Instant Trivia

Episode 275 - How Provincial! - Irish Eyes - Hollywoodspeak - The 7 Continents - "Go"Ing

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 275, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: How Provincial!

  • 1: Hainan,Hunan,Yunnan.
  • China.
  • 2: Western Cape,Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal.
  • South Africa.
  • 3: Limburg,Antwerp,West Flanders.
  • Belgium.
  • 4: Dong Nai, Dong Thap,Lam Dong.
  • Vietnam.
  • 5: Almeria,Salamanca,Cordoba.
  • Spain.

    • Round 2. Category: Irish Eyes

    • 1: This Boomtown Rat organized Band Aid.
    • Bob Geldof.
    • 2: This man with a grandmother from Cork played an Irish-American boxer in 1952's "The Quiet Man".
    • John Wayne.
    • 3: Hey, 20 bucks says that you know this president's father was from County Antrim and his mother was Irish, too.
    • Andrew Jackson.
    • 4: The record says in 1759 he opened his brewery at St. James Gate.
    • Arthur Guinness.
    • 5: Everyone knew when it was windy, but not how windy until this Irishman came up with his scale in 1805.
    • Sir Francis Beaufort.

      • Round 3. Category: Hollywoodspeak

      • 1: This TV network is "The Eye Web".
      • CBS.
      • 2: The popular films of this genre can be known as "oaters" or "horse operas".
      • westerns.
      • 3: Also known as a "tenpercenter", a good one of these can open doors in Tinseltown.
      • agent.
      • 4: Erica Kane could tell you it's the dramatic form known as a "sudser" in Hollywood.
      • soap opera.
      • 5: In the lingo of Variety, a "diskery" is a company that produces these.
      • records.

        • Round 4. Category: The 7 Continents

        • 1: Population in summer: about 4,000; in winter, about 1,000.
        • Antarctica.
        • 2: At over 200 people per square mile, it has the highest population density.
        • Asia.
        • 3: This continent has the highest per capita GNP at about $20,000 a person.
        • North America.
        • 4: This continent is also a commonwealth.
        • Australia.
        • 5: Its mainland section is composed of 12 independent countries.
        • South America.

          • Round 5. Category: "Go"Ing

          • 1: Transportation for kids.
          • go karts.
          • 2: From a Persian word for "snake-eater", a markhor is a wild type of this bearded ruminant.
          • goat.
          • 3: This 1965 record was Shirley Bassey's biggest hit in the U.S..
          • "Goldfinger".
          • 4: A word for mining haphazardly in irregular holes comes from the name of this burrowing rodent.
          • gopher.
          • 5: Biblical name shared by the oldest son of Japheth and a TV Marine.
          • Gomer.

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

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