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$25,000 What's That Sound?
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$25,000 What's That Sound?

Back by popular demand... Calgary's favourite cash game, the STAR 95.9 $25,000 What's That Sound?
Listen for the cue to text weekdays every hour 8:30am - 5:30pm. When you hear it, text the keyword and your name to 959959* for your chance to guess and WIN your share of $25,000! Jackpot starts at $5,000 and will have $100 added for every incorrect answer until someone guesses correctly or we get to $25,000!! If the sound is guessed, we’ll start again with a new sound and a $5,000 jackpot! Feast your ears on another round of the STAR 95.9 WHAT'S THAT SOUND? Previous Guesses:  self-inking stamp when you have a cluster of balloons, and they are rubbing against each other buckling your seatbelt in the car press the lock and unlock button of a water bottle bubble wrap inside of packages and you're taking it out and crushes in your hand a hole punch - punching paper when you push your feet down on a recliner to close it. a grommet press - punching through fabric. a parcel being dropped on its side. a smaller type of package. a spring latch closing... like you're walking through a screen door, it has a spring loaded latch. and it's closing. a stapler doing what staplers do the teeth on a zipper, pulling Pushing the disabled button to enter and exit Landline Phones - the disconnection of a phone call  Price stamping a can Staple a paper A magnet taking off and on a fridge Puncture the tape on a box to open it throwing down a medicine ball when you drop an amazon package Dropping runners on the ground Shooting a basketball off the backboard and into the net Undoing a snap on clothing An amazon box and you punch it to open the tape Guitar case being closed /opened A car going over train tracks Closing a briefcase When you're changing gears in your car from drive to reverse or reverse to drive A book falling clicking a single key on a keyboard An aux cord being plugged into a CD player Basketball hitting a bounce pad on the wall Remotely opening a car trunk A staple gun Pulling the chain on a ceiling fan When you push the button to open a door (sometimes you have to press that button to unlock it) Clicking a boot into a ski binding Playing the game Trouble - hitting the dice in the bubble A rotating door - as it comes around it makes that sound When you get an Amazon box and you give it a quick shake Slamming a car door Closing a desk drawer When you're gassing up & the pump stops b/c your tank is full  The closing of a door lock  Pulling a vaccuum hose out of the wall outlet  Hitting a punching bag A yeti cooler closing and slamming down Closing the top of the shampoo bottle  Hitting a ball into the golf simulator  Closing the glove box in a car  A walkie talkie ending aka roger or like over and out  Hitting the gophers at a carnival game with the mallet  Pressing down on a clicker pen Gloveblox closing inside a vehicle  When you press your button down for a walkie talkie Postage meter when you pull down the handle  Hole puncher Ping pong ball bouncing on the table Clicking a ballpoint pen Floor lamp with a floor pedal that turns the light on when you step on it  Going over a speed bump in a parkade Tapping on a microphone Guitar pulling the amplifier cord from amp A carpet kicker The locking or unlocking of a car door... A calulator - hit a button and the receipt rolls Closing a tupperware lid An air pressure nail gun A 3 hole punch for paper When you kick your boot off onto the floor Someone with a stamp pad - the actual punch Opening the clasp on a briefcase A knife cutting through a carrot A stapler stapling a piece of paper The trunk of a car slamming Single hole punch, punching paper

NOW PLAYING EVERY HOUR!

Back by popular demand… Calgary’s favourite cash game, the STAR 95.9 $25,000 What’s That Sound?

Listen for the cue to text weekdays every hour from 8:30am – 5:30pm. When you hear it, text the keyword and your name to 959959* for your chance to guess and WIN your share of $25,000!

Jackpot starts at $5,000 and will have $100 added for every incorrect answer until someone guesses correctly or we get to $25,000!! If the sound is guessed, we’ll start again with a new sound and a $5,000 jackpot!

Feast your ears on another round of the STAR 95.9 $25,000 WHAT’S THAT SOUND

 

Previous Guesses:

self-inking stamp

when you have a cluster of balloons, and they are rubbing against each other

buckling your seatbelt in the car

press the lock and unlock button of a water bottle

bubble wrap inside of packages and you’re taking it out and crushes in your hand

a hole punch – punching paper

when you push your feet down on a recliner to close it.

a grommet press – punching through fabric.

a parcel being dropped on its side. a smaller type of package.

a spring latch closing… like you’re walking through a screen door, it has a spring loaded latch. and it’s closing.

a stapler doing what staplers do

the teeth on a zipper, pulling

Pushing the disabled button to enter and exit

Landline Phones – the disconnection of a phone call

Staple a paper

A magnet taking off and on a fridge

Puncture the tape on a box to open it

Throwing down a medicine ball

when you drop an amazon package

Dropping runners on the ground

Shooting a basketball off the backboard and into the net

Undoing a snap on clothing

An amazon box and you punch it to open the tape

Guitar case being closed/opened

A car going train tracks

Closing a briefcase

When you’re changing gears in your car from drive to reverse or reverse to drive 

A book falling

Clicking a single key on a keyboard

An aux cord being plugged into a CD player

Basketball hitting a bounce pad on the wall

Remotely opening a car trunk

A staple gun

Pulling the chain on a ceiling fan

When you push the button to open a door (sometimes you have to press that button to unlock it)

Clicking a boot into a ski binding

Playing the game Trouble – hitting the dice in the bubble

A rotating door – as it comes around it makes that sound

When you get an Amazon box and you give it a quick shake

Slamming a car door

Closing a desk drawer

When you’re gassing up & the pump stops b/c your tank is full

The closing of a door lock

Pulling a vaccuum hose out of the wall outlet

Hitting a punching bag

A yeti cooler closing and slamming down

Closing the top of the shampoo bottle

Hitting a ball into the golf simulator

Closing the glove box in a car

A walkie talkie ending aka roger or like over and out

Hitting the gophers at a carnival game with the mallet

Pressing down on a clicker pen

Gloveblox closing inside a vehicle

When you press your button down for a walkie talkie

Postage meter when you pull down the handle

Hole puncher

Ping pong ball bouncing on the table

Clicking a ballpoint pen

Floor lamp with a floor pedal that turns the light on when you step on it

Going over a speed bump in a parkade

Tapping on a microphone

Guitar pulling the amplifier cord from amp

A carpet kicker

The locking or unlocking of a car door…

A calulator – hit a button and the receipt rolls

Closing a tupperware lid

An air pressure nail gun

A 3 hole punch for paper

When you kick your boot off onto the floor

Someone with a stamp pad – the actual punch

Opening the clasp on a briefcase

A knife cutting through a carrot

A stapler stapling a piece of paper

The trunk of a car slamming

Single hole punch, punching paper

 

*Only 1 text per entrant per contest occasion to qualify. Standard text and data rates apply. No purchase necessary. Contest entry closes once a potential finalist correctly identifies the secret sound to win the STAR 95.9 $25,000 Sound Jackpot. Open to residents of Southern Alberta within the terrestrial broadcast radius of STAR 95.9 who are over the age of 18. To be deemed a potential winner, the contestant will be given the opportunity to identify the sound effect weekdays at 8:30am, 10:30am, 12:30pm, 3:30pm & 5:30pm. If the sound effect is correctly identified, the contestant will win the current cash amount available in the jackpot. Cash jackpots will start at $5,000 and increase by $100 each contest occasion when the sound is incorrectly guessed. Must correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question to win.

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