Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1136, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: State Sandwich
1: It's sandwiched between Mississippi and Georgia.Alabama.2: It's sandwiched between California and Utah.Nevada.3: It's the cheesy filling between Illinois and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.Wisconsin.4: It's sandwiched between Oregon and Wyoming.Idaho.5: It's sandwiched between Minnesota and Missouri.Iowa.Round 2. Category: I'M Latin Intolerant
1: I cannot tolerate this Latin phrase abbreviated A.D. when referring to the time since Jesus was born.Anno Domini.2: I don't care that it's only 4 letters long; I'm not using this abbrev. phrase meaning "and others" in a crossword clue.et al..3: I certainly won't call you this word meaning "retired but still retaining the title of your old position".emeritus.4: Not that I care but...it means "for the time being"; you'll find it as part of a Senate job title.pro tem.5: It's a fact; there's no way I'm saying this phrase that means "in fact" (as in the man behind the scenes, perhaps).de facto.Round 3. Category: Beatlewomania
1: Lady Gaga was among the stars who joined her new "Plastic" band for a 2010 rendition of "Give Peace A Chance".Yoko Ono.2: Ringo Starr wed first wife Maureen Cox in London in 1965; she'd been born in this Mersey River city in 1946.Liverpool.3: Buddy Clark's 1947 chart-topping song "Linda" was written about the future wife of this Beatle (when she was 5 years old).Paul McCartney.4: "Half of what I say is meaningless", John Lennon sang on "Julia", which bears the name of this woman in his life.his mother.5: Before she was married to Eric Clapton, George Harrison wrote the song "Something" about her.Pattie Boyd.Round 4. Category: Current Monarchs
1: He spoke Catalan at the opening ceremonies of the 1992 Summer Olympics.King Juan Carlos (of Spain).2: He is the reigning prince of Monaco.Prince Rainier.3: Princess Stephanie of Monaco is his youngest child.Prince Rainier.4: Bhumibol Adulyadej, not Yul Brynner, current rules this country.Thailand.5: OPEC nation ruled by King Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz.Saudi Arabia.Round 5. Category: Pick A Number From 1-10
1: The prefix kilo signifies 10 to the power of this.3.2: Number of singers in the group that hit No. 1 in 1970 with "ABC".(Jackson) 5.3: You should know this number is an anagram and a homophone of the German word for "no".nine.4: Legend says only Adrastus survived out of a group of this many heroes who took on Thebes.7.5: In 1816 Ferdinand I ruled over the kingdom of this many Sicilies.2.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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