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Wednesday, 7th May, 2025 · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: It's the family friendly trivia podcast where nobody gets left behind,
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  Speaker 1: because no matter how old you are, we like to
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  Speaker 1: make sure there's at least one question for you. It's
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  Speaker 1: Capture Trivia and it's great to have you with us.
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  Speaker 1: We'll do a bonus round of sound because it's Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: Then we'll do some shout outs as well. My terrific
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  Speaker 1: little mate Will from Cabaret to Beach turned eight the
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  Speaker 1: other day. Hope you had a great day, mate, and
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  Speaker 1: we absolutely love catching up with you over east. That
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  Speaker 1: we have Scarlet from Moren Barr who just turned nine,
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  Speaker 1: and Mayve from Nelson in British Columbia, Canada. She also
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  Speaker 1: turned nine yesterday. Tomorrow we have Colson from Creston in
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  Speaker 1: Lincoln County, Washington. Gave me three hundred and sixty five
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  Speaker 1: days old. Happy birthday, Buddy Mel from ruther Glenn will
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  Speaker 1: be forty three. And today we have Hugo from Thurlmere
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  Speaker 1: turning six. Hope everyone has a brilliant day. I'm Stephen
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  Speaker 1: Cray and unless you're a breeder, it's a good idea
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  Speaker 1: to ensure your female dog is Spade. And the first
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  Speaker 1: question for today, which fast food chain insists that when
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  Speaker 1: you dine with them, the burgers are better. The burgers
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  Speaker 1: are better at hungry Jack's Question two, beginning with c
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  Speaker 1: what do we call a person who transports commercial packages
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  Speaker 1: and documents a courier? Question three? Who was the highest
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  Speaker 1: paid athlete in the world in twenty twenty two? Was
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  Speaker 1: it Cristiano Ronaldo? Was it lebron James or was it
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  Speaker 1: Lionel Messy? This list changes a fair bit, but in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty two it was Lionel Messy, with a total
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  Speaker 1: package of salary and endorsements earning him one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: thirty million US dollars. Question four, as legend would have it,
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  Speaker 1: what animal did Saint Patrick drive out of Ireland? Snakes?
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  Speaker 1: Question five? How many zeros are there in a Google? Yep,
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  Speaker 1: it's a real thing. That's GGL and it's where the
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  Speaker 1: guys from Google got the name for their web search engine.
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  Speaker 1: And they deliberately misspelt the word, and it signifies the
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  Speaker 1: huge amount of data that they intended to handle. How
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  Speaker 1: many zeros you ask? One hundred zeros in a Google?
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  Speaker 1: Question six? Which fictional sunken city is located west of
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  Speaker 1: the Strait of Gibraltar in the Atlantic ocean atlantis. Question seven.
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  Speaker 1: In sixteen ninety eight, Peter the What was the Russian
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  Speaker 1: ruler who taxed citizens for having a beard? Peter the Great?
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  Speaker 1: You got to give it to him, don't you. He
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  Speaker 1: saw an opportunity, all those flowing beards, and he took it.
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  Speaker 1: Question eight. The bile bag is another name for which
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  Speaker 1: human organ the gall bladder? Question nine? In which TV
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  Speaker 1: series did Edie Falco play the wife of a New
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  Speaker 1: Jersey mafia boss, The Sopranos, she was married to Tony Soprano,
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  Speaker 1: played by the late James Gandolfini. Question number ten. According
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  Speaker 1: to the Guinness Book of Records, the world's hottest chili
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  Speaker 1: is the Carolina. What is it the Carolina Reaper, the
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  Speaker 1: Carolina Creeper, or the Carolina Sleeper? It's the Carolina Reaper?
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  Speaker 1: Question eleven. Which adjective is used to describe American comedian
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  Speaker 1: musician Alfred Yankovic weird al Yankovic? Question twelve? On a
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  Speaker 1: computer keyboard? What does FN mean? Function? Question thirteen. The
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  Speaker 1: African black beetles larvae known for feasting on and destroying
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  Speaker 1: your backyard, are better known as lorn what lawn grubs,
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  Speaker 1: and they've been a big problem at our place. Question fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: What sport featured predominantly in the nineteen ninety four Wesley
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  Speaker 1: Snipes movie Drop Zone Skydiving? Question fifteen. What do we
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  Speaker 1: call a slow moving mass or river of ice that
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  Speaker 1: constantly moves downhill due to its own weight? A glacier?
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  Speaker 1: Question sixteen. What is the most popular flavor of toothpaste
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  Speaker 1: in the world? Mint? It's made up of pepmint and
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  Speaker 1: spear mint. I suppose, but it's mint nonetheless. Question seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: In which area of literature is the Carnegie Medal awarded?
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  Speaker 1: Is it children's fiction, young adult fiction, or science fiction?
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  Speaker 1: The Carnegie Medal is awarded for children's fiction. Question eighteen.
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  Speaker 1: Which Australian all girl group was the winner of the
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  Speaker 1: first series of reality TV show Pop Stars Bardeaux? Question nine?
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  Speaker 1: What color is created by mixing red, yellow, and blue? Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's black, but you could describe it as a dark brown.
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  Speaker 1: I suppose it's very very dark, to say the least.
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  Speaker 1: Question twenty, starring Goldie Horn. Steven Spielberg's first theatrical release
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  Speaker 1: was the nineteen seventy four crime drama The What Express
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  Speaker 1: The Sugarland Express. Now there's no two, but there is
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  Speaker 1: an engine reving. We have the round of sound up next.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but this is one of
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  Speaker 1: my favorite times of the week when I get to
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  Speaker 1: challenge the listeners with a few sounds. See if they
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  Speaker 1: can guess what they are. I've got three. I'll play
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  Speaker 1: them twice each. Here's the first one. What's this sound?
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  Speaker 1: The clue is probably towards the end as the sound
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  Speaker 1: dies down. We'll go again. It's something starting up and
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  Speaker 1: then slowing down that you might put your food scraps down.
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  Speaker 1: That is what we used to call a garbage gobbler.
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  Speaker 1: Most people call them the insyncarator. All right, next one.
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  Speaker 1: This is very short and sharp. See if you can
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  Speaker 1: tell me what this is? You ready? That's it. We'll
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  Speaker 1: go again. That's what you got. Let's play it one
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  Speaker 1: more time, and because we can, we'll play it again.
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  Speaker 1: It's loud and it might be used to catch something.
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  Speaker 1: What is that? That is a mouse trap? Last month?
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  Speaker 1: For today? What is this sound? I know lots of
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  Speaker 1: people who have been spending a bit of time doing
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  Speaker 1: this in countries like Japan and New Zealand and Europe
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  Speaker 1: of recent days. What's this sound? That is the sound
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  Speaker 1: of a fairly capable snow skier skiing up to the
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  Speaker 1: microphone and then skiing off again. All Right, that's it
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  Speaker 1: for the Round of Sound for this week and for
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  Speaker 1: this episode of car Trip Trivia. I might add and
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  Speaker 1: a big thanks to all our listeners who have given
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  Speaker 1: us some fantastic numbers over the last few weeks, the
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  Speaker 1: best ever. In fact, we're really getting the show out there,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm very very very grateful for everyone who takes
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  Speaker 1: the time to listen and to enjoy our three times
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  Speaker 1: a week quit. This is Cartrip Trivia Catch a Friday.
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  Speaker 1: Until then, folks, stay gold.