Instant Trivia

Episode 1043 - They own it - The world at war - In life - Happy 50th nasa - You're "nut"s!

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1043, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: They Own It

  • 1: Everything from Charmin to Duracell:This company named for 2 guys.
  • Procter and Gamble.
  • 2: Uncle Ben's, MandM's and, fittingly, Orbit gum.
  • Mars.
  • 3: Cheerios and Wheaties:This "military" corporation.
  • General Mills.
  • 4: Dasani and Sprite:This soft drink concern.
  • Coca-Cola.
  • 5: Xanax and Lipitor (don't get them mixed up):This pharmaceutical giant.
  • Pfizer.

    • Round 2. Category: The World At War

    • 1: The Chinese Communist First Front Army staged the 6,000-mile retreat known as the Long March under this leader.
    • Mao Tse-tung.
    • 2: St. Louis, Missouri was named for King Louis IX of France, who led the Seventh and Eighth of these military debacles.
    • the Crusades.
    • 3: In 1619 Rene Descartes went to join the army of the Duke of Bavaria during this decades-long war.
    • the 30 Years War.
    • 4: Unprepared for this man leading an army force over the Andes in 1817, the Spanish Empire lost Chile and Argentina.
    • José de San Martín.
    • 5: The first British recipient of the Victoria Cross, a sailor, received it for actions in the Baltic Sea during this war.
    • the Crimean War.

      • Round 3. Category: In Life

      • 1: In regard to benefits, ssa.gov says this period of your life begins at age 62.
      • retirement.
      • 2: In common law, the age of this, signaling adulthood, is presumed to be 14 in boys and 12 in girls.
      • puberty.
      • 3: In the Holmes-Rahe life stress inventory, the death of a spouse is tops, while this similar outcome is second.
      • divorce.
      • 4: In Catholicism this sacrament, administered on baptized persons at least age 7, allows you to take communion.
      • confirmation.
      • 5: "When age chills the blood", waxed Byron, "our sweetest memorial" will be the "first" this "of love".
      • kiss.

        • Round 4. Category: Happy 50Th Nasa

        • 1: NASA took up JFK's 1961 challenge to do this by decade's end and met it with 5 months to spare.
        • put a man on the Moon.
        • 2: NASA took up W's 2004 challenge to do this as the first of "the next steps of space exploration".
        • put a man on Mars.
        • 3: NASA radar checks out ECAs, Earth-orbit crossing these, in case one is about to wipe out civilization.
        • an asteroid.
        • 4: Named for this rocketry pioneer, NASA's first space flight center was set up when NASA was 1.
        • (Robert) Goddard.
        • 5: The 50th anniversary logo shows a grand design galaxy in which these anatomical features curl pleasingly inward.
        • the arms of the galaxy.

          • Round 5. Category: You'Re NutS!. With Nut in quotes

          • 1: These handy items are named for their shape, not for being used on airplanes.
          • wing nuts.
          • 2: It evolved from "Li'l Folks", a 1940s feature in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
          • Peanuts.
          • 3: The "English" type of this tree makes fine furniture and gunstocks.
          • walnut.
          • 4: Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated the tale of this character.
          • Squirrel Nutkin.
          • 5: Tasty term for the weighted ring used by hitters to warm up.
          • doughnut.

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

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