May 25, 2021

Episode 103 - Filthy Rich - Firestarter - The French Revolution - Myths And Misses - Weather Words

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 103, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Filthy Rich

1: Worth over $15 billion, Robson, son of Sam, runs this company, the USA's largest private employer.

Wal-Mart.

2: In April 1999 his net worth hit $100 billion.

Bill Gates.

3: With $50,000 of his $30 or so billion, Paul Allen bought a guitar this "Purple Haze" star had shattered.

Jimi Hendrix.

4: The Sultan of Brunei has air-conditioned stables housing his 200 animals for this sport.

Polo.

5: "Direct From" the Times of London is a quote calling him "The Avon Lady of the Microchip".

Michael Dell.

Round 2. Category: Firestarter

1: It's not known whether Mrs. O'Leary's cow started Chicago's great fire, but it did start in one of these structures.

a barn.

2: After London's great fire of 1666 started, this diarist said he buried a "Parmazan cheese as well as my wine".

Samuel Pepys.

3: After 2/3 of Rome burned in 64 A.D., Nero blamed this obscure new religious sect.

Christianity.

4: It's not known whether Mrs. O'Leary's cow started Chicago's great fire, but it did start in one of these structures.

a barn.

5: He made a "monkey" out of all of us in his 1859 book.

Charles Darwin.

Round 3. Category: The French Revolution

1: In October 1789 a large crowd of women marched to Versailles demanding this food staple.

bread.

2: This national anthem was first sung by patriots from Marseille who aided in the storming of the Tuileries in 1792.

"La Marseillaise".

3: In 1795 there was a debate over what to make the national anthem, "Reveil du Peuple" or this.

"La Marseillaise".

4: With the coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire in 1799, he overthrew the directory.

Napoleon.

5: In March 1790 Robespierre was elected president of this powerful political "club".

the Jacobins.

Round 4. Category: Myths And Misses

1: Plato split her into 2 goddesses: one of pure love and one of common love.

Aphrodite.

2: This group of warriors called Hippolyta their queen.

Amazons.

3: Odysseus spent a month (or maybe longer) with this sorceress on the island of Aeaea.

Circe.

4: All that blooms or the Roman goddess of all that blooms.

Flora.

5: By jove, she was right by Jupiter, as his wife.

Juno.

Round 5. Category: Weather Words

1: (Jeff Probst reports from Palau.) Luckily, Palau is outside the zone of these storms, whose name comes from a Chinese word that means "great wind".

typhoon.

2: This 6-letter word for a tornado's shape is also a kitchen utensil.

funnel.

3: The name of this job comes from the Greek for "discussion of celestial phenomena" (stay tuned).

meteorologist.

4: In the loose sense, it's any weather vane, but specifically it's one with a rooster on it.

a weathercock.

5: Traditionally, a dense one of these is compared to "pea soup".

fog.

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

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May 25, 2021

Episode 103 - Filthy Rich - Firestarter - The French Revolution - Myths And Misses - Weather Words

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 103, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Filthy Rich

1: Worth over $15 billion, Robson, son of Sam, runs this company, the USA's largest private employer.

Wal-Mart.

2: In April 1999 his net worth hit $100 billion.

Bill Gates.

3: With $50,000 of his $30 or so billion, Paul Allen bought a guitar this "Purple Haze" star had shattered.

Jimi Hendrix.

4: The Sultan of Brunei has air-conditioned stables housing his 200 animals for this sport.

Polo.

5: "Direct From" the Times of London is a quote calling him "The Avon Lady of the Microchip".

Michael Dell.

Round 2. Category: Firestarter

1: It's not known whether Mrs. O'Leary's cow started Chicago's great fire, but it did start in one of these structures.

a barn.

2: After London's great fire of 1666 started, this diarist said he buried a "Parmazan cheese as well as my wine".

Samuel Pepys.

3: After 2/3 of Rome burned in 64 A.D., Nero blamed this obscure new religious sect.

Christianity.

4: It's not known whether Mrs. O'Leary's cow started Chicago's great fire, but it did start in one of these structures.

a barn.

5: He made a "monkey" out of all of us in his 1859 book.

Charles Darwin.

Round 3. Category: The French Revolution

1: In October 1789 a large crowd of women marched to Versailles demanding this food staple.

bread.

2: This national anthem was first sung by patriots from Marseille who aided in the storming of the Tuileries in 1792.

"La Marseillaise".

3: In 1795 there was a debate over what to make the national anthem, "Reveil du Peuple" or this.

"La Marseillaise".

4: With the coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire in 1799, he overthrew the directory.

Napoleon.

5: In March 1790 Robespierre was elected president of this powerful political "club".

the Jacobins.

Round 4. Category: Myths And Misses

1: Plato split her into 2 goddesses: one of pure love and one of common love.

Aphrodite.

2: This group of warriors called Hippolyta their queen.

Amazons.

3: Odysseus spent a month (or maybe longer) with this sorceress on the island of Aeaea.

Circe.

4: All that blooms or the Roman goddess of all that blooms.

Flora.

5: By jove, she was right by Jupiter, as his wife.

Juno.

Round 5. Category: Weather Words

1: (Jeff Probst reports from Palau.) Luckily, Palau is outside the zone of these storms, whose name comes from a Chinese word that means "great wind".

typhoon.

2: This 6-letter word for a tornado's shape is also a kitchen utensil.

funnel.

3: The name of this job comes from the Greek for "discussion of celestial phenomena" (stay tuned).

meteorologist.

4: In the loose sense, it's any weather vane, but specifically it's one with a rooster on it.

a weathercock.

5: Traditionally, a dense one of these is compared to "pea soup".

fog.

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

...more