Instant Trivia

Episode 1010 - Asian places - Mnow your mnemonics - "sag" - Lesser-known superheroes - Saints' days

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1010, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Asian Places

  • 1: Bandipur and Sanjay Gandhi are national parks in this nation.
  • India.
  • 2: It was a small town until the opening of foreign trade made it China's largest city.
  • Shanghai.
  • 3: We wonder if there's a village idiot in Moron, 350 miles west of Ulan Bator in this country.
  • Mongolia.
  • 4: The smallest nation on the Bay of Bengal, most of it is less than 50 feet above sea level.
  • Bangladesh.
  • 5: Not to be confused with Yakutsk, this region found on the Risk board lies just west of Lake Baikal.
  • Irkutsk.

    • Round 2. Category: Mnow Your Mnemonics

    • 1: "Roy G. Biv" is a mnemonic for the 7 colors of this.
    • the rainbow (or spectrum).
    • 2: "India's big, but Africa's bigger, the same as their" these animals, "easy to figure".
    • elephants.
    • 3: "R'n'B" will help you remember how to set up these pieces from left to right on a chessboard.
    • rooks, bishops and knights.
    • 4: "MMVENUSJ" is a mnemonic for the size of these, from smallest to largest (it recently lost its "P").
    • the planets.
    • 5: "The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws on the other 2 sides" is for this guy's theorem.
    • Pythagoras.

      • Round 3. Category: Sag. With Sag in quotes

      • 1: Michigan bay that's part of Lake Huron.
      • Saginaw Bay.
      • 2: It's the ninth astrological sign.
      • Sagittarius.
      • 3: It's purple in a popular Zane Grey title.
      • sage (Riders of the Purple Sage).
      • 4: Giant succulent of the American Southwest.
      • the saguaro cactus.
      • 5: Teddy Roosevelt's New York mansion.
      • Sagamore Hill.

        • Round 4. Category: Lesser-Known Superheroes

        • 1: He tried to wash away the bad guys' sins by immersing them in water.
        • Baptizer.
        • 2: He could put the bad guys in a trance with a swing of his pocket watch, which actually sounds pretty nifty.
        • Hypnotizer.
        • 3: This guy has a way of making any situation seem unimportant and trifling.
        • Minimizer (or Trivializer).
        • 4: When it comes to cutting expenses and finding deals to stay under budget, this superhero saves the day.
        • Economizer.
        • 5: He has a unique power--everything he touches turns to rust.
        • Oxidizer.

          • Round 5. Category: Saints' Days

          • 1: On April 23 dragons tend to tell him, "You slay me, you really slay me".
          • Saint George.
          • 2: Joseph of Arimathea shares this day with Patrick.
          • March 17.
          • 3: It's no mystery Christie and Sayers celebrated these 2 saints on February 5 and 6.
          • Agatha and Dorothy.
          • 4: She waltzes in with a March 14 date, mate.
          • Saint Matilda.
          • 5: December 1 is the day for this saint who was "Elsewhere" on TV.
          • Saint Eligius.

            • Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

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