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“Well that's a round number which means that there is a prize round coming up later with the chance of winning a Pockwiz T-shirt. Round 1 We'll start this week with an intro's music round.”From the transcript
This week's rounds are Music (Intros), Edgar Allan Poe, River Tributaries (Quickfire), and Transport.
There is no music this week as it is replaced with an extra Prize Round, with the usual prize of a PodQuiz T-shirt! Send your answers for the Prize Round to [email protected].
Prize Round Picture Question:
The flag of which country consists of red and white stripes and a green cedar tree?
Which country?

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PodQuiz weekly trivia quiz — PodQuiz 1120. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

Pockwiz 1120 Hello there and welcome to Pockwiz 1120. Well that's a round number which means that there is a prize round coming up later with the chance of winning a Pockwiz T-shirt. Round 1 We'll start this week with an intro's music round. You're going to hear five pieces of music for which I'd like you to tell me artist and title, but you're only going to hear the first few seconds of the song. Question 1

Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5

Round 2 Round 2 is on Edgar Allan Poe Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Which co-short story is thought to be the first modern detective story? The facts in the case of Emma Valdemar? The gold bug? Or the murders in the Root Morg? Question 9 In Pose the pit and the pendulum, how does the prisoner escape from the descending pendulum?

Question 10 Which NFL American football team is named after Pose famous poem? Round 3 Round 3 is a quick rund on river trippetries. For the following five questions I will give you a pair of trippetries of a famous river and I'd like you to name that river. Question 11 Elsebara River and the White Nile Question 12 The Ohio River and the Missouri River Question 13 The Madera River and Rio Negro Question 14 The Min River and Chinghi River

Question 15 The In River and Tisa River Round 4 Round 4 is on transport Question 16 Which iconic small family car produced between 1938 and 2003 has the nickname Bunk? Question 17 What is the nautical term for the left hand side of a ship when facing the bow? Question 18 The Guttard-based tunnel is the world's longest and deepest rail tunnel. Which country is it in? France, Sweden, or Switzerland?

Question 19 Which US highway that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles was memorialised in a 1946 song recorded by Nat King Cole? Suggesting that you would get your kicks by travelling on it? Question 20 At an elevation of 4,061 metres, El Alto International Airport is the highest international airport in the world. Which South American city does it serve? Question 15 Round 5 Ok then it's time for the prize round. Astormal that means there are five general knowledge questions to answer.

You need to write down your answers and send them in an email to quizmasteratpodquiz.com. You say we are from in that email that's very helpful as well? Then in a couple of weeks time we will have a draw from all those who got all the answers right and that person will win a podquiz t-shirt. If you don't think you've got all the answers right it's still worth entering as there is a consolation prize drawn from all entries. Ok then if you're ready we'll get started. Question 1 Astormal will start with a music medley. I'd like you to tell me what connects these songs.

Question 2 Which word can precede, bow, drop and fall to form three new words? Question 3 This is the picture question. If the equipment supports it you should be able to see the picture now. If not it will be on the website www.podquiz.com And also on the website there is an alternative question for people who can't do picture questions. The picture is a country's flag and I'd like you to tell me which country it is. Question 4 On this day in 2014 which country held a referendum as to whether it should gain independence from the United Kingdom? Voting to remain in the Union.

Question 5 Ok we'll have a TV theme here I would like you to tell me the name of the show. We'll let this play through and then I should be back with the artists for the first four rounds of this week's quiz.

Question 6 Question 6 Question 7 Question 6 Question 6 Question 6 Question 6 Question 6 Question 6 And now the answers. Question 6 Question 6 Question 6

Question 6 Question 6 Question 6 Question 6 Question 6 Question 6 Number 3 was Stuck on You by Lionel Richie. Number 4 was Old Town Road by Lil Nas X.

Number 5 was Seven Rings by Ariana Grande. Round 2. Round 2 was on Edgar Allan Poe and the answer to number 6, the word spoken by the Raven in the poem of the same name is Nevermore. Number 7 Poe was born in the 19th century. Number 8, the Poe short story that is thought to be the first modern detective story is the murders in the Rue Morgue. The line in the pit and the pendulum, the prisoner escapes by encouraging rats to chew through his bonds.

And number 10, the NFL football team named after Poe's famous poem is The Baltimore Ravens. Round 3. Round 3 was the quick far round on River Tribute Trees and the answer to number 11, the Elf Barra and White Nile are perhaps unsurprisingly tributaries of the Nile. Number 12, the Ohio and Missouri rivers are tributaries of the Mississippi River. Number 13, the Vidira River and Rio Negro are tributaries of the Amazon. Number 14, the Min and the Chung-Gi are the Yangtze. And number 15, the In River and T-Sariffa are both tributaries of the Danube. Round 4.

Round 4 was transport and the answer to number 16, the cow with the nickname bug is the vehicle. Number 7, the left hand side of ship is the port side. Number 18, the Got Out Base Tunnel is in Switzerland. And number 19, that US Highway that was the subject of the song was Route 66. And number 20, El Alto International Airport serves La Paz in Bolivia. That's it for Podquist 1120. Thank you very much for listening. Please do have a go at the price round. It's always good to receive your answers. Quizmasteratpodquist.com is the email address for that and I'll need to receive your answers

by the 30th place. A couple of messages before we go, DJI, I like you and I love you from March. And happy birthday Kendall, you're the best dad and husband, love Cass and Oliver. Bye now.

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