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May 5, 2026

Lift or Elevator?

Lift or Elevator?

Today's categories: British words, Book titles, Cities. Can you spot which item doesn't belong? Three quick puzzles to challenge your thinking!

Episode from May 05, 2026.

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Hi there, I'm Mark Ellison and you're listening to Odd

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one Out, Happy Tuesday. Four items one odd ball. I'll

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give you a moment to think, then reveal the answer.

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Time for today's game. Round one category British words lift, elevator,

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chips boot again, lift elevator, chips boot. The odd one

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out is elevator. The other words are British terms. Elevator

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is the American equivalent. Round two category book titles Pride

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and Prejudice, Moby Dick to kill a Mockingbird, The Great

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Gatsby Again, Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick to kill a

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mocking Bird, The Great Gatsby. The odd one out is

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to kill a Mockingbird. To Kill a Mockingbird was written

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by Harper Lee, while the other three were written by

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different authors. Round three category cities Sydney, London, Los Angeles, Tokyo.

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Again Sydney, London, Los Angeles, Tokyo. The odd one out

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is Los Angeles. The other cities are capitals of their

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respective countries, while Los Angeles is not a capital. That's

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all for today. I hope you had fun. If you

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like this, you'll also enjoy five daily trivia questions, new

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episode every morning. Thanks for listening, and I'll catch you tomorrow.

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Before I go, I should mention that AI helped create

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portions of this episode, including the topics