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The Stranger Things Quiz · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: Two, one. If you're joining us for the first time
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  Speaker 1: here at Car Trip Trivia, well, firstly, welcome. I hope
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  Speaker 1: you enjoy the show. Secondly, during the Australian school holidays,
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  Speaker 1: that's four times a year, we do special themed editions
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  Speaker 1: with 25 questions. Today, it's Stranger Things. First, we'll do
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  Speaker 1: some birthday shout-outs. John from Mount Magnificent, holidaying in Ireland,
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  Speaker 1: just turned 64. Don't worry. We'll still feed you, John.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron from Ballarat was 43 yesterday. Tomorrow, Ivy from Wanganui
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  Speaker 1: will be 15. Oliver from Mudgie will be 8. Ewan
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  Speaker 1: from Nimidji is turning 23. And Archie from Springvale in
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  Speaker 1: Wagga will be 11. Today's birthdays. Charlie from Yipoon is 31.
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  Speaker 1: And Kinsey from San Luis Obispo in California, 41 years
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  Speaker 1: of age. Happy birthday to everyone. I'm Stephen Cray. And
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  Speaker 1: a respectful Sanskrit greeting, meaning I bow to you, is namaste.
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  Speaker 1: Question number one. In which year does the first season
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  Speaker 1: of Stranger Things begin? Is it 1981, 1983 or 1985? 1983.
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  Speaker 1: Question two. For at least the first three seasons of
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  Speaker 1: the show, what is Eleven's favourite food? Question three. What
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  Speaker 1: two C words are mornings for, according to Jim Hopper's
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  Speaker 1: strict rules? Mornings are for coffee and contemplation. Question four.
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  Speaker 1: Will Byers spent the day playing what game at Mike
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  Speaker 1: Wheeler's place before he was abducted by the Demogorgon? The
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  Speaker 1: lads were playing Dungeons and Dragons. Question five. Staying with
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  Speaker 1: monsters for a moment, what is the name of the
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  Speaker 1: giant shadow monster first seen in season two? The Mind Flayer.
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  Speaker 1: Question six. What can't you spell without Erica? According to
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  Speaker 1: Erica Sinclair, when asked if she loves her country. You
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  Speaker 1: can't spell America without Erica. Clever. Question seven. Which seasonal
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  Speaker 1: item does Joyce Byers string up in order to communicate
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  Speaker 1: with her lost son? Christmas lights. She paints the alphabet
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  Speaker 1: underneath them like a giant woody board. Question eight. It's
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  Speaker 1: a follow-up question. What was the final three-letter message Will
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  Speaker 1: communicated to his mother before the demogorgon began breaking through
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  Speaker 1: the wallpaper? R-U-N. Run. Question number nine. Bob Newby shows
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  Speaker 1: up in season two and tells the story of a
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  Speaker 1: clown that terrified him as a kid. What was the
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  Speaker 1: clown's name? Was it Twisty the Clown? Grimaldi? Or Mr Baldo?
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  Speaker 1: Nothing scarier than a clown, is there? It was Mr Baldo.
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  Speaker 1: Question ten. What is the real-life capital of the state...
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  Speaker 1: The real-life capital city of the state where Stranger Things
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  Speaker 1: is set. The capital of Indiana is Indianapolis. Question 11.
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  Speaker 1: For Halloween in 1984. If you're going to phone a friend,
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  Speaker 1: who are you going to call? It's the Ghostbusters. Question 12.
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  Speaker 1: In Season 3, what is the name of the cat
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  Speaker 1: that Claudia Henderson adopts to fill the void of their
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  Speaker 1: old cat, Muse? Tews. It was spelt T-E-W-S, similar to
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  Speaker 1: the spelling of Muse, but pronounced Tews as in number two.
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  Speaker 1: Question 13. By a simple rearrangement of the letters in
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  Speaker 1: upside down, what two words can we create that means
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  Speaker 1: the same thing, only inverted? Upside down, you change it
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  Speaker 1: around a bit, you can get downside up, which is
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  Speaker 1: exactly the same thing. With upside down, the up bit
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  Speaker 1: is on the downside, and with downside up, the downside
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  Speaker 1: is on the... Does that make sense? Yeah, I think
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  Speaker 1: it does. Alright, question 14. What video rental shop does
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  Speaker 1: Steve and Robin work in during season four? Family Video.
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  Speaker 1: Question 15. What nickname does the gang give the forest
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  Speaker 1: surrounding the Hawkins National Laboratory? Merkwood. And question 16 is
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  Speaker 1: a follow-up question. Two follow-up questions in the one show.
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  Speaker 1: Very rare. From what classic novel did the boys take
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  Speaker 1: the name Merkwood? It was taken from the novel The
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  Speaker 1: Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. Now, some further detail here. The
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  Speaker 1: word comes from Norse mythology, myrkðirr, meaning dark forest, and
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  Speaker 1: it actually appeared in the novel The House of the
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  Speaker 1: Wolfings nearly 50 years before The Hobbit, but as far
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  Speaker 1: as the show is concerned, it's The Hobbit and, of course,
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  Speaker 1: The Lord of the Rings, which they actually argue about
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  Speaker 1: in the show. They did. Question 17. Which NBC sitcom
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  Speaker 1: did Joyce and Bob used to watch together? Cheers. Question eight.
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  Speaker 1: That was the answer. Cheers. Question 18. Max Mayfield uses
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  Speaker 1: the high school moniker Mad Max on which classic arcade game?
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  Speaker 1: Is it Pac-Man, Donkey Kong or Dig Dug? Dig dug.
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  Speaker 1: And a fun fact for you. On the original arcade game,
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  Speaker 1: like so many at the time, you could only enter
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  Speaker 1: a three-letter high score name. So the Duffer brothers took
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  Speaker 1: a few liberties to tell their story and pulled it off.
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  Speaker 1: Question 19. In BASIC, the computer language used to reboot
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  Speaker 1: the Hawkins National Lab security system when the Demodogs attacked,
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  Speaker 1: what does the B stand for? The B in basic
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  Speaker 1: stands for beginners. It's beginners, all-purpose symbolic instruction code. Question 20.
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  Speaker 1: What is the sports mascot for Hawkins High School? All
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  Speaker 1: of the Hawkins sporting teams are known as the Hawkins Tigers.
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  Speaker 1: All right, we're going to come back in a sec.
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  Speaker 1: We'll do five more questions to finish the show. Stay
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  Speaker 1: with us. We're back. It's the Stranger Things special. We've
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  Speaker 1: got five questions to go. Here is question 21. Which
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  Speaker 1: friend of Nancy's was sitting by the pool when she
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  Speaker 1: was taken in episode three of season one? Was it Susie,
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  Speaker 1: Robin or Barb? The unlucky girl was Barb. Full name,
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  Speaker 1: Barbara Holland. Question 22. What song, originally from a 1984 movie,
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  Speaker 1: do Dustin and Susie sing over Cerebro in the climax
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  Speaker 1: of season three? The never-ending story. By Lamar. Susie needs
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  Speaker 1: to confirm Dustin's identity before providing a mathematical code to him,
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  Speaker 1: and so the karaoke duet commences. Question 23. What company
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  Speaker 1: name is on the side of the vans from Hawkins
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  Speaker 1: National Lab that come to collect Eleven from the Wheeler's house?
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  Speaker 1: Hawkins Power and Light? Hawkins Plumbing and Drainage? Or Hawkins
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  Speaker 1: Video and Audio? Hawkins, power and light. Question 24. The
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  Speaker 1: brand of shampoo and conditioner that Steve uses to perfect
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  Speaker 1: his gravity-defying masterpiece of a hairdo is Fabergé what? Fabergé. organics.
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  Speaker 1: Question 25, last one. Here we go. Which Stephen King
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  Speaker 1: movie features Drew Barrymore playing Charlie McGee, a young girl who,
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  Speaker 1: like Eleven, is hunted by a shadowy government agency keen
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  Speaker 1: to take advantage of her telekinetic powers? Firestarter from 1984,
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  Speaker 1: and it was based on the novel from 1980. She
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  Speaker 1: was pretty young in that one. I think that was
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  Speaker 1: the movie after E.T. E.T. was 82, Firestarter 84. Sounds
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  Speaker 1: about right. Okay, we're going to come back on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to do another special edition, and it will
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  Speaker 1: be famous catchphrases. I hope you can join us for that.
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  Speaker 1: What's up, Doc? I hope you're enjoying your school holidays,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll catch you there. She threw me with that one.
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  Speaker 1: I go.