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Episode 201 - Measuring Up - Turn Me Lewis - Lesser-Known Ancient Romans - Facial Hair - When Was That, Pierre?

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 201, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Measuring Up

  • 1: There are 3 teaspoons in this unit of measure.
  • tablespoon.
  • 2: 37 degrees Celsius equals 98.6 degrees on this scale.
  • Fahrenheit.
  • 3: Equal to 1,000 grams, this metric standard is abbreviated KG.
  • kilogram.
  • 4: Of 6 miles, 16 miles or 60 miles, the one closest to the length in miles of a 10-kilometer run.
  • 6 miles.
  • 5: This unit can be 1/60 of a degree or 1/60 of an hour.
  • minute.

    • Round 2. Category: Turn Me Lewis

    • 1: He died on Oct. 11, 1809 of a gunshot wound in Tennessee; murder or suicide has never been proven either way.
    • Meriwether Lewis.
    • 2: The father of John L. Lewis, first president of the CIO, had this job back in Wales.
    • a coalminer.
    • 3: The No. 2 man for the No. 2 man, he was Dick Cheney's chief of staff until he was indicted.
    • Scooter Libby.
    • 4: He was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
    • Sinclair Lewis.
    • 5: It's not nonsense (or is it?) to say this author was ordained a deacon in 1861.
    • Lewis Carroll.

      • Round 3. Category: Lesser-Known Ancient Romans

      • 1: This little-known Roman was exactly half as wide as his Greek friend Diameter.
      • Radius.
      • 2: This ancient Roman had trouble understanding others because of the ringing in his ears.
      • Tinnitus.
      • 3: Everything this Roman did was counterfeit or fake.
      • Bogus.
      • 4: He was difficult to understand because his jaw muscles were always locking up.
      • Tetanus.
      • 5: This Roman was always interrupting his projects for an extended break, especially over the summer.
      • Hiatus.

        • Round 4. Category: Facial Hair

        • 1: This symbol of America has a type of beard named for him.
        • Uncle Sam.
        • 2: Women have a special pencil for them.
        • Eyebrows.
        • 3: Wearing this kind of beard would turn a nanny into a billy.
        • Goatee.
        • 4: A soupstrainer moustache is also known by this aquatic mammal's name.
        • Walrus.
        • 5: This long moustache with ends that droop past the chin is named for a Sax Rohmer villain.
        • Fu Manchu.

          • Round 5. Category: When Was That, Pierre?

          • 1: Une annee horrible was this year of Napoleon's death, 6 years after Waterloo.
          • 1821.
          • 2: Tres tragique was this year when France was first occupied in World War II.
          • 1940.
          • 3: C'est tout! The armistice ending "La Grande Guerre" was signed in the Compiegne Forest in this year.
          • 1918 (World War I).
          • 4: Alors! In this year France lost the battle of Dien Bien Phu and saw revolution begin in Algeria.
          • 1954.
          • 5: Vive la Revolution Francaise! which began in this year.
          • 1789.

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

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