Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Trivia Friday on American Family Radio. Thanks for listening to AFR and joining me in the studio.
Tony Vitagliano: Did I say my name?
Tim Wildmon: You did not, sir.
Tony Vitagliano: Okay, my name is Tony Vitagliano.
Tim Wildmon: Every morning, Tony. Tony for two weeks in a row.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you to everybody who called in and made a gift during Share-a-Thon.
Tony Vitagliano: Amen.
Tim Wildmon: Let's give our listeners a hand. There were 17,000 pledges made over the last three days.
Tony Vitagliano: Wow. Unbelievable.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you so, so much for writing a check and making a donation. It really, really means a lot to us. Quite frankly, it keeps us on the air.
Tony Vitagliano: Right.
Tim Wildmon: Our Stand Firm Share-a-Thon was a big success: 17,000 pledges and $4 million raised. We say thank you, thank you, thank you.
Tim Wildmon: The second thing before we jump into the show is that everybody is following the hurricane in the Gulf, Hurricane Esaias.
Tony Vitagliano: I don't know what committee came up with that name. Just name it Phil, okay? We're done.
Tim Wildmon: It is a serious thing. The storm is going to hit somewhere on the Gulf Coast between, I guess, Gulf Shores and Panama City. Who knows exactly where? But we have a lot of listeners in that area.
Tony Vitagliano: We do. And then friends and family as it moves inland, it could create some havoc.
Tim Wildmon: Part of us always feels a little guilty about laughing and joking around here while people are suffering. We just want to ask people to pray for our friends on the Gulf Coast. Also, Eight Days of Hope will be doing their work down there, and we will be promoting it in the aftermath.
Tony Vitagliano: They're already getting ready and getting their crews ready. They have a rapid response team, and I'm sure they'll go. We do care about our friends and family on the Gulf Coast.
Tim Wildmon: The storm is going to push inland. They said tropical storm winds could reach as far as Birmingham.
Tony Vitagliano: Because of the fast-moving nature of the storm, which is good and bad, for the most part it's good that it will move fast and not sit on top of people, raining and raining like it did in Houston a few years ago.
Tim Wildmon: We will actually feel some effects of it here where we live.
Tony Vitagliano: We'll get some rain and some winds as it moves inland. A lot of the power of the storm dissipates, but that moisture continues to drop.
Tim Wildmon: All right, it's Trivia Friday on American Family Radio. We've got three questions each, and we're going to give them to you. You need to be 11 years old or older to call in, and we have an eight-week waiting period between on-air appearances. If you haven't been on the air with us in eight weeks, then you can call in and be on the air with us. First-time callers are welcome as well.
Tony Vitagliano: What's the phone number?
Tim Wildmon: This is a different phone number from the one you've been hearing this week for Share-a-Thon. We go back to our old phone number for Trivia Friday: 888-589-8840. That's the number to call to get on this show. We ask you to call in, ask, answer, and do both if you can.
Tony Vitagliano: Also, one of these original nine questions is what we call a mystery question.
Tim Wildmon: It's a mystery question. We know what it is. You don't know what it is, and neither do our callers. That's the mystery. It's sort of an Agatha Christie question.
Tony Vitagliano: So if you call in and pick that question and answer it correctly, here's the sound you will hear.
Tim Wildmon: The beloved cowbells. The beloved cowbells.
Tony Vitagliano: That's right. They were ringing for a little bit last week.
Tim Wildmon: Tony and I are Mississippi State fans and graduates. We were on a text-message thread entering the Alabama game last weekend, and we were fired up for kickoff.
Tony Vitagliano: That's right.
Tim Wildmon: And then kickoff happened. I think Tony quit watching after the first quarter.
Tony Vitagliano: I did. Then y'all would text back and say, “Oh, we're doing good,” and I would start watching again, then turn it off again not long after that. It's not good for your mental or emotional health if you're invested.
Tim Wildmon: I had my phone on mute.
Tony Vitagliano: Oh, did you?
Tim Wildmon: Then I looked at it the next morning, and good grief, there were eighty-something messages on it.
Tony Vitagliano: I spoke on your behalf. I told these two and the rest of the Mississippi State fans on the text thread, “Y'all have a problem.”
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I know.
Tony Vitagliano: One of us had an emotional breakdown, and the others had to come in and try to comfort him.
Tim Wildmon: You see what I'm saying there?
Tony Vitagliano: Oh, yeah. That's Christian ministry after all. Take turns, everybody.
Tim Wildmon: We finally ended up saying, “There's always baseball season.” That's what we're looking forward to.
Tony Vitagliano: You have a good team this year.
Tim Wildmon: You may have a bad month coming up.
Tony Vitagliano: That's right. I like that spin. Four and one, baby.
Tim Wildmon: All right, let's go in. What do you have?
Tony Vitagliano: Here are my three questions, folks. First question: Alaska and Hawaii were the 49th and 50th states added to America. What year were they both added? Tip of the hat to Birthday Dave, who gave me this question.
Tony Vitagliano: Second question: What was the first animal sent into space by the United States in 1946? It was before PETA. You could just send animals into space if you wanted to. One-way trip.
Tony Vitagliano: Third question: Each president's nose on Mount Rushmore is about 20 feet long, roughly the height of a two-story building. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: All right, Tony.
Tony Vitagliano: My first question is, what Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Tim Wildmon: By what Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Tony Vitagliano: I've been to that restaurant.
Tim Wildmon: This prophet used DoorDash.
Tony Vitagliano: It was before DoorDash.
Tim Wildmon: Greenland, the world's largest island, is larger than the states of Texas, California, and Montana combined. Is that true or false?
Tony Vitagliano: What famous martial arts legend appeared in a crossover episode of the 1960s television series Batman?
Tim Wildmon: I know the answer to this.
Tony Vitagliano: I threw this in for you guys. I had to have a 1960s question.
Tim Wildmon: What's the question again?
Tony Vitagliano: What famous martial arts legend appeared in a crossover episode of the 1960s television series Batman?
Tim Wildmon: I don't only know the answer to that. I waited all week long.
Tim Wildmon: All right, here are my three questions. Number one: Located in the United States, this cave system is the largest and longest cave system in the world. What's the name of it, and where is it?
Tim Wildmon: Number two: Other than watermelons, what are the two most-consumed melons in the United States?
Tim Wildmon: Number three: Which popular spice is derived from the bark of a tree? It's not barking up a tree. Sometimes the bark part is worse than the bite, but it is not in this case. Everybody loves this particular bark.
Tim Wildmon: We're going to go to Virginia, and Jim is on the line. Jim actually left from last week. Jim, welcome to Trivia Friday. Good morning, Jim.
Jim: I'm in Winchester, Virginia, which is about two hours west of Washington, D.C., almost in West Virginia.
Tim Wildmon: We know where you are, brother. Thanks for calling and thanks for listening.
Tony Vitagliano: You don't know exactly where he is. We're not the federal government, after all.
Tim Wildmon: No, I have a GPS setting on him right now.
Tony Vitagliano: It's AI-driven, I guess.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Jim, ask, answer, or both?
Jim: I'd like to do both if I could.
Tim Wildmon: Which one do you want to answer?
Jim: I have a degree in aerospace engineering. I better embarrass myself and answer the first animal in space question.
Tim Wildmon: We never knew you had a degree in aerospace engineering.
Jim: If I had a degree in aerospace engineering, I'd want people to know.
Tim Wildmon: Duly noted. Here's the question: What was the first animal sent into space by the United States in 1946? What do you say, Jim?
Jim: Did you say 1946?
Tim Wildmon: Yes, 1946.
Jim: That's unbelievable. I was going to say a chimpanzee, but I don't think we sent one of those up in 1946. It must have been a white rat.
Tony Vitagliano: No, sir. Neither of those are correct answers.
Jim: We had a space program in 1946?
Tim Wildmon: We did.
Jim: Wow.
Tim Wildmon: That's a good try, Jim. Don't feel bad, because Tim Wildmon, who did not have a degree in aerospace engineering, also did not know the answer.
Tony Vitagliano: They told me I should have higher aspirations and not settle for the space program.
Tim Wildmon: They rejected my application. They said, “You can do better.”
Tony Vitagliano: That's right. I'm going to let her return later.
Tim Wildmon: Chimpanzee and white rat are good answers. Those also went up in space. It's going to be a trick question.
Tony Vitagliano: It is not a trick.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Jim, fire away, my friend.
Jim: This is a Bible question. In Romans 1:20, it says that we can know the nature of God from the things that He has created. We can certainly see His majesty and greatness in the detail and size of space and all the things orbiting, and it all clearly shows God's greatness. But where do we see the Trinity in God's creation?
Tim Wildmon: Where do we see the Trinity in God's creation, like on Earth or in outer space?
Jim: Everywhere.
Tim Wildmon: Are you looking for a Scripture verse?
Jim: No.
Tim Wildmon: I'll give you a clue. Check Genesis 1:1.
Jim: I was going to say that. In Genesis 1, we have God, we have the Spirit over the deep, and then God speaks the Word. “Then God said.” So you do have the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I didn't know if you wanted a reference or if you were looking for something more philosophical.
Tim Wildmon: We can get philosophical if you need us to, Jim.
Tony Vitagliano: I think I'll give you credit for that.
Tim Wildmon: High five. That was good.
Tony Vitagliano: Ed came through for the team. Is that what you were looking for, Jim?
Jim: No. In Genesis 1:1, it says, “In the beginning.” That's where God started time. He created the heavens, which was space or distance, and He created the earth, which in that case is not referring to planet Earth but to all matter. Science tells us that everything is made up of time, space, and matter.
Jim: It goes beyond that, in that time is a trinity: past, present, and future. Space is a trinity, in that it is three-dimensional, with width, depth, and height. Matter is a trinity. It is composed of solid, liquid, and gas. Now we know it is made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons, so it is a trinity. Romans 1:20 says we are without excuse for not seeing God in the nature of creation.
Tim Wildmon: That's a very good point. I like that kind of trinity of trinities there.
Tony Vitagliano: As they say, that'll preach.
Tim Wildmon: Yes, it will. You know what, Jim? We believe you now that you did graduate with a degree.
Tony Vitagliano: Amen. You just proved it.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you, Jim. That's a great point. God bless you.
Tony Vitagliano: I thought he was talking about the Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but I like that trinity of trinities in terms of creation.
Tim Wildmon: All right, who's next?
Tony Vitagliano: We go to Kansas, and Brad is on the line. Brad, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Brad: I've been a long-time caller.
Tim Wildmon: Yes, it has been a long time, Brad. Where have you been?
Brad: All over the country. I'm a crazy truck driver from Kansas.
Tim Wildmon: Where are you today?
Brad: I'm just about ready to leave here.
Tim Wildmon: Are you headed to Portland?
Brad: Portland, Maine, actually.
Tony Vitagliano: You better get your Portland right on that one.
Brad: I'm in Portland, Oregon.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Brad, do you want to ask, answer, or both?
Brad: We're going to do both today.
Tim Wildmon: Which one do you want to try to answer?
Brad: The Alaska and Hawaii question.
Tim Wildmon: Alaska and Hawaii were the 49th and 50th states added. What year were they both added?
Brad: 1959.
Tim Wildmon: Yes, sir!
Tony Vitagliano: There it is!
Tim Wildmon: Brad, you've just won yourself a Learning University T-shirt.
Tony Vitagliano: When you're done in Portland, Maine, just drive down here and pick it up, Brad.
Tim Wildmon: Hold on after we get through the call, and we'll get your address and shirt size. By the time you come back home from Portland, Maine, it should be sitting on your client or waiting for you there.
Tony Vitagliano: All right, go ahead, my friend. Fire away with your question.
Brad: I'll give you guys a choice, like Jeopardy music. You can choose either vintage commercials or spelling oddities.
Tim Wildmon: We better go vintage commercials.
Tony Vitagliano: Spelling oddities. Oddities is O-D-D-I-T-I-E-S.
Tim Wildmon: We'll do that one next time. It's vintage commercials.
Brad: By doing this, you're going to have to listen to me sing.
Tony Vitagliano: You didn't say that first, but go ahead.
Brad: We're not looking for the name of the product. We're looking for who created these commercials. This blew me away when I heard the answer.
Brad: You know these commercials are old because you guys are young.
Tony Vitagliano: We've been around.
Brad: Let's go with “I'm stuck on Band-Aids, 'cause Band-Aids are stuck on me,” one of my favorites as a kid. The other one is, “I'm a pepper, he's a pepper, she's a pepper, we're a pepper. Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?”
Tim Wildmon: You want to know who wrote these jingles?
Brad: Who wrote these jingles?
Tony Vitagliano: Let's talk amongst ourselves here, Brad. What do you think?
Tim Wildmon: How about Dolly Parton?
Tony Vitagliano: Do you think she wrote any jingles like this?
Tim Wildmon: I'm going to guess Dolly Parton.
Tony Vitagliano: I'm going to say Bart Bacharach.
Tim Wildmon: Brad, any of us right?
Brad: Not even close.
Tony Vitagliano: Well, that was unnecessary.
Tim Wildmon: What's the real answer?
Brad: Are you all sitting down?
Tim Wildmon: We are.
Brad: The person who made those two commercials was Barry Manilow.
Tony Vitagliano: Barry Manilow.
Tim Wildmon: I remember reading about him. He wrote a lot of jingles.
Tony Vitagliano: Before he became famous as a singer himself, he worked for an advertising company in New York that made jingles like that.
Tim Wildmon: He did both of those?
Brad: Yes.
Tony Vitagliano: Wow.
Tim Wildmon: Well, you know, “Mandy Man.”
Tony Vitagliano: I was just trying to help, and you sent me away.
Tim Wildmon: I don't have a clue why I did that. “Oh, Mandy, you came and you gave without taking.”
Tony Vitagliano: “Mandy” is one of the most famous songs. Look it up, Brad.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Brad, good job answering the question. Cindy Roberts will get your information, and he will get that T-shirt.
Tony Vitagliano: “Mandy” was supposed to be “Brandy,” but they changed it because of the song “Brandy.” They came out relatively close together.
Tim Wildmon: We will return with more Trivia Friday on American Family Radio, also known as Learning University.
Narrator: To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. Those are words of Paul.
Narrator: There was a lad in the town of Cremona, Italy, in the middle of the seventeenth century. Cremona was a musical town, and great acclaim was given to those who could sing or play. Wanting to be accepted and given some recognition for his musical talents, he tried singing. His friends called him “Squeaky Voice,” and he soon realized that his singing would never be anything special.
Narrator: The young lad then tried to learn to play, but his success was not much better than his singing. He was a dejected youngster as he walked through the streets of Cremona with his friends and listened to their beautiful voices. But the only thing the lad could do was whittle on a block of wood with his knife.
Narrator: One day, he was sitting on the edge of a street whittling as three of his friends played and sang beautiful songs for the people passing by. Appreciating the musical ability of his friends, many people dropped small coins into their hands to reward them for their efforts.
Narrator: One gentleman stopped longer than many of the others and even asked the friends to sing a song again. After they finished, he dropped a coin into the hand of the singer and moved on down the street. Upon looking, the boys discovered that it was a gold coin. It was quite a piece of money to give to a street singer, but the man who gave it could afford to do so.
Narrator: “Who was he?” asked the lad who whittled.
Narrator: “It was Amati,” his friend with the beautiful voice replied.
Narrator: “Amati?” asked the lad.
Narrator: “Niccolò Amati,” the friend replied. “He's the greatest violin maker in all of Italy.”
Narrator: That evening at home, the lad thought about the man by the name of Niccolò Amati. He was a man who succeeded in the musical field, but he neither sang nor played. The more he thought about the violin maker, the more he became convinced that he wanted to become a violin maker. He wanted to become the best violin maker in all of Italy.
Narrator: Early the next morning, the lad headed off to the home of Niccolò Amati. He sat on the doorstep and waited for the great violin maker to come out. When Amati came out, the lad told him that he wanted to become a violin maker and asked Amati if he would teach him how to make violins. He explained to Amati that he couldn't sing or play, but that he could whittle, and more than anything else, he wanted to make violins.
Narrator: Amati accepted the young lad as a pupil. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, the young man studied from the master. In due time, his work became known in Cremona, then Italy, and finally throughout the whole world.
Narrator: You know, we may not have the talent to do some things as well as other people, but God has given us all a very special talent which, if we will develop it, can help us and help others. Antonio Stradivari found this to be true. Even to this very day, men still make music with his violins, and they pay upwards of a hundred thousand dollars to do so.
Narrator: Just because you can't sing or play doesn't mean you can't make music. This has been My Turn with Don Wildmon, a production of the American Family Association.
Tim Wildmon: Just about everybody has heard of a bulletin being read at church.
Tony Vitagliano: That gets everybody fired up at church.
Tim Wildmon: It gives me PTSD. I spent many a Saturday night folding 150 bulletins by hand.
Tony Vitagliano: When you have a church bulletin, I don't care what you're doing right now, you have a whole bunch of things in it. Your kids get paper cuts.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you for that little bit of untruth there. One hundred fifty people opened it?
Tony Vitagliano: You mean you had that many people come to your church?
Tim Wildmon: I imagine it seemed like 150.
Tony Vitagliano: All right, here's your bulletin of announcements. You may recognize that J.J. Jasper is not on the show today.
Tim Wildmon: Instead, he will be in Oney, Arkansas. Am I pronouncing that right?
Tony Vitagliano: I think that's Oney. The locals call it Oney.
Tim Wildmon: This Saturday night and Sunday morning at Bethany Baptist Church, J.J. will be doing stand-up comedy.
Tony Vitagliano: Where is that?
Tim Wildmon: Oney, Arkansas.
Tony Vitagliano: Oney, Arkansas. Every town has a Bethany Baptist Church.
Tim Wildmon: Probably true.
Tony Vitagliano: Saturday night will be stand-up comedy and sharing the gospel, with barbecue and a bounce house for the kids, or adults who really want to take a gamble. This is a community-wide event in Oney, Arkansas, and it is free.
Tim Wildmon: Free?
Tony Vitagliano: Free.
Tim Wildmon: Bethany Baptist Church in Oney, Arkansas, Saturday night comedy and Sunday morning preaching. J.J. will be preaching at Bethany Baptist Church on Sunday morning.
Tony Vitagliano: Oney is 25 miles from Mountain View, Arkansas.
Tim Wildmon: We had a caller in last week from Mountain View talking about the bluegrass or folk music.
Tony Vitagliano: All right, we need to reset our questions.
Tim Wildmon: I'm going to have to add one. I've had one answered. What was the first animal sent into space by the United States in 1946? We had guesses of a chimpanzee and a white rat. I will give this hint: The word “animal” is used very loosely here.
Tony Vitagliano: Nonbinary?
Tim Wildmon: I don't know. I think these are binary.
Tony Vitagliano: The second question: Each president's nose on Mount Rushmore is about 20 feet long, roughly the height of a two-story building. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: Somebody has to go up there and check the nostrils.
Tony Vitagliano: That's a government job. It probably pays pretty well.
Tim Wildmon: Here's my added question: The long white robe worn over the shoulder by ancient Romans was called what?
Tony Vitagliano: It's a long and winding robe.
Tim Wildmon: My first question: What Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Tony Vitagliano: Second question: Greenland, the world's largest island, is larger than the states of Texas, California, and Montana combined. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: My third question: What famous martial arts legend appeared in a crossover episode of the 1960s television series Batman?
Tony Vitagliano: Here are my three questions. Number one: Located in the United States, this cave system is the largest and longest cave system in the world. Name it.
Tony Vitagliano: Number two: Other than watermelons, which are number one, what are the top two most-consumed melons in the United States?
Tony Vitagliano: Number three: Which spice is derived from the bark of a tree?
Tim Wildmon: Let's go back to the phones, Ed.
Ed Vitagliano: All right, we're going to go to Texas, and George is on the line. George, welcome to Trivia Friday.
George: Morning, professors.
Tim Wildmon: Good morning, George. Where are you calling from?
George: Gilmer, Texas.
Tim Wildmon: Do you want to ask, answer, or do both, sir?
George: Both.
Tim Wildmon: Which one do you want to try to answer?
George: I'll try the one about martial artists.
Tim Wildmon: What famous martial arts legend appeared in a crossover episode of the 1960s television series Batman?
George: Would that have been Bruce Lee?
Tim Wildmon: Yes, sir.
Tony Vitagliano: He appeared alongside Van Williams as the Green Hornet.
George: Oh, yeah.
Tim Wildmon: I waited all week when I found out they were going to have that crossover episode because I love both those shows.
Tony Vitagliano: In that episode, Burt Ward, who played Robin, initially had the two groups as enemies. Then they come together to have a fight and solve the crime together.
Tim Wildmon: I saw that play.
Tony Vitagliano: You saw what play?
Tim Wildmon: When the two gangs...
Tony Vitagliano: What was it called?
Tim Wildmon: West Side Story.
Tony Vitagliano: We were talking about something completely different.
Tim Wildmon: Anyway, Batman fights the Green Hornet, and Robin fights Kato.
Tony Vitagliano: There's no way under heaven that Robin could have beaten Kato.
Tim Wildmon: What does George remember about it? That's the important thing.
George: I don't really remember anything about that particular episode, but I do remember watching both Batman and the Green Hornet.
Tony Vitagliano: That was hugely popular, wasn't it?
Tim Wildmon: It was.
Tony Vitagliano: I am a dork. I don't care.
George: In the movie Jingle All the Way, what toy is Arnold Schwarzenegger's character desperately trying to find?
Tony Vitagliano: This is easy. Turbo Man.
George: Turbo Man.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you, George. If you're asking a question about something that someone born after 1980 would understand and be able to answer, that's right. Turbo Man.
Tony Vitagliano: Jingle All the Way is a Christmas movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad. They're looking for a toy at the last minute for their kids. What are they looking for? Turbo Man.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you, George. We appreciate it.
Ed Vitagliano: Who's next?
Tim Wildmon: We go to North Carolina, and Richard is on the line. Richard, welcome to the program.
Richard: How are you doing, guys?
Tim Wildmon: How are you doing, Richard?
Richard: My back has gone out of whack, but it's coming back.
Tim Wildmon: Sorry to hear that, brother.
Tony Vitagliano: That happened to me one time. I eventually had to go to the doctor to get a shot. You know what the doctor told me when I told him my back was hurting? He said, “It's because you get too much front.” I said, “Thank you. Thanks for that, Doc.”
Tim Wildmon: Sorry to hear that, Richard. Do you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Richard: I'd like to do both, but I have three quickies before we get to the questions.
Tim Wildmon: All right, quickies.
Richard: Last week you were talking about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and you had a funny way of saying it. What was it?
Tim Wildmon: You mean somebody mispronounced it?
Richard: You intentionally mispronounced the last name.
Tim Wildmon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? Most Old Testament names are tough.
Richard: I don't remember it exactly, but my version is “Shadrach, Meshach, and where did Ben go?”
Tim Wildmon: Where did Ben go?
Tony Vitagliano: Maybe “away we go” or “when Abednego.”
Richard: Number two, you mentioned binary people. The term “cis man,” I probably figured out what that means.
Tim Wildmon: It's a “city man.”
Richard: It's a “city man”?
Tim Wildmon: Okay, all right. What's your third one?
Richard: My birthday is next week, and it's on a very infamous day, October 15, 1954. Hurricane Hazel tore up the East Coast on my birthday.
Tim Wildmon: How many years ago was that?
Richard: 1954.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Richard, fire away. Which question do you want to answer?
Richard: The longest cave.
Tim Wildmon: Located in the United States, this cave system is actually the largest and longest cave system in the world. What am I talking about?
Richard: Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
Tim Wildmon: There we go. I've always wanted to go to Mammoth Cave. My wife will not go.
Tony Vitagliano: You don't want to drive up there yourself?
Tim Wildmon: They probably have a gift shop and a coffee shop right there.
Tony Vitagliano: Just say, “Stay here, honey, while I go into the cave.”
Tim Wildmon: Is that close to the Ark?
Tony Vitagliano: We need to look that up.
Tim Wildmon: Richard, what's your question for us?
Richard: In Matthew 1 and Luke 3, Jesus' genealogy is listed. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: Matthew 1 and Luke 3?
Richard: Yes.
Tim Wildmon: That is true.
Richard: I think it's false because it is actually the genealogy of Joseph. They didn't follow the genealogy of Mary because she was a woman. She was impregnated by the Immaculate Conception, so God was His father, and there is no genealogy between God and Jesus.
Tim Wildmon: You think the reason the genealogy is included is because of Joseph?
Richard: Yes. One of them ends with Joseph, but Joseph wasn't His father.
Tim Wildmon: I see what you're saying. That is interpretive, depending on how you want to look at it. I always thought they were included so folks would know where Jesus came from, but I understand what you're saying.
Richard: Thank you.
Tim Wildmon: I hope your back gets better, Richard. It's a miserable thing when your back is out. I hope you recover quickly.
Tony Vitagliano: You're listening to Trivia Friday on American Family Radio. We're here every Friday. What is our goal every Friday?
Tim Wildmon: We're here to make our students better, smarter, and more awesome.
Tony Vitagliano: I think we accomplish that every week.
Tim Wildmon: Who can argue with that?
Tony Vitagliano: South-central Kentucky is the location of Mammoth Cave. It spans Edmonson, Hart, and Barren counties. Mammoth Cave National Park is located between Bowling Green and Elizabethtown, or what the Kentucky folks call E-town.
Tim Wildmon: I've been to E-town and Bowling Green. They also have the Corvette Museum there.
Tony Vitagliano: You can put that on your bucket list.
Tim Wildmon: I would like to see the caves. I've just never been.
Tony Vitagliano: You're listening to Trivia Friday on American Family Radio, also known as Learning University. Let's repeat our questions quickly.
Tim Wildmon: First question: What was the first animal sent into space by the United States in 1946? The hint is that “animal” is used loosely here.
Tony Vitagliano: How could that be an animal?
Tim Wildmon: The term “animal” is used loosely. You'll see.
Tony Vitagliano: It was Big Bird, Tim.
Tim Wildmon: Sorry. I'll drop it.
Tony Vitagliano: Second question: Each president's nose on Mount Rushmore is about 20 feet long, roughly the height of a two-story building. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: My third question: The long white robe worn over the shoulder by ancient Romans was called what?
Tony Vitagliano: My first question: What Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Tony Vitagliano: My second question: Greenland, the world's largest island, is larger than the states of Texas, California, and Montana combined. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: Watermelons are the number one most-consumed melon in the United States. After that, what are the top two?
Tony Vitagliano: Which spice is derived from the bark of a tree? This is not obscure. It is a very common, popular spice.
Tim Wildmon: Who's next?
Tony Vitagliano: This caller is from Montana, originally from the Boston area. I don't think he's in Montana yet. He was one of our Share-a-Thon volunteers and a guest on the show Wednesday. It is Wayne. Wayne, welcome back.
Wayne: Hello, esteemed professors.
Tim Wildmon: It's always good to be esteemed. Are you at the airport?
Wayne: I'm still at my hotel right now. I have until eleven to check out.
Tim Wildmon: You're up against the clock. The housekeeping staff is going to come banging on the door here before too long.
Tony Vitagliano: Do you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Wayne: Both.
Tony Vitagliano: Which one do you want to answer?
Wayne: I'm going to answer Tony's question concerning the prophet who was fed by ravens.
Tony Vitagliano: What Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Wayne: Elijah.
Tony Vitagliano: That is correct.
Tim Wildmon: Now I want to know what New Testament prophet was fed by ravens.
Tony Vitagliano: That could be a question for next week.
Wayne: In October 1965, the Righteous Brothers appeared on The Andy Williams Show and sang two of their songs. One of them was performed with Andy Williams. I'm going to give you four choices. You have to correctly name the two songs that were performed that night. A, “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'”; B, “What I'd Say”; C, “Unchained Melody”; or D, “Little Latin Lupe Lu.”
Tim Wildmon: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Unchained Melody.
Wayne: Is that right?
Tony Vitagliano: I know both of those songs, but I don't remember “Unchained Melody.”
Tim Wildmon: Can you sing it, Tony?
Tony Vitagliano: I'm not going to sing it.
Wayne: “Unchained Melody” was performed only by Bobby Hatfield, the higher-pitched voice.
Tony Vitagliano: I know “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.” That was a number one song.
Tim Wildmon: Wayne, do you sing at all?
Wayne: No.
Tim Wildmon: Was I right?
Wayne: No.
Tim Wildmon: Which ones were they?
Wayne: It was “Unchained Melody” and “What I'd Say.”
Tony Vitagliano: So “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” wasn't even one of them?
Wayne: No.
Tim Wildmon: Andy Williams singing “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” just doesn't feel right.
Tony Vitagliano: The Righteous Brothers had incredible talent.
Tim Wildmon: Wayne, it's great meeting you. Some of our folks had met you before on one of the tours. Thanks for coming all the way from Montana to help.
Wayne: Thank you.
Tim Wildmon: We're going to take a short time out for news, and we'll be back. We'll reset our questions and have 25 more minutes of education to bring forward.
Tim Wildmon: Hey, good morning, everybody, and welcome to Trivia Friday on American Family Radio. Thanks for listening to AFR and joining me in the studio.
Tony Vitagliano: Did I say my name?
Tim Wildmon: You did not, sir.
Tony Vitagliano: Okay, my name is Tony Vitagliano.
Tim Wildmon: Every morning, Tony. Tony for two weeks in a row.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you to everybody who called in and made a gift during Share-a-Thon.
Tony Vitagliano: Amen.
Tim Wildmon: Let's give our listeners a hand. There were 17,000 pledges made over the last three days.
Tony Vitagliano: Wow. Unbelievable.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you so, so much for writing a check and making a donation. It really, really means a lot to us. Quite frankly, it keeps us on the air.
Tony Vitagliano: Right.
Tim Wildmon: Our Stand Firm Share-a-Thon was a big success: 17,000 pledges and $4 million raised. We say thank you, thank you, thank you.
Tim Wildmon: The second thing before we jump into the show is that everybody is following the hurricane in the Gulf, Hurricane Esaias.
Tony Vitagliano: I don't know what committee came up with that name. Just name it Phil, okay? We're done.
Tim Wildmon: It is a serious thing. The storm is going to hit somewhere on the Gulf Coast between, I guess, Gulf Shores and Panama City. Who knows exactly where? But we have a lot of listeners in that area.
Tony Vitagliano: We do. And then friends and family as it moves inland, it could create some havoc.
Tim Wildmon: Part of us always feels a little guilty about laughing and joking around here while people are suffering. We just want to ask people to pray for our friends on the Gulf Coast. Also, Eight Days of Hope will be doing their work down there, and we will be promoting it in the aftermath.
Tony Vitagliano: They're already getting ready and getting their crews ready. They have a rapid response team, and I'm sure they'll go. We do care about our friends and family on the Gulf Coast.
Tim Wildmon: The storm is going to push inland. They said tropical storm winds could reach as far as Birmingham.
Tony Vitagliano: Because of the fast-moving nature of the storm, which is good and bad, for the most part it's good that it will move fast and not sit on top of people, raining and raining like it did in Houston a few years ago.
Tim Wildmon: We will actually feel some effects of it here where we live.
Tony Vitagliano: We'll get some rain and some winds as it moves inland. A lot of the power of the storm dissipates, but that moisture continues to drop.
Tim Wildmon: All right, it's Trivia Friday on American Family Radio. We've got three questions each, and we're going to give them to you. You need to be 11 years old or older to call in, and we have an eight-week waiting period between on-air appearances. If you haven't been on the air with us in eight weeks, then you can call in and be on the air with us. First-time callers are welcome as well.
Tony Vitagliano: What's the phone number?
Tim Wildmon: This is a different phone number from the one you've been hearing this week for Share-a-Thon. We go back to our old phone number for Trivia Friday: 888-589-8840. That's the number to call to get on this show. We ask you to call in, ask, answer, and do both if you can.
Tony Vitagliano: Also, one of these original nine questions is what we call a mystery question.
Tim Wildmon: It's a mystery question. We know what it is. You don't know what it is, and neither do our callers. That's the mystery. It's sort of an Agatha Christie question.
Tony Vitagliano: So if you call in and pick that question and answer it correctly, here's the sound you will hear.
Tim Wildmon: The beloved cowbells. The beloved cowbells.
Tony Vitagliano: That's right. They were ringing for a little bit last week.
Tim Wildmon: Tony and I are Mississippi State fans and graduates. We were on a text-message thread entering the Alabama game last weekend, and we were fired up for kickoff.
Tony Vitagliano: That's right.
Tim Wildmon: And then kickoff happened. I think Tony quit watching after the first quarter.
Tony Vitagliano: I did. Then y'all would text back and say, “Oh, we're doing good,” and I would start watching again, then turn it off again not long after that. It's not good for your mental or emotional health if you're invested.
Tim Wildmon: I had my phone on mute.
Tony Vitagliano: Oh, did you?
Tim Wildmon: Then I looked at it the next morning, and good grief, there were eighty-something messages on it.
Tony Vitagliano: I spoke on your behalf. I told these two and the rest of the Mississippi State fans on the text thread, “Y'all have a problem.”
Tim Wildmon: Yeah, I know.
Tony Vitagliano: One of us had an emotional breakdown, and the others had to come in and try to comfort him.
Tim Wildmon: You see what I'm saying there?
Tony Vitagliano: Oh, yeah. That's Christian ministry after all. Take turns, everybody.
Tim Wildmon: We finally ended up saying, “There's always baseball season.” That's what we're looking forward to.
Tony Vitagliano: You have a good team this year.
Tim Wildmon: You may have a bad month coming up.
Tony Vitagliano: That's right. I like that spin. Four and one, baby.
Tim Wildmon: All right, let's go in. What do you have?
Tony Vitagliano: Here are my three questions, folks. First question: Alaska and Hawaii were the 49th and 50th states added to America. What year were they both added? Tip of the hat to Birthday Dave, who gave me this question.
Tony Vitagliano: Second question: What was the first animal sent into space by the United States in 1946? It was before PETA. You could just send animals into space if you wanted to. One-way trip.
Tony Vitagliano: Third question: Each president's nose on Mount Rushmore is about 20 feet long, roughly the height of a two-story building. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: All right, Tony.
Tony Vitagliano: My first question is, what Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Tim Wildmon: By what Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Tony Vitagliano: I've been to that restaurant.
Tim Wildmon: This prophet used DoorDash.
Tony Vitagliano: It was before DoorDash.
Tim Wildmon: Greenland, the world's largest island, is larger than the states of Texas, California, and Montana combined. Is that true or false?
Tony Vitagliano: What famous martial arts legend appeared in a crossover episode of the 1960s television series Batman?
Tim Wildmon: I know the answer to this.
Tony Vitagliano: I threw this in for you guys. I had to have a 1960s question.
Tim Wildmon: What's the question again?
Tony Vitagliano: What famous martial arts legend appeared in a crossover episode of the 1960s television series Batman?
Tim Wildmon: I don't only know the answer to that. I waited all week long.
Tim Wildmon: All right, here are my three questions. Number one: Located in the United States, this cave system is the largest and longest cave system in the world. What's the name of it, and where is it?
Tim Wildmon: Number two: Other than watermelons, what are the two most-consumed melons in the United States?
Tim Wildmon: Number three: Which popular spice is derived from the bark of a tree? It's not barking up a tree. Sometimes the bark part is worse than the bite, but it is not in this case. Everybody loves this particular bark.
Tim Wildmon: We're going to go to Virginia, and Jim is on the line. Jim actually left from last week. Jim, welcome to Trivia Friday. Good morning, Jim.
Jim: I'm in Winchester, Virginia, which is about two hours west of Washington, D.C., almost in West Virginia.
Tim Wildmon: We know where you are, brother. Thanks for calling and thanks for listening.
Tony Vitagliano: You don't know exactly where he is. We're not the federal government, after all.
Tim Wildmon: No, I have a GPS setting on him right now.
Tony Vitagliano: It's AI-driven, I guess.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Jim, ask, answer, or both?
Jim: I'd like to do both if I could.
Tim Wildmon: Which one do you want to answer?
Jim: I have a degree in aerospace engineering. I better embarrass myself and answer the first animal in space question.
Tim Wildmon: We never knew you had a degree in aerospace engineering.
Jim: If I had a degree in aerospace engineering, I'd want people to know.
Tim Wildmon: Duly noted. Here's the question: What was the first animal sent into space by the United States in 1946? What do you say, Jim?
Jim: Did you say 1946?
Tim Wildmon: Yes, 1946.
Jim: That's unbelievable. I was going to say a chimpanzee, but I don't think we sent one of those up in 1946. It must have been a white rat.
Tony Vitagliano: No, sir. Neither of those are correct answers.
Jim: We had a space program in 1946?
Tim Wildmon: We did.
Jim: Wow.
Tim Wildmon: That's a good try, Jim. Don't feel bad, because Tim Wildmon, who did not have a degree in aerospace engineering, also did not know the answer.
Tony Vitagliano: They told me I should have higher aspirations and not settle for the space program.
Tim Wildmon: They rejected my application. They said, “You can do better.”
Tony Vitagliano: That's right. I'm going to let her return later.
Tim Wildmon: Chimpanzee and white rat are good answers. Those also went up in space. It's going to be a trick question.
Tony Vitagliano: It is not a trick.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Jim, fire away, my friend.
Jim: This is a Bible question. In Romans 1:20, it says that we can know the nature of God from the things that He has created. We can certainly see His majesty and greatness in the detail and size of space and all the things orbiting, and it all clearly shows God's greatness. But where do we see the Trinity in God's creation?
Tim Wildmon: Where do we see the Trinity in God's creation, like on Earth or in outer space?
Jim: Everywhere.
Tim Wildmon: Are you looking for a Scripture verse?
Jim: No.
Tim Wildmon: I'll give you a clue. Check Genesis 1:1.
Jim: I was going to say that. In Genesis 1, we have God, we have the Spirit over the deep, and then God speaks the Word. “Then God said.” So you do have the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I didn't know if you wanted a reference or if you were looking for something more philosophical.
Tim Wildmon: We can get philosophical if you need us to, Jim.
Tony Vitagliano: I think I'll give you credit for that.
Tim Wildmon: High five. That was good.
Tony Vitagliano: Ed came through for the team. Is that what you were looking for, Jim?
Jim: No. In Genesis 1:1, it says, “In the beginning.” That's where God started time. He created the heavens, which was space or distance, and He created the earth, which in that case is not referring to planet Earth but to all matter. Science tells us that everything is made up of time, space, and matter.
Jim: It goes beyond that, in that time is a trinity: past, present, and future. Space is a trinity, in that it is three-dimensional, with width, depth, and height. Matter is a trinity. It is composed of solid, liquid, and gas. Now we know it is made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons, so it is a trinity. Romans 1:20 says we are without excuse for not seeing God in the nature of creation.
Tim Wildmon: That's a very good point. I like that kind of trinity of trinities there.
Tony Vitagliano: As they say, that'll preach.
Tim Wildmon: Yes, it will. You know what, Jim? We believe you now that you did graduate with a degree.
Tony Vitagliano: Amen. You just proved it.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you, Jim. That's a great point. God bless you.
Tony Vitagliano: I thought he was talking about the Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but I like that trinity of trinities in terms of creation.
Tim Wildmon: All right, who's next?
Tony Vitagliano: We go to Kansas, and Brad is on the line. Brad, welcome to Trivia Friday.
Brad: I've been a long-time caller.
Tim Wildmon: Yes, it has been a long time, Brad. Where have you been?
Brad: All over the country. I'm a crazy truck driver from Kansas.
Tim Wildmon: Where are you today?
Brad: I'm just about ready to leave here.
Tim Wildmon: Are you headed to Portland?
Brad: Portland, Maine, actually.
Tony Vitagliano: You better get your Portland right on that one.
Brad: I'm in Portland, Oregon.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Brad, do you want to ask, answer, or both?
Brad: We're going to do both today.
Tim Wildmon: Which one do you want to try to answer?
Brad: The Alaska and Hawaii question.
Tim Wildmon: Alaska and Hawaii were the 49th and 50th states added. What year were they both added?
Brad: 1959.
Tim Wildmon: Yes, sir!
Tony Vitagliano: There it is!
Tim Wildmon: Brad, you've just won yourself a Learning University T-shirt.
Tony Vitagliano: When you're done in Portland, Maine, just drive down here and pick it up, Brad.
Tim Wildmon: Hold on after we get through the call, and we'll get your address and shirt size. By the time you come back home from Portland, Maine, it should be sitting on your client or waiting for you there.
Tony Vitagliano: All right, go ahead, my friend. Fire away with your question.
Brad: I'll give you guys a choice, like Jeopardy music. You can choose either vintage commercials or spelling oddities.
Tim Wildmon: We better go vintage commercials.
Tony Vitagliano: Spelling oddities. Oddities is O-D-D-I-T-I-E-S.
Tim Wildmon: We'll do that one next time. It's vintage commercials.
Brad: By doing this, you're going to have to listen to me sing.
Tony Vitagliano: You didn't say that first, but go ahead.
Brad: We're not looking for the name of the product. We're looking for who created these commercials. This blew me away when I heard the answer.
Brad: You know these commercials are old because you guys are young.
Tony Vitagliano: We've been around.
Brad: Let's go with “I'm stuck on Band-Aids, 'cause Band-Aids are stuck on me,” one of my favorites as a kid. The other one is, “I'm a pepper, he's a pepper, she's a pepper, we're a pepper. Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?”
Tim Wildmon: You want to know who wrote these jingles?
Brad: Who wrote these jingles?
Tony Vitagliano: Let's talk amongst ourselves here, Brad. What do you think?
Tim Wildmon: How about Dolly Parton?
Tony Vitagliano: Do you think she wrote any jingles like this?
Tim Wildmon: I'm going to guess Dolly Parton.
Tony Vitagliano: I'm going to say Bart Bacharach.
Tim Wildmon: Brad, any of us right?
Brad: Not even close.
Tony Vitagliano: Well, that was unnecessary.
Tim Wildmon: What's the real answer?
Brad: Are you all sitting down?
Tim Wildmon: We are.
Brad: The person who made those two commercials was Barry Manilow.
Tony Vitagliano: Barry Manilow.
Tim Wildmon: I remember reading about him. He wrote a lot of jingles.
Tony Vitagliano: Before he became famous as a singer himself, he worked for an advertising company in New York that made jingles like that.
Tim Wildmon: He did both of those?
Brad: Yes.
Tony Vitagliano: Wow.
Tim Wildmon: Well, you know, “Mandy Man.”
Tony Vitagliano: I was just trying to help, and you sent me away.
Tim Wildmon: I don't have a clue why I did that. “Oh, Mandy, you came and you gave without taking.”
Tony Vitagliano: “Mandy” is one of the most famous songs. Look it up, Brad.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Brad, good job answering the question. Cindy Roberts will get your information, and he will get that T-shirt.
Tony Vitagliano: “Mandy” was supposed to be “Brandy,” but they changed it because of the song “Brandy.” They came out relatively close together.
Tim Wildmon: We will return with more Trivia Friday on American Family Radio, also known as Learning University.
Narrator: To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. Those are words of Paul.
Narrator: There was a lad in the town of Cremona, Italy, in the middle of the seventeenth century. Cremona was a musical town, and great acclaim was given to those who could sing or play. Wanting to be accepted and given some recognition for his musical talents, he tried singing. His friends called him “Squeaky Voice,” and he soon realized that his singing would never be anything special.
Narrator: The young lad then tried to learn to play, but his success was not much better than his singing. He was a dejected youngster as he walked through the streets of Cremona with his friends and listened to their beautiful voices. But the only thing the lad could do was whittle on a block of wood with his knife.
Narrator: One day, he was sitting on the edge of a street whittling as three of his friends played and sang beautiful songs for the people passing by. Appreciating the musical ability of his friends, many people dropped small coins into their hands to reward them for their efforts.
Narrator: One gentleman stopped longer than many of the others and even asked the friends to sing a song again. After they finished, he dropped a coin into the hand of the singer and moved on down the street. Upon looking, the boys discovered that it was a gold coin. It was quite a piece of money to give to a street singer, but the man who gave it could afford to do so.
Narrator: “Who was he?” asked the lad who whittled.
Narrator: “It was Amati,” his friend with the beautiful voice replied.
Narrator: “Amati?” asked the lad.
Narrator: “Niccolò Amati,” the friend replied. “He's the greatest violin maker in all of Italy.”
Narrator: That evening at home, the lad thought about the man by the name of Niccolò Amati. He was a man who succeeded in the musical field, but he neither sang nor played. The more he thought about the violin maker, the more he became convinced that he wanted to become a violin maker. He wanted to become the best violin maker in all of Italy.
Narrator: Early the next morning, the lad headed off to the home of Niccolò Amati. He sat on the doorstep and waited for the great violin maker to come out. When Amati came out, the lad told him that he wanted to become a violin maker and asked Amati if he would teach him how to make violins. He explained to Amati that he couldn't sing or play, but that he could whittle, and more than anything else, he wanted to make violins.
Narrator: Amati accepted the young lad as a pupil. Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, the young man studied from the master. In due time, his work became known in Cremona, then Italy, and finally throughout the whole world.
Narrator: You know, we may not have the talent to do some things as well as other people, but God has given us all a very special talent which, if we will develop it, can help us and help others. Antonio Stradivari found this to be true. Even to this very day, men still make music with his violins, and they pay upwards of a hundred thousand dollars to do so.
Narrator: Just because you can't sing or play doesn't mean you can't make music. This has been My Turn with Don Wildmon, a production of the American Family Association.
Tim Wildmon: Just about everybody has heard of a bulletin being read at church.
Tony Vitagliano: That gets everybody fired up at church.
Tim Wildmon: It gives me PTSD. I spent many a Saturday night folding 150 bulletins by hand.
Tony Vitagliano: When you have a church bulletin, I don't care what you're doing right now, you have a whole bunch of things in it. Your kids get paper cuts.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you for that little bit of untruth there. One hundred fifty people opened it?
Tony Vitagliano: You mean you had that many people come to your church?
Tim Wildmon: I imagine it seemed like 150.
Tony Vitagliano: All right, here's your bulletin of announcements. You may recognize that J.J. Jasper is not on the show today.
Tim Wildmon: Instead, he will be in Oney, Arkansas. Am I pronouncing that right?
Tony Vitagliano: I think that's Oney. The locals call it Oney.
Tim Wildmon: This Saturday night and Sunday morning at Bethany Baptist Church, J.J. will be doing stand-up comedy.
Tony Vitagliano: Where is that?
Tim Wildmon: Oney, Arkansas.
Tony Vitagliano: Oney, Arkansas. Every town has a Bethany Baptist Church.
Tim Wildmon: Probably true.
Tony Vitagliano: Saturday night will be stand-up comedy and sharing the gospel, with barbecue and a bounce house for the kids, or adults who really want to take a gamble. This is a community-wide event in Oney, Arkansas, and it is free.
Tim Wildmon: Free?
Tony Vitagliano: Free.
Tim Wildmon: Bethany Baptist Church in Oney, Arkansas, Saturday night comedy and Sunday morning preaching. J.J. will be preaching at Bethany Baptist Church on Sunday morning.
Tony Vitagliano: Oney is 25 miles from Mountain View, Arkansas.
Tim Wildmon: We had a caller in last week from Mountain View talking about the bluegrass or folk music.
Tony Vitagliano: All right, we need to reset our questions.
Tim Wildmon: I'm going to have to add one. I've had one answered. What was the first animal sent into space by the United States in 1946? We had guesses of a chimpanzee and a white rat. I will give this hint: The word “animal” is used very loosely here.
Tony Vitagliano: Nonbinary?
Tim Wildmon: I don't know. I think these are binary.
Tony Vitagliano: The second question: Each president's nose on Mount Rushmore is about 20 feet long, roughly the height of a two-story building. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: Somebody has to go up there and check the nostrils.
Tony Vitagliano: That's a government job. It probably pays pretty well.
Tim Wildmon: Here's my added question: The long white robe worn over the shoulder by ancient Romans was called what?
Tony Vitagliano: It's a long and winding robe.
Tim Wildmon: My first question: What Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Tony Vitagliano: Second question: Greenland, the world's largest island, is larger than the states of Texas, California, and Montana combined. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: My third question: What famous martial arts legend appeared in a crossover episode of the 1960s television series Batman?
Tony Vitagliano: Here are my three questions. Number one: Located in the United States, this cave system is the largest and longest cave system in the world. Name it.
Tony Vitagliano: Number two: Other than watermelons, which are number one, what are the top two most-consumed melons in the United States?
Tony Vitagliano: Number three: Which spice is derived from the bark of a tree?
Tim Wildmon: Let's go back to the phones, Ed.
Ed Vitagliano: All right, we're going to go to Texas, and George is on the line. George, welcome to Trivia Friday.
George: Morning, professors.
Tim Wildmon: Good morning, George. Where are you calling from?
George: Gilmer, Texas.
Tim Wildmon: Do you want to ask, answer, or do both, sir?
George: Both.
Tim Wildmon: Which one do you want to try to answer?
George: I'll try the one about martial artists.
Tim Wildmon: What famous martial arts legend appeared in a crossover episode of the 1960s television series Batman?
George: Would that have been Bruce Lee?
Tim Wildmon: Yes, sir.
Tony Vitagliano: He appeared alongside Van Williams as the Green Hornet.
George: Oh, yeah.
Tim Wildmon: I waited all week when I found out they were going to have that crossover episode because I love both those shows.
Tony Vitagliano: In that episode, Burt Ward, who played Robin, initially had the two groups as enemies. Then they come together to have a fight and solve the crime together.
Tim Wildmon: I saw that play.
Tony Vitagliano: You saw what play?
Tim Wildmon: When the two gangs...
Tony Vitagliano: What was it called?
Tim Wildmon: West Side Story.
Tony Vitagliano: We were talking about something completely different.
Tim Wildmon: Anyway, Batman fights the Green Hornet, and Robin fights Kato.
Tony Vitagliano: There's no way under heaven that Robin could have beaten Kato.
Tim Wildmon: What does George remember about it? That's the important thing.
George: I don't really remember anything about that particular episode, but I do remember watching both Batman and the Green Hornet.
Tony Vitagliano: That was hugely popular, wasn't it?
Tim Wildmon: It was.
Tony Vitagliano: I am a dork. I don't care.
George: In the movie Jingle All the Way, what toy is Arnold Schwarzenegger's character desperately trying to find?
Tony Vitagliano: This is easy. Turbo Man.
George: Turbo Man.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you, George. If you're asking a question about something that someone born after 1980 would understand and be able to answer, that's right. Turbo Man.
Tony Vitagliano: Jingle All the Way is a Christmas movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad. They're looking for a toy at the last minute for their kids. What are they looking for? Turbo Man.
Tim Wildmon: Thank you, George. We appreciate it.
Ed Vitagliano: Who's next?
Tim Wildmon: We go to North Carolina, and Richard is on the line. Richard, welcome to the program.
Richard: How are you doing, guys?
Tim Wildmon: How are you doing, Richard?
Richard: My back has gone out of whack, but it's coming back.
Tim Wildmon: Sorry to hear that, brother.
Tony Vitagliano: That happened to me one time. I eventually had to go to the doctor to get a shot. You know what the doctor told me when I told him my back was hurting? He said, “It's because you get too much front.” I said, “Thank you. Thanks for that, Doc.”
Tim Wildmon: Sorry to hear that, Richard. Do you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Richard: I'd like to do both, but I have three quickies before we get to the questions.
Tim Wildmon: All right, quickies.
Richard: Last week you were talking about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and you had a funny way of saying it. What was it?
Tim Wildmon: You mean somebody mispronounced it?
Richard: You intentionally mispronounced the last name.
Tim Wildmon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego? Most Old Testament names are tough.
Richard: I don't remember it exactly, but my version is “Shadrach, Meshach, and where did Ben go?”
Tim Wildmon: Where did Ben go?
Tony Vitagliano: Maybe “away we go” or “when Abednego.”
Richard: Number two, you mentioned binary people. The term “cis man,” I probably figured out what that means.
Tim Wildmon: It's a “city man.”
Richard: It's a “city man”?
Tim Wildmon: Okay, all right. What's your third one?
Richard: My birthday is next week, and it's on a very infamous day, October 15, 1954. Hurricane Hazel tore up the East Coast on my birthday.
Tim Wildmon: How many years ago was that?
Richard: 1954.
Tim Wildmon: All right, Richard, fire away. Which question do you want to answer?
Richard: The longest cave.
Tim Wildmon: Located in the United States, this cave system is actually the largest and longest cave system in the world. What am I talking about?
Richard: Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
Tim Wildmon: There we go. I've always wanted to go to Mammoth Cave. My wife will not go.
Tony Vitagliano: You don't want to drive up there yourself?
Tim Wildmon: They probably have a gift shop and a coffee shop right there.
Tony Vitagliano: Just say, “Stay here, honey, while I go into the cave.”
Tim Wildmon: Is that close to the Ark?
Tony Vitagliano: We need to look that up.
Tim Wildmon: Richard, what's your question for us?
Richard: In Matthew 1 and Luke 3, Jesus' genealogy is listed. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: Matthew 1 and Luke 3?
Richard: Yes.
Tim Wildmon: That is true.
Richard: I think it's false because it is actually the genealogy of Joseph. They didn't follow the genealogy of Mary because she was a woman. She was impregnated by the Immaculate Conception, so God was His father, and there is no genealogy between God and Jesus.
Tim Wildmon: You think the reason the genealogy is included is because of Joseph?
Richard: Yes. One of them ends with Joseph, but Joseph wasn't His father.
Tim Wildmon: I see what you're saying. That is interpretive, depending on how you want to look at it. I always thought they were included so folks would know where Jesus came from, but I understand what you're saying.
Richard: Thank you.
Tim Wildmon: I hope your back gets better, Richard. It's a miserable thing when your back is out. I hope you recover quickly.
Tony Vitagliano: You're listening to Trivia Friday on American Family Radio. We're here every Friday. What is our goal every Friday?
Tim Wildmon: We're here to make our students better, smarter, and more awesome.
Tony Vitagliano: I think we accomplish that every week.
Tim Wildmon: Who can argue with that?
Tony Vitagliano: South-central Kentucky is the location of Mammoth Cave. It spans Edmonson, Hart, and Barren counties. Mammoth Cave National Park is located between Bowling Green and Elizabethtown, or what the Kentucky folks call E-town.
Tim Wildmon: I've been to E-town and Bowling Green. They also have the Corvette Museum there.
Tony Vitagliano: You can put that on your bucket list.
Tim Wildmon: I would like to see the caves. I've just never been.
Tony Vitagliano: You're listening to Trivia Friday on American Family Radio, also known as Learning University. Let's repeat our questions quickly.
Tim Wildmon: First question: What was the first animal sent into space by the United States in 1946? The hint is that “animal” is used loosely here.
Tony Vitagliano: How could that be an animal?
Tim Wildmon: The term “animal” is used loosely. You'll see.
Tony Vitagliano: It was Big Bird, Tim.
Tim Wildmon: Sorry. I'll drop it.
Tony Vitagliano: Second question: Each president's nose on Mount Rushmore is about 20 feet long, roughly the height of a two-story building. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: My third question: The long white robe worn over the shoulder by ancient Romans was called what?
Tony Vitagliano: My first question: What Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Tony Vitagliano: My second question: Greenland, the world's largest island, is larger than the states of Texas, California, and Montana combined. Is that true or false?
Tim Wildmon: Watermelons are the number one most-consumed melon in the United States. After that, what are the top two?
Tony Vitagliano: Which spice is derived from the bark of a tree? This is not obscure. It is a very common, popular spice.
Tim Wildmon: Who's next?
Tony Vitagliano: This caller is from Montana, originally from the Boston area. I don't think he's in Montana yet. He was one of our Share-a-Thon volunteers and a guest on the show Wednesday. It is Wayne. Wayne, welcome back.
Wayne: Hello, esteemed professors.
Tim Wildmon: It's always good to be esteemed. Are you at the airport?
Wayne: I'm still at my hotel right now. I have until eleven to check out.
Tim Wildmon: You're up against the clock. The housekeeping staff is going to come banging on the door here before too long.
Tony Vitagliano: Do you want to ask, answer, or do both?
Wayne: Both.
Tony Vitagliano: Which one do you want to answer?
Wayne: I'm going to answer Tony's question concerning the prophet who was fed by ravens.
Tony Vitagliano: What Old Testament prophet was fed by ravens?
Wayne: Elijah.
Tony Vitagliano: That is correct.
Tim Wildmon: Now I want to know what New Testament prophet was fed by ravens.
Tony Vitagliano: That could be a question for next week.
Wayne: In October 1965, the Righteous Brothers appeared on The Andy Williams Show and sang two of their songs. One of them was performed with Andy Williams. I'm going to give you four choices. You have to correctly name the two songs that were performed that night. A, “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'”; B, “What I'd Say”; C, “Unchained Melody”; or D, “Little Latin Lupe Lu.”
Tim Wildmon: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' and Unchained Melody.
Wayne: Is that right?
Tony Vitagliano: I know both of those songs, but I don't remember “Unchained Melody.”
Tim Wildmon: Can you sing it, Tony?
Tony Vitagliano: I'm not going to sing it.
Wayne: “Unchained Melody” was performed only by Bobby Hatfield, the higher-pitched voice.
Tony Vitagliano: I know “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'.” That was a number one song.
Tim Wildmon: Wayne, do you sing at all?
Wayne: No.
Tim Wildmon: Was I right?
Wayne: No.
Tim Wildmon: Which ones were they?
Wayne: It was “Unchained Melody” and “What I'd Say.”
Tony Vitagliano: So “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” wasn't even one of them?
Wayne: No.
Tim Wildmon: Andy Williams singing “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” just doesn't feel right.
Tony Vitagliano: The Righteous Brothers had incredible talent.
Tim Wildmon: Wayne, it's great meeting you. Some of our folks had met you before on one of the tours. Thanks for coming all the way from Montana to help.
Wayne: Thank you.
Tim Wildmon: We're going to take a short time out for news, and we'll be back. We'll reset our questions and have 25 more minutes of education to bring forward.
Tim Wildmon and Tony Vitagliano welcome callers to Trivia Friday on American Family Radio, featuring questions about U.S. statehood, animals sent into space, Mount Rushmore, Old Testament prophets, Greenland, Mammoth Cave, ancient Rome, melons, and spices. Callers Jim from Virginia, Brad from Kansas, George from Texas, Richard from North Carolina, and Wayne discuss the Trinity in creation, answer trivia questions, and share their own challenges. The program also includes questions about Bruce Lee's Batman crossover, the toy from Jingle All the Way, vintage advertising jingles, and the Righteous Brothers' appearance on The Andy Williams Show.
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