Host: It's first-time caller day on Trivia Friday. The number to call with your question or your answer to a question is 888-589-8840. That's 888-589-8840 if you have never been on the air with us before.
Host: All right, so first-time callers only. One's a mystery question. If you happen to land on it and answer it correctly, you'll hear this sound.
Guest: What?
Host: He hit the wrong one.
Host: The beloved rim shot. Welcome to Trivia Friday, and we're glad you're with us.
Host: This is not Tim Wildmon. You know what he would do? He would mock my Southern accent.
Guest: He would mine too.
Host: He would. This is Bert Harper, sitting in for Tim Wildmon. Today, Friday the 13th, we have the B team.
Guest: That's what it is.
Host: All three guys who are normally here, the professors, are out. Sitting in for Ed Vitagliano's seat is Tony Vitagliano.
Guest: Good to be here. Someone was talking to me on the way down here. They were asking who I was going to be on with today, and I was listing off everybody. They said, "Why don't I just play the best of?" I thought, you know what? That's probably a better idea, but we're here. We're here for you folks.
Host: That's a lot of confidence.
Host: Sitting in JJ Jasper's chair is Jonathan.
Guest: I'm glad to be here. There will be no "Here's the deal" stuff like you hear. I'm not going to try that. I can't. There's only one JJ.
Guest: Thank the Lord.
Host: Praise the Lord.
Guest: We all agree on that.
Host: Also at the board is Adam.
Guest: That's right. Brent Criley's up.
Host: This is the B team.
Guest: Cindy's going to have to hold us together.
Host: She will. We're going to open the phone lines right now. The number is 888-589-8840. Again, this is first-time callers' day. If you've never called, this is the time to do it, so get in line, as we say. Get in the queue.
Host: What we do around here is have nine original questions, three from Jonathan, three from Tony, and three from me. You must be 11 years old or older.
Host: One of these nine questions will be a mystery question. You won't know which one it is, but if you happen to get that one correct, you'll hear this sound.
Guest: That has been a sad sound to hear here lately. You don't hear much of it. Let's do this.
Host: That's a great thing.
Guest: All the early-season optimism is gone.
Host: It sucked right out of the room. We're Mississippi State fans out there. I'm sorry.
Guest: We're faithful.
Host: We are. We're hanging in there.
Guest: There are no fair-weather Mississippi State fans.
Host: It's all the time. That's right.
Guest: Wait for baseball, so you do.
Host: Yeah, they always say that.
Host: With one of these questions, you can answer the question, ask us a question, and we'll do our best to give an answer, or you can do both.
Guest: That's right.
Host: If you answer correctly, we've talked about how you'll hear that sound, but you'll also win a T-shirt. You get a Learning University T-shirt. It's newly designed. This is the third one, I think, that I've heard about.
Guest: Yes, sir.
Host: If you want to get one without winning, you can go to resources.afa.net, look at it, and order one. We'd be proud to send it to you.
Host: One more thing before we ask your questions. Where in the world is JJ?
Guest: JJ Jasper asked me to make this announcement. One of the reasons, or the reason, that he's not here today is that he is in Campbellsville, Kentucky. He's speaking at Elkhorn Baptist Church for the Hope Pregnancy Center. It's a ticketed event, so if you happen to be in the Campbellsville area and want to stop by, you are invited, and tickets are available at the door. If you didn't get any in advance, you can get some at the door.
Guest: JJ also wanted me to mention that he was bringing his son, Bodie, with him. If you don't like JJ, it's all right. You'll love Bodie.
Host: That's exactly right.
Guest: That's their first trip. I think Melanie, JJ's wife, was a little nervous because JJ is in charge of taking care of Bodie. He said, "I don't know how to play with the baby, man. I don't know how." Actually, it's probably going to be Bodie taking care of JJ. That's why they're going to play with him.
Guest: If you're in that area, stop by. JJ does a great job at those pregnancy center events. It would be well worth your time to go and listen to him.
Host: Anything else before we ask your questions?
Guest: I tried to write them all down. I think that's it.
Host: I've done a great job. All I've ever had to do when being on here is listen to them and ask them a question, so this is new.
Guest: You're doing good.
Host: Let's start to my left. Jonathan, you have three questions. Let's hear them.
Guest: I was in the American history, early American history mood. All of my questions are American history, except for one John Wayne question at the very end, so you have to get through all the others first.
Guest: My questions are a little long. I tried to condense them, but this is the best I could do. This famous fixed-blade fighting knife, characterized by a distinct clip point and a large handguard, is named after which legendary American frontiersman?
Guest: Made from a hollowed-out horn from a cow or ox, a blank was an essential piece of equipment for colonial Americans to keep their gunpowder dry.
Guest: Paul Revere was a midnight rider who warned the colonists about British regulars arriving in Massachusetts. There were three riders, including Paul Revere. Name the other two.
Host: I think I wrote down the answers to two of those. That third one is tricky.
Guest: Since I'm not going to be on here, Lord willing, again, before Thanksgiving, I went with a Thanksgiving question. How many days did the first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621 last?
Guest: The famous Japanese video game company Nintendo originally manufactured playing cards. Is that true or false?
Guest: My third question is, what is the name of the man in the Bible who is often associated with overseeing the attempted construction of the Tower of Babel? The Bible does not explicitly say it, but he is often associated with it in ancient Jewish and Christian tradition.
Host: We've got six. We've got three more, and here they are.
Host: I love geography. How many states are farther south than part of Mexico? Of course, that would be the northern part of Mexico. How many states are farther south than the northernmost part of Mexico?
Guest: Farther south.
Host: Farther south. Did I say north?
Guest: Your dyslexia came in.
Host: How many states are farther south than part of Mexico, and can you name six of them?
Host: Here's my Bible question. What island did Paul and Barnabas visit on their first missionary journey?
Guest: I'm not doing an Andy Griffith question?
Host: What?
Guest: I'm going to change to Gilligan's Island.
Host: I came ready to answer an Andy Griffith question.
Guest: What is the name of the professor on Gilligan's Island? Not the actor's name who played the professor, but his name on the show. I won't make this multiple choice.
Guest: It's hard because it's only mentioned one or two times. Is it Jim Robertson, Roy Hinkley, Ben Henderson, or Melvin Johnson? One of those is the professor's name.
Host: We have some people looking at each other here in the studio. We're ready to go. Jonathan, are you ready to get our first caller?
Guest: Yes. We'll go to Ohio, where Jessa is calling.
Host: Jessa, thanks for calling Trivia Friday. Hi, Jessa. Do you want to ask, answer, or both?
Caller: Ask.
Host: She's going to jump right to it.
Guest: You must really think this is Learning University.
Host: Jessa, would you mind telling us how old you are?
Caller: Eleven.
Host: Eleven years old. This is your first time getting through. Have you been trying a long time?
Caller: I've been waiting for four years.
Host: She's been waiting. We're glad you made it through, Jess. What's your question for us?
Caller: What is the main pollinator of the cacao tree?
Host: Have you been waiting with this question for four years?
Guest: What is the cacao tree? Is this where the cocoa bean comes from?
Caller: Yes, it is.
Guest: I have no idea what pollinates it. It would be something like a bee. Is it a butterfly?
Host: Butterfly, Jessa. That's our guess.
Caller: No, it's the midge.
Host: The midge?
Caller: Yes, it is a little tiny fly.
Guest: A little tiny fly. We have a lot of them to do that.
Host: I think I swat those away all the time when I'm sitting outside.
Guest: Is that what that is?
Host: I think so.
Host: Jessa, thank you for calling. I hope you have a great year in your 11th year. God bless you, Jessa.
Host: We're going to Louisiana, where Betty is calling. Betty, you are on Trivia Friday.
Caller: This is so exciting. I'm going to give a shout-out to my husband, Barry. I'm going to get on there and surprise you.
Host: Barry, I hope you're listening, because you missed it.
Caller: We listen to y'all. We watch it back live on YouTube on Friday night. It's our Friday-night thing.
Host: There you go.
Caller: Lord, please let me know the answer to one of these, because we haven't heard the question.
Guest: That's called faith.
Host: Betty, do you want to ask, answer, or both?
Caller: I'll do both. I'm going to check you out on the Thanksgiving question. I was reading this a while back, and I know it's more than one day. I'm going to say two weeks.
Host: Actually, the answer I have is less than two weeks.
Caller: Okay, that's a great guess.
Host: What's your question for us, Betty?
Caller: Can you name the seven churches that are mentioned in Revelation in order?
Host: In order?
Guest: I just got my hands full with that. That was a part of the Bible.
Host: You should have asked this on Exploring the Word and had Alex McFarland answer it.
Guest: I know which one's last. It's Laodicea, but I don't know the rest.
Host: Philadelphia, Sardis, Ephesus. There are three left.
Guest: What are the other ones? I always have a hard time with that.
Host: It starts with a P, but anyway, Betty, deliver us from this. Go ahead.
Caller: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
Host: That's them.
Guest: Amen.
Host: Well done, Betty.
Caller: They weren't doing as good as they should have been, by the way.
Guest: They felt we were lacking.
Caller: Pray and ask the Lord to show you which one you're at spiritually, because I did that. I asked, "Lord God, hold me."
Guest: That is brilliant.
Caller: I prayed the night before, and the very next morning I got a devotion from a friend. No one knew I had prayed that prayer but God. I asked, "Where am I spiritually in these churches?" because I'm studying Revelation. I was in Ephesus. I had left my first love. Sometimes we have to say, "Lord, I don't know how to get back, but you know. Bring me back to where I need to be."
Host: Amen.
Guest: He's faithful.
Host: He is. Thank you, Betty. Tell Barry we're glad he was listening.
Caller: I hope he got to hear it. Thank you, guys, so much.
Host: We're going to Missouri, where Charlie is on the line. Charlie, welcome to Trivia Friday. How are you doing?
Caller: Hi.
Host: What part of Missouri are you from, Charlie?
Caller: Kennett. It's real Missouri, but I'm working in Hayti.
Host: Hayti. I know where that is.
Guest: The Bootheel.
Caller: Yes, sir.
Host: That's all the way down in the Bootheel.
Guest: I went to college at Blue Mountain with two guys from Hayti, Missouri. I really did. I knew where that was.
Host: Charlie, do you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Caller: I'm going to answer the Thanksgiving question. I wasn't going to ask one about Thanksgiving, but that was a giveaway, so I think I can get the Thanksgiving one.
Host: How many days did the first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621 last?
Caller: It was five days.
Host: Sorry, Charlie.
Guest: No, sorry. I bet you hear that all the time.
Host: The answer I have is less than that, but not by much. That's a good guess, Charlie. Do you have a question for us?
Caller: No, I don't have a question. I just love you guys. It's my first time ever getting through to Trivia Friday. I want to thank God for the space you guys have, because without you, we wouldn't know what the real news is. I appreciate American Family Radio with all my heart.
Host: We appreciate you, Charlie. Have a great weekend, brother.
Host: We're going to Texas, where Leanne is on. Leanne, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: You're a good-morning substitute professor.
Guest: Yes, I am.
Host: What part of Texas are you from?
Caller: I live in Bryan-College Station, Aggieland.
Host: Great part of the country. We're glad you called. Do you want to answer, ask, or both?
Caller: I'm going to do both this morning, Brother Bert.
Host: Which question?
Caller: I'm going to wipe out this Thanksgiving question. I'm getting nervous.
Host: Are you sure about your answer?
Caller: I am. I taught at a Christian school. I taught a Christian curriculum that had very good American history in it, and I will guarantee you that the first Thanksgiving was three days.
Host: That is correct.
Guest: I'm starting to sweat.
Host: That is absolutely correct, three days.
Caller: I wanted to make sure that one was answered before Thanksgiving passed.
Host: We're going to hand it over to you. What's your question for us, Leanne?
Caller: It's from The Andy Griffith Show.
Host: Go ahead.
Caller: In the episode where the gold truck was going to come through Mayberry, there were three members of the same family. This was the only time one of them appeared in that episode. Can you name the three members and what their characters were in that episode?
Host: Three members of the same family? Was it a real family or a family on the show?
Caller: It was a real Hollywood acting family.
Host: I'll give you a hint.
Caller: Two of them were on multiple times, but for one of them, this was his only appearance on the show.
Guest: Nothing comes to my mind. I am stumped.
Host: If you haven't seen that episode, you need to. It was sharp.
Caller: The three were Ron Howard, who played Opie, his brother Clint Howard, who played Leon, the little cowboy, and their father, Rance Howard, who was one of the Treasury men.
Caller: Barney called them the T-men. They came in at the very beginning and left. They would not talk to Barney. They would only talk to Andy. Barney was listening outside the mail slot of the door when little Clint Howard walked up with his cowboy hat and his peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Caller: That was the only time their father, Rance Howard, was in an episode. He was one of those Treasury men at the very beginning.
Host: That's a great question.
Guest: I love it. That's awesome.
Host: Thank you, Leanne.
Guest: Trivia Friday, the B team is on. We're going to come back, reset our questions, and then go to the phone lines.
Host: At least we know the Thanksgiving answer now.
Guest: We got that one.
Host: Are we going to celebrate three days this year?
Guest: No, two days.
Host: We'll be back.
Host: Proverbs 16:20 says, "He who gives heed to the word will prosper, and happy is he who trusts in the Lord."
Host: Some time ago I read in the papers an account of a man in Phoenix, Arizona, who had rented an apartment but couldn't move into it because he had lost it. Actually, he couldn't find it. It seems that Charles Roland had sold his photo-finishing business in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Phoenix. Upon his arrival in Phoenix, Roland checked into a hotel and that same day found an apartment and paid one month's rent in advance. However, he drove away without noting the address. After 14 hours of driving around the city trying to locate the apartment, he notified the local paper of his plight. The man who had rented the apartment to Roland read the article and called him at the hotel. The apartment was just two blocks away.
Host: Then there's the case of Dr. Ellis Shinkin of Toronto. Dr. Shinkin was punched in the eye and, as a result, lost one of his contact lenses. He was unable to find the lens and got fitted for another soon afterward, but the eye in which he had been punched kept discharging, and his new lens kept popping out. It should have. The lens he had searched for but couldn't find had been pushed into his eyelid, where it remained unnoticed.
Host: While I was a student in school, I worked in a grocery store to help defray my expenses. As I was stocking the shelves one day, a gentleman kept walking up and down the aisle, looking for a product. Finally, he stopped in the section where the product should be. After looking for quite a while, he asked me if I knew where the product could be found. Reaching to the spot where he had been looking for several minutes, I picked up the product and gave it to him. His comment was, "If it had been a snake, it would have bitten me."
Host: It wasn't long after that until I began a search early one morning for my glasses. After searching for several minutes around the house and failing to find them, I began to accuse one of the children or my wife of misplacing them. Seeing I was about to lose what little temper I had, Linda started searching with me. She came into the room where I was searching and started to speak, only to have a wide grin come across her face.
Host: "Go look in a mirror," she said. I took the hint and suddenly realized that I was wearing the glasses I had been desperately hunting.
Host: Isn't it rather funny how we can search high and low for something and then end up finding it in a place where it should have been so simple to find? These four stories could be multiplied by countless individuals who have searched for something only to find it in a place so close by. There's a truth here that could be applied to countless realms, but for the sake of simplicity, let's try just one: happiness. It's right where you are if you can find it.
Host: We've got our vice president here. Three days for Thanksgiving. It took me a second.
Guest: You can go to stream.afa.net and watch us. If you go there, you can see Bert looking like a deer in the headlights before the break because he was trying to figure out what I was talking about.
Host: I caught on to it. He was trying to pry an answer out of me on live radio so he could go back and say, "We were told this. Tony said that. We're getting three days. We're going to do it." That's how the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated, and that's what we're going to get.
Guest: You can watch us on stream.afa.net, or you can listen on afr.net.
Host: He is not joking. He really did have a deer-in-the-headlights look.
Guest: I did. I was.
Host: We're going to reset our questions. Jonathan, go ahead.
Guest: As I said, all my questions, minus the one John Wayne question if we get to it, are American history. You have to know your American history. My questions are a little long, but I think they're pretty easy.
Guest: This famous fixed-blade fighting knife, characterized by a distinct clip point and a large handguard, is named after which legendary American frontiersman?
Guest: Made from a hollowed-out horn from a cow or ox, a blank was an essential piece of equipment for colonial Americans to keep their gunpowder dry.
Guest: Paul Revere was a midnight rider who warned the colonists about British regulars arriving in Massachusetts. There were three riders, including Paul Revere. Name the other two riders.
Host: I thought you were going to ask what his horse's name was, but that really disappointed me.
Guest: That might have been easier.
Host: Most people don't know that his horse's name was Mr. Ed.
Guest: I think I've been in this chair too long. I'm starting to sound like JJ.
Host: So after Paul Revere said it, JJ would say it too, right?
Guest: That's right.
Guest: We've finally got the Thanksgiving question. The famous Japanese video game company Nintendo originally manufactured playing cards before becoming a major video game company. Is that true or false?
Guest: What is the name of the man in the Bible who is often associated with overseeing the attempted construction of the Tower of Babel? Again, this is based on ancient Jewish and Christian tradition. It is not explicitly said in the Bible, but he is often associated with it.
Guest: What meat other than wildfowl is specifically mentioned in a surviving firsthand account of the first Thanksgiving feast?
Host: Great questions.
Guest: Happy Thanksgiving if we don't see you for the season.
Host: Here's my geographical question. How many states are farther south than part of Mexico? How many states are farther south than part of Mexico? Name at least six of those states.
Host: My Bible question is, what island did Paul and Barnabas visit on their first missionary journey?
Guest: Since I didn't get to ask an Andy Griffith question, I switched to Gilligan's Island, that real intellectual show. What is the name of the professor on Gilligan's Island? Not the actor who played the professor, but the professor's name on that program.
Host: Let's go to the phone lines and see who's next.
Guest: We're going to Montana, where Bobby is calling. Bobby, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: Thank you so much. It's my first time calling. I'm so excited.
Host: We're excited for you. We're glad you made it through, Bobby. What is the weather like in Montana? I always want to go there.
Caller: It's the home of the Big Sky.
Host: That's right.
Caller: Right now it's 49 and a little cloudy, but it has been in the 60s and 70s. It sounds like we're going to get a little cold.
Host: Have the trees already turned in that area, or have they lost all their leaves?
Caller: We actually had a nice autumn where they turned color. It didn't freeze and fall off all at once.
Guest: I've been a couple of times to Montana, and it is absolutely stunning. On the east side, you can see forever. I was up there in Fort Peck and Glasgow, and you could see one from the other. It was 20 miles away, and you could see the glow. Then you go west, and it's the mountains.
Host: You're not allowed to go, Jonathan, before you retire, because I'm afraid you won't come back.
Guest: If I go there, I may just stay there.
Host: Bobby, did you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Caller: I'm going to do both. We had a little trivia yesterday at work, and I learned that the first Thanksgiving lasted three days. I'm going to go with your other question about Thanksgiving.
Host: What meat other than wildfowl is specifically mentioned in a surviving firsthand account of the first Thanksgiving feast?
Caller: Is that a thing?
Host: That is correct.
Guest: Venison. A lot of the natives took that first weekend before Thanksgiving. That was opening weekend of the season, so that's what it was.
Host: What's your question for us?
Caller: What is the windiest city in the United States?
Host: We know Chicago is known as the Windy City, but is it the windiest city? I know the mountains in New Hampshire are windy, but there's no city there.
Guest: If it's not Chicago, I don't know what it is.
Host: Chicago is as good a guess as any.
Caller: It's actually Great Falls, Montana, where I live.
Host: Great Falls. I was going to preach up there, and I flew into Great Falls. Praise the Lord, the wind wasn't blowing that day.
Guest: You would have ended up in Fort Peck.
Host: Thank you for calling, Bobby, and have a great Thanksgiving.
Caller: Thank you so much. You too. Thank you for your program, and you all be blessed.
Host: We're going to Arkansas, where Dana is calling. Dana, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: Thank you.
Host: What part of Arkansas are you from?
Caller: I live at Odixie, which is close to Jonesboro.
Host: Jonesboro. Great town up there. Do you want to answer, ask, or do both?
Caller: I will answer American history, the midnight rider.
Host: Paul Revere was a midnight rider who warned the colonists about British regulars arriving in Massachusetts. There were three, including Paul Revere. Can you name the other two riders?
Caller: Yes, I can. One was Dr. Samuel Prescott, and the other one was William Dawes.
Host: That is great. Way to go.
Guest: I figured that might have been one of the toughest questions I asked, but you just spouted that out like you knew it like two plus two.
Host: There's one thing I found out during my research. Dr. Samuel Prescott was the only one who actually escaped. The British caught all three of those people during that midnight ride.
Guest: Prescott was the only one who actually escaped and finished the ride, so he warned the colonists about the British. I never knew that. When the poem came out, Dr. Prescott was probably saying, "What in the world? I finished the job."
Host: Paul Revere gets all the credit.
Guest: Dana, thank you so much for your 34 years of teaching American history and pouring into future generations. Knowledge of American history is something that is sorely lacking. If we don't know history, we're bound to repeat the mistakes.
Host: Do you have a question for us, Dana? Is it American history?
Caller: No, I decided not to ask a question.
Guest: She said we wouldn't be able to answer hers anyway.
Caller: No, I didn't mean that.
Guest: I'm just playing. I know you didn't say it, but I don't think I would have gotten it.
Host: God bless you, Dana. Thank you.
Host: We're going to Louisiana, where William is calling. William, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: I love y'all. I listen to y'all every day. I'm a truck driver. Right now I'm in a radio check. I want to answer the question about the frontiersman. I think it's Daniel Boone.
Host: You're talking about the first question, the fixed-blade fighting knife?
Caller: Yes, sir.
Host: It's a fixed-blade fighting knife with a distinct point and handguard, named after which legendary American frontiersman. What was your guess?
Caller: Daniel Boone.
Host: That's a really good guess, William, but that's not the answer I have.
Guest: His contribution was the coonskin cap.
Caller: Yes, that's right.
Host: It doesn't matter if you get it right or not. We haven't gotten many right ourselves, so you're in good company.
Host: Do you have a question for us?
Caller: No. It's my first time calling, and I was interested in trying to get through. I listen to y'all from 10:00 to 11:30 every day.
Guest: William, let me speak for everybody and say we truly appreciate our listeners who tell us things like that. That's the kind of thing that keeps me going and makes me want to keep doing it.
Host: Truck drivers.
Guest: We love you guys. Thank you, William.
Host: We're going to Mississippi, where Jessica is calling. Jessica, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: I'm so excited.
Host: What part of Mississippi are you from?
Caller: Corinth, about 45 minutes away.
Host: I used to live on Highway 72 across from Shiloh Baptist Church. You know where that is?
Caller: Absolutely.
Host: I pastored there a long time ago. I loved Corinth and Alcorn County. Do you want to answer, ask, or do both?
Caller: Both.
Host: Which question?
Caller: The one about the Tower of Babel.
Host: What is the name of the man in the Bible who is often associated with overseeing the attempted construction of the Tower of Babel?
Caller: Is that Nimrod?
Host: That is correct. Well done.
Guest: I had to go read it real quick because I thought it talked about him being over it, but it definitely does not say that in Scripture.
Host: It doesn't explicitly say that. It's just ancient Jewish and Christian tradition that he was the king. His kingdom extended over Babel, so that's the connection.
Host: Do you have a question for us, Jessica?
Caller: I do. I've been trying to decide what I would ask if I ever got through. Can you tell me the name of one of David's great fighting men who was in a pit with a lion on a snowy day?
Guest: He was already in the pit.
Host: It starts with a B.
Caller: Yes.
Guest: Let's just go through the alphabet for the next letter.
Host: It's Benaiah.
Caller: Benaiah. There's a book by him.
Guest: It doesn't get much tougher than fighting a lion in the snow.
Host: Most of us would run away from a lion in a pit on a snowy day.
Guest: I think the circle would get too tight.
Host: Take care, Jessica.
Caller: One last thing. What kind of man was Boaz before he got married?
Host: This is a joke.
Caller: A ruthless, ruthless guy.
Guest: Very nice.
Host: Thanks, Jessica.
Host: We're going to Arkansas, where Honey is calling in. Honey, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: Hello.
Host: I've got to ask you, who calls you Honey? Everybody?
Caller: It's my actual name.
Host: If your boyfriend, husband, or whoever calls you Honey, they really mean it, right?
Caller: I'm only 16.
Host: I'm pulling that back. I'm pulling that back.
Guest: Good thing Honey was a woman.
Host: Honey, do you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Caller: I would like to do both. Just give me a random question.
Host: Who hasn't had one?
Guest: I haven't had one.
Host: Let's get you one of Brother Bert's. What island did Paul and Barnabas visit on their first missionary journey?
Caller: I'm having to think about this one.
Guest: When you say think, are you typing this into Google or thinking about it?
Caller: It's not Barbados, but I know it might start with a B. Am I correct?
Host: No, it does not. Try the next letter.
Caller: A, B, C?
Host: Yes.
Caller: No.
Host: It was Cyprus.
Guest: Cyprus. They left Antioch, went to Seleucia, and then sailed to Cyprus. On the second missionary journey, Paul and Silas went to Asia Minor. Barnabas took John Mark and went back to Cyprus.
Host: You have a question for us?
Caller: I have a riddle.
Guest: Tim loves riddles, but we're going to do our best, Honey.
Caller: Ten men were in a boat. The boat tipped over, and nine got their hair wet. Why didn't the tenth man get his hair wet?
Host: Ten men were in a boat. The boat tipped over, and nine got their hair wet.
Guest: Isn't it because the tenth guy is bald?
Host: That's what we're going to say.
Caller: That's right.
Host: Very good.
Caller: I also want to say that she loves y'all's work and really appreciates what y'all do.
Guest: We appreciate her saying that as well.
Host: Thank you for calling in. Have a great weekend.
Host: We've got a hard break coming. We'll reset the questions real quick.
Guest: A famous fixed-blade fighting knife, characterized by a distinct clip point and a large handguard, is named after which legendary American frontiersman?
Guest: Made from a hollowed-out horn from a cow or ox, a blank was an essential piece of equipment for colonial Americans to keep their gunpowder dry.
Guest: The famous Japanese video game company Nintendo originally manufactured playing cards before becoming a major video game company. Is that true or false?
Guest: What popular beverage was originally marketed as a remedy for headaches and exhaustion?
Host: How many states are farther south than part of Mexico?
Guest: What is the name of the professor on Gilligan's Island? Not the actor's name, but the professor's name. Jim Robertson, Roy Hinkley, Ben Henderson, or Melvin Johnson.
Host: What is the name of a group of armadillos?
Guest: I've never seen a group of armadillos together. I've only seen them in the middle of the road.
Host: They were lined up on Noah's Ark.
Guest: They do.
Host: You're listening to Trivia Friday, Learning University, and the B team. The other three guys are out traveling and doing things, so we're sitting in. We'll be back right after this break with more.
Host: It's first-time caller day on Trivia Friday. The number to call with your question or your answer to a question is 888-589-8840. That's 888-589-8840 if you have never been on the air with us before.
Host: All right, so first-time callers only. One's a mystery question. If you happen to land on it and answer it correctly, you'll hear this sound.
Guest: What?
Host: He hit the wrong one.
Host: The beloved rim shot. Welcome to Trivia Friday, and we're glad you're with us.
Host: This is not Tim Wildmon. You know what he would do? He would mock my Southern accent.
Guest: He would mine too.
Host: He would. This is Bert Harper, sitting in for Tim Wildmon. Today, Friday the 13th, we have the B team.
Guest: That's what it is.
Host: All three guys who are normally here, the professors, are out. Sitting in for Ed Vitagliano's seat is Tony Vitagliano.
Guest: Good to be here. Someone was talking to me on the way down here. They were asking who I was going to be on with today, and I was listing off everybody. They said, "Why don't I just play the best of?" I thought, you know what? That's probably a better idea, but we're here. We're here for you folks.
Host: That's a lot of confidence.
Host: Sitting in JJ Jasper's chair is Jonathan.
Guest: I'm glad to be here. There will be no "Here's the deal" stuff like you hear. I'm not going to try that. I can't. There's only one JJ.
Guest: Thank the Lord.
Host: Praise the Lord.
Guest: We all agree on that.
Host: Also at the board is Adam.
Guest: That's right. Brent Criley's up.
Host: This is the B team.
Guest: Cindy's going to have to hold us together.
Host: She will. We're going to open the phone lines right now. The number is 888-589-8840. Again, this is first-time callers' day. If you've never called, this is the time to do it, so get in line, as we say. Get in the queue.
Host: What we do around here is have nine original questions, three from Jonathan, three from Tony, and three from me. You must be 11 years old or older.
Host: One of these nine questions will be a mystery question. You won't know which one it is, but if you happen to get that one correct, you'll hear this sound.
Guest: That has been a sad sound to hear here lately. You don't hear much of it. Let's do this.
Host: That's a great thing.
Guest: All the early-season optimism is gone.
Host: It sucked right out of the room. We're Mississippi State fans out there. I'm sorry.
Guest: We're faithful.
Host: We are. We're hanging in there.
Guest: There are no fair-weather Mississippi State fans.
Host: It's all the time. That's right.
Guest: Wait for baseball, so you do.
Host: Yeah, they always say that.
Host: With one of these questions, you can answer the question, ask us a question, and we'll do our best to give an answer, or you can do both.
Guest: That's right.
Host: If you answer correctly, we've talked about how you'll hear that sound, but you'll also win a T-shirt. You get a Learning University T-shirt. It's newly designed. This is the third one, I think, that I've heard about.
Guest: Yes, sir.
Host: If you want to get one without winning, you can go to resources.afa.net, look at it, and order one. We'd be proud to send it to you.
Host: One more thing before we ask your questions. Where in the world is JJ?
Guest: JJ Jasper asked me to make this announcement. One of the reasons, or the reason, that he's not here today is that he is in Campbellsville, Kentucky. He's speaking at Elkhorn Baptist Church for the Hope Pregnancy Center. It's a ticketed event, so if you happen to be in the Campbellsville area and want to stop by, you are invited, and tickets are available at the door. If you didn't get any in advance, you can get some at the door.
Guest: JJ also wanted me to mention that he was bringing his son, Bodie, with him. If you don't like JJ, it's all right. You'll love Bodie.
Host: That's exactly right.
Guest: That's their first trip. I think Melanie, JJ's wife, was a little nervous because JJ is in charge of taking care of Bodie. He said, "I don't know how to play with the baby, man. I don't know how." Actually, it's probably going to be Bodie taking care of JJ. That's why they're going to play with him.
Guest: If you're in that area, stop by. JJ does a great job at those pregnancy center events. It would be well worth your time to go and listen to him.
Host: Anything else before we ask your questions?
Guest: I tried to write them all down. I think that's it.
Host: I've done a great job. All I've ever had to do when being on here is listen to them and ask them a question, so this is new.
Guest: You're doing good.
Host: Let's start to my left. Jonathan, you have three questions. Let's hear them.
Guest: I was in the American history, early American history mood. All of my questions are American history, except for one John Wayne question at the very end, so you have to get through all the others first.
Guest: My questions are a little long. I tried to condense them, but this is the best I could do. This famous fixed-blade fighting knife, characterized by a distinct clip point and a large handguard, is named after which legendary American frontiersman?
Guest: Made from a hollowed-out horn from a cow or ox, a blank was an essential piece of equipment for colonial Americans to keep their gunpowder dry.
Guest: Paul Revere was a midnight rider who warned the colonists about British regulars arriving in Massachusetts. There were three riders, including Paul Revere. Name the other two.
Host: I think I wrote down the answers to two of those. That third one is tricky.
Guest: Since I'm not going to be on here, Lord willing, again, before Thanksgiving, I went with a Thanksgiving question. How many days did the first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621 last?
Guest: The famous Japanese video game company Nintendo originally manufactured playing cards. Is that true or false?
Guest: My third question is, what is the name of the man in the Bible who is often associated with overseeing the attempted construction of the Tower of Babel? The Bible does not explicitly say it, but he is often associated with it in ancient Jewish and Christian tradition.
Host: We've got six. We've got three more, and here they are.
Host: I love geography. How many states are farther south than part of Mexico? Of course, that would be the northern part of Mexico. How many states are farther south than the northernmost part of Mexico?
Guest: Farther south.
Host: Farther south. Did I say north?
Guest: Your dyslexia came in.
Host: How many states are farther south than part of Mexico, and can you name six of them?
Host: Here's my Bible question. What island did Paul and Barnabas visit on their first missionary journey?
Guest: I'm not doing an Andy Griffith question?
Host: What?
Guest: I'm going to change to Gilligan's Island.
Host: I came ready to answer an Andy Griffith question.
Guest: What is the name of the professor on Gilligan's Island? Not the actor's name who played the professor, but his name on the show. I won't make this multiple choice.
Guest: It's hard because it's only mentioned one or two times. Is it Jim Robertson, Roy Hinkley, Ben Henderson, or Melvin Johnson? One of those is the professor's name.
Host: We have some people looking at each other here in the studio. We're ready to go. Jonathan, are you ready to get our first caller?
Guest: Yes. We'll go to Ohio, where Jessa is calling.
Host: Jessa, thanks for calling Trivia Friday. Hi, Jessa. Do you want to ask, answer, or both?
Caller: Ask.
Host: She's going to jump right to it.
Guest: You must really think this is Learning University.
Host: Jessa, would you mind telling us how old you are?
Caller: Eleven.
Host: Eleven years old. This is your first time getting through. Have you been trying a long time?
Caller: I've been waiting for four years.
Host: She's been waiting. We're glad you made it through, Jess. What's your question for us?
Caller: What is the main pollinator of the cacao tree?
Host: Have you been waiting with this question for four years?
Guest: What is the cacao tree? Is this where the cocoa bean comes from?
Caller: Yes, it is.
Guest: I have no idea what pollinates it. It would be something like a bee. Is it a butterfly?
Host: Butterfly, Jessa. That's our guess.
Caller: No, it's the midge.
Host: The midge?
Caller: Yes, it is a little tiny fly.
Guest: A little tiny fly. We have a lot of them to do that.
Host: I think I swat those away all the time when I'm sitting outside.
Guest: Is that what that is?
Host: I think so.
Host: Jessa, thank you for calling. I hope you have a great year in your 11th year. God bless you, Jessa.
Host: We're going to Louisiana, where Betty is calling. Betty, you are on Trivia Friday.
Caller: This is so exciting. I'm going to give a shout-out to my husband, Barry. I'm going to get on there and surprise you.
Host: Barry, I hope you're listening, because you missed it.
Caller: We listen to y'all. We watch it back live on YouTube on Friday night. It's our Friday-night thing.
Host: There you go.
Caller: Lord, please let me know the answer to one of these, because we haven't heard the question.
Guest: That's called faith.
Host: Betty, do you want to ask, answer, or both?
Caller: I'll do both. I'm going to check you out on the Thanksgiving question. I was reading this a while back, and I know it's more than one day. I'm going to say two weeks.
Host: Actually, the answer I have is less than two weeks.
Caller: Okay, that's a great guess.
Host: What's your question for us, Betty?
Caller: Can you name the seven churches that are mentioned in Revelation in order?
Host: In order?
Guest: I just got my hands full with that. That was a part of the Bible.
Host: You should have asked this on Exploring the Word and had Alex McFarland answer it.
Guest: I know which one's last. It's Laodicea, but I don't know the rest.
Host: Philadelphia, Sardis, Ephesus. There are three left.
Guest: What are the other ones? I always have a hard time with that.
Host: It starts with a P, but anyway, Betty, deliver us from this. Go ahead.
Caller: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
Host: That's them.
Guest: Amen.
Host: Well done, Betty.
Caller: They weren't doing as good as they should have been, by the way.
Guest: They felt we were lacking.
Caller: Pray and ask the Lord to show you which one you're at spiritually, because I did that. I asked, "Lord God, hold me."
Guest: That is brilliant.
Caller: I prayed the night before, and the very next morning I got a devotion from a friend. No one knew I had prayed that prayer but God. I asked, "Where am I spiritually in these churches?" because I'm studying Revelation. I was in Ephesus. I had left my first love. Sometimes we have to say, "Lord, I don't know how to get back, but you know. Bring me back to where I need to be."
Host: Amen.
Guest: He's faithful.
Host: He is. Thank you, Betty. Tell Barry we're glad he was listening.
Caller: I hope he got to hear it. Thank you, guys, so much.
Host: We're going to Missouri, where Charlie is on the line. Charlie, welcome to Trivia Friday. How are you doing?
Caller: Hi.
Host: What part of Missouri are you from, Charlie?
Caller: Kennett. It's real Missouri, but I'm working in Hayti.
Host: Hayti. I know where that is.
Guest: The Bootheel.
Caller: Yes, sir.
Host: That's all the way down in the Bootheel.
Guest: I went to college at Blue Mountain with two guys from Hayti, Missouri. I really did. I knew where that was.
Host: Charlie, do you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Caller: I'm going to answer the Thanksgiving question. I wasn't going to ask one about Thanksgiving, but that was a giveaway, so I think I can get the Thanksgiving one.
Host: How many days did the first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621 last?
Caller: It was five days.
Host: Sorry, Charlie.
Guest: No, sorry. I bet you hear that all the time.
Host: The answer I have is less than that, but not by much. That's a good guess, Charlie. Do you have a question for us?
Caller: No, I don't have a question. I just love you guys. It's my first time ever getting through to Trivia Friday. I want to thank God for the space you guys have, because without you, we wouldn't know what the real news is. I appreciate American Family Radio with all my heart.
Host: We appreciate you, Charlie. Have a great weekend, brother.
Host: We're going to Texas, where Leanne is on. Leanne, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: You're a good-morning substitute professor.
Guest: Yes, I am.
Host: What part of Texas are you from?
Caller: I live in Bryan-College Station, Aggieland.
Host: Great part of the country. We're glad you called. Do you want to answer, ask, or both?
Caller: I'm going to do both this morning, Brother Bert.
Host: Which question?
Caller: I'm going to wipe out this Thanksgiving question. I'm getting nervous.
Host: Are you sure about your answer?
Caller: I am. I taught at a Christian school. I taught a Christian curriculum that had very good American history in it, and I will guarantee you that the first Thanksgiving was three days.
Host: That is correct.
Guest: I'm starting to sweat.
Host: That is absolutely correct, three days.
Caller: I wanted to make sure that one was answered before Thanksgiving passed.
Host: We're going to hand it over to you. What's your question for us, Leanne?
Caller: It's from The Andy Griffith Show.
Host: Go ahead.
Caller: In the episode where the gold truck was going to come through Mayberry, there were three members of the same family. This was the only time one of them appeared in that episode. Can you name the three members and what their characters were in that episode?
Host: Three members of the same family? Was it a real family or a family on the show?
Caller: It was a real Hollywood acting family.
Host: I'll give you a hint.
Caller: Two of them were on multiple times, but for one of them, this was his only appearance on the show.
Guest: Nothing comes to my mind. I am stumped.
Host: If you haven't seen that episode, you need to. It was sharp.
Caller: The three were Ron Howard, who played Opie, his brother Clint Howard, who played Leon, the little cowboy, and their father, Rance Howard, who was one of the Treasury men.
Caller: Barney called them the T-men. They came in at the very beginning and left. They would not talk to Barney. They would only talk to Andy. Barney was listening outside the mail slot of the door when little Clint Howard walked up with his cowboy hat and his peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Caller: That was the only time their father, Rance Howard, was in an episode. He was one of those Treasury men at the very beginning.
Host: That's a great question.
Guest: I love it. That's awesome.
Host: Thank you, Leanne.
Guest: Trivia Friday, the B team is on. We're going to come back, reset our questions, and then go to the phone lines.
Host: At least we know the Thanksgiving answer now.
Guest: We got that one.
Host: Are we going to celebrate three days this year?
Guest: No, two days.
Host: We'll be back.
Host: Proverbs 16:20 says, "He who gives heed to the word will prosper, and happy is he who trusts in the Lord."
Host: Some time ago I read in the papers an account of a man in Phoenix, Arizona, who had rented an apartment but couldn't move into it because he had lost it. Actually, he couldn't find it. It seems that Charles Roland had sold his photo-finishing business in Appleton, Wisconsin, and moved to Phoenix. Upon his arrival in Phoenix, Roland checked into a hotel and that same day found an apartment and paid one month's rent in advance. However, he drove away without noting the address. After 14 hours of driving around the city trying to locate the apartment, he notified the local paper of his plight. The man who had rented the apartment to Roland read the article and called him at the hotel. The apartment was just two blocks away.
Host: Then there's the case of Dr. Ellis Shinkin of Toronto. Dr. Shinkin was punched in the eye and, as a result, lost one of his contact lenses. He was unable to find the lens and got fitted for another soon afterward, but the eye in which he had been punched kept discharging, and his new lens kept popping out. It should have. The lens he had searched for but couldn't find had been pushed into his eyelid, where it remained unnoticed.
Host: While I was a student in school, I worked in a grocery store to help defray my expenses. As I was stocking the shelves one day, a gentleman kept walking up and down the aisle, looking for a product. Finally, he stopped in the section where the product should be. After looking for quite a while, he asked me if I knew where the product could be found. Reaching to the spot where he had been looking for several minutes, I picked up the product and gave it to him. His comment was, "If it had been a snake, it would have bitten me."
Host: It wasn't long after that until I began a search early one morning for my glasses. After searching for several minutes around the house and failing to find them, I began to accuse one of the children or my wife of misplacing them. Seeing I was about to lose what little temper I had, Linda started searching with me. She came into the room where I was searching and started to speak, only to have a wide grin come across her face.
Host: "Go look in a mirror," she said. I took the hint and suddenly realized that I was wearing the glasses I had been desperately hunting.
Host: Isn't it rather funny how we can search high and low for something and then end up finding it in a place where it should have been so simple to find? These four stories could be multiplied by countless individuals who have searched for something only to find it in a place so close by. There's a truth here that could be applied to countless realms, but for the sake of simplicity, let's try just one: happiness. It's right where you are if you can find it.
Host: We've got our vice president here. Three days for Thanksgiving. It took me a second.
Guest: You can go to stream.afa.net and watch us. If you go there, you can see Bert looking like a deer in the headlights before the break because he was trying to figure out what I was talking about.
Host: I caught on to it. He was trying to pry an answer out of me on live radio so he could go back and say, "We were told this. Tony said that. We're getting three days. We're going to do it." That's how the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated, and that's what we're going to get.
Guest: You can watch us on stream.afa.net, or you can listen on afr.net.
Host: He is not joking. He really did have a deer-in-the-headlights look.
Guest: I did. I was.
Host: We're going to reset our questions. Jonathan, go ahead.
Guest: As I said, all my questions, minus the one John Wayne question if we get to it, are American history. You have to know your American history. My questions are a little long, but I think they're pretty easy.
Guest: This famous fixed-blade fighting knife, characterized by a distinct clip point and a large handguard, is named after which legendary American frontiersman?
Guest: Made from a hollowed-out horn from a cow or ox, a blank was an essential piece of equipment for colonial Americans to keep their gunpowder dry.
Guest: Paul Revere was a midnight rider who warned the colonists about British regulars arriving in Massachusetts. There were three riders, including Paul Revere. Name the other two riders.
Host: I thought you were going to ask what his horse's name was, but that really disappointed me.
Guest: That might have been easier.
Host: Most people don't know that his horse's name was Mr. Ed.
Guest: I think I've been in this chair too long. I'm starting to sound like JJ.
Host: So after Paul Revere said it, JJ would say it too, right?
Guest: That's right.
Guest: We've finally got the Thanksgiving question. The famous Japanese video game company Nintendo originally manufactured playing cards before becoming a major video game company. Is that true or false?
Guest: What is the name of the man in the Bible who is often associated with overseeing the attempted construction of the Tower of Babel? Again, this is based on ancient Jewish and Christian tradition. It is not explicitly said in the Bible, but he is often associated with it.
Guest: What meat other than wildfowl is specifically mentioned in a surviving firsthand account of the first Thanksgiving feast?
Host: Great questions.
Guest: Happy Thanksgiving if we don't see you for the season.
Host: Here's my geographical question. How many states are farther south than part of Mexico? How many states are farther south than part of Mexico? Name at least six of those states.
Host: My Bible question is, what island did Paul and Barnabas visit on their first missionary journey?
Guest: Since I didn't get to ask an Andy Griffith question, I switched to Gilligan's Island, that real intellectual show. What is the name of the professor on Gilligan's Island? Not the actor who played the professor, but the professor's name on that program.
Host: Let's go to the phone lines and see who's next.
Guest: We're going to Montana, where Bobby is calling. Bobby, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: Thank you so much. It's my first time calling. I'm so excited.
Host: We're excited for you. We're glad you made it through, Bobby. What is the weather like in Montana? I always want to go there.
Caller: It's the home of the Big Sky.
Host: That's right.
Caller: Right now it's 49 and a little cloudy, but it has been in the 60s and 70s. It sounds like we're going to get a little cold.
Host: Have the trees already turned in that area, or have they lost all their leaves?
Caller: We actually had a nice autumn where they turned color. It didn't freeze and fall off all at once.
Guest: I've been a couple of times to Montana, and it is absolutely stunning. On the east side, you can see forever. I was up there in Fort Peck and Glasgow, and you could see one from the other. It was 20 miles away, and you could see the glow. Then you go west, and it's the mountains.
Host: You're not allowed to go, Jonathan, before you retire, because I'm afraid you won't come back.
Guest: If I go there, I may just stay there.
Host: Bobby, did you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Caller: I'm going to do both. We had a little trivia yesterday at work, and I learned that the first Thanksgiving lasted three days. I'm going to go with your other question about Thanksgiving.
Host: What meat other than wildfowl is specifically mentioned in a surviving firsthand account of the first Thanksgiving feast?
Caller: Is that a thing?
Host: That is correct.
Guest: Venison. A lot of the natives took that first weekend before Thanksgiving. That was opening weekend of the season, so that's what it was.
Host: What's your question for us?
Caller: What is the windiest city in the United States?
Host: We know Chicago is known as the Windy City, but is it the windiest city? I know the mountains in New Hampshire are windy, but there's no city there.
Guest: If it's not Chicago, I don't know what it is.
Host: Chicago is as good a guess as any.
Caller: It's actually Great Falls, Montana, where I live.
Host: Great Falls. I was going to preach up there, and I flew into Great Falls. Praise the Lord, the wind wasn't blowing that day.
Guest: You would have ended up in Fort Peck.
Host: Thank you for calling, Bobby, and have a great Thanksgiving.
Caller: Thank you so much. You too. Thank you for your program, and you all be blessed.
Host: We're going to Arkansas, where Dana is calling. Dana, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: Thank you.
Host: What part of Arkansas are you from?
Caller: I live at Odixie, which is close to Jonesboro.
Host: Jonesboro. Great town up there. Do you want to answer, ask, or do both?
Caller: I will answer American history, the midnight rider.
Host: Paul Revere was a midnight rider who warned the colonists about British regulars arriving in Massachusetts. There were three, including Paul Revere. Can you name the other two riders?
Caller: Yes, I can. One was Dr. Samuel Prescott, and the other one was William Dawes.
Host: That is great. Way to go.
Guest: I figured that might have been one of the toughest questions I asked, but you just spouted that out like you knew it like two plus two.
Host: There's one thing I found out during my research. Dr. Samuel Prescott was the only one who actually escaped. The British caught all three of those people during that midnight ride.
Guest: Prescott was the only one who actually escaped and finished the ride, so he warned the colonists about the British. I never knew that. When the poem came out, Dr. Prescott was probably saying, "What in the world? I finished the job."
Host: Paul Revere gets all the credit.
Guest: Dana, thank you so much for your 34 years of teaching American history and pouring into future generations. Knowledge of American history is something that is sorely lacking. If we don't know history, we're bound to repeat the mistakes.
Host: Do you have a question for us, Dana? Is it American history?
Caller: No, I decided not to ask a question.
Guest: She said we wouldn't be able to answer hers anyway.
Caller: No, I didn't mean that.
Guest: I'm just playing. I know you didn't say it, but I don't think I would have gotten it.
Host: God bless you, Dana. Thank you.
Host: We're going to Louisiana, where William is calling. William, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: I love y'all. I listen to y'all every day. I'm a truck driver. Right now I'm in a radio check. I want to answer the question about the frontiersman. I think it's Daniel Boone.
Host: You're talking about the first question, the fixed-blade fighting knife?
Caller: Yes, sir.
Host: It's a fixed-blade fighting knife with a distinct point and handguard, named after which legendary American frontiersman. What was your guess?
Caller: Daniel Boone.
Host: That's a really good guess, William, but that's not the answer I have.
Guest: His contribution was the coonskin cap.
Caller: Yes, that's right.
Host: It doesn't matter if you get it right or not. We haven't gotten many right ourselves, so you're in good company.
Host: Do you have a question for us?
Caller: No. It's my first time calling, and I was interested in trying to get through. I listen to y'all from 10:00 to 11:30 every day.
Guest: William, let me speak for everybody and say we truly appreciate our listeners who tell us things like that. That's the kind of thing that keeps me going and makes me want to keep doing it.
Host: Truck drivers.
Guest: We love you guys. Thank you, William.
Host: We're going to Mississippi, where Jessica is calling. Jessica, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: I'm so excited.
Host: What part of Mississippi are you from?
Caller: Corinth, about 45 minutes away.
Host: I used to live on Highway 72 across from Shiloh Baptist Church. You know where that is?
Caller: Absolutely.
Host: I pastored there a long time ago. I loved Corinth and Alcorn County. Do you want to answer, ask, or do both?
Caller: Both.
Host: Which question?
Caller: The one about the Tower of Babel.
Host: What is the name of the man in the Bible who is often associated with overseeing the attempted construction of the Tower of Babel?
Caller: Is that Nimrod?
Host: That is correct. Well done.
Guest: I had to go read it real quick because I thought it talked about him being over it, but it definitely does not say that in Scripture.
Host: It doesn't explicitly say that. It's just ancient Jewish and Christian tradition that he was the king. His kingdom extended over Babel, so that's the connection.
Host: Do you have a question for us, Jessica?
Caller: I do. I've been trying to decide what I would ask if I ever got through. Can you tell me the name of one of David's great fighting men who was in a pit with a lion on a snowy day?
Guest: He was already in the pit.
Host: It starts with a B.
Caller: Yes.
Guest: Let's just go through the alphabet for the next letter.
Host: It's Benaiah.
Caller: Benaiah. There's a book by him.
Guest: It doesn't get much tougher than fighting a lion in the snow.
Host: Most of us would run away from a lion in a pit on a snowy day.
Guest: I think the circle would get too tight.
Host: Take care, Jessica.
Caller: One last thing. What kind of man was Boaz before he got married?
Host: This is a joke.
Caller: A ruthless, ruthless guy.
Guest: Very nice.
Host: Thanks, Jessica.
Host: We're going to Arkansas, where Honey is calling in. Honey, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Caller: Hello.
Host: I've got to ask you, who calls you Honey? Everybody?
Caller: It's my actual name.
Host: If your boyfriend, husband, or whoever calls you Honey, they really mean it, right?
Caller: I'm only 16.
Host: I'm pulling that back. I'm pulling that back.
Guest: Good thing Honey was a woman.
Host: Honey, do you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Caller: I would like to do both. Just give me a random question.
Host: Who hasn't had one?
Guest: I haven't had one.
Host: Let's get you one of Brother Bert's. What island did Paul and Barnabas visit on their first missionary journey?
Caller: I'm having to think about this one.
Guest: When you say think, are you typing this into Google or thinking about it?
Caller: It's not Barbados, but I know it might start with a B. Am I correct?
Host: No, it does not. Try the next letter.
Caller: A, B, C?
Host: Yes.
Caller: No.
Host: It was Cyprus.
Guest: Cyprus. They left Antioch, went to Seleucia, and then sailed to Cyprus. On the second missionary journey, Paul and Silas went to Asia Minor. Barnabas took John Mark and went back to Cyprus.
Host: You have a question for us?
Caller: I have a riddle.
Guest: Tim loves riddles, but we're going to do our best, Honey.
Caller: Ten men were in a boat. The boat tipped over, and nine got their hair wet. Why didn't the tenth man get his hair wet?
Host: Ten men were in a boat. The boat tipped over, and nine got their hair wet.
Guest: Isn't it because the tenth guy is bald?
Host: That's what we're going to say.
Caller: That's right.
Host: Very good.
Caller: I also want to say that she loves y'all's work and really appreciates what y'all do.
Guest: We appreciate her saying that as well.
Host: Thank you for calling in. Have a great weekend.
Host: We've got a hard break coming. We'll reset the questions real quick.
Guest: A famous fixed-blade fighting knife, characterized by a distinct clip point and a large handguard, is named after which legendary American frontiersman?
Guest: Made from a hollowed-out horn from a cow or ox, a blank was an essential piece of equipment for colonial Americans to keep their gunpowder dry.
Guest: The famous Japanese video game company Nintendo originally manufactured playing cards before becoming a major video game company. Is that true or false?
Guest: What popular beverage was originally marketed as a remedy for headaches and exhaustion?
Host: How many states are farther south than part of Mexico?
Guest: What is the name of the professor on Gilligan's Island? Not the actor's name, but the professor's name. Jim Robertson, Roy Hinkley, Ben Henderson, or Melvin Johnson.
Host: What is the name of a group of armadillos?
Guest: I've never seen a group of armadillos together. I've only seen them in the middle of the road.
Host: They were lined up on Noah's Ark.
Guest: They do.
Host: You're listening to Trivia Friday, Learning University, and the B team. The other three guys are out traveling and doing things, so we're sitting in. We'll be back right after this break with more.
Bert Harper leads a substitute team for Trivia Friday as first-time callers take on questions about American history, Thanksgiving, the Bible, geography, science and classic television. The game includes questions about Paul Revere's midnight ride, colonial gunpowder equipment, the Tower of Babel, Cyprus and the first Thanksgiving feast.
Callers answer questions about the cacao tree's pollinator, the seven churches in Revelation, the Andy Griffith Show, Gilligan's Island and the windiest city in the United States. The conversation also includes a Bible riddle, a boat riddle and plenty of good-natured humor from the studio and callers across the country.
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