Episode 45
Sonic the Hedgehog (Trivia Battle)
🎮 Get ready to race into a Sonic the Hedgehog trivia battle! Kids, you’ll take on your parents in this week’s fun trivia challenge packed with questions about the games and movies based on the world’s fastest blue hedgehog. Who’ll speed ahead and take the win? 🌀💨
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Kids vs Parents is produced by Vandalpop Media
Producer: Steve Koch
Editors: Ever Cunningham, Steve Koch
Cover Design: Patrick Hardy
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome
01:16 Kids' Questions
04:51 Parents' Questions
08:40 Bonus / Tiebreaker
09:51 Suggest a Topic
Transcript
Quick question to start us off.
Lovella:Who is Sonic's two-tailed fox friend?
Steve:Oh, I know that one.
Steve:It's Tails.
Lovella:Correct.
Lovella:Welcome back to Kids vs. Parents.
Lovella:I'm Lovella.
Steve:And I'm Steve.
Steve:The family trivia battle where the backseat takes on the front seat.
Lovella:Today's trivia, we're playing Sonic the Hedgehog,
Lovella:and it was suggested by Marvel from Riverside, California.
Lovella:Hi, Marvel.
Steve:Thanks, Marvel, for suggesting this.
Steve:I hope you're excited to play Sonic the Hedgehog.
Steve:Lovella, do you know much about Sonic the Hedgehog?
Lovella:Not really.
Steve:Do you know anything about Sonic the Hedgehog?
Lovella:It's a fast hedgehog that's blue.
Steve:Well done.
Steve:I should be doing pretty well.
Steve:I played Sonic when I was a kid.
Lovella:Oh, wow.
Steve:So hopefully I'm going to do all right in this.
Steve:I haven't seen the movies though.
Lovella:So dad, what's our prize for today?
Steve:Today, the winner gets to skip one chore.
Lovella:Ooh, I better win.
Steve:What are you going to skip?
Lovella:Everything.
Steve:No, you get to skip one chore.
Steve:Which one are you going to skip?
Lovella:Doing laundry.
Steve:Doing laundry.
Steve:Okay, you're going to throw it back to us, are you?
Steve:All right, I better win this.
Steve:Otherwise, mum's not going to be happy that you aren't doing your laundry anymore.
Steve:Okay, who's going to go first?
Lovella:How about the kids?
Steve:Okay, good idea.
Steve:Kids, you're up first with Sonic the Hedgehog trivia.
Steve:Get ready.
Steve:Here we go, kids.
Steve:Question number one.
Steve:What item lets Sonic travel between worlds in the movie?
Lovella:uh the rings or the coins no it's the rings yeah the rings yeah i'll take that the rings or the
Steve:ring portal yeah same thing well done yes all right let's go you're on the board okay well done
Steve:All right, question number two.
Steve:What kind of animal is long claw?
Lovella:Um, I don't know.
Lovella:Who's long claw?
Lovella:Long claw.
Lovella:I'm wondering if that means something.
Steve:Um.
Steve:That it has long claws?
Lovella:Yeah.
Steve:Okay, well, what animal has long claws?
Lovella:I don't know.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:I'm just going to say a bird or something.
Lovella:A bird.
Lovella:Or maybe it's another hedgehog.
Lovella:I don't know.
Lovella:A bird.
Steve:You're very close.
Steve:I need a specific bird.
Steve:It is a bird, but I want a specific bird.
Lovella:A bluebird?
Steve:No.
Lovella:Angry bird.
Lovella:No.
Steve:Like a species of bird, kind of.
Lovella:I don't know.
Lovella:Penguin.
Steve:Not a penguin.
Steve:It is an owl.
Lovella:Oh.
Steve:An owl.
Steve:Long floor is an owl.
Steve:Yeah, that makes sense.
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:All right, question number three.
Steve:What sport does Sonic like to watch on TV?
Lovella:I want to say it's track, but I don't think it would be.
Steve:A track and field?
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:He likes to watch people running because he's so fast.
Lovella:Football, maybe?
Lovella:I'm going to say football.
Steve:Yeah?
Lovella:Yeah.
Steve:You're incorrect.
Lovella:Oh.
Steve:It's baseball.
Lovella:Oh, yeah.
Steve:He likes to watch baseball.
Lovella:Yeah.
Lovella:Because he'd be really fast around the thing.
Steve:Maybe.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Last question.
Steve:Question number four.
Steve:What special move does Sonic often use when spinning into a ball?
Lovella:Spinning into a ball?
Steve:He's got a name for it.
Steve:oh it's called something um oh man i really don't know
Lovella:spin in run spin spin dash spin spin fast spin spin something it's probably spin something or
Lovella:something. I don't know. Spin something? Spin. What do they name off? Spin dash, spin fast,
Steve:spin roll. Spin roll? Spin roll sounds like something you get from them, from the takeaway
Lovella:shop. Spin roll. I don't know. Spin fast. You are incorrect. What was it? Spin dash.
Steve:Oh, dang it. All right. It's my turn. What did you end up scoring? One out of four. All right.
Steve:One out of four.
Steve:So I don't have to do too much to get this, to win this one.
Lovella:Well, gee, thanks.
Steve:Hopefully I can hark back to my Sonic days playing this as a kid.
Steve:So let's see how I go.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Here we go.
Lovella:Question number one.
Lovella:Which company created Sonic the Hedgehog?
Steve:okay that's um sega i say sega i think over here in america they say sega it's sega s-e-g-a
Steve:yes correct yeah i had a sega master system when i was a kid i loved it
Lovella:All right, here we go.
Steve:Yep.
Lovella:Question number two.
Lovella:Which actor plays Dr. Robotnik in the Sonic films?
Steve:Okay.
Steve:I haven't seen the films, but I'm going to guess it's Jim Carrey.
Lovella:Correct.
Steve:Yes.
Steve:Good job.
Steve:All right.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:Question number three.
Lovella:What special transformation does Sonic get when he uses the Chaos Emeralds?
Steve:What special transformation?
Lovella:Did you say?
Steve:So he turns into something?
Lovella:I guess.
Lovella:I don't know.
Lovella:Don't ask me.
Steve:Oh, okay.
Lovella:I bet you should ask Marvel.
Lovella:I bet he'd know.
Steve:Marvel would know.
Steve:What special transformation?
Steve:Can you read the question again?
Lovella:What special transformation does Sonic get when he uses the Chaos Emeralds?
Steve:The Chaos Emeralds.
Steve:Okay, so he turns into something.
Steve:Does he turn into...
Steve:I can't remember now.
Steve:I've been too long since I've played the game.
Steve:Does his shoes light up?
Steve:He goes really, really, really, really fast.
Steve:Or does he turn into a cheater?
Steve:I'm going to say he turns into a cheater.
Lovella:Incorrect.
Steve:What?
Lovella:Supersonic.
Steve:Oh.
Lovella:That's the type of transformation.
Steve:Oh, he turns into supersonic.
Lovella:Which I guess means really, really fast.
Steve:Maybe he's bigger.
Steve:I don't know.
Lovella:I don't know.
Steve:I'm not sure.
Lovella:Who knows?
Steve:Okay.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Well, I don't know the answer to that one.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Last question.
Lovella:You've got two out of three so far.
Steve:Oh, okay.
Lovella:You're doing better than me.
Steve:I am.
Steve:All right.
Steve:I've got a chance to really take this home.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Here we go.
Lovella:What year was the first Sonic video game released?
Steve:Oh man, this is what I played.
Steve:I played this video game.
Lovella:So it came out after you.
Steve:Yes. Okay, so it's going to be...
Lovella:So it's sometime after the 1600s.
Steve:Oh, stop being silly. Okay. I played this when I was a kid, probably like seven or eight maybe. So I'm going to say it's early 90s. I'm going to say 1993? 93?
Steve:Incorrect.
Steve:it was 1991
Steve:oh really
Lovella:yeah
Steve:okay
Steve:I went
Steve:yeah
Lovella:you were close
Steve:I was 10 then
Steve:so yeah
Steve:I was way off
Lovella:alright
Steve:okay
Lovella:so you got 2 out of 4
Lovella:I got 1 out of 4
Lovella:which means we're going to
Lovella:a bonus round
Steve:oh bonus round
Steve:worth 2 points
Lovella:yes
Steve:we have one question
Steve:for both teams
Steve:first one to buzz in
Steve:and get the answer correct
Steve:gets
Steve:2 points
Steve:alright
Steve:Lovella
Steve:would you like to read out
Steve:the question
Lovella:Yes.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Scroll down on your page.
Steve:You'll see it down there.
Lovella:Here we go.
Lovella:Bonus tiebreaker question.
Lovella:What color are Sonic's shoes?
Steve:Buzz.
Steve:I think I know the answer.
Steve:I know.
Steve:But you got there first.
Lovella:They're red.
Steve:Yeah.
Lovella:Because he's blue.
Lovella:He's blue and red, right?
Lovella:And blue and red complement each other.
Steve:I almost said blue.
Steve:I think you were
Steve:I would have got
Lovella:I would have said blue
Lovella:then it would have looked like
Lovella:he was barefoot or something
Steve:right okay
Lovella:they're red
Steve:they're red
Steve:is that correct
Lovella:scroll down
Lovella:I am correct
Steve:ah
Steve:well done
Steve:I win
Steve:ah nice
Steve:no you don't
Steve:you got three
Steve:and I got
Steve:oh you did win
Steve:I did win
Steve:you did win
Steve:I needed to win that one
Steve:to make sure you wouldn't win
Steve:ah you won Sonic the Hedgehog
Steve:yay
Steve:and I know nothing
Steve:I'm gonna have to go back to the nines
Steve:and play that game again
Steve:that might be
Steve:if only I could
Lovella:thank you Marvel for suggesting
Steve:Sonic the Hedgehog
Lovella:yes we had a lot of fun
Steve:we hope you had fun playing
Steve:if you would like to suggest a topic
Lovella:click the link in the show notes
Lovella:and we might feature your idea
Lovella:in a future episode
Steve:thanks for playing Kids vs Parents with us
Steve:see you next time
Lovella:bye
Lovella:bye
