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Who hosts "Spicks and Specks"?

    Adam Hills. Adam actually was born without one foot and now has a false one.

The shows name, "Spicks and Specks", comes from the title of a song by which band?
    The BeeGees. The song was released in 1967.

Team captain Myf Warhurst works for which popular Australian radio station?
    Triple J. Myf hosts the lunchtime shift from 12pm to 3pm on Triple J.

Other than Myf, who is the other team captain?
    Alan Brough. It's Alan. He also writes additional material for "Spicks and Specks". Alan was also the very first guest on the first episode of "Rove" on Channel Nine. This show later went on to become the award winning "Rove Live" on Channel Ten.

Comedy duo Hamish and Andy often appear on the show. Whose team are they normally on?
    Hamish is normally on Myf's, Andy is normally on Alan's. These guys previously had their own television series on Channel Seven and now host the "Almost Midday" Show on FOX FM.

Which Logie winner appeared on "A Very Specky Christmas"?
    Rove McManus. Rove appeared with his wife Belinda Emmet.

Kram, Ella Hooper and Murray Cook are also regulars on "Spicks and Specks". Which three bands are these talents part of?
    Spiderbait, Killing Heidi and the Wiggles. Both Ella and Murray sing in their bands, whilst Kram is the drummer in Spiderbait.

Which one of these is not the name of a round on "Spicks and Specks"?
    "The Winner Takes it All". "The Winner Takes it All" is the name of an ABBA song but not of a "Spicks and Specks" round.

Which one of these television shows has Alan Brough not appeared on?
    "Water Rats". He has also appeared on "Kath and Kim", "The Panel" and "Rove Live". "Water Rats" aired from 1996-2001, but he never appeared on the series.

In "A Very Specky Christmas" the comedy duo Lano and Woodley helped perform songs lyrics about 2005 events to popular Christmas carol tunes. Which one of these events was not sung about?
    Darryl Somers singing on Dancing with the Stars. A Children's choir was brought in to help sing the Christmas carols.

Which popular Australian song did Adam successfully say he could and did sing to the tune of, using the "Australian National Anthem" lyrics?
    "Working Class Man". He sang to "Working Class Man" while its singer- Jimmy Barnes- was there as a contestant.

Various "Australian Idol" celebrities have appeared on the show. At this time of the end of 2005, which one of these hasn't?
    Shannon Noll. Shannon Noll was the runner up on the first series. Since "Australian Idol" he has released the albums "Lift" and "That's What I'm Talking About".

Which song was the answer to a question that Myf painstakingly did not remember even though as a radio announcer on Triple J she should have known well?
    "Smells Like Teen Spirit " by Nirvana. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is on Nirvana's "Nevermind" album. The rest of the "Spicks and Specks" regulars have not let Myf forget this mistake.

Which Australian band perform the opening theme music?
    The Dissociatives. The band is made up of Paul Mac and Daniel Johns formerly of Silverchair.

Which city is "Spicks and Specks" filmed in?
    Melbourne. Melbourne is Australian's culture and arts capital. It is the nation's centre of comedy and music which are combined in "Spicks and Specks".


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