Instant Trivia

Episode 1087 - Wise guys - Alliterative geography - Mathematics - Tv numbers - Super bowl mvp qbs

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1087, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Wise Guys

  • 1: Leibniz was a noted philosopher of optimism; Schopenhauer, of this opposite view.
  • pessimism.
  • 2: Reb, the Yiddish for Mr., comes from this Hebrew word for "my master".
  • rabbi.
  • 3: This ancient Chinese thinker said, "The superior man does not, even for... a single meal, act contrary to virtue".
  • Confucius.
  • 4: Logician Willard Van Orman Quine is from Akron in this state--we wanted an excuse to say Willard Van Orman Quine.
  • Ohio.
  • 5: A manuscript by this wise guy explaining his E=mc squared was sold recently for over $1 million.
  • Albert Einstein.

    • Round 2. Category: Alliterative Geography

    • 1: This city was once the capital of the United Provinces of Central America.
    • San Salvador.
    • 2: Called Stingray Harbour by James Cook in 1770, it was renamed for the abundance of new plants found there.
    • Botany Bay.
    • 3: Sail through this strait to get from Oakland to the Pacific.
    • the Golden Gate.
    • 4: Provincetown and Barnstable are on this Bay State peninsula.
    • Cape Cod.
    • 5: In 1434 it supplanted Angkor Thom as the Khmer capital.
    • Phnom Penh.

      • Round 3. Category: Mathematics

      • 1: The square root of 9 times the square root of 16 equals the square root of this number.
      • 144.
      • 2: On the left is the decimal equivalent of three-fifths; on the right is the decimal equivalent of this fraction.
      • two-thirds.
      • 3: This angle is larger than an acute angle and smaller than an obtuse one.
      • a right angle.
      • 4: The 1st number that is the sum of all its divisors except itself.
      • 6.
      • 5: Like 4, this number is also the square root of 16.
      • -4.

        • Round 4. Category: Tv Numbers

        • 1: Edd "Kookie" Byrnes' "working address".
        • 77 Sunset Strip.
        • 2: Poor Jack Bauer--he always seems to be having a really bad day on this Fox drama.
        • 24.
        • 3: In '60s sitcom, officers Toody and Muldoon patrolled the Bronx in this vehicle.
        • Car 54.
        • 4: On ABC with Elizabeth Vargas and David Muir:"blank/blank".
        • 20/20.
        • 5: "Adam blank".
        • 12.

          • Round 5. Category: Super Bowl Mvp Qbs

          • 1: In 2015 this QB gave the truck he won as MVP to Malcolm Butler, the rookie who made the game-saving interception.
          • (Tom) Brady.
          • 2: Coach Weeb Ewbank, furious after this Jet guaranteed a win, was probably not as mad after his MVP performance.
          • Joe Namath.
          • 3: (I'm Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers.) I'm one of the first 2 Packer QBs to be Super Bowl MVP; this 2-time winner who later coached the team is the other.
          • Bart Starr.
          • 4: In 2010 this MVP QB said, "We played for our city... for the entire Gulf Coast region... for all the entire Who Dat Nation".
          • (Drew) Brees.
          • 5: Quoth the raven, "MVP!" after this man was deemed most valuable in 2013 at Super Bowl XLVII.
          • (Joe) Flacco.

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

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