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Speaker 1: Here at Car Trip Trivia, we're pretty focused on mixing the questions up so that no two quizzes ever really feel the same. It is an Australian podcast, but we have listeners from all around the world, so we try to throw in a few international questions to keep everyone happy. Let's do some birthday shout-outs. Ash from New Farm was 26 on Halloween, and Lily P from Frankston... is another Halloween baby. She was 14. I hope you all trick or treated and got stacks and stacks of sweets and lollies, whatever you want to call them. Tomorrow, Violet from Killeen in the ACT will be 13, and Amelia from St Petersburg in Florida is turning 32. I'm Stephen Cray, and are we shortening the quiz to 10 questions today? No way, Jose. Question number one. What type of school do students live on campus instead of going home each day? Boarding school. Question two. In Australia, which birds are you likely to get swooped by around September, October every year? Magpies. They are fiercely protective of their eggs and their newly hatched chicks. Question three. Which of the Spice Girls was the only one nicknamed after an actual spice? Ginger Spice, a.k.a. Jerry Halliwell. Question four. As leader of the opposition, who won the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in 1969, just six months before becoming the UK Prime Minister? Was it Sir Edward Heath? Harold Wilson? Or Sir Alec Douglas Holme? Sir Edward Heath, the first option there. He was PM from 1970 until 1974. Question five, the abbreviation ZPG stands for Zero Population What? Zero Population Growth. Question six, premiering in 1996, was which world-famous Irish dance production created, produced and choreographed by Michael Flatley? Lord of the Dance. He was the breakout star of Riverdance, but he split with them and did his own thing. Question seven. What is both a room specifically designed for children and a place where plants are grown? A nursery. Question eight. Balthazar was a member of which traditional Christian trio? The Three Wise Men or The Three Kings? Both answers acceptable for a point. Question number nine. Levi's Stadium, the host of this year's Super Bowl 60 in February, is in which US state? California. Question ten. In which book is Bilbo Baggins the central character? The Hobbit. It's not Frodo. Frodo is the central character in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Question 11. Beginning with D, what do we call the removable oral appliances designed to replace missing teeth and surrounding tissues? Dentures. Question 12. What measure of distance is an anagram of Lyme? Mile. M-I-L-E. Mile. Question 13. What type of animal is a rhesus? A-R-H-E-S-U-S. A rhesus is a monkey. Question 14. In which decade did cabbage patch dolls become a worldwide phenomenon? The 1980s. They were so popular they caused cabbage patch... Sounds funny, but it's not. Cabbage patch riots in the Christmas season of 1983. Question 15. Originating from the French word meaning to undertake. What do we call an individual who creates a new business, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards? An entrepreneur. An entrepreneur. Question 16. For releases outside of the United States, Tamla Records combined its name with which other label responsible for launching the careers of the Jackson 5, the Four Tops and the Commodores, among many others? Motown. The label was Tamla Motown. Question 17. In boxing... A technical knockout is abbreviated to which three letters? TKO. Question 18. What's the next prime number... What's the next prime number after seven? 11. Question 19. Crazy People, the 1990 comedy starring Dudley Moore, featured the fictional advertising campaign Boxy But Good. For which car company? BMW, Volvo or Cadillac? Volvo. They were known as the safest car on the road for a long time, but also recognised to be a little bit boxy in design. We're coming back as quick as you like with a Who Am I to finish today's show. Stay with us. Question 20, Who Am I? Born in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire in England in May 1935 with the first name Charles. I attended what is now Trinity Academy Solby Bridge and worked in my father's dry cleaning business before landing a job in advertising. Advancing through the ranks, I became the creative director at Foot, Cone and Belding and developed a series of characters known as The Miseries to promote ascot headache powders. In 1971, over breakfast, my son Adam asked me what a tickle looked like, so I drew one And what I drew evolved into a colossal commercial juggernaut, allowing me to quit my day job in 1981 and selling more than 250 million books across 28 countries. In total, I wrote six different series of children's books, including Hippo, Potto and Mouse, Roundies and Squareys and Timbuktu. And my work continued after my death in 1988 when my son continued producing stories under my name. My undisputed masterpiece remains the 48 book series, each featuring a different character, Mr Tickle, Mr Impossible, Mr Happy and Mr Chatterbox to name but a few. The Little Miss series of books followed and my legacy includes TV shows, school supplies and over 700 related merchandise products. The Mr Men and Little Miss properties were sold by my estate in 2011 to the creators of Hello Kitty and for an estimated 270 million pounds. I am Roger Who. We've all read the Mr Men books. I am Roger Hargraves. And I remember many, many years ago, I must have been around seven, a family friend staying with us and reading me over and over. the Mr Impossible book. Still my favourite in the series. This has been Car Trip Trivia. Thanks so much again for joining us. We know there's lots of options out there in the world of podcasting. So when you choose us, we're very grateful and we thank you for your company. Catch you on Wednesday. We'll do rapid fire. Hope you enjoy your days between now and then. Stay going.