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RUNNIN' VEGAS - The John McNamara Podcast
Talking local sports, business and real estate.
RUNNIN' VEGAS - The John McNamara Podcast
Real Americans: A 4th of July Quiz Showdown
Hey guys, john McNamara, host running Vegas. We're talking a little sports, business, real estate. If you guys like what you see, subscribe, follow us on the Vegas Podcast. Today we've got co-host in the house, george Hernandez, and this show coming back after popular demand.
Speaker 2:It's going to be fun, the Real American Show. You guys and I'm going to keep track, so I better see you guys in the comments because I need to know who really won after we're done with this pod.
Speaker 1:Yes, yeah, keep track, we're going to keep score, and then you guys keep score and let them know that I won. So, all right. So we're going to ask some real American questions to each other and, based off the answer, if you get it right or wrong. Yeah, I'm always right. Yeah, so you already won this, apparently. Yeah, all right. So do you want me to ask you first? Sure, go ahead. Okay. What's the capital of the United States, washington?
Speaker 2:DC. Oh, got a point, all right, your questions more fun, okay. Capital of the United States, washington DC. Oh, got a point, all right, your question's more fun. Okay, what's more American, a pickup truck or Vegas pool party. Ooh.
Speaker 1:I would say more American is a pickup truck, but I would go to a Vegas no buts and I would go to a vegas pool party, though, yeah, I, I agree, but pickup truck is like more american nationwide.
Speaker 2:Vegas is just here, so yeah, so you give me a point. Uh, yeah, you hesitated a little I wish it was a little quicker, so let's go a little quicker we only have 30 minutes to fill we gotta like get some content in here.
Speaker 1:Co-host alright. What year was the declaration of independence signed? Wait, what do we have?
Speaker 2:the answer what year?
Speaker 1:was the declaration of independence signed? I don't know 1911 1911?
Speaker 2:1911?
Speaker 1:It's there yeah, I'm going to go with 1764.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you know, I only said 1911 because I think it's close to the Titanic. Oh God, I literally even know the answer 1776.
Speaker 1:Oh God, so we both got it wrong.
Speaker 2:All right. So your question what founding father would be great on Instagram? The first question is do you know who the founding fathers are?
Speaker 1:As we had to talk about this on the cut on the way over.
Speaker 2:Do you know who? It is man way to put me on the spot, Do you?
Speaker 1:know who it is, I'm going to go with George Washington. Okay, wrong, you're correct.
Speaker 2:Wrong. I'm gonna go with george washington, okay, yes, wrong, you're correct. Wrong, it's not one of them.
Speaker 1:No, pleasure, franklin.
Speaker 2:Yes, yes, yes, but you know but the first one is the one that counts wrong I got it wrong.
Speaker 1:Okay, that's fair. Uh cool, who wrote the star spangled banner? No, I wrote it.
Speaker 2:I'm sure you did Alright well while you look for the answer true or false?
Speaker 1:Francis Scott Key who? Francis Scott Key? How do you spell that name? Oh, how do you spell it? Yeah, francis.
Speaker 2:Scott Key. Slow it down there, All right. True or false? The 4th of July has ever been canceled? True and the answer is false. Oh yeah, man, you are not on a roll. Neither am I sir, I love this game False, but it should have paused during the pandemic.
Speaker 1:Oh, I don't know about that one. Yeah, I don. Is that what that said? Was that your answer?
Speaker 2:no, that's what it says yeah, it should have paused during that pandemic but. I didn't stop during the pandemic. We're not gonna give it more power. I love it yeah okay, so this one.
Speaker 1:We have to stand track for this one, because this only gives you five seconds. This question sounds just like me.
Speaker 2:It says sus are you chad?
Speaker 1:yeah, okay, you have only five seconds, andrews, answer this okay. Per the question. Okay, name three us presidents all right.
Speaker 2:George bush, uh, obama and trump got it all right. All right. Did I get a point on the last one, or no? No, you've been losing. And Trump Got it All right. All right. Did I get a point on the last one, or no? No, you've been losing. So, what's the most sus firework name you've ever heard?
Speaker 1:Oh, I don't know fireworks. I'm going to give myself a zero on that.
Speaker 2:Baby, you're a firework. Take a guess, katy Perry. Oh.
Speaker 1:Glitter Blaster 9000 independent film. Can you name all? Oh my god, can you name all three colors on the flag, in reverse order?
Speaker 2:Blue, white, red.
Speaker 1:What did that be? Okay, I'm going to give it to you. No, I'm right In reverse order.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so the correct way to say the flag colors is red, white and blue.
Speaker 1:Oh, you're right yeah.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, all right, give yes. Yeah, yeah, all right, all right, I love this question. So beer, tequila or water, rank them fourth of july style beer number one, tequila number two, and then water zero. Yeah, we're part, and if it's july 4th, come on see, I don't think tequila would be on there, but oh yeah, you're right beer, tequila water who's the real american guys?
Speaker 1:yeah, all right. What state was the last are?
Speaker 2:you looking over here? No.
Speaker 1:Look at you See. Now you want to. Yeah, All right. What state was the last to join the United States?
Speaker 2:I don't know Puerto Rico.
Speaker 1:Wrong, that's not even a state, bro.
Speaker 2:All right? Well, that's my answer. I said what I said.
Speaker 1:You did. It's Hawaii.
Speaker 2:Oh man, and that was in my head too. And I'm wearing a hawaiian shirt. How could I? What's your go-to fourth outfit? Tank top or linen button, linen button, oh tank top, I gotta show off the arms.
Speaker 1:Are you kidding me? They've seen these guns lord.
Speaker 2:Okay, do I get a point for that?
Speaker 1:um, yeah, he agreed with it okay, okay, I'll give it to you how many stripes are on the flag 13. Yes, good job what do they? Represent 13 colonies.
Speaker 2:Oh, have you ever roasted a marshmallow using fireworks? No you know, no, you no, no, that's just weird.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, which state produces the most fireworks? Wow?
Speaker 2:Oh, that's crazy. What state? Probably a state that has nothing to do.
Speaker 1:That's a good start.
Speaker 2:Okay, ohio.
Speaker 1:Nebraska. It's stupid, it's Missouri. How did you not know that? So it's stupid, it's Missouri. How did you not know that?
Speaker 2:All right, so this is fun. I feel like you'd be really good at this.
Speaker 1:Oh God, here we go.
Speaker 2:Describe your barbecue plate like it's your dating profile.
Speaker 1:Oh. Bro, don't act like you did it. Now One more time Please. Sushi, oh my god Okay.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:Alright, bald Eagle or George Washington.
Speaker 2:Bald Eagle. So who would win a USA?
Speaker 1:tribute contest Wait.
Speaker 2:I'm not a fucking question. Why are you taking so long? I don't understand. Why are you going so fast? I don't understand.
Speaker 1:Why are you going so fast? The bald eagle George Washington. Who would win in a fight?
Speaker 2:Bald eagle George Washington, barely, yeah, bald eagle, if you were going to take that long of a pause, you guys, if you're going to take that long of a pause, just forget about it.
Speaker 1:Don't even ask the rest of it.
Speaker 2:That was great so who would win in a USA trivia contest Me or you? Me for sure, Okay, but you haven't started off that way.
Speaker 1:Well, this isn't trivia, okay, Okay, I think this is trivia a little bit.
Speaker 2:Part of it is.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so do you think you would win in a that's just you and I. We're doing trivia US trivia Okay, alright, hey, the people have spoken. They want to know. You said you could win. I probably could. Okay, I like the confidence. I like the confidence, even though that's going to be the premise of the show, and then you changed it.
Speaker 2:I did. Your questions were boring.
Speaker 1:Did you guys want to be?
Speaker 2:entertained, or did you guys want to know about history? Let me tell you guys something Before we got on here. So this is our 4th of July segment. We're just having fun. You're going on vacation. Let us know what you guys are doing for what's your tradition for 4th of July? So I remember glowing up. Growing up, I was living in the bay area and we would go to six flags and they have a big lake there and that's where we would go see fireworks year after year, yeah, and you know it was a thing. And then we got a little old and we're like we don't want to be in the crowd, we're done with this. But it never actually transitioned until I got older into the pool party, the beer, the house or house party. Yeah, you know what I mean. Like this year I'm going to a house party and that'll be fun because they have a big pool and it's like, and the fireworks I could see from my house, you know. So it's like no big deal. But what was your tradition for Fourth of July?
Speaker 1:Tradition and family was hanging hanging out the lake and yeah yeah my uh parents had a lake house and sagandaga lake, so we go out there, okay, boozy? Yeah, it's not, it's not, it's upstate new york.
Speaker 2:It sounds bougie, but it's not okay that's like george good one got him. Okay, okay, okay, okay. All right, let's get back to it. I want to see, I want to hear what your guys's traditions are. Yeah, yeah, that'll be fun, yeah all right.
Speaker 1:What's your fourth of july of july? Drink of choice. Wait, what? What is your fourth of july? Drink of choice? Beer. What kind of beer?
Speaker 2:pbr cold beer I'm gonna give it to you.
Speaker 1:Yeah, hey, these are the answers. Answers are answers. I gave it to you, though all right.
Speaker 2:So who would? Oh no, do you sing the national anthem out loud? I know the answer to this or mouth it awkwardly. Mouth it awkwardly, for sure.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah, do I get a point for that yeah, you do For sure. Hot dog eating contest. How many can you put down Hot?
Speaker 2:dogs? Yeah, hot dogs. What kind of hot dogs Like? How?
Speaker 1:does ChatGBT know the answers of your?
Speaker 2:it wouldn't, I think. It's just probably a estimate. Well, there was one that was a hot dog contest and how many you could eat in like 10 minutes yeah have you ever seen those contests?
Speaker 1:yeah, it's the most smallest people yeah, eating all these.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think they maneuver yeah, I don't know how that happened. So, to answer your question, uh, three, sure, but what was the?
Speaker 1:answer then that's five on a good day. Oh, I mean like who knows? Yeah, like how hungry am I yeah, have you ever had more than two hot dogs? You get a point. Okay, all right.
Speaker 2:I don't know where you're going with that, yeah. Okay, I said three, I told you three.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you did. Okay, my bad, I told you three. I said what I said.
Speaker 2:I said what. I said no shame, no blame.
Speaker 1:Okay, so what is?
Speaker 2:more American Reality TV or baseball.
Speaker 1:Baseball, for sure, for sure, yep, okay, what's more? American Country music or rap battles? Country music, yeah, I agree with that, yeah, yeah, yeah, all right.
Speaker 2:Vegas in July, hot, hotter or hellfire.
Speaker 1:This year's been a little weird. Yeah, it's. You know, I never met. I'm sure the answer is hellfire, but mine is hot hotter, like I don't know I'm used to. I don't think it's that bad out here. There's no humidity. Stay in the shade.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, so I agree with you all right, pick one. Oh, this is like the same thing pick baseball or barbecue uh, baseball, oh my god, yeah, does the whole nation barbecue though.
Speaker 1:It just says pick one.
Speaker 2:It doesn't even say yeah, I think a lot of people barbecue.
Speaker 1:I would have picked baseball too, though, yeah because I think that's yeah, Okay.
Speaker 2:Well, would you rather DJ a 4th of July party or host a game show?
Speaker 1:Host a 4th of July party or a game show? I would game show, for sure. I think like the pod is kind of not a game show, but I enjoy this. Hosting is just stressful. Okay, I'm going to stop doing points, All right. What's the most Vegas way to celebrate the Fourth Pool party? For sure.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Pool party at one of the like. In Vegas at one of the resorts. Not just any pool party, but oh, bougie yeah Okay.
Speaker 1:I have allergies unfortunately, and I'm like dying over here.
Speaker 2:It's okay so like can we switch the camera?
Speaker 1:We'll stop the show for you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, thank you so much. I'm like like this is just, I'm like dying over here, okay, okay is it my question time. Yes, all right. So what's the best firework show you've ever seen? Uh, it's. I'm not a firework person, but I would say that was in the question.
Speaker 1:What's the best one you've seen?
Speaker 2:oh my god, we need to elaborate on the show. One word focus.
Speaker 1:Oh my god your add is kicking in, okay, uh, so it was actually probably the coolest was, uh, I was in eleante with my parents and we were at the garage and we could see the entire valley, okay, and all the fireworks going off in the valley, because it's different here. It's pretty cool.
Speaker 2:You could do that on my rooftop, you could? Yeah, you could, you could.
Speaker 1:So just maybe come here sometime, but you only see half of the valley, aliente, you see all of it. No, I see all the valley. You have the long mountain you can't see the north Is that All right, that's covering. Alianti, you think there's a mountain next to it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, maybe, maybe, I don't know. I thought I could see Alianti.
Speaker 1:Maybe I'm seeing something different. Okay, all right, you can't see the northwest. Yeah, Okay so anyways, and thank you for sharing that, I'm not going to answer but go ahead, yeah, no, okay good. Alianti. Good for you, you don't like fireworks. Have you ever lit a firework that almost went sideways? No, huh.
Speaker 2:No, I'm not a firework person. All I did was the little sticks. That, that's not the question.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's all I did, sideways or not? Yeah, I've seen too many videos.
Speaker 2:Let me tell you, I've seen too many videos where they're all over instagram, where people are flying up a firework with their hands missing. Oh, dude, it is.
Speaker 1:No, I wouldn't I am good, I I don't know, I don't know. Yeah, I'm not. Yeah, yeah, even though you don't like me, tell that I don't like fireworks on show. Yeah fireworks.
Speaker 2:So tell me, what is the most American quote you've ever heard?
Speaker 1:I am a real American Do you know the song.
Speaker 2:Is that the same one? Live in the USA, or something?
Speaker 1:like that. It's okay, I'll get the same song. Okay, no, I don't know that, and he was a real American.
Speaker 2:Okay, Just like his new beer. So what's the one food that makes you say I love this country.
Speaker 1:The one food that makes you say I love this country um the one food? Yeah, I guess like a.
Speaker 2:I love this country, I don't know if we're known for our food. No, I'm like, I'm thinking pizza, but that's italian, yeah yeah, I don't what like mac and cheese, like I guess it's hamburgers and hot dogs, but I've never in my head have gone. I love this country after having a hamburger yeah I guess that's.
Speaker 1:That's a first world problem, right?
Speaker 2:there, yeah, yeah, yeah, all right can I ask you a question.
Speaker 1:All right, can I ask you a question? Yes, thank you.
Speaker 2:Describe your perfect 4th of July in only three words.
Speaker 1:In only three words. That's it.
Speaker 2:Those are your three words. That was four, but I screwed up At home.
Speaker 1:At home.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know it's only two words, but whatever, that's pretty impressive. Yeah for me, yeah for you. Have you ever tried to eat someone? Have you ever tried to out eat someone at a cookout?
Speaker 1:No, I have not. Okay, we all know the answer to that one Jeez.
Speaker 2:oh my god.
Speaker 1:I have nobody to watch this with, all right. What song screams America louder than any other?
Speaker 2:Born in the USA.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's a good one.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I like that Cool um okay, so what's your grill game? Top tier or just flip stuff? Um both elaborate on that one. Yeah, what do you do besides flipping on the grill?
Speaker 1:well, you gotta season them, you gotta, you got to prepare. And I like a variety.
Speaker 2:Have you made lobster or shrimp or skewers on the grill?
Speaker 1:Yes, not lobster, but skewers Shrimp.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I've done shrimp on the grill, I'll kind of give it to you then. Yeah, I don't know, I see you as more of a flipper, but okay.
Speaker 1:Well, well, what do you know? I'm glad you learned something new about me today. Yeah, about time that was my drink. Yeah, uh. What food should be banned from the cookout?
Speaker 2:oh, that's a good question. Oh, I got. What food should be banned from it? So I don't like all the sauces. I don't know if it's a food, but it's a condiment. Yeah, it's a condiment. Barbecue sauce. Okay, like, screw barbecue sauce. I was going to say coleslaw. Oh, I like coleslaw In the summer it's hot. Well, as long as it's not in the tray outside. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but All right, all right, so Pretty sure I'm winning. Okay. So red, white or blue, pick your mood.
Speaker 1:Red Just like running Vegas.
Speaker 2:Oh Lord.
Speaker 1:Okay, you should know better. What was the original purpose for fireworks? This is actually a good question.
Speaker 2:The original.
Speaker 1:We probably should have looked at this.
Speaker 2:Was it to end a war?
Speaker 1:You know, I think that's a good answer. It's not correct To scare off evil spirits. I need to do that all the time, then I need to do that at home, not correct, okay, what is it To scare off evil spirits?
Speaker 2:Oh, I need to do that all the time, then I need to do that at home.
Speaker 1:We need fireworks 24-7 around here.
Speaker 2:All right. So if the USA was a person, what would their vibe be? I? Can't Probably all about themselves being the best, so I'm gonna say something and I'm probably gonna get canceled after this show. So it's probably, if usa was a person now today, which is ridiculous, which I would say, I think we need to get it together, but their vibe would be identifying as nothing oh, okay not identifying. I thought mine was a hotter take. Yeah, oh my, oh god. If I hear that one more time, all right, no one cares would.
Speaker 1:Would you rather lose your voice at a fourth concert or lose your eyebrows in a firework accident? That's pretty easy. I lose my voice. Yeah for sure. That's a silly question.
Speaker 2:So most iconic Vegas landmark to see fireworks from I don't know most iconic? Uh what's the answer for?
Speaker 1:that one 21. I'm gonna go with. Oh, I have two of mine right now it's actually two.
Speaker 2:They give you two on there, yeah so say, say both yellowstone no, no okay, what so? What part of most iconic vegas landmark did you not get?
Speaker 1:oh, it said vegas yeah yellowstone, the hell, no vegas most iconic vegas we are in las vegas so we are filming currently there's nothing like.
Speaker 2:There's nothing like super culture here To see fireworks from.
Speaker 1:Culture.
Speaker 2:Okay, culture. Most iconic Vegas landmark to see fireworks from Stratosphere? Yep, that is one of them. If you had to guess a second one not on the strip, it's not on the strip Red Rock.
Speaker 1:Yep, those are the strap Red Rock.
Speaker 2:Yep, those are the two. Wow, look at you. So we do need to keep it to three seconds, because my ADP kicks in and I'm like if you're going to take that long just say pass. Okay, so go, I have 20 more questions to go and we have six minutes left. You better start going quick. We are fine Relax. No, I'm going to get them all.
Speaker 1:That's cool. We'll do an hour show. I'm sure people will stop watching after five. Have you ever worn? I don't know the answer to this.
Speaker 2:It's for me. It's for me, I know.
Speaker 1:Have you ever worn an American flag outfit in a public outfit?
Speaker 2:no, uh, all I wear. So you guys, today is one of the rare days that I am wearing color. I have three shirts that have color. They all have black as the predominant color, but my whole wardrobe is black. So, yeah, I like the mix-up though.
Speaker 1:Yeah, thank you, we can kind of see through you on the pod. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Got a little green in there. We got a green screen you can kind of see through me too. Yeah, hate to break it to you guys, yep.
Speaker 2:All right, would you rather have your own float in a parade or headline the after party? That's easy.
Speaker 1:Headline the after party, yeah for sure what's your most patriotic guilty pleasure?
Speaker 2:What would that entail? I don't even know what that question means. My most patriotic guilty pleasure, I don't know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, maybe we're both not real Americans after answering that.
Speaker 2:Well, I don't watch sports and I know that's big in our culture.
Speaker 1:So.
Speaker 2:I don't do that.
Speaker 1:So what do you do?
Speaker 2:I'm on barbecue without the sauce, I'm gonna say pass, all right, yeah, I don't blame you. Yeah, so who's your mount rushmore of american mmm? Rush more you get by second, oh come on, I can't do this.
Speaker 1:Okay, I'll do Elvis.
Speaker 2:Thinking like culture Elvis all right, elvis, it is next who's your 4th of July? Crush past or present my 4 of july crush, like somebody I saw on fourth of july, I guess. Yeah, I don't know what it means.
Speaker 1:I haven't gone out in a bit um, yeah, it could be like a celebrity. Per the answer megan fox. It says megan fox no, megan Fox.
Speaker 2:It says Megan Fox, no, he does.
Speaker 1:Show me. Alright, I think you win because of that yeah.
Speaker 2:Okay, so more likely to happen you win a hot dog contest or survive a fireworks misfire. What was the first one? You survived the fireworks, survived the fireworks.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like survive the fireworks for sure, Okay, cool, did you survived the fireworks? I was like survive fireworks for sure, okay, did you survive the hot dog? Oh, I missed that. Best barbecue meat, brisket, ribs or burger.
Speaker 2:oh, I know what you're gonna say it's gonna be the tips, the little tips we get at soul belly, like the little cartilage or whatever it is. I, I love that, isn't that ribs?
Speaker 1:Rib tips. Yeah, yeah, yeah, dancer's brisket, but yes, yeah not for me.
Speaker 2:Number next Okay, so number next is what's one thing tourists get wrong about celebrating in the US?
Speaker 1:I don't know.
Speaker 2:All right, let's skip that one.
Speaker 1:Yeah, would you rather?
Speaker 2:light the grand finale or control the music Control the music for sure.
Speaker 1:Oh Okay, red Solo Cup or Mason Jar, I don't know. Mason Jar, yep, yep.
Speaker 2:All right, what's your Vegas 4th of July survival tip.
Speaker 1:Drink water. Don't start too early. Be safe, do not drive Electrolytes Electrolytes. I gave three answers.
Speaker 2:And activated charcoal and okay. So what's your Fourth of July alter ego's name? I do not have one. Run in Vegas, john, so most chaotic. I'm a real American. I'm running Vegas, okay, it's junk, so most chaotic, the real American on. Run in Vegas. Okay, so what's the most chaotic thing you've witnessed on the 4th of July?
Speaker 1:Shooting up street fireworks? Yeah yeah, that's kind of crazy. What's the most chaotic 4th of July that you've ever had? Same question.
Speaker 2:No.
Speaker 1:Okay, okay, okay. What's a phrase only real Americans say Bet.
Speaker 2:I feel like that's a Bay thing.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it is. I just watched a movie and they kept saying bet, bet.
Speaker 2:Yeah, we say that in the Bay a lot. The most American saying Shut up.
Speaker 1:We say that in the bay a lot um the most american saying shut up, okay, I have a, I have a good one. We probably should have picked through these first. What would you rather party with, uncle sam or captain?
Speaker 2:america, neither. What? Yeah, neither dang.
Speaker 1:yeah, I would be captain american for sure, okay.
Speaker 2:Come on, man. Yeah, you're into that stuff. Yeah, I am All right. So what's the wildest party favor you've brought to? A cookout Party favor? So when I grew up, party favors was something completely different and illegal. Oh yeah, oh, I know what you did.
Speaker 1:I was like bring wine illegal. Oh yeah, oh, I know what you did. I was like bring wine, I don't know.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's a weird question. It kind of depends on who the host is.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was like let's go back to the 80s, woo Woo.
Speaker 1:Oh, this is a good one. Do you grill your shoes on or off? On On, yeah, I don't grill them on.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's too hot upstairs. I have a rooftop so it's way too hot this weekend I had issues.
Speaker 1:I had to put shoes on, but I usually don't Barefoot yeah.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I remember back at the Dream Ridge house. Yeah, that is true, it was a whole little vibe. It's the real America in me. Oh man, it's over, so I think I won.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think I won. The score is 27-17, John.
Speaker 2:Okay, I'll give it to you. I'm not going to see you for a few days, so I'll just give it to you.
Speaker 1:That's fine, I like it. So, guys, I want to wish you happy July 4th. We're going to wrap this up. Thanks, co-hosts George Hernandez in the house.
Speaker 2:All right, you guys be safe. Say no to Dewey's. That means DUIs. Yeah, no, I'm being dead serious. I am too. Don't drive. Don't drive and drink Be safe.
Speaker 1:Have fun, Guys let's run Vegas.
Speaker 2:You heard it here first.
Speaker 1:Cheers guys.