Dot to Dot - the daily 5min Alexa demo show

We're on location today. Recording from an underground train (or is it a coffee shop?) we bring you a brilliant skill that's chock-a-block with awesome acoustic experiences.

Did wooly mammoths come before or after the pyramids? Well of course they came before, but did you know that wooly mammoths still roamed on a remote Arctic island while the pyramids were being built? So that one's not as cut and dried as you might think. That's just one of many questions you'll never be asked in this 'Did A happen before B' type game which is more about your songs, films and TV shows. Interesting though, eh? No? Oh, OK.

Small children alert in today's episode. Not that there are small children in the episode (don't worry - only dinosaurs) but rather that it's aimed at small children. You have been warned…

Are they sound jokes or just a bit weak? Either way it's the sound effects we really like in today's hilarious skill.

Yesterday we had a game all about songs, and today we take the game to the silver screen. Sound-effects too. Sweet. I don't do very well, though, as you would have come to expect. I wish I had a sixth sense about these things…

When did 'Careless whisper' first hit the charts? What about 'All about the bass'? If you think you can make a closer guess as to when 'Red, red wine' was released than an online competitor across the interweb (or handy friend come round for a cup of tea) then this skil may well be for you.

Today, Phillip Chalker helps us revisit the excellent Music Trivia skill covered nearly 700 episodes ago. No actual music involved (see 'Beat the Intro' and similar skills to rectify that) but otherwise a great quiz for music buffs everywhere. Well, I say 'Everywhere' but, obviously, I'm not including music buffs on other planets here. Or music buffs in hitherto uncontacted tribes of the Amazon rainforest either (but then they probably don't have Echos as yet - even though they're actually made by a company called Amazon which is a little ironic really). Ditto other similarly isolated regions of Planet Earth. Otherwise music buggs everywhere else are good to go. Unless you really prefer skills with music and/or sound-effects and, if that's the case, see earlier recommendation.

Let's slip back into the spine-tingling world of ASMR sounds with this superb skill. We've also covered ASMR First and ASMR Sounds in an earlier episode if you want still more sonicly-sourced, often startling, sensations.

We start off with a quick note that changing the A-lady's speech speed has finally come to the UK. After that we listen to what is probably my favourite skill since the Magic Door. Utterly brilliant audio. Needs headphones so either plug them into the back of your Echo or connect them via Bluetooth. Then sit back and be delighted.

Speaking Chinese is easy with this great skill. Well, perhaps not that easy but at least each lesson only lasts 7 minutes. Big thanks to Ashley Colburn ([email protected]) for today's demo.