Instant Trivia

Episode 1201 - Decade of discovery - To grind - The edgars - Refugees - Sports franchises' previous homes

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1201, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Decade Of Discovery

  • 1: DNA's double helix.
  • the 1950s.
  • 2: Frank Sinatra by Harry James.
  • the 1930s.
  • 3: Quasars by astronomer and Faye Dunaway by Hollywood.
  • the 1960s.
  • 4: Hispaniola by Europeans.
  • the 1490s.
  • 5: Americium (atomic number 95).
  • the 1940s.

    • Round 2. Category: To Grind

    • 1: Keeping this body part "to the grindstone" means applying yourself.
    • nose.
    • 2: Most waiters consider this tool a real grind when using it to add seasoning to salads.
    • a pepper grinder (or pepper mill).
    • 3: Grinding guides can help you efficiently get to level 10 in this Blizzard game set in Azeroth.
    • World of Warcraft.
    • 4: To grind their food, birds use this organ that also starts with "G".
    • gizzard.
    • 5: Mt. Suribachi was the site of a famed flag raising on this WWII island; Meat Grinder Hill was also a tough battle there.
    • Iwo Jima.

      • Round 3. Category: The Edgars

      • 1: Part of "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams", "Obits" won the 2016 Short Story Edgar Award for my Maine man, this horror master.
      • Stephen King.
      • 2: "G" is for grand master as well as this woman who received the 2009 Grand Master Award.
      • Sue Grafton.
      • 3: 2018's best episode in a TV series was "Somebody to Love" by Noah Hawley for this Midwestern-set show spun off from a film, you betcha.
      • Fargo.
      • 4: This pseudonym of 2 authors got a special Edgar in 1950 for a "Mystery Magazine".
      • Ellery Queen.
      • 5: The Scotch was good. Too good. I tried to remember. It was 1955, and this writer had won for "The Long Goodbye". and now he had my gun.
      • (Raymond) Chandler.

        • Round 4. Category: Refugees

        • 1: Turkey has more than 3 million refugees from this country racked by Civil War since 2011.
        • Syria.
        • 2: In 2021 the area called "Little" this city in Fremont, California prepared for a new wave of Afghan refugees.
        • Little Kabul.
        • 3: Many refugees from Africa dwell in Kara Tepe II, a refugee camp on this Greek island also known for its poetic heritage.
        • Lesbos.
        • 4: Political instability and other causes have sent thousands of refugees from this country into its neighbors.
        • Burundi.
        • 5: Term for the largest Muslim group of mainly Buddhist Myanmar; many of them have become refugees.
        • the Rohingya.

          • Round 5. Category: Sports Franchises' Previous Homes

          • 1: The Los Angeles Dodgers.
          • Brooklyn.
          • 2: The Indianapolis Colts.
          • Baltimore.
          • 3: The Los Angeles Rams.
          • St. Louis.
          • 4: The Colorado Avalanche, oui, oui!.
          • Quebec City.
          • 5: The Atlanta Braves.
          • Milwaukee.

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