Instant Trivia

Episode 214 - It's All About "U" - World Museums - The 1820s - Shrew-Ed - Presidential Library Addresses

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 214, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: It's All About "U"

  • 1: The playground bully will stop twisting vour arm as soon as you "say" this--or so he says.
  • uncle.
  • 2: Dairy farmers say thanks for this mammary gland of bovines.
  • udders.
  • 3: Arthur Godfrey was known for playing this instrument of the South Seas.
  • a ukulele.
  • 4: "Red, Red Wine" and "Here I Am" are hit songs by this reggae-pop group.
  • UB40.
  • 5: This Greek god was the father of the Titans.
  • Uranus.

    • Round 2. Category: World Museums

    • 1: I visited the national museum founded by King Rama V in this city and all I got was this lousy Thai-shirt.
    • Bangkok.
    • 2: The Musee d'Orsay in Paris was built in the Gare d'Orsay, an old one of these.
    • a railway station.
    • 3: This museum founded back in 1835 contains the gold coffin of Tutankhamen.
    • the Egyptian Museum.
    • 4: Works by Venetian masters Titian and Tintoretto are in this other "V" city's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
    • Vienna.
    • 5: During its remodeling it moved "The Night Watch" from the Main Hall to the new Philips Wing.
    • the Rijksmuseum.

      • Round 3. Category: The 1820s

      • 1: On October 27, 1822 a 280-mile section of the Erie Canal opened between Rochester and this capital.
      • Albany.
      • 2: In 1822 Friedrich Buschmann obtained a patent for this instrument also known as a squeezebox.
      • an accordion.
      • 3: In 1825 this Scottish botanist discovered the coniferous evergreen now named for him in the Pacific NW.
      • David Douglas.
      • 4: Although it was founded in 1821, this Montreal university didn't open until 1829.
      • McGill.
      • 5: He was about 70 when he published his "American Dictionary of the English Language" in 2 volumes in 1828.
      • (Noah) Webster.

        • Round 4. Category: Shrew-Ed

        • 1: Continent where you'd find the shrews Crocidura nigeriae and Crocidura tansaniana.
        • Africa.
        • 2: Canadian province where you'll most likely spot Trowbridge's shrew, which enjoys Douglas fir seeds.
        • British Columbia.
        • 3: The Southeastern shrew inhabits the marshy U.S. region that got this uninviting name from Col. William Byrd.
        • the Great Dismal Swamp.
        • 4: The Mt. Malindang shrew and the Palawan tree shrew are native to this country.
        • the Philippines.
        • 5: It would be "serendip"itous to see a Kelaart's long-clawed shrew, as it lives only on this island.
        • Sri Lanka.

          • Round 5. Category: Presidential Library Addresses

          • 1: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New York.
          • Franklin D. Roosevelt.
          • 2: 1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
          • Gerald Ford.
          • 3: Columbia Point, Boston, Massachusetts.
          • John F. Kennedy.
          • 4: 2313 Red River Street, Austin, Texas.
          • Lyndon B. Johnson.
          • 5: 210 Parkside Drive, West Branch, Iowa.
          • Herbert Hoover.

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

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