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Episode 1148 - The big battalions - Cliches - Scrambled greek gods - The '50s - Something to wear

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1148, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Big Battalions

  • 1: This country's nearly 2.2 million active military personnel is by far the world's largest standing force.
  • China.
  • 2: Russia leads the world with more than 20,000 of these, like the new T-14 with an automated turret and 125mm cannon.
  • tanks.
  • 3: The U.S. rules the seas with 11 of these mighty ships, more than the rest of the world's fleets combined.
  • aircraft carriers.
  • 4: North Korea has one of the largest fleets of these craft, including the Yono class midget type.
  • submarines.
  • 5: Together, these 2 countries that fought a late 1940s war over Kashmir now deploy about 2 million active troops.
  • India and Pakistan.

    • Round 2. Category: Cliches

    • 1: This cliche referring to callousness in the face of calamity was inspired by the emperor Nero.
    • Fiddling While Rome Burns.
    • 2: This expression meaning away from turmoil became popular after Thomas Hardy used it as a book title.
    • Far from the Madding Crowd.
    • 3: Meaning you can't make sense of it, to not be able to do this "of" something, may refer to a flipped coin.
    • make heads or tails of it.
    • 4: =.
    • =.
    • 5: When you accept something you don't want to, you do this to your pride⁠—gulp!.
    • swallow.

      • Round 3. Category: Scrambled Greek Gods

      • 1: Rose.
      • Eros.
      • 2: Deter me.
      • Demeter.
      • 3: Noise pod.
      • Poseidon.
      • 4: Run USA.
      • Uranus.
      • 5: Hair depot.
      • Aphrodite.

        • Round 4. Category: The '50s

        • 1: Year in which the Soviets launched Sputnik.
        • 1957.
        • 2: First racehorse to win a million dollars when he took the Hollywood Gold Cup in '51.
        • Citation.
        • 3: In May 1956 India observed the 2,500th anniversary of this person's death.
        • the founder of Buddhism (Buddha).
        • 4: Before playing Pete Nolan on TV's "Rawhide", he had a major hit with this:"Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky / It had the one long horn, and one big eye / I commenced to shakin' and I said "Ooh-eee" / It looks like a purple people eater to me / It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater / (One-eyed, one-horned...".
        • Sheb Wooley.
        • 5: According to a popular ad, to keep your pompadour in place, a "little dab" of this would do you.
        • Brylcreem.

          • Round 5. Category: Something To Wear

          • 1: They have metal plates at heel and toe to increase sound.
          • tap shoes.
          • 2: Put this pretend-tious French word before "rabbit" or "fox" to keep yourself warm.
          • faux.
          • 3: In 1884 the U.S. Army introduced these tired-sounding casual clothes.
          • fatigues.
          • 4: GQ says these suits typified by an extra row of buttons don't have to be boxy, 1930s gangster-style.
          • double breasted suits.
          • 5: For Muslim women, a burqa covers the face; a niqab leaves the eyes uncovered; this five-letter word is a headscarf.
          • hijab.

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

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