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A quick Gilmore Girls question to start us off: What is the name of the town where Lorelai and Rory live?
Lovella:Okay,
Lovella:that
Lovella:is
Lovella:Stars
Lovella:Hollow.
Steve:Correct.
Lovella:Welcome to Kids vs Parents, the family
Lovella:trivia battle with
Lovella:four questions for the kids.
Lovella:And four
Lovella:tougher ones
Lovella:for the parents.
Steve:This week is our
Steve:nostalgia week.
Steve:We've got two
Steve:episodes that favour our parents, and
Steve:today it's
Steve:Gilmore
Steve:Girls
Steve:trivia.
Lovella:Ah, yep.
Steve:Today's
Steve:topic was
Steve:suggested by
Steve:Anna
Steve:from
Steve:Brisbane,
Steve:Australia.
Steve:Has been on the
Steve:podcast
Steve:before.
Lovella:Oh, yes.
Steve:So thank you, Auntie Anna.
Steve:But it's also the show's twenty-sixth
Steve:anniversary
Steve:today,
Steve:October fifth.
Lovella:Yes, Gilmore Girls, 26th
Lovella:anniversary today.
Steve:Happy 26th
Lovella:anniversary, Gilmore Girls.
Lovella:Now,
Lovella:because it's Gilmore
Lovella:Girls, I don't know a lot about Gilmore
Lovella:Girls, but I do have
Lovella:someone in my family who does
Lovella:know a lot about Gilmore Girls.
Lovella:Me?
Lovella:I
Lovella:have brought in.
Steve:It's me, right?
Lovella:No, I have brought in some
Lovella:reinforcements.
Lovella:The person who
Lovella:introduced
Lovella:you to Gilmore Girls, your
Lovella:mother.
Lovella:Hi, Chelsea.
Chelsea:Hi!
Lovella:Welcome back to the show.
Chelsea:Thank you.
Lovella:Here for Gilmore Girls trivia.
Chelsea:I am.
Chelsea:I'm ready for it.
Chelsea:I have been
Chelsea:studying for 25
Chelsea:years.
Lovella:When did you last watch the series?
Lovella:How fresh is it in your mind?
Chelsea:I
Chelsea:may have been doing a little revision this morning.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:Right.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:So.
Lovella:Cheater.
Lovella:Fresh off the Gilmore Girls, ready to go.
Steve:So, what's our prize today, Dad?
Lovella:So, the
Lovella:winner gets to
Lovella:get her requested drink
Lovella:bought to them by the loser.
Lovella:Could be like a coffee
Lovella:or a milkshake or a
Lovella:juice, something like that.
Chelsea:I want a root beer float.
Chelsea:Ooh!
Chelsea:I
Chelsea:want
Chelsea:a
Chelsea:iced latte.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:You got to win.
Chelsea:Boring.
Lovella:You got to win first.
Lovella:Okay.
Chelsea:Oh, I'm gonna win!
Chelsea:I'm
Chelsea:gonna, I'm
Chelsea:gonna win!
Chelsea:I'm gonna send you off to Luke's.
Chelsea:You're gonna pick it up, bring back to me.
Steve:Uh huh.
Steve:Here we go.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Let's keep the
Lovella:competition for in the game.
Lovella:Here we go.
Lovella:Let's get into it.
Steve:Who's gonna go
Steve:first?
Lovella:Well, why don't we send the kids in first?
Steve:All right.
Lovella:You want to go up first, Lovella?
Steve:Fine.
Steve:Watch me
Steve:cook.
Lovella:All right, kids.
Lovella:Gilmore Girls
Lovella:question
Lovella:number one.
Lovella:What is the name of the strict
Lovella:private school
Lovella:Rory
Lovella:attends
Lovella:before going to college?
Steve:Chilton.
Lovella:Yeah,
Steve:she goes
Steve:to Chilton.
Lovella:Who does she go with?
Steve:No one.
Steve:But she meets
Steve:friends like
Steve:Paris
Steve:and Tristan.
Lovella:Okay, you are
Lovella:correct.
Lovella:Well done.
Lovella:Of course,
Lovella:you're correct.
Lovella:Well done.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:I'm started you with an easy one.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Question
Lovella:number
Lovella:two.
Lovella:What is the name of
Lovella:Rory's
Lovella:rival who eventually becomes one of her closest friends?
Steve:I know.
Steve:I just said her name,
Steve:Paris Geller.
Lovella:You are correct.
Lovella:You're
Lovella:doing very well, Lovella.
Lovella:Two on the board.
Lovella:Let's go
Lovella:with
Lovella:question number
Lovella:three.
Lovella:What
Lovella:is the name of the newspaper
Lovella:Rory works for
Lovella:while
Lovella:attending
Lovella:Chilton?
Steve:The
Steve:Gazette.
Steve:Wait, no.
Steve:I was about to say the Gazette, but that's
Steve:the Stars Hollow one, isn't it?
Steve:The Chilton newspaper.
Steve:The
Lovella:what is the name of the newspaper?
Steve:It's something with an F.
Steve:It's something with an F, right?
Steve:I'm right, right?
Chelsea:Oh, I'm not
Chelsea:helping.
Lovella:I'm not
Steve:looking at you.
Lovella:She wants that latte brought to her.
Lovella:She's not going to help you.
Steve:Children, ideas.
Steve:It's something with an F.
Steve:I feel
Steve:like
Steve:the Chilton newspaper.
Lovella:The Chilton.
Steve:That's just what I'm going to do.
Steve:I can't
Steve:remember.
Lovella:You
Lovella:are
Lovella:very close.
Lovella:It is something with the F.
Steve:I know it.
Lovella:Chelsea, do you know?
Chelsea:No, I don't.
Lovella:Oh, you don't.
Lovella:I got both of you.
Lovella:Yes.
Steve:Forgotten
Steve:news.
Chelsea:We're gonna we're gonna kick
Chelsea:ourselves.
Chelsea:I know.
Chelsea:I do not.
Chelsea:I do not remember.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:It
Lovella:is
Lovella:the
Lovella:Franklin.
Chelsea:Franklin.
Chelsea:Oh my gosh.
Lovella:The Franklin.
Lovella:The Franklin.
Lovella:She
Lovella:works
Chelsea:for a lot of different
Chelsea:newspapers.
Chelsea:She
Chelsea:does.
Chelsea:The
Chelsea:Gazette.
Lovella:Okay, is she a journalist or something?
Lovella:Is she,
Lovella:bro,
Lovella:buddy?
Chelsea:How do you not
Chelsea:know?
Chelsea:How do you not know this?
Lovella:That's why I brought you in because you're an expert on Gilmore Girls.
Steve:Oh my goodness, buddy, buddy.
Lovella:Okay, all right.
Lovella:Let's go.
Lovella:Your last
Lovella:question.
Lovella:So you got one wrong.
Lovella:Oh, the door has been open for Chelsea
Lovella:to take out the win.
Lovella:Here we go.
Lovella:Question
Lovella:number four.
Lovella:What is the
Lovella:name
Lovella:of the
Lovella:inn
Lovella:that Lorelai and
Lovella:Suki
Lovella:eventually
Lovella:opened
Lovella:together?
Steve:Oh, I know
Steve:this—the Dragonfly Inn.
Lovella:You are correct.
Lovella:Well done.
Steve:All right.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:So, what was your score?
Steve:Three out of four.
Lovella:Three out of four.
Lovella:Chelsea, how you feeling?
Chelsea:I'm a little bit nervous, just a little
Chelsea:nervous
Chelsea:because
Chelsea:I've
Chelsea:forgot a few of those ones.
Chelsea:Like I know, like I know
Chelsea:the show, right?
Chelsea:But
Lovella:you know, yeah, it's just
Lovella:some.
Chelsea:Will my memory fail me?
Chelsea:That is the question.
Lovella:All right, Lovella, have you got some
Lovella:questions ready for me and Chels?
Steve:I
Steve:do.
Lovella:All right, so
Lovella:parents will be up next.
Lovella:Gilmore
Lovella:Girls
Lovella:questions for you next.
Steve:All right, Mum.
Steve:You ready?
Chelsea:I am ready.
Lovella:I'm in this too.
Lovella:I'm in this too.
Lovella:Right?
Lovella:I get to try and answer.
Steve:Not really.
Steve:Like
Chelsea:you can
Steve:try, but you're you're gonna be no
Steve:help.
Lovella:Let me go first
Lovella:and then
Lovella:see if I.
Lovella:No.
Lovella:No.
Lovella:I'll
Lovella:summon you when I need
Lovella:when I need.
Chelsea:He's already
Steve:proven he knows
Steve:nothing.
Chelsea:You can try.
Lovella:Yeah.
Lovella:I didn't even know Rory's job.
Chelsea:Yeah.
Chelsea:It sounds
Chelsea:like
Chelsea:our next
Chelsea:rewatch
Chelsea:needs to include that.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:Yeah.
Lovella:Thanks.
Lovella:I'm good.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Go ahead, Lovella.
Steve:All right.
Steve:We're gonna start off with a
Steve:semi-hard
Steve:one.
Steve:You ready?
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:Question number one.
Steve:What phrase or motto is associated
Steve:with the Life and Death Brigade?
Chelsea:You want to try this one,
Chelsea:Steve?
Lovella:Um, is it?
Lovella:Oh,
Lovella:Captain, my Captain!
Chelsea:Oh
Chelsea:dear,
Steve:what
Steve:the hell is
Steve:that?
Lovella:That's from Dead Poets
Lovella:Society.
Chelsea:It
Chelsea:should
Chelsea:be
Chelsea:Inomnia
Chelsea:Pardus.
Steve:Correct.
Chelsea:Yeah,
Chelsea:that's right.
Lovella:What's it Latin for?
Steve:Omnia
Steve:paratus.
Steve:It means
Steve:prepared
Steve:for all things, or like ready for anything.
Steve:Okay, ready for anything.
Lovella:That's good.
Lovella:That's a good motto.
Lovella:Yeah, like that.
Steve:Not for you.
Lovella:I'm not prepared for this
Lovella:episode.
Steve:No, that's for sure.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Well, we're one on the board.
Lovella:Let's go.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Question number two.
Steve:What are the four
Steve:episode titles
Steve:in the
Steve:revival based on?
Lovella:Oh,
Lovella:um,
Lovella:it's the seasons, right?
Lovella:Like.
Lovella:Summer.
Chelsea:Oh my goodness!
Lovella:Autumn.
Lovella:Winter.
Steve:Fall.
Steve:Oh my
Steve:goodness!
Chelsea:Okay, don't get
Steve:so
Steve:excited.
Chelsea:You get some
Chelsea:credit, and thank you for not letting us down.
Lovella:I mean,
Lovella:only
Lovella:because
Lovella:it's the most recent stuff
Lovella:on
Lovella:Netflix, right?
Lovella:Like that's the season that they.
Chelsea:Yeah, I guess you might have seen it pop up.
Lovella:Yeah, I think
Lovella:I remember seeing it
Lovella:come up.
Chelsea:Uh huh.
Chelsea:Yeah.
Chelsea:Well done.
Lovella:Yay!
Lovella:I got one
Lovella:right.
Steve:Good
Steve:job.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Are you ready for the
Steve:third question?
Steve:Uh huh.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Here we go.
Steve:Question number three.
Steve:Who plays Rory Gilmore?
Lovella:Rory Gilmore.
Lovella:So Lorelai is Lauren Graham,
Chelsea:and who is Rory?
Lovella:Rory.
Lovella:Do
Steve:you even know
Steve:this,
Steve:Mum?
Chelsea:I
Chelsea:do.
Chelsea:You know it?
Lovella:Yes.
Lovella:It's like
Lovella:Alexa or something.
Chelsea:Ooh.
Lovella:I don't know her last name.
Chelsea:Alexis
Chelsea:Bledel.
Chelsea:Correct.
Lovella:Okay, so we are
Lovella:tied
Lovella:now with you, and this is our
Lovella:Chelsea.
Steve:So if you get this wrong,
Steve:it's
Steve:going to a tiebreak
Steve:round.
Chelsea:Okay, don't
Chelsea:do not let me down, Steve.
Chelsea:Do not buzzing.
Chelsea:Don't worry.
Steve:He's gonna let you
Steve:down.
Steve:This isn't a buzzing in.
Steve:This is not a buzzing in.
Lovella:I'm just saying, like, okay, we got it.
Chelsea:No final answers come from your
Chelsea:dad.
Lovella:Yeah,
Lovella:nothing,
Lovella:Chelsea.
Steve:Yes.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Question
Steve:number
Steve:four.
Steve:What is the name of
Steve:Lane's band?
Lovella:Oh man, I got no idea.
Chelsea:Oh,
Chelsea:really?
Chelsea:Did
Chelsea:you think
Chelsea:I'd forget?
Steve:Yeah, really.
Steve:I thought you'd
Steve:forget because you guys are like...
Chelsea:And dad, dad
Chelsea:would never get this
Chelsea:one.
Chelsea:This is
Chelsea:a bit Lane's.
Lovella:Who's band?
Lovella:Lane's band.
Chelsea:Do you know who Lane is?
Lovella:Is he one of the boys' boyfriends?
Lovella:I thought it was
Lovella:Logan.
Steve:She is
Steve:Rory's best
Steve:friend.
Chelsea:Best friend.
Chelsea:Oh, okay.
Chelsea:Right.
Chelsea:Her best friend in town.
Lovella:Okay.
Chelsea:And the band's name
Chelsea:is
Chelsea:Hip
Chelsea:Alien.
Steve:Correct.
Chelsea:Yes.
Chelsea:Yes.
Steve:Dang it!
Steve:I thought you wouldn't remember that
Steve:one.
Chelsea:Of course, I would.
Lovella:Well,
Lovella:there you go.
Lovella:We got
Lovella:four correct.
Lovella:Thanks to me, I got one of those correct.
Lovella:Okay.
Steve:Sure, buddy.
Steve:She would have gotten that without
Steve:you.
Lovella:But
Lovella:anyway, we're winning, Lovella.
Lovella:Parents are
Lovella:winning, so we're going to go
Lovella:our
Lovella:bonus round.
Chelsea:Steve, you didn't actually nominate
Chelsea:your.
Chelsea:Drink of
Lovella:delight, my chosen drink.
Lovella:Yeah, it's going to be a
Lovella:like.
Lovella:I think a root beer float would be good.
Lovella:I don't do coffee, so
Lovella:that's why I don't like the Gilmore Girls.
Lovella:All right, let's move to our bonus round here.
Lovella:This is your chance, Lovella, to take out the win.
Lovella:One question, first one to buzz in.
Lovella:I'm not going to be a part of this one.
Lovella:I'm tapping out.
Lovella:It's all up to you two.
Lovella:So, Mum, Chelsea versus you, Lovella.
Lovella:First
Lovella:person to buzz in gets to answer it.
Lovella:If they get it correct, points go to them.
Lovella:If they get it wrong, the win
Lovella:goes to the other team.
Steve:All right, I'm ready.
Chelsea:Let's
Chelsea:do this.
Lovella:Well, boy, it's like a movie
Lovella:poster.
Lovella:You know those ones you see where it's like nose
Lovella:to nose,
Lovella:sharing a
Lovella:microphone at the moment too.
Lovella:So they're
Lovella:they're really really into this.
Lovella:Here we go.
Lovella:Bonus tiebreaker question.
Lovella:How
Lovella:many seasons did the
Lovella:original Gilmore Girls run for?
Steve:Buzz.
Lovella:Oh
Lovella:man, that was like a tie.
Chelsea:Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:I'll let Lovella answer, and then
Lovella:Chelsea, you can.
Lovella:If you don't agree with her answer, you can come in with another.
Chelsea:Okay, sure.
Steve:I'm pretty sure, but
Steve:say it again one more time, so I'm not
Steve:like.
Lovella:How many seasons did the original Gilmore Girls run for?
Steve:Seven.
Lovella:Do you want to
Lovella:seven?
Lovella:Do you
Lovella:agree with
Lovella:that?
Chelsea:You would have also said
Chelsea:seven.
Chelsea:It is seven.
Lovella:Okay.
Steve:No, it is seven.
Steve:It is.
Lovella:Okay.
Lovella:Well, because you buzzed in
Lovella:a tie
Lovella:and you both said the same answer,
Lovella:I'll scroll down and see what the answer is.
Lovella:But if it's
Lovella:correct, Lovella, I think Mum takes this win out because she just
Steve:got one extra over you because you got one wrong.
Steve:That's not fair.
Chelsea:Because you.
Lovella:But let me scroll down and see if you are correct
Lovella:first.
Steve:We are
Steve:correct.
Steve:We don't even have to
Steve:know.
Steve:We are correct.
Lovella:Yeah, it is seven.
Lovella:You are correct.
Lovella:Yes.
Lovella:Well done.
Chelsea:You can't stump
Chelsea:us.
Lovella:Well done.
Lovella:Well
Lovella:done.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Parents win
Lovella:the
Steve:nostalgia
Steve:week.
Lovella:Gilmore Girls trivia
Lovella:question.
Steve:Kids, pretty much.
Lovella:No, they didn't.
Lovella:You have got one wrong.
Lovella:Mum got
Lovella:everything
Lovella:right.
Lovella:No
Lovella:wrong
Lovella:answers in the Gilmore Girls.
Lovella:Trivia, you got one wrong.
Steve:So,
Lovella:Mum takes them the win.
Lovella:Well
Lovella:done, nice
Chelsea:try,
Chelsea:trainee.
Steve:You will do some more
Steve:rewatching and catch up.
Lovella:Lovella going to bring Mama latte.
Lovella:You have to bring her latte now.
Lovella:Okay, fine.
Steve:I'll get her.
Steve:I'll get it DoorDash.
Lovella:You can't do that.
Steve:No, I'm going to get it DoorDash.
Lovella:Now you have to walk down to Starbucks and get it for us.
Steve:Sorry, buddy.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Well, thanks for playing, Gilmore
Lovella:Girls.
Lovella:Thank you, Chelsea, for coming
Lovella:and
Lovella:being
Lovella:the Gilmore Girls expert for the parents.
Chelsea:Thanks for having
Chelsea:me.
Lovella:Home the win.
Lovella:Appreciate it.
Lovella:Later in the week, we've got our final Nostalgia Week
Lovella:episode.
Lovella:Which Lovella, tell
Lovella:everybody what it is.
Lovella:I'm
Lovella:so excited.
Steve:It
Steve:is
Steve:Back to the Future.
Lovella:Yes, I
Lovella:cannot wait.
Lovella:So, if you like your Back to the Future, join us.
Steve:I am going to laugh on
Steve:Thursday, so
Steve:so
Steve:hard.
Steve:If
Lovella:I win, yeah, it's
Lovella:okay.
Lovella:It is what it is.
Lovella:Sometimes
Lovella:you just
Lovella:got to take them
Lovella:as they come.
Lovella:All right.
Lovella:Thanks for playing, kids versus
Lovella:parents.
Lovella:We'll see you next time.
Steve:Bye
Steve:bye.
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