Instant Trivia

Episode 202 - Ranches - A Girl's Best Friend - Milking Cows - Former Postal Workers - The European Past

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 202, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Ranches

  • 1: Kendall County, Texas is named for the man who brought merinos to the area as this type of rancher.
  • sheep rancher.
  • 2: At about 12,000 sq. mi., Strangeray Springs, a cattle ranch (or station) in this country, is bigger than Vermont.
  • Australia.
  • 3: Prairie Chapel is the name of George W. Bush's ranch near this Texas town, population 705.
  • Crawford.
  • 4: Around 1905 these animals, not native to Arizona, were brought to a ranch in the state, where they now roam.
  • buffalo.
  • 5: It's the name of Steve and Gayle Henson's California ranch for which a creamy dressing was named.
  • Hidden Valley.

    • Round 2. Category: A Girl's Best Friend

    • 1: Modern synthetic diamonds were first produced in 1954 by compressing this element under extreme pressure.
    • Carbon.
    • 2: 1971 James Bond film in which Jill St. John played Tiffany Case.
    • Diamonds Are Forever.
    • 3: It's equal to 200 milligrams.
    • One carat.
    • 4: Mae West's reply to the comment "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!".
    • "Goodness has nothing to do with it".
    • 5: Where you might find a diamond pendant on a woman, or the tendency of diamonds to split among lines.
    • Cleavage.

      • Round 3. Category: Milking Cows

      • 1: I think I could do a better job of milking a cow than Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton did on this reality series in 2003.
      • The Simple Life.
      • 2: A 1903 Broadway musical version of "The Wizard of Oz" featured this farm girl singing about milking cows.
      • Dorothy.
      • 3: Eleanor the cow swallowed Eb's radio on "Music to Milk By", a 1967 episode of this classic down-on-the-farm sitcom.
      • Green Acres.
      • 4: Possum Sweetheart was one contented cow, producing 37,381 lbs. of milk for this company in 1920 alone.
      • Carnation.
      • 5: A movie heartthrob turns out to be a natural at milking cows in the 2003 film called "Win a Date with" him.
      • Tad Hamilton.

        • Round 4. Category: Former Postal Workers

        • 1: This postmaster of New Salem, Illinois later became President.
        • Abraham Lincoln.
        • 2: With the money Knute Rockne earned hoisting mail bags, he was able to attend this university.
        • Notre Dame.
        • 3: In 1919 rain, white Christmas, sleet or hail couldn't keep this crooner from his clerk job in Spokane.
        • Bing Crosby.
        • 4: The son of a civil servant, this member of the Blues Brothers was once a postal worker in Canada.
        • Dan Aykroyd.
        • 5: In 1946 he worked days as a mailman in Winnetka, Illinois; later he starred with Doris Day.
        • Rock Hudson.

          • Round 5. Category: The European Past

          • 1: July 14, 1789 was the Marquis de Launay's last day as governor of this edifice.
          • the Bastille.
          • 2: While N. European sailors navigated by stars, Mediterraneans like Columbus relied mainly on this instrument.
          • the compass.
          • 3: This 5th emperor built baths with running sea- and sulphur water; he should have used them to put out the fire.
          • Nero.
          • 4: After World War II signs marking the entrance to East Berlin were usually in German and these 3 other languages.
          • English, French and Russian.
          • 5: In 1323 this current part of the Netherlands gained control of Zeeland.
          • Holland.

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

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