come on , I'm getting there , I'm getting there , okay .
Speaker 2All right . Now this one's closer to you , because the question is which European city is home to the largest number of active opera houses in the world ?
Speaker 3Which city .
Speaker 1I have a guess Vienna , that's what I was going to say , vienna , vienna .
Speaker 3Yeah .
Speaker 2Nope , it's Berlin , berlin , who knew ? Come on Berlin , really , really Right .
Speaker 3Berlin .
Speaker 1What's wrong with the Germans ? Yeah , I would not have gone there no okay , yeah in the movie Finding Nemo .
Speaker 2Did you see that , sami Finding Nemo ? Yeah , okay , what Australian city do Marlon and Dory have to swim to ? I would have no idea .
Speaker 1Well , it's going to be one of two Right Big cities .
Speaker 2Right .
Speaker 1Australia . One of the big cities in Australia , not Perth .
Speaker 2All right , I'm going to give you it . Sydney , there you go . Sydney , australia . Was it Sydney ? Sydney you go . Sydney , australia , was it Sydney , Sydney yeah .
Speaker 3Sydney . Oh yeah , I should have guessed , yeah .
Speaker 2Okay .
Speaker 3Yeah , me too .
Speaker 2Which continent produces the most cocoa ?
Speaker 3Cocoa South America .
Speaker 2That is a good guess . It's actually Africa .
Speaker 3Africa Is it .
Speaker 2It's Africa , is it yeah ?
Speaker 3Wow .
Speaker 2Africa is the continent that produces the most cocoa .
Speaker 1Okay , well , I missed that one , okay Okay .
Speaker 2We go back to Europe now . Where can the only population of wild monkeys in europe be found ?
Speaker 3I , I guess the finland is not the option , but I , I I'd say from experience that there is some pretty wild monkeys over here . I've seen them , but um , monkeys , well , that's it . I , I didn't , I had no , no idea that there are some monkeys in Europe .
Speaker 2But they're wild monkeys , so these are in Gibraltar , okay .
Speaker 1Okay , well , they sneak Gibraltar into Europe . Give me a break , Come on .
Speaker 2Okay , now which country's currency is represented as AUD Capital A , capital U capital D . That is their currency .
Speaker 1Which country's currency is AUD ?
Speaker 2I will give you a hint that we've already discussed .
Speaker 3Australian dollar yes , Way to go . Oh yeah , Come on . Come on . Come on First one . Yeah , I'm getting it .
Speaker 2Good job , good job . In what city would you find red square ? Oh , that's easy .
Speaker 3Red In Russia , but it's in St Petersburg , moscow , moscow , moscow , yeah .
Speaker 2All right .
Speaker 1Rock on .
Speaker 2Okay , I don't even know what this question means . What do revelers throw during the Indian Spring Festival of Holi Holi H-O-L-I .
Speaker 1Huh , fried rice .
Speaker 2They throw colored powder Tandoori . They throw colored powder and water . Okay , okay , okay .
Speaker 3Yeah , they throw colored powder and water . Okay , okay , okay , yeah , I should have guessed that . Yeah , boy , you should have known that one .
Speaker 2Sami , you have to know this because you're next door . What is the Swedish name for hot or cold dishes served as a buffet ? Actually , I really should have .
Speaker 3My last name is Swedish . So if I screw this one buffet , oh Actually I really should have . My last name is Swedish . So if I screw this one up .
Speaker 1Yeah , come on , man , come on the name of a Swedish buffet , or what the Swedish call a buffet , a food buffet .
Speaker 2Now we actually use this word in English .
Speaker 1Oh , I know what it is then we have adopted it in English . I know what it is .
Speaker 2And so it might not be .
Speaker 1My guess is it starts with an S Sami oh Sma .
Speaker 2And it's like a big board of food .
Speaker 1Yes , we say I have , we pronounce it , I have no idea .
Speaker 2Smarges board is how we pronounce it Smarges board is how it's spelled .
Speaker 3Smarges board . Smorgasbord is how we pronounce it . Smorgasbord is how it's spelled smorgasbord . I haven't ever heard that , but I I , I suck in swedish , so so that could be the reason for that yeah , oh man , I think .
Speaker 2I think it's probably that even the swedish might not use it very often , but it's something as americans have adopted . I don't think we even knew it was Swedish . So there you go .
Speaker 3But just to get my background , I was in Sweden , I was playing a gig over there and I tried to use my Swedish and I asked who is the clock they ?
Speaker 1laughed me out of there .
Speaker 2Who is the clock ?
Speaker 3What does that ?
Speaker 2mean , what did you ?
Speaker 3think you were asking . I tried to ask what is the time , so I pretty much I ask that who , who is the time or who is the clock ?
Speaker 2so I I haven't used my swedish since , yeah , yeah well , I can understand , yeah , and and yeah , for those of you listening , if you grow up in finland like Sami , did you have to learn Swedish ?
Speaker 1Some Swedish anyway in school .
Speaker 2That's kind of you know , because it's right next door and you have to learn English and you have to learn Swedish .
Speaker 1And some Finns speak Swedish as their first language .
Speaker 3Right Swedish oh yeah , yeah , but I didn't know any word in Swedish , but I was dating the teacher's girl , so I got a good number from Swedish . I was the best from my class from boys , just because I was dating the daughter .
Speaker 1That's awesome . Good call , good call oh yeah , oh , yeah , yeah .
Speaker 2I love . It All right . What is the main language spoken in Morocco ?
Speaker 1I got it . It's Arab .
Speaker 3Okay , arabic , arabic . Yeah , all right .
Speaker 2Which American city is known as the Windy City ?
Speaker 3I have a guess on that one so where ?
Speaker 1what is Windy City ? Where , yeah , which in this , an American city known as the Windy City ? I mean , I'm gonna say it's the toddling town , chicago .
Speaker 2Chicago , okay , that is okay .
Speaker 3yeah , good to learn . They're on a big lake , a giant lake , one of the Great Lakes , and Chicago , chicago , okay , that is okay . Yeah , good to learn .
Speaker 1They're on a big lake , a giant lake , one of the Great Lakes , and so the wind comes off there and changes their weather and everything .
Speaker 2They're known as the Windy City , but probably Oklahoma is known as the windiest state , I would guess .
Speaker 1The Tornado State .
Speaker 2That's not a trivia question .
Speaker 1Here's your next trivia question .
Speaker 2All right here we go , what active volcano is located in Sicily ?
Speaker 1Ooh .
Speaker 2I didn't know there was one , so much less do I know the name of it .
Speaker 3but yeah , there is actually . Well , it's not Vesuvius , but it's Right .
Speaker 2It's Mount something , mount something .
Speaker 1Etna Yep , mount Etna , mount Etna , it's Etna Yep .
Speaker 3Mount Etna , mount Etna , it's Etna . Yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , vesuvius .
Speaker 1Good one .
Speaker 3Rory , yes , yeah .
Speaker 1Rory Yep . Vesuvius is outside of . Well , pompeii , obviously , but it's outside of . Yeah , what's the town ? The greatest pizza , birthplace of pizza in Italy .
Speaker 2Venice . No Ver town , the greatest pizza birthplace of pizza in italy , venice , no the birthplace of pizza . No , it's where capo is naples , italy , naples , yeah yeah , okay , all right , we've talked about this this country twice now . The great barrier reef can be found off which country ?
Speaker 1australia great , great , what great barrier reef . Oh yeah , well , you said it yeah , australia . Okay , oh yeah , australia .
Speaker 3Great , what Great Barrier Reef ? Oh yeah , well , you said it .
Speaker 2Yeah , australia Okay .
Speaker 3Oh yeah .
Speaker 2What is the currency of Denmark ?
Speaker 1Euro .
Speaker 2Kroner . Danish Kron yes .
Speaker 3Is it Still ?
Speaker 2Yep .
Speaker 3I still have my Danish money in my . We have been changing to Euro years ago but they are still keeping their money Okay .
Speaker 1Or did they ?
Speaker 2No , I have Danish Kron in my passport thing . When we were there , we had Danish Kron , kroner , kroner . All right , the Japanese .
Speaker 3It's good that you know . Yeah , that's because I have the answer . I'm living so far so .
Speaker 1Yeah right , you're so far away , yeah .
Speaker 2Okay , but we have the answers right here , so that's why ? Well , I'm not looking . No , rory's not cheating . The Japanese dish fugu is deadly if it is not properly prepared . But what fish is it made from ?
Speaker 3You should know this one . I know this one . It's the pallokala in Finnish , so it is the round spiky fish .
Speaker 1I have no idea what it is in English Pallo would be ball right , ball fish , so blowfish we call it because it blows itself up , but it's called a puffer fish .
Speaker 2on the answer .
Speaker 1Puffer fish , Puffer blow ballo , Come on .
Speaker 3Okay , okay . I saw one of those when I was swimming in Japan .
Speaker 2Ooh .
Speaker 3That one .
Speaker 1Yeah , that's cool .
Speaker 3It was probably good .
Speaker 2Probably you are another Finn that we know that has visited Japan . We've done three episodes on Finns talking about Japan , because so many of y'all that we know go to japan . It's crazy oh , yeah , yeah , yeah okay , in which country would you find mount kilimanjaro ? Kilimanjaro ?
Speaker 1kilimanjaro I not .
Speaker 2Kenya . Nope , it is Ready , ready Tanzania .
Speaker 3Oh yeah , oh yeah , yeah , man I blew that one , wow All right , wow , what is the national dish of Hungary ?
Speaker 1I guess it depends on what you're in the mood for . I mean , if I'm in Switzerland , I'm hungry . I want , like you know , something with cheese .
Speaker 2Okay , the answer is goulash Okay .
Speaker 3Oh yeah , Goulash yeah .
Speaker 2Which city is home to the Hassan Bek Mosque ?
Speaker 1Oh my , I'm going to guess , I'm going to guess . I have no idea .
Speaker 3I'm going to guess Cairo . Say it again . I got nothing from the word .
Speaker 2Which city is home to the Hassan Bek Mosque ?
Speaker 1Okay , it's unexpected , yeah .
Speaker 2Right , it's Tel Aviv .
Speaker 1Tel Aviv , israel . That's totally unexpected . Ooh , okay , okay , I would not have gotten that one , wow , wow .
Speaker 2In which US state would you find the Grand Canyon ?
Speaker 3In California , arizona , arizona . Oh , but you were right next door .
Speaker 2Not right next door .
Speaker 3Okay , okay , okay .
Speaker 1Good call , good call . Okay , better geography than most Americans , that was good .
Speaker 2Which Greek goddess is Athens named after Athenia ? Yes , athena , athena , athena .
Speaker 1Okay .
Speaker 2Which type of fish is used to make the Nordic fish gravandlox ? Which type of fish is used to make the Nordic dish gravandlox Gravandlox .
Speaker 3I have no idea . It may be Salomon , because everybody's giving Salomon over there .
Speaker 2Yes , you are correct , salmon .
Speaker 3Oh yeah , come on , come on Two , I'm on the roll .
Speaker 2You're on the roll , baby , come on . In which country would you find the Leaning Tower of Pisa ?
Speaker 1Which country would you find the Leaning Tower of Pisa ? Italy ?
Speaker 2Yes , all right .
Speaker 1You are all wrong . Come on , bro .
Speaker 2Stolen is a traditional sweet bread . From which country ?
Speaker 1Well , it'd be a poor country if it was stolen .
Speaker 2Stolen , I'm probably saying it wrong it's Germany . What is that ? Stolen , s-t-o-l-l-e-n ? Stolen , yeah , germany what ?
Speaker 1is that Stollen S-T-O-L-L-E-N Stollen Yep Germany , okay , okay , I had no idea .
Speaker 2All right Now . Along those lines , the world's largest beer festival , oktoberfest , originated in which German city .
Speaker 3I should know at least one .
Speaker 1I'm going to guess it's in Bavaria , but I don't know the city .
Speaker 2Oh , munich know at least one , I'm gonna guess it's in bavaria , but I don't know the city .
Speaker 3Oh , munich , yep , munich , munich , yes , okay okay , yeah , all right .
Speaker 2The fermented or rotten meat of which animal is the national dish of iceland ?
Speaker 1hmm well , I'm gonna guess fish again with salmon , but I don't know well , yeah , but there's a specific one , I'll tell you it's shark , it's okay , I I should have to say silaka in finnish , it's .
Speaker 3It's the same , same fish , I think okay , all right .
Speaker 2Well , there you go , we'll give you credit for that one . Yeah , you got that one , thank you , okay , cool . Which country is home ?
Speaker 1to Machu Picchu . I feel like we did that before I got it , what is ? It South America yeah .
Speaker 3Puh , puh , puh .
Speaker 2Spit it out , Roy .
Speaker 3Peru , peru , peru .
Speaker 2Peru , peru , peru .
Speaker 1Yes .
Speaker 2Come on , which iconic performing arts venue consists of a series of gleaming white , sail-shaped interlocking panels . What We've talked about this country before , we've even mentioned this city , before which iconic performing arts venue consists of a series of gleaming white , sail-shaped interlocking panels I think it's the opera house there in sydney , australia , right yes , sydney opera house . In which Chinese city would you find the forbidden city ?
Speaker 3I mean I have to say Beijing .
Speaker 2Yes , that's right . That's right , Sammy , that was my guess too .
Speaker 1Woo-hoo , ah-ha , come on , come on . Our minds have melded , finally Good job .
Speaker 2Yep , okay , okay . In which city would you find the Brandenburg Gate ?
Speaker 1Ooh , okay , in which city would you find the brandenburg gate ? Oh , you said it earlier , really , yeah , we both guessed it was the answer to one earlier it's in austria no , it's not oh , it's not in austria it is berlin , berlin .
Speaker 2They went again . Okay , okay , I think of the austral hungarian people .
Speaker 1So , yeah , they used to be , you know , combined .
Speaker 2Yeah , yeah , so I didn't just say yeah , yeah , yeah yeah . Speaking of combinations , what three colors feature on the French flag ? What three colors are on the French flag ?
Speaker 1Same as America right .
Speaker 3Green , white oh , that's Mexico green white oh , that's mexico .
Speaker 2Red blue what's the order ? Yes , red white and blue . Yep , yep , any idea which country ?
Speaker 1is the 2000 movie battle royale set in . Oh yeah , oh , it's one of the small ideas it's what we talked .
Speaker 2You saw your fish . That's the answer . Where you saw your fish ? What country were you in when you saw your puffer fish ?
Speaker 3In Japan .
Speaker 2Yes , there you go and .
Speaker 1Japan , that's the answer oh wow , I totally blew that .
Speaker 2All right . What United States city is known as the gateway to the west ? I would have known this one . It is St Louis , Missouri .
Speaker 1Well , I would have never got that .
Speaker 2It is St Louis .
Speaker 1Missouri . Well , I would have never got that . Nope , Nope oh no idea , no , wow After two men shake hands in Oman , what usually follows Exchanging my sandal I don't know what .
Speaker 2A kiss on the nose .
Speaker 1A kiss on the nose . A kiss on the nose , ooh oh .
Speaker 2Okay .
Speaker 3Next time I see you .
Speaker 1It's better than fight . Yeah , definitely .
Speaker 2In what country would you find the world's highest waterfall ?
Speaker 3I wouldn't have guessed that one .
Speaker 1I'm going to say Is it Vic Falls ?
Speaker 2Nope Starts with a V , though .
Speaker 3Brazil or Toronto . Nope Starts with a .
Speaker 2B , though Brazil or Toronto . It is in Venezuela and it is called Angel Falls , wow .
Speaker 3Oh , wow .
Speaker 1We have to go there .
Speaker 2I didn't know that we got to go there now , all righty . Which city is known as the Big Smoke ? I've never even heard of it . The Big Smoke ? I've never even heard of the Big Smoke . I've never even heard of it . Big smoke , the big smoke . I've never even heard of the big smoke .
Speaker 1Well , when I watch TV shows that are shot in New Zealand , they talk about going to the big smoke , but it's a city in New Zealand . But then I've watched other shows from England and they talk about the big smoke and it's obviously not New Zealand . Okay , it's London .
Speaker 3There was some smoke in LA , but I think it's a different thing .
Speaker 1Yeah , totally , it should be called the big smoke , for sure . Yeah , so London is the big smoke .
Speaker 2Okay , all right . Which US state does key lime pie come from ?
Speaker 1I know this one Sunny , warm , florida oh yeah , okay .
Speaker 2We had an anniversary there one year and we had a Japanese restaurant some of the best Japanese food I ever had . You know where the cook serves you right on the thingy , oh yeah , and we got key lime pie . Excellent , yep Real good it was everything right about it . Oh yeah , oh yeah . Excellent Yep Realized it was everything right about it , so oh yeah . Oh yeah , what is chimichurri sauce traditionally served with in Argentina ?
Speaker 1Well , argentina is famous for their beef , so maybe beef .
Speaker 2Good Steak , steak , steak is the answer Okay .
Speaker 3Wow , rory , come on , You're really good at this .
Speaker 2Come on man Now Sami .
Speaker 3I'm so blessed that you are in my team , Otherwise Team Finland wouldn't have a lot of credits at the moment .
Speaker 1Come on man .
Speaker 2Well , team Alexa would be at zero . So you're good . Oh , you're rocking it . Okay , so now Samba , but you have to get this one . In which country would you find Mount Fuji ? Because , again .
Speaker 3In Japan , in Japan . Yes yes , fuji-san .
Speaker 2Okay , see Nice . He even knows it in Japanese . Yes , yes , fujisan .
Speaker 1Okay , see Nice he even knows it in Japanese .
Speaker 2Our cat Mozzie has come in and he's trying to wrap presents . Okay , who was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India ? Oh , this is a history question who was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India ? It wasn't Columbus , I was going to say Christopher Columbus , vasco da Gama , oh yeah .
Speaker 3Oh , I should have known that . Yeah , that's what I've been reading about .
Speaker 2Okay now , sami , you answered the answer for this . You answered previously and you answered incorrectly , but if you say this one this time , you'll the answer for this . You answered previously and you answered incorrectly , but if you say this one this time , you'll get it right . Which Russian city was formerly known as Leningrad ?
Speaker 1That's . Oh yeah , I was there the day they changed the name back from Leningrad to the old name . I was in St Peter's book .
Speaker 3Yes , petrograd , yeah , good job .
Speaker 2Oh , which city do croissants originate from ?
Speaker 1Which city .
Speaker 2Which city .
Speaker 1Oh , I'm going to guess Paris .
Speaker 2Right , but no , it's Vienna what ?
Speaker 1What ? Oh , come on , come on , it should be a German name .
Speaker 2I hope they have verified these answers , because you wouldn't expect that .
Speaker 3Wow Okay , yep .
Speaker 2Alright , which North American country's name translates as Rich Coast ? Hmm , north .
Speaker 1America Costa .
Speaker 2Rica , costa Rica .
Speaker 1That's South American .
Speaker 2Rich Coast ? Which North American country's name ?
Speaker 1Costa Rica is North America .
Speaker 2No .
Speaker 1Middle .
Speaker 2Just reading what it says , I wouldn't say . North America to South .
Speaker 3They are making this hard .
Speaker 2Yeah , they're making it hard which country would you find the city of Petra I ?
Speaker 1Ooh , I know , I think I know , try it Israel .
Speaker 3Jordan no , yes .
Speaker 2Jordan .
Speaker 3Jordan Okay .
Speaker 2It's so hard to stop because they keep going . Dubai does not have a standard address system , so there are no addresses or postcodes , true or false , in .
Speaker 1Dubai .
Speaker 2Dubai does not have a standard address system , so there are no addresses or postcodes True or false In Dubai . Dubai does not have a standard address system , so there are no addresses or postcodes True or false .
Speaker 1I don't know , it's so ridiculous I guess I'll say true .
Speaker 3Yeah , I would go that bit too if they have a skating hall in the desert .
Speaker 2Yeah , they wouldn't know where to find it . Okay , yes , true , it's true .
Speaker 1Wow yeah .
Speaker 2Yeah , amazing .
Speaker 1Okay , when you're that rich , you don't need to have an address .
Speaker 3Yeah , yeah , it's just by name , I just go by name In which US state .
Speaker 1Would you find Mount Rushmore ? Oh , I got this one . You probably won't get this one , though I'll give you a guess . I should know it . But South Dakota , South Dakota .
Speaker 2Okay , now we're going to go back to your neck of the woods , sami , the name of which , alrighty Yep , the name of which Scandinavian capital , begins and ends with the same letter . That's tricky .
Speaker 1Scandinavian capital . So it's a Scandinavian capital and the name of the city begins and ends with the same letter .
Speaker 3Would it be same in English than in Finnish ? That's a good question .
Speaker 1Exactly , that's the whole thing . You guys like Suomi and we say Finland , so that doesn't match at all . Yeah , yeah , so depending on the language , it may not . Ah wait , I have one in my head what's the capital of Sweden ?
Speaker 3Oh , it's Oslo . Yep , there you go , hey come on , come on , come on , come on Come on Sami Good job , good job . It's the same in Finnish and English . Yeah .
Speaker 2Okay , there you go .
Speaker 3That was a good one , all right .
Speaker 2Okay , leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper mural is displayed in which city ?
Speaker 1Is it Vatican City ?
Speaker 2No .
Speaker 1It's in Seems like Rome would be too easy of an answer . If it's not Rome , my next guess would be Firenze . Oh that , yep , florence .
Speaker 2The answer is Milan .
Speaker 1Oh , Milan , yeah , oh , should have been a question about clothing or something like that . Oh yeah , yeah man .
Speaker 2If you were sucking on phoenix claws in China , what would you be eating ? Phoenix , if you were sucking on phoenix claws in China , what would you be eating ?
Speaker 1First of all , sucking on phoenix claws just sounds offensive , so I'm going to pass on this one and give it over to Sami . I have no idea . No , no idea .
Speaker 2Chicken's feet .
Speaker 1Chicken feet Okay , that's good to know . Okay , yeah , boy , wow Okay that's good to know .
Speaker 2Okay , yeah , boy , wow , okay , um , sami , since you had some time in this area , maybe you might know in which us state is the pacific coast highway ?
Speaker 3california . I've been living there , studying there yeah , sami knows that one yeah okay , sami , this one's for you too .
Speaker 2What is the currency of Japan called ? What's the currency of Japan ?
Speaker 3Yeah , I should have known I have been there four times . Yeah , come on , man , like one month per time . So it's jenny . Jenai , how do you say it in English ?
Speaker 2Yen .
Speaker 3It's yen Japanese Yen , okay , yeah , it's Yen in Finnish Okay .
Speaker 2Well , there you go . How appropriate . Wow , there you go . Yeah , okay . What nationality was the team that reached the South Pole first in 1911 ? What nationality was the team that reached the South Pole first in 1911 ?
Speaker 1I will give you a hint . I don't know why it popped into my mind , but Argentina came to my mind .
Speaker 2No , it's going to be in Portuguese . It's going to be in Sami's neck of the world .
Speaker 3Really .
Speaker 2Yeah , it's one of your . They group you with one of these countries here when they group Finland as a Scandinavian country .
Speaker 1Oh well , then we have to talk about the fjords of Norway .
Speaker 3Norway , england , denmark , norway .
Speaker 2Yep , yep , all right Along those lines . What is the Aurora Borealis , more commonly known as ?
Speaker 1In English . Anyway , what ? The Northern Lights ? Ah , the Aurora Borealis .
Speaker 3What was the question ?
Speaker 2The question was what is the Aurora Borealis , more commonly known as ?
Speaker 3Okay , I know it as Revontulet , so I have no idea . What is it in English ?
Speaker 1That's awesome , then we're gonna go with your answer . Good job . Okay that's right Revontulet .
Speaker 3Revontulet yeah .
Speaker 2Okay , great , in English that would be the northern lights .
Speaker 3Okay , okay , yeah , I should have known that also of course you did .
Speaker 2You just wanted to say and finish , because it's cooler which city was known as edo or edo , edo until 1816 oh my , which city was known as edo until edo , until 1868 . I'll give you a hint sami's been there and we've talked about him going there a couple times , four times .
Speaker 3Oh really .
Speaker 1Really , maybe Tokyo .
Speaker 3Yes , tokyo , really , exactly , really . Well , I haven't been around at the time , so maybe I haven't heard the earlier name .
Speaker 1Bummer Yep .
Speaker 3Oh man .
Speaker 2In which country might you attend a kabuki performance ?
Speaker 1Kabuki .
Speaker 3Kabuki Doesn't ring any bells , the word I mean I will give our listeners a hint .
Speaker 2It's a place sami has been four times one month each really . Oh , let's guess japan we will do one final question sounds awesome okay , I was gonna skip the movie ones . But , rory , you might know this because you know y'all might both know this . These are kind of movies you're into . Best friends harry dune and lloyd christmas travel to aspen color . And which movie , harry Dunn and Lloyd Christmas ? I'd say Dumb and Dumber , I don't know . Yes , oh , yeah .
Speaker 3Oh wow , it's a movie about us Come on Rory .
Speaker 1It's a movie about us man , dumb and Dumber .
Speaker 3Yeah , yeah , you know the good ones , classics .
Speaker 1I knew y'all could get that one . Yeah , classic cinema .
Speaker 3It tells about the moment Dumb and dumber .
Speaker 1Yeah , absolutely .
Speaker 3And I know which one I am .
Speaker 2Yeah well , sami , I would be the dumbest . So you're good , you're safe , sami , thank you so much . We had so much fun with this and we all learned some new things and just had a good time doing it . It's a good road trip activity to uh , do some world travel trivia while you're thanks to you , I mostly learned , but it was really awesome .
Speaker 3there's some things I should have known , but uh , but I I think we should have these , these kind of things , once a month . Yeah , we can get better and better .
Speaker 2Better and better . That's a good idea .
Speaker 3Yeah .
Speaker 2Well , sami , it's so great to see you , so great to talk with you , and thank you so much for joining our podcast and just ending the year on a fun note , and we look forward to seeing you in person in 2025 .
Speaker 3Thanks for having me . It's been my pleasure and I really looking forward to see you guys .
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