Instant Trivia

Episode 1049 - "b" prepared - A mighty wind - Relax, we're still rated g - On the old quarter - Tasmanian tidbits

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1049, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: B Prepared. With B in quotes

  • 1: A non-rigid flexible dirigible.
  • blimp.
  • 2: This type of piano is about 5 feet long.
  • Baby grand.
  • 3: This contagious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis can be spread by fleas from infected rats.
  • bubonic plague.
  • 4: "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner and Loewe musical.
  • Brigadoon.
  • 5: This Pennsylvania city was founded in 1741 and appropriately named on Christmas Eve.
  • Bethlehem.

    • Round 2. Category: A Mighty Wind

    • 1: In 1951 they called the wind this in "Paint Your Wagon", but Ms. Carey might challenge the spelling.
    • Maria.
    • 2: In April 1934 Mt. Washington had a wind gust reach 201 of this unit equal to 1 nautical mile per hour.
    • knots.
    • 3: 2-word "aeronautical" term for the strong, generally westerly winds in the Earth's upper troposphere.
    • the jet stream.
    • 4: It has a low-pressure center and circular wind motion; the Coney Island ride opened June 26, 1927 is much more fun.
    • a cyclone.
    • 5: Volkswagen aficionados know this hot, dusty wind that blows from North Africa and affects Southern Europe.
    • scirocco.

      • Round 3. Category: Relax, We'Re Still Rated G

      • 1: Paul Angelis voiced the chief Blue Meanie and some dude named Ringo in this 1968 film.
      • Yellow Submarine.
      • 2: The piscine lead in this '03 film: "If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny, and I know funny, I'm a clownfish".
      • Finding Nemo.
      • 3: For a category on G-rated films, that'll do, this 1995 title porker. That'll do.
      • Babe.
      • 4: Tom Hanks says, "That wasn't flying. That was...falling with style" in this 1995 animated movie.
      • Toy Story.
      • 5: In 2005 this title duo investigated "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit".
      • Wallace and Gromit.

        • Round 4. Category: On The Old Quarter

        • 1: At 8 letters, it's the longest word (hint: it's Latin).
        • pluribus.
        • 2: The direction in which the figures are facing.
        • left.
        • 3: The single word at the top of the "heads" side.
        • Liberty.
        • 4: The leaves of this plant are depicted on the reverse of the quarter.
        • (the) olive (tree).
        • 5: The sole verb.
        • trust.

          • Round 5. Category: Tasmanian Tidbits

          • 1: Tasmania is this country's smallest state.
          • Australia.
          • 2: Discovering the island in 1642, he named it Van Diemen's Land.
          • Abel Tasman.
          • 3: Also called wolfram, this metal used in lamp filaments is a big source of income.
          • Tungsten.
          • 4: The island is home to the Tasmanian devil and this animal.
          • Wombat.
          • 5: The Derwent River in Tasmania has a concrete one of these floating bridges.
          • Pontoon bridge.

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

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