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- 0:08Speaker 1: Fill up the tank and get ready to roll. It's
- 0:11Speaker 1: episode three hundred and seventy of Car Trip Trivia. Thanks
- 0:14Speaker 1: for joining us. It's the Unusual Occupations quiz today. Now
- 0:18Speaker 1: some quizzes are a little tougher than others. I hope
- 0:21Speaker 1: this one isn't too difficult. There are plenty of multi
- 0:23Speaker 1: choices in there for you, and what's more, I can
- 0:25Speaker 1: guarantee you'll learn a thing or two. Some shout outs
- 0:28Speaker 1: to get through. Reese from Toua Taparee in New Zealand
- 0:32Speaker 1: recently turned eighties road tripping through OZ. Tomorrow we have
- 0:36Speaker 1: our mate Jackson from Kalinga turning twelve years of age.
- 0:40Speaker 1: Patrick from Boccarina and Queensland We'll be twelve, and Tara
- 0:44Speaker 1: from beeth Haven in New South Wales will be twenty six.
- 0:47Speaker 1: Today's birthdays Jack from Armor Tree will be twenty six
- 0:51Speaker 1: and Dexter from Hawthorne East is nine years. Happy birthday everyone.
- 0:56Speaker 1: I'm Stephen Cray And if you want a job where
- 0:59Speaker 1: you can test drive really expensive cars, you could become
- 1:03Speaker 1: a parking valet. Question one. Back in the day, King
- 1:08Speaker 1: Tutan Carmen of Egypt paid three head of cattle to
- 1:12Speaker 1: hire an assistant responsible for cleaning which facial cavity, Well,
- 1:22Speaker 1: it's got to be one of three, doesn't it's your ears,
- 1:24Speaker 1: your mouth, or your nose. And let me tell you,
- 1:26Speaker 1: King tut could sure pick a winner. It was his nose.
- 1:30Speaker 1: He hired a professional nose picker. Question two true or false?
- 1:35Speaker 1: To avoid collisions the International Ice Patrol toes icebergs out
- 1:40Speaker 1: of the path of ships and oil rigs. True. Iceberg
- 1:49Speaker 1: moving is a genuine occupation. Question three. Where would you
- 1:53Speaker 1: find a Steve Adore not at the pub, but at
- 2:01Speaker 1: a port or a dock. Steve Or's load and unload ships.
- 2:06Speaker 1: Question four? What job on a movie set contains a
- 2:09Speaker 1: lady's name beginning with D that precedes the word grip.
- 2:19Speaker 1: You've seen this name in every movie credit sequence you've
- 2:22Speaker 1: ever seen. Dolly. The Dolly Grip operates that wheeled contraption
- 2:27Speaker 1: that carries the camera. Question five, Which wooden item would
- 2:32Speaker 1: a cooper make and repair? Rocking horses, tables, or barrels?
- 2:43Speaker 1: A cooper makes and repairs wooden barrels. Question six. What
- 2:48Speaker 1: sort of ologist studies the contents of rubbish and waste
- 2:52Speaker 1: to analyze household consumption patterns? A garbologist. We used to
- 3:01Speaker 1: always call the bloke who empties the bin with his
- 3:03Speaker 1: truck the garbologists, but that's not true the bloke who
- 3:06Speaker 1: analyzes the trash Question seven? Which luminous objects does a
- 3:11Speaker 1: chandler make and sell candles? Question eight? Chandler candles sort
- 3:23Speaker 1: of rhymees question eight. Tasked with making chocolate, operating machinery,
- 3:28Speaker 1: sweeping floors, and packing candy, not to mention singing and
- 3:32Speaker 1: dancing on cue? Who does Willie Wonka employ at his factory?
- 3:41Speaker 1: The umpa lumpers? Question nine. Someone who extracts venom from
- 3:47Speaker 1: snakes to create anti venom is known as a snake
- 3:52Speaker 1: What a snake milker? Question ten? Which building would you
- 4:03Speaker 1: associate with a sexton, A court of law, a bank,
- 4:07Speaker 1: or a church? A church? A sexton takes care of
- 4:16Speaker 1: the church and the churchyard, sometimes even digging graves. Question eleven.
- 4:20Speaker 1: Which streaming service hires people specifically to watch all of
- 4:24Speaker 1: their content and tag it with the appropriate genre? Good
- 4:28Speaker 1: job if you can get it. Is it a romantic
- 4:35Speaker 1: comedy or is it a sci fi thriller? It's Netflix?
- 4:39Speaker 1: What a job? Question twelve. Keanu Santana is hired by
- 4:44Speaker 1: wet and wild Hawaii to undertake which role water slide testing,
- 4:49Speaker 1: hamburger tasting, or as a sunscreen applicator. He's a water
- 4:59Speaker 1: slide tester. The description suggests that you need to be courageous, enthusiastic,
- 5:03Speaker 1: and observant with exceptional analytical abilities. Question thirteen. Sharing its
- 5:09Speaker 1: name with a Mark Twain character, what are you if
- 5:13Speaker 1: you cut timber or lumber for a living? A sawyer?
- 5:22Speaker 1: And of course the character is Tom Sawyer. Question fourteen.
- 5:26Speaker 1: Where does a haberdasher work? A haberdasher gets up in
- 5:35Speaker 1: the morning and goes to the haberdasherie, which is a
- 5:38Speaker 1: store that sells items associated with sewing and dress and
- 5:42Speaker 1: suit making. Question fifteen. The keeper of the cup is
- 5:45Speaker 1: the person hired to chaperone which one of a kind
- 5:48Speaker 1: sporting trophy on all of its travels is at the
- 5:51Speaker 1: Rugby Union World Cup the Border Gavescar Trophy or the
- 5:55Speaker 1: Stanley Cup the Stanley Cup, which is the trophy awarded
- 6:03Speaker 1: for the National Hockey League champion. Question sixteen. In twenty thirteen,
- 6:08Speaker 1: in order to test the beds in their various apartments,
- 6:11Speaker 1: Hotel Finn in Helsinki hired a professional What a professional
- 6:22Speaker 1: sleeper yeah, a thirty five day gig that required a
- 6:25Speaker 1: lot of rest and a different bedroom every night. Question seventeen.
- 6:29Speaker 1: You're living in the Old West and your wagon breaks down, well,
- 6:33Speaker 1: the wheels fall off or something like that. Now, who
- 6:35Speaker 1: would you go and see to repair it? A Wainwright,
- 6:38Speaker 1: a rain White, or the local sheriff. A wainwright. Not
- 6:48Speaker 1: too many of them around these days. Question eighteen. In
- 6:51Speaker 1: a Southeast Asian tradition, to encourage allowed funeral and to
- 6:55Speaker 1: assist attendees in expressing their grief, a family may hire
- 6:59Speaker 1: people to do what to cry? A professional crier or mourner.
- 7:10Speaker 1: That's legit. Question nineteen. Which small throwable objects commonly used
- 7:15Speaker 1: in board games and games of chance require a trained
- 7:18Speaker 1: quality inspector before they can be released for sale? Dice?
- 7:27Speaker 1: They must be properly weighted and balanced so that each
- 7:29Speaker 1: site has an equal chance of landing face up. Question
- 7:33Speaker 1: twenty one. Who performs a sleight of hand trick involving
- 7:37Speaker 1: three cups and a ball is known as a What
- 7:40Speaker 1: will give you some options? A thimble rigger, a chicanerer,
- 7:45Speaker 1: or a sneaky so and.
- 7:46Speaker 2: So A thimble rigger, and with that will take a
- 7:56Speaker 2: very small break and be back for the final questions
- 7:59Speaker 2: in this pisode of count Trivia.
- 8:01Speaker 1: Question twenty one. In medieval times, a fletcher was responsible
- 8:07Speaker 1: for making what sort of deadly weapon so many to
- 8:15Speaker 1: choose from? It was bows and arrows and crossbows. Question
- 8:19Speaker 1: twenty two Not as common as it used to be.
- 8:22Speaker 1: What automobile accessory were Prisoners in correctional facilities often charged
- 8:27Speaker 1: with making number plates or license plates? Question twenty three,
- 8:36Speaker 1: Which of the following occupations is a fair dincom real job,
- 8:41Speaker 1: A professional lollipop liquor, a pro fly swatter, or a
- 8:46Speaker 1: professional cuddler? Which of those three is a real job?
- 8:55Speaker 1: Professional cuddlers. It's called cuddle therapy and it's performed by cuddalysts.
- 9:01Speaker 1: Question twenty four. What type of shoes does a farrier
- 9:05Speaker 1: make and fit horseshoes? Farriers not only shape and fit
- 9:14Speaker 1: the horse shoes, but they also use their veterinary skills
- 9:17Speaker 1: to ensure that the horse's feet are healthy and well maintained.
- 9:21Speaker 1: Question twenty five Last month for Today. In the two
- 9:23Speaker 1: thousand and four movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
- 9:28Speaker 1: what does doctor Meereswhak specialize in extracting for those who
- 9:32Speaker 1: seek his services. He extracts memories for those who would
- 9:41Speaker 1: like to forget, and they have it, folks. That's the
- 9:44Speaker 1: penultimate school holiday special edition of Cartridge Trivia. We've got
- 9:47Speaker 1: one to come. We'll do it on Friday, when we'll
- 9:50Speaker 1: do the initials edition. Sounds a little weird, perhaps that
- 9:54Speaker 1: really it's just where someone's initials will be involved in
- 9:58Speaker 1: each of the questions. We look forward your company, then,
- 10:01Speaker 1: until we meet again, enjoy yourselves, look after the family,
- 10:05Speaker 1: and stay gold.