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Episode 200 - The New York Times Journalists - Inventors And Inventions - Let's Visit Cuba - Literally - Words Of The '60s

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 200, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The New York Times Journalists

  • 1: As Michelle Higgins is the "Practical" this, she'll tell you how to cut the high cost of flying to Africa.
  • Traveler.
  • 2: Frank Bruni, whose yearly entertainment budget is $350,000, is on this beat.
  • restaurants (food critic).
  • 3: In 1990 Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn won a Pulitzer covering China's democracy movement in this place.
  • Tiananmen Square.
  • 4: We bet the first Monday in Oct. is always circled on Linda Greenhouse's calendar; she started on this Times beat in 1978.
  • the Supreme Court.
  • 5: Pulitzer-winning Op-Ed columnist Thomas L. Friedman wrote "A Brief History of the 21st Century" in "The World is" this.
  • Flat.

    • Round 2. Category: Inventors And Inventions

    • 1: In 1930 this automaker co-wrote a book on Thomas Edison titled "Edison As I Know Him".
    • Henry Ford.
    • 2: Business partner Jacob Davis added the rivets to the pocket corners of this man's pants.
    • Levi Strauss.
    • 3: In 1798 this cotton gin inventor began using a system of interchangeable parts to make muskets for the U.S. government.
    • Eli Whitney.
    • 4: Ann Moore invented this "cozy" baby carrier after seeing women in Togo carry their babies in fabric slings.
    • a Snugli.
    • 5: In 1954 Hildaur Nielsen invented this filing system using slotted cards on a cylinder.
    • Rolodex.

      • Round 3. Category: Let's Visit Cuba

      • 1: Diving and snorkeling are popular (between U.S. invasions) at Playa Giron on this bay.
      • Bay of Pigs.
      • 2: Disco Ayala in the city of Trinidad is located inside one of these, so you're always in the batroom.
      • Cave.
      • 3: Take note, hotels in Cuba rent by the night, most inns and posadas by this, hmmmmmm.
      • By the hour.
      • 4: Visit this site that Teddy did in 1898 and see small monuments marking the battle and a rusted ferris wheel.
      • San Juan Hill.
      • 5: The Cuban home of this "Snows of Kilimanjaro" author is preserved almost as he left it.
      • Ernest Hemingway.

        • Round 4. Category: Literally

        • 1: There is no record of his activities between Stratford in 1585 and London in 1592.
        • William Shakespeare.
        • 2: According to itself, it's the biggest-selling copyrighted book, at over 80 million copies.
        • "Guinness Book of World Records".
        • 3: Barbara Cartland's over 700 novels include "Running Away to" this, "Never Lose" this and "Luck Logan Finds" this.
        • Love.
        • 4: Seen here in 1997, this author of military thrillers signed a 2-book deal reported at over $50 million dollars.
        • Tom Clancy.
        • 5: He's the only man to win Pulitzer Prizes for fiction ("The Bridge of San Luis Rey") and drama ("Our Town").
        • Thornton Wilder.

          • Round 5. Category: Words Of The '60s

          • 1: Astranette, meaning a female one of these, has not stood the test of time, or space.
          • Astronaut.
          • 2: Doing it to your mind could do it to your cool.
          • blow.
          • 3: Logically enough, it's the single word for a topless bikini.
          • Monokini.
          • 4: Term for those who rode buses to test integration in interstate travel.
          • "Freedom Riders".
          • 5: Precedes "wasted", "down" and "your act together".
          • get.

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

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