Instant Trivia

Episode 1139 - Hard wood - Literary characters' ads - Let's go camping! - We have a new state capital - Squid

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1139, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Hard Wood

  • 1: Ted Turner said these have no future because there aren't enough trees left to keep making wood pulp.
  • newspapers.
  • 2: This eating utensil's name is from Old English for a "chip of wood".
  • spoon.
  • 3: Only National Hockey League with a type of tree mentioned in their name.
  • (Toronto) Maple Leafs.
  • 4: The power ring of the 1940s version of this super hero was useless against wood.
  • Green Lantern.
  • 5: If God had taken this day off in creating the world we wouldn't have wood today.
  • 3rd day.

    • Round 2. Category: Literary Characters' Ads

    • 1: Paralyzed British landowner seeks gamekeeper for Wragby estate.
    • Sir Chatterley (Lady Chatterley's husband).
    • 2: Swiss student seeks companion for scavenger hunts in graveyards and dissecting rooms.
    • Victor Frankenstein.
    • 3: Young Russian count wanted for affair with married woman; open to pregnancy and train travel.
    • Anna Karenina.
    • 4: Seeking nymphet to be light of my life, fire of my loins. Must answer to "Lolita".
    • Humbert Humbert.
    • 5: Seeking governess for ward Adele at Thornfield; must not snoop in the attic.
    • Rochester.

      • Round 3. Category: Let'S Go Camping!

      • 1: This type of small, 2-man tent sounds like it's designed for your young dog.
      • pup tent.
      • 2: These soft feathers from geese or ducks are a lightweight insulating material for camping clothes.
      • down.
      • 3: Be careful hiking through the woods and avoid brushing up against this itchy 3-leafed plant, Rhus radicans.
      • poison ivy.
      • 4: The mummy variety of this camping equipment is perfect for cold weather.
      • sleeping bag.
      • 5: Small cans of this trademarked flammable hydrocarbon jelly are used as a heat source for camp cooking.
      • Sterno.

        • Round 4. Category: We Have A New State Capital

        • 1: Replacing Wheeling.
        • Charleston.
        • 2: Replacing Tuscaloosa.
        • Montgomery.
        • 3: Replacing Williamsburg.
        • Richmond.
        • 4: Replacing New Castle.
        • Dover.
        • 5: Replacing Portland, in 1832.
        • Augusta.

          • Round 5. Category: Squid

          • 1: The squid is better at hugging than the octopus, as it has this many appendages.
          • ten.
          • 2: A squid has teeth on its tongue, but its main weapon is this, which it uses to dismember prey.
          • its beak.
          • 3: Squids have sacs full of this used for distraction and yum! It's edible.
          • ink.
          • 4: Loligo opalescens is this 6-letter squid, a word that also follows "stock" or "farmers".
          • market.
          • 5: Though boneless, squids have a rudimentary type of this substance that serves as a sort of backbone.
          • cartilage.

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

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