Instant Trivia

Episode 237 - The 21St Century - A Walk In The Park - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow - European Languages - Ice Cream

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 237, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The 21St Century

  • 1: In 2005 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once this country's richest man, got 9 years in jail for fraud and tax evasion.
  • Russia.
  • 2: In May 2001 Gerald Ford stopped into this president's library to pick up its Profiles in Courage Award.
  • John F. Kennedy.
  • 3: This 125-year-old women's magazine was briefly recast as "Rosie".
  • McCall's.
  • 4: A 2003 judgment said keeping 2 women from marrying each other violated this state's constitution.
  • Massachusetts.
  • 5: In July 2001 a cargo plane brought the salvaged parts of a U.S. spy plane back to the U.S. from this country.
  • China.

    • Round 2. Category: A Walk In The Park

    • 1: This London park was named for the position held by the future King George IV.
    • Regent's Park.
    • 2: In 1989 George Bush had the DEA buy drugs in a park across from this building to show on TV.
    • The White House.
    • 3: The Bridge of Perfect Wisdom is a landmark of Beihai Park in this world capital.
    • Beijing.
    • 4: You can follow streets named for King George V and King David to Independence Park in this city.
    • Jerusalem.
    • 5: A giant ferris wheel graces this city's Prater, opened to the public by Joseph II in 1766.
    • Vienna.

      • Round 3. Category: Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

      • 1: Flat snow crystals generally have this many sides or arms.
      • six.
      • 2: The National Weather Service defines this as snowy winds of 35 mph with 1/4 mile visibility lasting for 3 hours.
      • a blizzard.
      • 3: Buffalo, New York is familiar with the snowstorm-causing effect named for this type of body of water.
      • a lake effect.
      • 4: When air becomes "super" this adjective, relative humidity is above 100% and snow can form.
      • supersaturated.
      • 5: Poli'ahu, the goddess of snow, lives on this highest Hawaiian mountain.
      • Mauna Kea.

        • Round 4. Category: European Languages

        • 1: Dialects in the High form of this European language include Thuringian, Silesian and Franconian.
        • German.
        • 2: Modern dialects of this language include Gronings, West-Vlaams and Brabants.
        • Dutch.
        • 3: Although Spanish is widely spoken in Gibraltar, this language is used for schools and for official purposes.
        • English.
        • 4: Nynorsk, an official language of this country, was created by Ivar Aasen in the mid-19th century.
        • Norway.
        • 5: It's also called Ruthenian, and you'll hear it spoken in Odessa and Sevastopol.
        • Ukrainian.

          • Round 5. Category: Ice Cream

          • 1: When setting up an ice cream maker, use table salt or this type which dissolves more slowly.
          • rock salt.
          • 2: French for "in the fashion", it's the way to get ice cream with your dessert.
          • à la mode.
          • 3: In January of 2011, pecans fruit and chocolaty bits in vanilla soft serve was this brand's "Blizzard of the Month".
          • Dairy Queen.
          • 4: Harry Burt started this co. whose 1st white truck used a set of bells from the family bobsled.
          • Good Humor.
          • 5: Reuben Mattus created this ice cream brand, whose name was meant to invoke an Old World aura.
          • Häagen-Dazs.

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

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