Instant Trivia

Episode 1044 - 18 years of leftovers - Failed constitutional amendments - Ripley's believe it or not! - Is it safe? - Now you know

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1044, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 18 Years Of Leftovers

  • 1: From Season 3:This "Pretty Baby" once suggested wearing red mascara, because it's "perfect for the disco".
  • Brooke Shields.
  • 2: From Season 14:21-year-old Frances Folsom married 49-year-old Grover Cleveland in this "colorful" room.
  • the Blue Room.
  • 3: From Season 12:Horace's quote "Permitte divis cetera" means "Leave the rest to" these beings.
  • the gods.
  • 4: From Season 11:British nonsense poet who wrote the 1877 poem "The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo".
  • Edward Lear.
  • 5: From Season 10:This count who commanded a French force at Yorktown had almost become a priest.
  • Rochambeau.

    • Round 2. Category: Failed Constitutional Amendments

    • 1: The "Every Vote Counts" amendment tried to abolish this "College" but went nowhere.
    • the Electoral College.
    • 2: After a Kentucky congressman shot and killed a rep. from Maine in 1838, an amendment against this practice was proposed.
    • dueling.
    • 3: The Crittenden Compromise of 1860 suggested 6 amendments to protect this institution.
    • slavery.
    • 4: In 2017, 35 years after its congressional deadline had passed, Nevada ratified this failed amendment.
    • the ERA (the Equal Rights Amendment).
    • 5: An amendment replacing the 23rd Amendment with a grant of statehood to this area expired in 1985.
    • District of Columbia.

      • Round 3. Category: Ripley'S Believe It Or Not!

      • 1: B.I.O.N., Texan David Pay has written over 300 alphabetic characters on a single grain of this!.
      • rice.
      • 2: B.I.O.N., herpetologist Bill Haast has been bitten over 150 times by these deadly creatures!.
      • snakes.
      • 3: B.I.O.N., every year a Filipino village recreates this event of around 30 A.D. using nails.
      • the crucifixion.
      • 4: B.I.O.N., because he believes it's possessed by his dead fiancee, a man married one of these dolls!.
      • a Barbie doll.
      • 5: B.I.O.N., a 3-year old Ugandan boy was adopted and raised for 4 years by a colony of these human-like apes!.
      • chimps.

        • Round 4. Category: Is It Safe?

        • 1: A parasite spread by this insect sickens 300 million people a year and kills almost 3 million.
        • the mosquito.
        • 2: Christmas will not be jolly if you happen to eat the red berries from this evergreen holiday bush.
        • holly.
        • 3: This is in the top 3 of the most dangerous professions in the U.S.; most of the fatalities are from drowning.
        • fishing.
        • 4: Though the pygmy and river varieties look comical, Africans consider this 8,000-lb. mammal extremely dangerous.
        • the hippopotamus.
        • 5: This homophonic drug cocktail was a '90s weight-loss dream but was later discovered to be a health nightmare.
        • Fen-phen.

          • Round 5. Category: Now You Know

          • 1: Chopping an onion releases a compound that causes these glands to produce tears.
          • the lachrymal glands.
          • 2: The best result in this lakeside game also called "ducks and drakes" is with a flat projectile thrown at a 20-degree angle.
          • skipping stones.
          • 3: As we humans get older, less and less of this pigment is added to beginning hair cells, leading to gradual graying.
          • melanin.
          • 4: This type of "burn" happens when water molecules escape from food preserved there and begin to migrate.
          • freezer burn.
          • 5: The world's smallest flowers, Wolffia globosa, each consist of 1 pistil and 1 this, the pistil's male counterpart.
          • the stamen.

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

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