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Bob Dylan, Garden Snails & The New York Knicks (Fri, 30th Oct, 2026) · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: Some trivia podcasts make you feel welcome, but forget about
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  Speaker 1: the kids. Other trivia podcasts cater to the kids, but
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  Speaker 1: they leave the oldies out. Not car trip trivia. We
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  Speaker 1: have something for everyone, no matter how old you are,
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  Speaker 1: and we do it three times a week. The Friday
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  Speaker 1: Funny will wrap up proceedings today. In the meantime, let's
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  Speaker 1: do the birthday shout-outs. This coming Sunday, Claudia from Newcastle
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  Speaker 1: will be nine. Eddie from Belle Reve in Tasmania. Now,
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  Speaker 1: there's a famous cricket ground, In Belle Reve, Eddie will
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  Speaker 1: be eight. Tomorrow, Oscar from Belmont is having a Halloween birthday.
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  Speaker 1: He'll be seven. Scott's on the road from South Australia
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  Speaker 1: to Queensland. He'll be celebrating his 48th. And Dylan from Pittsburgh,
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  Speaker 1: also on a road trip, heading to Lake Norman, is
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  Speaker 1: turning 31. Spooky stuff today. Harriet from Kesgrave is 13.
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  Speaker 1: Sid from Sydney is 40. Lisa from Orange is 46.
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  Speaker 1: Juz from Hawthorne East is 49. And Rudy's good mate,
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  Speaker 1: fellow cricketer and two-time live contributor to the show, Henry,
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  Speaker 1: he's 11 today. Happy birthday, mate. We'll catch up with
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  Speaker 1: Rudy a little bit later on. I'm Stephen Cray. And
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  Speaker 1: you know the rapper Ice Cube. Hate to break it
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  Speaker 1: to you, that's not his real name. Last name Jackson,
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  Speaker 1: first name O'Shea. Question one. Can a garden snail crawl
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  Speaker 1: out of its shell? No, it can't. It's permanently attached
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  Speaker 1: and forms part of the snail's body. Question two. What
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  Speaker 1: three-letter word is the first and last in the title
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  Speaker 1: of the Japanese novelty pop song blank, pineapple, apple, blank? Pen, P-E-N, pen, pineapple, apple, pen.
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  Speaker 1: Don't play that song. It's an earworm that you won't
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  Speaker 1: get out of your head. Question three. In October 1968,
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  Speaker 1: which Greek shipping magnate married Jacqueline Kennedy? Aristotle Onassis. Question
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  Speaker 1: number four. For the vast majority of human history, what
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  Speaker 1: was the primary sweetener of food and beverages? Honey. Right
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  Speaker 1: up until the 18th and 19th centuries when production breakthroughs
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  Speaker 1: and global trade networks made sugar significantly cheaper. Question five.
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  Speaker 1: A sexennium is a period of how many years? Six.
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  Speaker 1: Question six. The New York Knicks NBA team took their
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  Speaker 1: name from what item of clothing? The traditional britches of
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  Speaker 1: the Dutch settlers, knickerbockers. Question seven is a follow-up question.
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  Speaker 1: 100 years before the Knicks, which other sport first used
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  Speaker 1: the nickname knickerbockers? It was New York's first organised baseball team.
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  Speaker 1: Question eight. On the 12th of August, 2026, which of
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  Speaker 1: the following countries was able to view the major total
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  Speaker 1: solar eclipse in totality? Spain, Estonia or Belarus? Spain. Many
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  Speaker 1: others witnessed it partially, but from that list of three,
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  Speaker 1: Only Spain saw it in totality. Question number nine. What
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  Speaker 1: type of homesick blues did Bob Dylan sing about? Subterranean
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  Speaker 1: homesick blues. Question ten. Which international carrier has the airline
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  Speaker 1: code QF? Qantas. Question 11. Which three-letter bird sounds like
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  Speaker 1: the tenth letter of our alphabet? J. J-A-Y. Question 12.
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  Speaker 1: To reduce initial tension, shyness or awkwardness so that unfamiliar
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  Speaker 1: people might socialise is to break the... What? Break the ice.
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  Speaker 1: Question 13. Who wrote the 2018 self-help book, Twelve Rules
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  Speaker 1: for Life, An Antidote to Chaos? Jordan Peterson. Question 14.
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  Speaker 1: In which ocean is the Kingdom of Tonga? Tonga's in
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  Speaker 1: the Pacific Ocean. Question 15. A fussy, old-fashioned person resistant
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  Speaker 1: to change is sometimes called a fuddy what? A fuddy-duddy,
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  Speaker 1: very commonly used back in the day. Not sure you'll
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  Speaker 1: hear it quite so often these days. Question 16. Which
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  Speaker 1: terminal on a battery carries a plus sign? The positive terminal.
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  Speaker 1: Question 17. Which fermented dairy product is made by adding
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  Speaker 1: lactic acid bacteria to regular pasteurised cream? It's terrific on nachos,
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  Speaker 1: on baked potatoes and lots of other stuff. We're talking
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  Speaker 1: about sour creams. Question 18. Widely considered the most recognised
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  Speaker 1: and frequently spoken word or phrase on the planet are
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  Speaker 1: which two letters? OK. OK. Question number 19. Of the
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  Speaker 1: four returning cast members in Practical Magic 2, who is
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  Speaker 1: the only one to have not won an Oscar? Sandra Bullock.
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  Speaker 1: Stockard Channing, Diane Wiest or Nicole Kidman? The only one
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  Speaker 1: to have not won an Oscar. Sandra Bullock, Stockard Channing,
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  Speaker 1: Diane Wiest or Nicole Kidman? Stockard Channing. You'll know her
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  Speaker 1: better as Betty Rizzo from Grease. She was nominated for
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  Speaker 1: a Best Actress Academy Award in 1993 for the movie
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  Speaker 1: Six Degrees of Separation, but she didn't win. How about
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  Speaker 1: one degree of separation? We're going to stick with Hollywood
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  Speaker 1: in the Who Am I? Up next. Alright, today I
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  Speaker 1: reckon you'll get this one around the halfway mark. See
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  Speaker 1: if you can pick it earlier. It's question 20 and
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  Speaker 1: it's a Who Am I? Born in August 1972 in
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  Speaker 1: San Diego, California to Billy and Emilio. I have an
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  Speaker 1: older sister and my movies have grossed more than 7
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  Speaker 1: billion US dollars worldwide. I was raised in Long Beach
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  Speaker 1: and went to school with Snoop Dogg at Polytechnic High
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  Speaker 1: School and picked up a contract with Elite Modelling Management
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  Speaker 1: at 16, featuring in ads for Calvin Klein and Levi's
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  Speaker 1: and appearing on the cover of Seventeen magazine in July 1990.
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  Speaker 1: I lived in Australia for three months in 1991. and
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  Speaker 1: had my first speaking role on a Coca-Cola ad filmed
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  Speaker 1: in Sydney. I made my movie debut in The Mask
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  Speaker 1: with Jim Carrey in 1991, followed by The Last Supper
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  Speaker 1: and then My Best Friend's Wedding in 1997. I starred
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  Speaker 1: with Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis in 2002's Gangs of
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  Speaker 1: New York, with Tom Cruise in Night and Day. and
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  Speaker 1: more recently with Jamie Foxx in Back in Action. I'm
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  Speaker 1: the voice of Fiona in the Shrek movies, and my
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  Speaker 1: savvy profit share arrangement netted me a $ 42 million payday
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  Speaker 1: for the 2011 comedy Bad Teacher. I am... I am,
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  Speaker 1: of course, Cameron Diaz. And joining us, as he often
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  Speaker 1: does on a Friday, is my little man, Rudy. Hello, everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Who has just celebrated his 11th birthday. Yeah, back on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: Do you feel older? Kind of. Do you feel wiser? No,
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  Speaker 1: not really. Mate, do you feel funnier? Yes. What did
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  Speaker 1: you get for your birthday, by the way? So I
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  Speaker 1: just got my brand new bike and a new helmet,
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  Speaker 1: which is pretty awesome. Awesome. Well, I'm looking forward to
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  Speaker 1: seeing you on those wheels doing some stunts. You up
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  Speaker 1: for it? I'm not really a distanced kind of guy.
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  Speaker 1: How about a joke to get things rolling? Wait, Dad, Dad, Dad, Dad.
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  Speaker 1: Did you know Uncle Dan just crashed his luxury vehicle yesterday? No.
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  Speaker 1: What happened? He found out that Mercedes bends, Dad. Bends. Well, look,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's pretty good. Your Uncle Dan doesn't have
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  Speaker 1: a luxury vehicle, I suppose. That's just a small detail that's...
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  Speaker 1: Never let the details get in the way of a
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  Speaker 1: good joke. All right, mate, that's great. Thanks for joining
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  Speaker 1: us again. Hope you had a great birthday week. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: And thanks to all our listeners for joining us, and
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  Speaker 1: we're going to catch you next time around. And, Dad,
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to go try out my new bike. See you. Okay. Okay. Well,
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  Speaker 1: he genuinely is. All right. Goodbye, Rudy. And farewell, listeners.
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  Speaker 1: Catch you next time.