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Episode 1257 - Silent letter words - Bright "light"s - Cosmetic procedure - Wil(l), willem or william - "o" and "os"

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1257, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Silent Letter Words

  • 1: If you're "in the red", you're in this, not where you want to be financially.
  • debt.
  • 2: It's just a pterm for a ptremendous pterosaur.
  • pterodactyl.
  • 3: Lambeth or Staten Island, for example.
  • a borough.
  • 4: Ships usually "drop" this when they want to stay in place.
  • an anchor.
  • 5: Beating "Shoplifters" and "Cold War", "Roma" won the 2018 award in this Oscar category.
  • Foreign Film.

    • Round 2. Category: Bright LightS. With Light in quotation marks

    • 1: An Alexandrian might know the word minaret comes from an Arabic word meaning this structure.
    • Lighthouse.
    • 2: It burned up the Billboard charts as the Doors' first Top 40 hit.
    • "Light My Fire".
    • 3: The technical term for this phenomenon is the Aurora Borealis.
    • Northern Lights.
    • 4: It's another name for Hanukkah.
    • Festival/Feast of Lights.
    • 5: It's approximately 300,000 kilometers per second.
    • Speed of light.

      • Round 3. Category: Cosmetic Procedure

      • 1: This euphemism for a lift inspired the name of a TV series on which plastic surgery fan Joan Rivers played herself.
      • Nip/Tuck.
      • 2: What, no Rogaine? Cleopatra made a concoction of honey, burnt mice and bear grease as a cure for this.
      • baldness.
      • 3: At Shizuka NY Day Spa, nightingdale droppings go into a trendy facial named for these lovely Japanese entertainers.
      • geishas.
      • 4: We don't mean to be "arch", but Damone Roberts is the king of these facial features, which he's famous for shaping.
      • eyebrows.
      • 5: USA Today once dubbed it the "little neurotoxin that could"; if its name makes you frown, we bet you don't use it.
      • botox.

        • Round 4. Category: Wil(L), Willem Or William

        • 1: Playing Alex Trebek hosting "Celebrity Jeopardy!", he noted, "Mr. Reynolds has apparently changed his name to Turd Ferguson".
        • Will Ferrell.
        • 2: After landing in a cloaked Klingon ship in Golden Gate Park in "Star Trek IV", this actor says, "Everybody remember where we parked".
        • William Shatner.
        • 3: In 2018 Willem Dafoe was all wet as Vulko, the trident-wielding trainer of this title superhero.
        • Aquaman.
        • 4: In 2020 Wil Lutz scored the first points in an NFL regular season game in this city for the visiting Saints against the Raiders.
        • Las Vegas.
        • 5: We got a kick out of watching William Zabka return to the dojo in the role of Johnny Lawrence on this Netflix show.
        • Cobra Kai.

          • Round 5. Category: O And Os. With O" And "Os in quotes

          • 1: Synonym for antonym.
          • Opposite.
          • 2: Dog school.
          • obedience.
          • 3: This Egyptian god's many burial places were considered sacred ground.
          • Osiris.
          • 4: In 451 these Teutonic tribesmen joined with Attila in his expedition against Gaul.
          • Ostrogoths.
          • 5: The two Greek letters that fit this category.
          • Omega and Omicron.

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

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