Instant Trivia

Episode 276 - Haulin' "Oat"S - "F" In Geography - Animal Talk - Cinematic Siblings - City Name Origins

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 276, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Haulin' "Oat"S

  • 1: A German submarine.
  • U-boat.
  • 2: It contains the pharynx and the larynx.
  • Throat.
  • 3: To move slowly and lightly through the air.
  • Float.
  • 4: To become swollen or inflated.
  • Bloat.
  • 5: AKA an ermine.
  • Stoat.

    • Round 2. Category: "F" In Geography

    • 1: This Alaska town was founded by prospectors in 1902 and named for a U.S. vice president.
    • (Charles) Fairbanks.
    • 2: The name of this Japanese peak is said to be of Ainu origin meaning "everlasting life".
    • Mount Fuji.
    • 3: These long, narrow New York lakes were once rivers but glaciers caused them to be dammed up.
    • Finger Lakes.
    • 4: This country's highest point is Haltia, which rises 4,357 feet near its northwestern border with Norway.
    • Finland.
    • 5: The Lagting is the local parliament in this Danish island group.
    • Faroe Islands.

      • Round 3. Category: Animal Talk

      • 1: Darwin supporter T.H. Huxley said man shouldn't "be ashamed of having" this large animal "for his grandfather".
      • ape.
      • 2: To have one of these "in one's bonnet" means to be obsessed with an idea.
      • bee.
      • 3: In Browning's "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", "Out of the houses" these "came tumbling", great, small, lean, brawny....
      • rats.
      • 4: An old proverb says, "If wishes were" these, "beggars would ride".
      • horses.
      • 5: Lord Dufferin wrote, "It is upon" this animal "that the Laplander is dependent for (almost) every comfort in life".
      • a reindeer.

        • Round 4. Category: Cinematic Siblings

        • 1: Janet Leigh was "showered" with more attention than Vera Miles, who played her sister in this suspense classic.
        • Psycho.
        • 2: Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet earned Oscar nominations for playing the Dashwood sisters in this 1995 film.
        • Sense and Sensibility.
        • 3: Winona Ryder, Claire Danes, Samantha Mathis and Trini Alvarado played 19th C. sisters in this "novel" film.
        • Little Women.
        • 4: In "Two Much" Daryl Hannah and this actress played sisters two-timed by Antonio Banderas.
        • Melanie Griffith.
        • 5: Richard Davalos' screen debut in this 1955 film was overshadowed by James Dean, who played his brother.
        • East of Eden.

          • Round 5. Category: City Name Origins

          • 1: It's the place in England where the oxen forded the river Thames.
          • Oxford.
          • 2: The Spaniards turned the Indian village of Chuk Shon into this Arizona city.
          • Tucson.
          • 3: This Ohio city was named for a city in China.
          • Canton.
          • 4: In 1459 Rao Jodha established this city in India.
          • Jodhpur.
          • 5: The 3 cities of Oea, Leptis Magna and Sabrata merged to form this city in Libya.
          • Tripoli.

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

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