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Here are the answers to the How Well Do You Know Strombo Trivia Contest

Listen next Sunday June 3, to The Strombo Show to find out who the two winners are, and what song they would like George to play on the show.

1) What city is George's home away from home?
Los Angeles, California.

2) Name two CBC tv shows, not including the news or Hockey Night In Canada, that George has appeared on as himself.
He has been on Being Erica, The Rick Mercer Report, Just For Laughs, Battle Of The Blades, Cover Me Canada, The Greatest Canadian...bonus points if you name some more.

3) Name the 3 guests from George's favorite TV show that have appeared on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight.
From The Wire: Michael Kenneth Williams (Omar), Lance Reddick (Lt. Daniels), and Idris Elba (Stringer Bell).

4) George often asks the following, particularly to British guests, during rapid-fire Answerpology. What is the correct answer (and there IS a correct answer according to him ) – Stones or Beatles?
The Rolling Stones

5) Which occasional guest host on George’s CBC Radio 2 Spirit of Radio show
does a segment called “Mack and Cheese”?
Bob Mackowycz Jr. 

6) Name 3 Dragons from CBC’s “Dragon’s Den” have appeared on The
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight show?
Arlene Dickinson, Robert Herjavec, Jim Treliving, Kevin O’Leary

7) How can you help George, World Food Programme Ambassador, feed
hungry people around the world (and have fun with trivia)?
By playing Free Rice http://freerice.com/content-group/george-stroumboulopoulos

8)When did the Strombo Show make its debut on Radio 2?

November 8, 2009.

9)What do the red cups you see George and his guests sipping from represent?
The World Food Programme. The campaign is called the Red Cup Campaign.

10)What organization honored George with a membership in 2012?
The World Economic Forum's  Youth Global Leaders class of 2012


Thanks to all who participated. Congratulations to the winners! 

Dec 12 through to the 16th on GST

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week


Monday Dec 12
The Royal Canadian Air Farce has a new book.
AirFarcianado  
Don Ferguson

and
Historian, author

Niall Ferguson

 Tuesday Dec 13
Canadian Superstar 
Paul Anka

as well as
American novelist 
Jeffrey Eugenides

Wednesday Dec 14
Corespondent on the Daily Show
Samantha Bee

and
Anthropologist, explorer for National Geographic
Wade Davis

Thursday Dec 15
Actor 
Jamie Bell

also
Bob Nicholson


Friday Dec 16
Best of the Week
plus a performance by 
Laura Marling

a singer reminiscent of early Joni Mitchell...


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Just a note about the red cups that George is using on the show. 

Instead of using his own Strombo mugs to promote the show George has switch it up with World Food Programme plastic red cups as a symbol and a reminder to donate to The Hungry Billion.
  

WFP Scaling Up Operations In Horn Of Africa

If the show was not in repeats I am sure this one be a priority for them to cover.
Please click on the link to read more
WFP Scaling Up Operations In Horn Of Africa


I miss having George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight cover today's important topics. The website stays current with new topics but it's not the same. The show brings a serious punk attitude to the news of the day. Who would the guests be to address the famine crisis in the Horn of Africa or the Debt Crisis issue in the United States I wonder... I miss the kind of professional style GS Tonight uses to look at world events.


For those of you asking...
The TV and radio show will be in repeats until the official launch of the new season. I believe that is on September 19th.
Interviews being taped for the show will coincide with TIFF September 8th-18th. Tickets are not yet available, but sign up at Strombo.com for updates.
There was also a question about George's personal status as far as marriage or dating is concerned. He's not married unless you count the show... whom he dates is between him and the ladies. He does not owe us their privacy.

The UN World Food Programme's website has a new look

A fight against hunger

As you know, George Stroumboulopoulos is an ambassador for the WFP.  He didn't enter into this without careful consideration and research about this UN organization. More info 



What was the GS Tonight show's involvement?
The show featured freerice.com, a cool WFP online educational game that anyone can play as they earn 10 grains of rice for each correct answer. The rice gets donated to hungry people in need. This support was offered to the WFP before George Stroumboulopoulos was approached to be an ambassador. It took him about a year to decide and he officially accepted after the show's team filmed a special about Pakistan's needs after the flood and regional conflicts took their toll, and he examined what the WFP is doing there.

George often talks with guests like Stephen Lewis about the politics, nutrition and innovations and consequences around food, disease and hunger. He asked Stephen Lewis' advice before taking the post.

The World Food Programme under the UN, is involved in buying local food, fair trade, encouraging best practices for farming in each country of need and trying to respond to all the issues faced by them such as floods, disease, wars and other disasters. It's a huge mandate! If we each pitch in some effort to help, the world becomes a better place. Please take a look at the www.wfp.org and see the new look of the website. Check out the articles and links. If you have a blog or webpage add the links freerice or weefeedback or tweet about them. Don't let them get forgotten in the back of the cupboard... 

George Stroumboulopoulos March

The Strombo Show  

March 27, 2011, 8pm - 11pm on CBC Radio 2

CBC Radio 2 Morning Host Bob Mackowycz Jr is back with a short installment of  Mac and Cheese, but evens it out with artists with realness and integrity, or as George calls them the KERP, the "Keep It Real Police". The Magnificent 7 Countdown features some home grown Indie Acts, remixed Poets, and Peter Gabriel sound-a-likes . Protest The Hero make a request for The Ten with Tom Waits segment. George also catches up with CBC Radio 3 host Lana Gay about her travels to SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, and our Blend mini mix features Do Right Music! label founder and DJ John Kong.  The Spirit of Radio on a night to celebrate Canadian Music!


Contributed by
Darby Wheeler

 On George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight this week

Monday March 28

Multiple award winning singer dancer  and actress  Rita Moreno

Tuesday March 29

Do you want to talk about the upcoming election? Canada's anchor Peter Mansbridge of the National will be seated  in the red chair.

Wednesday March 30 

Not U2's The Edge   

No... it's WWE's Edge aka Adam Copeland the wrestler

Thursday March 31

Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist Robbie Robertson

Friday April 1

Pakistan Special 

 George Stroumboulopoulos was confirmed as the first Canadian WFP Ambassador upon his return from a visit to Pakistan, where WFP is feeding hungry communities to rebuild their lives after last year’s devastating floods. This special episodes documents his experiences during this trip.

Here is George's WFP Feedback page
George is a fan of another WFP initiative; FreeRice.com educational online game. Check 'em out.

Mid March Strombo

The Strombo Show  

8pm - 11pm

CBC Radio 2

March 13, 2011

This Sunday it's our St. Patrick's Day Strombo Show - CBC Radio 2

Morning Host Bob Mackowycz Jr drops by to play us some of his favourite

Irish themed records and the whole show has that certain green tinge.

Astrologer and horoscope writer Phil Booth comes in to talk about the

end of the world... is it nigh? Plus, wave a fond farewell to the G12 as

we welcome it's more slender cousin the Magnificent Seven. This week's

Blend comes from turntablist M-Rock.

8pm - 11pm

CBC Radio 2

www.strombo.com

Follow along on Twitter @strombo

contributed by

Darby Wheeler

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

Monday March 14

Investigative Journalist Brian Deer

Flash Dance Star,  Actress Jennifer Beals

Tuesday March 15

A good friend of the show, activist  Stephen Lewis

A special announcement was made today at the taping of this show.
George Stroumboulopoulos has been named as the first Canadian ambassador to the  
UN World Food Programme http://www.wfp.org/

George tweeted this soon after the taping

I'm really looking forward to working with the @WFP in a more official capacity. 

Here's the announcement: http://bit.ly/g7otct

 

CBC News - The National congratulated George and ran the story before his own show, with guest Stephen Lewis, could air the news. 

This is big news and if you want to read some different perspectives I linked a few articles.
The Toronto Star 
Eye Weekly
The Globe and Mail

Wednesday March 16
Election anyone?

Leader of the opposition, The Right Honorable Michael Ignatieff 

Thursday March 17

A hot Hollywood leading man Matthew McConaughey

Friday March 18 

Director of Twilight and Red Riding Hood Catherine Hardwicke

 Musical act Chromeo

Here is a taste of Chromeo Nice N Clean