Transcript 7/29/26 Tig Notaro & Pete Holmes

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Transcript 7/29/26 Tig Notaro & Pete Holmes

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Sat Aug 15, 2026 2:44 pm

Tig Notaro and Pete Holmes

They are both comedians. She’s the co-host of the podcast “Handsome.” He’s the author of the children’s book “Spells to Cast on Your Parents.” Tig’s charity is the World Resources Institute. Pete’s charity is Homeboy Industries.

$100
A famous Shakespeare play concludes with the lines, “For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her” what?
A: Romeo B: Vertigo
C: Hammertoe D: Terrible driver’s license photo
Answer
A: Romeo
$200
A 1944 marketing campaign to boost sales of Grape-Nuts cereal popularized the saying that what is “the most important meal of the day”?
A: Breakfast B: Lunch
C: Dinner D: Dessert
Answer
A: Breakfast
$300
ForeveRx is a dating app for licensed professionals in what industry?
A: Construction B: Education
C: Health care D: Finance
Answer
C: Health care
$500
Perhaps inspiring a recent Best Picture winner, a 1969 political pamphlet reads “From here on in it’s one” what “after another”?
A: Campaign B: Battle
C: Movement D: Victory
Answer
B: Battle
$1,000
In a 2026 promo for his “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig, what musical guest did Jack Black call his “brother from another color”?
A: Jack Green B: Jack Brown
C: Jack White D: Jack Blue
Answer
C: Jack White
$2,000
If 13-year-old Emma Rodriguez-Shapiro is having her bat mitzvah today, how many years does she have to wait to have her quinceañera?
A: 2 B: 5
C: 8 D: 10
Answer
A: 2
Commercial break

$4,000
The city of New London, Connecticut sits at the mouth of what fittingly named river?
A: Danube B: Seine
C: Shannon D: Thames
50:50
Paul says it’s Thames.
50:50 leaves A & D.
Answer
D: Thames
$8,000
A 2025 novel with a female protagonist, “Call Me Ishmaelle” is a reimagining of what classic book?
A: The Grapes of Wrath B: Oliver Twist
C: Moby-Dick D: The Count of Monte Cristo
Answer
C: Moby-Dick
$16,000
Using the skills of both artists, Phoebe Bridgers and Phoebe Waller-Bridge collaborated in 2020 on a what?
A: Children’s book B: Fashion line
C: Cooking show D: Music video
Answer
D: Music video
$32,000
Approved by the World Health Organization in 2021, Mosquirix is a vaccine for what?
A: Malaria B: Shingles
C: Measles D: Tuberculosis
Answer
A: Malaria
$64,000
Household goods company Mackenzie-Childs is known for what signature pattern found on everything from dishware to tea kettles?
A: Courtly Check B: Heavenly Honeycomb
C: Alluring Argyle D: Polished Paisley

Pete says Alluring Argyle and Polished Paisley don’t sound real. They try a role-playing improv.
Pete: “Honey?’
Tig: “Comb.”
Jimmy: “It didn’t help you here, but you just won Password.”

Answer
A: Courtly Check
Tig and Pete win $32,000 for their charities.

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