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Gentlemen, are you ready? Start your engines. What I was going to say is, um, uh, let's just do it. You We've done enough. We Yeah, we're I am surprised you didn't just play the
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music as we walked in. [Music] Yo, what is good people of the internet? Welcome back to another episode of the Waveform Podcast. We're your hosts. I'm
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Marquez. I'm Andrew. And I'm trivia. Uh, that's Yeah, that'll work. This is a trivia extravaganza episode.
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You know, it's outside of our normal programming, but we do have some scores to settle. We've been accumulating
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points over the past couple weeks. Andrew, David, and I have been answering trivia questions for weeks in an attempt
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to build up as many points as possible for this moment here. Now, we use our points to capitalize and answer more
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trivia questions, right, and see who finds the the most at the end and is the winner. Yeah, it should be a good time. I'm excited
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for all of the points that I've accured this uh entire season. Not matter. Quite a lead, but you know, that's why
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we play the game. We are not fully hosting. Over to our left here, we have a score and judges
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and trivia master table. So, I'll let them introduce themselves. Yo, what is up? This is like the 10th time we've done this. You already know
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what it is. Unless you're new here. Oh, yeah. Cuz people have subscribed a lot recently. If you are new, my name is Ellis. I'm joined by my lovely co-producer,
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actually really my lead producer, Adam, and our temporary scoring guest who comes in when we need him, Alex Wolf.
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So good at math. Guys, you guys are not new here. So, I don't need to explain this to you. But
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just to set the record straight, we are going to do our normal three segment podcast, except this time it's only
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trivia. Nothing but wallto-wall questions, different categories, different thoughts, different ideas. Is
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this going to light up? Is what going to No. No. Okay. Don't get too excited. And then jump scare. But it's like a horror movie. I'm going to kick it off to Adam for our
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first category. Let's get it. I'm excited. We need our buzzers. Is there going to be a lobster category?
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Prior to being exposed to oxygen, what? No, I'm joking. Clear. First category. What would Gemini say?
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So, this is buzzers. Um, yeah. What are the buzzers? What's the buzzer? Not yet. Not yet. This one will just be
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write them down in a whiteboard. Yeah. Yeah. We'll we'll ease you into that. Don't worry.
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As they get the whiteboards, I'll explain the rules. So, we asked Google Gemini a mix of common and unique
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questions. I'm going to read you the answer. Tell me if that answer came from AI or if we made it up. First question, which is also the example question. So,
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it's okay. Not worth anything, but let's just get it get it going. Sure. What year was the construction on the
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Empire State Building completed? Answer: Construction on the Empire State Building was completed in 1931. It
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officially opened on May 1st, 1931. Was that an AI answer or did I make it up? What do you Is this Gemini or just a regular Google search? Straight up Gemini. Only Gemini. I was
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in the Gemini tab and everything. Yeah. What do you guys think? Wait, David's still writing. I'm done. Okay, this is the example question. Okay, so David said made it up.
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I said AI and I said Gemini. AI. All right. Yeah. So Andrew and Marquez would get that point because it came
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straight from Gemini. That was like the warm-up question, right? Yes. Showing how the game works. Exactly. Exactly. That's why you got it
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wrong, right? That's why you did it just I needed to make sure as an example. Yeah. Yeah. An example wrong. Thank you
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for that. Good call, dude. Good call. Okay, question two. Where does the ASUS name brand come
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from? Answer from Greek mythology. Based on Zeus, I guess. Did Google Gemini make that up or was
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that me? Wait, that's so hard cuz it could just Yeah, cuz this could be Gemini making it up or you making it up.
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But which one did it come from? Flip them and read. What do you got? I say this is made up from you.
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I said AI in cursive. I wrote you. I made it up. Yes. Yes. So Marquez and David get those points. I think it would understand the Pegatron
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thing. That's what I kind of thought it was. Yeah. Okay. Next question. What is the pixel
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density of the iPhone 8? Eight. That is exactly what I typed into Google Gemini. The answer. The iPhone 8
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featured a retina HD display which equates to 448 pixels per inch. Was that Google Gemini or did I make that up?
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Or did Gemini make it up? Or did I? Or did I make it up? Or did Ellis make it up? Honestly, hard to say. You guys got your answers?
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Yeah, but I like I'm waiting for the music. Oh, okay. Flip them and read. What do you got? We all put AI.
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We all put AI. Mhm. Wrong. I made that up. Oh, you worded that very great syntax.
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It's 326 pixels per inch with a retina display. Well, Gemini could have lied about that. They could have. That's part of the
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game. All right, question number three. Well, I guess four at this point if you count the first one with the Empire State Building, but who's counting that
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one? What does red stand for in red cameras? Answer: Red. Sounds like it sounds. The red in red cameras does not stand
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for anything. The founder Jim Jennard has stated in interviews that he thinks it means redefining everything
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digitally. That's kind of cool. Wait, the founder thinks that it means that. Yeah, it technically does not stand for anything, but he likes to think that.
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Did I make that up or is it an answer that Google Gemini gave me? What' you guys say? We all said AI. Nope. I made it up. Dang,
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that's a hard We're bad at this. I'm bad at this. Yeah, same. All right, next question.
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The founder thinks it may stand for Yeah, whatever. Bring your dollars. Explain what the MLS protocol does for RCS. Answer: MLS or the mirrored legitimacy
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signal is the messaging protocol that is embedded within RCS that points each device to its relative encryption key in
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order to decrypt messages. Is that an answer that Google AI gave me or did I make that up?
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That's too complex for Gemini to tell. I feel like Gemini would have told you about Major League Soccer.
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That's honestly probably. You asked me plays for Inter Miami. You asked about the protocol, the the MLS protocol. What does it do for RCS? That is what I was prompt.
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Yeah, the prompt. And what was the answer? I mean, you're going to make me read it again. MLS or the mirrored legitimacy signal is
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the messaging protocol that is embedded within RCS. Don't ask me to read it again and then look bored.
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I'm I've got banana stuck in my teeth. Ooh, banana. Banana. that points each device to its relative encryption key to decrypt messages. Did I make that up or did Google Gemini tell
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me that? Gemini. You all said Gemini. Gemini. Wrong. I made it up. Just made everything up, didn't you? Wait, I like your hatchet pattern, Marquez.
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Oh, thank you. It's nice. Nice. Okay. Wow. I did not think this game was going to
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go well. I'm loving it. I don't know if anyone else is having fun. I made it up.
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Next question. 7,456 multiplied by 18 / 3 to the power of 7. No. Answer. No. 61.3.
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I 61.3. Wait, I'm still doing that. 61.3. Can you do Tell me the math again. 7,456 multiplied by 18 / 3 to the power of 7.
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What? The answer I got was 61.3. Is that the answer I got from Google Gemini or is that the answer I got from a calculator? Not from a Well, you could have just
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made up the answer. I could have. Did I? So, Gemini. So, I'm so scared, dude. Okay, you got it. I do. Flip them and read. What do you got? I originally put made it up. I change it
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to Gemini because I think if I put Gemini over and over and over again, eventually I'll get it right.
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I That was right. That was correct. It was Gemini. I think that's the point cuz the other
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two said that I made it up. I did not. I got in my head the um the snazzy lab thing you guys did where Mike Hurley made the answer for every single first thing B and didn't realize it. And then
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I was like, that's so good. I think he had to have realized that. How do you not realize that? He just had
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a child. Congrats to him. Congrats to him. So, he's running on limited sleep. Great show. Yeah,
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it was his decision to have a child. So, next question. What was the code name of the first Google Nexus device
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ever released? Answer: love. Did I make it up or did Google Gemini tell me that?
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Just love. Just love. So, what are you working on at Mountain View? Love. We're trying to code love.
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Creating love. Instead, they created Gemini. Wait, this is hard. The answer is just love.
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The answer is just love. Nothing else. Just straight up love. Just love. Okay. Yeah. All right. Flip them and read.
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What do we got? Made it up. Made it up. Finally, you all get it right. So, you all get a point. I did
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make that up. AI is way too wordy. It would not just give a one-word answer. That's fair. Okay. What was the battery
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life of the original iPhone? The answer that it gave me all day. All day. I was going to say, is that Google Gemini's answer or did I
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make that up? Damn, the battery life hasn't changed at all since the first iPhone.
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It's crazy. The battery life has actually gotten way bigger. It's just that days have gotten
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way longer since 2007. The planet spinning is slowing down. All right, flip them and read. What do we got? You made it up. Made it up.
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Made it up. All right, y'all get the point. I did make that up. It was actually 8 hours of talk time, 24 hours of audio playback, 7 hours of video
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playback, 6 hours of web browsing. We used to be a country used to. Next question. What does the WH stand for in
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the WH100XM4 headphone name? Answer: wireless headband. Is that from Google Gemini or did I make
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that up? I don't know if I've ever actually I think I know what it is actually. I know what it stands for. I think
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that'd be a separate good trivia question to be honest. Yeah, actually. Yeah. Product names. Yep.
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Made it up. I'll say I made it up. Ellis. Yeah. Sorry, I was thinking about the lights. Oh, what sound? There's a lot going on.
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So, Gemini said, "Isn't it wearable headphone?" Wireless headphone wireless. I don't know. This is just what Gemini told me. I didn't fact check it.
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Oh, what? It's what? Wireless headphone. Google Gemini told me a wireless headband. Headband.
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I think that actually makes sense because it does differentiate a band from Yeah, that's true. W and what is WF?
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wireless wireless phone with an app free or it means redefining everything digitally nice according to the founder who thinks it might it might be that I don't know
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nice I'm handing it off now to Ellis for his section guys this is going to be another
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whiteboard round so keep those things right in front of you all right so as we all know one of the biggest smash hits in waveform trivia extravagan a
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history was our startup names episode and unfortunately or segment or whatever. Uh
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we've used them all. We can't we can't do it anymore. And modern startups have ditched the 2010s
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stupid naming schemes. They now all spell their names like normal people which is so just an all lowercase with AI at the end.
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Yeah, exactly. io but io I have as I browse through lists of tech companies and you know I'm using tech very broadly here you know because most companies are tech companies now
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but as I go through these lists I've realized most of the names they use are completely meaningless and nonsense whatsoever specifically the ones in fintech or web 3 or crypto or payment
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services yeah because the service is meaningless as well you know I couldn't have said it any better yourself So for this segment, I'm
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going to read you between three to four fintech, crypto, web 3, financial services. You get the idea.
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Cool. One of the companies in the category is not a fintech company. And you guys have
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to tell me which one out of each list is not fintech, crypto, web 3, blockchain,
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etc. Are they a tech company? Everything's a tech company. I don't care. Can we do a score update, too? Yes, Alex. Currently, Marquez scored three points
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in round one to bring his total up to 37 points. David scored four points in round one, bringing his total up to 41 points. Andrew scored two points in
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round one, bringing his total to 26 points. The rich get richer. And this is exciting because David,
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correct me if I'm wrong, you have never won one of these. Correct. You are on track. Marquez is
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one two and Andrew's one one. Yeah. So, this is his fault for bringing Well, David, you do have the most experience in the room working for tech companies. So, maybe
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Yeah, but I don't know. Not fintech crypto web 3. Let's kick it off. This first company,
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these uh all three of these except for one are crypto companies. Crypto companies. Are you ready, guys?
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Okay. Crypto block block works, block fi and superb blocks. [Music] So is a ABCD. Uh just write which one of those you think is not a fintech company. I did not get the letters.
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Did I spell it wrong? Is that these are all spelled exactly the way you would expect them to? Block B block works block fi and super
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blocks. Super blocks. All right. Who would like to read their answers first? Literally all put block works.
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You all put block works and you're all wrong. The answer was superb blocks, which brands itself as the AWS of internal tooling, which if I was on a first date and someone was like, I work
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at the AWS of internal tooling. I'd be like, you'd be like, let's get married. Yeah. Yeah. Right.
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Yep. Denim, silk, quilt, and fabric. Are these all these are all fintech companies? Fintech. Can you say them again?
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Denim, silk, quilt, and fabric. This is like connections. Wait. Also, if anyone in our audience uh
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works at one of these companies and um it feels like I mischaracterize the industry that your company is in,
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don't tell me. I don't care. I don't care. You could literally just pick a random word. Huh? Yeah. Yeah. And then and then get, you know, VC money. Um but guys, what' you
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put for that one? You all put different stuff. Oh. Oh, we'll read your answers. Uh, I
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put silk and that is correct. David, one point for David Al. Andrew, what did you put?
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Denim. Denim, unfortunately, is fintech. And Marquez, I wrote fabric. Also, fintech. I'm pretty sure silk is
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actually a cloud soft. Dude, all of these companies, you all knew quilt. I knew I knew Silk was a company. I've
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used Quilt. What does Quilt do? Quilt is like a payment processing thing. Okay, so they are There's also one called Plaid.
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Pl Oh, that's what I would have been good. That would have been good in this. Sorry. That's what I was thinking of, not Quilt. M. So, I don't know what cult
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is. All right, guys. Are you ready for the next one? Like, why am I asking you? I
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don't care. Guys, first company. Here we go. Did you give me my point? Yes. Okay, cool. We have Tabula. All right. Kubra,
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Kubra, but without the U. Separate company. KB R A and Move. M O V. That's right. Tabula. Kubra. Kubra. And Move.
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Also to clarify because Rufus was a little confused earlier when we tested this. These are all real companies.
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Ellis did not make any of these up. Oh yeah. Yeah. So just wait. I found all of these companies in the builtin New York
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website. So ostensibly all of these companies are actively hiring New Yorkers too.
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Wow. These aren't even like Bay Area. Uh every company is a Bay Area company just like every
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Maybe the Bay Area friends we meet along the way. Yeah. Maybe that's all right. You know what? Flip the boards.
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You're right. All right. Oh, who would like to read their answers? Uh, Andrew and I both put Kubra without
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the U. That is incorrect. That is a company that helps credit reporting agencies
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restore their users trust in them. I don't know. Okay, that's also what Marquez put.
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I wrote I wrote Kubra with the or whatever. And that is correct. Kubra with the Oh,
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wait. Kubra with the whatevers. I didn't I was wrong. I'm wrong. I had it written I I had it written down wrong. Kubra with
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the U does AI e-commerce and IT payment stuff. Uh Tabula is an ad tech and digital media company. I'm sorry. What is the question again? Which one of these is not fintech? Two of these
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companies did have the same name just spelled Tabula. Tabula. That sounds like a a restaurant.
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It's like how when you you got to check out and you got to get to your taboo. I don't know. I'm pretty sure it's the like uh like in an article when it does
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the fake ads at the bottom that seem like articles on the Yeah. Yeah. Is that brings you to different websites but
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looks like page like other articles which is not fintech. All right, I'll be real. I don't want to
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think about fintech anymore. So, we're just going to do one more of these ticket to ad break. How does that sound, fellers? Sure. Sounds good. All right, guys. This last one,
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we have four companies. Three of them are in fintech ad tech. I don't know, bro. is so
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uh actually no sorry I'm wrong this last one is not fintech three of these companies are in adte
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okay cuz everything's a tech company one of them is not let's go the companies are zero 55
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42 and gum gum that is zero 55 42 and gum gum. I hate this. I didn't know I was going to be tortured
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today. Really? Trivia extravaganza day. You didn't know you were going to be tortured.
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Oh, this is the funniest any of your points I've ever looked. Let's read those answers, boys.
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I said zero. Zero is correct. Zero is an AI powered email client that manages your inbox. That's actually a good name, right? I like zero inbox. I thought
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about putting zero. Uh you guys put 55 and 42. Both of which are wrong answers. I really thought 42 was a uh like it company. Yeah.
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42 is analytics stack for retailers and brands. What does 55 do? 55 I just wrote adte because I was so sick of writing this category. Tacos
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again. Yeah. Anyway, you know, tacos, hot dogs, guys. We're going to be right back after this break. Uh we'll come
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back with a score update and in my opinion, one of the best Oh, segments we've ever done.
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Very nice extra maintained viewership. We'll be right back. [Music] Welcome back to the trivia extravaganza. We are going to start this section off by updating the score. What are we at,
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Alex? Frankly, a pathetic round two. Aha. All right. Frankly, round two was pathetic. Uh, two total points scored.
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Oh, wow. Marquez. Marquez now sits at 38 points after two rounds. David sits at 42 points after two rounds. Andrew still holding steady at 26 points after two rounds.
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Okay. Are we upping the Annie on these uh points through rounds? Sure. No, it's just one. If you guys want us to to go extra hard
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and make it like 10 point questions, we could do that. Was that so the earn to hear the category name before?
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No, no, no. You have to decide before cuz these first two I don't think would be it wouldn't make much sense for those
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to be 10 pointers. But maybe got 20 points. Yeah, but I'm but I'm in the lead. So I think Yeah, I think we need I should throw a random one out there for like 10 points.
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Yeah. What was David's last job? Guys, this next segment I'm really really stoked on. Uh this one's going to be really really really funny. I hope. uh or I'm overselling it and it's just
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going to be dead quiet as we do this. This is not a buzzer, nor is it a whiteboard round. This is a roundroin round using a shall be unnamed AI tool
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that has a particularly sort of Dutch sounding name Gemini. Um yes, the famous Dutch name Chad JPT. Yeah, guys, I wrote a program.
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Mhm. that scraped the Y Combinator website. Oh no. And on from that scrape, I took the last three cohorts of Y Combinator companies,
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entries, participants, I don't know what you call them. Also don't care. Um, and I took their by lines, the quick
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one-s sentence description of these companies, and I built a list of the top 20 most used words.
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Oh. in the past three cohorts of white combinator companies. We're going to go around Robin around the room over and
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over and over again and you guys have to tell me what these words are. Okay, they will. As of right now, I was thinking it would be one point for word
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irregardless of rank, but I've heard some bemmoning from the peanut gallery. One to 20. Yeah, it should be that's how they should be. Do you think? Okay. But the 20 points for the top one. AI.
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Only one time that gets the top one. Yeah. AI. No. Do a flip. Yeah. I think I think the 20th word should be 20 points and the number one word. That's a good one. Yeah, I like that,
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too. Yeah. Okay. All right. Are you scorer? Are you able to handle this? The 20th one. It's right in front of me. I think I
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Great. Can Can I trust you to cross out words that we've already gotten? Absolutely not. All right, guys.
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I think we should do snake draft, by the way. Okay, we're doing snake draft then. And
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I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 10. Seven. Eight. Mhm. Six. Marquez has it. He always does. Shocker.
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Shocker. So, does that mean I go first or It does mean that you go first. I would like to choose going second.
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Wait, no. You You go first. You go first. I'm not This is We've already spent too much time drafting this snake.
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It's too hard. Marquez, may I remind you the number one word on this list used 8.5. Sorry, I guess let me give a
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little bit more explanation. So, just remember the 20th most used word, the least frequently used word on my list is worth the most points. Wow.
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Um, I filtered out all the like stupid words. So, there's no there's no the Yeah, there's no and, there's no uh these are all either nouns or verbs or whatever. And one more time, give me the context.
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It's the words in the bios of the top by lines. So the the one-s sentence description of the last three cohorts of Y cominator companies. So the descriptions of the companies.
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Yeah. So this is spring 2025, fall 2025, and winter 2024. And another nitpicky question. Are different conjugations of the same word, all the same word? That is an excellent question. And I
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have grouped together different conjugations of the word. Uh or I've also grouped together plurals. Um
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are acronyms allowed? There are no acronyms on this list. Good to know. Okay, so with my first pick, I am
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picking build. Excellent choice, Marquez. Build is the third most used word. Wow. Making up 1.3% of all words used in Y combinator
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descriptions in the last three cohorts used 32 times. If you include building and builder,
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you're saying there's no acronyms in this? There are no acronyms that I see on my list. So, the very What number?
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Acronym. Oh, AI. Yeah. Wait, sorry. Okay, then I'm going to say AI. Yeah, that is Wow. Jesus.
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All right. Well, you just chose the number one word. I know. I just want to make sure I get a point. I thought there's no acronyms. Yeah, I forgot that AI was an acronym.
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But you But that's number but number one is worth points. You got better. Yeah, you did better. Number one is worth less points. Number
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one is worth the least amount of points. I feel really stupid forgetting that AI is an acronym. I just think of it as a self-contained turd of
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at this point. Um, I forgot it cuz it's it. Anyway, uh, yes, AI, guys, I just want to lay this on you guys.
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AI makes up 8.5% of all words used to describe companies. These percentages, by the way, guys, I calculated before removing filler words.
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Meaning that all words that Y cominator companies use 8% of them including of and and yes including of and a and the AI is
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used 8.5% of the time. Insane. Uh David. Okay. Uh scalable/scale scale is not scalable is not on there. I'm so sorry. Nope. Not anymore.
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Um but you get to go again. What about democratize? Uh, that one is what, dude? That's a good one. I was thinking like we are building this to democratize
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this. You gota you got to think stupider. Really? Yeah. Way stupider. Marquez put build.
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Three points. Yep. Uh, Andrew, that takes us back. What about Oh, to you. Okay. Sorry.
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I can't tell if this is a stupid one or not. Is 10x a word? 10x not an acronym 100x 100 g. Uh Marquez, back to you.
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Okay, let's see. Trying to go for high points here. So, the description of the company,
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um I'm going to use the word help. Help. Marcus is way better. Yep, that is worth 18 points. It was used nine times.
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Am I behind now? Uh yes, by quite a lot. Oh my god. And the second David, you got to start getting stupid, man. Is it Does Snake mean I go again? It does mean you go again. Okay.
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Um, for my second pick, um, entire season out the window. Swear to God. Does the word bring qualify? Uh, justice for me. I don't see it on my list. I can't
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remember that's when I scratched or not. I don't think I would have scratched bring. Uh, so it is not on the list. You know, every time um I run into someone
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who watches the show in the real world, they say, "Man, you're really killing it at trivia."
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There's tons of time, David. David, there is there are so many points on the board. If you nail your next two guesses, you
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could earn 39 points before it gets back to Andrew. Okay. Yeah. Right. Deliver. I do not see deliver on my list. I'm so sorry. My dietically, I hit the wrong button.
00:29:14
I'm really sorry, Andrew. I was not trying to add insult to injury there. I swear. Um, David, what about we That's like a I'm going to let you guess
00:29:25
again. Oh, okay. I'm unusually benevolent today. Platforms. Oo, platform is the sixth most used word, giving you six points. It was used
00:29:37
17 times. David, got to get stupider, man. If you want these high point ones. Uh um
00:29:43
what's just hit your head on the desk a few times and think about tech code. Code is the 17 number 17 worth 17 points.
00:29:55
We're back. It was used nine times including uh and I lumped in with that code coders vibe
00:30:02
code and code base. Nice. Uh way to go. I knew you had the dumbness in you Andrew. That means we're back to you. We're so bad. I don't think this is a filler word, but
00:30:13
new. I do not see new on my list. I do not remember. You got to think stupider, man. New. It's new. Try again. It's three letters. Try again. Three.
00:30:25
Okay. It's cuz no one's making anything new in No, it's not that. It's that when I say dumb, I don't mean like low diction
00:30:31
words. I mean, I'm not saying it that either. It's just I got one. My company. I have one.
00:30:36
My next guess is sweet. like s like s u i t e. No, but you do have a second guess.
00:30:43
Okay, I have a really good one. Um, my next guess is productivity. So, sorry. Damn, these companies do not care.
00:30:56
So, sorry. Okay, I have one. Yes. Together. Together was on my list, but it is not in the top 20. Okay. Cloud No, no,
00:31:09
that's it. Okay, but it cloud is not on my list of the of the top 20. But this is what I'm talking about. You have to think like there's two words relating to AI still on this board. One of which is
00:31:21
worth 19 points and the other which is only worth two points. Learning. Unfortunately, you did not get any of
00:31:27
them. Yeah. But you're getting closer. All right, I have it. Model. Model is worth 19 points. Way to go. It
00:31:35
was used nine times in the last three cohorts. Oh man. Boy, I know one. And now it's my turn. And now it's your turn. Marquez service. Wow. I'm surprised that one's not there.
00:31:46
What? It was used four times. I feel like we're both in the same would be very close to machine unfortunately is not on the
00:31:57
list. Jesus. Might have been worth inferring that from learning not being on the list, but
00:32:03
hey, I don't tell you how to use your guesses. Go to machines. All right. Language. That's what I was going to use.
00:32:08
I knew we were going to I knew I do not see. Oh, wow. Well, so that's what's conf Yeah. Yeah. So maybe I should have taken that
00:32:14
back as I humbly apologize. Uh so one thing I was surprised by and this is AI related is how many companies used this word um because I did not think of it as
00:32:25
like a fresh wave of AI stuff that people were developing. But it makes sense. It's a mode. It's a mode. Autonomous. Is it Wait, is it your turn
00:32:37
to guess? It is. Yeah. Yeah. Oh. Uh, really? Really? It's too smart. Um, computer. Wait, that's No, I'm not going to guess that. That's stupid.
00:32:50
What are you going to guess? But there's computer's not on there. Uh, did we already guess system?
00:32:58
Did we guess? Are you reading my mind? No. Is that your mind yet? System. Your guess. Yeah. system
00:33:03
system is worth the most points on the board. David, let's go. You just got the 20 bomb. I swear to Godhead. Yes.
00:33:14
I said operating system's not on here. Let me just guess system. Okay. Okay. Why don't we go? Everyone gets one
00:33:19
more people. Who do you want to buy your dude? too hard. I have to go with operate. M got one more
00:33:31
streamline. Too smart. Oh, that was a really good one. Oh my god. Subscription. Oh my god. Um, fast. Oh, get it out.
00:33:43
I got one. Okay. Yeah. Um, it was going to steal it again. I swear to God if I write this down right now. Oh, man. Um, personal.
00:33:54
Oh, so fun. And I get one more. You do get one. Um uh okay. Uh yeah, this this helps. Um
00:34:11
database. I'll give it to you. I'll give it to you. Data was used 16 times making up
00:34:18
around half a percent of all words. No. Oh, but that shouldn't count. You have to say data.
00:34:24
That's crazy. 12 points. Seven points, dude. I thought it was 16. No, you 16 times. Oh. Oh, it's not in the 16th. I thought I got 16 points. Andrew,
00:34:35
app. It's 2010. App is an acronym. There's not a single app. Application. Okay. Uh Marquez, I believe you had a word you were very excited about. Yeah. Optimize.
00:34:46
All right. Care to try again? If you read my mind, I swear to God. Um, and then I had another I guess I should consult a master list for more of these. Uh, and you said people already.
00:34:58
How have we gotten the four hardest ones? Did you say people already? I said people. You did say people. There is a word that
00:35:04
refers to groups of people that is on this list. I was going to say masses, but I don't think that's it. I'll just say masses. It's probably not that.
00:35:10
Yeah. Okay. Internet. Customers. Wow. I've already given you a hit, David. I'm sorry. Um, there's a few client still obvious ones I was going to
00:35:23
say that are that are here. Oh, it wasn't that. No, it was not that. I'm glad I didn't say it. But now
00:35:28
you guys are going to be so mad when you find out the rest of these. We don't have the number two. We don't have number two. I got I got a bunch.
00:35:35
The number two is so obvious. Electronic. Oh my god. I don't know. What would be right behind AI?
00:35:41
Internet. No. Android. All right. Uh what would be what's right behind AI? What word almost always follows the word
00:35:52
AI? Wait, wait, wait. I have one. Uh service. Was service on here? No, I already asked service.
00:35:58
No, also agent. Agent is correct. Used 68 times. That's two. Agent. Yeah, my guess is crypto. Crypto. Crypto's out, bro. VCs are not
00:36:11
interested. It ain't 2021 anymore. No, it's not. But you do get one more guess. And it should end on David. So, do you want to do Should this be it? Do you want to end this or do one more
00:36:21
time? I think one more. Okay. Okay. Blockchain. I just said quickly. Oh, sorry. Okay. No, no, you already. All right. Andrew.
00:36:36
Andrew, this is your second to last guess. I know. No pressure. Love. Um, this is a really good game. Interface. Interface. Interface is not on my list,
00:37:01
unfortunately. Marquez. Financial. Financial is not on my list. Rapper. Rapper is not on my list. User.
00:37:13
User is not on my list. Browser. Browser is not on my uh No, browser is not on my list. All right, we're done. Damn, guys. Excellent job. Uh, so some of the funny ones that you guys missed include
00:37:25
powered/p power. Uh, software. You guys did not guess. Voice was the AI mode that was here way more than I thought it would. Sales. Uh,
00:37:38
real was on here a lot. The word B2B. The word for groups of people was team. Team was used 14 times. Guys,
00:37:48
obvious. Here's one that really threw me for the loop. The 12 the 12th word on my list
00:37:55
used 12 times coincidentally was cursor. Oh, because things are being built on cursor. No, because so many companies just refer to themselves in their by line as the
00:38:07
cursor of blank. Wow. Yes. Cursor. Cursor is an AI coding app that exactly. Yeah, it's like a dedicated um environment. Do you want to just read the one? You want just read the one through 20?
00:38:19
Yeah. Can you just read it in order? Number 20. System used nine times. Models 19 nine times. Yeah. So, sorry.
00:38:27
20 through 17 are all tied. System models help code help helping helpers. Wow. Etc. Damn. Uh 16 10 times healthcare 15 sales.
00:38:40
14 real 13 native. What is real? Like real. Oh, R like real experiences. Good. That's a good Was experiences one? Uh experiences is not on here. Uh then we have cursor team source voice open.
00:38:55
Seven is data. Six is platform. Five is software. Four is powered. Three is build. Two is agent. And number one AI making up 8.5%.
00:39:08
We didn't say software. The funny thing is is you said think of as dumb as possible and I thought button which is
00:39:13
not that far away from power or curs. Um guys before we get into our next segment we need to do a score update because points were flying around that
00:39:25
round. I might be cooked now. No, I think David like really took the lead on that one.
00:39:30
Yeah, not really but kind of. So, contrary to round two where only two points were scored in the whole round,
00:39:37
uh we now have seismic updates to the score. Andrew began last round with 26 points,
00:39:46
scored 22 more points. Wow. Double well done. Which brought him up to 48 points total.
00:39:52
Nice. Dang. Marquez began last round with 38 points, scored 21 points to bring him to
00:40:01
59 total after three rounds. David had 42 after round two, scored a whopping 50 points
00:40:13
in round three. Are you serious? Yes. giving David now a grand total of 92 after three rounds. You wanted to go big and you went big.
00:40:25
Jesus Christ, we might have messed this up. As long as the values of upcoming questions are still high enough to mean anyone can win. This next section, everything is 10
00:40:37
pointers. That's fine. If you guys sweep me by the end of this, I'm going to be so sad. Now, we might as well just screw it. No
00:40:44
rules. 10 points per question, guys. This next one is called the chicken of the egg. We're going to read you two
00:40:50
products. This is the chicken of the egg. This is the chicken of the sea. Right.
00:40:55
I'm No, I'm referring to what's the the Oh, yeah. DJ the almond of the coconut or whatever. No, no, no, no, no. The mathematician who like who uses eggs as the
00:41:07
the mathian uses eggs to explain dimensions. You know what I'm talking about? We're thinking about it all.
00:41:14
It's like it's on the tip of all of our tongues. It's like if you Who said that? It's the guy who was like if you have a if you
00:41:19
have a 2D egg and you're a 3D being, you can see the the 2D chicken floating inside the egg
00:41:26
because a 3D being can see all sides of a 2D object. Is there a 3D chicken inside the 2D egg?
00:41:32
If there's a No, there's a 2D chicken inside the 2D egg. But if there's a 3D egg with a 3D chicken inside, a 4D being
00:41:38
would be able to see the Anyway, um guys, chicken or chicken the egg or the egg?
00:41:44
What is a fourdimensional being? We don't know to explain it. It's a being that exists in four dimensions.
00:41:50
The fourth dimension is time. Oh, that answers that. Yeah. It's No, it's theoretical. It's
00:41:56
theoretical. It's if there was a fourth axis for us to exist on. There is can't move around in it,
00:42:02
right? Uh that's one it okay everyone I exist the fax machine or the blender my markers are running out of ink which is not great. You guys have extra markers right now.
00:42:22
I do not. Oh that's a Sharpie. I can't use that. All right. Whatever. Blender the app is like not that old.
00:42:27
Right. No. It's fairly old. I use it in joking. No. I'm talking about I'm talking about
00:42:33
the electric blender. I used it in college and I'm really old so it's pretty old.
00:42:38
Don't forget 10 points on the line. 10 per question. All right. What did you guys put? Points and I put blender and put fax.
00:42:51
The fax machine is not just older than the blender. It is way older than the blender. The fax machine is so old that
00:42:56
it predates the telephone. That's right. They were sending photographs over telegraph wires.
00:43:02
Prior telegraph. Yeah. But telegraph and fax machines are different. No, the wires that were sending Morse code messages were also sending photographs over them in the 1860s.
00:43:14
I'm going have to fact check that. Please do. Guys, number two, the quarterty keyboard layout or the modern
00:43:21
paperclip. The mo Why is that a specific? Because it turns out a lot of people tried to
00:43:27
make paper clips and they were not very good. And then we got this one and everyone was like, "All right, we can we're done with this. We figured it
00:43:33
out." This is what's newer or what's older? What's older? Older. Older. What is older? Which is the egg? Wait,
00:43:39
no. Disregard that. That's not That's the whole question. The whole question is which is old. Is it 2D or 3D? Faximile. I have no clue when paper clips came
00:43:52
around. So, what do we got? I'm going Querty. Querty. I'm also going is correct. That is 10 points. I thought that was newer. Really old. It's from 1878.
00:44:02
I thought it was like a new Japanese guy did it. No. No. Actually, there's rumors that it's
00:44:08
Remington that did it. I So, I am pulling the first Remington typewriter from 1878 that had it.
00:44:14
However, there were two or three typewriters prior to that through the 1870s which had things that resembled
00:44:19
the cordy ane layout. However, they were not exact. So I counted studio short on this 1878. Oh, that's right. I forgot about
00:44:26
that. Wow. All right, guys. These next one I want to try to go as a lightning round. So get ready to write these really fast.
00:44:31
Ready? Okay. Fubo or Tubi. What do we got? I'm not expected to know these, right? I said Fubo.
00:44:44
You said Fubo. Same. I said TB. TB is correct. Way to go, David. All right. Followup. TB or Roku?
00:44:56
I keep forgetting Roku fits in this consonant vowel. Consonant vowel. It better be what I think it is.
00:45:02
And the answer is please Roku. Nope. The answer is still so OG. Tuby is from 2014. Roku is from 2017 according to my notes. Wait, what? 2017.
00:45:13
Sure. That's right. That Ty. No, Roku was around when I was in college. I think Roku's been around for a bit.
00:45:18
2002. So Roku is but doesn't change anything cuz we all got the point. Yeah. Well, give us all points for
00:45:24
everyone. Great. 10 points for all of us. I was like, "No way." Yep. No, I see where I got it wrong. In 2014, Roku released their first TVs with
00:45:30
Roku's built-in, but they were a box beforehand. They were a box. Continuing with the trend. Okay.
00:45:36
Roku or Movie? Do we have to spell it right? I don't care. All right. What do we got? I wrote movie.
00:45:47
Roku is correct. Marquez and Andrew. Did you get that one right? 10 points for Marquez. All right, one
00:45:53
more, guys. I swear this is not annoying. Movie or Pluto? That's right. Five letters. Innovator. Disruptor.
00:46:08
Hardly. No. What do we got? Movie. When in the ready. Movie. I wrote movie. movie is correct.
00:46:19
Yes. Damn. Point. Oh, Marquez got that wrong. Damn. That wrong. I've never heard Pluto that like
00:46:25
Pluto TV. It's the free TV channel. It's not fake. It's real. The whole category of ads, but I don't watch TV.
00:46:31
It's legal. It plays ads. Stumble Upon or Reddit? Which one came first? I know this.
00:46:37
Chicken or the egg? What do you guys both put that answer? Stumble Upon because Stumble Upon as well. So 10 points each for David and Marquez.
00:46:49
Stumble upon. I was using Stumble Upon when I was a freshman in high school, but I only started using Reddit when it came out when I was like a junior.
00:46:56
So, all right. Shazam or [Music] Oh, Shazam or seeing the little to guy when I was
00:47:09
researching that just brought warm warm feelings to my heart. I love that little dude. My
00:47:15
friend's dad was like the regional manager of Best Buy and he had Teo because he was rich. It was cool. I
00:47:21
didn't have it, but it was cool. The controller was cool. Had the little guy on it. Now we just have YouTube TV. YouTube to
00:47:28
Flip and Reed. What do we got? To correct. Hey, it was to9 2000. Wow. I learned this researching this question. Shazam actually launched as an SMS service.
00:47:40
Really? Yeah. where you where you would call the Shazam number, hold your phone up to a speaker, and they would send you a text
00:47:46
message with what song is playing. Why don't they just tell you on the other side cuz you your phone wouldn't be to your ear. You'd be like,
00:47:51
"That's actually really impressive. That's like very innovative and interesting." You know, Twitter was an SMS service,
00:47:57
guys. I have I have really You could tweet with SMS. Yeah, that's how it started. Remember when Domino's had 140 character
00:48:03
limit? That's some trivia right there. SMS was 144 characters. Do you guys remember when Domino's had an
00:48:09
SMS service? Never heard of it. No. Really, Andrew? Even you. I just called. There was a period of time where you could in your Domino's account register your phone number and like your favorite
00:48:19
order and if you texted and your credit card and if you texted them the pizza emoji, it would automatically place the
00:48:26
order for delivery to your house. Bring this back, bro. We need this technology now.
00:48:31
Also, the basis of the Wii app. The Wii app. The Wii Domino's app. Oh, yeah. I don't know this. There is a Domino's app on the Wii. There was a domino. It's like a channel like the Domino's Channel.
00:48:42
Yeah. Yeah. All right, we got to It's dope. Wow. Okay, guys. Guys, this one is a not
00:48:48
exactly tech, but it's sort of tech. And this one I just find hilarious. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the
00:48:55
SNES, SNES, the SNES, or Chabata Bread. Okay. Bread. looking for the older one. They do love chabata in SF. I wonder if
00:49:13
a tech company invented chabata. That was actually the um ninth word in the Y combinator. AI chabata platform.
00:49:25
Chabata bread is a type of bread. Yeah. It's the Italian answer to the baguette.
00:49:31
Newer, right? Newer. Uh we're looking for older. No, I am looking for older. Yes. SNES. Uh, no. Chabata is older than the SNES, but only by eight years. Really? 1982.
00:49:45
Yeah. Think about that. As children, none of our parents had chabata. Whoa. They probably still aren't. I might not have had Shabbat either. My word's too hard. Shabbat be crazy.
00:49:57
All right, let's get a quick update on the score and then take it to uh one more break. Our scoring update after
00:50:04
four rounds, it looks way more impressive and yet is the same situation because you all scored 50 points in that last round. Okay, so Marquez now sits at 109.
00:50:17
Andrew now sits at 98. Wow. And David is sitting pretty at 142 points. Jesus. Wow. Damn. And the next round everything's worth 100 points.
00:50:30
I think we might have to do that. I mean, we're all 50 points apart, so like reasonably if everything's 10
00:50:35
points again, we could still win. Yeah. Yeah. Let's make it everything's one point.
00:50:41
But there's a one question. Okay. Yeah. What is David's middle name? All right. Well, we got one more category after the break. It's one with the buzzers and one audio round. So stay
00:50:53
tuned. Anyone can still win. We'll be right back. [Music] Guys, welcome back. We have two more things. We have got a a little funky little thing that we've never actually
00:51:13
done before. This is going to be very new for us. We'll see if it's actually fun or not. And then we're going to be doing our uh you know, world famous
00:51:22
um audio round. Audio round. So guys, Adam came up with a really interesting idea for a
00:51:28
category, which was we're going to write descriptions of famous apps and their icons. Specific just their icons, famous
00:51:34
apps, icons, the icons of famous apps. Descriptions. Okay. And then have you guess what they were based on those. But then we thought,
00:51:42
wait, no, that's no fun. It is fun, but we could make it more fun by having insert AI assistant write the descriptions for us. Okay. And then we realized we could have
00:51:53
even more fun by visualizing it. By asking them to do it as specific characters.
00:51:58
What? Like Homer Simpson. Not that specific. Oh, as general characters like Charmander. So, let's let's do this first one. This first app's description is going to be read as a pirate.
00:52:12
How are we answering these? You have to tell me what the app is on the but on the whiteboard.
00:52:17
Yeah, with your mind. could have just yelled it out. Duh. Okay. How are we feeling? Uh, I really hope this is funny. So, we're getting descriptions of
00:52:28
of apps icons. You're getting descriptions of icons and you have to tell me the app, but each description is
00:52:34
not only generated by an AI. Uh, and I tried to clean it up as best I could to just remove like wrong stuff or like
00:52:41
stuff that didn't make sense, but it still is pretty AI because this has been a weird one. This is now worth 20
00:52:48
points. This will be the first extra we've ever ended where we might have people with more than 200 points,
00:52:53
which I'm just so excited for. Um, all right. Here is my impression of a pirate. Ohoy there, mies. I be seeing a symbol
00:53:04
that looks like a colorful hashtag or crosshatch pattern tilted at a jaunty angle like a ship's wheel catching the wind. It is painted in four bold colors.
00:53:15
I wish this was ocean blue, sunset red, de blue and yellow and green all crossing each other gapping between the spaces in a ship's like the spaces in a ship's rigging. I would make a fine
00:53:32
flag for gathering the crew together. This is that lost pirate episode everyone. Dude, I was so mad cuz when I
00:53:39
had to make the pirate soundsscape, I was like, I've done this so many times for that pirate episode. And it was on an old computer, so I couldn't like
00:53:46
just Anyway, I'm complaining. What do you guys have? Did you all put slack? We all put slack. Oh, you hear the bubbles? I put bubbles in there. That is
00:53:59
correct. Oh, I wish this was a buzzer. A colored hashtag. I was like, "Yep." Next one is a pin wheel. Oh,
00:54:04
everything's a pin wheel. All right, guys. Next one's red, yellow, blue, and green, guys. This next one, this next app will
00:54:12
be read in the voice of a robot. Okay. Beep boop. It did. 0 0 1 zero. No, it catchy or anonymous AI did add a
00:54:25
lot of beep boops in the robot one that I had to clean out. Okay. All right. Are you ready, guys? Yes.
00:54:31
[Music] Analyzing visual signal processing. I observe a circular green interface element colored in optimal hue 34 C 759
00:54:48
for maximum visibility. That's green. [Music] Sorry, this is so funny. Contained within this circular boundary is a white speech bubble icon designed to represent
00:55:02
textual communication protocols between humans. The geometric state follows standard conversation bubble parameters with a small triangular protrusion
00:55:13
indicating message origin point. Beep boom triangular. Okay, I think I have it. Got it. Got it.
00:55:25
That was fire, dude. That was Thank you. Thank you to you. Oh, please. Also, there's a delay in my headphones, which is why I was reading at a snail's
00:55:37
pace. Like just enough of delay to make that really difficult. Uh, all right. Let's flip them.
00:55:44
I think it would have been entertaining to see us the progression of things we were writing before we got to the last
00:55:50
thing. We all said, "What's up?" That was not the answer I was looking for. But uh I
00:55:56
forgot about WhatsApp. So I was looking for iMessage. But what's I'll give you the point. Message is not an app. The message app is called messages.
00:56:13
It's a protocol app. What's the the white robot message? I don't I don't I don't care. So you're giving us points for you guys.
00:56:20
Point. M. All right. This next one, this next one is as if this next one is if you are a
00:56:31
No, this next one is as if you were a doctor reading a diagnosis. Wow, I hit the wrong computer.
00:56:45
Well, I've reviewed your test results and we need to discuss what we're seeing here. There's a distinctive white ghost
00:56:53
present and it's it's quite prominent and appears to be set against a bright yellow background. The the ghost has a
00:57:00
somewhat playful demeanor with what looks like a tongue protruding slightly which while unusual doesn't appear to be
00:57:07
serious. I don't think that's the official app logo. I'd recommend we monitor this thing closely as it seems to have a tendency
00:57:13
to make things disappear. We're losing him. We're losing him. That's the company logo, not
00:57:20
the app. What's the app? I app doesn't have the tongue. It doesn't have the tongue. That's the difference.
00:57:26
Yeah, there's no face on it at all. It's just the silhouette. Anyway, we all know what it is. It's Chat GBT's fault.
00:57:32
Not surprised. We all said Snapchat. Way to go. Cool. I don't even have Snapchat.
00:57:37
I did I did it one time cuz I'm not a youth. All right, guys. This is this app, which now I have no idea if it got the icon or the logo.
00:57:48
Just just good luck. Uh, this one is a Revolutionary War era soldier who woke up in the future and is
00:57:54
seeing this icon for the first time and is confused and aruck. Okay. Okay. By my musket and my powder horn. What manner of sorcery is this?
00:58:09
It is a red a red background. Red as the British coats we fought against at Lexington. Within this crimson field
00:58:16
lies a white by God. Is it a white triangle? I believe it is. Pointing to the east as if waiting for the sun to rise. Good sir, pray tell. What
00:58:27
technological marvel from your time does this symbol represent? That's it. That's it. A white triangle in a red flag in a red uh in a little in a red box.
00:58:37
I thought it was something else. And I mean I hope it might end. I have no idea what that is. Hey, that's a f.
00:58:45
Sorry. Oh, dog. F dog. F dog. Actually, I f and a flutter are the same thing. I I don't know why I got buzzer. Ready? Yep. Do it.
00:58:58
I really wish David got that one wrong cuz I remember. Everyone got it right. Say it. One, two, three.
00:59:03
YouTube. YouTube. Wow. Okay. So, this is way easier than I thought it would be. This next one I'm going to read as if I
00:59:10
am a uh morning talk show host radio like FM AM radio host. WVFRM. WVFRM. Exactly. Okay. Are you guys ready? Yes.
00:59:22
Uh upbeat morning radio voice with I couldn't find the right music for this. So we're just No, it just has to be like slight
00:59:28
static. AM radio. Yes. Yeah. AM radio. I all the talk shows are anyway. Like that? No, that's okay. The time code, guys. Let's kick it off. Good morning.
00:59:43
WVF FRM101.5. [Music] [Applause] Picture a bright coral pink background fresher than your morning joe. In the
00:59:55
center, a white A with attitude. It's one continuous line with style. No breaks or gaps. WVFRN listeners, what app are we talking
01:00:10
about? A white Wait, don't do that. You said a white A. A white A with attitude made of one. The more time you
01:00:16
give, the longer it till they get right. An A. Yes, an A. All right, flip your boards. Flip your boards. All right, flip your boards.
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All right, David, you better hurry up, David. Time to flip your boards. Three. Ah.
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Two. One. Flip. What did we put? Oh, wow. Good job, Marquez. That was pretty good. It was Airbnb. Airbnb is correct.
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App store. I wrote Apple in cursive. Yeah. All right, guys. We have one. Oh, you got that quick. Yeah. We have one more. Can you hit the I literally booked in every
01:00:53
As soon as you pick as soon as you tell me the color, I have like a set of icons in my head. M
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okay. All right. We have one more. This is uh as if you are an astronaut radioing home. Nice. From outer space. Outer
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inner space. I don't know. Yeah. Inner space from uh You're about to land on a planet. So good. And I can't find These voice changers are amazing. I had an outer space one.
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We'll do the robot one again. Here we go. No, I like the outer space. No, no, no. I had [Music]
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Houston. Houston, uh, we have a problem. This is Commander speaking from the landing pod.
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I'm approaching a fascinating celestial body here. It's got this deep blue, cosmic blue surface that reminds me of Earth's oceans from orbit over. This
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most remarkable feature is, no, excuse me. The most remarkable feature is a large white symbol in the center that
01:02:01
looks like the letter S, but it's curved and flowing like a soundwave. The entire formation pulses with a musical energy. This S, it floats on the
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blue background. Oh god, I'm picturing what is it called? Oh yeah, it's uh it it looks like it's already been the answer to a trivia question in
01:02:26
this game. All right, flip them and read. Oh man, I got it wrong. What did we get? Shazam. Shazam. I wrote Skype. Uh I can see why you would say that.
01:02:38
I look what I wrote. I wrote This one's pretty fun. I started writing App Store and I started writing Skype and then I landed
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on Wait, you can make all of our voices sound like this? No, just mine over. Uh, dang it.
01:02:49
I'm gonna need [Music] uh Okay, that's all for that round, which means it is time for the audio round. The audio round.
01:03:01
Guys, no longer need this. Bangers only. Don't hate me because I have no idea if
01:03:06
this one's going to go well or not because we've used so many sounds. So many sounds. There's none left. And so I
01:03:13
did some thinking and I realized this audio round, this whole audio round thing, it's not actually about the
01:03:18
audio, man. It's not. It's about the friends we made along the way. It's about nostalgia.
01:03:24
It's fair. And what better feeling of nostalgia? What better What better form of
01:03:29
nostalgia? Runescape is is what's better? Can you tell we've been podcasting for almost four hours,
01:03:36
four or five hours now, guys? What is better than remembering the feeling of hearing the alarm you used to wake up to in high school and having shivers
01:03:47
straight down your spine? That's what we're doing today. I on XDA found a guy who ripped all the system sounds from all the phones. Nice. And put them all up in a Google Drive
01:03:58
and I downloaded the ones that weren't from China and uh because those are the ones that you guys might actually know.
01:04:03
And they were pretty. The China ones are pretty. They were really, really, really good. The uh yeah, some of them were like
01:04:10
the Huawei ones are so like the Huawei ones were amazing. Anyway, guys, I'm going to play you some ringtones, some system sounds, some
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alerts, and you got to tell me what phone it was, what phone it came from. And uh I really
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wish I could use the buzzer. Phone or what company? Company. Company. Oh, so we're still writing them.
01:04:26
Yes. As an example, if I were to play this, [Music] you would all know that is with a ball.
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No idea what that's from. Wait, none of you know what that's from. It's I picked that as the obvious one.
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Are you ser? You guys know what that's from, right? It's my dad's ringtone. Has been for 20 years. It's That's on a phone, dude.
01:04:52
Sony Eric or something. This is what what guys that shipped with the original iPhone and has been on every
01:04:59
single iPhone since but it's not the default. It might be the default. Alarm that's like oh was the default. That is like one of the most iconic iPhone ringtones of them all.
01:05:10
Beg to differ. I've heard it before. It's not. Now is your chance to tell Marquez
01:05:16
Brownley he's wrong about the iPhone. I think they're going to yell at you. There's some There's some iconic I don't know if that one's
01:05:22
All right. All right. Well, let's see if Well, then maybe this is audio round is going to fall so flat because none of you have ever heard any of these before.
01:05:28
Let's see. You guys know this one? I had this on one of my phones. Oh, I know. I haven't heard it, but I could guess. That also sounds like a sidekick or something of like the 2000s.
01:05:42
The company. Uh the I would say let's say the platform. Can you do it again? Oh, so
01:05:48
that's just So if you say Android, I'm going to assume you mean you mean AOSP as opposed
01:05:54
to One UI or Touch Whiz or any of these other things. It's definitely not AOSP. All right, one more time. That's a different one. I don't even remember
01:06:05
which one I did. Was it this one? Yeah. Are we guessing this one? Yeah. What do we got? Oh, I just Hey, uh, stop the clock.
01:06:17
Well, I said my What do we got? Motorola. I wrote HTC. You're both wrong. Oh, uh, that was an AOSP one. You all got it wrong. Really? Yeah.
01:06:28
Marcus, that's every Android phone. Yeah. Up until a certain point, if you look hard enough. All right. What about
01:06:35
this one? M great. Oh, I feel that. Oh, man. It sounds like a Wolfpack song. Yeah. Uh, okay.
01:06:51
No clue where it's from, but it sounds cool. Oh, it seems like people are ready. Yeah. Yeah. What do you got? Motorola. Oh, wait.
01:07:03
Motorola is wrong. Or Apple. Apple is wrong. I wrote Sony. All right. This is not going well, you guys. I uh we don't really listen to We keep our phones on silent. I don't
01:07:15
know. I don't know about you. This is tough. Were you never children? Well, sure. Yeah, but but I
01:07:21
Okay, but like if I play this one, you'll all recognize this, right? Holy Their phones have been on silent for years. You don't understand. It sounds so I care about other people.
01:07:34
All right. Well, I'm just going to take you through a bunch of my favorites then. This one's from uh the LG Wing.
01:07:40
This is Mhm. That's cool. Wow. This fell totally flat. My LG Wing was never There's one I can remember within the last 10 years, and that's the one ASUS one that sounds like
01:07:52
under the sea. Yeah. My friend's brother uh makes all the ringtones for the Pixels.
01:07:58
Oh, that's Samsung every time. Samsung. Yeah, cuz Samsung a remix of the same song
01:08:04
over and over. Okay, here's a wacky one. People hated this sound so much that when you search
01:08:10
when you just try to find like insert phone, insert, this is the camera shutter sound effect. Insert phone
01:08:15
camera shutter sound effect. You can't find anyone posting the sound effect by itself. It's just people being like, "How do I turn this off?"
01:08:23
Oh, I've heard that. That's a Android That's an AOSP sound. That is not an AOSP sound. I had that on my Android tablet. It was
01:08:30
a Motorola tablet. Early. This is early Android. This is early assume it's Apple because you're
01:08:36
saying there's no chance that's happening. It's not early Android, but it is an Android based platform.
01:08:42
Wait, play it again. Oh, I'll give you a hint. It's the one people are always wanting us to talk
01:08:48
about. Now, it makes me want to search the one that I think it is and see what that sounds like. Is this for points? Are we doing this
01:08:54
for points? It's worth 35 points. No, you can't do that. It is 35. Do that to me.
01:08:59
Sound effect. I'm playing a sound effect from a different phone. always want us to talk about it. All right, you guys. Does anyone else have answers? I I have
01:09:05
an answer. No clue. All right, let's see it. Sony. Oh, Sony's correct. That is from Experia.
01:09:12
Marquez, what did you put? I didn't know what it was. Oh, David runs away with it. I've ruined the
01:09:19
game. I think I've ruined my precious game. I think we got to do one more section. Is there a speed round we could do? All
01:09:25
right. So, we're cutting to audio rounds since none of us know what the hell ringtones are on our phones because you
01:09:31
all keep them on silent like weird. Next one we're doing it's all in a name. This was Ellis's idea. Where do tech companies get their names from? We're going to read you the story of how a
01:09:43
company got its name and you need to pick what the company is. Okay. This is a buzzer round. So, get the
01:09:49
buzzers ready. Okay. All right. And everything's worth 20 bucks. Remember, once you buzz in, you will
01:09:55
have I forget if it's five or 10 seconds, but you got to get that thing out. [Music]
01:10:01
What? Yo, Marquez, get that thing out. Keep that in. Keep that bang on me. All right. And you stop the question when we buzz,
01:10:14
right? Yeah. I will stop reading. Yeah. Yeah. Perfect. All right. The first one. This company
01:10:19
named itself because it works in fox-like speed. Foxcon. Correct. That in the book. 20 points. Oh, but that was Firefox. Next.
01:10:30
This company is named after its founder who has the first name of Michael and currently sits at number 11.
01:10:36
Oh, Marquez. Wait. Oh, Jordan. I thought that was It's not a tech company. Uh, Dell. Dell. 20 points for Marquette. I mean, for Marquez. For David.
01:10:48
She These are all tech companies. I should have thought of that. Yeah, these are all tech compan.
01:10:54
[Laughter] This company's name comes from a specific story in Arabian Nights. The
01:11:00
same story where the phrase open sesame comes from. And apparently the founder found that a it was easy to pronounce
01:11:06
all over the world and b that everyone knew the story. That's why they called it that. I don't know it. As we all sit here blank feast.
01:11:13
All right. The founder Jack Ma Marquez Alibaba. There it is. Nice. Oh, 20 points for Marquez.
01:11:19
That is easy to say. Yeah. See, this company got its name from the game go and has a similar
01:11:26
meaning to when you say GoPro. No. So now David, you cannot say I can. No, you cannot. Was that in was that? This is now between Marquez and Andrew. I didn't know that.
01:11:37
So I'm going to start over. The company name actually comes from the game go. Has a similar meaning to when you say
01:11:42
check in chess. According to the wiki of terms in the game go, its first game Pong was released in 19 Atari. Atari 20 points for Andrew.
01:11:53
Old enough. I wasn't either. Wow. You guys are old. The idea for this company initially came about because one of its founders forgot
01:12:03
his USB drive at home for his work assignment and university. According to rewindandcapture.com,
01:12:10
this company got its name because it created a virtual space where users could store files in
01:12:16
David. Dropbox. Dropbox. 20 points. Good guess. Good one. That was good. One of the co-founders named this company by deriving it from the phrase quote searchable log of all conversation
01:12:27
and knowledge. End quote. Replacing the previous code name line feed. That's what the Are you serious?
01:12:33
Yeah. Boo. He backron his way into this baby. Can you say it again? Searchable log of all conversation and knowledge. Slack. Slack. 20 points for David.
01:12:46
That's cool. Wow. David's running away with this. All right. Original name was Kadabra. Also
01:12:52
Marquez. It's It's Kadabra. Kadabra. Alakazam. Google. Ah. Nope. So now this is between Andrew and David. All right.
01:13:05
Bald original name was Kadabra. Kadabra also shares a name with a world famous river.
01:13:12
Bald. Oh, wait. Sorry. That's easy now. Bald. Don't let him distract you. World famous river. Come on. Eagle. Come on. River. What? No.
01:13:24
Rivian. Andrew. This is all on you. I'm going to keep reading. No. Riven. No. Can I buzz now? Yeah. This is just a free fall. Go.
01:13:36
It's Amazon. Amazon. 20 points. Bald. Why did you say bald? Cuz I'm Jeff Bas. He doesn't know. He's not the He's not the CEO. It's Jesse. Do we? Well, now. Yeah. All right. Yeah. Let's honor it.
01:13:48
Next question. Founded as Lucky He Chemical Industrial Corps in English, pronounced similar to Lucky with a
01:13:54
sister company called Gold Star that produced plastics eventually. David Samsung.
01:14:00
Nope. Who was that? Oh, that was just the wrong Okay. Eventually, the two merged
01:14:06
into Lucky Gold Star LG and LG 20 points. Why am I dumb? Next. The company name of blank was created by
01:14:18
combining two words of sonus and sunny. The word sonus in Latin represents words
01:14:24
like sound and son. Sonos. No. Close. I was thinking that too actually. It's sus. Oh, sonnis. Okay. The word sonnis in Latin represents words like sound and
01:14:37
sonic. The other word sunny means little sun. Used in combination, blank is supposed to represent a very small group
01:14:44
of young people who have the energy and passion towards unlimited creations and innovative ideas. That comes from their
01:14:49
corporate history website. I what? You didn't even begin. Wow. Say again. Zorushi what GE
01:15:02
Samsung no Sony so I was going to reread it just just Sonus and Sunny last one worth what am I feeling what am I feeling
01:15:13
let me see let me check real quick checks notes check notes so bull man last question for 50 points
01:15:21
that's what my scorekeeper told me to put it 50 points 50 points oh god Original name of this company was
01:15:28
quote legend end quote and was founded in Beijing in 1984. But in the states there were already trademarks for legend. So they rebranded to new legend
01:15:39
or as we know them blank. The lei coming from legend and the blank coming from Latin. The le coming from that should have been
01:15:52
a hint. Chinese. The Latin word was new. New new legend. Don't do that. No. New legend. New legend.
01:16:08
[Music] First part. Lei, second part blank. 15% of meaning. Only thinking like legion. Lenova lei. Oh, is it that?
01:16:20
What? This is still a buzz around. So if anyone wants to press their buttons Lenovo that was Andrew.
01:16:25
Yeah, correct. Didn't you say that? Yeah, I was 50 points to Andrew. I was like that's the only thing that
01:16:32
makes sense, but Lenovo. I wasn't sure if Novo was actually Len Novo Latin. Okay.
01:16:37
Legend. Gentlemen, thank you for playing a fantastic game. Unfortunately, we are
01:16:43
all out of questions, all out of energy. I'm hungry. I'm sweaty. I'm tired. David
01:16:48
has to get on a flight, which means we can finally announce our winners. In third place with 268
01:16:56
points, third. In third place with 268 points, the most ever scored in a game of Waveform Trivia Extravaganza, we have Andrew Manganelli.
01:17:05
Topping him with the most points ever scored in a Waveform Trivia Extravaganza. In second place, Big Hos
01:17:13
himself, the man of the hour, Marquez Brownley with 269 points, beating out Andrew by one. I mean, I took his answer. So, wow.
01:17:24
Wa. Which means, but now, oh my god, for his first. Is it really happening? There's actually someone remote playing and they beat you.
01:17:34
Oh, shoot. I ran out of music. Just turn the robot voice back on. Here we go. David Im. [Applause]
01:17:51
[Applause] Thank you. Wait, how many cup? How many points do I have? Oh, that's taken right from my desk, too. Oh, you didn't even print a new one.
01:18:04
No, it's like the stand. It still says shut up, Ellis on it. That's yeah cuz I still need to shut up.
01:18:10
How many points I get? You got 3 57 points. Correct me if I'm right. That's the most ever scoring. That is the most ever making David the
01:18:22
Wayne Gretzky of Podman's cup holders. Does that make sense? Did he do that? Is that the He did have the most the hockey guy. Right. That's I'm asking Andrew. Did I do that right? The most points ever. I don't know.
01:18:32
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. David, you're the the Dave Gretzky. The Dave Amedky. Can I have a speech? Sure. A few words, David. It might have taken me four seasons just
01:18:44
like the hotel chain, but I knew that eventually this tower would crumble for the rest of
01:18:53
them and something would rise from the ashes. Waiting for someone in the comments to be like, "You calculated wrong."
01:18:59
So, they will. And um but you know what we have to say to that. Thanks. Too bad.
01:19:05
Thanks for coming to this trivia extra. We will see you next time. I'm your host Ellis. This has been Adam, Alex, David,
01:19:12
Andrew, Marquez. Waveform is produced by Adam and Ellis Roen. And this time, Alex Wolf is also behind the board. We'll
01:19:18
see. Oh, Vin Seal did some stuff in Vox Media Podcast Network. We'll see you next time. Can you play the robot voice
01:19:26
again? [Music]