S13 E1 - The First (Not Final) Countdown

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We’re back for lucky season 13! To start us off, Justin has written six trivia questions with numeric answers counting down from six to one. We also talk about classical music, classic literature, and a classic movie!2:35: Q1 (Everything Else): Originally developed at Motorola, and later successfully used by companies like Johnson & Johnson and Texas Instruments, what set of techniques for improving manufacturing quality derives its name from the field of statistical quality control?8:01: Q2 (Sports & Games): Not to be confused with the “Power Five” what is the most common collective term for the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, the Mid-Atlantic Conference, the Mountain West Conference, and the Sun Belt Conference?14:13: Q3 (Times & Places): Rising to prominence during the Cultural Revolution, and later blamed for its spectacular failure, what is the usual collective term for the Chinese radicals Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Wang Hongwen?22:54: Q4 (Music): Originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, what symphony was retitled the Eroica?  Note: the answer should be of the form ______’s Symphony Number _______.31:30: Q5 (Arts & Literature): Two Shakespeare plays have the word “two” in their title.  One might be his first play; the other is a collaboration, and probably his last play.  Name the two of them.38:41: Q6 (Movies & TV): Two movies with the word “one” in their title have won the Academy Award for Best Picture.  One of them is 1934’s It Happened One Night.  The other one is this 1975 Jack Nicholson film based on a novel by Ken Kesey.Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Docs That Rock Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/docs-that-rock-podcast/id1399865196Brain Ladle Podcast: http://www.brainladletrivia.com/Brainwave Trivia on Twitter: @BrainwaveTrivia