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Pigeons with Geraldine Hickey and Vidya Rajan

Season 5, Ep. 38

The last time Geraldine Hickey and Vidya Rajan were on this podcast together, they performed remarkably well, pretty much getting ten out of ten. Will they be able to do the same with this, somewhat more difficult quiz?

Listen to find out!

Also listen if you want to hear all the bonus facts about pigeons that the ABC cut out of Geraldine’s appearance on Question Everything. 

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