Instant Trivia

Episode 1151 - Back to the hotel - Significant old books - The "last" category - It's a flat-out fact - China patterns

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1151, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Back To The Hotel

  • 1: In 1975, Lyn Weiner opened the Kennelworth, a hotel in New York City for these pets.
  • dogs.
  • 2: The Celtic Lodge and Kelly's Hotel are famous hotels in this world capital.
  • Dublin.
  • 3: This large ocean liner that's been docked in Long Beach since 1967 is a hotel and tourist attraction.
  • Queen Mary.
  • 4: With canals, piazzas, and St. Mark's Square, this Vegas hotel sits on the old Sands Hotel site.
  • the Venetian.
  • 5: This "presidential" hotel was elected to host the first Academy Awards ceremony.
  • the Roosevelt.

    • Round 2. Category: Significant Old Books

    • 1: Dating from the 5th century B.C., this Asian philosopher's "Analects".
    • Confucius.
    • 2: This ancient Greek playwright's comedies, which include "The Frogs".
    • Aristophanes.
    • 3: This German's 18th century coming of age classic "The Sorrows of Young Werther".
    • Goethe.
    • 4: Greek historian and soldier Thucydides' firsthand account "The History of" this peninsular war.
    • the Peloponnesian War.
    • 5: This Swiss-French writer's 18th century political covenant "The Social Contract".
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

      • Round 3. Category: The Last Category. With Last in quotes

      • 1: Something about to tumble down is standing on these.
      • its last legs.
      • 2: Type of final effort that might be required to finish a trench.
      • last-ditch.
      • 3: It breaks a camel's back.
      • the last straw.
      • 4: It's what you have when your joke succeeds when all told you it would fail.
      • the last laugh.
      • 5: A desperate attempt, such as defending the endmost trench.
      • a last ditch effort.

        • Round 4. Category: It'S A Flat-Out Fact

        • 1: All babies have flat feet, but if you develop the condition later in life, it's called fallen these.
        • arches.
        • 2: Please pass over this bread in unleavened form or now that I think of it, as a ball in some delicious soup.
        • matzah.
        • 3: "Tortilla Flat", a 1935 novel set in Monterey, established him as a successful author.
        • Steinbeck.
        • 4: In 2021 a vehicle aptly named Speed Demon hit 466 mph at these salt flats in Utah.
        • Bonneville.
        • 5: Some Native Americans practiced skull binding for a rounded look; Lewis and Clark called the Salish this because they didn't.
        • the Flathead.

          • Round 5. Category: China Patterns

          • 1: Ruins of this run from Bo Hai, a gulf of the Yellow Sea, to the Gansu province in the west.
          • The Great Wall.
          • 2: This former crown colony is partly on the southeast coast of China and partly on over 200 islands.
          • Hong Kong.
          • 3: The Hainan province has this type of climate, hence the coconut trees and pineapple plants.
          • Tropical.
          • 4: The 3 Gorges Dam, over 1 mile long, is being built to control the flooding of this river.
          • Yangtze.
          • 5: Immensely popular in China, this paddle sport is known as the "national game".
          • ping pong.

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

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