Speaker 1: Marco. Hello, Marco Holo, gotcha be? What on earth is
Speaker 1: going on? Why are you wearing a blindfold? Oh? Hi, Elliott,
Speaker 1: Jane and I are playing Marco Polo in honor of
Speaker 1: Italian explorer Marco Polo being one of today's subjects. Marco. Hello, Wow, Jane,
Speaker 1: your bones are so fragile. Thank you Be. You didn't
Speaker 1: get Jane, you got the priceless main base we keep
Speaker 1: in the studio for some reason. But you were very close.
Speaker 1: You're one small step away. Oh wow, Like the one
Speaker 1: small step are other figure astronaut Neil Armstrong talked about
Speaker 1: in his famous moon landing. Yeah, one small step and
Speaker 1: then one giant leap to the left and this game
Speaker 1: can be done. Gotcha wow, Jane. I hate to say this,
Speaker 1: but you may need to moisturize a little more. Your
Speaker 1: skin feels incredibly tough. B That wasn't me, that was
Speaker 1: Geraldine and she's very sensitive about her dry skin. So
Speaker 1: raise up off. Oh um, Eric, will you please play
Speaker 1: us in and distract this angry elephant with the theme
Speaker 1: song Here we go? What do you think you know
Speaker 1: about the race from this story? The game is on.
Speaker 1: To get some energy and buckle up your brain because
Speaker 1: it's time to play the Whos podcast because it's sound
Speaker 1: to play. But who Live from Top the Land or
Speaker 1: so called so Cow Los Angeles. Welcome to Who Was?
Speaker 1: The history quis show that gives contestants the chance to
Speaker 1: win mega prizes and podcast. Glorie, I'm being your announcer
Speaker 1: and daily dose of Vitamin be. And here's your host,
Speaker 1: a man with resting I hate resting face. It's Elliott Haylen.
Speaker 1: Thank you be and I just love work so much
Speaker 1: and welcome everyone to Who Was? Podcast. This show is
Speaker 1: like Jeopardy, only a surprise. Guests Silly Games and an
Speaker 1: air Friar were knee deep in salmon filets and French Brian.
Speaker 1: Our knees are so oily it's great. Our contestants were
Speaker 1: sent Who Was books about two great figures from history.
Speaker 1: Now they're here to show off their knowledge and the
Speaker 1: hopes of winning fantastic prizes. Prizes. Today we're discussing two
Speaker 1: star stuck travelers, Marco Polo and Neil Armstrong. But before
Speaker 1: we get to know them, let's get to know our contestants.
Speaker 1: First up, we have Evelyn. Evelyn, will you please introduce yourself? Hi,
Speaker 1: my name is Evelyn, and I have three triplet brothers.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, three triplet brothers. So now does that
Speaker 1: mean that you have nine brothers because you have three
Speaker 1: sets of triplets, three brothers who are triplets. That that
Speaker 1: would that's that will be so much less expensive for
Speaker 1: college than having nine brothers. They that I've wondered this
Speaker 1: about triplets. Do they sleep in a three level bunk bit? Um? No? Actually,
Speaker 1: they sleep all together in a twin size bed, even
Speaker 1: though we have three different twin size beds for them.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Now, how old are they? They're eight
Speaker 1: years old. Okay, so they're they're small enough still where
Speaker 1: they can all fit in one bed. But soon enough,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be too many triplets sleeping. You know that
Speaker 1: that face game? Yeah? Well cool. Thank you so much
Speaker 1: for being here today. We're excited to have you on
Speaker 1: the show, and we also have Raymond here with us today. Raymond,
Speaker 1: please introduce yourself. Hi. I'm Raymond. I love dogs and
Speaker 1: video games. Now is there a video game about dogs
Speaker 1: that could combine both of your interests? I don't think
Speaker 1: so yet, Not yet? All right, I do remember a game.
Speaker 1: Maybe Elliott will remember. This game is from the nineties.
Speaker 1: It was called paper Boy, Raymond, have you ever played this?
Speaker 1: A dope? But I've heard my dad talk about it.
Speaker 1: In paper Boy, a dog would chase you while you
Speaker 1: were trying to deliver the newspaper. So maybe it's a
Speaker 1: good thing that there aren't that many dog video games,
Speaker 1: because it sounds like these dogs are not a joy
Speaker 1: to have around in video games. Although imagine, do you
Speaker 1: have a dog, Raymond, Yes, your dog is a joy
Speaker 1: to have. And what's her name? Zelda? Zelda? Another video game?
Speaker 1: This is? This is amazing. You really do love dogs
Speaker 1: and video games. Thank you both so much for being here,
Speaker 1: and thank you to erk or a musician for providing
Speaker 1: that lovely meet the contestants music. That's who is Now
Speaker 1: let's find out who was Marco Polo with four fast
Speaker 1: facts prospects. Marco Polo was born in twelve fifty four
Speaker 1: and died in thirteen twenty four. Marco Polo wrote a book,
Speaker 1: The Travels of Marco Polo, describing amazing adventures he said
Speaker 1: he had exploring China and the Far East. Marco was
Speaker 1: nicknamed Marco Millions because people thought his book was nothing
Speaker 1: but a million lies on his deathbed, Marco's friends asked
Speaker 1: him to admit his stories r untrue, and his answer was,
Speaker 1: I never told half of what I saw prospects. Now,
Speaker 1: I think that's important because never ever have we done
Speaker 1: in four fast facts with a little accent in the
Speaker 1: fast facts. I just wanted to point that out. We
Speaker 1: both went into our Telli an accent as much as possible.
Speaker 1: For Marco, that's right. But so Marco Polo had a
Speaker 1: bunch of amazing travels. And I'm wondering if any if
Speaker 1: our contestants today have taken any really cool trips that
Speaker 1: they could tell us about. Raymond, have you ever taken
Speaker 1: like a really cool trip that you would want to
Speaker 1: share with us? I went to England. You went to England.
Speaker 1: Where in England did you go? I went all around it.
Speaker 1: Did you go to the Beatles Museum in Liverpool? Yes? Oh? Wow? Okay?
Speaker 1: And what was your favorite part of your of your
Speaker 1: trip to England seeing the Beatles Museum? Oh? I nailed it? Wow?
Speaker 1: You you you two should go on a trip to
Speaker 1: England together. It sounds like you would have want to
Speaker 1: do a lot of the same things. You have a
Speaker 1: lot of fun together. But I don't want to play
Speaker 1: any British video games? No? Thanks. Now I'm trying to
Speaker 1: think of what a British video game would sound like,
Speaker 1: something like this. It's Mario and and Evelyn. What about you?
Speaker 1: Have you ever had an amazing exciting trip somewhere. I
Speaker 1: haven't really left the US, um, but I've gone to
Speaker 1: South Carolina, which is across the country for me. Wait.
Speaker 1: Did you go to Myrtle Beach? No? Wait, no, no,
Speaker 1: no wait wait wait the Beatles Museum. Did you go
Speaker 1: to Charleston, South Carolina? Um? Actually I went to um,
Speaker 1: Myrtle Beach, Gilton Head and Charleston. I went everywhere all
Speaker 1: over South Carolina. Yeah, those are those are the big
Speaker 1: three in South Carolina. You gotta see it. And did
Speaker 1: you go to eat North Carolina or Middle Carolina? The
Speaker 1: Carolina that doesn't exist but I made it up that
Speaker 1: goes between North and South Carolina. No, okay, good TWI
Speaker 1: question and you got out of that one. Good good
Speaker 1: making sure you weren't being a Marco million telling stories
Speaker 1: about made up Carolina's. Well, thank you so much for
Speaker 1: sharing those trips stories with us. They all sound great.
Speaker 1: But let's take a trip over to our first game.
Speaker 1: That's right. It's called true or false. False. Is a
Speaker 1: true true that it was true? Or true? True or false.
Speaker 1: Here's how this game works. Be will read a statement
Speaker 1: about Marco Polo and you'll tell us if it's true
Speaker 1: or fault false. And since it's our first game, each
Speaker 1: question is worth one point. Evelyn, You'll be going first.
Speaker 1: True or false. While some teenagers have to beg their
Speaker 1: parents just to drive to the corner store. Marco Polo
Speaker 1: was seventeen years old when he first traveled to China.
Speaker 1: Is that true or false? True? That's right, the answer
Speaker 1: is true. In twelve seventy two, seventeen year old Marco
Speaker 1: joined his father, Nicolo and his uncle Mafeo on their
Speaker 1: latest trip from Venice to China. Marco didn't want to
Speaker 1: be left behind, and though the trip would be dangerous,
Speaker 1: his father and uncle agreed to take him along and
Speaker 1: it would change his life and history forever, Raymond, your
Speaker 1: true or falls. Once he arrived in China, young Marco
Speaker 1: Polo struggled to find work and was never accepted by
Speaker 1: China's ruling class. False. That's right. The answer is false.
Speaker 1: Marco Polo not only met the Emperor of China Kubla
Speaker 1: Khan he worked for him. Kubla Khan found Marco to
Speaker 1: be smart and amusing, and Cohn liked that. According to Marco,
Speaker 1: he went on missions for Kubla Khan for seventeen years.
Speaker 1: Marco never said what these missions entailed, but he did
Speaker 1: give the con report of what he'd done and seen
Speaker 1: after each mission. And of course Kubla believed everything Marco
Speaker 1: was telling him, because, as they always say, you can't
Speaker 1: Kna Cohn Evelyn back to you. True or false. Marco
Speaker 1: Polo wrote that he thought a unicorn in his travel True.
Speaker 1: That's right. The answer is true. Thanks to his travels,
Speaker 1: Marco Polos a lot of things most people hadn't seen
Speaker 1: or even heard of yet. He wrote in his journals
Speaker 1: that in the island of Sumatra he tasted a nut
Speaker 1: quote the size of a man's head. That was a coconut.
Speaker 1: The unicorn he thought he saw it was actually a rhinoceros,
Speaker 1: so kind of a lumpy unicorn, Raymond, you get the last.
Speaker 1: True or false? True or false? Marco Polo wrote his
Speaker 1: book The Travels of Marco Polo while he was in jail. True,
Speaker 1: that's right, the answer is true. During the war between
Speaker 1: his home of Venice and another Italian city estate, Genoa.
Speaker 1: Marco was captured while in a Genoese jail. He entertained
Speaker 1: the other Venetian prisoners with tales of his travels. An
Speaker 1: author named rousta Cello was in the same jail and
Speaker 1: offered to help Marco turn his stories into a book.
Speaker 1: Marco told his stories while Rosticello wrote them down. Marco
Speaker 1: couldn't remember everything, so he had his father sent his
Speaker 1: journals to the Genoa jail. That's right, it was a
Speaker 1: Genero jail journal's journey for junior. And that's the gend
Speaker 1: of true or false, true, true, true or true orful.
Speaker 1: What an exciting round and so much alliteration at the
Speaker 1: end there, and there's even more excitement and possibly more
Speaker 1: literation to come after this break. Eric, would you please
Speaker 1: play us some misidentified unicorn music. It's a dog, It's
Speaker 1: it's a horse. Welcome back to the Who Was podcasts.
Speaker 1: Today we're learning who was Marco Polo and who was
Speaker 1: Neil Armstrong? And now back to your host Ellie Kalin,
Speaker 1: Thank you be, and let's journey across the seas to
Speaker 1: producer Kovla Jane with the scores Fighter mind telling you,
Speaker 1: me and uh Elliott that we are all tied up.
Speaker 1: I'm discovering that chap two points. Fantastic. The game's all
Speaker 1: tied up. Now let's find out who was Neil Armstrong
Speaker 1: for We're Fast Facts, Fast guys. Neil Armstrong was born
Speaker 1: in n and died in twelve. Neil Armstrong was the
Speaker 1: first person to ever walk on the Moon and the
Speaker 1: first person to walk on the Moon on TV. Neil
Speaker 1: Armstrong was a Navy fighter pilot in the Korean War,
Speaker 1: and he flew on seventy eight mission. Neil Armstrong was
Speaker 1: one of the nine Apollo Astronauts, only the second team
Speaker 1: of astronauts ever in human history aspects. Those facts were
Speaker 1: out of this world. But now it's time to go
Speaker 1: into this backpack for a game we call Backpack from
Speaker 1: the Past. From the Past, Baby. We have a backpack
Speaker 1: contains some of Neil Armstrong's personal objects. Will describe those
Speaker 1: objects for our contestants and the listeners at home. Contestants,
Speaker 1: you will choose which multiple choice answer best describes it.
Speaker 1: Since this is our second game, each question is worth
Speaker 1: two points. Raymond, here's the first object. Oh awesome, check
Speaker 1: it out. I found a model airplane. Why would that
Speaker 1: be in Neil Armstrong's backpack? Is it because A Ever
Speaker 1: since he was a boy, Neil wanted to fly planes. B.
Speaker 1: Neil just like building any kind of model he could
Speaker 1: or see Neil would build model planes and sell them
Speaker 1: to other kids. Hey, that's correct. The answer is A.
Speaker 1: Neil Armstrong was fascinated by planes and flying as a
Speaker 1: young boy. He took his first plane ride when he
Speaker 1: was six, and loved building model planes at of balsa wood,
Speaker 1: wire and tissue paper. He'd even use a fan in
Speaker 1: his family's basement as a wind tunnel to see how
Speaker 1: well his models flew. Okay, Evelyn, here's the next object
Speaker 1: for you. It's an eagle. Oh it's flying around the studio.
Speaker 1: Luckily our studio has a window. Let me just there
Speaker 1: you go, Eagle be free, thanks be Why would Neil
Speaker 1: Armstrong have an eagle in his backpack? A. The spacecraft
Speaker 1: Neil landed on the Moon was named the Eagle. B.
Speaker 1: Neil wanted to open a bird sanctuary. Or see, Neil
Speaker 1: wanted a pet that liked flying just as much as
Speaker 1: he did. That's right, The answer is A. The Eagle
Speaker 1: was the landing module that actually landed on the Moon.
Speaker 1: The Eagle had to touch down on a flat surface,
Speaker 1: otherwise it wouldn't have been able to take off from
Speaker 1: the Moon's surface, again, leaving the astronauts stranded. The landing
Speaker 1: was meant to be controlled by computers, but Neil saw
Speaker 1: that the landing area was too rocky, so he took
Speaker 1: the controls and with less than a minute's worth of fuel,
Speaker 1: he found a better place to land. Amazing, Raymond, This
Speaker 1: next object is for you. Okay, it's sand, well, like
Speaker 1: a lot of sand, maybe too much sand. Why would
Speaker 1: this be in Neil Armstrong's backpack? Is it because he
Speaker 1: he wanted to make a sandbox at NASA B he
Speaker 1: worked as a test pilot in the Majabi Desert. Or
Speaker 1: see he loved building sandcastles. B. Yes, the answer is B.
Speaker 1: After he was a fighter pilot, but before he was
Speaker 1: an astronaut, Neil was a test pilot. He worked at
Speaker 1: Edwards Air Force Base in California's Majabi Desert as a
Speaker 1: test pilot, kneeled out to fly new types of aircraft.
Speaker 1: One of the experimental aircraft Neil flu was called the
Speaker 1: X fifteen super cool name. It was rocket propelled and
Speaker 1: could go nearly four thousand miles an hour and reach
Speaker 1: altitude of two hundred and seven thousand, five hundred feet.
Speaker 1: That altitude was considered the start of outer space, so
Speaker 1: flying the X fifteen was an early test for flying
Speaker 1: into space as an astronaut. Evelyn get ready for the
Speaker 1: final object. Let's see here. That startled me. Oh, it's
Speaker 1: a tent and it popped right into shape. Why would
Speaker 1: a tent be in Neil Armstrong's backpack? Is it a
Speaker 1: he loved to camp out in his backyard. B he
Speaker 1: owned a sporting goods store called One Giant Leap Sporting Goods,
Speaker 1: or see it was used in his astronaut training. Correct.
Speaker 1: The answer is ce Neil and the other astronauts did
Speaker 1: training exercises that seemingly didn't have much to do with
Speaker 1: being an astronaut, such as being sent to Panama with
Speaker 1: only a small tent and a survival kit. However, it
Speaker 1: actually had a lot to do with being an astronaut.
Speaker 1: Upon returning from the Moon, a spacecraft might land anywhere
Speaker 1: on Earth, places like a mountaintop, where the desert or
Speaker 1: the jungle. In such an event, Neil and the other
Speaker 1: astronauts would need to know how to survive until they
Speaker 1: were rescued, and hey, maybe they'd find out the moon
Speaker 1: had a jungle on it. I don't know. I've never
Speaker 1: been there. And that's the end of Backpack from the Past.
Speaker 1: Back from the Past. We're going to take one more
Speaker 1: break and then we'll be back with scores and our
Speaker 1: final game. So stay excuse me, we're recording a show.
Speaker 1: You can't just barge in. Hello and Neil Armstrong, good things.
Speaker 1: That's right, the two and only started to interrupt. Well
Speaker 1: it's okay, um, Hey, what are you guys doing here?
Speaker 1: Are you here to teach us more about your lives?
Speaker 1: I see how you think that, But no, we had
Speaker 1: here because we are in the new season this spectacular race.
Speaker 1: Wait that silly worldwide scavenger hunt reality game, Showa shilly.
Speaker 1: By the way, you have never even been to China
Speaker 1: or space? Am I right? Empty? Sick? He hasn't. That's
Speaker 1: truth in comedy, right there. So how has the competition
Speaker 1: been going so far? Fan tasting you may be surprised
Speaker 1: to hear this. There's a lot in astronaut and an
Speaker 1: explorer from the fourteenth century can learn from each other,
Speaker 1: like what well I learned that Neil was both a
Speaker 1: highly skilled pilot and an engineer, so he know the
Speaker 1: mechanics of planes and the flight. I'm sure that gave
Speaker 1: him an upper hand. And wink it they wink when
Speaker 1: he applied to be an astra. Well I learned. I
Speaker 1: learned Old Marco's trip to China back home was eleven
Speaker 1: thousand miles. It's that sounds like a long trip to me.
Speaker 1: And I've been on the mooning back home. Think about
Speaker 1: it that way, And I learned that the footprints mea
Speaker 1: left on the moon are still there to this very day.
Speaker 1: I mean, I left my body that was, but not literally.
Speaker 1: It's true, Marco here inspired other explorers, and when you
Speaker 1: think about it, isn't space travel the ultimate exploration. I mean,
Speaker 1: you gotta crawl before you can walk, and you gotta
Speaker 1: sail on the seats before you sail to the move.
Speaker 1: But honestly, despite all those accomplishments, we can't win this
Speaker 1: reality show and hope to get on an all star
Speaker 1: season without a little help from you, right now, all right,
Speaker 1: all right, well what can we do for you? Well,
Speaker 1: my friend, Team Polo Strong, that's us, you mean Team
Speaker 1: Arms Strollo School Schools it's easy. We are very close
Speaker 1: to the next leg of this spectacular race, but according
Speaker 1: to our crew, we need a microphone. I wish we
Speaker 1: could help, but this equipment all belongs to the studio,
Speaker 1: not to me. And be come on, pal, don't you
Speaker 1: want to help your favorite space stakes and you're a
Speaker 1: favorite sailor man? First of all, sir, all due respect,
Speaker 1: my favorite sailor man is Popeye. Hey, Elliott, maybe we
Speaker 1: should take a page out of their book what Hey?
Speaker 1: Get your feel the hooks off on my BOOKA It
Speaker 1: was the only thing that kept me going when I
Speaker 1: was behind bars in Genoa. That's the book. He's like
Speaker 1: a son to me, and my son is like it
Speaker 1: looked to me now that they think abouten not literally, Marco.
Speaker 1: I mean maybe we should take more risks and be
Speaker 1: more adventurous, Elliott. These two are heroes and the least
Speaker 1: we can do is help them win a reality competition
Speaker 1: that has little to no bearing on anything. What do
Speaker 1: you say, kids, Okay, fine, take a microphone. We'll just
Speaker 1: tell the studio be lost it or that I ate it.
Speaker 1: I do a lot of wacky stuff over here. Friends,
Speaker 1: We must go now if we want to stay ahead.
Speaker 1: Of the other team. They dreaded Mike and Nicki. They
Speaker 1: told everyone right at the start that they weren't here
Speaker 1: to make friends. And you believe that. Okay, good luck.
Speaker 1: Now we'll take that break, and not just because I
Speaker 1: need an invitrophone. Are please boil us some experimental playing
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Speaker 1: was there, Marie Carrie? You may remember me from winning
Speaker 1: multiple Nobel prizes, or perhaps from my episode of the
Speaker 1: Worst Podcast where I played myself. I wanted to take
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Speaker 1: in the I Heart Radio up or wherever you give
Speaker 1: your podcasts revoir or should I stay abbiendo. Welcome back
Speaker 1: to the Who Was Podcast. Today we're learning who was
Speaker 1: Marco Polo and who was Neil Armstrong? And now he's
Speaker 1: your host, Elliott Cola. Thanks be and without further ado,
Speaker 1: let's take one giant leap to producer Jane for the scores,
Speaker 1: Hellium be it. Don't mind telling you that there's no
Speaker 1: giant separation in the scores. They are tied at six
Speaker 1: points each. Oh, it's such a close game. Amazing. We'll
Speaker 1: see how things turn out in our final game, Converge
Speaker 1: of Greatness, which is happening right now. That's such inspiring music.
Speaker 1: It's probably what they listened to when they went to
Speaker 1: the moon. Maybe they just listened to whale sounds. In
Speaker 1: this multiple choice game for BLO score how Marco Polo
Speaker 1: and Neil Armstrong connect, over lap or converge. Choose the
Speaker 1: best answer ach question, and because we're dealing with double
Speaker 1: the history, each question will be worth three points. Ready.
Speaker 1: First question goes to Evelyn the take us Away. Marco,
Speaker 1: Polo and Armstrong both worked as part of a crew.
Speaker 1: Marco started out on his father and uncle ship. Neil
Speaker 1: went to the Moon with two other astronauts named a
Speaker 1: Captain Kirk and Mr Spock b Buzz Aldrin and Michael
Speaker 1: Collins or see Han Solo and Luke Skywalker B. Yes,
Speaker 1: the answer is be the only answer with real people's, actual,
Speaker 1: real living names in them. Armstrong was the commander of
Speaker 1: the Apollo eleven mission. Once they're spacecraft, the Columbia was
Speaker 1: pulled into the Moon's orbit. He and Buzz Aldron left
Speaker 1: the craft in a landing device for the Moon's surface.
Speaker 1: Michael Collins had to stay aboard the Columbia and orbit
Speaker 1: the Moon while Neil and Buzz got to do fun
Speaker 1: stuff like plant a flag and collect rocks. Yeah, poor
Speaker 1: Michael Collins. It's like he had a layover at the
Speaker 1: Moon and didn't get to see anything besides the airport. Yeah,
Speaker 1: something like that. Okay, Raymond, this next question is for you.
Speaker 1: Neil Armstrong and Marco Polo both had plans that didn't
Speaker 1: quite go the way they hoped. Neil finished college later
Speaker 1: than he had tended due to war, and Marco had
Speaker 1: difficulty leaving China because a there was too much traffic,
Speaker 1: b his boat needed repairs that he couldn't afford. Or
Speaker 1: see Kubla Khan didn't want him to leave. See. The
Speaker 1: answer is see by the time he was in his
Speaker 1: late thirties, Marco Polo had spent half his life at China.
Speaker 1: Many times over the years, Marco, his father and his
Speaker 1: uncle had asked Kubla Khan if they could leave and
Speaker 1: go home. But the Great Cohn said, oh, con Trair,
Speaker 1: I like having the Polos, you know, Yolo, so no low.
Speaker 1: Without the cons protection, the trip back to Italy would
Speaker 1: be too dangerous, so Marco felt stuck. But in twelve
Speaker 1: ninety one, the Polos got lucky and Kubla Khan let
Speaker 1: them leave China to escort a Mongol princess who was
Speaker 1: going to Persia to be married. It's a classic story.
Speaker 1: It's how I got at a summer camp. Evelyn back
Speaker 1: to you for his next question. Marco Polo and Neil
Speaker 1: Armstrong both faced the dangerous of the unknown. When Neil
Speaker 1: Armstrong was the command pilot of Gemini eight, he and
Speaker 1: his co pilot were put in danger when a Aliens
Speaker 1: attacked B Gemini eight started spinning out of control or
Speaker 1: ce Gemini eight lost oxygen. Yes, the answer is B.
Speaker 1: Neil and his co pilot, David Scott, were docking Gemini
Speaker 1: ate was satellite already in space when Gemini eight started
Speaker 1: spinning out of control. The ship was rolling so violently
Speaker 1: that both astronaut's vision began to blur like cartoon characters
Speaker 1: or something. Neil managed to work Gemini's hand controls and
Speaker 1: steady the spacecraft. The problem was a faulty thruster, a
Speaker 1: small rocket that provides forward motion. Raymond, let's take it
Speaker 1: home with the final question. Neil Armstrong and Marco Polo
Speaker 1: both brought material home that most people had never seen before.
Speaker 1: For Armstrong this meant lunar material from the move, but
Speaker 1: for Marco Polo this was a fascinating new material for
Speaker 1: many Europeans, a cotton b silk or see pleather cotton
Speaker 1: and I'm sorry the answer was actually be silk. At
Speaker 1: this time, silk made from the cocoons of silkworms was
Speaker 1: only manufactured in China and nowhere else. It was hard
Speaker 1: to get and highly prized. Other rare goods the Polos
Speaker 1: might find or bring back included nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper, porcelain,
Speaker 1: crude oil, the very best melons in the world. That's
Speaker 1: just objectively true, coal pearls and ivory. Put all those
Speaker 1: things together with lunar material, that a delicious stew and
Speaker 1: the end of that game means it's just about the
Speaker 1: end of the show. While Jane Tally is the score,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from the contestants. What was something
Speaker 1: you were surprised to learn about Marco Polo and Neil Armstrong, Evelyn,
Speaker 1: what surprised you? I didn't know that Marco Polo he
Speaker 1: actually met his dad. Thing was fifteen, like because he
Speaker 1: was on a trip so like like a trading chip,
Speaker 1: so he didn't get to like see your dad for
Speaker 1: the very first time till he is fifteen. That's right.
Speaker 1: It took so long to travel back then, and people
Speaker 1: had to go so far so slowly that he did.
Speaker 1: His dad wasn't even home until he was a teenager.
Speaker 1: It's amazing when you think about how it took Neil
Speaker 1: Armstrong and the Apollo restronauts less time to go to
Speaker 1: the moon and back then it took Marco Polo and
Speaker 1: his family to travel between Italy and China. It's just
Speaker 1: I guess, I guess it's not that surprising. A spaceship
Speaker 1: is is should be faster than like a horse. But
Speaker 1: you know, that's uh, you know what. I'm still going
Speaker 1: to stand by my original statement that it's pretty amazing.
Speaker 1: It's pretty amazing. And Raymond, what surprised you about Marco
Speaker 1: Polo or Neil Armstrong. One thing that surprised me about
Speaker 1: Marco Polo was that people didn't leave very much of
Speaker 1: what he said, even though like most of the stuff
Speaker 1: that he said actually came true. Yeah, it was interesting,
Speaker 1: like to to think about that and say like, oh,
Speaker 1: it's a unicorn, but actually was were a rhinoceros. So
Speaker 1: he didn't know what he didn't know, right, um, And
Speaker 1: so he wrote about it and people were like, no,
Speaker 1: you're a liar. I don't think it's that he was
Speaker 1: lying necessarily, it's that he was trying to put in
Speaker 1: a context things that people had could never even imagine.
Speaker 1: Although it does make me wonder what it is about
Speaker 1: Marco Polo that when he came back, people were not
Speaker 1: inclined to believe him, Like, do you think I wonder
Speaker 1: if when Marco Polo was talking, he was like yeah,
Speaker 1: yeah and I saw yeah it was like unicorn, yeah yeah,
Speaker 1: and there's these big nuts as big as your head.
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, that's what it was. Just maybe the
Speaker 1: way he talks, maybe people not believe him. I don't know, Marco,
Speaker 1: if you're listening, have confidence in your statements and people
Speaker 1: will believe all your stories. It's right. Well, thank you
Speaker 1: so much for sharing both of your surprising learnings about
Speaker 1: Marco polo, and now it is time for the big moment. Jane,
Speaker 1: please announced our winner for today. Oh well, yeah, it
Speaker 1: was a very close contest throughout, but at the end
Speaker 1: Evil then launched herself into the winning circle with twelve points. Congratulations, Evelyn,
Speaker 1: you played a game. Raymond who also played a fantastic game,
Speaker 1: which should be very happy and very proud with how
Speaker 1: you did today, Evelyn. As our winner, you have ten
Speaker 1: seconds for your shout out scope work. Who would you
Speaker 1: like to thank for bringing you to this victory. I'd
Speaker 1: like to thank by mom, my dad, by three chiplate brothers,
Speaker 1: by friends, by two guinea pigs, and my dog Lucy.
Speaker 1: Oh nice, Okay, we get shoutouts for the dogs Lucy
Speaker 1: and Zelda. Love that. And I have to know are
Speaker 1: the guinea pigs twins? Um? They're actually cousins. Yeah, what
Speaker 1: they wanted. Identical twin cousins. Identical twin cousins. They look alike,
Speaker 1: sound alike. They're both guinea pigs. Our winner and their
Speaker 1: library of choice where we're receiving a selection of who
Speaker 1: was books And I'm going to give my own shout
Speaker 1: outs to intern Zach Jane, Eric Jonah Ray for being
Speaker 1: our Neil Armstrong and Chris Ferry for being our Marco
Speaker 1: Polo and of course to be And a big thank
Speaker 1: you to both of our contestants who both played an
Speaker 1: amazing game today. And of course, most of all, the
Speaker 1: biggest thank you in the universe goes to you the
Speaker 1: listener for listening. Thank you. Next week join us as
Speaker 1: we find out who Was two more amazing figures from history.
Speaker 1: Until then, this is Elliott X fifteen Kalin saying We're history. Goodbye.
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Speaker 1: show was hosted by Elliott Klin with co host Megan
Speaker 1: O'Neill as b It also starred Jane Baker as producer, Jane,
Speaker 1: Eric shack Me as Eric, Chris Ferry as Marco Polo,
Speaker 1: and Jonah Ray as Neil Armstrong. Executive producers are Richard Porson,
Speaker 1: Alex Foch, Elliott Kalin, Megan O'Neill Daniel Powell and Houston Snyder.
Speaker 1: Executive producer for Penguin Workshop is Francesco Sadita. Executive producer
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Speaker 1: by Devin Coleman, Elliott Klin, and Megan O'Neill, who was
Speaker 1: produced by Bernie Kaminsky and Taylor Kawalski. The talent was
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