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Hosts: Steve Koch & Lovella Koch
Kids vs Parents is produced by Vandalpop Media
Producer: Steve Koch
Editors: Ever Cunningham, Steve Koch
Cover Design: Patrick Hardy
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Quick Minecraft trivia question to start us off.
Lovella:What green mob explodes when it gets close to you?
Steve:Okay, I do notice one.
Steve:This is a creeper.
Lovella:Yes, correct.
Steve:Welcome to Kids Versed Parents, the family trivia battle where the backseat takes on the front seat.
Lovella:Today we're playing some Minecraft trivia
Lovella:Which was suggested by Maddie, Rowan and Noah from Jacksonville, North Carolina, and Tad C Girl on Apple
Steve:Yay, thanks guys for suggesting this.
Lovella:Yep.
Lovella:Very excited.
Steve:Now, I don't know much at all about Minecraft.
Lovella:I know nothing.
Steve:My entire knowledge of the game Minecraft comes from the movie Minecraft.
Lovella:Yeah, literally.
Steve:That's it
Lovella:If you were to tell me, hey Lovella, explain Minecraft, I'd be like, you throw blocks and you build things.
Steve:And things explode and goats and Pink Sheep.
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:Pink sheep and zombies.
Lovella:Yeah.
Steve:And chicken jockeys.
Lovella:Chickens?
Steve:So neither Lovella nor I know much about Minecraft, which is why you need to join Kids First Parents crew because the crew members are the ones who we can invite you to come and compete on the show and we can just ask you the questions.
Steve:So that's what
Steve:trying to do with our kids vs parents crew you can click on the link in the show notes and join that crew.
Steve:We're gonna soon start sourcing people who can compete on the show in episodes like this where we don't know much about them.
Lovella:So Dad, what's the prize today?
Steve:Okay so the prize
Steve:Today, I've just gone back to our regular the winner gets to choose the next car trip snack.
Steve:Okay, so when you go on a car trip and you have to take some snacks with you, the winner gets to pick the ones to take in the car.
Steve:You can bypass mum's carrots and
Lovella:Cucumber?
Steve:What would you take?
Lovella:Oh, I like some good red Doritos.
Steve:Oh, Doritos.
Lovella:Pinacho Doritos.
Steve:Good one.
Steve:Alright.
Lovella:My favourites.
Steve:Nice.
Steve:Or some Oreo cookies or something.
Lovella:Oh Oreos are really good.
Steve:That means if I win, I get to pick the snack.
Lovella:Oh yeah.
Lovella:What are you gonna choose?
Steve:I don't know what I choose.
Steve:I'll think about it.
Steve:If I win, I'll tell you at the end.
Steve:Alright, who goes first, Lovella?
Lovella:Let's do the kid.
Steve:Okay, kids up first.
Lovella:Let's just get my terribleness out of the way and over with.
Steve:Minecraft questions for you kids.
Steve:Here we go.
Steve:Question number one
Steve:What is the boss you fight at the end called I don't know.
Lovella:I don't know at all.
Lovella:I don't know.
Steve:Is that gonna be the answer to all of your questions?
Lovella:Probably.
Steve:I don't know.
Lovella:Yeah, I d I don't know.
Steve:Okay, have a guess.
Steve:The skull looking thing.
Steve:Skull looking thing.
Lovella:Yeah
Lovella:Or a pink sheep.
Steve:A pink sheep.
Steve:You are, of course you are incorrect.
Steve:The final boss is called the Ender Dragon.
Lovella:Oh.
Steve:The Ender Dragon.
Steve:All right, question number two.
Steve:We're gonna be super excited if you get one right, right?
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:But if you get off the board, we're gonna cheer and scream.
Steve:Okay, question number two.
Steve:What happens if you try to sleep in a bed in the nether?
Lovella:You explode.
Lovella:That's my guess.
Steve:That's your guess?
Lovella:Yep.
Lovella:You explode.
Steve:Ah, Lovella, you are so close.
Steve:I might actually even just give it to you.
Lovella:What was it?
Steve:The answer
Steve:is the bed explodes.
Lovella:Oh.
Steve:But you know what?
Steve:I'm gonna give you the point.
Lovella:Yeah.
Lovella:Something explodes.
Lovella:Yay!
Steve:And the parents in your car, you can decide whether your kid got that correct or not.
Steve:But for me, I'm gonna say Laval, you got that close enough and I'll give it I'll give it to you.
Steve:Well done.
Steve:All right, nice, you're on the board.
Steve:Yay!
Steve:Yay!
Steve:First Minecraft answer correct.
Steve:All right, here we go.
Steve:Question number three.
Steve:What two items are combined to craft an Eye of Ender?
Steve:What two items are combined to craft an Eye of Ender?
Lovella:An axe and a magical portal thing.
Lovella:An accent or portal thing.
Lovella:You know?
Lovella:A magical diamond or whatever.
Steve:You are incorrect.
Lovella:Obviously, I don't know what I'm talking about.
Steve:The two items are an ender pearl
Steve:And blaze powder.
Lovella:Oh.
Steve:So you combine those two things and you get yourself an eye vendor
Steve:That's the recipe.
Lovella:All right, I'll mix it up later.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Final question for you, Lovella.
Steve:Question number four.
Steve:How many wither skeleton skulls are needed to summon the wither?
Steve:So this is just a number, Laval, you gotta give me here.
Steve:How many wither skeleton skulls are needed to summon the wither?
Lovella:I'm gonna say three.
Steve:Okay.
Lovella:Because three just seems like a number that you'd need.
Steve:Right.
Lovella:Two seems too even.
Lovella:Four seems too much.
Lovella:Three seems exact amount.
Steve:Just right.
Steve:It's the Goldilocks number?
Lovella:Yeah, exactly.
Steve:The perfect amount.
Steve:Alright.
Lovella:It's just right.
Steve:Your answer is incorrect.
Steve:Is correct.
Lovella:Three.
Lovella:Oh, hey.
Lovella:See, I'm smart.
Lovella:I'm smart.
Lovella:I got that.
Steve:Well done.
Steve:Alright.
Steve:Alright, so you got two out of four.
Lovella:Yes.
Steve:Oh my.
Lovella:Alright.
Lovella:I'm so good at this.
Lovella:I should just play Minecraft.
Steve:I'm not gonna do as well.
Steve:I'm telling you right now, I'm not going to get
Steve:Two out of four.
Steve:I'm almost certain that I'm not going to get two out of four.
Steve:But we'll see how we go.
Lovella:All right, parents.
Lovella:Here we go.
Lovella:Question number one
Lovella:What console was Minecraft first released on?
Steve:Oh, what con Oh right, because okay, because it was first came out, it was uh like a PC game uh on a computer, on a desktop computer
Steve:What console?
Steve:Okay, so this is going to be either PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo.
Steve:It's going to be one of those three.
Steve:I'm gonna say Xbox.
Steve:You're correct?
Steve:Yes.
Steve:Nice.
Steve:Alright, I am good at Minecraft questions.
Steve:Oh yeah, we'll see about that, but wait until you give me something about the gameplay.
Steve:the rules in the game, then I'm in some trouble.
Lovella:Alright, question number two.
Lovella:What item is required to activate a end
Lovella:Portal.
Steve:Ah, of course you give me a gameplay one now.
Steve:You asked for it.
Steve:I didn't.
Steve:I didn't actually ask for it.
Lovella:But you asked for it.
Steve:Okay, all right.
Steve:Um what is it?
Lovella:What item is used to activate a end portal.
Steve:Um a diamond
Steve:It blue diamond.
Lovella:Oh, that sounds so wrong.
Lovella:And you yeah, obviously you are incorrect
Lovella:Eye of Ender.
Steve:An Eye of Ender.
Lovella:Is correct.
Steve:That's what you had to create.
Steve:That's what I asked you to create in your question.
Steve:Ah, an Eye of Ender.
Steve:So I needed the blaze powder and the
Steve:something or other else.
Steve:I've forgotten now.
Lovella:All right, here we go.
Lovella:Question number three.
Lovella:This is a multiple choice.
Lovella:What year was Minecraft first released to the public?
Lovella:A.
Lovella:two thousand.
Lovella:B two thousand nine, C two thousand eleven, or D twenty fifteen
Steve:Okay.
Steve:So two thousand and nine what no two thousand?
Lovella:Two thousand two thousand nine
Lovella:2011, 2015.
Steve:Um 2000 is too early, 2015 is too late, it's in the middle somewhere.
Steve:Uh 2011.
Steve:So A B C
Steve:A B C yeah, C.
Steve:Two thousand eleven is my answer.
Lovella:You are incorrect.
Steve:Ah, was it two thousand and nine?
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:Ah
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:Bummer.
Lovella:Oh snap.
Lovella:All right.
Steve:Oh well that was my last chance to really get it.
Steve:A multiple choice was my best chance of getting another point.
Steve:Okay.
Lovella:Yeah, you failed that.
Steve:Yeah, I did fail that.
Steve:Alright.
Steve:All right.
Steve:Give me the last question
Steve:It's gonna be a gameplay one again, isn't it?
Lovella:Question number four.
Lovella:What mob trades items with players using emerald
Steve:What mob trades items?
Steve:Say it again.
Lovella:What mob trades items with players using emeralds?
Steve:What mob trades items with players using emeralds?
Steve:So I need a mob name.
Lovella:Uh What's a mob name?
Steve:I don't know what the mobs are in in like I know Creeper is a is a mob.
Steve:I'm just gonna it won't be Creeper.
Steve:It won't be Creeper.
Lovella:It's actually kinda easy-ish.
Steve:Is it?
Lovella:Think of the Minecraft movie.
Lovella:Like what
Lovella:Can't believe I'm helping.
Steve:Chickens.
Lovella:No, what else do we see in the Minecraft movie?
Steve:They're kinda like Zombies.
Steve:Zombies.
Lovella:Is that your answer?
Steve:Uh were you kind of saying no?
Steve:I don't think I have a better one.
Lovella:Alright, you were incorrect.
Lovella:They were villagers.
Lovella:Just the villagers.
Lovella:You know the ones that are like
Steve:Yeah.
Lovella:You know with their arms like you know?
Lovella:And the big big fat heads.
Steve:Big heads.
Steve:Yep.
Steve:I know who you're talking about.
Steve:Yeah.
Steve:Yeah
Steve:Okay.
Lovella:The big heads.
Steve:That was an easy one.
Steve:Sorry I let you down, parents.
Steve:Other parents in the car.
Steve:Okay, well, I got one.
Steve:Oh man, I only got one.
Lovella:Okay.
Steve:To be honest, I'm pretty happy I got one.
Steve:Yeah, that's true.
Steve:And you got how many did you get?
Lovella:Two.
Steve:Two.
Steve:Okay.
Steve:So we're gonna go to our bonus or our tiebreaker round, depending on what it is in your car.
Steve:One question, first thing to buzz in, gets to answer.
Steve:And two points is what the bonus question or the tie break around is worth.
Steve:Okay.
Steve:So I can tie it with you.
Steve:No, I can take over you.
Lovella:You can take over.
Steve:I can take over you if I get this right.
Lovella:Alright.
Steve:I want to win this snack prize.
Lovella:Here we go.
Lovella:Bonus tiebreaker question.
Lovella:What animal can be tamed using a fish?
Steve:Buzz?
Steve:I've got a I've got an answer, because I don't have a chance.
Steve:I don't really know the answer.
Steve:But what animal can be tamed using a fish?
Steve:Um, what animal can be tamed using a fish?
Steve:I'm gonna guess uh I'm gonna guess a cat, because cats like fish.
Lovella:That's that's a smart choice.
Lovella:Alright.
Lovella:Let me see.
Steve:What is the answer?
Lovella:You're correct.
Lovella:Am I really?
Lovella:Yeah, it's a cat.
Lovella:No way, really?
Lovella:Yeah.
Lovella:Nice.
Lovella:Nice.
Lovella:Nice.
Lovella:I win.
Lovella:I wouldn't have thought of a cat.
Lovella:Like even no, I wouldn't have gone with a cat.
Steve:I know there are cats in there.
Steve:I've seen cats in the game and there's wolves in there too.
Steve:And pigs.
Steve:And sheep, I think.
Steve:And chicken jockeys.
Steve:And chickens, yeah, there's lots of animals.
Steve:Alright.
Lovella:Yes, parents win.
Lovella:Nice, alright.
Lovella:Alright, I get the snack choice.
Lovella:Alright, what are you choosing?
Lovella:You got you told me you'd tell me.
Steve:You know what I'm picking
Steve:Oh no.
Steve:It's my favourite snack.
Steve:Swedish fish.
Lovella:Oh, yeah.
Steve:I'm gonna snack all those with you.
Lovella:I'm gonna steal them.
Steve:Well maybe some coconut coconut chips or something.
Steve:No, no.
Steve:No, we don't do that.
Lovella:We don't do that here.
Steve:Seaweed crackers.
Lovella:Ew.
Lovella:Seaweed crackers?
Lovella:I'm sorry, I do not like seaweed crackers.
Steve:Yeah, seaweed crackers.
Steve:Let's do seaweed crackers.
Lovella:No, you don't even like seaweed crackers.
Steve:Go back to Swedish fish?
Lovella:Yeah.
Lovella:Back to Swedish fish, buddy.
Steve:Let's go.
Steve:Uh well thanks for playing.
Steve:Uh
Steve:If you want to join the crew and be a part of deciding on future episodes and we're working on some printables to some road trip games for you.
Lovella:You can join playkids vsparents.
Lovella:com.
Steve:That's right, and there's a section there.
Steve:You can also go, where our website's got some, you can go and find all the episodes.
Steve:Done, we've got them categorized there.
Lovella:And if you liked this episode, you should check out our Minecraft movie episode.
Steve:Yes, we'll put a link in that in the show notes too.
Lovella:We will.
Steve:Thanks for playing Kids First Parents today.
Lovella:See you next time.
Lovella:Bye.
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