Instant Trivia

Episode 107 - 1930S Aviation - Historic America - Phobias - Revolutionary War - "Wa" This Way

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 107, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 1930S Aviation

  • 1: In 1932 and '33 one of these airships made a total of 18 trips between Germany and Brazil.
  • Zeppelin.
  • 2: In 1931 Boeing, National, Pacific and Varney Airlines joined forces under this new name.
  • United Airlines.
  • 3: In the 1930s he moved the Wright Bros.' home and bicycle workshop to Dearborn, Michigan.
  • Henry Ford.
  • 4: On January 8, 1930 Walter Mittelholzer took off from the Serengeti plain to fly in a plane over this mount.
  • Mount Kilimanjaro.
  • 5: The Mitsubishi flown from Japan for George VI's coronation was named this, Japanese for "divine wind".
  • Kamikaze.

    • Round 2. Category: Historic America

    • 1: This large entertainment complex opened near Kissimmee October 1, 1971.
    • Walt Disney World.
    • 2: A fine collection of Haida and Tlingit totem poles was toted to Sitka National Historic Park in this state.
    • Alaska.
    • 3: Make a "pilgrim"age to this New England town to visit the 1627 English village re-created there.
    • Plymouth.
    • 4: The last execution for this offense in Salem, Massachusetts took place September 22, 1692.
    • Witchcraft.
    • 5: In 1848 a shipping canal completed through an old Indian portage linked Chicago with this mighty river system.
    • Mississippi River.

      • Round 3. Category: Phobias

      • 1: He's probably the Bible's most famous tonsurphobic.
      • Samson (he was afraid of having his hair cut).
      • 2: A gephyrophobic won't burn these behind him; he's afraid to cross them in the first place.
      • bridges.
      • 3: The time has come to talk of polyphobia, fear of these.
      • Many things.
      • 4: Some people may have uranophobia, fear of this place, because they fear being judged there.
      • Heaven.
      • 5: A frigophobic is afraid of this, so a Frigidaire would be off limits.
      • the cold.

        • Round 4. Category: Revolutionary War

        • 1: Though defeated in the Revolution, he went on to become Governor-Gen. of India.
        • (Charles) Cornwallis.
        • 2: Samuel Prescott made it to Concord to warn the patriots while this rider was captured en route.
        • Paul Revere.
        • 3: He said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country".
        • Nathan Hale.
        • 4: At Boston's "Whites of the Eyes" Pavilion, you can see this battle depicted on film.
        • the Battle of Bunker Hill.
        • 5: 1 of 4 men who represented the United States in the Paris peace negotiations with Britain.
        • Benjamin Franklin (or John Adams, John Jay, or Henry Laurens).

          • Round 5. Category: "Wa" This Way

          • 1: Dismissive insectoid name for an American ethnic group of British non-Catholic ancestry.
          • WASPs.
          • 2: Longfellow's middle name.
          • Wadsworth.
          • 3: Aquarius, translated from Latin.
          • water bearer.
          • 4: After NATO admitted West Germany in 1955, the USSR and its satellites met and formed this.
          • the Warsaw Pact.
          • 5: If you're "on" this, you're angry and in the mood for confrontation.
          • the warpath.

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

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