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Wednesday, 4th February, 2026 · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: Here fits a trivia contest with something for everyone in
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  Speaker 1: the family that you seek, then search no further. This
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  Speaker 1: is car Trip Trivia and there is a brand new
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  Speaker 1: segment coming your way that really really ramps up the
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  Speaker 1: listener involvement. I'll explain that at the end of the show.
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  Speaker 1: Let's do some birthday shout outs. Dewey from Missouri just
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  Speaker 1: turned thirty three and her daughter Ayla will be eighteen tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Also tomorrow, Dan from Merraborough is sixty. Congrats mate, Rosie
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  Speaker 1: from Saint Helen's Park will be seven. Mason from Williamstown
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  Speaker 1: is turning eleven. Today's birthdays. Lola from Burly Heads is eight,
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  Speaker 1: David the speed skater from Cranburn North is forty six,
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  Speaker 1: and Lee from king Roy. Now that is Peanut Country.
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  Speaker 1: I've been there, turning forty one. Happy birthday everyone. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Stephen Cray. And when you're in a hurry and determined
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  Speaker 1: to get somewhere, it's most inconvenient to be way laid.
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  Speaker 1: Question number one How often are the Winter Olympics held
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  Speaker 1: every four years including this year? Question two? Who was
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  Speaker 1: Yogi Bear's best friend and loyal sidekick Bobo Boo Boo
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  Speaker 1: or Barry. I'll give you the drama. It's not Barri
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  Speaker 1: or Bobo for that matter, it's Boo boo or it's
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  Speaker 1: the mother booboo. Question three, beginning with C. Which natural
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  Speaker 1: soft porous limestone was formed on ancient deep sea floors
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  Speaker 1: during the Cretaceous period? Starts with C second letter H chalk.
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  Speaker 1: Question four? On which continent is Cameroon Africa? Question five?
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  Speaker 1: Two hundred people were accused, thirty were found guilty and
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  Speaker 1: nineteen executed for what crime in the Salem Trials of sixteen,
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  Speaker 1: ninety two and ninety three Witchcraft? The Salem Witch Trials
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  Speaker 1: Question number six in nineteen eighty four, which Australian Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister introduced medicare Bob Hawk. Question seven, our mouthguards mandatory
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL and the NHL. You would think that
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  Speaker 1: they probably would be, but they're not. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if I'd be comfortable with that. Question eight. What type
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  Speaker 1: of beer rhymes with gout? Maybe just a touch of
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  Speaker 1: irony with this question stout. Question nine. Which international airline
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  Speaker 1: goes by the flight Planning code be AW British Airways?
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  Speaker 1: Question ten? What type of clock strikes the hour? With
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  Speaker 1: the appearance of an automated bird and the sound of
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  Speaker 1: its distinct call a cuckoo clock. Question eleven. What is
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  Speaker 1: flu flu short for influenza? Question twelve? In which television
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  Speaker 1: comedy series did Tim Allen play the host of the
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  Speaker 1: show to All Time Home Improvement? Don't we miss him
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  Speaker 1: on our television screens? Question thirteen? What type of animal
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  Speaker 1: is a mud skipper? A mud skipper is a fish
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  Speaker 1: and amphibious fish? Question fourteen? What is both a brand
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  Speaker 1: of spiced ham and unsolicited messages sent over the internet? Spam?
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  Speaker 1: Question fifteen? In which athletics event do runners leap over
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  Speaker 1: ten artificial barriers on their way to the finish line hurdles?
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  Speaker 1: Question sixteen? Which American roots rock band is made up
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  Speaker 1: of sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell Larkin Poe. They are
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  Speaker 1: named after their great great great great grandfather. Question seventeen.
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  Speaker 1: It's a follow up question. Now, the great great great
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  Speaker 1: great grandfather of Rebecca and Meghan Larkin Poe was a
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  Speaker 1: distant cousin of which famous writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe?
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  Speaker 1: As of someone gently rapping at my chamber door? Question eighteen,
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  Speaker 1: what do most humans spend about two weeks of their
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  Speaker 1: lifetime doing I have some options snoring, flossing their teeth,
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  Speaker 1: or kissing. Most humans in their lifetime will spend around
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  Speaker 1: two weeks kissing. Now, that is based on an estimated
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  Speaker 1: one hundred thousand kisses in a lifetime. I suppose it
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  Speaker 1: depends on how long each kiss is. Question nineteen at
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  Speaker 1: the start of each level in the classic arcade game,
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  Speaker 1: how many ghosts chase pac Man? Four ghosts? Question twenty.
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  Speaker 1: The brother of David, which British Knight won a Best
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  Speaker 1: Director Academy Award in nineteen eighty two for GANDHY. The
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  Speaker 1: brother of David Attenborough is Sir Richard Attenborough. All Right,
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  Speaker 1: if you can to know about our new segment and
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  Speaker 1: you like to be heard, I suggest your way around
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  Speaker 1: back in a second. Okay, So Car Trip Trivia has
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  Speaker 1: always been and will always be about the trivia. That's
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  Speaker 1: what we do. It's in our name. Three episodes week,
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  Speaker 1: twenty questions per episode. Family friendly. You know how it works.
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  Speaker 1: But over the years I've had stacks and stacks of
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  Speaker 1: people asking me how they get their joke on the show. Well,
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  Speaker 1: we've worked it out. We're going to do Car Trip
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  Speaker 1: Trivia's open mic on Wednesday's show. Wednesday's always been the
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  Speaker 1: episode where we do something a little bit different after
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  Speaker 1: the quiz, so we're going to continue that. If you
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  Speaker 1: want to tell a joke, if you want to tell
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  Speaker 1: a funny story or an anecdote, if you want to
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  Speaker 1: tell a poem like Edgar Allan Poe, or even give
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  Speaker 1: us a bit of a rundown on your family car
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  Speaker 1: trip and tell us what happened there. Well, maybe you
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  Speaker 1: just want to say today, whatever it is, we're putting
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  Speaker 1: you on the show. But due to time constraints, I'm
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  Speaker 1: simply not going to have time to go through one
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  Speaker 1: hundred recordings per week. So starting next Wednesday, for Car
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  Speaker 1: Trip Trivia Patreon members, you are on the air, go
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  Speaker 1: to the Facebook page and I'll explain the very simple
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  Speaker 1: process to be part of Car Trip Trivia open Mic
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  Speaker 1: on Wednesday. Starting next Wednesday, in the interim period, stay
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  Speaker 1: gold