Speaker 1: Let's start with a Friday question, shall we statistically speaking,
Speaker 1: what is the most appropriate time to engage in a
Speaker 1: trivia contest? Bing? Bing, bing whenever you like. That's why
Speaker 1: we're here. This is cartrop Trivia and that's the beauty
Speaker 1: of the podcast. You see, wherever you go, it goes.
Speaker 1: It's convenience. Now Fred is coming in for a little
Speaker 1: joke a little later on. That's the Friday funny right now, though,
Speaker 1: Let's shout him out. Cindy from Salem in Oregon turns
Speaker 1: sixty one on Sunday tomorrow, Amelia from Hong Kong is
Speaker 1: turning seven, Raphael from Mooney Ponds is nine. We have
Speaker 1: Holly from Auckland will be nine. Today's birthdays. Harrison from
Speaker 1: two Wells in South Australia is seven, and Fergus from
Speaker 1: Thames in New Zealand is five and his brother Thomas
Speaker 1: is eight. Tomorrow. I'm Stephen Cray and what better way
Speaker 1: to top off a roast chicken sandwich than were some
Speaker 1: cracked pepper and mayonnaise. Question one? According to the fairy tale,
Speaker 1: how many bears did Goldilocks encounter? Three bears? Question two?
Speaker 1: Do you burn more calories watching TV? Or sleeping. You
Speaker 1: burn up to double the calories watching TV, but you
Speaker 1: sleep for about eight hours, so how long do you
Speaker 1: watch TV? For? Question three? What type of worm is
Speaker 1: a mole's favorite food? The earthworm? Question four? If I
Speaker 1: was to walk two hundred and eighty feet in someone
Speaker 1: else's shoes, how far would I be walking? One mile?
Speaker 1: Question five? Which pop star recently announced the Australian leg
Speaker 1: of her The Guts World tour, Olivia Rodriguez. She's playing
Speaker 1: four shows in Melbourne in October of this year. Question six?
Speaker 1: In which century was Rudyard Kipling born? The nineteenth century?
Speaker 1: He was born in eighteen sixty five? Question seven? What
Speaker 1: are budgy smugglers? Are they a UK pizza brand? Are
Speaker 1: they bird poaches? Or are they men's swimwear? Budgy Smugglers
Speaker 1: are men's swimwear? Question eight? On which US coast is
Speaker 1: California the West Coast? Question nine? What is Bob's surname
Speaker 1: in the animated television comedy Bob's Burgers Bob Belcher? Question ten?
Speaker 1: In shorthand text talk, what does l m K stand
Speaker 1: for Let me Know? Question eleven, which British broadcaster a
Speaker 1: natural historian said, I just wish the world was twice
Speaker 1: as big and half of it was still unexplored. David Adenburgh.
Speaker 1: Question twelve. Which part of the human body is most
Speaker 1: commonly involved in reflexology? Defeat? Question thirteen, beginning with a
Speaker 1: what title is given to the head of a monastery?
Speaker 1: An abbot from the Greek abbess abas meaning father? Question fourteen?
Speaker 1: Which company bought Lucasfilm, the owner of Star Wars in
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen? Disney? Question fifteen? Equally famous for his mustache
Speaker 1: as his bowling was Australian cricketer Merv. Who merv hughes?
Speaker 1: Question sixteen? In which kingdom do the Super Mario Brothers
Speaker 1: games take place? The Mushroom Kingdom? Question seventeen. What to
Speaker 1: Taikai do Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu have in common? They
Speaker 1: are the four main islands that make up Japan. Question eighteen,
Speaker 1: What do we call a baby shark? Now? Like, I'm
Speaker 1: not going to start on that song. Okay, They're called pups.
Speaker 1: A baby shark is a pup? Question nineteen in which
Speaker 1: film did Julia Roberts win an Academy Award for playing
Speaker 1: a real life character erin Brockovich As previously stated, we
Speaker 1: have a Friday funny and who am I? So if
Speaker 1: you left us, where would you go? Still here your
Speaker 1: company is much appreciated. Question twenty today is a who
Speaker 1: am I? Born in Middlesex, England, in March nineteen forty
Speaker 1: seven to Stanley and Sheila. I attended Pina County Grammar
Speaker 1: School and learned piano from a young age. At eleven,
Speaker 1: I won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music
Speaker 1: and could play complicated musical arrangements by ear, but quit
Speaker 1: before taking final exams. From the age of fifteen, I
Speaker 1: was paid to play at the Northwood Hills Hotel before
Speaker 1: forming the band Bluesology with some Museo friends in nineteen
Speaker 1: sixty seven, Having replied to an advertisement of the new
Speaker 1: Musical Express, I co wrote the song Scarecrow, marking the
Speaker 1: start of a partnership that continues to this day. My
Speaker 1: deboo album, Empty Sky, released in nineteen sixty nine, was
Speaker 1: followed by a self titled album that would make both
Speaker 1: the top five in the US and the UK and
Speaker 1: spawn my first hit, your song Tumbleweed. Connection came next,
Speaker 1: along with another twenty nine studio albums, including Don't shoot me,
Speaker 1: I'm only the piano player, two Low for zero and
Speaker 1: Red Strikes Back. I've had more than fifty top forty hits,
Speaker 1: seven consecutive number one albums in the UA, have won
Speaker 1: an Emmy, five Grammys, a Tony Award, two Golden Globes,
Speaker 1: and two Academy Awards. I've sold more than three hundred
Speaker 1: million records worldwide. I was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in
Speaker 1: nineteen ninety eight, and my tribute to Princess Diana Candle
Speaker 1: and the Wind nineteen ninety seven is the best selling
Speaker 1: chart single of all time. I am, I am, Sir
Speaker 1: Elton John, I'm still standing. If you want to hear
Speaker 1: a gay, that's what you're here for. Frederick, it is
Speaker 1: the Friday funny here at Cartrip Trivia. Okay, what have
Speaker 1: you got from me? Did you hear about the population
Speaker 1: in Ireland? Population in Ireland? No? I did not. It's
Speaker 1: Dublin going off like a rocketman. No less, very very good.
Speaker 1: I haven't heard that one before. Okay, So another week
Speaker 1: of Cartrip Trivia done and dusted. Thanks for listening, everyone,
Speaker 1: We're going to catch you next week. Goodbye, and stay
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