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Sam Fender, Slimy Monsters & Among Us (Fri, 4th Sept, 2026) · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to another show. This is Couch Trip Trivia. Fun fact,
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  Speaker 1: before today, we've done 615 of these. So at your leisure,
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  Speaker 1: feel free to peruse the extensive back catalogue. And don't forget,
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  Speaker 1: your best friend in a trivia type situation is the
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  Speaker 1: pause button. Now, birthday shout outs, get them in through
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  Speaker 1: the Facebook page. Use the Messenger app if you can.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of which, Lacey from Singleton in WA was 11
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  Speaker 1: earlier in the week. This coming Sunday, Mal from Edmonton
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  Speaker 1: will be 28. Tomorrow, Lynn from Montreal will be 56.
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  Speaker 1: Chloe from Dundalk in Ireland is turning 26. And Jess
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  Speaker 1: from Yeronga will be celebrating her very special day. Today's birthdays,
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  Speaker 1: Laurie-Anne from Montreal is 28. And Luke... from State College, Pennsylvania.
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  Speaker 2: 51.
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  Speaker 1: Happy birthday, one and all. I'm Stephen Cray. Escaping the
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  Speaker 1: gravitational pull of a black hole is a surefire way
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  Speaker 1: to find a safe place to stay. Doesn't really make
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  Speaker 1: a lot of sense, does it? Question one. Which part
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  Speaker 1: of a piano is tuned? Its keys or its strings?
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  Speaker 1: Its strings. Question two. In the Disney adaptation of Alice
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  Speaker 1: in Wonderland, who hosted the tea party? The Mad Hatter.
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  Speaker 1: In the book, however, it was the March Hare and
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  Speaker 1: the Mad Hatter was a guest. Question three. What is
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  Speaker 1: the official language of Saudi Arabia? Arabic. Arabic. Question four,
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  Speaker 1: what was Margaret Thatcher's maiden name? Was it Roberts, Richards
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  Speaker 1: or Rogers? Margaret Roberts before she was married. Question five,
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  Speaker 1: which is the only vowel not contained in the word counteract?
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  Speaker 1: There's an A, an E, an O, a U, but
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  Speaker 1: there's no I. Counteract. Question six. What famous river did
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  Speaker 1: Charles Dickens describe as a slimy monster, hideous to behold?
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  Speaker 1: From his 1942 travelogue American Notes.
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  Speaker 1: He was referring to the Mississippi. Question seven. What word,
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  Speaker 1: meaning disobedient or misbehaved, derives from the Old English word
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  Speaker 1: for nothing? Naughty from the word nart. N-A-H-T. Nart. Question eight.
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  Speaker 1: What is the name of the alternate dimension in Stranger Things?
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  Speaker 1: The upside down. Question nine. What is both a part
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  Speaker 1: of the human face and rudeness or impudence?
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  Speaker 2: Cheek.
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  Speaker 1: Question ten. Which area was the very first borough to
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  Speaker 1: be officially annexed into the city limits of New York?
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  Speaker 1: It was the Bronx in 1874. Question 11. All of
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  Speaker 1: the land masses on Earth were once connected. True or false?
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  Speaker 2: True.
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  Speaker 1: Between 175 million and 335 million years ago, they can't
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  Speaker 1: put an exact date on it, there was a giant supercontinent.
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  Speaker 1: Question 12 is a follow-up question. What was this supercontinent called?
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  Speaker 1: Was it Arathia, Pangea or Terra Firma? It was called Pangea, P-A-N-G-A-E-A.
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  Speaker 1: Question number 13. The current top ten aria single, Rain
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  Speaker 1: Me In, is by Sam Fender featuring who? Sam Fender
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  Speaker 1: featuring Olivia Deen. Question 14. Which famous stout is known
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  Speaker 1: as the Black Stuff? Guinness. Question 15. What type of
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  Speaker 1: fish is a gulper? A g-u-l-p-e-r gulper, as in gulp,
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  Speaker 1: is an eel. Quite a bizarre looking deep sea eel
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  Speaker 1: with a giant stretchable mouth. Question 16. In which Russian
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  Speaker 1: city could you visit the Kremlin and Red Square? Moscow.
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  Speaker 1: Question 17. What happens to a player when they are
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  Speaker 1: eliminated in the video game Among Us? They turn into
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  Speaker 1: a ghost, unable to communicate or interact with living players.
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  Speaker 1: Question 18. Which early 20th century art movement is known
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  Speaker 1: for its use of geometric shapes and primary colours? Is
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  Speaker 1: it futurism, cubism or minimalism? Geometric shapes. It sort of
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  Speaker 1: leads you towards cubism. question 19 which weather phenomenon forms
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  Speaker 1: part of the title of the 2008 war comedy co-written
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  Speaker 1: and directed by ben stiller thunder the movie of course
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  Speaker 1: is tropic thunder and we're bringing the thunder well we're
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  Speaker 1: bringing a who am i and a joke up next
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  Speaker 1: Last question for the week. It's always a who am I?
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  Speaker 1: Who am I? Born in Sydney in November 1962, I
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  Speaker 1: grew up in the beachside suburb of Bondi and attended
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  Speaker 1: Waverley College. At my father's suggestion at the age of 18,
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  Speaker 1: I began a four-year carpentry apprenticeship working for my older brother, Brad.
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  Speaker 1: In my early 20s, I travelled around Australia and took
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  Speaker 1: on remote carpentry jobs and occasional boat building. I returned
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  Speaker 1: to Sydney in 1990 and started my own building company,
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  Speaker 1: which ran successfully for over 20 years until I was
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  Speaker 1: scouted by a TV producer at my local pub and
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  Speaker 1: became the resident builder on Channel 9's Backyard Blitz. I
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  Speaker 1: had a three-year stint on Renovation Rescue and hosted my
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  Speaker 1: own lifestyle show, Our Place, which was cancelled after just
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  Speaker 1: five episodes. I run on the DIY TV show Domestic Blitz,
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  Speaker 1: led to my ongoing role as host of the reality
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  Speaker 1: renovation show The Block. I have won both the Silver
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  Speaker 1: and Gold Logies and recently appeared on the show Shark,
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  Speaker 1: where I, along with other reckless, or should I say audacious, celebrities,
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  Speaker 1: swam with tiger sharks in the Bahamas. I am... I
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  Speaker 1: am Scott Camm. And that leads us to the end
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  Speaker 1: of another week of Cartridge Trivia, which means, of course,
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  Speaker 1: it's Friday Funny Time. Joining us.
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  Speaker 2: Hello, everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Is Rudy.
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  Speaker 2: I loved him in shock.
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  Speaker 1: Scott Cairn? Mm. He was good.
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  Speaker 2: He did an amazing job. I liked how he came late.
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  Speaker 1: You're doing an amazing job. Tell us about school at
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  Speaker 1: the moment. Everything okay?
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  Speaker 2: Everything's all right, but we have been doing fractions in
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  Speaker 2: class for maths.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: And I have a seven in eight chance that you
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  Speaker 2: will like my joke.
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  Speaker 1: Oh. Okay, well, let's hope your upcoming exams incorporate good jokes.
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  Speaker 1: What have you got for me? All right.
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  Speaker 2: What do Kermit the Frog and Jabba the Hutt have
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  Speaker 2: in common?
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  Speaker 1: They're both fictional creatures. I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: They both have the same middle name.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, the.
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  Speaker 2: The. Very, very weird middle name.
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  Speaker 1: Not a lot else in common, I suppose. That's your
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  Speaker 1: seven and eight, mate, and you succeeded. Well done. All right,
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  Speaker 1: so thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 2: Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad. For all the people that
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  Speaker 2: are participating in the Venice International Film Festival, I wish
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  Speaker 2: you the best of luck and I hope you win gold.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, beautiful. Beautiful.