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Episode 113 - Spanning The Globe - Animal Groups - What's Hot - Cable Tv - Presidential Pets

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 113, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 24

  • 1: Its atomic number is 79 and the purest types are said to be 24-karat.
  • gold.
  • 2: On October 30, 1954 this sport introduced the use of the 24-second clock.
  • basketball.
  • 3: In an old nursery rhyme four and twenty of these birds are baked into a pie served to a king.
  • blackbirds.
  • 4: This political party split during Buchanan's presidency and wasn't elected to the presidency for 24 years.
  • Democrats.
  • 5: You're within this "circle" if you experience 24 continuous hours of sunlight on June 21.
  • Arctic Circle.

    • Round 2. Category: I Was A Teenage...

    • 1: In 1979 at the age of 18, this "Great One" began playing in the NHL.
    • Wayne Gretzky.
    • 2: As a teenager and president-yet-to-be this man met JFK in 1963.
    • Bill Clinton.
    • 3: In his late teens, this "Top Gun" star played a loony military cadet in "Taps".
    • Tom Cruise.
    • 4: This unfortunate "Lady" was only 15 years old when she began her 9-day reign over England in 1553.
    • Lady Jane Grey.
    • 5: As a teenager, this current British PM shone as an actor and an athlete at Fettes College in Scotland.
    • Tony Blair.

      • Round 3. Category: History Of Passion

      • 1: Paris just had to have this beautiful daughter of Zeus, and the rest is history.
      • Helen of Troy.
      • 2: In 1946, this Indian leader revealed he'd taken many women to bed with him over the years to test his celibacy.
      • Mahatma Gandhi.
      • 3: This 12th century French theologian lost more than his head over the niece of a vengeful cleric.
      • Peter Abelard.
      • 4: This British Secretary of War resigned in 1963 due to a sex scandal.
      • John Profumo.
      • 5: Depicted here, they're the victims being abducted by the Romans.
      • Sabine women.

        • Round 4. Category: Name The Olympic Sport

        • 1: Shorts,10 or 12-ounce gloves,protective headgear.
        • boxing.
        • 2: Landing area,crossbar,long flexible staff.
        • pole vault.
        • 3: A sled weighing no more than 50 pounds,a steep hill,nerves of steel.
        • luge.
        • 4: 2 teams of 6,an over 7-foot-high net.
        • volleyball.
        • 5: Floor area,bodysuit,a ball, a hoop or a ribbon.
        • rhythmic gymnastics.

          • Round 5. Category: Buy A Vowel

          • 1: This "A" word means to relinquish power or give up the throne.
          • abdicate.
          • 2: We're looking for an "I"; it's an animal without any backbone.
          • invertebrate.
          • 3: This "O" is the medical branch that deals with the anatomy and treatment of the eye.
          • opthamology (optometry accepted).
          • 4: It's what the Greeks call the letter "E".
          • epsilon.
          • 5: "U" may not be aware that this Florentine palace was originally built for Cosimo I de Medici.
          • the Uffizi Palace.

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

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