Instant Trivia

Episode 250 - Austria - Historic Homes - Feel The "Burn" - Oj (Orange Juice) Thesaurus - Rock On!

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 250, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Austria

  • 1: In order to gain independence in 1955, Austria agreed to observe this type of foreign policy.
  • Neutrality.
  • 2: The president is head of state while the person holding this official title is head of the government.
  • Chancellor.
  • 3: Austria's basic unit of currency, it sounds just like an obsolete coin in Britain.
  • Schilling.
  • 4: In his childhood, Franz Schubert sang with the Imperial Court Chapel Choir, which is now known as this.
  • The Vienna Boys' Choir.
  • 5: The Bundesrat and the Nationalrat aren't Austria's mascots but these.
  • Houses of Parliament.

    • Round 2. Category: Historic Homes

    • 1: Woodlawn in Virginia was the home of this president's step-granddaughter Nellie Custis.
    • George Washington.
    • 2: The home of Mary Pickersgill, who made the star-spangled banner that waved over Fort McHenry, is in this MD. city.
    • Baltimore.
    • 3: Moss-draped oak trees surround Shadows-On-The-Teche, one of this state's most famous plantations.
    • Louisiana.
    • 4: This Scottish castle, a private residence of the Queen of England, stands on the right bank of the River Dee.
    • Balmoral.
    • 5: A window of The Old Manse in Concord, Mass. still bears the diamond-engraved signatures of this author and his wife.
    • Nathaniel Hawthorne.

      • Round 3. Category: Feel The "Burn"

      • 1: To be Elvis impersonator, you need to cultivate these whiskers.
      • sideburns.
      • 2: Discomfort produced by stomach acid touching the lining of the esophagus.
      • heartburn.
      • 3: This university began as East Alabama Male College in 1856.
      • Auburn.
      • 4: JFK's 1962 State of the Union Address eulogized this Congressional legend known as "Mr. Sam".
      • Rayburn.
      • 5: 1958 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition winner.
      • Van Cliburn.

        • Round 4. Category: Oj (Orange Juice) Thesaurus

        • 1: Tropicana's Grovestand OJ doesn't have lots of mash, but "lots of" this.
        • pulp.
        • 2: This synonym for "unadulterated" or "chaste" is a big part of orange juice marketing.
        • pure.
        • 3: Instead of "frozen focused orange juice", the USDA uses this synonym for "focus".
        • concentrated.
        • 4: OJ has these vitamins and minerals needed in the diet; Roget's Thesaurus lists the word with "indispensable".
        • essential.
        • 5: This orange juice- and rum-based cocktail could be called a "southern farmer's left jab".
        • planter's punch.

          • Round 5. Category: Rock On!

          • 1: Test the mineral olivenite and it will leave a streak of this color.
          • Green.
          • 2: It's the term for small rocks or stones used for paths or for making concrete.
          • Gravel.
          • 3: Of sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous, it's the type of rock formed when it cools and solidifies.
          • Igneous.
          • 4: This very hard quartz is struck against steel to make sparks when starting a fire.
          • Flint.
          • 5: It's a large rock fragment greater than 8 inches in diameter or a Colorado resort city NW of Denver.
          • Boulder.

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

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