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Episode 165 - The Lenin Closet - County Seats - Idioms - Phrases That Sell - Eating In America

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 165, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Lenin Closet

  • 1: When Russian Marxism split into 2 factions, Lenin led this "majority" group.
  • the Bolsheviks.
  • 2: Lenin got a degree in this in 1891, then went on to court a lot of trouble.
  • law.
  • 3: Lenin met his wife Nadezhda while exiled here.
  • Siberia.
  • 4: Lenin spent WWI in this country, but he was far from neutral on the subject.
  • Switzerland.
  • 5: When Lenin returned to Russia in 1917, he did it in a "sealed" one of these.
  • railway car.

    • Round 2. Category: County Seats

    • 1: Hilo, I love you, you're the seat of this county that's also a "Big Island".
    • Hawaii.
    • 2: Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state.
    • Kentucky.
    • 3: This Iowa city, the seat of Black Hawk County, has a name Wellington would remember.
    • Waterloo.
    • 4: Quincy, Illinois is the seat of a county with this presidential name.
    • Adams.
    • 5: As I walked out in the streets of this city, I was in the seat of Webb County, Texas.
    • Laredo.

      • Round 3. Category: Idioms

      • 1: In Spain it comes down in "jugs"; in Italy, "basins"; in France, "ropes"; and in the U.S., "cats and dogs".
      • rain.
      • 2: You can "keep a straight one" or "fall flat on" it.
      • your face.
      • 3: An Italian may "lead the life of Michelaccio", rather than this Irishman.
      • Riley.
      • 4: To reverse positions and seize the advantage is "to turn" these on someone.
      • the tables.
      • 5: As Francois Truffaut could have told you, in France "to sow one's wild oats" is "to strike" this many "blows".
      • 400.

        • Round 4. Category: Phrases That Sell

        • 1: "Obey your thirst" and drink this.
        • Sprite.
        • 2: "Be all that you can be" in this military branch.
        • the Army.
        • 3: This network says it's "The most trusted name in news".
        • CNN.
        • 4: This shipping company asks, "What can Brown do for you?".
        • UPS.
        • 5: It's the popular query in Verizon's TV ads.
        • Can you hear me now?.

          • Round 5. Category: Eating In America

          • 1: It's said this SW. feast comes from French "from snout to tail," the way meat is put on a spit.
          • barbecue.
          • 2: Though known for pickles and "slow" ketchup, this company's 1st product was horseradish.
          • Heinz.
          • 3: Since overeating was a status symbol, early rulers of what's now this state often weighed over 400 lbs..
          • Hawaii.
          • 4: In 1879, Chase and Sanborn became 1st U.S. company to pack this in sealed cans.
          • coffee.
          • 5: Due to contamination of crops from N.W. states, growers of this small fruit had a bad Nov. in 1959.
          • cranberries.

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