Speaker 1: Hello again to welcome. It's another school holiday edition of
Speaker 1: Catrip Trivia. Today it's the Believe It or Not Special,
Speaker 1: which is a bit like a true or False, but
Speaker 1: it's a little bit kookier, I suppose now. I also
Speaker 1: wanted to say that I'd never take my listeners for granted.
Speaker 1: You folks are absolutely terrific without the show. Without you,
Speaker 1: there is no show. I should say so every now
Speaker 1: and then when real life gets in the way, as
Speaker 1: it did on Wednesday and I had to miss a show,
Speaker 1: I apologize, but I can guarantee it'll only happen when
Speaker 1: it's unavoidable. Okay, we've got the catch up shoutouts coming
Speaker 1: at the end of the show. Stick around for those
Speaker 1: I'm going to do the current ones right now. My
Speaker 1: little mate Daisy from Brookfield just had her eighth birthday
Speaker 1: and I hope she had a good one. Now this
Speaker 1: coming Sunday, Image And from Bridgeman Downs will be twenty
Speaker 1: one tomorrow, Jacques from Moreyfield will be twenty nine. Reuben
Speaker 1: from Hamilton in Victoria will be thirteen. Fred from Narrabriye
Speaker 1: is turning forty yes four, fred Ben from Townsville will
Speaker 1: be twenty five. Matthew from New Orleans is turning thirty six.
Speaker 1: Today we have Spencer from Auckland is thirty four. Ozzie Flynn,
Speaker 1: living in Stavanga in Norway is ten. Ivy from Atwell
Speaker 1: in WA's nine, and Shepherd from the United States of
Speaker 1: America but living in Melbourne is nine. Today. I'm Stephen Cray,
Speaker 1: and believe it or not, I'm sipping away at a
Speaker 1: little cup of Earl Gray. Question number one, there are
Speaker 1: more kangaroos in Australia than there are humans. Believe it
Speaker 1: or not, You'd better believe it. There are around fifty
Speaker 1: million kangaroos, or twice as many as the human population.
Speaker 1: Question two. Devendra southa of India has thirty two fingers
Speaker 1: and toes. That's eight on each hand and foot. Believe
Speaker 1: it or not not, He's got more than most of us,
Speaker 1: but not that many. He has twenty eight in total.
Speaker 1: That's seven on each of his hands and seven on
Speaker 1: both of his feet. Question three. In South Carolina, licensed
Speaker 1: bingo games can be held no more than twice a week,
Speaker 1: must be forty eight hours apart, and can run for
Speaker 1: no more than five hours. Believe it or not, don't
Speaker 1: believe that one, although those rules do apply in North Carolina,
Speaker 1: not South Carolina. Question number four. In eighteen seventy one,
Speaker 1: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, author Mark Twain patented an
Speaker 1: adjustable strap used for elastic suspenders. Believe it or not
Speaker 1: Believe it. He was a writer with a flair for fashion.
Speaker 1: Question five. The Hungarian national dish Ghulash takes its name
Speaker 1: from the fable of the Magyar herdsman who was murdered
Speaker 1: and cremated and then came back to haunt the Hungarian
Speaker 1: planes ghoul Ash or the ash of a ghoul. Believe
Speaker 1: it or not. No, you can't believe that one, although
Speaker 1: the dish did originate with Magyar herdsman who stewed meat
Speaker 1: and onions over open fires. Question six. Lisa kudro Phoebe
Speaker 1: from Friends was originally cast in the TV show Fraser,
Speaker 1: but was sacked before the pilot episode was complete. Believe it.
Speaker 1: The director didn't think she had the chemistry rite during
Speaker 1: rehearsals and let her go before they even started filming.
Speaker 1: Question seven. Argentina, when translated in Latin, means made of gold.
Speaker 1: Believe it or not? Not? The Latin word Argentam actually
Speaker 1: means silver, and was thus used because of its presence
Speaker 1: in the Rio del Plata, or the River of Silver.
Speaker 1: Question eight. Actress Kate Hudson's real name is Katie Perry.
Speaker 1: Believe it or not, not, but Katie Perry's real name
Speaker 1: is Catherine Hudson. She changed it to a mother's last
Speaker 1: name to avoid confusion with Kate Hudson. Question nine. A
Speaker 1: shuttlecock from the game of badminton travels faster than a
Speaker 1: golf ball. Believe it or not, You really should believe that,
Speaker 1: because it's true. Shuttlecocks can reach around four hundred kilometers
Speaker 1: per hour, but because of the feathers, they slow down
Speaker 1: very quickly, whereas a golf ball travels at around three
Speaker 1: hundred kilometers per hour but goes a whole lot further.
Speaker 1: Question number ten. The Russian dog Laka was the first
Speaker 1: animal to travel in space. Believe it or not, It's
Speaker 1: nearly true, but not quite. Laka was the first animal
Speaker 1: to orbit the Earth in nineteen fifty seven, but it
Speaker 1: was actually fruitflies launched by the United States in nineteen
Speaker 1: forty seven that first made it into space. Question eleven.
Speaker 1: The only letter not found in the periodic table is J.
Speaker 1: Believe it or not not. Q is also missing, although
Speaker 1: Q was U used in a temporary name for what
Speaker 1: is now known as Flerovium. Question twelve. The River Senn
Speaker 1: in Paris is nearly twice as long as the Thames
Speaker 1: in London. Believe it or not Believe it because it's true.
Speaker 1: Seven hundred and seventy seven kilometers is the Sin to
Speaker 1: three hundred and forty six kilometers for the Thames. Question thirteen.
Speaker 1: Dr Pepper is the oldest still available soft drink in
Speaker 1: the United States. Believe it or not not. It's actually
Speaker 1: nineteen years younger than Werner's ginger Ale, which was first
Speaker 1: produced commercially in eighteen sixty six. Question fourteen. In the
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty two supernatural horror film Poltergeist, real human skeletons
Speaker 1: were used because it was cheaper than fabricating fake ones.
Speaker 1: Believe it or not Believe it. They were sourced from
Speaker 1: medical and science supply companies, but the actors only found
Speaker 1: out they were real many years later. Question fifteen. More
Speaker 1: languages are written right to left than those written left
Speaker 1: to right. Believe it or not not, Don't Believe it? Arabic, Hebrew,
Speaker 1: and about a dozen others go right to left, and
Speaker 1: whilst there's no official count of left to right languages,
Speaker 1: it's generally accepted that languages based on the Latin and
Speaker 1: Greek alphabets follow that direction, and that is a lot
Speaker 1: of languages, far more than a dozen or so. Question sixteen.
Speaker 1: If you accumulated all of the skin you shed in
Speaker 1: one year, it would weigh as much as an average housecat.
Speaker 1: Believe it or not, you'd better believe it. That is
Speaker 1: about four kilograms of dead skin per person per year.
Speaker 1: Question seventeen. It's not really a follow up question, but
Speaker 1: it's another skin question. Eating too many carrots can make
Speaker 1: your skin turn orange. Believe it or not. Believe it.
Speaker 1: It's a harmless condition know as caratinemia, and I've seen
Speaker 1: it with my own two eyes, so I can guarantee
Speaker 1: it does happen. Question eighteen. Major Charles Ingram and his
Speaker 1: wife Diana were forced to pay back one million pounds
Speaker 1: after being caught cheating in the UK version of Who
Speaker 1: Wants to Be a Millionaire? Believe it or not, it's
Speaker 1: another one of these ones that's close to the truth
Speaker 1: but not quite so. Not is the answer. They were
Speaker 1: caught cheating through a system of coughs that would correspond
Speaker 1: to the correct answer, but they were never awarded the prize,
Speaker 1: so they couldn't pay it back. They got a nice
Speaker 1: handy little jail sentence to go with it. Question nineteen.
Speaker 1: The Australian Alps receive more annual snowfall than the Swiss Alps.
Speaker 1: Believe it or not not. It's a popular myth that
Speaker 1: comes about by comparing only the snowy parts of the
Speaker 1: Ossie Alps, whereas the Swiss are much bigger and receive
Speaker 1: substantially more snow, and they have permanent snow cover to
Speaker 1: boot the Ossie Alps, don't. Question twenty The heaviest baby
Speaker 1: ever born came in at nine point nine eight kilograms
Speaker 1: or twenty two pounds in January eighteen seventy nine. Believe
Speaker 1: it or not, believe it sad story though, born to
Speaker 1: Anna and Martin Bates in Ohio. Sadly, the bub only
Speaker 1: survived eleven hours. We have more mysterious believe it or
Speaker 1: not questions coming up in just a few moments. Thanks
Speaker 1: for joining us, And at question twenty one, I said mysterious,
Speaker 1: they're not really mysterious. They're just a little stranger than
Speaker 1: your traditional true or false. Question twenty one. The Empire
Speaker 1: State Building was originally designed with a spire for mooring blimps.
Speaker 1: Believe it or not Believe it. It was in the
Speaker 1: original design, but it was never built. It was abandoned
Speaker 1: because it was unsafe and impractical. Who would have thought?
Speaker 1: Question twenty two. The Australian Stock Market Index or ASX,
Speaker 1: closed above eight thousand points for the first time in
Speaker 1: history in August of twenty twenty five. Believe it or
Speaker 1: not not. The record was indeed in August of twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five, but the record metric was nine thousand, not
Speaker 1: eight thousand, which had actually crossed more than a year earlier.
Speaker 1: Question twenty three. Ruling for more than seventy years, King
Speaker 1: Louis the fourteenth of France was the longest reigning monarch ever,
Speaker 1: Believe it or not Believe it, reigning for seventy two years,
Speaker 1: one hundred and ten days from sixteen thirty eight. He
Speaker 1: narrowly beats Queen Elizabeth by just under two years. Question
Speaker 1: twenty four. The first ever international match played in any
Speaker 1: sport was the eighteen forty four cricket match played between
Speaker 1: the United States of America and Canada. Believe It or not?
Speaker 1: You can believe that one soccer or football claims it
Speaker 1: was for their England Scotland game in eighteen seventy two,
Speaker 1: but unfortunately they missed the record by just twenty eight years.
Speaker 1: Question twenty five, Last one for today. Actor Patrick Swayze
Speaker 1: was driving with Dirty Dancing co star Jennifer Gray in
Speaker 1: Ireland in nineteen eighty seven when he hit an oncoming car,
Speaker 1: killing two people. Believe it why not? You can't do
Speaker 1: a Believe it or Not episode without attempting the Jack
Speaker 1: Palance impersonation, who of course hosted the show Ripley's Believe
Speaker 1: It or Not? That one is a knot. It was
Speaker 1: Matthew Broderick from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, who was driving
Speaker 1: with the same Jennifer who was his girlfriend in real
Speaker 1: life but his sister in the movie when that tragic
Speaker 1: crash happened in nineteen eighty seven. And that's the show.
Speaker 1: But if you've been waiting patiently and eagley for your
Speaker 1: birthday shout out from Wednesday's missed show, well here is
Speaker 1: your time. Bridget from Melbourne turned twenty six over the
Speaker 1: Little break Joel from Newcastle was thirty four. K from
Speaker 1: Canberra was thirty eight. John from Campell in Brizzy was
Speaker 1: twenty four. We had Olivia from Nelson in British Columbia.
Speaker 1: She turned twelve. Brittany from Alberta, Canada was thirty one,
Speaker 1: Breezy from Carney Springs into Womber turned fifty one, Crazy
Speaker 1: Harry from Wellington Point he was fifteen, and James from
Speaker 1: Hendra loves his cricket. He turned ten while we missed
Speaker 1: the show. Sorry about that, folks, Thanks for joining us.
Speaker 1: Regular programming resumes on Monday when Cartrip Trivia returns. Have
Speaker 1: a great weekend and we'll see you that day. Gold