Instant Trivia

Episode 1046 - Southernmost points - "b" nice - Old testament names - The writing stuff - Presidential astrology

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1046, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Southernmost Points

  • 1: The southernmost point on the USA's mainland is Cape Sable in this Florida national park.
  • the Everglades.
  • 2: South America's southernmost mainland point, cape froward on the Brunswick Peninsula, lies in this country.
  • Chile.
  • 3: Asia's southernmost mainland point, Cape Piai, lies in this country just north of Singapore.
  • Malaysia.
  • 4: Germany's is in this state bordering Austria.
  • Bavaria.
  • 5: Cape Sarych, Ukraine's southernmost point, lies on this peninsula that juts into the Black Sea.
  • the Crimean Peninsula.

    • Round 2. Category: B Nice. With B in quotes

    • 1: Medically, it's the opposite of malignant.
    • benign.
    • 2: Insurance entitlements, or things you might share with a really good friend.
    • benefits.
    • 3: A favor or gift, it's a homonym of a Colonial frontiersman's name.
    • boon.
    • 4: Robert Burns wrote that the men of Ayr were honest and the lasses were this.
    • bonnie.
    • 5: Officially, it's the "B" in B.P.O.E..
    • benevolent.

      • Round 3. Category: Old Testament Names

      • 1: Oddly, his name means "dove" and not "he of the big fish".
      • Jonah.
      • 2: Hebrew for "friend" or "companion", she was the companion and daughter-in-law of Naomi.
      • Ruth.
      • 3: Various sources list her name as meaning "temptress" and "seductive".
      • Delilah.
      • 4: "Behold, a son", this firstborn son of Jacob.
      • Reuben.
      • 5: Though his name is from Hebrew for "laughter", he probably didn't laugh much while he was on that altar.
      • Isaac.

        • Round 4. Category: The Writing Stuff

        • 1: "Passing away" is this kind of term, an indirect substitute for something harsh or offensive.
        • a euphemism.
        • 2: "Uneven" 2-word term for an early version; Jefferson used it about one pass at the Declaration of Independence.
        • a rough draft.
        • 3: Aunt Grace wants 1 more copy; good thing you put out your poems using P.O.D., short for this.
        • printing on demand.
        • 4: Add a dose of this quality to your novel, the incongruity between what was expected and what actually occurs.
        • irony.
        • 5: Orson Scott Card said this is never solved by "writing through it" because you haven't solved the original problem.
        • writer's block.

          • Round 5. Category: Presidential Astrology

          • 1: Gerald Ford was the last president born under this "crab"by sign.
          • Cancer.
          • 2: Even though this was John Quincy Adams' sign, we'd never describe him as "crab"by.
          • Cancer.
          • 3: Appropriately, we've had 2 presidents born under this sign, Bush and Kennedy.
          • Gemini.
          • 4: This was LBJ's sign, though he's not usually associated with maidenly virtues.
          • Virgo.
          • 5: With the exception of Reagan, every U.S. pres. born under this sign, including Lincoln, died in office.
          • Aquarius.

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