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Episode 1077 - French off the boat - Shakespeare rewrites the beatles - Human body of knowledge - 20th century monarchs - Sci.

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1077, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: French Off The Boat

  • 1: In 1920 a ship brought this 10-year-old future ocean explorer and family from France to NYC for a 2-year stay.
  • Jacques Cousteau.
  • 2: By 1809 this man and his brother Pierre had arrived in New Orleans and set up a blacksmith shop; piracy paid better, so....
  • (Jean) Lafitte.
  • 3: A few years after sailing here on the American Eagle, Irenee Du Pont opened a gunpowder mill in this state.
  • Delaware.
  • 4: This future city planner was only 22 when he arrived on the Amphitrite to serve as an engineer in the revolution.
  • L'Enfant.
  • 5: The wreck of Capt. Ribaut's flagship Trinité is still off Florida, a relic of France's first New World outpost at this fort.
  • Fort Caroline.

    • Round 2. Category: Shakespeare Rewrites The Beatles

    • 1: "I believe I shall be melancholy, I believe it shall be anon... the woman who disturbeth my temper is leaving hence".
    • "Ticket To Ride".
    • 2: "The lady is enamored of thee, verily, verily, verily".
    • "She Loves You".
    • 3: "Wilt thou still require me, wilt thou still provide sustenance unto me, roughly midway through my 7th decade?".
    • "When I'm Sixty-Four".
    • 4: "Aid me if thou canst, I feel sorrow... and my gratitude is large for thy presence here".
    • "Help!".
    • 5: "Dear gentleman or lady, wouldst thou peruse my volume? It hath taken me long to pen, wouldst thou peer at it?".
    • "Paperback Writer".

      • Round 3. Category: Human Body Of Knowledge

      • 1: This tendon enables muscles at the back of the lower leg to lift the heel when walking or running.
      • Achilles tendon.
      • 2: Also called the master gland, it's the most important of the endocrine glands.
      • pituitary gland.
      • 3: If you've "mapped" out the body, you know it's the topmost cervical vertebra of the neck.
      • atlas vertebra.
      • 4: The metatarsal bones are in the foot; these 5 bones lie between the wrist and the fingers.
      • metacarpals.
      • 5: The lowest part of the brain stem, it sits above the spinal cord.
      • medulla oblongata.

        • Round 4. Category: 20Th Century Monarchs

        • 1: After his cousin, Empress Zauditu, died in 1930, he became emperor of Ethiopia.
        • Haile Selassie.
        • 2: This king of Jordan was only 21 when he divorced his first wife, Queen Dina, in 1957.
        • King Hussein.
        • 3: Queen Ena of Spain, the last surviving granddaughter of this queen of England, died in 1969.
        • Queen Victoria.
        • 4: Olaf V, this country's king from 1957-1991, married his first cousin, Princess Martha, in 1929.
        • Norway.
        • 5: This country's current king was born Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, at the Haga Palace in 1946.
        • Sweden.

          • Round 5. Category: Sci.

          • 1: In a chemical process, monomers, small molecules, link in chains to form these large molecules.
          • Polymers.
          • 2: This object in a spectrometer spreads a beam of light into separate colors.
          • Prism.
          • 3: The part of a tree from which quinine and aspirin's salicyclic acid are extracted.
          • Bark.
          • 4: Crowbars, nutcrackers and ice tongs are different types of this simple machine.
          • Lever.
          • 5: This order of mammals is divided into prosimians and anthropoids.
          • Primates.

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

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