October 09, 2021

Episode 241 - In Other Words... - "Hit"Ting - Secretary's Day - Footnotes In History - Also A Body Part

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 241, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: In Other Words...

1: The 24th letter indicates precise location.

x marks the spot.

2: Flip over every rock.

Leave no stone unturned.

3: Participating with one cent, participating with 100 p..

In for a penny, in for a pound.

4: Uncurbed kissers scuttle scows.

Loose lips sink ships.

5: Relate stories while not within a learning establishment.

Tell tales out of school.

Round 2. Category: "Hit"Ting

1: 2-word term for a hired underworld assassin.

a hit man.

2: As a verb, "thumb" is a synonym for this.

hitchhiking.

3: To carve wood into shapes with a knife.

to whittle.

4: A recipe for these: take some young pig intestines, clean' 'em, stew 'em, batter 'em and fry 'em.

chitlins.

5: Renzo Piano and William Keck are famous as these.

architects.

Round 3. Category: Secretary's Day

1: Dean Acheson.

Secretary of State.

2: Dean Acheson.

Secretary of State.

3: Tom Ridge.

the Department of Homeland Security.

4: This female 1932 Olympic hurdles and javelin winner also ran secretarial errands like a champ.

Didrikson-Zaharias.

5: Hazel O'Leary.

the Department of Energy.

Round 4. Category: Footnotes In History

1: In 1866 Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of this (1)(1) He also founded a similar society to protect children.

Cruelty to Animals.

2: Judah Benjamin, an adviser to this man, was "The Brains of the Confederacy" (2)(2) He fled to England and became a successful lawyer.

Jefferson Davis.

3: Mathematician Hermann Minkowski combined space and time, laying groundwork for this theory (3)(3) His brother Oskar found that diabetes originates in the pancreas.

Theory of Relativity.

4: Etienne Brule was the first European to see this second-largest Great Lake (4)(4) And was killed by the tribe of the same name.

Huron.

5: A WWII battleship sunk in Uruguay was named for this German graf (5)(5) Who lost the WWI Battle of the Falklands and drowned.

Spee.

Round 5. Category: Also A Body Part

1: It's the bud of a potato, bud.

the eye.

2: It's a border along a highway where vehicles can pull over in an emergency.

the shoulder.

3: It's the hole in a needle.

eye.

4: It's a border along a highway where vehicles can pull over in an emergency.

the shoulder.

5: When you pick up a tab, you do this to "the bill".

foot.

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October 09, 2021

Episode 241 - In Other Words... - "Hit"Ting - Secretary's Day - Footnotes In History - Also A Body Part

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 241, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: In Other Words...

1: The 24th letter indicates precise location.

x marks the spot.

2: Flip over every rock.

Leave no stone unturned.

3: Participating with one cent, participating with 100 p..

In for a penny, in for a pound.

4: Uncurbed kissers scuttle scows.

Loose lips sink ships.

5: Relate stories while not within a learning establishment.

Tell tales out of school.

Round 2. Category: "Hit"Ting

1: 2-word term for a hired underworld assassin.

a hit man.

2: As a verb, "thumb" is a synonym for this.

hitchhiking.

3: To carve wood into shapes with a knife.

to whittle.

4: A recipe for these: take some young pig intestines, clean' 'em, stew 'em, batter 'em and fry 'em.

chitlins.

5: Renzo Piano and William Keck are famous as these.

architects.

Round 3. Category: Secretary's Day

1: Dean Acheson.

Secretary of State.

2: Dean Acheson.

Secretary of State.

3: Tom Ridge.

the Department of Homeland Security.

4: This female 1932 Olympic hurdles and javelin winner also ran secretarial errands like a champ.

Didrikson-Zaharias.

5: Hazel O'Leary.

the Department of Energy.

Round 4. Category: Footnotes In History

1: In 1866 Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of this (1)(1) He also founded a similar society to protect children.

Cruelty to Animals.

2: Judah Benjamin, an adviser to this man, was "The Brains of the Confederacy" (2)(2) He fled to England and became a successful lawyer.

Jefferson Davis.

3: Mathematician Hermann Minkowski combined space and time, laying groundwork for this theory (3)(3) His brother Oskar found that diabetes originates in the pancreas.

Theory of Relativity.

4: Etienne Brule was the first European to see this second-largest Great Lake (4)(4) And was killed by the tribe of the same name.

Huron.

5: A WWII battleship sunk in Uruguay was named for this German graf (5)(5) Who lost the WWI Battle of the Falklands and drowned.

Spee.

Round 5. Category: Also A Body Part

1: It's the bud of a potato, bud.

the eye.

2: It's a border along a highway where vehicles can pull over in an emergency.

the shoulder.

3: It's the hole in a needle.

eye.