Instant Trivia

Episode 1029 - Fair fare - Transportation in song - Rock "e" - "great" expectations - Words containing silent letters

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1029, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Fair Fare

  • 1: This carnival treat is threads of spun sugar, often pink.
  • cotton candy.
  • 2: This fried treat is named for the cone-shaped utensil through which the batter is poured.
  • a funnel cake.
  • 3: These cheese semi-solids are supposed to squeak when you bite into them.
  • curds.
  • 4: Dusted with sugar and cinnamon, these slender pastries have a Spanish name that may refer to their place of origin.
  • churros.
  • 5: Roll a caramel apple in marshmallows, nuts and chocolate and you have this variation, also an ice cream flavor.
  • rocky road.

    • Round 2. Category: Transportation In Song

    • 1: In "The Christmas Song, "They know that Santa's on his way, he's loaded lots of toys and goodies on" this.
    • his sleigh.
    • 2: A hotel party inspired Steven Tyler to write, "Love In" one of these, "livin' it up when I'm goin' down".
    • an elevator.
    • 3: Day-o! This Harry Belafonte calypso favorite was featured in a raucous dinner scene in the film "Beetlejuice".
    • the "Banana Boat" (song).
    • 4: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis buy these vehicles that can be pedaled or driven with a gas engine and head "Downtown".
    • mopeds.
    • 5: On this, "You leave the Pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four, read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore".
    • the "Chattanooga Choo Choo".

      • Round 3. Category: Rock E. With E in quotes

      • 1: Earth joined Wind and Fire and he joined Lake and Palmer.
      • Keith Emerson.
      • 2: In titles it preceded Eddie Money's "Nights" and Richard Marx's "Summer Nights".
      • Endless.
      • 3: This botanical tune grew up to No. 1 in 1988.
      • "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (by Poison).
      • 4: Though this Art Alexakis band was formed in Portland, its first hit was about Santa Monica.
      • Everclear.
      • 5: The Eurythmics were on the bill in 2000 at the grand opening celebration of this Seattle rock museum.
      • Experience Music Project.

        • Round 4. Category: Great Expectations. With Great in quotation marks

        • 1: In the newspaper, Marmaduke is a funny one.
        • Great Dane.
        • 2: Clingmans Dome is the highest peak in this Appalachian range.
        • Great Smoky Mountains.
        • 3: As it's the nickname of Greg Norman, you're gonna need a bigger -- golf cart.
        • "Great White Shark".
        • 4: A Montana city is named for these on the Missouri, which Meriwether Lewis called the grandest sight he'd ever beheld.
        • Great Falls.
        • 5: Now extinct, we know what these look like from ones mounted in museums and drawings like this by Audubon.
        • great auk.

          • Round 5. Category: Words Containing Silent Letters

          • 1: A land mass surrounded on all sides by water.
          • an island.
          • 2: It follows "Ash" in the name of the first day of Lent.
          • Wednesday.
          • 3: From the Greek for "soul", it's someone who can foresee the future or read minds.
          • a psychic.
          • 4: February 2013 has 672 of these units.
          • hours.
          • 5: A Bowie one is long and dangerous.
          • a knife.

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

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