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On the Spot

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S06E09 - "On the Brain, Oddities, Extreme Sports"

Aired on Feb 13, 2017, 5:00 PM

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Everything You Need to Know About Everything! Can you answer questions On the Spot? Each episode of On the Spot is a lightning fast game of entertaining trivia. The answers will amaze you. Test your knowledge with questions like these. Can a cow have an accent? Which came first, the color orange or the fruit? As a kid, did Napoleon hate France? Was the name Google an accident? Who got the world's longest standing ovation? For the surprising answers to these questions and hundreds more, catch On the Spot every week. It's quite simply everything you need to know about everything. Check your local listings.

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Status: Ended
Language: English
Premiered: May 6, 2013
Ended: February 13, 2017

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Episodes (5 Seasons · 71 Episodes)

Mad Science, Inventions, Bad Ideas

Bizarre therapies; how an in-ear thermometer detects temperature; bad ideas about cleaning.

Oct 17, 2016

Globetrotting, Get Creative, Problem & Solution

How New York got its nickname; chewing-gum sculptures; creative solutions to NASA's problems in space.

Oct 24, 2016

Now and Then, Identify This, Surprising Stats

Prehistoric dentists; identifying cool animals; smartphone statistics.

Oct 31, 2016

Inventions, In Sickness & In Health, Dinosaurs

Why an extra month was added to the calendar; diseases that affect both humans and animals; the size of a stegosaurus brain.

Nov 7, 2016

Extreme Sports, Into the Wild, Origins

A high-altitude race; animals in myths and folklore; a military invention.

Nov 14, 2016

Oddities, Health & Fitness, The World In Numbers

Odd acts in traveling sideshows; how long it takes to feel the effects of caffeine; the origins of Wall Street.

Nov 21, 2016

Get Creative, What Could Have Been, Ridiculous Theories

The first flying device that could carry people; doomsday prophecies; a theory involving water.

Jan 30, 2017

Mad Science, Problem & Solution, Bad Ideas

What a Jacob's ladder is; ways to keep pesky insects out; why fluoroscopes were a bad idea in shoe stores.

Feb 6, 2017

On the Brain, Oddities, Extreme Sports

The amount of neurons in the human brain; oddities in geometric figures; an extreme sport brought on by a California drought.

Feb 13, 2017