Episode 420
Sound Statistics - Gender Gap In Cars and More
Get ready to play along with some super weird numbers in this episode of Haysnacks! We’re diving into Sound Statistics, where I throw out some quirky stats and you guess the missing piece while grooving to some funky sound effects. Think you know what 52% of women do with their cars that only 25% of men manage? Spoiler: it’s not what you’re thinking! And the average American spends five whole days listening to what each year? Plus, the second largest collection of these is at the Met!
Transcript
Good morning and Tastack.
Speaker A:We're gonna kick the show off with something I like to call sound statistics.
Speaker B:Sound statistics.
Speaker B:Sound statistics.
Speaker B:Guess the number, hear the clue.
Speaker B:Sound statistics.
Speaker B:Sound statistics.
Speaker A:Haystacks.
Speaker B:Got a question for you.
Speaker A:I'm gonna give you a statistic and leave out the main part for you to guess at.
Speaker A:And then I'm gonna give you a sound effect as a hint because trivia needs more noise and more excuse to be a nerd on the radio.
Speaker A:Question 1.
Speaker A:52% Of women say they've done this with their car compared to just 25% of men.
Speaker A:52% Of women have done this with their car compared to just 25% of men.
Speaker A:Now, whatever you're thinking, keep it clean.
Speaker A:This is not about anything that happened after prom in high school.
Speaker A:This is about a car, a public place, and a much bigger gender gap than I expected.
Speaker A:So here is your sound of.
Speaker A:And that is a parking sensor beeping.
Speaker A:The answer is aligning the car in the middle of the parking space.
Speaker A:52% Of women say they line it up in the middle.
Speaker A:Just 25% of men do, which sounds right.
Speaker A:I mean, women park like there's going to be a follow up inspection.
Speaker A:Men park like they jumped out of the vehicle while it was still moving.
Speaker A:All right, question two.
Speaker A:Each year, the the average American hears a combined five solid days of this.
Speaker A:Five days, 120 hours.
Speaker A:That's not a little background noise, that's a lot.
Speaker A:Here's your hint.
Speaker A:I think this one's pretty easy.
Speaker A:And of course, the answer is Christmas music.
Speaker A:The average American hears about five solid days of Christmas music each year.
Speaker A:So by the 25th of December, holiday spirit has turned into.
Speaker A:If I hear one more song about a reindeer, I'm gonna walk into traffic.
Speaker A:Unless you're one of those people who love it year round.
Speaker A:Weirdos.
Speaker A:All right, question number three.
Speaker A:The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York houses the second largest collection of what?
Speaker A:The second largest.
Speaker A:Now remember, this is the Met.
Speaker A:So we're talking a place with paintings and sculptures, ancient artifacts, priceless historical treasures.
Speaker A:And here is your sound hint.
Speaker A:If you couldn't tell that was the crack of a bat, something you may have stored under a bed in a shoebox in the 90s.
Speaker A:I'm talking about baseball cards.
Speaker A:The Metropolitan Museum of art has about 30,000 baseball cards, which is the second largest collection behind the National Baseball hall of fame, which has 200,000.
Speaker A:So there you go.
Speaker A:If your mom ever threw away your baseball cards, congratulations.
Speaker A:She may have destroyed a future museum exhibit.
Speaker A:That is sound statistics, Weird numbers, noisy clues and proof that sometimes fine art is just a tiny cardboard man with a mustache and a great on base percentage.
Speaker B:It's nerdy, it's noisy, it's facts with a kick.
Speaker B:Sound statistics.
Speaker B:Sound statistics.
