Instant Trivia

Episode 269 - Explorers - World Of Business - New Superheroes And Villains - Animal Noises - Colorful Idioms

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 269, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Explorers

  • 1: Francisco Pizarro was with him when he claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain September 29, 1513.
  • Vasco de Balboa.
  • 2: He led the expedition that rescued Emin Pasha, as well as the one that found Livingstone.
  • Henry Stanley.
  • 3: His 1872 book was titled "How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa".
  • Stanley.
  • 4: Lincoln Ellsworth explored this region by airplane, dirigible, and submarine.
  • arctic.
  • 5: On April 17, 1524 he became the first European to sight New York Harbor; 440 years later a bridge named for him opened there.
  • Verrazano.

    • Round 2. Category: World Of Business

    • 1: Hilton's first hotel in this city opened in 1999; the earlier "Hilton" there was actually a prison.
    • Hanoi.
    • 2: The name of the oil additive STP stands for Scientifically Treated this.
    • Petroleum.
    • 3: (Hi, I'm Deidre Hall from "Days of Our Lives") This California company that began in 1945 turned Erica Kane and my character, Marlena Evans, into dolls.
    • Mattel.
    • 4: Headlines in January 2000 said of this company, "You've Got Time Warner"!.
    • America Online (AOL).
    • 5: This soap for "All Your...Parts" was introduced in 1990.
    • Lever 2000.

      • Round 3. Category: New Superheroes And Villains

      • 1: So strong an NBA Award is named for him, in a time of crisis, he's the first reserve off the bench; make way for the....
      • Sixth Man.
      • 2: Called "Head Case" until his friends' laughter made him mad, he changed it to this, from the Greek for "skull"; beware the....
      • Cranium.
      • 3: 11 letters of trouble, he introduces after-dinner speakers; raise a glass in fear to....
      • Toastmaster.
      • 4: From the Latin for "judged", she's empowered to decide an issue; sitting mightily at the bargaining table, it's....
      • Arbitrator.
      • 5: Uh oh! He just sold you a lemon of a car! "Let the buyer beware" this 2-word Latin phrase, it's....
      • Caveat Emptor.

        • Round 4. Category: Animal Noises

        • 1: Mexican peninsula, or the sound of a sheep laughing.
        • Baja.
        • 2: To ingest your Thanksgiving turkey quickly.
        • gobble it up.
        • 3: Audio components whose job sound like they could be done by dogs and birds.
        • woofer and tweeters.
        • 4: The Pacific equivalent of Atlantis.
        • Mu.
        • 5: In "A Day at the Races", Hugo Hackenbush is one.
        • quack.

          • Round 5. Category: Colorful Idioms

          • 1: Elephant or lie.
          • white.
          • 2: Elephants or slip.
          • pink.
          • 3: Humor or market.
          • black.
          • 4: Blood or streak.
          • blue.
          • 5: Light or thumb.
          • green.

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

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