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

Guess the Sound, Win the Cash!

Starting Monday, September 29th, we’re playing What’s That Sound EVERY HOUR on weekdays from 8:30am to 5:30pm!

If you guess the mystery sound correctly, you could WIN up to $25,000! The jackpot starts at $5,000 and we’ll add $100 to the jackpot for every wrong guess.

Text the keyword and your name to 959959 when you hear the cue to text for your chance to guess and WIN your share of $25,000!

 

Previous Guesses:

windshield wipers

playing drums on the dash of your vehicle

putting a leaf in a table

opening a box of wired lights (like Christmas lights or something for a gazebo / pergola)

counting machine – when you press enter

engaging a parking brake in your car

a gate latch / closing an outdoor gate

a roller suitcase going over a crack in the concrete

dropping a mic on a wooden table

putting the sofa bed back into the couch

money counting machine

toilet paper dispenser in a public washroom

opening a can of tennis balls

changing a 5 gallon water jug container onto a water dispenser

shutting the sliding door on a mini van

when you throw the dice on the craps table and perhaps when it hits the back of the table. rolling dice sound.

wood locking mechanism tumblers – like on National Treasure when they open the desk with the wooden tumbler as a combination.

a mechanical or clockwork mechanism – the pawls clicking over the gear wheel teeth as it is being wound up

tapping a button the Guitar Hero controller

toppling dominoes over & when they fall they hit each other

when a drawer opens and closes of a cd player

automatic lock on a car

binding machine when you are putting notebooks together

opening or closing an air fryer basket

chopping on a cutting board – green onions or something

a retractable stick of the vacuum cleaner that you can make shorter or longer.

pushing in the desk table tray – like where the keyboard sits

the feedback you get from plugging something in to an amplifier

dropping a pool ball from the table

rolling down the window in your car

sound of lint trap of a dryer

coin operated slide on a paid pool table

pulling a chain on a light

the slap chop for vegetables. hit it and it springs up.

a pepper grinder

on a foosball table – the spinning of the manrod

pens / pencils dropping in a metal container one by one

a case of plastic bottles being knocked over or dumped out

rumble strips on the edge of the road along the highway

cord retracting on a canister vacuum

sliding finger on a calculator

running fingers through closed blinds

when you type on your iphone

textile loom with the shuttle going across it

ice falling from an ice dispenser machine. like from McDonalds put your glass / cup under and the ice falls out

little puppy paws running on hardwood floors

the rolling of a recycling bin

a hotel doorknob – when you turn the knob and it automatically unlocks (from the inside)

hitting play or fast-forward on a tape recorder when the tape can’t go any further

using a turnstile, pushing the paddles to get yourself through after you put the token in

adjusting the back of a lounger chair

dropping apples into a container

hands moving on a grandfather clock

pepper or salt grinder – when you manually turn it

opening or closing Tupperware

bubble wrap popping

a roulette table

an old typewriter

when Bob Ross is cleaning off his paintbrushes

opening and closing a pop socket

plastic bottle rolling across the table

when you lock a deadbolt

prize wheel that you spin with the pegs

putting down a cordless kettle on a plastic base

a bunch of suction cups being pulled up

punching a speed bag – the rebound going forward and backward

crinkling Christmas or birthday wrapping paper

a roller coaster on the tracks – when it hits the seams of the track

adjusting the height of an office chair

flippers on a pinball machine

pop tubes – fidget toy

aluminum cover on top of coffee can.  tapping fingers on the top

paper towel in a public bathroom – you push the lever and it flips out the paper towel

rattling a doorknob

the return of the cord of a vacuum cleaner (when you press the button to roll it back in.)

strumming / tapping your fingers across a drum

unwrapping the wrapper from a sandwich – like from Tim Hortons

when you lift the back of the recliner at the pool

8-track player switching tracks

old slide projector carousel

opening the freezer door 

pressing the keys of a calculator

spinning a roulette wheel (prize wheel)

a bobsleigh or a sled – the tracks going over ice bumps

ice crackling – when you take the ice cubes out of the ice cube tray

a cat scratching on a window screen

a bunch of vegetables being chopped. (like a stalk of celery)

closing a filing cabinet door

hail coming down on a window

basketball hitting the rim of the hoop while rebounding

retractable cord

twist open the lid of a plastic vitamin bottle

a ball return on a pool table

a vending machine – when the item is released and it hits the vending machine door

an older noisy sewing machine stitching

a pricing gun – the old school stamp used in grocery stores

ducks running on tile / flooring

rain on a metal roof

adjusting over the ear headphones

popping corn

hand crank coper

jaygo game

someone taking a stick or a piece of metal across a fence panel

golf balls in a bag

a kick drum pedal

taking the nozzle of the gas pump off its mount

when the ink cartridge returns (after you replace the ink cartridge in a printer)

a bobblehead

checking a doorknob to see if it’s locked

put your bank card into an atm machine and it’s removed

jacob’s ladder game

puddle drum

an old electric adding machine – the sound that it makes when the ribbon (paper roll) advances

playing with the gear shift – in your vehicle (the automatic – drive to park for example)

the drum of the washing machine or dryer – the clothes going around and around uneven

putting your coffee pot back into the coffee maker after pouring your coffee

an automatic stamping machine

blowing bubbles in milk through a straw

something dropping in the vending machine behind the little flapper

pop coming out of a vending machine

machine bingo blower for keno balls

spinning bike lock

a sushi roller

an empty oil drum being rolled

a dog running up the stairs on carpet

monkey hand drum

resetting bowling pins

playing drums with drum sticks

flags flapping really hard in the wind

getting pop from the fridge, out of a container

removal or application of a security tag on a retail piece of clothing

tuning a drum

an old school cash register when you push the subtotal button.

a workout weight – rolling it on a surface

a Rubik’s cube – turning it to play with it.

the exhaust pipe of a portable air conditioning… when you stretch it out

retracting wooden blinds

CD changer changing over to the next CD

pulling up the handle on your luggage

flipping magazine

shaking dice inside a wooden box

salad spinner

dice flipping around in the trouble pop-o-matic bubble

folding an outside chair

camera shutter on burst

a bath mat getting suctioned up

cajón wooden drum

snare drum

tom drum

jukebox – the sound it makes when the record changes

drumming hands on a counter

playing the bongos

closing a filing cabinet drawer

when you drop the little discs for the game plinko

hitting a bongo drum

water rapidly boiling in a tea kettle

hand drum

opening a cardboard box with a boxcutter

an amazon package – rip the strip to open it.

pushing buttons on an old calculator

5-disc cd changer – changing from one disc to the next

golf balls coming out of a dispenser at a driving range

shifting gears on an automatic car

stapler

unlatching a seatbelt 

closing a cash register door

an accordion type of closet door – opening and closing

adding calculator that prints out the information – like an accounting calculator

a VHS tape loading into a machine

flicking your finger through a pile of card stock paper

cardboard things on lottery ticket that you pull the tab off

lottery ball machine 

dialing on an old fashioned rotary phone

the ball return – it’s the track where the bowling ball comes out at the end

transferring a bag of potatoes to a box

tearing paper our of a coil bound note book

when you put the phone handset back on the receiver

placing a Keurig cup into the machine

unrolling toilet paper

turning a gas cap on a vehicle

opening the sunglasses holder in your vehicle

opening or closing a sliding door

a time clock – when signing in at work

turn a gumball machine

adjusting a pool side chair

horses running

tying a balloon

jiggling a locked door knob

gumball machine – when you turn the handle to a machine like that

spirometer, you blow into the machine to check your lungs

pulling down the handle on a casino game

the tray on the back of a plane seat – folding down and up

a glass falling off a table

opening a door handle in your car if you manually opened it

turnstyle security bar

a skateboard going across the sidewalk – over the cracks

a rolodex – when you flip it over

a balloon deflating

scissors cutting fabric

running your fingers along hair brush bristles

the manual shuffling of a deck of cards 

the latch on a briefcase opening it

shaking a toolbox

shifting gears with a manual vehicle

a paper towel dispenser – pulling the paper towel down (the clunking noise it makes)

a garbage disposal

taping your fingers on a table really fast

a cotton towel dispenser to dry hands in a public bathroom

pulling the floss out of it’s container

a printer pulling in the paper before it starts printing

an old cassette loading

Pulling off the plastic tab on nuts or fruit

putting apples in the crisper of the fridge

when you turn the doorknob to open it

tapping on a keyboard

an automatic card shuffler

When you move your carseat back

rocks tumbling in a rock tumbler

a bunch of school books being dropped

shuffling of poker chips

an accountant’s calculator with the paper spooly – punch in the numbers and it makes the printing noise

Old wooden push toy

typing on a computer keyboard

long door handles when you flick with your hand

one of the first power lock doors unlocking in an old-school car

locking the locks on a briefcase

Pulling the pin ball plunger to release the ball

starting a lawnmower, and the pull chain retracts. the sound of the retraction

open the blinds, then running a stick down them to make that sound

popcorn popping

spinning a spice rack

Closing a door on a photocopier

Electronic stapling machine

Three hole punch

Pulling down a vinyl blind

*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. See Full Contest Rules.

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