Instant Trivia

Episode 151 - '80S Bands In Other Words - Inventions And Discoveries - Official Languages - By George, It's George - Lacrosse

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 151, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: '80S Bands In Other Words

  • 1: Lugers Plus American Beauties.
  • Guns N' Roses.
  • 2: Non-Hearing Panthera Pardus.
  • Def Leppard.
  • 3: Several Of The Boeing Craft Known As Stratofortresses.
  • B-52's.
  • 4: Gnarled Nun.
  • Twisted Sister.
  • 5: Hommes Sans Chapeaux.
  • Men Without Hats.

    • Round 2. Category: Inventions And Discoveries

    • 1: Discovered in 1797 by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, this element was named for the Greek for "color".
    • chromium.
    • 2: Prince Boris Golitzen invented an electromagnetic one of these, and was probably paid "Richter" scale.
    • Seismograph.
    • 3: In 1711, trumpeter John Shore invented this two-pronged pitch setter.
    • Tuning fork.
    • 4: In July of 1995, leptin was in the news; it's a protein that caused some mice to do this.
    • lose weight.
    • 5: In 1910 this Swiss company produced its first wrist chronometer.
    • Rolex.

      • Round 3. Category: Official Languages

      • 1: Brazil.
      • Portuguese.
      • 2: In the Republic of Cyprus:These 2 languages.
      • Greek and Turkish.
      • 3: Canada(both, please).
      • French and English.
      • 4: Malagasy.
      • Madagascar.
      • 5: Kurdish.
      • Iraq.

        • Round 4. Category: By George, It's George

        • 1: According to Parson Weems, this man was incapable of being mendacious.
        • George Washington.
        • 2: This U.S. general who loved horses and studied at a cavalry school helped protect the Lipizzaners in WWII.
        • George Patton.
        • 3: His command of the 7th Cavalry ended on June 25, 1876.
        • General George Custer.
        • 4: In 1760 he became the last British monarch to be buried in Westminster Abbey.
        • George II.
        • 5: This South American capital was once known as Stabroek.
        • Georgetown.

          • Round 5. Category: Lacrosse

          • 1: To make up a men's lacrosse team, you need this many people, one more than a baseball team.
          • 10.
          • 2: Lacrosse was played for medals just twice in these games: in 1904 and 1908.
          • Olympics.
          • 3: Each half, each team is allowed two 2-minute ones.
          • Time Outs.
          • 4: As in hockey, each period begins with one of these.
          • Face-Off.
          • 5: The sport was named and developed in what's now this country, where it's a national game.
          • Canada.

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