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Monday, 8th September, 2025 · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: You know. This podcast was originally going to be called
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  Speaker 1: Crowd Control for the Car but it wasn't quite catchy enough,
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  Speaker 1: so we thought we'd settled on Car Trip Trivia. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: so much for joining us. If you haven't been keeping track,
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  Speaker 1: well I have. It's episode four hundred and seventy you're
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  Speaker 1: listening to. Let's do some birthday shoutouts. Daisy from Wentworth
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  Speaker 1: Falls in the Blue Mountains was six on Saturday tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Georgia from Brisbane's turning ten. Ben from Engerdan will be eleven,
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  Speaker 1: Easy from Tamworth will be twelve. We've got a few
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  Speaker 1: for today. Rowan from Mount d'need is forty two, Jessica
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  Speaker 1: from Drummond Island in Michigan is thirty two. Peter from
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  Speaker 1: Sydney's Northern Beaches is forty five. A couple from Mackay
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  Speaker 1: unrelated Flynn is nine and Aurora is nineteen. Camden from
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  Speaker 1: Belgrade's Belgrave South is ten and Brett the Fergolicious from
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  Speaker 1: Geelong racks up his half century. Happy birthday everyone, I'm
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  Speaker 1: Stephen Craye and for the Aussie and Britt Dad's out
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  Speaker 1: there happy had a fabulous Father's Day yesterday. Question one.
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  Speaker 1: What color pen is often used by teachers for correcting
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  Speaker 1: and marking a red pen? Question two? In which country
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  Speaker 1: were the Smurfs created? Was it Belarus, Belgium or Brazil
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  Speaker 1: Belgium by a bloke called Peyo in nineteen fifty eight?
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  Speaker 1: Question three? Solid liquid and gas are known as the
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  Speaker 1: three states of what? The three states of matter? Question four,
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  Speaker 1: beginning with F what do we call a pair of
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  Speaker 1: surgical tongs forceps? Question five? The British biplane first built
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  Speaker 1: in the nineteen thirties by the de Haveveland Aircraft Company
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  Speaker 1: is the tiger? What the tiger moth? Question number six?
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  Speaker 1: Which amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery? The
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  Speaker 1: Thirteenth Amendment, which was ratified in eighteen sixty five. Question seven.
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  Speaker 1: After Everest and K two, which is the world's third
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  Speaker 1: highest mountain, we have three options. Is it Lotzi KenKen
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  Speaker 1: Junga or makalou ken Kenjunga with a summit three hundred
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  Speaker 1: meters lower than Everest and just twenty five meters lower
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  Speaker 1: than K two. Question eight which best selling author of
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  Speaker 1: political and military thrillers co founded Red Storm Studio to
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  Speaker 1: design video games that tied in with his novels, Tom Clancy,
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  Speaker 1: Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red octoberan other ones?
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  Speaker 1: Question nine? Are girls or boys more likely to be
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  Speaker 1: left handed? Boys are twenty three percent more likely to
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  Speaker 1: be left handed? Question ten? Complete this phrase with a
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  Speaker 1: unit of currency, Bet your bottom Bet your bottom dollar.
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  Speaker 1: Question eleven. Which of Melbourne and Auckland is further south?
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  Speaker 1: Melbourne is approximately one hundred kilometers further south than Auckland.
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  Speaker 1: Question twelve. Who was the central character and detective in
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  Speaker 1: the Pink Panther movies? Inspector Clouseau. Question thirteen. The first
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  Speaker 1: international soccer match was played in eighteen seventy two between
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  Speaker 1: England and what other country? Scotland. It was played in
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  Speaker 1: Glasgow and finished in a nil all draw. Question fourteen.
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  Speaker 1: What does the term five o'clock shadow refer to a
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  Speaker 1: man's facial stubble having shaved in the morning, Some visible
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  Speaker 1: stubble is common in the late afternoon. Question fifteen, Beginning
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  Speaker 1: with R which system enables humans to breathe? The respiratory system?
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  Speaker 1: Question sixteen. According to Shakespeare, all that glitters is not what?
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  Speaker 1: All that glitters is not gold, meaning everything that looks
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  Speaker 1: good isn't necessarily so Question seventeen of Mars, Mercury and
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  Speaker 1: Neptune which cannot be seen by the naked eye Neptune
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  Speaker 1: Question eighteen. Cashmere comes from what animal the goat? The
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  Speaker 1: Kashmere goat? Question nineteen. Who won a Best Actress Academy
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  Speaker 1: Award playing opposite Billy Bob Thornton and Heath Ledger in
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  Speaker 1: the two thousand and one movie Monster's Ball halle Berry.
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  Speaker 1: Let's do It? Who Am I? Shall I just moments away?
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  Speaker 1: If you stay with us? And it's question twenty? Who
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  Speaker 1: am I? Born in New York City in April nineteen
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  Speaker 1: fifty one to a bookkeeper and a garbage man. My
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  Speaker 1: grandparents were from Italy. I have a younger brother who
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  Speaker 1: owns Matti's on Melrose restaurant in Los Angeles. I lived
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  Speaker 1: in Brooklyn until I was fourteen and graduated from Maulven
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  Speaker 1: Senior High School in nineteen sixty eight and earned a
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  Speaker 1: bachelor's degree Whilst on scholarship for wrestling. In nineteen seventy five,
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  Speaker 1: I was entered into the New York City Golden Gloves
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  Speaker 1: Tournament by mates and knocked out six opponents before being
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  Speaker 1: beaten in the finals. I competed as a pro boxer
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  Speaker 1: until nineteen seventy nine before landing a part in the
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  Speaker 1: comedy series Taxi, and made my film deboot in The
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  Speaker 1: Hollywood Knights in nineteen eighty. Other notable movies include The
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  Speaker 1: Cannonball Run two, She's out of Control, and Angels in
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  Speaker 1: the Outfield, and had a short lived self titled sitcom
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  Speaker 1: and a talk show in the mid two thousands. I
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  Speaker 1: was nominated for an Emmy for my guest role in
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  Speaker 1: the Practice and have been nominated for four Golden Globes.
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  Speaker 1: But am best remembered as Tony Miscelli, the former Major
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  Speaker 1: League Baseball at turned housekeeper in the one hundred and
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  Speaker 1: ninety six episode eight season run of the television sitcom
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  Speaker 1: Who's the Boss, I am Tony. Hold me closer, Tony Danza.
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  Speaker 1: I am Tony Danza. And as I mentioned in the intro,
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  Speaker 1: Father's day was yesterday. We had a very pleasant lunch
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  Speaker 1: out in the sunshine, a nice meal, a glass of wine,
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  Speaker 1: through the footy, around with the kids. Terrific stuff. I
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  Speaker 1: hope you enjoyed your day, and I hope you enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: this episode of Car Trip Trivia. We will return, who
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  Speaker 1: knows when Wednesday? I Reckon, stay well and stay go