Episode 01: Jimmy Pardo & Beth Littleford

Description
It's the inaugural episode of Go Fact Yourself! Hosts J. Keith van Straaten and Helen Hong test whether comedians Jimmy Pardo ("Never Not Funny") and Beth Littleford ("Dog with a Blog") are as smart as they think they are about topics they love. For Jimmy, it's 1980s music, the band Chicago and Post-90s Chicago White Sox, while Beth professes in-depth knowledge of old school funk music, artificial sweeteners, and therapy. Beth and Jimmy may  say  they know about these subjects, but DO they? To find out, J. Keith and Helen enlist the help of actual experts, and pepper them with fascinating, but useless, trivia questions about things they might know and things they  should  know along the way.

What's The Difference?
Subject: The Best

Question: What is the difference between optimal and optimum ?

Jimmy's Response: Agree with Beth

Beth's Response: Optimum is a noun, optimal is an adjective

Answer: Optimal is an adjective, optimum is a noun; optimum can also be an adjective

Point totals at the end of this round: Jimmy 2 | Beth 2

Cluster Fact
Context: What are the best selling brand names for each of these chemicals?

Expert: Food scientist and author Dr. Steven Witherly

Point totals at the end of this round: Jimmy 2 | Beth 8

Cluster Fact
Context: An artist had a Top 40 song in 1981, and that probably would have been their best known work, because that same year, another song of theirs peaked at number 79. But then, six years later, that song that had peaked at number 79 rocketed to number 1 thanks to an association with a Hollywood couple. It regained its popularity thanks to being featured repeatedly on a TV show.

Expert: Singer-songwriter and and music historian, Grammy winner Billy Vera.

Point totals at the end of this round: Jimmy 5 | Beth 8

Fast Facts
Point totals at the end of this round: Jimmy: 9 | Beth: 13

Promotions
Where to find Beth Littleford: "Look up my name on your DVR"

Where to find Jimmy Pardo: jimmypardo.com or nevernotfunny.com

Where to find Billy Vera: billyvera.com