WEBVTT - Marco Polo & Neil Armstrong 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:06.400 Marco. Hello, Marco Holo, gotcha be? What on earth is 0:00:06.440 --> 0:00:09.840 going on? Why are you wearing a blindfold? Oh? Hi, Elliott, 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:12.200 Jane and I are playing Marco Polo in honor of 0:00:12.240 --> 0:00:19.320 Italian explorer Marco Polo being one of today's subjects. Marco. Hello, Wow, Jane, 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:22.759 your bones are so fragile. Thank you Be. You didn't 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:25.320 get Jane, you got the priceless main base we keep 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.200 in the studio for some reason. But you were very close. 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:32.479 You're one small step away. Oh wow, Like the one 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:36.440 small step are other figure astronaut Neil Armstrong talked about 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:40.440 in his famous moon landing. Yeah, one small step and 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:42.920 then one giant leap to the left and this game 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:46.400 can be done. Gotcha wow, Jane. I hate to say this, 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:48.920 but you may need to moisturize a little more. Your 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:55.040 skin feels incredibly tough. B That wasn't me, that was 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:59.840 Geraldine and she's very sensitive about her dry skin. So 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:04.240 raise up off. Oh um, Eric, will you please play 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.520 us in and distract this angry elephant with the theme 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:13.679 song Here we go? What do you think you know 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:18.080 about the race from this story? The game is on. 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.800 To get some energy and buckle up your brain because 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:26.759 it's time to play the Whos podcast because it's sound 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:32.400 to play. But who Live from Top the Land or 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:36.119 so called so Cow Los Angeles. Welcome to Who Was? 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.959 The history quis show that gives contestants the chance to 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:44.120 win mega prizes and podcast. Glorie, I'm being your announcer 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:47.520 and daily dose of Vitamin be. And here's your host, 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:51.880 a man with resting I hate resting face. It's Elliott Haylen. 0:01:52.760 --> 0:01:55.280 Thank you be and I just love work so much 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:58.480 and welcome everyone to Who Was? Podcast. This show is 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:01.920 like Jeopardy, only a surprise. Guests Silly Games and an 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.520 air Friar were knee deep in salmon filets and French Brian. 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.639 Our knees are so oily it's great. Our contestants were 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.280 sent Who Was books about two great figures from history. 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:13.280 Now they're here to show off their knowledge and the 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:19.440 hopes of winning fantastic prizes. Prizes. Today we're discussing two 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:23.880 star stuck travelers, Marco Polo and Neil Armstrong. But before 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.720 we get to know them, let's get to know our contestants. 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:32.960 First up, we have Evelyn. Evelyn, will you please introduce yourself? Hi, 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:37.600 my name is Evelyn, and I have three triplet brothers. 0:02:37.600 --> 0:02:41.520 Oh my goodness, three triplet brothers. So now does that 0:02:41.560 --> 0:02:44.639 mean that you have nine brothers because you have three 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:50.120 sets of triplets, three brothers who are triplets. That that 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.160 would that's that will be so much less expensive for 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.760 college than having nine brothers. They that I've wondered this 0:02:55.760 --> 0:03:00.000 about triplets. Do they sleep in a three level bunk bit? Um? No? Actually, 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.680 they sleep all together in a twin size bed, even 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.920 though we have three different twin size beds for them. 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:09.920 Oh my goodness. Now, how old are they? They're eight 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:13.160 years old. Okay, so they're they're small enough still where 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.359 they can all fit in one bed. But soon enough, 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.960 that's gonna be too many triplets sleeping. You know that 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:22.680 that face game? Yeah? Well cool. Thank you so much 0:03:22.680 --> 0:03:24.440 for being here today. We're excited to have you on 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:28.880 the show, and we also have Raymond here with us today. Raymond, 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:33.000 please introduce yourself. Hi. I'm Raymond. I love dogs and 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:38.160 video games. Now is there a video game about dogs 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:40.840 that could combine both of your interests? I don't think 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:44.280 so yet, Not yet? All right, I do remember a game. 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:47.080 Maybe Elliott will remember. This game is from the nineties. 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.880 It was called paper Boy, Raymond, have you ever played this? 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:52.920 A dope? But I've heard my dad talk about it. 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:54.720 In paper Boy, a dog would chase you while you 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.400 were trying to deliver the newspaper. So maybe it's a 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.320 good thing that there aren't that many dog video games, 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:01.760 because it sounds like these dogs are not a joy 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.360 to have around in video games. Although imagine, do you 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:07.400 have a dog, Raymond, Yes, your dog is a joy 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:11.560 to have. And what's her name? Zelda? Zelda? Another video game? 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:15.120 This is? This is amazing. You really do love dogs 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:18.159 and video games. Thank you both so much for being here, 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:20.120 and thank you to erk or a musician for providing 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:23.160 that lovely meet the contestants music. That's who is Now 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:26.880 let's find out who was Marco Polo with four fast 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:33.400 facts prospects. Marco Polo was born in twelve fifty four 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.880 and died in thirteen twenty four. Marco Polo wrote a book, 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:40.520 The Travels of Marco Polo, describing amazing adventures he said 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:43.960 he had exploring China and the Far East. Marco was 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:48.240 nicknamed Marco Millions because people thought his book was nothing 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:51.840 but a million lies on his deathbed, Marco's friends asked 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.120 him to admit his stories r untrue, and his answer was, 0:04:54.560 --> 0:05:00.960 I never told half of what I saw prospects. Now, 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:03.560 I think that's important because never ever have we done 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:06.680 in four fast facts with a little accent in the 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:08.320 fast facts. I just wanted to point that out. We 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.919 both went into our Telli an accent as much as possible. 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:15.359 For Marco, that's right. But so Marco Polo had a 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:18.480 bunch of amazing travels. And I'm wondering if any if 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.839 our contestants today have taken any really cool trips that 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:25.000 they could tell us about. Raymond, have you ever taken 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.200 like a really cool trip that you would want to 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.479 share with us? I went to England. You went to England. 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.520 Where in England did you go? I went all around it. 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:38.359 Did you go to the Beatles Museum in Liverpool? Yes? Oh? Wow? Okay? 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:41.280 And what was your favorite part of your of your 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:45.640 trip to England seeing the Beatles Museum? Oh? I nailed it? Wow? 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.560 You you you two should go on a trip to 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:49.440 England together. It sounds like you would have want to 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:50.720 do a lot of the same things. You have a 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:52.200 lot of fun together. But I don't want to play 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:54.320 any British video games? No? Thanks. Now I'm trying to 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:56.400 think of what a British video game would sound like, 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:04.680 something like this. It's Mario and and Evelyn. What about you? 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.839 Have you ever had an amazing exciting trip somewhere. I 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:12.320 haven't really left the US, um, but I've gone to 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:16.080 South Carolina, which is across the country for me. Wait. 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.320 Did you go to Myrtle Beach? No? Wait, no, no, 0:06:18.320 --> 0:06:20.960 no wait wait wait the Beatles Museum. Did you go 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:25.680 to Charleston, South Carolina? Um? Actually I went to um, 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:31.400 Myrtle Beach, Gilton Head and Charleston. I went everywhere all 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.360 over South Carolina. Yeah, those are those are the big 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:37.360 three in South Carolina. You gotta see it. And did 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.240 you go to eat North Carolina or Middle Carolina? The 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.200 Carolina that doesn't exist but I made it up that 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.880 goes between North and South Carolina. No, okay, good TWI 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:47.960 question and you got out of that one. Good good 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.000 making sure you weren't being a Marco million telling stories 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:54.520 about made up Carolina's. Well, thank you so much for 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:56.960 sharing those trips stories with us. They all sound great. 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.320 But let's take a trip over to our first game. 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:06.680 That's right. It's called true or false. False. Is a 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:12.360 true true that it was true? Or true? True or false. 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.120 Here's how this game works. Be will read a statement 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.640 about Marco Polo and you'll tell us if it's true 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:23.640 or fault false. And since it's our first game, each 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.760 question is worth one point. Evelyn, You'll be going first. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.440 True or false. While some teenagers have to beg their 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:34.040 parents just to drive to the corner store. Marco Polo 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:36.920 was seventeen years old when he first traveled to China. 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:42.000 Is that true or false? True? That's right, the answer 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:45.200 is true. In twelve seventy two, seventeen year old Marco 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:48.080 joined his father, Nicolo and his uncle Mafeo on their 0:07:48.160 --> 0:07:51.240 latest trip from Venice to China. Marco didn't want to 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.400 be left behind, and though the trip would be dangerous, 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:56.000 his father and uncle agreed to take him along and 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.800 it would change his life and history forever, Raymond, your 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:03.640 true or falls. Once he arrived in China, young Marco 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.920 Polo struggled to find work and was never accepted by 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:11.320 China's ruling class. False. That's right. The answer is false. 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:14.120 Marco Polo not only met the Emperor of China Kubla 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:17.240 Khan he worked for him. Kubla Khan found Marco to 0:08:17.320 --> 0:08:20.600 be smart and amusing, and Cohn liked that. According to Marco, 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.360 he went on missions for Kubla Khan for seventeen years. 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.320 Marco never said what these missions entailed, but he did 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.480 give the con report of what he'd done and seen 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.040 after each mission. And of course Kubla believed everything Marco 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.959 was telling him, because, as they always say, you can't 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:39.000 Kna Cohn Evelyn back to you. True or false. Marco 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:43.520 Polo wrote that he thought a unicorn in his travel True. 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.080 That's right. The answer is true. Thanks to his travels, 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.480 Marco Polos a lot of things most people hadn't seen 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:51.679 or even heard of yet. He wrote in his journals 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.160 that in the island of Sumatra he tasted a nut 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:57.719 quote the size of a man's head. That was a coconut. 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.040 The unicorn he thought he saw it was actually a rhinoceros, 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:04.240 so kind of a lumpy unicorn, Raymond, you get the last. 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:07.600 True or false? True or false? Marco Polo wrote his 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:11.600 book The Travels of Marco Polo while he was in jail. True, 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.440 that's right, the answer is true. During the war between 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:17.120 his home of Venice and another Italian city estate, Genoa. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.560 Marco was captured while in a Genoese jail. He entertained 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.439 the other Venetian prisoners with tales of his travels. An 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.120 author named rousta Cello was in the same jail and 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.480 offered to help Marco turn his stories into a book. 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.800 Marco told his stories while Rosticello wrote them down. Marco 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.680 couldn't remember everything, so he had his father sent his 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:36.800 journals to the Genoa jail. That's right, it was a 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.280 Genero jail journal's journey for junior. And that's the gend 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:44.600 of true or false, true, true, true or true orful. 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.760 What an exciting round and so much alliteration at the 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:50.800 end there, and there's even more excitement and possibly more 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:54.079 literation to come after this break. Eric, would you please 0:09:54.120 --> 0:10:06.439 play us some misidentified unicorn music. It's a dog, It's 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:13.240 it's a horse. Welcome back to the Who Was podcasts. 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.560 Today we're learning who was Marco Polo and who was 0:10:16.720 --> 0:10:20.120 Neil Armstrong? And now back to your host Ellie Kalin, 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:22.920 Thank you be, and let's journey across the seas to 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.920 producer Kovla Jane with the scores Fighter mind telling you, 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:33.120 me and uh Elliott that we are all tied up. 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:38.640 I'm discovering that chap two points. Fantastic. The game's all 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.760 tied up. Now let's find out who was Neil Armstrong 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:48.080 for We're Fast Facts, Fast guys. Neil Armstrong was born 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:52.160 in n and died in twelve. Neil Armstrong was the 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:55.400 first person to ever walk on the Moon and the 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:57.920 first person to walk on the Moon on TV. Neil 0:10:58.000 --> 0:11:00.680 Armstrong was a Navy fighter pilot in the Korean War, 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.160 and he flew on seventy eight mission. Neil Armstrong was 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.000 one of the nine Apollo Astronauts, only the second team 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:14.760 of astronauts ever in human history aspects. Those facts were 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.120 out of this world. But now it's time to go 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:21.400 into this backpack for a game we call Backpack from 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:28.360 the Past. From the Past, Baby. We have a backpack 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.880 contains some of Neil Armstrong's personal objects. Will describe those 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:35.120 objects for our contestants and the listeners at home. Contestants, 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:38.400 you will choose which multiple choice answer best describes it. 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:40.920 Since this is our second game, each question is worth 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:45.400 two points. Raymond, here's the first object. Oh awesome, check 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:48.640 it out. I found a model airplane. Why would that 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:52.480 be in Neil Armstrong's backpack? Is it because A Ever 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:55.679 since he was a boy, Neil wanted to fly planes. B. 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.280 Neil just like building any kind of model he could 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:03.760 or see Neil would build model planes and sell them 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:07.760 to other kids. Hey, that's correct. The answer is A. 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.840 Neil Armstrong was fascinated by planes and flying as a 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:12.960 young boy. He took his first plane ride when he 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.520 was six, and loved building model planes at of balsa wood, 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.240 wire and tissue paper. He'd even use a fan in 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.679 his family's basement as a wind tunnel to see how 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:23.760 well his models flew. Okay, Evelyn, here's the next object 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:28.920 for you. It's an eagle. Oh it's flying around the studio. 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:32.240 Luckily our studio has a window. Let me just there 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:37.600 you go, Eagle be free, thanks be Why would Neil 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:41.000 Armstrong have an eagle in his backpack? A. The spacecraft 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:43.280 Neil landed on the Moon was named the Eagle. B. 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.720 Neil wanted to open a bird sanctuary. Or see, Neil 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.080 wanted a pet that liked flying just as much as 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:53.160 he did. That's right, The answer is A. The Eagle 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:56.240 was the landing module that actually landed on the Moon. 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.920 The Eagle had to touch down on a flat surface, 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:00.800 otherwise it wouldn't have been able to take off from 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:04.079 the Moon's surface, again, leaving the astronauts stranded. The landing 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:06.880 was meant to be controlled by computers, but Neil saw 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:09.320 that the landing area was too rocky, so he took 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:11.960 the controls and with less than a minute's worth of fuel, 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:15.559 he found a better place to land. Amazing, Raymond, This 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:21.320 next object is for you. Okay, it's sand, well, like 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:25.600 a lot of sand, maybe too much sand. Why would 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:29.480 this be in Neil Armstrong's backpack? Is it because he 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:32.520 he wanted to make a sandbox at NASA B he 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.320 worked as a test pilot in the Majabi Desert. Or 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:40.559 see he loved building sandcastles. B. Yes, the answer is B. 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.000 After he was a fighter pilot, but before he was 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:45.480 an astronaut, Neil was a test pilot. He worked at 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:48.360 Edwards Air Force Base in California's Majabi Desert as a 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.160 test pilot, kneeled out to fly new types of aircraft. 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:53.840 One of the experimental aircraft Neil flu was called the 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:57.320 X fifteen super cool name. It was rocket propelled and 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.880 could go nearly four thousand miles an hour and reach 0:13:59.880 --> 0:14:02.880 altitude of two hundred and seven thousand, five hundred feet. 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.760 That altitude was considered the start of outer space, so 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:08.880 flying the X fifteen was an early test for flying 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:12.040 into space as an astronaut. Evelyn get ready for the 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:18.280 final object. Let's see here. That startled me. Oh, it's 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:21.400 a tent and it popped right into shape. Why would 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:24.680 a tent be in Neil Armstrong's backpack? Is it a 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:28.240 he loved to camp out in his backyard. B he 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:32.440 owned a sporting goods store called One Giant Leap Sporting Goods, 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:37.240 or see it was used in his astronaut training. Correct. 0:14:37.280 --> 0:14:39.880 The answer is ce Neil and the other astronauts did 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:42.760 training exercises that seemingly didn't have much to do with 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.320 being an astronaut, such as being sent to Panama with 0:14:45.360 --> 0:14:48.000 only a small tent and a survival kit. However, it 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.239 actually had a lot to do with being an astronaut. 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:53.800 Upon returning from the Moon, a spacecraft might land anywhere 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.520 on Earth, places like a mountaintop, where the desert or 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.960 the jungle. In such an event, Neil and the other 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.440 astronauts would need to know how to survive until they 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.200 were rescued, and hey, maybe they'd find out the moon 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:05.920 had a jungle on it. I don't know. I've never 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:09.400 been there. And that's the end of Backpack from the Past. 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:16.440 Back from the Past. We're going to take one more 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.760 break and then we'll be back with scores and our 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:24.400 final game. So stay excuse me, we're recording a show. 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:29.760 You can't just barge in. Hello and Neil Armstrong, good things. 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:33.560 That's right, the two and only started to interrupt. Well 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.560 it's okay, um, Hey, what are you guys doing here? 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.680 Are you here to teach us more about your lives? 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:41.560 I see how you think that, But no, we had 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:46.600 here because we are in the new season this spectacular race. 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:53.440 Wait that silly worldwide scavenger hunt reality game, Showa shilly. 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.560 By the way, you have never even been to China 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:06.160 or space? Am I right? Empty? Sick? He hasn't. That's 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:09.560 truth in comedy, right there. So how has the competition 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:13.280 been going so far? Fan tasting you may be surprised 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.480 to hear this. There's a lot in astronaut and an 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.320 explorer from the fourteenth century can learn from each other, 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:22.160 like what well I learned that Neil was both a 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.320 highly skilled pilot and an engineer, so he know the 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:28.800 mechanics of planes and the flight. I'm sure that gave 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:31.480 him an upper hand. And wink it they wink when 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:36.160 he applied to be an astra. Well I learned. I 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.480 learned Old Marco's trip to China back home was eleven 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.400 thousand miles. It's that sounds like a long trip to me. 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.120 And I've been on the mooning back home. Think about 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:47.080 it that way, And I learned that the footprints mea 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:51.280 left on the moon are still there to this very day. 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.880 I mean, I left my body that was, but not literally. 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.480 It's true, Marco here inspired other explorers, and when you 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:04.600 think about it, isn't space travel the ultimate exploration. I mean, 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:06.720 you gotta crawl before you can walk, and you gotta 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:09.280 sail on the seats before you sail to the move. 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:13.760 But honestly, despite all those accomplishments, we can't win this 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:16.000 reality show and hope to get on an all star 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:20.239 season without a little help from you, right now, all right, 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.480 all right, well what can we do for you? Well, 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:28.080 my friend, Team Polo Strong, that's us, you mean Team 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:33.000 Arms Strollo School Schools it's easy. We are very close 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:36.680 to the next leg of this spectacular race, but according 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:41.280 to our crew, we need a microphone. I wish we 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.760 could help, but this equipment all belongs to the studio, 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:46.679 not to me. And be come on, pal, don't you 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.000 want to help your favorite space stakes and you're a 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:52.399 favorite sailor man? First of all, sir, all due respect, 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:56.440 my favorite sailor man is Popeye. Hey, Elliott, maybe we 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.240 should take a page out of their book what Hey? 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:01.960 Get your feel the hooks off on my BOOKA It 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:03.960 was the only thing that kept me going when I 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.560 was behind bars in Genoa. That's the book. He's like 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:09.920 a son to me, and my son is like it 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:14.280 looked to me now that they think abouten not literally, Marco. 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.000 I mean maybe we should take more risks and be 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:20.760 more adventurous, Elliott. These two are heroes and the least 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:23.000 we can do is help them win a reality competition 0:18:23.040 --> 0:18:27.080 that has little to no bearing on anything. What do 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:30.760 you say, kids, Okay, fine, take a microphone. We'll just 0:18:30.800 --> 0:18:33.359 tell the studio be lost it or that I ate it. 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:38.280 I do a lot of wacky stuff over here. Friends, 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:41.080 We must go now if we want to stay ahead. 0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:45.200 Of the other team. They dreaded Mike and Nicki. They 0:18:45.280 --> 0:18:47.880 told everyone right at the start that they weren't here 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:52.240 to make friends. And you believe that. Okay, good luck. 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.080 Now we'll take that break, and not just because I 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:58.919 need an invitrophone. Are please boil us some experimental playing 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:12.720 music store your carry one from your sal you who 0:19:12.840 --> 0:19:17.320 was there, Marie Carrie? You may remember me from winning 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:21.239 multiple Nobel prizes, or perhaps from my episode of the 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:25.160 Worst Podcast where I played myself. I wanted to take 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:28.040 a moment to read one of my favorite reviews about 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:32.280 the Whos podcast. This is from Shaking Bay and it 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:36.840 reads loved this Me and my little sister love this 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:41.840 show more. Please Our faith is Rie Toban. If you 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:44.200 want to hear your review right on the air, make 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:48.240 sure to subscribe, like and review to the Worst Podcasts 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:50.880 in the I Heart Radio up or wherever you give 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:59.960 your podcasts revoir or should I stay abbiendo. Welcome back 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.679 to the Who Was Podcast. Today we're learning who was 0:20:02.760 --> 0:20:06.119 Marco Polo and who was Neil Armstrong? And now he's 0:20:06.200 --> 0:20:09.679 your host, Elliott Cola. Thanks be and without further ado, 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:13.440 let's take one giant leap to producer Jane for the scores, 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:16.520 Hellium be it. Don't mind telling you that there's no 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.960 giant separation in the scores. They are tied at six 0:20:20.000 --> 0:20:23.760 points each. Oh, it's such a close game. Amazing. We'll 0:20:23.800 --> 0:20:26.640 see how things turn out in our final game, Converge 0:20:26.760 --> 0:20:39.640 of Greatness, which is happening right now. That's such inspiring music. 0:20:39.640 --> 0:20:41.080 It's probably what they listened to when they went to 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:43.480 the moon. Maybe they just listened to whale sounds. In 0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:46.159 this multiple choice game for BLO score how Marco Polo 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:49.600 and Neil Armstrong connect, over lap or converge. Choose the 0:20:49.600 --> 0:20:52.080 best answer ach question, and because we're dealing with double 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:54.919 the history, each question will be worth three points. Ready. 0:20:55.320 --> 0:20:59.200 First question goes to Evelyn the take us Away. Marco, 0:20:59.280 --> 0:21:02.399 Polo and Armstrong both worked as part of a crew. 0:21:02.920 --> 0:21:06.560 Marco started out on his father and uncle ship. Neil 0:21:06.600 --> 0:21:11.400 went to the Moon with two other astronauts named a 0:21:11.480 --> 0:21:15.520 Captain Kirk and Mr Spock b Buzz Aldrin and Michael 0:21:15.560 --> 0:21:21.400 Collins or see Han Solo and Luke Skywalker B. Yes, 0:21:21.400 --> 0:21:24.600 the answer is be the only answer with real people's, actual, 0:21:24.760 --> 0:21:28.240 real living names in them. Armstrong was the commander of 0:21:28.240 --> 0:21:31.560 the Apollo eleven mission. Once they're spacecraft, the Columbia was 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:34.359 pulled into the Moon's orbit. He and Buzz Aldron left 0:21:34.359 --> 0:21:36.639 the craft in a landing device for the Moon's surface. 0:21:37.040 --> 0:21:39.639 Michael Collins had to stay aboard the Columbia and orbit 0:21:39.680 --> 0:21:41.320 the Moon while Neil and Buzz got to do fun 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:44.080 stuff like plant a flag and collect rocks. Yeah, poor 0:21:44.119 --> 0:21:46.600 Michael Collins. It's like he had a layover at the 0:21:46.640 --> 0:21:49.840 Moon and didn't get to see anything besides the airport. Yeah, 0:21:49.960 --> 0:21:53.040 something like that. Okay, Raymond, this next question is for you. 0:21:53.359 --> 0:21:56.280 Neil Armstrong and Marco Polo both had plans that didn't 0:21:56.400 --> 0:21:59.520 quite go the way they hoped. Neil finished college later 0:21:59.560 --> 0:22:02.240 than he had tended due to war, and Marco had 0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:06.560 difficulty leaving China because a there was too much traffic, 0:22:07.040 --> 0:22:10.800 b his boat needed repairs that he couldn't afford. Or 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:15.159 see Kubla Khan didn't want him to leave. See. The 0:22:15.200 --> 0:22:17.240 answer is see by the time he was in his 0:22:17.400 --> 0:22:20.200 late thirties, Marco Polo had spent half his life at China. 0:22:20.640 --> 0:22:22.879 Many times over the years, Marco, his father and his 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:25.199 uncle had asked Kubla Khan if they could leave and 0:22:25.280 --> 0:22:28.760 go home. But the Great Cohn said, oh, con Trair, 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:33.160 I like having the Polos, you know, Yolo, so no low. 0:22:33.720 --> 0:22:36.120 Without the cons protection, the trip back to Italy would 0:22:36.160 --> 0:22:39.159 be too dangerous, so Marco felt stuck. But in twelve 0:22:39.280 --> 0:22:41.879 ninety one, the Polos got lucky and Kubla Khan let 0:22:41.960 --> 0:22:44.920 them leave China to escort a Mongol princess who was 0:22:44.960 --> 0:22:47.880 going to Persia to be married. It's a classic story. 0:22:47.880 --> 0:22:50.200 It's how I got at a summer camp. Evelyn back 0:22:50.280 --> 0:22:52.840 to you for his next question. Marco Polo and Neil 0:22:52.960 --> 0:22:56.640 Armstrong both faced the dangerous of the unknown. When Neil 0:22:56.760 --> 0:23:00.159 Armstrong was the command pilot of Gemini eight, he and 0:23:00.280 --> 0:23:04.560 his co pilot were put in danger when a Aliens 0:23:04.560 --> 0:23:09.199 attacked B Gemini eight started spinning out of control or 0:23:09.600 --> 0:23:14.280 ce Gemini eight lost oxygen. Yes, the answer is B. 0:23:15.040 --> 0:23:17.840 Neil and his co pilot, David Scott, were docking Gemini 0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:21.000 ate was satellite already in space when Gemini eight started 0:23:21.040 --> 0:23:24.280 spinning out of control. The ship was rolling so violently 0:23:24.280 --> 0:23:27.920 that both astronaut's vision began to blur like cartoon characters 0:23:27.960 --> 0:23:30.639 or something. Neil managed to work Gemini's hand controls and 0:23:30.680 --> 0:23:34.000 steady the spacecraft. The problem was a faulty thruster, a 0:23:34.080 --> 0:23:38.000 small rocket that provides forward motion. Raymond, let's take it 0:23:38.080 --> 0:23:41.040 home with the final question. Neil Armstrong and Marco Polo 0:23:41.440 --> 0:23:44.800 both brought material home that most people had never seen before. 0:23:45.280 --> 0:23:49.879 For Armstrong this meant lunar material from the move, but 0:23:49.920 --> 0:23:53.520