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Hello, Smarty Pants, and welcome to Trusty Trivia Thursday.
Today we're jumping, kart racing and mushroom boosting our way through the 8-bit and beyond world of Nintendo.
Before we warp to World 1-1, let's give a superstar shout-out to Nico and Maggie in Portland Oregon.
You said you love all the characters and all the smart sounds.
Well, that is why we do it.
Thanks for tuning in and getting smarter with us.
Let's level up with some Nintendo trivia.
First question.
Which country is Nintendo originally from?
Is it A, the U.S., B, Japan, or C, Italy?
Did you say B?
You're heating up.
Nintendo was founded in Japan in 1889.
Yep, long before video games.
They actually started with playing cards.
Next question.
What was Nintendo's first big home video game console in the US?
Was it A, the Nintendo Switch, B, the Game Boy, or C, the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES?
If you picked C, you're on fire.
The Nintendo Entertainment System NES, launched in the US in the 1980s and introduced the world to Mario, Zelda and millions of living room battles for the controller.
Final question.
What kind of creature is Yoshi?
Is he A, a turtle, B, a dragon, or C, a dinosaur?
Going with C, your dino-mite.
Yoshi is a green egg-laying dinosaur who made his debut in Super Mario World.
You powered up your trivia game, Smarty Pants.
Tune in next Thursday for more brain-boosting fun.
And if you want to learn a whole lot more about Nintendo, check out our Nintendo episode in the Who Smarted archives.
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