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Brian Lehrer: It's The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. Anne Lamott coming up later this hour. I know there are a lot of Anne Lamott fans out there. She'll even take a few phone calls. Anne Lamott, coming up, but right now, our latest 10-Question Quiz as we try to have a little fun and keep it palatable during this membership drive. Nobody loves that we're in a membership. We don't love that we're in it, but we have to do it.

One of the ways we try to keep it palatable is to keep it a little fun with these 10-question quizzes on this show after the eleven o'clock news. Our quizzes this drive are derived from the names of various public radio shows. If you haven't heard that yet, we've done 10-question quizzes based on the names, Fresh Air, 1A, The New Yorker Radio Hour, On the Media, and others. Today, it's a quiz called Which Ted Said It in honor of the TED Radio Hour, which we air on the station Sundays at one o'clock. Who wants to play?

We're going to play 10 clips, audio clips of famous people named Ted and see if you can identify them. We'll give you a little context for each one. 212-433-WNYC if you want to play, 212-433-9692. Get two in a row right and you can win your choice of a Brian Lehrer Show baseball cap or a Brian Lehrer Show mug. For our TED Talk-inspired quiz, the question, as I say, will be in each case, which TED said it?

If you think you can identify some famous guys named Ted from hearing one of their audio clips, this 10-question quiz is for you. Who wants to play and try to win a hat or a mug? 212-433-WNYC, 212-433-9692. June in Rockland County. Hi, June, ready to play?

June: Yes. I'm sorry I called into this one.

Brian Lehrer: [laughs] All right. Well, we'll see. You may do okay. All right. Section one is political Teds. Which Ted said this?

Ted Cruz: It's when Americans tried it, they discovered they did not like green eggs and ham, and they did not like Obamacare either. They did not like Obamacare in a box with a fox in a house or with a mouse.

Brian Lehrer: Yes, it turns out the poll show people really do like Obamacare, but which Ted said that? Do you know, June?

June: Cruz?

Brian Lehrer: Ted Cruz is right. Okay, Ted number two. Which Ted said this? I will say this is one of the oldest sound bites in recorded history.

Theodore Roosevelt: The people themselves must be the ultimate makers of their own Constitution, and where their agents differ in their interpretations of the Constitution, the people themselves should be given the chance, after full and deliberate judgment, authoritatively to settle what interpretation it is that their representatives shall thereafter adopt as binding.

Brian Lehrer: All right, June, do you know which Ted said that?

June: Roosevelt?

Brian Lehrer: That is right. I knew you could do it, June. Would you like a Brian Lehrer Show baseball hat or a mug?

June: I wear my hat when I walk around the block all the time, so I guess it's got to be the mug.

Brian Lehrer: Okay, June. Thank you. Hang on. We're going to take your address off the air. Yes, that was from a speech entitled Social and Industrial Justice, and was recorded in August of 1912 to be played on Thomas Edison's recent invention, it was recent at the time, called the phonograph. How about that, a 1912 sound bite? Joan in Manhattan, ready to play? Is this Joan in Manhattan? Ooh, I think Joan in Manhattan got cold feet. Ernie in Montrose, New York. You're on WNYC. Ernie, is that you?

Ernie: It's me, Brian.

Brian Lehrer: Okay, here we go. Ted quote number three, which Ted said this?

Ted Kennedy: What is the price, we ask the other side? What is the price that you want from these working men and women? What cost? How much more do we have to give to the private sector and to business? How many billion dollars more, are you asking, are you requiring? When does the greed stop?

Brian Lehrer: Which Ted shouted that, political Ted?

Ernie: I have no idea. Oh my God, I think it was Ted Kennedy.

Brian Lehrer: It was Ted Kennedy.

Ernie: Oh my God.

Brian Lehrer: That's the loudest Ted Kennedy clip you'll ever hear. Is that why you couldn't get it more easily?

Ernie: I was waiting for his accent, but I wasn't sure it was him, so--

Brian Lehrer: Yes, passionate, Ted Kennedy in a speech on the Senate floor about the Fair Minimum Wage Act in 2007. He was arguing for the minimum wage, the federal minimum wage to be raised from $5.15 an hour to $7.25, which it was. Now, the minimum wage in New York, for example, is up to $16 by now, but listeners may not know, it's actually still just $7.25 federally, and not every state goes beyond that. All right? One more. Now that concludes our political Ted questions. Here is TED Radio Hour Quiz Section two, fictional Teds. Can you tell us, Ernie, which fictional Ted said this?

Ted Logan: Oh, you beautiful babes from England, for whom we have traveled through time. Will you go to the prom with us in San Dimas? We will have a most triumphant time.

Brian Lehrer: Any idea, Ernie?

Ernie: Wow, a fictional Ted.

Brian Lehrer: From a movie.

Ernie: I really don't-- Teddy [unintelligible 00:06:38]. I don't know.

Brian Lehrer: All right. Thanks for trying, Ernie. Too bad, you got the first one. That was Ted Logan, the character Ted Logan from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Oh, look, we have a Ted on the line. Ted in DC, did you make that up or is your name really Ted?

Ted: Nope, I was born with it. [laughs]

Brian Lehrer: All right, Theodore.

Ted: It's my father's name.

Brian Lehrer: You ready?

Ted: Yes, sir.

Brian Lehrer: We've got another fictional Ted here. Which fictional Ted said this?

Ted Mosby: And that's how it goes, kids, the friends, neighbors, drinking buddies, and partners in crime you love so much when you're young. As the years go by, you just lose touch.

Brian Lehrer: Any idea, from a pretty well-known TV series?

Ted: Is it-- a well-known TV series. I have a hard time with that one.

Brian Lehrer: In three, two-- want to guess?

Ted: No.

Brian Lehrer: No. All right, Ted, I'm sorry a Ted couldn't win who said this, which Ted said this contest, but that was Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother, actor Bob Saget actually doing the voice of the narrator and main character. Ted Mosby, the conceit being that the whole show is a story that he's telling to his kids. James in Los Angeles, ready to play?

James: Sure.

Brian Lehrer: All right. Back to some real-life Teds. For Section three, Ted number six, this is a section called cultural Ted's. Which real-life Ted said this? I'll give you a clue. It represents a real turn of heart from a Ted who's been known to make inflammatory statements. Which Ted said this?

Ted Nugent: But at the tender age of 69, my wife has convinced me that I just can't use those harsh terms. I cannot and I will not, and I encourage even my friends/enemy on the left in the Democrat and liberal world that we have got to be civil to each other.

Brian Lehrer: Which Ted from arts and culture and entertainment had that change of heart towards civility?

James: Would that be-- Now, I'm having a brain freeze here. Oh, white hair. Ted Nugent.

Brian Lehrer: Ted Nugent is right.

James: Thanks for the hint.

Brian Lehrer: He's been incredibly vocal and often offensive in the way he expresses his political opinions over time. That was from a 2017 interview in which he said he was changing his tune and calling for civility. Okay. Ted number seven. This is from another television show, but I should say that the actor, not the character, is named Ted. Extra kudos if you can also name the character in the show, but the real question is who's the actor named Ted playing a character on TV here?

Ted Danson: You never know. You could die. I could die. The world could end. One of us could bump our heads and wander the streets for the rest of our life with amnesia, or maybe one of us will decide they want something else.

Brian Lehrer: All right. Do you know what real-life actor named Ted said that in what context?

James: I do not know that.

Brian Lehrer: No guess of an actor named Ted?

James: Ted Bessell.

Brian Lehrer: No, James. Thanks. From LA, TV Land, no less, that was Ted Danson as Sam on Cheers. The first five seasons of Cheers revolved around the romantic tension between the characters, Sam and Diane. Lori in Brooklyn, ready to play?

Lori: I'm ready.

Brian Lehrer: Ted number "eight." This is a double Ted question because both the character and the actor are named Ted. In this case, you only have to name either one, the character or the actor named Ted from this quote.

Ted Baxter: [laughs] I'm going to be rich, Mary. I'm going to have all the things that only money can buy. Happiness, good health, spiritual fulfillment. Then one day, I'm going to use my money to do something good for my country. I'm going to make a huge contribution to a presidential candidate and find myself a political appointment.

Brian Lehrer: Obviously from a sitcom. Do you know either the actor or the character named Ted?

Lori: Ted Baxter.

Brian Lehrer: Ted Baxter is the character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, played by Ted Knight. That is right. All right. Good job, Lori. Next up, Ted number nine. This is a sports Ted. Which Ted-

Lori: Oh, no.

Brian Lehrer: -said this?

Ted Williams: I love it when they say he's one of the greatest hitters that ever lived. When I'm put in the category of Ruth and Gehrig and Simmons and Fox and Hornsby and Aaron and Mays and DiMaggio, that's good enough for me. That's good enough for me.

Brian Lehrer: Any idea? I will say he's probably the most famous Ted in sports history. Certainly baseball history.

Lori: Ted Williams?

Brian Lehrer: Ted Williams is right.

Lori: [cheers]

Brian Lehrer: Way to go, Lori. How many people can say they know Ted Baxter and Ted Williams? Would you like a chambray blue unisex Brian Lehrer Show baseball hat or a New York City skyline Brian Lehrer Show mug?

Lori: Oh, I want the mug. I have the hat.

Brian Lehrer: Oh, great, Lori. Hang on. We'll take your address. We only have one question left. Arnold in Brooklyn is going to get the chance to win a hat or a mug by just getting one Ted right. Arnold, ready to play?

Arnold: Yes, I am.

Brian Lehrer: We conclude with a media Ted. Which Ted said this?

Ted Turner: I want to improve the quality of television and use communications to make the people of the world smarter and more peaceful. Instead of tearing everything down, I want to want to build things up.

Brian Lehrer: You know him, Arnold?

Arnold: I'm having a brain freeze on the name. Is it enough if I identify him by his accomplishments?

Brian Lehrer: I guess if you get him spot on, I'll give you that.

Arnold: The founder of CNN.

Brian Lehrer: Absolutely. Ted Turner on The Letterman Show in 1982. Arnold, hang on. We'll see if you won a hat or a mug, and we'll take your address off the air. That's our 10-Question Quiz for today. Thanks to guest producer, Briana Brady, for the creativity in pulling all those clips. Tomorrow, one last 10-Question Quiz for the membership drive. We'll end on a potpourri quiz derived from another public radio show, All Of It. Hope you enjoyed today's quiz. Stay tuned for our next special guest, Anne Lamott, after the break.

 

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