Instant Trivia

Episode 1182 - Known by one name - That movie's genius - A word in your ear - World city walk - 1951

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1182, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Known By One Name

  • 1: He's often called the "Father of Geometry".
  • Euclid.
  • 2: Before he could exact his revenge, he was taken prisoner by Cortes and died after an attack.
  • Montezuma.
  • 3: He recently announced that he plans to step down as Japan's emperor in April 2019.
  • Akihito.
  • 4: After her baptism and marriage, she went by the name Lady Rebecca Rolfe.
  • Pocahontas.
  • 5: The Venus in his "Venus of Urbino" painting has hair of the red-gold color for which his art was known.
  • Titian.

    • Round 2. Category: That Movie'S Genius

    • 1: Doc Brown created the flux capacitor, which is what makes time travel possible, in this film.
    • Back to the Future.
    • 2: Dr. Ryan Stone is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission in this 2013 film.
    • Gravity.
    • 3: An un-Gandhi-like Ben Kingsley takes a child chess prodigy under his wing in this 1993 film.
    • Searching for Bobby Fischer.
    • 4: Hugh Jackman is super-hacker Stanley Jobson in this 2001 film; give us the password.
    • Swordfish.
    • 5: Coal miner's son Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes up rocketry in this film.
    • October Sky.

      • Round 3. Category: A Word In Your Ear

      • 1: It's a 4-letter word for the soft part of the external ear.
      • lobe.
      • 2: Let's hear you nail this other word for the malleus.
      • a hammer.
      • 3: It precedes "membrane" to designate the eardrum.
      • the tympanic.
      • 4: The curved fold of the external ear is called this spiral shape--just single, not double.
      • a helix.
      • 5: I predict you will know this 7-letter word for the visible part of the outer ear.
      • the auricle.

        • Round 4. Category: World City Walk

        • 1: It's the city (also a country) that's home to St. Peter's Basilica.
        • Vatican City.
        • 2: In the 17th century the Corsairs controlled this current capital of Morocco.
        • Rabat.
        • 3: The first Japanese city to host the Winter Olympics, it's also famous for its beer and its Snow Festival.
        • Sapporo.
        • 4: In 1942 Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein led a failed effort to assist surrounded German forces in this Soviet city.
        • Stalingrad.
        • 5: Found in the Dong Cheng district, this capital city's main railway station connects to Harbin and Qingdao.
        • Beijing.

          • Round 5. Category: 1951

          • 1: In 1951 it celebrated its 175th anniversary and was sealed in a helium-filled case.
          • the Declaration of Independence.
          • 2: On February 26 a constitutional amendment became law, limiting the holder of this office to 2 terms.
          • President of the United States.
          • 3: In May, this utility co. became the 1st corporation in the world to have over 1,000,000 stockholders.
          • ATandT.
          • 4: 90 cadets at this academy were ousted in a cheating scandal.
          • West Point.
          • 5: On Oct. 24,1951, Truman declared our state of war with this country had finally ended.
          • Germany.

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

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