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H is for Holiday Special · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: Hello again, and thanks for joining us. This is Car
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  Speaker 1: Trip Trivia, the family-friendly trivia podcast that follows you wherever
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  Speaker 1: you do. It's a bit like a little dog. isn't it?
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  Speaker 1: Particularly popular on road trips too, to break up the monotony.
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  Speaker 1: Now today's special edition is H is for holidays. That
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  Speaker 1: really means the answer to every question, and there are
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  Speaker 1: 25 of them, begins with the letter H. So it
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  Speaker 1: sort of narrows it down a bit. Let's do some
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  Speaker 1: birthday shout outs. Tomorrow, Louise from Parks will be 38. Today,
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  Speaker 1: Ned from Dubbo is 6. Chan Chan from The Gap
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  Speaker 1: in Brisbane is 11. Bella from Oahu in Hawaii is 18.
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  Speaker 1: Eleanor from Davidson is 12. Maggie from Hamilton, 10 years
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  Speaker 1: of age. And Isabella from Stavanger in Norway is 9.
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  Speaker 1: And her brother Flynn turned 11 just a few days ago.
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  Speaker 1: Happy birthday to everyone. And thanks again for being a
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  Speaker 1: part of the show. I'm Stephen Cray. And I love
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  Speaker 1: VHS and DVD, but I prefer the higher quality frame rate.
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  Speaker 1: Of a Blu-ray. Question number one. And again, every answer
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  Speaker 1: to every question starts with H. Here we go. Which
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  Speaker 1: three-part cheer is commonly used to celebrate victories and birthdays? Hip, hip, hooray.
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  Speaker 1: Good start. Question two. Where are the burgers better, according
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  Speaker 1: to the advertising campaign? The burgers are better at Hungry Jack's.
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  Speaker 1: That's Burger King everywhere else in the world. Question three.
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  Speaker 1: Which DC character has been played by Lady Gaga and
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  Speaker 1: Margot Robbie? Harley Quinn. Question four. What is the official
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  Speaker 1: royal residence of the British monarch in Edinburgh, Scotland? Is
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  Speaker 1: it Hampton Court, Hillsborough Castle... Or Holyrood House? It's a
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  Speaker 1: bit short, that timer, isn't it, today? All right, we'll
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  Speaker 1: give you a couple of seconds more. It's Holyrood House,
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  Speaker 1: also known as the Palace of Holyrood House. Question five.
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  Speaker 1: What do we call the brick, stone or concrete floor
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  Speaker 1: of a fireplace and the non-combustible area that extends directly
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  Speaker 1: from it? Starts with H. H-E-A-R-T-H. A hearth. Question six.
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  Speaker 1: There are five US presidents whose last names start with H,
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  Speaker 1: but only one of them whose first name also starts
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  Speaker 1: with H. He was the 31st president. Who is he?
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  Speaker 1: Herbert Hoover. The others are William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison,
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  Speaker 1: Rutherford B. Hayes and Warren G. Harding. Question seven. Which
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  Speaker 1: automotive company is the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines? Honda.
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  Speaker 1: Question eight. Fill in the blank and complete this saying.
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  Speaker 1: Early to bed, early to rise makes you blank, wealthy
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  Speaker 1: and wise. Early to bed. Early to rise makes you healthy,
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  Speaker 1: wealthy and wise. It's actually a quote from Benjamin Franklin.
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  Speaker 1: Question nine. In the classic TV show Cheers, what was
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  Speaker 1: Norm Peterson's real first name? Was it Hillary, Harper or Hadley?
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  Speaker 1: Hillary Norman Peterson was the man's name. He frequented that bar.
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  Speaker 1: Every single episode. Question 10. Which type of aircraft's historical
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  Speaker 1: first flight took place in Paris on the 21st of November, 1783?
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  Speaker 1: It was the first untethered, manned, hot air balloon flight.
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  Speaker 1: They flew for 25 minutes, they covered 9 kilometres and
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  Speaker 1: they reached 3,000 feet. Question 11. 11. A person whose
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  Speaker 1: behaviour contradicts their stated beliefs or feelings might be known
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  Speaker 1: as a what? A hypocrite. Question 12. Which seven-letter adjective
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  Speaker 1: describes someone who has a lot of hair, especially on
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  Speaker 1: their face or body? Seven letters starts with H. Hirsute. H-I-R-S-U-T-E. Hirsute.
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  Speaker 1: Question 13. Which figure in Greek mythology was known as
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  Speaker 1: the most beautiful woman in the world? She was from Troy.
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  Speaker 1: Helen of Troy. Question 14. Which heart-shaped ice cream was
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  Speaker 1: first launched in 1955 by Peter's Ice Cream? The have
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  Speaker 1: a heart. Now, you can still get hold of them apparently,
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  Speaker 1: but I haven't seen one for a long time. But, jeez,
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  Speaker 1: they were very good. It was just a chalk-coating vanilla
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  Speaker 1: ice cream on the inside and, of course, they were
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  Speaker 1: shaped like a heart. Question 15. Which country's flag has
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  Speaker 1: three horizontal bands, blue, white, then blue, with five blue
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  Speaker 1: stars in the centre band? Is it Hungary, Honduras or Haiti? Honduras.
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  Speaker 1: Question 16. Which advanced type of incandescent light bulb burns brighter,
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  Speaker 1: lasts longer and runs more efficiently than standard bulbs? Halogen.
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  Speaker 1: Question 17. Dying on the exact same day as the
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  Speaker 1: assassination of JFK, were Irish author C.S. Lewis... And which
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  Speaker 1: English author of the dystopian masterpiece Brave New World? One
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  Speaker 1: of the most amazing coincidences of the 20th century, really.
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  Speaker 1: Three significant figures all within hours of each other The
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  Speaker 1: one we're looking for here, the author of Brave New World,
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  Speaker 1: was Huxley, Aldous Huxley. Question 18. What electromechanical device is
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  Speaker 1: used to permanently store and retrieve digital data on computers?
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  Speaker 1: A hard drive. The new ones don't have moving parts,
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  Speaker 1: but they're called solid-state drives. Question 19. What rodent-like word
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  Speaker 1: describes an idea... Plan or person that is foolish, reckless
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  Speaker 1: or poorly thought out? Hairbrained. Not hair, H-A-I-R, but hair, H-A-R-E,
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  Speaker 1: because of the flighty, erratic and easily startled nature of
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  Speaker 1: the furry little blighters. Question 20. Which broad cultural movement
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  Speaker 1: and popular music genre emerged in the Bronx in the
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  Speaker 1: early 1970s? Hip hop. And we'll hip on back, hip
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  Speaker 1: hop back. Oh, God, that's bad. After this short break.
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  Speaker 1: It's the H quiz and it's question 21. We call
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  Speaker 1: them thongs, Kiwis call them jandals and the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the world call them flip flops. Either way, which Brazilian
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  Speaker 1: brand of said footwear is famous for their textured rubber
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  Speaker 1: soles and their vibrant designs? Havianas. Question 22. Which process
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  Speaker 1: forces milk through tiny nozzles at high pressure to break
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  Speaker 1: apart fat globules, thus preventing cream from separating and rising
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  Speaker 1: to the top? Homogenisation. Question 23. What do we call
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  Speaker 1: a long, spear-like projectile primarily used in fishing and whaling? Now,
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  Speaker 1: whaling is frowned upon these days, so we probably shouldn't
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  Speaker 1: talk about it, should we? A harpoon. But it did happen,
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  Speaker 1: so we don't need to pretend it didn't happen. A harpoon.
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  Speaker 1: Question 24. Colloquially, a triangle that contains one 90-degree angle,
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  Speaker 1: a right angle, is a what triangle? A hypotenuse triangle,
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  Speaker 1: although most geometry textbooks will call them a right-angled triangle.
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  Speaker 1: Question 25. Currently in pre-production, the sequel to which 1995
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  Speaker 1: action crime thriller will have Christian Bale playing the part
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  Speaker 1: made famous by Al Pacino? HEAT. is the original film.
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  Speaker 1: Its sequel is imaginatively titled Heat 2, and some information
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  Speaker 1: for the movie buffs out there. Leonardo DiCaprio is playing
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  Speaker 1: Chris Shurillis, who was portrayed by the late Val Kilmer
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  Speaker 1: in the original, and the British actor Stephen Graham is
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  Speaker 1: taking on the part that Robert De Niro played in
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  Speaker 1: the original movie. So as folks as school holidays are concerned,
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  Speaker 1: every state in Australia is back to school next week
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  Speaker 1: apart from Tasmania. They've got another week, but they started
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  Speaker 1: the week later. So our school holiday special editions are
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  Speaker 1: finishing up at the end of this week. One to
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  Speaker 1: come and it will be on Friday our easiest quiz ever. Now,
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  Speaker 1: you've got to join us for that, don't you? This
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  Speaker 1: is the best chance you've ever had to get all
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  Speaker 1: of them right? I don't know. We'll see. Catch you then.
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  Speaker 1: Be well. And stay gold.