Instant Trivia

Episode 1121 - U.s. colleges and universities - The iberian peninsula - Don't lose your train of thought - The 10 plagues of egypt - You got nerve

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1121, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: U.S. Colleges And Universities

  • 1: Recovering from Katrina, it scheduled a makeup "lagniappe semester" starting in May 2006.
  • Tulane.
  • 2: The 2 founders of Yahoo! and the 2 founders of Google all attended this California school.
  • Stanford.
  • 3: Texas Lutheran University is in Seguin; this school founded in 1873 is in Fort Worth.
  • Texas Christian University.
  • 4: The North Carolina university founded in this town in 1834 is now in Winston-Salem.
  • Wake Forest.
  • 5: It's the northernmost Ivy League School.
  • Dartmouth.

    • Round 2. Category: The Iberian Peninsula

    • 1: The Spanish called the Muslims Moors, meaning from this country.
    • Morocco.
    • 2: This expensive spice from La Mancha gives paella its golden hue.
    • saffron.
    • 3: This 2.25-square-mile area on the Iberian Peninsula belongs to the United Kingdom.
    • Gibraltar.
    • 4: To make port in Porto, Portugal, add this to wine and age.
    • brandy.
    • 5: Eastern region that's the center of Spain's citrus industry; its oranges are harvested in December.
    • Valencia.

      • Round 3. Category: Don'T Lose Your Train Of Thought

      • 1: Platfprm 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station in this city is the place where Harry Potter boards the train to Hogwarts.
      • London.
      • 2: The Grand Traverse Dinner Train specializes in tours of this duration, so let's invite Gilligan.
      • 3 hours.
      • 3: The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, one of the world's steepest, starts in this "Choo Choo" city.
      • Chattanooga.
      • 4: In 1912 Henry Flagler rode the first train that linked the U.S. mainland to this, the southernmost city in Florida.
      • Key West.
      • 5: After touring the Coors Brewing Company, you may want to visit the Colorado Railroad Museum in this city.
      • Golden.

        • Round 4. Category: The 10 Plagues Of Egypt

        • 1: The first plague was the turning of the waters of Egypt into this.
        • blood.
        • 2: The third plague was these parasitic arthropods that also plague kids in the classroom.
        • lice.
        • 3: In the seventh plague, this rained "upon the land of Egypt", breaking "every tree of the field".
        • hail.
        • 4: In the eighth plague, swarms of these covered the face of the Earth, darkening the land.
        • locusts.
        • 5: Passover gets its name from when God passes over the Israelites' homes, sparing them from this final plague.
        • death of the firstborn.

          • Round 5. Category: You Got Nerve

          • 1: When you "hit" this "bone", the ulnar nerve creates the "unamusing" sensation in your elbow.
          • humerus.
          • 2: Term for a group of nerves; among the most famous is the "solar" one.
          • plexus.
          • 3: As part of his "drill", this doctor often anesthetizes the mandibular and lingual nerves.
          • dentist.
          • 4: The olfactory nerve is the nerve of this sense.
          • smell.
          • 5: Running from the lower back down the leg, the sciatic nerve holds this distinction among the body's nerves.
          • the longest nerve.

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

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