Instant Trivia

Episode 1137 - B.c. vips - Christmas stories - Arnold - Bottom feeders - Sting like a "be"

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1137, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: B.C. Vips

  • 1: In 399 B.C. he told a jury, "I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation".
  • Socrates.
  • 2: Rather than surrender to the Romans, this great Carthaginian general took his own life.
  • Hannibal.
  • 3: Ankhesenamun, one of the daughters of King Akhenaten and this beautiful queen, married King Tut.
  • Nefertiti.
  • 4: Farmer/soldier Cincinnatus saved ancient Rome, then refused to stay on as a dictator, preserving this Roman form of govt..
  • the republic.
  • 5: One of the 7 wise men of Greece, his code of laws formed the foundation of Athens' democracy.
  • Solon.

    • Round 2. Category: Christmas Stories

    • 1: Dickens wrote it for the money but said he laughed and cried over it more than any other story.
    • A Christmas Carol.
    • 2: In Luke's version of Christ's birth, the angel brings them "tidings of great joy".
    • the shepherds.
    • 3: Recounting his early years in Wales, this author said, "One Christmas was so like another".
    • Dylan Thomas.
    • 4: In his short story "The Gift of the Magi", a young husband and wife sacrifice to give each other gifts.
    • O. Henry.
    • 5: Truman Capote's story of his childhood holidays, he narrated the TV movie version.
    • A Christmas Memory.

      • Round 3. Category: Arnold

      • 1: Larger-than-life gambler Arnold Rothstein was implicated in this 1919 baseball scandal involving bribed players.
      • the Black Sox Scandal.
      • 2: Natl. hero Arnold von Winkelried of this mountainous country helped it achieve a victory over the Austrians in 1386.
      • Switzerland.
      • 3: Inspired by his years in India, Sir Edwin Arnold's blank-verse epic "The Light of Asia" told of this religion founder.
      • Buddha.
      • 4: English educator Thomas Arnold was the longtime headmaster of this boys school that shares its name with a sport.
      • Rugby.
      • 5: This poet's feelings of spiritual isolation are reflected in works like "Dover Beach".
      • Matthew Arnold.

        • Round 4. Category: Bottom Feeders

        • 1: This animal has no head, arms or internal organs and belongs to the phylum Porifera, meaning "pore-bearer".
        • sponge.
        • 2: The long-necked species of this bivalve is also known as the steamer.
        • a clam.
        • 3: In the Pacific and Atlantic halibuts, both of these organs are usually on the right side.
        • eyes.
        • 4: Although this echinoderm usually has 5 arms, some may have more than 40.
        • a starfish.
        • 5: The tube type of these live near deep-sea hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor and can reach 6' in length.
        • worms.

          • Round 5. Category: Sting Like A Be. With Be in quotes

          • 1: Your garden variety this veggie is often eaten pickled; the sugar type, not.
          • a beet.
          • 2: Meaning small, round and glittering, this adjective is usually applied to the eyes of the untrustworthy.
          • beady.
          • 3: A warning signal or radar device that helps you determine your position.
          • a beacon.
          • 4: Not Paul or Ringo, but a synagogue caretaker or a minor church official.
          • a beadle.
          • 5: This name is combined with Hawker in a Wichita-based airplane company.
          • Beechcraft.

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

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