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Katie Ledecky, Space Shuttles & Gangnam Style (Mon, 10th Aug, 2026) · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: If you are seeking a trivia podcast that has questions
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  Speaker 1: for the whole family, well you hit the jackpot. This
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  Speaker 1: is culture at Trivia and it's great to have you
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  Speaker 1: on board. We'll finish the show with her who am I,
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  Speaker 1: but we'll do some birthday shout outs. First, Oscar from
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  Speaker 1: Jemona in Italy was twenty three yesterday tomorrow. Luca from
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  Speaker 1: Macclesfield is turning six. Josiah from Spring Farm will be twelve.
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  Speaker 1: Today's birthday's Emily from Botannic Ridge is twenty seven, Noah
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  Speaker 1: from Montreal is twenty one, Lewis from Albany Creek is
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven. Jack from Massachusetts is twenty three, and we
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  Speaker 1: have another coulter at Trivia Golden Birthday. Everett from New Home,
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  Speaker 1: Texas is you guessed it ten.
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  Speaker 2: Happy birthday everyone.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Stephen Cray and whilst I can say a few
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  Speaker 1: words in different languages, Jeppeau Princess palmont On Glais. Question one?
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  Speaker 1: What does j K stand for in online speak? Just kidding?
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  Speaker 1: Question two? According to the proverb practice makes practice makes perfect.
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  Speaker 1: Question three, what part of your body does a kerotime
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  Speaker 1: leusius procedure effect? Your eyes? Kerotime Leusis is the kay
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  Speaker 1: in Lasik vision correction procedures. Question four? What causes a
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  Speaker 1: prawn to turn pink? Being cooked? Question five? An erroneous
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  Speaker 1: idea or superstitious belief is sometimes called an old what
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  Speaker 1: an old wives tale? Question six? In which capital city
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  Speaker 1: is gain them the affluent district? And subject of size
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  Speaker 1: twenty twelve? Hit song soul in South Korea? Yes, It's
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  Speaker 1: a real place, gangdam Question seven? Topology falls within which
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  Speaker 1: branch of mathematics beginning with G geometry? Question eight? A
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  Speaker 1: garment with a high, close fitting collar is sometimes given
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  Speaker 1: what reptilian name a something neck? A turtleneck? Question nine?
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  Speaker 1: With which sport do we associate Katie Ladecki? Katie Ladeki
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  Speaker 1: is a nine time Olympic gold medalist In swimming?
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  Speaker 2: Question ten?
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  Speaker 1: What six letter term describes a lens that curves outwards convex?
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  Speaker 1: Question eleven? Taking office in May twenty sixteen, who succeeded
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  Speaker 1: Boris Johnson as Mayor of London?
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  Speaker 2: Sadiq Khan? Question number twelve?
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  Speaker 1: Which fictional duo are referred to as star crossed lovers?
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  Speaker 1: Romeo and Juliet? Question thirteen? How many ens are there
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  Speaker 1: in the word manequin there are three m A N
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  Speaker 1: N E q U I N manequin. Question fourteen. Making
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  Speaker 1: its historic maiden flight in April nineteen eighty one, was
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  Speaker 1: which space shuttle.
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  Speaker 2: Space Shuttle Columbia.
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  Speaker 1: It was the first reusable orbital spacecraft to carry a
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  Speaker 1: crew into space and return them safely with a runway landing.
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  Speaker 1: Question fifteen. The nineteen twenty nine novel recognized as a
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  Speaker 1: masterpiece of twentieth century literature, is All Quiet on the
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  Speaker 1: All Quiet on the Western Front. Question sixteen. How was
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  Speaker 1: Harry Lillis Crosby Junior better known one of those rare
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  Speaker 1: people that has a name that sounds like a sound
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  Speaker 1: effect bing Crosby. Question seventeen. In which Russian city is
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  Speaker 1: the Hermitage Art Museum Saint Petersburg?
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  Speaker 2: Question eighteen.
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  Speaker 1: A sudden drastic drop is sometimes known as a nose What.
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  Speaker 2: A nosedive? Question number nineteen.
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  Speaker 1: What type of people feature in the title of the
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  Speaker 1: Best Picture winning nineteen eighty drama directed by Robert Redford
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  Speaker 1: ruthless people, funny people or ordinary people. They're all movies,
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  Speaker 1: but only ones correct ordinary people. We're back in one
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  Speaker 1: or two moments' time. Whether who am I to rap
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  Speaker 1: the shower question twenty today. So who am I? Who
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  Speaker 1: am I? Born in London, I celebrated my fifty sixth
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  Speaker 1: birthday eleven days ago. I was appointed a Commander of
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  Speaker 1: the British Empire in twenty nineteen and was knighted in
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. My father was an advertising executive and
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  Speaker 1: my mother a light attendant. I have two brothers and
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  Speaker 1: hold US and British citizenship. Inspired by two thousand and
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  Speaker 1: one A Space Odyssey and Star Wars, I began making
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  Speaker 1: Super eight films at the age of seven. I studied
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  Speaker 1: English literature at University College London and was the president
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  Speaker 1: of the Film Society, and edited the short film Larceny
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  Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety six. I wrote and directed another short, Doodlebug,
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  Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety seven, and released the neo noirs crime
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  Speaker 1: thriller following In nineteen ninety eight. I won international attention
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  Speaker 1: for my next film, which was told in reverse chronological order.
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  Speaker 1: I was picked up by Hollywood and have worked with
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  Speaker 1: Oscar Winners, Robin Williams, Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway and Al Pacino,
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  Speaker 1: among others. My movies have grossed more than six billion
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  Speaker 1: dollars worldwide, making with the third highest grossing film director
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  Speaker 1: of all time. These include The Prestige Inception, Memento, and
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  Speaker 1: The Batman Trilogy. My wife and I run the production
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  Speaker 1: company Syncopee Incorporated, and I have won a Golden Globe,
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  Speaker 1: two British Academy Film Awards, and two Academy Awards, both
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  Speaker 1: for twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: Is Oppenheimer.
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  Speaker 1: My latest film, The Odyssey, is currently shattering records at
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  Speaker 1: the global box office. I am I Am Christopher Nolan,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm yet to see the new movie, The Odyssey.
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  Speaker 1: It's bosed to be pretty good viewing and pretty long,
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  Speaker 1: just under three hours. So my tactic for long movies
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  Speaker 1: is deliberately dehydrate yourself before you get into the cinema.
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  Speaker 1: It's not good health advice, but you don't want to
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  Speaker 1: be taking toilet breaks during the good bits.
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  Speaker 2: It's one of my pet hates. Thanks for joining us.
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  Speaker 1: Been catching next time here at Carptup Trivia. Until then,
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  Speaker 1: stay gold now