Instant Trivia

Episode 1250 - Run for the border - Larry king's public figures - Blunt bios of brand mascots - World of christmas - I need a hero

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1250, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Run For The Border

  • 1: From Peshawar,Pakistan.
  • Afghanistan.
  • 2: From Santiago,Chile.
  • Argentina.
  • 3: Why not from Minot, U.S.A., population 35,000.
  • Canada.
  • 4: From Baghdad,Iraq.
  • Iran.
  • 5: From Mombasa,Kenya.
  • Tanzania.

    • Round 2. Category: Larry King'S Public Figures

    • 1: Tonight, the wooden teeth--fact or fiction? Also, his 1754 Fort Necessity battle loss...Mt. Vernon, hello.
    • George Washington.
    • 2: I'm all shook up about my next guest and the caller is from his hometown...Tupelo, MS., hello?.
    • Elvis Presley.
    • 3: At the bottom of the hour, bet you won't miss my chat with this all time "hit king" of baseball...Cincinnati, hello?.
    • Pete Rose.
    • 4: A special Larry King tonight this "wubbulous" children's author and his thoughts on Rosie starring in his big Broadway show.
    • Dr. Seuss.
    • 5: He was 77 when he returned to space in '98; he talks to us now via satellite from Ohio.
    • John Glenn.

      • Round 3. Category: Blunt Bios Of Brand Mascots

      • 1: A bald housekeeper with a hoop earring and the biceps of a Greek god.
      • Mr. Clean.
      • 2: A bird, once plagued by anger management issues, who never stops quacking about insurance.
      • the AFLAC duck.
      • 3: A giant beverage pitcher with legs who often causes property damage.
      • the Kool-Aid Man.
      • 4: A mustachioed cartoon man, currently lacking a mouth to eat the potato crisps he sells.
      • (the) Pringles (guy) (Julius Pringle).
      • 5: A puffy French creature made of tires who bears an unsettling resemblance to a mummy.
      • the Michelin Man.

        • Round 4. Category: World Of Christmas

        • 1: For 9 days before Christmas, Latin American children try to break open these colorful paper figures containing candy.
        • Pinatas.
        • 2: In the Low Countries, St. Nicholas arrives to deliver presents on a boat from this Iberian country.
        • Spain.
        • 3: In Great Britain, this woman gives a special Christmas Day message on TV.
        • The Queen.
        • 4: Rather than stockings, French children put these in front of the fireplace so "Pere Noel" can fill them with gifts.
        • Shoes.
        • 5: In Sweden the Christmas season begins on December 13, this saint's day.
        • St. Lucia.

          • Round 5. Category: I Need A Hero

          • 1: "Show me a hero", wrote Fitzgerald, "and I will write you" one of these dramas.
          • a tragedy.
          • 2: This mythic Wild West hero invented the lasso, rode a cyclone and married a girl named Slue-Foot Sue.
          • Pecos Bill.
          • 3: Dickens work where you'll find "whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life…these pages must show".
          • David Copperfield.
          • 4: Preparing for one more Antarctic journey, this heroic explorer died on the isl. of S. Georgia in 1922 and is buried there.
          • Ernest Shackleton.
          • 5: Raised by animals, Enkidu was a companion of this Sumerian hero.
          • Gilgamesh.

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

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