WEBVTT - Monday, 12th August, 2024

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<v Speaker 1>In the spirit of keeping things fresh here at Cartrip Trivia,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a very different Who am I to finish

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<v Speaker 1>the show off today? We've got a batch of questions

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<v Speaker 1>to get through first, and don't forget for your birthday shoutouts.

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<v Speaker 1>Get on the Cartrip Trivia Facebook page, Messenger app, tell

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<v Speaker 1>me who, when, how old and where from and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>get him on the air. Here we go. Liam from

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<v Speaker 1>Engadeen turn thirty eight over the weekend. Tomorrow, Ryan from

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<v Speaker 1>Dubbo will be seven. Winnie from Trealgon is turning eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Our young man Lucian racks up another one. He'll be

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<v Speaker 1>nine years of age and is this our first treble?

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<v Speaker 1>Cousins Mandy and Tamson from South Africa both turned thirty

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<v Speaker 1>nine and Tamsan's mum, Aloma Aloma, is sixty eight. On

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<v Speaker 1>the same day today's birthdays. Alana from Cockatoo in Victoria

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<v Speaker 1>she's celebrating. Amy from Durant in Oklahoma is having a party.

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<v Speaker 1>Leonardo from Tanna eight is eight, Amelia from Ginderbyne is

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<v Speaker 1>eight and Jimmy from Melbourne is ninety. Is keen to

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<v Speaker 1>hear his name on the show. Jimmy, I'm Stephen Craye

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<v Speaker 1>celebrating the most successful Olympics ever for Team Australia. Does

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<v Speaker 1>that count? Question one? Which animated kids show has the

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<v Speaker 1>characters Buttercup, Bubbles and Blossom The Powerpuff Girls? Question number two?

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<v Speaker 1>What name is given to someone who works in a library?

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<v Speaker 1>A librarian? Question three? According to the proverb what can't

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<v Speaker 1>you make without breaking eggs? You can't make an omelet

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<v Speaker 1>without breaking some eggs. Question four, over multiple Olympic events,

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<v Speaker 1>what abstance is applied to one's hands to assist athletes

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<v Speaker 1>with grip and to prevent blisters? Chalk? I always thought

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<v Speaker 1>that it'd make it a bit slippery, but clearly not.

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<v Speaker 1>Question five. The direct manipulation of DNA to alter an

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<v Speaker 1>organism's characteristics is known as what engineering genetic engineering? Question six?

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<v Speaker 1>Which country has more toxic species per square kilometer than

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<v Speaker 1>any other country in the world. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>we should be proud of it. It's Australia. Question seven.

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<v Speaker 1>From the Marvel Universe, name two of the six Infinity stones, Space, Reality, Power, Minded, Time,

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<v Speaker 1>and Soul. We need two of those to give you

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<v Speaker 1>a point. Question eight. Which US city boasts the oldest

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<v Speaker 1>and longest boardwalk? In the world, first opening in eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>seventy and spanning nearly nine kilometers Atlantic City. Question nine,

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<v Speaker 1>beginning with f what is the common name for a

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<v Speaker 1>domesticated pole cat? A ferret? Question ten? What shape is

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<v Speaker 1>a river? Delta? A triangle? Perhaps a fan shape? Question eleven?

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<v Speaker 1>Which red fruit might I put in a green salad? Tomatoes? Question? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose you could put an apple in there. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a bit unusual, though, Tomatoes is the answer we're looking for.

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<v Speaker 1>Question twelve. American soldier, bison hunter and showman William Frederick

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<v Speaker 1>Cody was better known as Buffalo Who Buffalo Bill? Question thirteen.

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<v Speaker 1>In grammar, a word used to describe a person, animal, place,

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<v Speaker 1>or thing is a what a noun? Question fourteen, which

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<v Speaker 1>came first? Backgammon or chess? Backgammon did? It was first

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<v Speaker 1>played in around three thousand BC. Chess was around six

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<v Speaker 1>hundred a d Question fifteen. After leaving the Eurythmics, who

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<v Speaker 1>had the nineteen ninety two hit song Walking on Broken

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<v Speaker 1>Glass Annie Lannox. Question sixteen. A slightly unusual but popular

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<v Speaker 1>ice cream flavor is rum? And what rum? And raise?

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<v Speaker 1>And you can have as much as you want, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's not for me? Question seventeen. What nickname is traditionally

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<v Speaker 1>given to London police Bobby's Question eighteen. As of April

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty four, what is the basic postage rate for

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<v Speaker 1>a letter sent within Australia? A dollar fifty up from

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<v Speaker 1>one dollar twenty? Question nineteen. In the all female remake

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<v Speaker 1>of Ghostbusters from twenty sixteen, what cameo role did Dan

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<v Speaker 1>Akroyd play? He was a cab driver. Rev those engines

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<v Speaker 1>we have? Who am I? It's a special one coming

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<v Speaker 1>up next? Stay with us? Okay? Question twenty Today it's

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit different. Which Olympic Games am I? I

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<v Speaker 1>commenced on the twenty eighth of July and ran until

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<v Speaker 1>the twelfth of August, the second time I had been

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<v Speaker 1>held in my host city, the first being in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>thirty two. Only two cities formerly bid for the event,

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<v Speaker 1>with my main competitor withdrawing twelve months before the official

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<v Speaker 1>announcement for political reasons. I was the first Summer Games

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<v Speaker 1>to be presided by the IOC boss Juan Antonio Samaranch

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<v Speaker 1>and was officially opened by my country's head of state,

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<v Speaker 1>Despite boycott's by a number of Eastern Bloc countries. Six thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>eight hundred athletes from a record one hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 1>nations took part. The host nation won the most gold

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<v Speaker 1>medals and the overall medal count, but Australia did pretty

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<v Speaker 1>well with four gold medals Dean Lucan in the weightlifting,

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<v Speaker 1>Glennis Nunn and the heptathlon, John Seben in the two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred meter butterfly and the men's team pursuit in cycling.

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<v Speaker 1>My Olympic theme was composed by John Williams and the

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<v Speaker 1>spectacular closing ceremony featured a prop ufo that hovered over

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<v Speaker 1>the stadium, joining Paris and London as the only others

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<v Speaker 1>to host three events. The Games of the thirty fourth

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<v Speaker 1>Olympiad in twenty twenty eight will once again be staged

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<v Speaker 1>in my host city. Which Olympic Games am? I? I am?

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<v Speaker 1>I am? The nineteen eighty four Los Angeles Olympics and

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<v Speaker 1>the ones we've just had in Paris weren't too bad

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<v Speaker 1>either with the record or for Australia. We're pretty happy

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<v Speaker 1>with that. Once again, folks, i'd like to thank you

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<v Speaker 1>the show itself does that explainer. Catch you next time.