Lightning round

The "lightning round" of a quiz show is when there are several rapid questions and short answers, in quick succession.

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The “lightning round” is the part of a quiz show in which the host asks many questions very quickly, and the contestant provides short, fast answers. In today’s episode, we didn’t have a question-and-answer section, but in the “lightning round,” Jeff explained a few smaller differences between Canada and the US after the main program. It was a lightning round because it was very fast.

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