Two Whats?! And A Wow! Podcast Game Show: Exploring BIG Things

Game Show Introduction

• 🎙️ Welcome to Two Whats?! And a Wow!, the scientific game show hosted by Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz.
• 🎯 Today's theme is "Big Things", where contestants guess the true scientific statement among three options.
• 💡 Correct guesses earn a point, while incorrect answers require a physical challenge.

Round One: Cosmic Giants

• 🚀 The first round focuses on large celestial bodies and geological features.
• 🪐 Statement B revealed a volcano on Mars, Olympus Mons, which is over 72,000 ft tall and nearly the size of Arizona, making it the largest in the solar system.
• 🌋 Incorrect guessers had to climb an invisible space volcano.

Round Two: Record Breakers

• ☃️ Round two presented statements about the world's largest man-made objects and structures.
• 🏆 The winning wow was statement B: the world's largest snowman (a snow woman named Olympia) stood 122 feet and 1 inch tall, built by residents of Bethl, Maine.
• ❄️ Those who guessed incorrectly had to roll themselves into a giant snowball.

Round Three: Prehistoric Scale

• 🦕 The final round explored the size of ancient creatures.
• 🐢 Statement C proved true: prehistoric turtles were bigger than cars, with some species reaching about 15 ft long.
• 🐍 Other giant ancestors mentioned include 10-ft sloths, birds with a 23-ft wingspan, and 43-ft snakes.
• 🤸 Incorrect answers led to a challenge: do the can-can without using your legs.

Bonus Round and Creative Challenge

• 🚒 The Bunker Balls bonus round featured a playful exchange about appearances and a prize of an "invisible Yelly Climy Spray Car" (a fire truck).
• 🎨 The episode concludes with "Operation Make It Big," a challenge for kids to draw and imagine something small made 20 times bigger, encouraging creativity and exploration of scale.