Instant Trivia

Episode 249 - Marco Polo - 3 Little Letters - Wheel Of Jeopardy! - You Say Potato - Holidays

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 249, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Marco Polo

  • 1: Passing through Indonesia, Marco freaked out when he went south of the Equator and couldn't see this star.
  • the North Star.
  • 2: Marco Polo was born in 1254 in this Italian city where his father Niccolo worked as a merchant.
  • Venice.
  • 3: Some argued that Polo never went to China; he did omit mentioning this landmark some measure at 4,000 miles long.
  • the Great Wall of China.
  • 4: Back in Italy people laughed at Marco's stories, like the one about Asians using this "black stone" as fuel.
  • coal.
  • 5: Title held by Kublai, whom Marco Polo served, and Kublai's grandfather Genghis.
  • Khan.

    • Round 2. Category: 3 Little Letters

    • 1: Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash and taking deposits.
    • ATMs.
    • 2: The initials of this organization disbanded in 1991 were from Russian words meaning "Committee for State Security".
    • the KGB.
    • 3: First on radio, then on TV, 3 chimed notes were a longtime trademark of this network.
    • NBC.
    • 4: A high school equivalency diploma is referred to by these 3 letters.
    • G.E.D..
    • 5: This global express shipping co. began as a service to deliver documents between the West Coast and Hawaii.
    • DHL.

      • Round 3. Category: Wheel Of Jeopardy!

      • 1: Unknown evolutionary connector------------------------------------SS--- L--K.
      • missing link.
      • 2: It's Apple's killer music combination.
      • iPod and iTunes.
      • 3: Backup players to relieve the startersS--ON-S---N-.
      • second string.
      • 4: Before dueling in this game, you must greet your opponent with a friendly handshake.
      • Yu-Gi-Oh.
      • 5: Proverbial place without privacy-----------------------------------OLD---- -O-L.
      • goldfish bowl.

        • Round 4. Category: You Say Potato

        • 1: In Gaelic it's known as "An Gorta Mor" (The Great Hunger).
        • The Irish Potato Famine.
        • 2: The Russet Burbank potato is also known by this "state"ly name.
        • Idaho potato.
        • 3: At a New Jersey spelling bee in 1992, he insisted that "potato" was spelled with an "E" at the end.
        • Dan Quayle.
        • 4: Don Rickles voiced Mr. Potato Head in this 1995 film.
        • Toy Story.
        • 5: This snack company uses over 5 billion pounds of potatoes annually to make Ruffles and other chips.
        • Frito-Lay.

          • Round 5. Category: Holidays

          • 1: Though we "love" his "day", he's been taken off calendar of saints.
          • St. Valentine.
          • 2: In 1987, this holiday will be observed for the 212th time.
          • July 4th (Independence Day).
          • 3: This June day had been celebrated for 62 years, but it wasn't official until signed into law by Nixon in 1972.
          • Father's Day.
          • 4: Memorial Day was first observed in 1866 to honor the dead of this war.
          • the Civil War.
          • 5: Flag Day is a legal holiday only in this state, where Betsy Ross worked as a seamstress.
          • Pennsylvania.

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

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