Instant Trivia

Episode 169 - College Aka - You're "Golden", Baby - C'est Cheese! - Bald Is Beautiful - Colorful Literature

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 169, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: College Aka

  • 1: In Alabama:A reddish-brown colour.
  • Auburn.
  • 2: In New York:A brand of toothpaste.
  • Colgate.
  • 3: In Texas:An edible grain of the Gramineae family.
  • Rice.
  • 4: In Massachusetts:Small clumps of hairs, trees or grass.
  • Tufts.
  • 5: In Iowa:A male duck.
  • Drake.

    • Round 2. Category: You're "Golden", Baby

    • 1: The USA's tallest bridge towers are the 746-foot steel peaks of this structure.
    • the Golden Gate Bridge.
    • 2: This NBA team took the 1975 championship.
    • the Golden State Warriors.
    • 3: It's the second-most registered dog breed at the American Kennel Club.
    • a golden retriever.
    • 4: Jason stole it for his Uncle Pelias.
    • the Golden Fleece.
    • 5: Sir James Frazer compared mythologies and religions in this work.
    • The Golden Bough.

      • Round 3. Category: C'est Cheese!

      • 1: Americans refer to Emmentaler as this.
      • Swiss cheese.
      • 2: King Christian IX is a cheese from this country.
      • Denmark.
      • 3: This best-known Greek cheese is pickled in a brine solution.
      • Feta.
      • 4: At the Congress of Vienna, in a contest instigated by Talleyrand, this French cheese won the title "Le Roi du Fromage".
      • Brie.
      • 5: This blue-veined cheese made from ewes' milk was a favorite of Charlemagne's.
      • Roquefort.

        • Round 4. Category: Bald Is Beautiful

        • 1: Shaven-headed fighter who legally changed his name to include "Marvelous".
        • Marvin Hagler.
        • 2: Kenny Chesney started losing his hair in his teens--this ever-present accessory hides it.
        • a cowboy hat.
        • 3: Charles Middleton wore a bald pate to portray this Flash Gordon villain.
        • Ming from Mongo (Ming the Merciless).
        • 4: One of her newsworthy exploits was shaving her head in 2007, the year of her album "Blackout".
        • Britney Spears.
        • 5: Famous for playing a Siamese king, he also played a royal on film in "Solomon and Sheba"--he had hair in that one.
        • Yul Brynner.

          • Round 5. Category: Colorful Literature

          • 1: Many are ready to demonstrate their bravery at the start of this 1895 Stephen Crane novel.
          • "The Red Badge of Courage".
          • 2: "The Autobiography of a Horse" is the subtitle to this first major animal novel in literature.
          • "Black Beauty".
          • 3: This 1906 tale tells the story of a wolf-dog gradually domesticated by his kindly new owner.
          • "White Fang".
          • 4: This dystopian Anthony Burgess novel was brought to the big screen by Kubrick in 1971.
          • A Clockwork Orange.
          • 5: This exotic "green" novel by W.H. Hudson is set in the jungles of South America.
          • "Green Mansions".

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

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