Gary Davies couldn't resist teasing a quiz rival about his golf handicap, only for the joke to boomerang spectacularly. Gary Madden, playing the Wednesday pub quiz from Pontypridd under the name "Par-tay-on", scored a full five out of five on the history round, while Kirsten, reading travel for the show, limped home with three. Gary Davies had cheekily invited "another Gary" to compare handicaps on air, joking "there's not a lot of Gary's around anymore," before Madden's team swept the board with answers including Catherine of Aragon, Napoleon Bonaparte and the pineapple as an 18th-century status symbol.
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Listeners also got drawn into a surreal detour into "slow TV", after Gary revealed that while the nation obsesses over Celebrity Traitors, Finland is gripped by Puppy Live, a 24-hour stream of six newborn puppies. One listener, Hannah in Sussex, admitted to once watching a livestream of a pregnant giraffe for hours only to miss the birth.
Gary also flagged that Saturday's show will turn into a full 80s rock "Halloween Spooktacular" between 6 and 8pm, with Thursday's usual jukebox slot replaced by a Halloween-themed master mix. The jukebox itself marked Bernie Ecclestone's 96th birthday with a run of racing-themed tracks, including Yellow's The Race and Fleetwood Mac's The Chain, dedicated to listener Holly in Bakewell, who reminisced about watching Formula One with her dad in the 70s.
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