Instant Trivia

Episode 267 - Amazon - Out West - Hurricanes - Big Screen Title Pairs - It's Elemental

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 267, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Amazon

  • 1: Beginning in Peru, the Amazon flows over 4,000 miles to this ocean.
  • Atlantic Ocean.
  • 2: Abundant in the Amazon River, this feared fish is also known as a caribe.
  • Piranha.
  • 3: The upper Amazon is known as the Solimoes River until it reaches this nation's city of Manaus.
  • Brazil.
  • 4: A 1542 attack by female warriors against explorers from this country led to the Amazon receiving its name.
  • Spain.
  • 5: These water boas of the Amazon region can grow to over 200 pounds and over 20 feet.
  • Anacondas.

    • Round 2. Category: Out West

    • 1: She joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show after meeting him at the Cotton Expo in New Orleans.
    • Annie Oakley.
    • 2: This 2nd largest Arizona city is called "The Astronomy Capital of the World" due to the many telescopes located nearby.
    • Tucson.
    • 3: In 1851 James Savage became the first white man to enter this Calif. valley, now the site of a national park.
    • Yosemite.
    • 4: Lt. Caspar W. Collins has a city named for him (spelled differently) on the North Platte River in this state.
    • Wyoming.
    • 5: Named for a British admiral, this inactive volcano in the Cascades last erupted in 1865.
    • Hood.

      • Round 3. Category: Hurricanes

      • 1: "My Fair Lady" tune with the line "In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly happen".
      • "The Rain in Spain".
      • 2: In 1995 Hurricane Peter McNeely was this boxer's first post-prison victim.
      • Mike Tyson.
      • 3: A chimney on a hurricane lamp is usually made out of this.
      • Glass.
      • 4: The Spitfire and the Hawker Hurricane are types of these.
      • Airplanes.
      • 5: In 1984 this arachnid group had a Top 40 hit with "Rock You Like a Hurricane".
      • The Scorpions.

        • Round 4. Category: Big Screen Title Pairs

        • 1: 1971:"...and the Chocolate Factory".
        • Willy Wonka.
        • 2: 1994:"...and Present Danger".
        • Clear.
        • 3: 1966:"...and Mr. Chicken".
        • The Ghost.
        • 4: 1993:"...and Confused".
        • Dazed.
        • 5: 1975:"...and the Lion".
        • The Wind.

          • Round 5. Category: It's Elemental

          • 1: Its symbol Hg comes from the Latin hydrargyrum, "watery silver".
          • mercury.
          • 2: The Sanskrit juel, "to shine", was transmuted into this 4-letter element by Anglo-Saxons.
          • gold.
          • 3: With 1 as its atomic number, this gas heads up the periodic table.
          • hydrogen.
          • 4: In the electronics industry, this element symbolized Si, is made into N- and P-types of semiconductors.
          • silicon.
          • 5: Oxides of this silver-white metallic element are used in pigments to give some ceramics a vivid blue color.
          • cobalt.

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

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