Episode 017: Louis Virtel & Laraine Newman

==Description==
Louis Virtel is a comedian and a co-host of the podcast Keep It. He’s also the winner of Jeopardy, whose Double Jeopardy celebration went viral shortly after it aired on TV. He refers to that moment as "volcanically gay" in this episode. 
Laraine Newman returns to Go Fact Yourself, this time as a contestant. Newman is best known as an original cast member of the Not Ready for Primetime Players on Saturday Night Live, and she was a founding member of the legendary Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles. If she sounds familiar to you, you may recognize her as the voice of Crab Lady on SpongeBob SquarePants, Nana from Trollhunters: Tale of Arcadia and lots of other shows. She also appeared in episode 12 of Go Fact Yourself! as the expert on SNL for Drew Droege. 
In this episode, we’ll learn how Louis’s love of publicly answering trivia questions stems from a 3rd-grade spelling bee that he came up short in and why the winners of Jeopardy love keeping in touch with each other after their victories. Laraine will explain why she never tires of hearing people announce her name in the fashion of SNL’s Don Pardo, and how she decides what the voice of each of her characters sound like.
==Rounds==
===What's the Difference?===
Lost and Found
====Thumbs up vs okay sign (in SCUBA) ====
The okay sign means everything is okay. It can be used as a question and a response. The thumbs up sign means go up to the surface. 
====Dead-End vs No-Outlet====
From listener Avidan Akerson (spelling???) of Fairlawn New Jersey
A dead end sign is for the single street that you are currently on. It tells you that the street will not connect to any other road (any street with a cul-de-sac is a dead end).
A no outlet sign is for a road network that has only one way in and one way out. The street you're on can connect to other roads but not to a way out of the neighborhood. To get out you have to go back the way you came. 
Points at the end of this round: Louis 0.5 | Laraine 2.5
===Trivia===
====Louis Virtel====
=====Topics=====
*Jeopardy 
*World Capitals 
*Aimee Mann 
#	Question 	Response 	Answer 	Hint
1	What television legend created Jeopardy and wrote its famous theme? 	(The delictible) Merv Griffin	Merv Griffin 	None Taken
2	Alex Trebek has hosted every episode of Jeopardy since 1984 except for 1. Who took over for 1 show in 1997? 	Pat Sajak (on April 1) 	Pat Sajak 	None Taken
3	Jeopardy had several incarnations before it reappeared in 1984. In 1965 what future presidential candidate appeared on the show, winning his only game?	John McCain 	John McCain 	None Taken
4	In 2001, Jeopardy added the "Clue Crew" who travel the world shooting video clues. Of the 4 original crew members, 2 are still on the show, name them. 	Sarah and Jimmy 	Sarah Whitcomb-Foss, Soria Lidskog, Jimmy McGuire, Cheryl Farrell	None Taken
5	SNL is famous for its Jeopardy sketches. In the first one they ever did, who portrayed the contestant at the middle position? 	Laraine Newman 	Laraine Newman 	It was called Jeopardy 1999 and aired in 1976
=====Cluster Fact=====
Context: The all-time record for one-day Jeopardy winnings was set in 2010 when a player won $77,000. That broke the previous record of $75,000 which was set in 2004, and that record broke a record that lasted nearly 10 years. A $34,000 win before the dollar values were doubled. 
#	Question 	Response 	Answer
1	Name the record breaking player from 2010.	Roger Craig 	Roger Craig
2	Name the record breaking player from 2004.	Ken Jennings	Ken Jennings
3	Name the record breaking player from 1992.	Jerome Vered	Jerome Vered
Expert: Jerome Vered; Writer and one of the all-time winners of Jeopardy (and Louis Virtel's friend) 
Points at the end of this round: Louis 8.5 | Laraine 2.5
====Laraine Newman====
=====Topics=====
*Electronic Dance Music 
*Cooking 
*Universal Horror Movies from the 1930s and 1940s
#	Question 	Response 	Answer 	Hint
1	Although they both had decades long acting careers before 1931, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi each rocketed to stardom that year after appearing in which two Universal films? 	Dracula and Frankenstein	Dracula and Frankenstein	None Taken
2	Ian McKellen received an Oscar nomination for his role in 1998's Gods and Monsters portraying what director of many Universal horror movies? 	James Whale 	James Whale 	None Taken
3	Lon Chaney Jr. stars in Son of Dracula as a vampiric count but despite the film's title, he does not call himself Dracula. By what name is he known? 	Count Alucard 	Count Alucard 	None Taken
4	In the original Mummy movie, the mummy's name is Imhotep, but in the next 4 Mummy sequels, what was the mummy's name? 	Groucho Marks 	Kharis 	When Christopher Lee played the mummy in the 1959 British version, he had this same name.
5	There was no regular Academy Award for makeup until 1981, but if there had been, who would likely have won for his creations for Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolf Man, and many more?	Pierce 	Jack Pierce 	None Taken
=====Cluster Fact=====
Context: In the movie Son of Frankenstein two different actors could claim that they played the title character, the son of someone named Frankenstein. Each of these actors went on to play much more famous characters than a son of Frankenstein. 
#	Question 	Response 	Answer
1	Who were the two actors? 	Basil Rathbone 	Basil Rathbone
2	Who were the two actors? 	no response 	Donnie Dunagan
3	Name either of the more famous characters they went on to play	Sherlock Holmes	Sherlock Holmes or Bambi
Expert: Donnie Dunagan; retired U.S. Marine who starred in two horror films in the 1930s, and the voice of the titular character in the Disney movie Bambi. 
Points at the end of this round: Louis 8.5 | Laraine 8.5
===Fast Facts===
# 	Guest 	Question 	Response	Answer
1 	Louis 	All countries in the European Union use the Euro. 	Fase 	False
2 	Laraine	According to the Department of State, there are no countries that start with Z. 	False 	False
3 	Louis 	According to the Department of States, there are no countries that start with Q.	False 	False
4 	Laraine	According to the Department of States, there are no countries that start with W.	False 	True
5 	Louis 	Venezuela was named after the city of Venice. 	False 	True
6 	Laraine	India is the world's largest producer of bananas. 	False 	True
7 	Louis 	Yankee Stadium is larger than Vatican City. 	True 	False
8 	Laraine	There is a town in Texas called Earth. 	True 	True
9 	Louis 	Earth, TX is the only place on Earth named Earth. 	True 	True
10	Laraine	Earth is the only planet named Earth. 	True 	True
Points at the end of this round: Louis 11.5 | Laraine 11.5
=== Tie Breaker ===
Whoever is closest to the number wins. 
Question: How many official members has the band Kiss had in its history?
Louis: 11
Laraine: 5
Real Answer: 10
Winner: Louis Virtel 
==Promotions==
Find Louis Virtel @louisvirtel on Instagram and Twitter and hosting Keep It every Wednesday
Watch Laraine Newman in Puss in Boots and The Croods, pretty much any cartoon. 
Find Jerome Vered at O'Brian's on Wednesday nights at 8
No promotions for Donnie Dunagan