Pop The Quiz: Flying Whale Edition — No Mercy, Just a Wine Quiz

The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast

Hosted by Rusty Sellers, producer of The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast and resident quizmaster of the Pop The Quiz segment

Flying Whale Edition — ten questions based on the Maba Ba interview series

 Round One: Multiple Choice (5 questions)

  • Which African tribe inspired Flying Whale Wine? (Dogon)
  • Which star system did the Dogon base their belief system on? (Sirius)
  • Where did Maba Ba grow up? (Dakar, Senegal)
  • What unexpected event led him into wine? (A random meeting in Miami)
  • Before wine, Maba primarily worked as what? (Filmmaker)
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  • Round Two: True or False (5 questions)
    • The Flying Whale name comes from a real animal used in winemaking (False)
    • Maba met his winemaking partner shortly after their first introduction (True)
    • The vineyard was newly built from scratch (False — 5th generation, 100+ years old)
    • His red blend was inspired by big California Cabernet wines (True)
    • He believes rosé should only be enjoyed in summer (False — "that idea is ridiculous")
  • Scoring breakdown: 9–10 correct = locked in / 6–8 = mostly listening / 3–5 = wine in hand / 0–2 = you just liked the intro music

 Rusty's closing line: "Wine isn't just about what's in the glass — it's about the story behind it. And sometimes that story involves a flying whale."

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Hosted by Rusty Sellers, producer of The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast and resident quizmaster of the Pop The Quiz segment

Flying Whale Edition — ten questions based on the Maba Ba interview series

 Round One: Multiple Choice (5 questions)

  • Which African tribe inspired Flying Whale Wine? (Dogon)
  • Which star system did the Dogon base their belief system on? (Sirius)
  • Where did Maba Ba grow up? (Dakar, Senegal)
  • What unexpected event led him into wine? (A random meeting in Miami)
  • Before wine, Maba primarily worked as what? (Filmmaker)
  •  
  • Round Two: True or False (5 questions)
    • The Flying Whale name comes from a real animal used in winemaking (False)
    • Maba met his winemaking partner shortly after their first introduction (True)
    • The vineyard was newly built from scratch (False — 5th generation, 100+ years old)
    • His red blend was inspired by big California Cabernet wines (True)
    • He believes rosé should only be enjoyed in summer (False — "that idea is ridiculous")
  • Scoring breakdown: 9–10 correct = locked in / 6–8 = mostly listening / 3–5 = wine in hand / 0–2 = you just liked the intro music

 Rusty's closing line: "Wine isn't just about what's in the glass — it's about the story behind it. And sometimes that story involves a flying whale."

@thebestwinepod

Discover More from The Best 5 Minute Podcast Network:

Wine Podcast

Music Podcast

Travel Podcast


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2026-05-26 5 min
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