Steve: Okay, a quick USA trivia question to start us off.
Steve: How many stars are on the American flag?
Lovella: Oh, there's like one for each state, so it'd be 50.
Steve: Correct.
Lovella: Welcome to Kids vs. Parents.
Lovella: This is a family trivia battle with four questions for the kids and four tougher ones for the parents.
Lovella: Thanks for joining us. I'm Lovella.
Steve: And I'm Steve.
Steve: Today, we're playing USA trivia.
Steve: USA! USA!
Steve: No, stop.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: In honor of America's 250th birthday this weekend.
Steve: That's right.
Steve: It's 4th of July.
Steve: Happy birthday!
Steve: On the weekend.
Steve: And America is turning 250.
Steve: That's old.
Steve: That's older than me.
Steve: No, that's younger than you.
Lovella: Younger than you.
Steve: You missed your old joke there.
Steve: You missed your opportunity.
Steve: I had to set you up for that.
Lovella: No.
Steve: Too slow.
Steve: You're getting too slow in your old age, Lovella.
Steve: You missed that one.
Steve: I'm only 13.
Steve: Exactly.
Steve: That's a lot of candles on a cake, right?
Steve: Are they going to put candles on the cake for America?
Steve: That's a big cake.
Steve: Lots of candles.
Steve: Yeah, a lot of candles on the cake.
Steve: We'll see.
Steve: All right.
Steve: What is the prize today, Lovella, for the winner of USA Trivia?
Lovella: The winner gets to become the president and make an exit.
Steve: Of the United States?
Lovella: No, of like your household.
Steve: Oh, okay, cool.
Lovella: And they get to make an executive decision.
Lovella: Music, snack, movie, anything.
Steve: Right.
Steve: So they get to pick something.
Steve: They get to sign an executive order.
Steve: I declare that we all eat ice cream for the rest of the week.
Steve: What do you think your executive decision will be?
Steve: If you become president of our family?
Lovella: I declare that I must go to Hawaii.
Steve: Oh, okay.
Lovella: It is like in the set, like it's a state.
Steve: You're right, it is.
Lovella: It's kind of perfect.
Steve: Perfect.
Steve: All right, who's going to go first today, Lovella?
Lovella: I think the parents should go first, test their knowledge
Lovella: because they've been around longer.
Steve: Oh, okay.
Steve: They've been around for longer, more years of America's history.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: All right, parents, you're up first.
Steve: Get out those encyclopedias.
Steve: Do you know what an encyclopedia is, Lovella?
Steve: Yes, of course I do.
Steve: Have you ever held an encyclopedia?
Lovella: No, but I know what an encyclopedia is.
Steve: What is it?
Lovella: It's words.
Steve: What is an encyclopedia?
Lovella: Stop making me sound dumb.
Steve: I'm not.
Lovella: It's an encyclopedia.
Steve: Yeah, what's an encyclopedia?
Lovella: Isn't it like a dictionary or something?
Steve: I mean, kind of, I guess.
Lovella: Exactly, see?
Steve: It's a giant book of facts and information.
Steve: Yeah, exactly.
Steve: Yeah.
Lovella: It's an information book.
Steve: It's what we used to use before the internet existed.
Lovella: Oh, you poor people.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: All right, parents, get out your encyclopedias.
Steve: Here we go.
Lovella: All right, here we go.
Lovella: Question number one.
Lovella: What ship carried the pilgrims to North America in 1620?
Steve: Ah, man.
Steve: I'm not going to be good at any of this.
Steve: No, you're not.
Steve: US history.
Steve: No, you're not.
Steve: It's the, okay.
Steve: What's the boat called?
Steve: The.
Lovella: You've got the V right.
Lovella: The shot.
Steve: Not the Titanic.
Steve: What the heck?
Lovella: The Titanic?
Steve: The Liberty.
Steve: The Liberty Cruise.
Steve: Liberty.
Steve: I don't know.
Steve: I think I vaguely remember it, but I've gone blank.
Steve: Like, it's not a piece of information that I feel like I need to keep in my head.
Steve: So it always disappears.
Lovella: Yeah.
Lovella: All right.
Lovella: So the correct answer was the Mayflower.
Steve: That's right.
Lovella: The Mayflower.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: We did that for Thanksgiving.
Steve: We did that question in Thanksgiving and I still forgot it.
Lovella: All right.
Lovella: Question number two.
Lovella: What famous bell in Philadelphia is associated with American independence?
Steve: Okay, the Liberty Bell.
Lovella: Yeah, like you kind of just said it.
Steve: I kind of got it before.
Steve: Yeah, the Liberty Bell.
Lovella: Good job.
Lovella: All right.
Lovella: Question number three.
Lovella: What state was the last to join the United States?
Steve: Oh, um, what state was the last to join?
Steve: Um, I have no idea.
Steve: I'm going to be guessing that it is, it'll be, is it one of those islands?
Steve: Maybe it's Alaska.
Steve: I don't know.
Steve: I really don't know.
Steve: I have no idea.
Steve: Um, Alaska?
Steve: That is incorrect.
Steve: Was it Hawaii?
Lovella: It was Hawaii.
Steve: Ah.
Steve: Aloha.
Steve: I was kind of on the way there.
Steve: Yeah.
Lovella: All right.
Lovella: Last question.
Lovella: Which was the first established university in the US?
Steve: Oh man, again, I don't know.
Steve: I'm going to be guessing.
Lovella: I can understand why this is not for you because.
Steve: Yeah, I'm not American.
Lovella: You're not American.
Lovella: I'm non-American, but like I've been in America for more than half of my life.
Lovella: Uh-huh.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: What are, I just got to name some, it's probably something over in Washington or in New York.
Steve: I don't know.
Steve: Maybe not.
Steve: Harvard.
Steve: Harvard?
Steve: Harvard University?
Steve: That's the only one I can think of.
Steve: Harvard.
Steve: That is correct.
Steve: Oh, really?
Lovella: Good job.
Lovella: Nice.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: Lucky save.
Steve: Lucky guess.
Steve: Mm-hmm.
Steve: I mean, well, one, I couldn't really think of any other.
Steve: universities to be honest.
Steve: So that was the first one that came to mind.
Steve: All right.
Steve: What was my score?
Steve: I didn't do very well.
Steve: Two?
Lovella: Yeah.
Lovella: You only got two.
Steve: I didn't get the Mayflower.
Steve: You didn't get the Mayflower or Hawaii.
Steve: Or Hawaii.
Steve: I got Harvard and what was the other one I got?
Lovella: Liberty Bell.
Steve: Liberty Bell.
Steve: I got Harvard and I got Liberty Bell.
Steve: Okay.
Lovella: It's okay.
Steve: For an Australian living in the US, I probably should have done a little better than that.
Steve: But anyway.
Lovella: Yeah.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: All right.
Lovella: Let's see how I do.
Steve: Let's see how you do.
Steve: You've been talking it up.
Lovella: I mean, I have learned a lot about the US, but I've forgotten a lot of everything I've learned.
Steve: Let's see how you do, kids.
Steve: You're up next.
Steve: Okay, kids.
Steve: USA trivia question number one.
Steve: What is the largest state in the USA?
Lovella: No, geez.
Lovella: Oh, the largest one?
Lovella: I want to say Texas because that just looks really big.
Steve: They talk about everything's bigger in Texas.
Lovella: Everything's bigger in Texas.
Lovella: Could be Alaska.
Lovella: Could be.
Lovella: Texas or Alaska, I'm going to say.
Steve: Oh, look at them on a map.
Steve: Can you imagine where they are on the map?
Steve: Which one looks bigger?
Lovella: They both look the same for me.
Steve: Really?
Lovella: I don't know.
Steve: One is clearly bigger.
Lovella: I also think it's kind of hard to tell.
Steve: On a map?
Lovella: On a map because also they're all curved and…
Steve: Sure.
Lovella: They're all… whatever.
Steve: Okay.
Lovella: I'm just going to say Alaska.
Steve: You are correct.
Lovella: Really?
Steve: Yes.
Lovella: Okay.
Steve: Oh, wow.
Steve: It's huge.
Steve: Alaska is huge.
Steve: It's very big.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: Well done.
Steve: Thank you.
Steve: Okay.
Steve: Question number two.
Steve: What monument features the faces of four presidents carved into rock?
Lovella: For a second, I just wanted to say Mount Everest, but that is so wrong.
Lovella: Okay.
Lovella: Mount.
Lovella: Oh my gosh.
Lovella: Mount Rushmore.
Lovella: Correct.
Lovella: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Steve: Well done.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Question number three.
Steve: What bird is the national bird of the United States?
Lovella: Oh, I think I know this.
Lovella: Isn't it a quail?
Steve: Is that your answer?
Lovella: Yeah.
Steve: You are incorrect.
Lovella: Oh, dang it.
Steve: It is not the quail.
Steve: I thought it was.
Steve: It is the bald eagle.
Steve: Oh, my bad.
Steve: Do you remember that now?
Steve: Yeah.
Lovella: I think I thought you meant something else.
Steve: The quail might be a state bird.
Lovella: Yeah, state bird.
Lovella: I think that's what I was thinking.
Lovella: Yeah.
Steve: I don't know what state bird.
Lovella: I shouldn't guess bald eagle because, yeah.
Steve: Because they're very American.
Lovella: Very American.
Steve: They're in lots of like imagery too, like logos and symbols and stuff like that.
Steve: Cool.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Last question for you.
Steve: What famous road once crossed much of America westward?
Lovella: What?
Lovella: I want to say like Route 66,
Lovella: mainly because I only remember Route 66 because of Cars,
Lovella: the movie Cars.
Lovella: I'm just going to say Route 66.
Steve: You are correct.
Steve: what yeah no yeah really yes oh okay that is correct well done job to me all right good job
Lovella: okay i got three out of four and dad got two out of four yeah that means we're moving into our
Steve: tiebreaker or our bonus round so one question for both teams first one to answer takes home two
Steve: points so i do have a chance to win in this one if i can get two points from the bonus question
Steve: Mm-hmm.
Steve: We'll see.
Steve: If you get it incorrect, though, if you buzz in and get it incorrect, you lose the points.
Steve: They go to the other team.
Steve: So don't give them to the other team.
Steve: All right.
Steve: Bonus or tiebreaker question.
Steve: What president is on the $1 bill?
Lovella: Buzz.
Steve: Oh.
Lovella: I think I know.
Steve: I think you know.
Steve: Well, you buzzed in.
Steve: So you've got to get it right now.
Lovella: It's got to be George Washington, right?
Steve: Is he on the $1?
Lovella: He's not on the coin.
Lovella: I think he is.
Steve: I think Abraham Lincoln's on some of the coins.
Lovella: Yeah, he's on the penny, isn't he?
Steve: I think so.
Steve: I don't know.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: Is that your answer?
Steve: You're going to go George Washington?
Lovella: I'm just going to say George Washington.
Steve: I think that's a pretty good guess.
Steve: I'm not entirely sure.
Lovella: No, I think I am right.
Steve: It's either that or it's Benjamin Franklin.
Lovella: Oh, yeah.
Steve: I can't remember because everybody talks about the Benjamins,
Steve: but I think Benjamin Franklin is on the $100 bill.
Lovella: The Benjamins just sounds so like British.
Lovella: The Benjamins.
Steve: All right, let me have a look.
Steve: Let me scroll down and see what the answer is.
Steve: It's George Washington.
Steve: Yes.
Steve: Well done.
Steve: Oh my gosh.
Lovella: I did it.
Steve: I did it.
Lovella: I did it.
Steve: That means you get to be president for a little bit.
Lovella: Oh, yes.
Steve: And sign an executive order.
Lovella: Okay.
Lovella: All right.
Steve: Be prepared, Dad.
Lovella: It's not coming out good for you.
Steve: It's not going to be good.
Steve: What's your executive order going to be?
Lovella: Well, you'll have to find out.
Steve: Oh, okay.
Lovella: Mainly because I'm still deciding.
Steve: Oh, okay.
Steve: You don't know yet.
Lovella: I don't know yet.
Steve: Are you going to pardon?
Steve: Maybe you could pardon somebody.
Steve: Maybe you could pardon your brother from his bedroom if he does something bad.
Steve: We'll see.
Steve: Well, thanks for playing Kids vs. Parents US Trivia.
Steve: Happy birthday to America.
Steve: Happy birthday.
Steve: Happy birthday, America.
Steve: We hope you guys had fun playing.
Steve: If you enjoyed this, you might like to play our Australia episode.
Steve: Oh, yeah.
Steve: We have an Australian episode that we did a little while ago.
Steve: We'll put a link to that in the show notes.
Steve: Yeah.
Steve: But otherwise, join us next week.
Lovella: Yeah.
Lovella: Happy 4th of July, everyone, this coming weekend.
Lovella: Happy Fourth of July.
Lovella: Bye.
Steve: Bye.