Nearly Impossible Question: Approximately 10 to 20% of U.S. power outages are caused by THIS

Here is today's "Nearly Impossible Question": Approximately 10 to 20% of U.S. power outages are caused by THIS. Listen for the answer.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Goodbody to test your IQ with the NIQ. The nearly
impossible question, all right, Christine, take it away could be.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Approximately ten to twenty percent of US power outages are
caused by this.

Speaker 1 (00:13):
Interesting question one hundred two two one oh six seven.
If you are the first correct caller, we'll give you
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Speaker 2 (00:28):
Approximately ten to twenty percent of US power outages are
caused by this.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Line thirty one A squirrels. We have a winner.

Speaker 3 (00:37):
Squirrels. You've got it.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
Here you go.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
He guys, Yeah, I just driving and I see some squirrels.
So let's go with squirrels.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
What's your name?

Speaker 3 (00:47):
My name is Andy. Andy.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
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Speaker 3 (00:53):
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Speaker 1 (00:54):
Hold on one second, producer, Kristen, we'll get your information.
So a very sad question here. Do you think ninety
percent of the squirrels that caused the power outages, unfortunately
are no longer with us or could they cause a
power outage and you know, cause mayhem and move on
in life, but wreak havoc on the power grit.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
I in my experience, Kubby and I did have a
sad experience pulling up to my parents' house one afternoon.
The first thing I saw on the lawn was a
dead squirrel and he didn't have his little paw. A
poor and I thought, what happened to this poor little squirrel?
Where's his paw? And I go inside and my father's
all upset because the powers down in the house. Really yeah,
so he had climbed up the pole that had the

(01:36):
main power line. You've done before, well, yeah, you know,
no problem, not lately, but yes, but uh back in
the day she did it. Yeah, It's didn't end well
for the squirrel.

Speaker 1 (01:45):
I'm so sorry. Yeah, all right, squirrels, you know we
love you.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
Squirrels.

Speaker 1 (01:48):
You have to make a decision. Squirrels. You're halfway across
the street. You want to go back, and then you
want to go across back and forth.

Speaker 2 (01:54):
I'm trying to save you.

Speaker 1 (01:55):
Yeah, make up your mind.