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Episode 174 - "Barn"S - 1932 - A Pain In The "R"S - Sports 2000 - "N" Joy

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 174, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "Barn"S

  • 1: This purple Jurassic giant is a PBS headliner.
  • Barney.
  • 2: These crustaceans adhere to ships' hulls.
  • barnacles.
  • 3: Step right up! This impresario's ostentatious mansion was known as "Iranistan".
  • P.T. Barnum.
  • 4: Aerial acrobatics popular in the Midwest after WWI.
  • barnstorming.
  • 5: Private 4-year women's college located at 3009 Broadway in Manhattan.
  • Barnard.

    • Round 2. Category: 1932

    • 1: 2 of the starring guests registered at MGM's "Grand Hotel".
    • (2 of) Wallace Beery, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt.
    • 2: Completed in 1932, this NYC movie house still has more seats than any other in the world.
    • Radio City Music Hall.
    • 3: On July 8th, it dropped to 41.22, its lowest point of the Great Depression.
    • Dow Jones.
    • 4: French medics found fewer germs were exchanged during a kiss than this less intimate greeting.
    • handshake.
    • 5: Physicists Millikan and Compton debated over origin of these particles from space.
    • cosmic rays.

      • Round 3. Category: A Pain In The "R"S

      • 1: The separation of the membrane from the choroids at the back of the eye is known as a detached one of these.
      • the retina.
      • 2: A lack of phosphate, vitamin D or calcium can cause this bone disease in children.
      • rickets.
      • 3: It's what the R in the MMR vaccine stands for.
      • rubella.
      • 4: Parents are advised not to give children aspirin because of its link to this potentially fatal syndrome.
      • Reye's syndrome.
      • 5: These viruses responsible for many respiratory infections share part of their name with a pachyderm.
      • a rhinovirus.

        • Round 4. Category: Sports 2000

        • 1: By winning the British Open, this 24-year-old became the youngest to win golf's career Grand Slam.
        • Tiger Woods.
        • 2: With pride Satan says they're the 2000 Stanley Cup champs.
        • New Jersey Devils.
        • 3: On July 23, he became only the second American to win the Tour de France in consecutive years.
        • Lance Armstrong.
        • 4: She dispatched sister Serena at Wimbledon and went on to defeat Lindsay Davenport for the title.
        • Venus Williams.
        • 5: This manager who won World Series in both leagues entered baseball's Hall of Fame.
        • George "Sparky" Anderson.

          • Round 5. Category: "N" Joy

          • 1: He's the saint associated with children, sailors and Christmas.
          • Saint Nicholas.
          • 2: It's "The Country Music Capital of the World".
          • Nashville.
          • 3: To some, the music of this group, led by Kurt Cobain, was anything but blissful.
          • Nirvana.
          • 4: A songbird, or the last name of nursing pioneer Florence.
          • Nightingale.
          • 5: With over 15 million acres, this American Indian tribe has the largest reservation in the U.S..
          • Navajo.

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

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