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Announcer: You’re listening to: Top of the Topics!

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Now, please welcome your host, Chuck McSilver!

Chuck: Hello and welcome to another episode of Top of the Topics! The show where if you don’t know the news …

Audience: You Lose!

Chuck: Let’s meet today’s contestants: ladies and gentlemen, say hello to Jay and Kay!

Chuck: Jay, Kay, welcome to the show!

Both: Thanks Chuck!

Chuck: Jay! Glad to have you back!

Jay: Glad to be here, Chucky boy!

Chuck: And Kay! How are you feeling?

Kay: Pretty confident, Chuck!

Chuck: She’s a fighter! Let’s see who gets knocked out this week, with a trip to Clever Corner and everyone’s favorite resident know-it-all, Sally Smartypants! Sally?

Sally: Thanks Chuck! Today’s Topic is: The WBSC Under 12 Baseball World Cup!

Chuck: OK … Jay, Kay, I’ll give you a word, you give us a definition. First correct answer wins. Fingers on buzzers. Ready? … Word one: ‘WBSC’ Jay.

Jay: That’s an acronym, Chuck, not a word.

Chuck: Acronyms are made of words! Can you tell us which ones?

Jay: The World Baseball and Softball Confederation

Chuck: Correct! Sally?

Sally: This biannual baseball tournament is the only under 12’s sporting event to feature national teams, making it the highest ranking competition of its kind in the world.

Chuck: Word two: ‘Biannual’ Kay.

Kay: Something that only happens once every two years

Chuck: Correct! One point each. Sally?

Sally: Having been held in Taiwan ever since it began, this year is no exception. 2022’s championship is taking place at Tainan’s awe-inspiring Asia-Pacific International Stadium.

Chuck: Uh-oh! That sound means we’ve run out of time, and we have a tie! You know what that means?! SUDDEN DEATH! One at a time, answer as fast as you can. Ready?

Both: Ready!

Chuck: We’ll start with you, Kay. The question is: Which national teams will be competing in this year’s Under 12 Baseball World Cup … Ready? Your time starts … now!

Kay: Taiwan!

Jay: Guam!

Kay: Japan!

Jay: Korea!

Kay: Mexico!

Jay: Italy!

Kay: South Africa!

Jay: The Czech Republic!

Kay: Venezuela!

Jay: The Dominican Republic!

Kay: Panama!

Jay: The United … States of … Something!

Chuck: Oooo! Bad luck Jay! The word you were looking for was, of course, America. Sorry to see you go, pal … You had a good time?

Jay: It was alright, yeah.

Chuck: Kay, well done! See you next time?

Kay: Bring it on