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Antonio Banderas, California Dreamin' & Knuckle Cracking (Mon, 7th Sept, 2026) · Car Trip Trivia

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  Speaker 1: I hope you have had a terrific weekend. This is
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  Speaker 1: Counter at Privia. Welcome back. Thanks so much for joining us.
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  Speaker 1: We've got something for everyone in today's show. That's much
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  Speaker 1: like every episode we've ever done. Now, the first two
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  Speaker 1: questions are aimed at the youngsters, really, but then we
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  Speaker 1: like to ramp it up and mix it up a bit,
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  Speaker 1: I suppose, as the show goes on. There's certainly a
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  Speaker 1: couple of tough ones in there today. OK, birthday shout-outs.
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  Speaker 1: Jilksie from Formath in Cornwall just turned 34. Maxim from Boulder, Colorado,
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  Speaker 1: was 12 yesterday. My buddy Rison from McGuanagoe in Wisconsin
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  Speaker 1: just turned 12. Tomorrow, Jimmy from Bury St Edmunds will
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  Speaker 1: be 27, celebrating in Amsterdam. Ronan from Livingston in Scotland
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  Speaker 1: is turning 22. Let's halve that. Camden from Belgrave South
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  Speaker 1: will be 11. And Nick from Brisbane will be 29 today.
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  Speaker 1: Bailey from Harvey Bay... is nine, and Greg from Singleton
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  Speaker 1: Heights is 58. Happy birthday to everyone. Question one. In
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  Speaker 1: the Despicable Me series, what are Gru's yellow helpers known as? Minions. Minions.
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  Speaker 1: Question two, does cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? No, it
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  Speaker 1: does not. Extensive medical research and long-term studies have found
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  Speaker 1: absolutely no link. It's a bit of an old wives'
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  Speaker 1: tale to stop you from cracking your knuckles. Question three,
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  Speaker 1: beginning with D, what word describes the shortage that occurs
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  Speaker 1: when you have less money than you need or spend?
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  Speaker 1: That's a deficit. Question four. Which media mogul mysteriously disappeared
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  Speaker 1: from his luxury yacht off the Canary Islands in November 1991?
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  Speaker 1: Robert Maxwell. Question five. Which couples' dance was the most
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  Speaker 1: popular of the 19th century? Although it was deemed improper
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  Speaker 1: by many in polite society at the time, the Waltz
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  Speaker 1: is the undisputed queen of 19th century dancers for two.
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  Speaker 1: Question six. The ninth season of the TV show 24,
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  Speaker 1: Live Another Day, was set in what city? It was
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  Speaker 1: set in London. Question seven. Into which sea does the
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  Speaker 1: Nile River flow? The Mediterranean Sea. Question eight. The epidermis
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  Speaker 1: and the dermis form part of which human organ? The skin,
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  Speaker 1: and the skin is indeed the largest of our human organs.
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  Speaker 1: Question number nine. In February 1804, the world's first steam
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  Speaker 1: locomotive railway journey took place in which country? England, Scotland
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  Speaker 1: or Wales? Wales, at the Penny Darin Ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil.
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  Speaker 1: Question 10. What two-word name is given to the flexible,
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  Speaker 1: tube-like structure that connects a developing foetus to the placenta?
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  Speaker 1: The umbilical cord. Question 11. Which Amazon device was given
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  Speaker 1: its name because of the intellectual fire it supposedly ignited? Kindle.
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  Speaker 1: Question 12. Which parental-sounding band had a 1965 hit with
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  Speaker 1: California Dreamin'? The Mummers and the Puppers. Question 13. Of
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  Speaker 1: Australian Rules football and polo, which has the bigger playing field? Polo,
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  Speaker 1: with a standard field measurement of 300 by 160 yards,
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  Speaker 1: is much bigger than AFL fields, even though they vary
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  Speaker 1: in size. Question 14. What prehistoric animal's name contains three
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  Speaker 1: Ms and is otherwise used to describe something huge or gigantic? Mammoth. M-A-M-M-O-T-H.
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  Speaker 1: Question 15. Beginning with... And ending with U, what is
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  Speaker 1: one of the two official languages of Pakistan? Urdu. U-R-D-U.
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  Speaker 1: The other is English, but strangely, the most widely spoken
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  Speaker 1: first language is Punjabi. Question 16. How many players are
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  Speaker 1: there in a game of backgammon? Only two players. Question 17.
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  Speaker 1: What female name is also the capital of Tuscany? Florence.
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  Speaker 1: Question 18. In July 1979, which company released the first
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  Speaker 1: low-cost mass-market personal stereo system? Was it Toshiba, Panasonic or Sony?
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  Speaker 1: It was Sony and it was called The Walkman. If
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  Speaker 1: you're not old enough to remember, that was that portable
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  Speaker 1: cassette player with headphones that everyone used to cruise around with.
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  Speaker 1: Very cool. Very fashionable. Question 19. Zorro. Fairbanks in 1920,
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  Speaker 1: Power in 1940, Hamilton in 1981 and Banderas in 1998
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  Speaker 1: and 2005. Up next, we'll unmask today's Who Am I?
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  Speaker 1: Question 20, it's a Who Am I? Who am I?
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  Speaker 1: Born in Brooklyn, New York in November 1982 to Kate
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  Speaker 1: and Gerald, an actress and a lawyer. I have two brothers.
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  Speaker 1: Although I considered the nunhood as a child, my interest
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  Speaker 1: in acting peaked after seeing my mother play Fantine in
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  Speaker 1: the stage production Les Miserables. I attended the American Academy
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  Speaker 1: of Dramatic Arts at the age of 11 and appeared
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  Speaker 1: in multiple plays whilst at Milburn High School, also singing
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  Speaker 1: at Carnegie Hall with the All Eastern US High School
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  Speaker 1: Honours Chorus. In 1999, I landed a part in the
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  Speaker 1: TV series Get Real before my big break came in
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  Speaker 1: 2001's The Princess Diaries. This was followed by Nicholas Nickleby,
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  Speaker 1: Brokeback Mountain and The Devil Wears Prada in 2006. I
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  Speaker 1: dropped out of the comedy Knocked Up and played Agent
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  Speaker 1: 99 in the big screen adaptation of Get Smart. I
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  Speaker 1: starred in The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar and The Odyssey
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  Speaker 1: for Christopher Nolan and won a Primetime Emmy for The
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  Speaker 1: Simpsons and a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and an Academy
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  Speaker 1: Award playing the same character that my mother did in
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  Speaker 1: the 2012 version of Les Miserables I am I am
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  Speaker 1: Anne Hathaway and I am apologising for this slightly croaky
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  Speaker 1: voice you've had to put up with for this entire
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  Speaker 1: episode 20 questions it's tough to get through sometimes and
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  Speaker 1: you know what I don't even know what I did
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what happened I just woke up one
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  Speaker 1: morning and it was gone I had some lemon water
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  Speaker 1: a steamy shower I did everything I could to get
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  Speaker 1: it back but I just couldn't quite get there so
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  Speaker 1: sorry about that folks Thanks for joining us. We're back
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  Speaker 1: Car Trip Trivia. We'll catch you next time. Cheers.