Instant Trivia

Episode 1063 - A plague on you! - Ice cream - London boroughs - Bloody business - Joe, annes and joannes

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1063, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: A Plague On You!

  • 1: The 14th century "Black Death" that swept Europe was this type of plague, from the Greek for "groin".
  • Bubonic.
  • 2: The first of these was the Nile turning to blood.
  • 10 plagues of Egypt.
  • 3: This physician and seer of the "centuries" treated plague victims in 16th century France.
  • Nostradamus.
  • 4: He published "The Plague" in 1947.
  • Albert Camus.
  • 5: In his diary, Samuel Pepys recounted the "Great Plague" sweeping through London in this decade.
  • 1660s.

    • Round 2. Category: Ice Cream

    • 1: This best-selling brand of cookies is also available as "cookies n' cream" ice cream.
    • Oreos.
    • 2: More ice cream is consumed in this country than any other.
    • United States.
    • 3: When setting up an ice cream maker, use table salt or this type which dissolves more slowly.
    • rock salt.
    • 4: It's the most popular fruit flavor of ice cream in the U.S..
    • strawberry.
    • 5: 2005 was the 20th birthday of this restaurant's Blizzard, a soft-serve treat.
    • Dairy Queen.

      • Round 3. Category: London Boroughs

      • 1: This borough's name is synonymous with Britain's Parliament.
      • Westminster.
      • 2: The 33 boroughs that make up London include this one that helps us keep time worldwide.
      • Greenwich.
      • 3: 2 boroughs, Richmond and Kingston, are more properly followed by "upon" this body of water.
      • upon Thames.
      • 4: Take a walk down memory lane in the borough of Camden and name this thoroughfare made famous by The Beatles.
      • Abbey Road.
      • 5: More than 1,300 bombs were dropped on the especially hard-hit borough of Croydon during this 1940-41 German-named assault.
      • the Blitz.

        • Round 4. Category: Bloody Business

        • 1: About half the blood collected in the U.S. is acquired by this organization.
        • Red Cross.
        • 2: A bonding ritual turns 2 unrelated men into these.
        • Blood brothers.
        • 3: It was the persecution of this group that earned Bloody Mary her nickname.
        • Protestants.
        • 4: His first role as a swashbuckler was in 1935 as Captain Blood.
        • Errol Flynn.
        • 5: The 4 things Churchill told the House of Commons he had to offer May 13, 1940 were blood and these.
        • "Toil, tears and sweat".

          • Round 5. Category: Joe, Annes And Joannes

          • 1: In 1533 she gave birth to future Queen Elizabeth I.
          • Anne Boleyn.
          • 2: His marriage to Marilyn Monroe lasted only 9 months in 1954.
          • Joe DiMaggio.
          • 3: He retired from boxing in 1949, but returned only to be KOed by Rocky Marciano in 1951.
          • Joe Louis.
          • 4: She played opposite her husband in the movies "The Drowning Pool" and "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge".
          • Joanne Woodward.
          • 5: Her "Breathing Lessons" really paid off; in 1989 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
          • Anne Tyler.

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

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