Danny Brown

So we are going to ask you, Danny Brown, three questions about Dan Brown, the author of The Da Vinci Code and many other bestsellers. Okay, if you get two out of three right, you will win our prize for one of our listeners. Bill, who is Danny Brown playing for?

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Yeah, I'm telling you, man. I'm sorry, Heather. No, it's all right. Ignorance is absolutely a blessing in this game. You think you know something, that's where you go into trouble. Here we go. So Dan Brown is now one of the best-selling authors of all time. But before that, he tried to make it in the music business.

Yeah, I'm telling you, man. I'm sorry, Heather. No, it's all right. Ignorance is absolutely a blessing in this game. You think you know something, that's where you go into trouble. Here we go. So Dan Brown is now one of the best-selling authors of all time. But before that, he tried to make it in the music business.

Yeah, I'm telling you, man. I'm sorry, Heather. No, it's all right. Ignorance is absolutely a blessing in this game. You think you know something, that's where you go into trouble. Here we go. So Dan Brown is now one of the best-selling authors of all time. But before that, he tried to make it in the music business.

As a singer-songwriter, he only sold a few thousand copies of his album, probably because it contained songs like which of these? A, Cypher, a song whose lyrics were a string of letters the listener had to decode. B, a song about pancakes called Flap My Jacks. Or C, an ode to phone sex called 976 Love.

As a singer-songwriter, he only sold a few thousand copies of his album, probably because it contained songs like which of these? A, Cypher, a song whose lyrics were a string of letters the listener had to decode. B, a song about pancakes called Flap My Jacks. Or C, an ode to phone sex called 976 Love.

As a singer-songwriter, he only sold a few thousand copies of his album, probably because it contained songs like which of these? A, Cypher, a song whose lyrics were a string of letters the listener had to decode. B, a song about pancakes called Flap My Jacks. Or C, an ode to phone sex called 976 Love.

I was about to say, for people who don't remember 976 numbers, it was like a crude analog OnlyFans. All right. That was very good. You got that. You see, instinct, man. That's where you go with it. After he became famous, Brown's life did change in some surprising ways, like which of these?

I was about to say, for people who don't remember 976 numbers, it was like a crude analog OnlyFans. All right. That was very good. You got that. You see, instinct, man. That's where you go with it. After he became famous, Brown's life did change in some surprising ways, like which of these?

I was about to say, for people who don't remember 976 numbers, it was like a crude analog OnlyFans. All right. That was very good. You got that. You see, instinct, man. That's where you go with it. After he became famous, Brown's life did change in some surprising ways, like which of these?

A, when he forgot his ID at the airport, he got through security by showing them his author photo on a copy of The Da Vinci Code. B, he got so much Fandale, he started using it as free bedding in his horse barn. Or C, he was gifted a lifetime supply of communion wafers from the Catholic Church.

A, when he forgot his ID at the airport, he got through security by showing them his author photo on a copy of The Da Vinci Code. B, he got so much Fandale, he started using it as free bedding in his horse barn. Or C, he was gifted a lifetime supply of communion wafers from the Catholic Church.

A, when he forgot his ID at the airport, he got through security by showing them his author photo on a copy of The Da Vinci Code. B, he got so much Fandale, he started using it as free bedding in his horse barn. Or C, he was gifted a lifetime supply of communion wafers from the Catholic Church.

This was around, he says he drove to Boston Airport from his home in New Hampshire. He's like, oh my God, I'm in line. I don't have my license. What am I going to do? The person in front of him, as everybody was doing at that time, had a copy of the Da Vinci Code. And he said, can I borrow that? And he picked it up and said, that's me. And it was. So he got on the plane.

This was around, he says he drove to Boston Airport from his home in New Hampshire. He's like, oh my God, I'm in line. I don't have my license. What am I going to do? The person in front of him, as everybody was doing at that time, had a copy of the Da Vinci Code. And he said, can I borrow that? And he picked it up and said, that's me. And it was. So he got on the plane.

This was around, he says he drove to Boston Airport from his home in New Hampshire. He's like, oh my God, I'm in line. I don't have my license. What am I going to do? The person in front of him, as everybody was doing at that time, had a copy of the Da Vinci Code. And he said, can I borrow that? And he picked it up and said, that's me. And it was. So he got on the plane.

All right, one more question. You're doing exceptionally well here. There have been tributes to Dan Brown in his work everywhere, as in which of these? A, in 2004, Crayola Crayons unveiled the color Dan Brown. B, in 2006, a judge worked a Dan Brown-style puzzle into his ruling when Dan Brown was sued for plagiarism.