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Calarogus Shark Media. Greetings trivia fans. I'm Mark Allison, and
today we're exploring all things danger, from cartoons to songs
to real life thrills. Question one, which British animated series,
featured a secret agent mouse who worked for a spy
organization and had a hamster sidekick named Penfold. Question two.
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What nineteen eighty six hit song by Kenny Loggins became
famous as the theme for the movie Top Gun. Question three?
Which venomous snake found in Australia is considered one of
the most dangerous snakes in the world. Question four? What
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extreme sport involves jumping from fixed objects like buildings, cliffs
or bridges using a parachute? Question five, which nineteen sixties
TV series starred Patrick McGoohan as a secret agent who
was held prisoner in a mysterious village. We'll be right
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back with these dangerous answers after this break. Welcome back,
trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one, which animated
series featured a secret agent mouse. Answer Danger Mouse. This
British cartoon ran from nineteen eighty one to nineteen ninety
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two and was later rebooted in twenty fifteen. The show
followed the world's greatest secret agent, who happened to be
a white mouse, as he saved the world from various
villains with his nervous sidekick Penfold. Question two. What Kenny
Loggin's song was the top gun theme? Answer? Danger Zone.
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This high energy rock song perfectly captured the adrenaline and
excitement of the film's aerial sequences. The song reached number
two on the Billboard Hot one hundred and became one
of Loggin's biggest hits forever associated with fighter jets and
the movie's iconic imagery. Question three, which Australian snake is
considered extremely dangerous? Answer the inland taipan or fierce snake.
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This snake has the most toxic venom of any land
snake in the world, though it's actually quite reclusive and
rarely encounters humans. Despite its deadly potential, there are no
recorded human fatalities from this species in the wild. Question four.
What extreme sport involves jumping from fixed objects with a parachute?
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Answer base jumping. The acronym stands for building, antenna span, bridges,
and earth cliffs. The four types of fixed objects that
jumpers leap from This sport is considered one of the
most dangerous in the world due to the low altitudes
and minimal time for parachute deployment. Question five, which nineteen
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sixties TV series, starred Patrick McGoohan as a prisoner, Answer
the Prisoner. This surreal spy fi series ran from nineteen
sixty seven to nineteen sixty eight and featured magoohan as
Number six, a former secret agent trapped in a mysterious
seaside village. The show's themes of surveillance, conformity, and individual
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freedom made it a cult classic and influenced countless other productions.
That concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison,
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