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Episode 136 - Edgar Allan Poe-Pourri - Men Of Letters - Official Languages - 1945 - College Courses

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 136, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Edgar Allan Poe-Pourri

  • 1: In the world's first detective story, C. Auguste Dupin solves the title crimes in "The Murders" here.
  • the Rue Morgue.
  • 2: A man's harrowing escape from torture during the Spanish Inquisition is recounted in this Poe favorite.
  • "The Pit and the Pendulum".
  • 3: This lung disease claimed the life of Poe's 24-year-old wife.
  • tuberculosis.
  • 4: Spoiler alert! "The Cask of" this potent potable tells of a man sealing his enemy up behind a wall... alive!.
  • Amontillado.
  • 5: This French "Flowers of Evil" author translated Poe's tales into French.
  • Charles Baudelaire.

    • Round 2. Category: Men Of Letters

    • 1: Herbert George....
    • H.G. Wells.
    • 2: Jerome David.
    • Salinger.
    • 3: Edward Estlin.
    • Cummings.
    • 4: David Herbert.
    • Lawrence.
    • 5: Howard Phillips....
    • HP Lovecraft.

      • Round 3. Category: Official Languages

      • 1: Brazil.
      • Portuguese.
      • 2: In Chad:French and this.
      • Arabic.
      • 3: In the Netherlands:this.
      • Dutch.
      • 4: In New Zealand:English, New Zealand Sign Language and this native tongue.
      • Maori.
      • 5: Malagasy.
      • Madagascar.

        • Round 4. Category: 1945

        • 1: Truman's state or battleship site of Japan's surrender.
        • Missouri.
        • 2: He was preparing for the U.N. conference in San Francisco when he died in Warm Springs, Ga. on April 12.
        • Franklin D. Roosevelt.
        • 3: Number of stars in U.S. flag raised over Iwo Jima.
        • 48.
        • 4: Tragically 14 people were killed when a B-25 crashed into this building, between the 78th and 79th floors.
        • the Empire State Building.
        • 5: Still on NBC-TV today, it began as a radio show hosted by Lawrence Spivak in 1945.
        • Meet the Press.

          • Round 5. Category: College Courses

          • 1: Study this language at Bennington and you may take the class on "Svevo and Tozzi"--2 20th century authors.
          • Italian.
          • 2: This University of Nebraska at Omaha offers an English course devoted to this "Canterbury Tales" author.
          • Chaucer.
          • 3: At N.Y.'s Vassar global feminism and postmodern feminism are 2 of the courses offered in this program.
          • women's studies.
          • 4: For some fun at Willamette University, you can take a course on this; foils, masks and protective jackets are provided.
          • fencing.
          • 5: In the Oregon State course ENT 300, "Plagues, Pests and Politics", ENT stands for this field of study.
          • entomology.

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

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