Episode 10: Stephanie Miller & Jonathan Mangum

Description
This week, radio host Stephanie Miller and  Let’s Make a Deal ’s Jonathan Mangum compete to determine who’s the facting champion of  Go Fact Yourself ! But before they show off their trivia prowess, they talk a little about who they are. Stephanie explains how she decided to channel her frustration with politics into a comedy tour and Jonathan discusses why he wants to continue producing  Let’s Make a Deal  forever, and the story behind why the show’s audience members and contestants wear crazy costumes.

Stephanie Miller
Subject: Fact

Question: What is the original difference between fact and factoid?

Stephanie's Response: A factoid is potentially a small fact that has some basis and truth, while a fact is an actual fact; something that is not on Fox News.

Jonathan's Response: A fact is something that is a fact, while a factoid is a fact in a collective group of facts.

Answer: A fact is, of course, a true piece of information. A factoid has come to be used as a brief, interesting fact or tidbit of information, but actually the proper definition is not that. Factoid was actually coined by Norman Mailer in 1973 to mean "resembling a fact."

Point totals at the end of this round: Stephanie 2 | Jonathan 0

Jonathan Mangum
Subject: Books (fiction or non-fiction)

Question: When starting a book, what is the difference between a preface and a foreword?

Jonathan's Response: A preface might give you some inclination or some context to what the story is about, while a foreword is something that another author might write, not just referencing the story, but maybe about the author him or herself and how it might relate to the story.

Stephanie's Response: I believe a preface is a prelude, like a foreshadowing of what's going to be in the book; a foreword is someone very slutty.

Answer: Both come before the main text of the book, but a preface is written by the author, usually explaining why the book was written and why you should read the book. A foreword is written by someone other than the author, usually an expert in the subject of the book, a prominent writer, or frankly anyone the publisher thinks could help sell the book.

Point totals at the end of this round: Stephanie 2 | Jonathan 2

Cluster Fact
Context: On the show, Jaime Sommers adopted a bionic dog. The original intent was that he'd get his own spinoff, but luckily for Jaime, he didn't and she got to keep him. Expert: Herbie J. Pilato, executive director of the Classic TV Preservation Society, and author of The Bionic Book.

Point totals at the end of this round: Stephanie 8 | Jonathan 3

Cluster Fact
Context: Composer Wendy Carlos really put synthesizers on the map when she won three Grammys for her album Switch on Bach. She later went on to compose some trend-setting soundtracks for well-known films. Expert: Brian Kehew, the former archives historian for the Bob Moog Foundation, and member of the band The Moog Cookbook.

Point totals at the end of this round: Stephanie 8 | Jonathan 7

Fast Facts
Point totals at the end of this round: Stephanie 10 | Jonathan 12

Promotions
Where to find Stephanie Miller: stephaniemiller.com, The Happy Hour podcast

Where to find Jonathan Mangum: Let's Make a Deal on CBS, Whose Line is it Anyway? on The CW, @mangum1 on Twitter, @jmangum1 on Instagram

Where to find Herbie J. Pilato: herbiejpilato.com or ClassicTVPreserve.org

Where to find Brian Kehew: moogfoundation.org