Episode 025: Wil Wheaton & Anne Wheaton

==Description==
It’s the very first couple-edition of Go Fact Yourself!
Wil Wheaton is an actor, writer and geek-culture legend. He’s been in everything from Star Trek: The Next Generation where he starred as the character Wesley Crusher, to his YouTube series TableTop. He’s glad to come onto the show and answer trivia questions about his interests; but he also is eager to prove that he knows these subjects well enough to stump the hosts too.
Competing against Wil is Anne Wheaton, author of the children’s book Piggy and Pug, which is as adorable as the title makes it sound. The book also reflects her background as an animal lover, which has shown in her professional life as well as her personal one. She is also a director at the Pasadena Humane Society. Anne happens to be married to Wil.
In this episode, we’ll learn about secrets from classic arcade games, musical theater, how Anne and Wil met and fell in love, and their non-profit The Foundation to Increase Awesome.
==Rounds==
===What's the Difference?===
High and Low
==== Altitude vs Elevation ====
*from listener Dr. Courtney Nicolas (spelling???) of Los Angeles, CA 
Elevation is a measurement above sea level. Altitude is a measurement above the ground. For example, a hot air balloon flying 100 feet above Angel City Brewery is at 100 feet of altitude, but 349.2 feet of elevation. 
==== Less vs Fewer ====
*from listener Kathy Ferber (spelling???) of Ontario, Canada
Fewer describes a smaller number of COUNTABLE things. Less describes a smaller amount of something that cannot be counted. For example, you can control alcohol intake by pouring less booze into your glass or by drinking fewer glasses of booze. 
Points at the end of this round: Wil 2 | Anne 1
=== Trivia ===
==== Anne Wheaton ====
===== Topics =====
* 1980s Arcade Games
* Atari 2600 Video-Games
* Puns
#	Question 	Response 	Answer 	Hint 	Point Stolen?
1	An arcade game that debuted in the late 1970s became so popular in the 1980s that by 1982 it had grossed over $2 billion, it also spawned several competitors to release their own nearly identical games with titles like Space Fever, Cosmic Monsters, and Beam Invader. What game, originally made by Taito were these clones copying?	Space Invaders	Space Invaders	None Taken 	
2	Dirk the Daring is the hero of what video game that was one of the first to feature hand-drawn animation, professional voice actors, and play via laserdisc? 	Q*bert 	Dragon's Lair 	None Taken 	Yes
3	What company made arcade games in the 80s such as Punch Out, Popeye, and Arm Wrestling? 	Nintendo 	Nintendo 	The company is still around and thriving because it shifted to making video games to be played at home.	
4	In 1983, Bally Midway released an arcade game where the object was to reunite a rock band with its instruments. The band was real and the game featured photos of its members and songs of theirs as background music. What was the band (which is also the title of the game)? 	Journey 	Journey 	None Taken 	
5	What classic video game from Atari was the first to be designed by a woman? 	Duck Hunt 	Centipede 	It was a vertically oriented fixed shooter game. 	
===== Cluster Fact =====
Context: Pac-Man is one of the most famous arcade games ever, and its success spawned several iterations. The most popular was Ms. Pac-Man but there were 8 other variations that hit arcades in the 1980s. 
#	Question 	Response 	Answer
1	Name 3 of the other Pac-Man variations that hit arcades in the 1980s.	Super Pac-Man	
* Super Pac-Man
* Jr. Pac-Man
* Baby Pac-Man
* Pac-Man Plus
* Pac & Pal
* Professor Pac-Man
* Pac-Land
* Pac-Mania
2	Name 3 of the other Pac-Man variations that hit arcades in the 1980s.	Pac-Man Jr. 	
* Super Pac-Man
* Jr. Pac-Man
* Baby Pac-Man
* Pac-Man Plus
* Pac & Pal
* Professor Pac-Man
* Pac-Land
* Pac-Mania
3	Name 3 of the other Pac-Man variations that hit arcades in the 1980s.	Baby Pac-Man 	
* Super Pac-Man
* Jr. Pac-Man
* Baby Pac-Man
* Pac-Man Plus
* Pac & Pal
* Professor Pac-Man
* Pac-Land
* Pac-Mania
Expert: Gene Lewin; Owner of Vintage Arcade Superstore, one of the largest stores in the world that buys, sells, and restores vintage arcade games. 
Points at the end of this round: Wil 3 | Anne 7 
==== Wil Wheaton ====
===== Topics =====
* 1980s Arcade Games
* Atari 2600 Video-Games
* Baking Sourdough Bread
#	Question 	Response 	Answer 	Hint
1	Asteroids, Missile Commands, and Tempest were all classic 1980s arcade games made by what California company? 	Atari 	Atari 	None Taken
2	The arcade game Tapper challenged players to act as bartenders, filling mugs of beer, clearing empties, and collecting tips. Ya know, for kids! What huge beer making company sponsored the game and prominently featured one of its brands logos. 	Budweiser 	Anheuser Busch 	None Taken
3	What 1982 video game featured a chef trying to make giant hamburgers by walking across the ingredients while avoiding contact with anthropomorphic walking eggs, hotdogs, and pickles? 	BurgerTime 	BurgerTime 	None Taken
4	A 1984 movie plot revolved around a kid who loved to play a video game about spies, becoming involved with spies who are smuggling secrets in a video game. The title of the movie is the same as the title of the video game he loved to play and the title of the arcade game released in real life to coincide with the release of the movie. What is that title?	Cloak and Dagger	Cloak and Dagger 	None Taken
5	Donkey Kong was a classic arcade game that first introduced nintendo's Mario. but before he had that name, Mario was known by two other names. Name one of them. 	Jumpman 	Jumpman or Mr. Video	None Taken
===== Cluster Fact =====
Context: In November of 1980, Atari released an arcade game that remains on of the most unique and one of the most memorable. A first-person shooter that used wireframe vector graphics on a vector monitor controlled by two joysticks. The game was so compelling, the US army commissioned Atari to build a version to use for training. 
#	Question 	Response 	Answer
1	What was the name of that game? 	Battlezone 	Battlezone
2	What weapon did players control? 	Bradly Tank	Tank
3	What was the only animated object to appear in the game's background horizon?	Volcano 	Volcano
Expert: Owen Rubin; game designer who helped make classic arcade games for Atari. 
Points at the end of this round: Wil 10 | Anne 7 
=== Fast Facts ===
# 	Guest	Question 	Response	Answer
1 	Anne 	The movie The Little Mermaid was made into a Broadway Musical. 	True 	True
2 	Wil 	The movie Star Wars was made into a Broadway Musical. 	False 	False
3 	Anne 	The movie Rocky was made into a Broadway Musical. 	False 	True
4 	Wil 	The musical Rocky was first produced in Germany. 	True 	True
5 	Anne 	The star of the Rocky musical also starred in the Broadway Musical Pretty Woman.	True 	True
6 	Wil 	Andy Karl also starred in the musical Legally Blonde. 	True 	True
7 	Anne 	He also starred in the Broadway musical Saturday Night Fever. 	False 	True
8 	Wil 	He also starred in the Broadway musical 9 to 5. 	True 	True
9 	Anne 	He also starred in the Broadway musical The Wedding Singer. 	True 	True
10	Wil 	he also starred in the Broadway musical Groundhog Day. 	False 	True
Points at the end of this round: Wil 14 | Anne 10
Winner: Wil Wheaton 
== Promotions ==
Find Wil Wheaton not on social media, but he wrote a novel called All We Ever Wanted Was Everything 
Find Anne Wheaton @annewheaton on twitter and instagram and her blog https://www.annewheaton.com/ and donate to the Pasadena Humane Society 
Find Gene Lewin at https://www.vintagearcade.net/ 
Owen Rubin did not provide any promotions 
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