Instant Trivia

Episode 231 - Let There Be Life - Really Bad Dates - A Fashionable Category - Nba Rules - Teams Of Super Bowl Mvps

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 231, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Let There Be Life

  • 1: Fungi create these to reproduce and your average mushroom makes 16 billion of them.
  • spores.
  • 2: From the Greek for "leaf", they're the individual parts of a flower's corolla.
  • petals.
  • 3: As they have chlorophyll, algae produce food using this process.
  • photosynthesis.
  • 4: From an eyeglass-shaped pattern on its face, a South American bear is called this.
  • a spectacled bear.
  • 5: Each of these on the dragonfly is made up of 28,000 hexagonal-shaped ommatidia.
  • eyes.

    • Round 2. Category: Really Bad Dates

    • 1: In December 1952 a toxic fog gripped this capital city, causing hundreds of deaths.
    • London.
    • 2: On Sept. 30, 1993 a 6.4 earthquake rocked villages in the Maharashtra state in this country, killing thousands.
    • India.
    • 3: This hurricane devastated Central America October 26-31, 1998.
    • Hurricane Mitch.
    • 4: This exploded about 70 seconds after lift-off from Cape Canaveral Jan. 28, 1986.
    • Space Shuttle Challenger.
    • 5: This captain was killed in a skirmish with natives at Kealakekua Bay on Feb. 14, 1779.
    • Captain James Cook.

      • Round 3. Category: A Fashionable Category

      • 1: Romance is a perfume from this designer whom you might call a major "polo" player.
      • Ralph Lauren.
      • 2: Seen here on Dame Edna's dress, these sparkly decorations take their name from an old Italian coin:.
      • sequins.
      • 3: Wallace might know this term for a metal eyelet mainly used on belts but also seen on hems and cuffs.
      • a grommet.
      • 4: Feline name for the full-body stocking made popular by Diana Rigg on "The Avengers".
      • a catsuit.
      • 5: In the 1800s, it was fashionable to wear a cap named for this woman who stabbed Jean-Paul Marat.
      • Charlotte Corday.

        • Round 4. Category: Nba Rules

        • 1: (Hi, I'm Malik Rose) Rule 4, Section 14 says that while an opponent's doing this, I can't run past him, wave my arms or talk trash to him.
        • shooting a free throw.
        • 2: It's the type of foul that can be called on a player who's not even in the game at the time.
        • technical foul.
        • 3: (Hi, I'm Michael Finley) A substitute has to report to this person who gets to sit at a table while we run around.
        • scorekeeper.
        • 4: If a defensive player kicks the ball, this is reset and starts over.
        • the shot clock/24-second clock.
        • 5: (I'm Derek Fisher) In 2001 the time allowed to bring the ball across midcourt was lowered from this to 8 seconds.
        • 10 seconds.

          • Round 5. Category: Teams Of Super Bowl Mvps

          • 1: VI: Roger Staubach.
          • the Dallas Cowboys.
          • 2: IX: Franco Harris.
          • the Pittsburgh Steelers.
          • 3: XXXV: Ray Lewis.
          • the Baltimore Ravens.
          • 4: XI: Fred Biletnikoff.
          • the Raiders.
          • 5: XXII: Doug Williams.
          • the Washington Redskins.

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

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