Guess The Nova Noise Win €4,450!

The most frustrating noise is back on ‘Morning Glory with PJ & Jim’ at 730am and 830am each weekday, 11am with Marty Miller on [email protected] and on Nova Drive with Pat Courtenay at 5pm.

Each time we play we will be giving 3 people the chance to guess the noise and win BIG cash!

The Nova Noise, is worth €4,450!

You need to call 01 440 4100 to play the game when we open the phone lines.

And here are the incorrect guesses so far. Just click CONTROL & “F” and type in a keyword from your guess to see if it has already been on air before you call.

• Stapling two pages together
• Bottle coming out of a vending machine
• Someone tapping on the top of a microphone
• Putting a drying ball into the tumble dryer
• An old television unit (with magnet clasp) being closed
• Bread being dropped into a metal breadbin
• Pushing something back into a Ninja air fryer after checking it
• A spare wheel coming out of the boot and dropping onto the road
• A set of bus doors opening
• Kicking a football into a wheelie bin
• An empty water cooler bottle being dropped
• Handle of a case
• Dropping an apple into a plastic bin
• An empty can being thrown into a bin
• Capsule in a coffee machine
• Kicking a football from a penalty spot
• Dropping bottle of washing up liquid into an empty sink
• Runner in a washing machine
• Rolling a tennis ball in a plastic bin
• Basket placed on the hook of a deep fat fryer
• Dropping an onion in a fridge tray
• Car door handle being lifted and the door opening
• Empty Vertuo coffee pod dropping into the catcher at the back
• A slice of toast coming off the conveyor belt of a buffet toaster
• A washing up liquid bottle falling over, rolling off draining board into sink
• Drink dispensed from a vending machine
• Pedal Bin lid closing
• Chopping potatoes and them falling into a pot
• Bouncing a football
• Pedal Bin lid opening
• Tennis ball being bounced off the wall
• Solar bin in Dún Laoghaire opening
• Opening the cover over the petrol cap
• A bowling-ball being automatically delivered back to the bowler
• A potato being dropped into a pot
• An Onion being dropped into the Veg drawer of a fridge
• A cassette autoside changer
• A spud dropping into the sink
• A net of onions dropping onto the counter
• Taking the lid off a plastic tub of butter
• Roll of paper being thrown at a bin
• Shutting off a vent in a car
• A pet door
• The felt tip that strikes a xylophone
• Dropping a wet sponge into a sink
• Ballcock in a toilet cistern
• Flicking a spring door stop
• Automatic toaster at a hotel
• The ball in a Hoover when you knock it over
• Dropping aluminum pipe
• Dropping tennis balls into an empty sink
• Opening a fridge door
• Vinyl jukebox disc change
• A coin being dropped onto cling film stretched over a bowl
• Bingo balls rattling around in a drum
• A metal bread bin being opened, bread being taken out and the bin being closed again
• Putting a big bag of cash into a night safe
• Putting 2L milk onto a table
• Internal post system
• Push button opening bin
• Ball dropping into a pin ball machine
• Shower door closing
• Shooting ducks at a carnival
• A piece of fruit rolling onto a piece of toast
• Flipping a bottle and getting to land back on its end
• Replacing an empty Ballygowan dispenser
• A bowling ball slipping down the gully and missing the pins
• Spinning a bottle that then falls out the ground
• A sausage being dropped into an air fryer
• A keg of beer being rolled out ready for the pipe to be fitted
• Opening and closing the baggage compartment on an airplane
• A metal clasp locking on a chest
• A water-cooler bottle being knocked over
• Closing the lid after filling a kettle
• A potato being peeled and thrown into a pot
• A scrunched-up ball of foil being thrown into a swing-bin
• A pedal-bin opening and closing
• Opening a pedal bin and throwing in a balled up piece of paper
• The kick stand of PJ’s motorcycle being kicked up
• Magnetic clip on a phone case shutting
• Closing microwave door
• Head of lettuce being tossed into the crisper in the fridge
• Cup coming out of a vending machine
• Knocking bottle over in the fridge
• Coffee machine lid being opened
• A can of Coke being put in a fridge and falling over
• The central locking system in a car
• Someone kicking over a full bottle of water which rolls along the worktop
• The hydraulic tube system for delivering change in department stores
• A couple of dryer balls being dropped into a dryer
• A pedal-bin
• Taking the Petrol or Diesel cap off the car
• Someone putting down a traffic cone
• Pushing the drawer of the Airfryer closed
• Taking the tray off the bottom of the oven to clean it
• A pool ball dropping into the pocket of a pool table
• Someone throwing drying/tennis balls into a tumble dryer
• A door banging against a spring doorstopper
• A piece of crumpled up paper being thrown at a bin and hitting the edge
• The clunk of a petrol pump going into the tank
• A claw dropping a prize out of a vending machine
• A CD being put into a Discman
• A bottle of fizzy drink dropping on the ground and bouncing
• Glove compartment opening in a car
• An orange dropping into a freshly squeezed orange juice maker in a supermarket
• Putting money into a pay and display meter
• A diver diving off a spring diving-board
• One of those squidgy, laundry square things with different compartments in it being thrown into a washing-machine
• Closing the door on a hot deli counter
• Car phone holder
• Sweet box with a hinged door
• A letter being posted
• An old VHS tape being loaded into the machine
• Someone throwing an onion into the drawer of a fridge
• A punchball machine at a carnival
• A Kilner jar being opened
• The bonus ball dropping down in the Lotto machine
• Dropping a football into a plastic storage box for toys
• A car’s indicator arm switching off
• A toy-vending game
• Stapler
• Apple sitting on top of a drink bottle being squeezed
• The spring on a high stool
• A bottle flip
• A bottle or can coming out of vending machine
• Insert of a pedal bin going in
• Post going through a letterbox at home
• Opening an acoustic guitar’s case and taking out the guitar
• Someone giving the inside of a washing-machine a spin manually
• A goodie-bag dropping into a vending machine
• Bottle dropping, bouncing off a table and onto the floor
• Balling up a piece of paper and chucking in bin, it misses and hits floor
• Putting a tennis ball into a tube of tennis balls
• A dead seagull falling down a chimney
• The sound from inside a wheelie bin lid being closed
• Pushing down play and record on a cassette player
• A Connect 4 counter going into the game and falling out at the bottom
• Popping open the lid of a deep fat fryer
• Opening the boot of a car
• Throwing ball into the bucket at a fun fair
• Closing the bonnet on a car
• VHS tape going into a VCR
• Rolling up tinfoil into a ball and chucking in bin
• The wash tab in a dishwasher falling out of its compartment
• Closing a kitchen drawer
• Closing the big veg drawer at the bottom of the fridge
• A golf ball going into a putting-practice ramp
• Outside rubbish bin door with a draw closing
• Sash window closing and a blind cord hitting off the window
• Petrol pump nozzle going back on the pump
• Basket knocking the side of a deep fat fryer
• Coin going into a vending machine
• Closing a kitchen drawer
• Closing the big veg drawer at the bottom of the fridge
• A golf ball going into a putting-practice ramp
• Spring scales
• Metal spine on a notebook
• Turnstile at the train station
• An empty bottle dropped into a bin
• Ruler being pinged off a table
• A lottery ball rolling around the drum and running down the chute
• A tyre being thrown
• A box of Maltesers coming out of a vending machine into the collection rack
• A printing press shooting newspapers out
• An apple being dropped into a crisper draw in a fridge
• The bonnet release on a car
• Using a clothes bank
• Opening the fuel tank on a car or bike
• Throwing something plastic into a recycling bin
• Toast springing out of the toaster
• Office printer printing
• The hand movement on a grandfather clock
• CD selector
• Microwave popcorn
• Plugging a guitar lead into an amp or PA system
• A pinball machine firing the ball with its firing pin
• Putting money into a bubblegum vending machine and gum rolls out
• Baby’s heartbeat through a stethoscope
• Taking a utensil off the hook
• Placing a bottle in the after hours hatch of a service station window
• Putting down your toilet seat
• PJ  lowering a basket into a deep-fat-fryer
• Something falling into the bottom of a vending machine
• Someone opening the black flap then closing the black flap
• Pushing down the handle of a patio door
• Seat belt jammed in the car
• Can or bottle being dropped into a cooler box
• Hole punch closing down on the page
• Golf ball falling out of a machine at a driving range
• Car going over a wire on a road
• Dropping a lime scale ball into a kettle
• Apple falling out of a fruit bowl
• Throwing a bottle of coke in the bin
• A bass drum pedal, hitting drum, then bouncing back
• Placing the dust cover down on a record player
• Pushing button on artificial sweetener tablets
• Generator cutting out
• A lemon dropping and rolling
• Storage bed being folded
• Pulling the cord on a lawnmower
• Nespresso Pod being ejected
• Changing gear in a car
• Opening a lock
• Car bonnet opening
• Elevator doors closing
• A jar door stuck in the breeze and banging off the door frame
• A bell pepper rolling around in a crisper drawer
• A desk fan working
• A football rolling around in the back of a car
• A scrunched-up piece of paper being thrown into a bin
• Pressing the button to open a microwave
• Lid closing on an outside letterbox
• Shoving an oven rack into the oven
• Barrier at a car park going up or down
• Throwing a tub of Pringles into the bin
• Opening a lever arch file and letting it flip down
• An Irish dancer taking their first steps
• The auto return of a record player stylus/needle arm
• Kettle placed back on its base
• Turnstile at a stadium gate
• The Frustration game
• A ball coming out of a game machine
• Start of a wash in a washing machine
• Lock on a washing machine door
• Plastic bottle hitting the bongos
• The visor coming down on a motorcycle helmet
• Using an old-fashioned bucket and mop
• Placing a live microphone on a table
• Towel dispenser  – paper towel being pulled down
• Old car engine turning over and dying
• Motorbike kick stand being put down or kicked up
• A computer mouse falling
• An empty blueprint tube falling
• A tin of food rolling from one end of a wooden crate to the other
• Letter box opening and closing
• Knocking on a post box
• An electric car beginning to charge
• Seat belt retracting
• Swing top bin lid
• Dropping money into a security van transport
• A coin falling into an empty savings box
• Throwing a pair of slippers into a washing-machine
• An empty take-away coffee cup being thrown into a recycling bin
• PJ messing with the faders in studio
• Paper towel dispenser in public toilet
• Clay pigeon machine sending one out
• Fridge door closing
• Baling Hay
• Level of a toaster being put down
• Throwing a potato into an empty pot
• Paying at a toll bridge
• Putting a kitchen roll onto a kitchen roll holder
• Opening the catch on an old-style suitcase
• A suitcase being pulled out the back of a car
• Screwing the lid onto a flask and it’s handle dropping down
• Throwing an umbrella into a umbrella stand
• Opening a paint tin with a screw driver
• Changing ink cartridge in a printer
• Throwing a washing tab into an empty washing machine
• Opening a sandwich toaster
• A liquid pod being thrown into a washing machine
• Basket ball going through a hoop
• Opening a sandwich toaster
• Gas canister on a soda stream
• Liquid pod being thrown into a soda stream
• Basketball going through a hoop
• A car going over a speed ramp
• A dice being rolled out of a cup
• A mobile phone dropping between the driver’s seat and the centre console
• The spring as you take the battery out of a wireless mouth
• Dropping an egg into a saucepan of water
• Dropping a ball into a bucket
• A needle on a record player going back to the receiver
• Getting something out of the closest, opening the door, and a ball falls down three steps
• Throwing dryer balls into a dryer with clothes in drum
• Pneumatic tube moving cash
• Rubbish coming down a chute on a building site
• A CD player in a car accepting a CD
• After you hang up the pay phone, when the money drops out the machine
• Runners in a dryer
• A Lotto ball being drawn
• A parcel going through a letter box
• Rolling a tennis ball through a cat flap
• A child’s toy falling out of a vending machine
• PJ dropping his microphone on the desk after the show
• A potato plopping into a pot
• Putting a plastic bottle into a street bin
• A petrol pump nozzle being put back into its holder
• A pinball machine
• An auxiliary cable being plugged into the front of a stereo
• The little ball on a foosball table falling down
• A piece of fruit being dropped into the salad drawer on the fridge
• A basketball hitting the hoop and falling through
• A bale of paper being loaded into a photocopier and sucked up
• The ring pull on a can
• Dropping a plastic cover on the parking meter at a pay and display machine
• The lotto winning numbers coming out of the drum
• A water cooler empty falling over
• A golf ball picking up machine at a driving range
• Putting out the bins on a Sunday night
• Pulling the bonnet latch inside the car on the passenger’s side
• A plastic egg being rested on an ajar drawer, then the drawer being opened and the egg falling into the drawer
• Throwing an apple core away
• A ball being dropped out of the dispenser in table football
• Putting a phone down on the table
• The water dispenser
• Pulling the top off the Pringles
• A phone on a dashboard falling off as car accelerates
• The flap door on a car opening before fuel cap
• Putting recycling in a bin with no bag
• Detergent ball in an empty washing machine
• Opening a motorbike petrol tank
• Car wipers
• A ball hitting a door and then the floor
• Potato dropping in a pot of water
• Kicking down the kick-stand on a bike
• A can of soft drink hitting the dashboard
• An empty water cooler bottle rolling off some stairs
• Plastic token machine at a car park
• Flicking a printer cartridge
• Closing a filing cabinet
• Squeezing a plastic bottle and it popping back into shape
• A mechanical weigh scales
• Opening a biscuit tin
• PVC window been closed
• Loading a VHS tape into a VHS video machine
• Cigarette lighter popping up when it’s ready for use
• Bouncy ball coming out of a vending machine
• Basketball game in arcade
• Reaching for toilet roll but it’s empty
• Taking an egg out of holder and dropping on counter from slight height
• Taking a security tag off clothes and putting in box under cash desk
• Dropping something like a washing up liquid bottle in the sink
• Apple dropping onto a table or floor
• Pulling the handle on a reclining chair
• Needle on a record
• A ball in the chute at mini golf
• Putting milk into the fridge
• Pulling down a self-returning towel in a public toilet
• A bar of chocolate dropping out of a vending machine
• A load of ice being dropped into a blender
• Throwing a lemon into a fridge
• Balls collecting behind glass door of pool table after being pocketed
• Dropping a pen into a pen holder
• A whisk rolling in a draw
• Putting lid onto a boiling pot
• Taking off a shoe/boot and throwing it down beside you
• Putting back the microwave turntable plate into place
• Resting the tray of a deep fryer on the side of the fryer
• Putting a recycling bin back in kitchen press
• Feeding the coin into a vending machine
• Punch bag machine in an arcade
• Ludo game
• Dropping a book on a table
• An old record player where you could stack vinyl to play, one falling onto another
• A Lotto ball coming up from the barrel and popping up
• An elastic band ball getting thrown into a rubbish bin
• Stacking a few frypans on top of each other
• Throwing an empty bottle into a bin
• Paying for parking
• Strumming a bodhrán
• Washing machine ending
• Hitting a rubber barrel
• A car wash changing from one cycle to the next one
• A boom gate coming down
• A bingo ball coming up the chute
• Luas door closing
• Cat’s eye on the road
• Oven tray going back in the oven
• Putting a tyre back onto a car
• Undoing a petrol cap and letting it hit the side of the car
• Trying to start a petrol lawnmower
• Dropping a tissue into a pedal-bin
• Spring loaded door stop on the back of a door
• Placing a kettle on it’s base
• Taking shopping bags out of a car boot and an apple falls out, rolls around boot
• Pushing a CD player down to open
• Putting the big bottle into water cooler
• Windscreen wiper
• Steering wheel adjustment
• Larder press being opened with trays on the door
• An empty water-cooler bottle being dropped into a car boot
• Pulling the ring-pull on a Coke can
• Putting an automatic car into gear
• Lifting lid on Tupperware and placing it on a table
• The weights of a sash window moving down on its pulley system
• A guitar pick being dropped into the body of an acoustic guitar
• An empty 10-litre water-bottle being taken out of a cooler
• A ping pong ball being dropped into an empty Pringle’s can
• Pushing a cabinet door to open it
• Shuttlecock hitting a racquet
• Paper punch
• Retractable dog lead
• Sticking a pen in your ear and then dropping it in the foot well of your car
• Throwing an empty bottle of shampoo in the shower
• Scrunching up an A4 page and chucking in the bin
• Mop squeezer on the side of a mop bucket springing back
• The late night service hatch at a garage being pushed back & forth
• Opening a window with a restrictor
• Ejecting a cassette tape
• Pile of potatoes being dropped into a pot
• Closing an attic
• Pulling cord on blinds
• PJ using a breast pump
• A pancake falling from a commercial toaster, the conveyer belt type
• A TV unit with a glass door closing against magnetic catch/latch
• Lifting an acoustic guitar out of a hard case
• A water bottle falling out of a vending machine
• A pinball landing back at the stops
• Jim slapping PJ with an empty mineral bottle
• An air hockey ball going down the chute
• Closing a glovebox
• Dropping battery into a torch
• Heading someone on the head with a balloon
• Parking brake being released on a golf buggy
• Car aerial hitting off something above
• Freshener ball in a tumble dryer
• Putting a coin in a vending machine then pressing the coin return button
• Throwing a tennis ball into a wheelie bin
• Backing a truck into a trailer pit for a pick up
• The automatic reset in Tenpin
• Opening a fridge drawer, dropping in some vegetables and closing the drawer
• The kettle going back on it’s rest
• Putting the petrol cap back on a car
• Flip top bin
• Opening a briefcase
• Taking the ticket out of a parking machine, an elevator door closing, and opening a filing cabinet drawer.
• Putting your hand in the vending machine
• Putting the ball in an indoor golf putting machine
• A cashier putting the money in the plastic jar and shoving it upstairs
• Opening the boot of the car and throwing a ball in
• A pinball machine
• A golf putting game in an office
• An Airfryer
• Receiving a ball back from an arcade machine
• Dropping a drink into the cup holder
• Putting a shower head on its holder
• Bingo ball rolling out the drawer
• Pushing out a wheelie bin
• Vending machine with arm delivering a drink
• Ice falling from an ice machine
• The twist and fall of product from a gumball machine
• Putting a letter into a letterbox
• Closing the lid over the petrol cap
• A lid off a whistling kettle
• A sliding door closing
• Cash being dispensed from an ATM
• Pump going back on at petrol bowser
• Tennis ball going into a bucket
• Trolley going onto a escalator
• Sun visor in a car coming down and going back up
• Throwing a fish, into a bucket, by a flowing river
• An indicator flicking off in the car
• The overhead compartment (bin) in an airplane closing
• Throwing a crumpled-up ball of tin foil into a bucket
• Lifting a kettle off the base and putting it back down
• A snack falling down in a vending machine
• Leather hole punch
• Extendable table
• Banana skin going into a bin
• Coins into an old phone box
• Onion dropping into a pot of water
• Toilet Roll in a public loo, tearing off a sheet and the big roll spinning in drum
• A kettle coming off the boil
• Taking the ticket from a Luas ticket machine
• The “perpetual motion” desktop toy with the swinging balls
• An old-fashioned telephone dial
• A spring-loaded dog lead retracting
• A knife dropping into a wooden knife-block
• A pen dropping into an office tidy
• Going over a speed bump
• Rack from dishwasher being pushed back in
• Toilet roll insert being thrown into a bin
• Pushing the bar on a fire escape door to open it
• Letting the glove box drop open
• Ball pit ball being dropped into a bucket
• Street bin with pedal opening
• Rolling Sellotape across a desk and it bouncing off a keyboard
• Putting down an office phone receiver.

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