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Katniss Everdeen, Reptilian Shoes & Viral Diseases (Mon, 12th Oct, 2026) · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: Like your favourite old pair of sneakers. You can slip
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  Speaker 1: into an episode of Car Trip Trivia whenever you please.
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  Speaker 1: We do birthday shout-outs, we have a bit of nonsense
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  Speaker 1: fun on Wednesdays with rapid fire, but really, it's all
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  Speaker 1: about the trivia, isn't it? 20 questions, three times a week,
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  Speaker 1: we'll get into it in a sec. Today's shout-outs. Amy
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  Speaker 1: from Christchurch celebrated her 31st birthday yesterday in Picton, and
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  Speaker 1: I heard... It was a big one. Tomorrow, Zion from
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  Speaker 1: Bribie Island will be 11, and Taya from Petrie Terrace
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  Speaker 1: is 25. Today, Toby from Hammondville is 13, and a
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  Speaker 1: huge congratulations to Willow from Melbourne, who is 50 years
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  Speaker 1: of age today. I'm Stephen Cray, and you might call
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  Speaker 1: your cool car a convertible. I call it a cabriolet.
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  Speaker 1: Question one. The best-selling cordial flavour in Australia is which
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  Speaker 1: of the following? Orange, lime or raspberry? It's lime, historically
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  Speaker 1: and currently the market leader. Question two. On a piano,
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  Speaker 1: the black keys are arranged in repeating patterns, groups of
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  Speaker 1: two and groups of... Groups of two and groups of three.
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  Speaker 1: Question three. What do Robin Hood, Hawkeye, Legolas and Katniss
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  Speaker 1: Everdeen all have in common? They are all archers. That is,
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  Speaker 1: they use bow and arrows. Legolas, that's always one that
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  Speaker 1: throws me. Legolas, Legolas. There's a few words to pronounce it.
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  Speaker 1: Question four. Beginning with G, what do we call a
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  Speaker 1: spherical model... A globe. Question five. Question six. There are two,
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  Speaker 1: one at each end. Question six. As its name suggests,
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  Speaker 1: which medium-sized songbird has the extraordinary ability to mimic the
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  Speaker 1: sounds of other birds, animals and even man-made noises? The mockingbird.
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  Speaker 1: Question seven. Which word meaning tardy or not on time
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  Speaker 1: can be directly extracted from the word chocolate? The last
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  Speaker 1: four letters of chocolate are L-A-T-E. That's not latte. That's late.
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  Speaker 1: Question eight. What type of factory appears in the title
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  Speaker 1: of the 1995 novel by Bryce Courtney? The Potato Factory.
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  Speaker 1: Question number nine. What animal shares roughly 99% of human DNA?
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  Speaker 1: The chimpanzee. We shared a common evolutionary ancestor around six
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  Speaker 1: to eight million years ago. Question 10. Which female name
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  Speaker 1: is an anagram of the premium tropical hardwood teak? T-E-A-K, teak,
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  Speaker 1: becomes K-A-T-E. Kate. Question 11. What name is given to
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  Speaker 1: a book, film or TV show that tells a story
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  Speaker 1: set before the events of an existing work? A prequel.
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  Speaker 1: Question 12. Which reptilian shoe company, founded in 2002, produces lightweight, waterproof,
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  Speaker 1: moulded foam clogs? It produces a bit more than that
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  Speaker 1: these days. There's lots of varieties, but we're talking about crocs.
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  Speaker 1: Question 13. Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. Question 14.
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  Speaker 1: What do we call rock formations that rise upward from
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  Speaker 1: the floor of a cave? Stalagmites. Question 15. Which department
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  Speaker 1: store is the oldest in the world, continually running under
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  Speaker 1: its original name? Is it Harrods, JCPenney or David Jones?
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  Speaker 1: Australia's David Jones holds this distinction with the first store
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  Speaker 1: opening in Sydney in 1838. Question 16. What type of soft,
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  Speaker 1: gentle song is sung to help a baby or child
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  Speaker 1: fall asleep? A lullaby. Question 17. From the Latin word
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  Speaker 1: meaning to rage and also starting with R. What is
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  Speaker 1: the fatal viral disease that attacks the central nervous system? Rabies.
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  Speaker 1: You don't want to get rabies. Question 18. Who, whilst
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  Speaker 1: travelling in Kenya, learned that she had become a queen?
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  Speaker 1: Elizabeth II. She was representing her sick father on a
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  Speaker 1: Commonwealth tour when she was told that he had died
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  Speaker 1: in his sleep on the 6th of February 1952, instantly
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  Speaker 1: making her the Queen of England. Question 19. Which actor
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  Speaker 1: from the Rocky series of films was an NFL player
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  Speaker 1: with the Oakland Raiders in the early 1970s under coach
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  Speaker 1: John Madden? Now, I'm after the actor, but I'll also
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  Speaker 1: accept the character's name. The actor is Carl Weathers and
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  Speaker 1: the character's name is Apollo Creed. We'll get back in
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  Speaker 1: the ring, ding, ding, ding, with a sporting Who Am
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  Speaker 1: I in just a few moments. Last one for today,
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  Speaker 1: question 20. It's a who am I? Born in Mount Isa,
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  Speaker 1: Queensland in December 1972, I'm the third youngest of nine
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  Speaker 1: children consisting of six boys and three girls. I started
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  Speaker 1: playing barefoot tennis on the scorching hot pitchman courts at
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  Speaker 1: the age of five and moved to a 350-acre homestead
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  Speaker 1: in New Mundy in the late 70s. I completed school
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  Speaker 1: at Albany Creek State High in Brisbane and being a
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  Speaker 1: late bloomer, personally funded a trip to Europe to earn
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  Speaker 1: rankings points in satellite and challenger tournaments. My brother Jeff
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  Speaker 1: became my full-time coach and I turned pro, reaching the
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  Speaker 1: third round of Wimbledon in 1993, losing to Andre Agassi.
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  Speaker 1: My first singles title was the following year in Manchester.
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  Speaker 1: I reached the semi-final of the 97 French Open and
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  Speaker 1: went on to win the US Open final, beating Greg
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  Speaker 1: Brzezinski in four. I defended my singles title in 1998.
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  Speaker 1: I won two end-of-year Masters titles and was runner-up in
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  Speaker 1: the Wimbledon singles in 2000 and 2001, losing to Pete
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  Speaker 1: Sampras and Goran Ivanovic, respectively. I retired in 2003 with
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  Speaker 1: more than $ 11 million US in prize money and remained
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  Speaker 1: the third man ever after Rod Laver and Stefan Edberg
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  Speaker 1: to reach the semifinals in every major in both singles
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  Speaker 1: and doubles. I reached world number six in doubles and
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  Speaker 1: was officially ranked the world's best tennis player for one
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  Speaker 1: week in July 1999. I am... I am Pat Rafter,
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  Speaker 1: and he was absolutely brilliant to watch. Loved his tennis. Okay, so, folks,
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