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Welcome to Tea Time with Liam. I am Liam.
Today we are talking with Lauren Blake, who is the six-time regional winner of the Brainiacs
of Central Washington
as well as the co-chair to the Female Einsteins of America.
Welcome to the show Lauren!
Thank you- well it was actually seven if you count the women's only league.
We don't.
So tell me more about these events that these "women" are competing in.
How do they work exactly?
Well it's basically like taking a college exam.
We do it orally, and it's just a bunch of people standing up
and we're all trying to compete against each other.
We're trying to finish before the other one finishes.
Sorry, I was sending a tweet. Okay. Alright.
Oh. Oh, okay.
So to give you a break from your usual routine, I thought it would be nice that I could share
a few things that I know and maybe quiz you a little bit about your knowledge and then
you could also add what I ask you to your knowledge, therefor giving you greater knowledge.
So for example: Laying on your back and staring at a ceiling fan is actually good for your
circulation.
Uhh. I don't believe-
Did you know that microwaves are illegal in Japan?
I don't know! That's a tough one.
They made them illegal so that they would stop taking them home
... with them ... ... on the weekends.
I've never heard that before.
Here's another one:
You probably don't know this one.
Not many people know this one.
But did you know that the average amount of total *** partners for one person in their
lifetime is actually one-half?
That one, I.. I don't know
Rice is a fruit.
No that one's a grain.
Think about it!
Think about it.
Okay well did you know that women are in 50% less accidents annually than men, therefor
we are better drivers?
That is preposterous! That is not true!
Google it!
Actually, we're using Bing. Bing is our sponsor so we Bing it.
No they're not.
What?
They're not our sponsor.
Good because they're sh-