Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to another episode of Car Trip Trivia
Speaker 1: and here's your host. Yes, it can be a pretty
Speaker 1: lonely existence recording three episodes of the podcast each week,
Speaker 1: so every now and then I convinced somebody to come
Speaker 1: and join me in the studio. I'm grateful for that.
Speaker 1: So let's get straight to these birthday shout outs. Shell
Speaker 1: we Tom from Arlington and Virginia just turned thirty. Now
Speaker 1: we have a couple from Saturday just gone. Bell from
Speaker 1: Manly in Brisbane and Hillary from Northgate both turned seven
Speaker 1: now tomorrow. Lachlan from Wairala is twenty years of age.
Speaker 1: Today we've got a few A ripper of a shout
Speaker 1: out to Violet from London who's twelve. Lawson from Port
Speaker 1: Lincoln is ten, Callum from Blackpool in England is thirty three.
Speaker 1: Hadley from Yarragon is eleven and also eleven is Siena
Speaker 1: from jim Boomber. I'm Stephen Cray and if you're new
Speaker 1: to the show, it's the family friendly vibe. I try
Speaker 1: to convey Question one, what name is given to the
Speaker 1: sweet dish served at the end of a meal? Leave
Speaker 1: this out effects to me please dessert? Question two in
Speaker 1: text speak, What does at M stand for at the moment?
Speaker 1: Question three? The Native American name Pocahontas translates roughly to
Speaker 1: which of the following little mischief, wandering star, or pretty flower?
Speaker 1: Little mischief? Question four? Which Italian term describes music performed
Speaker 1: without accompaniment a capella where the only instrument is the
Speaker 1: human voice? Question five? In which country would you find
Speaker 1: the most tigers in the wild? India? In the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty two census, they counted three thy one hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty seven of them. Question six Looking but not intending
Speaker 1: to buy is often referred to as what type of
Speaker 1: shopping window? Shopping? Question seven. Pope John Paul the Second
Speaker 1: and Pope Francis were both made honorary members of which
Speaker 1: famous sporting team, the Harlem Globetrotters. Question number eight. In
Speaker 1: the Three Little Pigs, what material did the third pig
Speaker 1: use to build his house? He learned his lesson from
Speaker 1: the other two bricks? Question nine? What color is Gomorrah?
Speaker 1: From Guardians of the Galaxy? She's green? Question ten? What
Speaker 1: is the number one element on the periodic table? Hydrogen?
Speaker 1: Question eleven what did the US government purchase for seven
Speaker 1: point two million dollars in eighteen sixty seven, representing sound
Speaker 1: value they bought Alaska from Russia. Question twelve. What is
Speaker 1: the first name of KFC's Colonel Sanders Colonel Harland Sanders.
Speaker 1: Question thirteen. Which fruits shape can be used to describe
Speaker 1: something that's gone wrong? Pear shaped? Question fourteen In the
Speaker 1: Beatles song who used his silver hammer in the most
Speaker 1: unpleasant way? Maxwell? Question fifteen, which Seinfeld character's name sounds
Speaker 1: like a dinosaur with fifteen horns? Cosmo Kramer. The dinosaur
Speaker 1: in question is Cosmo srah tops or those belt with
Speaker 1: a K not a C. Question sixteen. In Rugby's Six
Speaker 1: Nations Tournament, which two teams come from the European continent?
Speaker 1: France and Italy? Question number seventeen. Which type of bees
Speaker 1: are capable of recognizing human faces? Bumblebees, honey bees or
Speaker 1: carpenter bees honey bees. Yes. Scientists have worked out that
Speaker 1: not only can they recognize you, but they can remember
Speaker 1: you for several days at a time. Question eighteen. According
Speaker 1: to a recent survey, what is the most disliked food
Speaker 1: in America? Coming in marginally above black licorice, It's anchovies,
Speaker 1: with fifty percent of surveyed Americans disliking them intensely. Question
Speaker 1: number nineteen. Which actress did Maggie gillen Hale replace when
Speaker 1: she played Rachel Dawes in the Dark Night? Katie Holmes? Hey, Hey, hey, hey,
Speaker 1: we've spoken about this. Coming up after this is the
Speaker 1: who Am I? And we're back. It's question twenty today,
Speaker 1: It's who am I? Who Am I? Born in Chicago
Speaker 1: in July nineteen fifty one. My father worked for Ford
Speaker 1: Motor Company and my mother was a former model. I
Speaker 1: had two half brothers. I overcame my shyness through drama
Speaker 1: and was a member of the Detroit Country Day School's
Speaker 1: wrestling team before moving to California with my family, where
Speaker 1: I was voted least likely to succeed and funniest by
Speaker 1: my graduating class. I was granted a full scholarship to
Speaker 1: the Juilliard School in nineteen seventy three, the same intake
Speaker 1: as future Superman Christopher Reeve and William Hurt, but found
Speaker 1: its classical style of training stifling and began performing stand
Speaker 1: up comedy in nineteen seventy six. My performances at the
Speaker 1: Comedy Store in West Hollywood attracted attention, leading to a
Speaker 1: guest appearance in a nineteen seventy eight episode of Happy Days,
Speaker 1: which in turn spawned its own comedy series that ran
Speaker 1: for four years. I landed the lead role in nineteen
Speaker 1: eighty two's The World According to Garp, and would go
Speaker 1: on to win an Academy Award, six Golden Globes in
Speaker 1: five Grammys, starring in dozens of movies, including Good Morning Vietnam,
Speaker 1: The Birdcage, Missus, Doubtfire, Jamanji, and The Night of the
Speaker 1: Museum trilogy. But it was showcasing my legendary improvisational skills
Speaker 1: as an alien in the television sitcom Mark and Mindy
Speaker 1: that I'm most fondly remembered. I died in tragic circumstances
Speaker 1: in August twenty fourteen after a battle with Louis body dementia,
Speaker 1: and am widely regarded as one of the greatest comedians
Speaker 1: of all time. I am. I am Robin Williams tip
Speaker 1: top staff. Thanks for that. That's really good having someone
Speaker 1: in the studio just to keep me inspired. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I'd like to do a Friday funny,
Speaker 1: but it's Monday. Yeah, that's not going to happen. Thanks
Speaker 1: for joining US folks. This is car Trip Trivia and
Speaker 1: it's been a delight, hasn't it. All Right, we're going
Speaker 1: to catch on Wednesday. We've got the round of sound,
Speaker 1: looking forward to your company van. Until then, stay gold, y'all.