Speaker 1: I think I might be feeling a little bit patriotic today.
Speaker 1: Our two countries have always been long term allies and
Speaker 1: the very best of friends. But there are rivalries there
Speaker 1: in sport, they're in music there across the board. So
Speaker 1: today's countrip trivia is a celebration of Australia versus the USA.
Speaker 1: Can there be a winner? We'll find out shortly. Some
Speaker 1: shout outs today. Rowan from Winnipeg in Canada was thirty
Speaker 1: one yesterday, thanks for listening. Mate. Tomorrow's birthdays Alice from
Speaker 1: the with Sundays We'll be turning eighteen, Liz from Milthorpe
Speaker 1: will be forty two, both from boy and up in Wa.
Speaker 1: Riley will be sixteen and Mitch will be fourteen. Happy
Speaker 1: birthday and today's birthdays. Bonte from Maitland is eleven. Archer
Speaker 1: from Manly Vale is nine and another golden birthday. We're
Speaker 1: on a run here. Charlotte is ten today on the
Speaker 1: tenth of July. I'm Stephen Craye and if this was
Speaker 1: an oz US wrap off, it'll be the Hilltop Hoods
Speaker 1: versus Doctor Dre know what I'm saying. Question one? How
Speaker 1: many more letters are there in the word Australia than
Speaker 1: in the word America two more. Australia has nine letters,
Speaker 1: America has seven letters. Question two. As of this year,
Speaker 1: are there more Americans in the AFL or are there
Speaker 1: more Ossies in the NFL? Mason Cox, who plays for Collingwood,
Speaker 1: is the only American in the Australian Football League. There
Speaker 1: are eight Ossies currently on the NFL roster. Question three.
Speaker 1: Born in Australia but more famous in America? Who had
Speaker 1: the nineteen eighty pop rock hit girl Rick Springfield? Question
Speaker 1: number four? In which year did Australia become the first
Speaker 1: country to beat the USA in the America's Cup Yacht Race?
Speaker 1: I remember it fondly. It was nineteen eighty three, breaking
Speaker 1: a one hundred and thirty two year stranglehold on the
Speaker 1: trophy by the New York Yacht Club. Question number five,
Speaker 1: coming second to Stephen Bradbury in the two thousand and
Speaker 1: two Winter Olympics one thousand meter speedskating final, was American
Speaker 1: Apollo no way, Apollo oh no, or Apollo hell no?
Speaker 1: His name was Apollo oh no? Kind of appropriate? Question
Speaker 1: Number six, known as a umpa in Australia. What do
Speaker 1: Americans call a warm pullover garment a sweater. Question seven.
Speaker 1: On the eighteenth of March nineteen ten, at Digger's Rest
Speaker 1: in Victoria, which Hungarian born American became the first person
Speaker 1: to fly an aeroplane in Australia. It was Harry Houdini. Unbelievable,
Speaker 1: isn't it? Question eight? With the scores tied three or
Speaker 1: with just one point three seconds remaining in the Sydney
Speaker 1: two thousand Olympics women's water polo final, which country scored
Speaker 1: from a free throw to break the deadlock and win
Speaker 1: the gold medal? Well, it was Australia versus the USA.
Speaker 1: Australia scored that goal Avette Higgins with a lightning nine
Speaker 1: meter shot through three defenders. Question nine. Which native Australian
Speaker 1: animal first appeared in the Looney Tunes cartoons in nineteen
Speaker 1: fifty four, the Tasmanian devil known as Taz. Question ten.
Speaker 1: Which American Auto Giant was the parent company for Holden
Speaker 1: General Motors. Question eleven. Does the US have more sheep
Speaker 1: than Australia? No, nowhere near it. In fact, you think
Speaker 1: it might with the population difference. We have around seventy
Speaker 1: four million sheep. The US have around five and a
Speaker 1: half million. Question twelve, Which of Alex Winter from Bill
Speaker 1: and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Kristin Stewart from the Twilight series,
Speaker 1: and Mia Farrow from Rosemary's Baby does not have an
Speaker 1: Australian father Alex Winter, Kristin Stewart or Meya Farrow who
Speaker 1: doesn't have an Australian father Kristin Stewart. She doesn't have
Speaker 1: an Australian father, but she does have an Aussie mother.
Speaker 1: Question thirteen. What do Australians call what Americans would call
Speaker 1: a drug store, a chemist or a pharmacy? Question fourteen.
Speaker 1: In the nineteen eighty movie Superman two, which American actor
Speaker 1: proposes Australia as compensation for delivering Superman to the evil
Speaker 1: General Zod Gene Hackman playing Lex Luthor. Question fifteen. Who
Speaker 1: did Leyton Hewitt defeat in the final of the US
Speaker 1: Open in two thousand and one to claim his first
Speaker 1: major tennis title, the Great Pete Sampras in straight sets?
Speaker 1: No Less? Question sixteen. If an Australian seeks a permanent
Speaker 1: residency in the United States of America, they will need
Speaker 1: to obtain a card of which color? A green card?
Speaker 1: Question seventeen which US swimmer claimed his team would smash
Speaker 1: Australia like guitars before losing to them in the Sydney
Speaker 1: Olympics four by one hundred freestyle relay Gary Hall. Question eighteen,
Speaker 1: which was the first American newspaper purchased by Australian media
Speaker 1: magnate Rupert Murdoch? Was the San Antonio Express News? Was
Speaker 1: it the New York Post? Was it the National Enquirer?
Speaker 1: Or was it the Boston Herald? It was the San
Speaker 1: Antonio Express News. Question nineteen which American golfer beat Greg
Speaker 1: Norman in the eighteen whole playoff for the US Open
Speaker 1: in nineteen eighty four. Fuzzy Zella, one of the great
Speaker 1: names of all international sportsman. Norman nailed a forty five
Speaker 1: foot put to force the playoff, but was soundly beaten
Speaker 1: the next day. Question twenty which numerical term do Ozzies
Speaker 1: use for the popular ice cream topping known to Americans
Speaker 1: as sprinkles? One hundreds and thousands. You might just have
Speaker 1: enough time to grab yourself a cup of tea before
Speaker 1: the final five questions in Carntrip Trivia Welcome Back. Question
Speaker 1: twenty one, who was the first Australian band to have
Speaker 1: a Billboard number one hit in America. It was the
Speaker 1: BGS in nineteen seventy one with how Can You Mend
Speaker 1: a Broken Heart? Question twenty two. Who was the last
Speaker 1: Australian artist to have a Billboard number one hit in America?
Speaker 1: The kid Leroy teaming up with Justin Bieber for Stay
Speaker 1: in August twenty twenty one. Question twenty three. Australia and
Speaker 1: the US have both won gold medals for fifteen a
Speaker 1: side rugby union at the Olympics. Which team are the
Speaker 1: reigning Olympic champions? The USA? They won gold in nineteen
Speaker 1: twenty and again in nineteen twenty four. That was the
Speaker 1: last time fifteen a side rugby was played at the Olympics.
Speaker 1: Question twenty four to the nearest million square kilometers? How
Speaker 1: much bigger than Australia is the United States? America is
Speaker 1: nine point eight million square kilometers, Australia is seven point
Speaker 1: seven million, so the answer is two million square kilometers.
Speaker 1: Question twenty five. Which of the following Hollywood blockbusters was
Speaker 1: filmed in Australia? Spider Man, Far from High, The Dark,
Speaker 1: Knight Rises, or The Matrix. The Matrix was filmed predominantly
Speaker 1: in Sydney between March and August nineteen ninety eight. How'd
Speaker 1: you go? Was it the Yanks or the Aussies that
Speaker 1: pulled that one off? To be honest, I didn't really
Speaker 1: keep count, but what a lovely rivalry it is, indeed,
Speaker 1: Australia versus the United States. I hope you enjoyed the show.
Speaker 1: We're back on Friday with another special edition. It's the
Speaker 1: D Quiz where all of the answers start with the
Speaker 1: letter D. We've done this before, not with a D,
Speaker 1: but we did an S and a T. See Friday
Speaker 1: County Trivia will return, Stay Go