Instant Trivia

Episode 233 - The "Real" World - Music Facts - Really Long Rivers - Ike Speaks - "Horse" Sense

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 233, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The "Real" World

  • 1: A simulated 3-D environment that a user can experience and manipulate as if it were physical.
  • Virtual reality.
  • 2: Land, including all the natural resources and permanent buildings on it.
  • Real estate.
  • 3: It finishes the 1942 advertising slogan: "The Only Thing Like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola Itself. It's...".
  • the Real Thing.
  • 4: A process viewed while it actually happens is viewed in this mode.
  • Real time.
  • 5: In mathematics, a quantity that can be expressed as a finite or infinite decimal expression.
  • Real number.

    • Round 2. Category: Music Facts

    • 1: Most authorities say a chord has at least this many notes.
    • three.
    • 2: Traditionally an orchestra's concertmaster sits on this side of a conductor.
    • the left side.
    • 3: On a musical staff pitch is indicated by this symbol.
    • note.
    • 4: Of lento, adagio, or andante, the slowest tempo.
    • lento.
    • 5: Using "the circle of fifths", this key signature follows C major.
    • G major.

      • Round 3. Category: Really Long Rivers

      • 1: While cruising down this river in 1542, Francisco de Orellana was attacked by female warriors; thus, its name.
      • Amazon.
      • 2: Ptolemy guessed the area of the source of this river almost 2,000 years before it was found.
      • Nile.
      • 3: This Chinese river is really "long" since its alternate name, Chang Jiang, means "long river".
      • Yangtze.
      • 4: During high water, this river was once navigable from Fort Benton, Montana to St. Louis.
      • Missouri.
      • 5: At Khone Falls on the Cambodia-Laos border, this river is 6 1/2 miles wide.
      • Mekong.

        • Round 4. Category: Ike Speaks

        • 1: Of this man's contributions to major White House decisions, Ike said, "If you give me a week, I might think of one".
        • Nixon.
        • 2: Eisenhower said, "No treaty or international agreement can contravene" this document.
        • the Constitution.
        • 3: Ike telegrammed that the mission of "Allied force was fulfilled at 0241 hours local time" in this month, 1945.
        • May.
        • 4: In 1957 Ike used "the full power of the United States" to enforce integration at Central High in this city.
        • Little Rock.
        • 5: Eisenhower said appointing him to the Supreme Court was "the biggest damn-fool mistake I ever made".
        • Earl Warren.

          • Round 5. Category: "Horse" Sense

          • 1: He pursues Ichabod Crane through Sleepy Hollow.
          • the Headless Horseman.
          • 2: Pungent ground up armoracia rusticana roots used as a condiment.
          • Horseradish.
          • 3: He's the Native American leader emerging here.
          • Crazy Horse.
          • 4: A little-known, unexpectedly successful political candidate.
          • Dark horse.
          • 5: Unit equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute.
          • Horsepower.

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

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