Instant Trivia

Episode 152 - The Last - On My Head - Silent K - Everyday Items - Worms

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 152, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Last

  • 1: Ordered by Texas inmate Stanley Baker, Jr., it included 2 16-oz. ribeyes, 2 potatoes and a pint of ice cream.
  • his last meal.
  • 2: Daniel Bakeman of New York, who died in 1869 at age 109, was the last surviving veteran of this war.
  • the Revolutionary War.
  • 3: It was for Virginia Slims, on the "Tonight Show" Jan. 1, 1971.
  • the last ad for cigarettes.
  • 4: The Garde Republicaine is France's last of these horse-mounted regiments.
  • cavalry.
  • 5: Alaska is home to the USA's last flagstop one of these, which passengers flag down as it approaches.
  • the train.

    • Round 2. Category: On My Head

    • 1: If a German woman is plucking her augenbrauen, she's tweezing these.
    • eyebrows.
    • 2: In the 1920s, the "bee-stung" look was popular for these on a woman.
    • lips.
    • 3: Auricles are the outer portion of these on your head.
    • ears.
    • 4: A cluster headache may center in these "religious" regions at either side of the head.
    • the temples.
    • 5: Strabismus is the technical term for the inability to coordinate the movement of these.
    • the eyes.

      • Round 3. Category: Silent K

      • 1: To interlock yarn loops to make a garment.
      • knit.
      • 2: Super soul sister backed up by The Pips.
      • Gladys Knight.
      • 3: Literally German for "crack sausage", it's like a shorter, thicker frankfurter.
      • knackwurst.
      • 4: President Polk's middle name.
      • Knox.
      • 5: Ancient capital of the Minoan civilization on Crete.
      • Knossos.

        • Round 4. Category: Everyday Items

        • 1: A backless beach sandal, or changing your mind on an issue.
        • flip-flop.
        • 2: File clerks would be lost without Pendaflex hanging file these.
        • folders.
        • 3: Made of copper-plated zinc, they cost the government 80 percent of their worth to produce.
        • pennies.
        • 4: Businessmen in London's "The City" carry rolled-up black ones of these, also called bumbershoots.
        • umbrellas.
        • 5: In ice fishing, this type of "seat" refers to an overturned 5-gallon one.
        • a bucket.

          • Round 5. Category: Worms

          • 1: This mythological bird was reborn from a worm which emerged from its funeral ashes.
          • phoenix.
          • 2: He told the Diet of Worms, "I do not accept the authority of popes and councils".
          • Martin Luther.
          • 3: In "Henry VI, Part 3", Clifford tells the king that "The smallest worm will" do this "being trodden on".
          • turn.
          • 4: The name of this red shade is from the Latin for "worm"; the dye was first made from cochineal insects.
          • vermillion.
          • 5: In this 1965 sci-fi novel, giant sandworms on the planet Arrakis create a much-desired spice called melange.
          • "Dune".

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

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