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Episode 280 - Quick Moby-Dick - The War Of 1812 - Ike Speaks - Musical Matters - Got Milk?

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 280, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Quick Moby-Dick

  • 1: The biblical prophet who's the subject of chapter 83.
  • Jonah.
  • 2: Of the Monica, the Rachel or the Phoebe, the rescue ship at the tale's end.
  • the Rachel.
  • 3: Melville's subtitle for the first American edition.
  • The Whale.
  • 4: The harpooner from Kokovoko with the rad tats.
  • Queequeg.
  • 5: Salem, Massachusetts author to whom the 1851 novel is dedicated.
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne.

    • Round 2. Category: The War Of 1812

    • 1: He watched the 1814 bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British ship and wrote a poem about it.
    • Francis Scott Key.
    • 2: On Sept. 13-14, 1814, a British bombardment failed to capture this fort; "our flag was still there".
    • Fort McHenry.
    • 3: The most important U.S. naval victories were MacDonough's on Lake Champlain and his on Lake Erie.
    • Oliver Hazard Perry.
    • 4: In this last major battle of the war, the British suffered about 2,000 casualties, including General Edward Pakenham.
    • the Battle of New Orleans.
    • 5: In asking for a declaration of war, this president charged that Britain had stirred up Indian warfare in the Northwest.
    • James Madison.

      • Round 3. Category: Ike Speaks

      • 1: Of this man's contributions to major White House decisions, Ike said, "If you give me a week, I might think of one".
      • Nixon.
      • 2: Eisenhower said, "No treaty or international agreement can contravene" this document.
      • the Constitution.
      • 3: Ike telegrammed that the mission of "Allied force was fulfilled at 0241 hours local time" in this month, 1945.
      • May.
      • 4: In 1957 Ike used "the full power of the United States" to enforce integration at Central High in this city.
      • Little Rock.
      • 5: Eisenhower said appointing him to the Supreme Court was "the biggest damn-fool mistake I ever made".
      • Earl Warren.

        • Round 4. Category: Musical Matters

        • 1: At age 14 Wynton Marsalis performed Haydn's concerto for this instrument.
        • trumpet.
        • 2: The Dixie Chicks' first CD had the rhyming title "Thank Heavens for" this TV cowgirl.
        • Dale Evans.
        • 3: It sounds like a small trench around a castle, but it was the major type of late medieval composition.
        • motet.
        • 4: The 19th century composer of the following, he basically wrote for only one instrument.
        • Frederic Chopin.
        • 5: James Blake, who wrote the song "I'm Just Wild About Harry", was better known by this nickname.
        • Eubie.

          • Round 5. Category: Got Milk?

          • 1: AKA "AmericaÂ’s Dairyland", itÂ’s one of the leading U.S. states in milk production.
          • Wisconsin.
          • 2: 1 of this unit of milk weighs about 8 pounds.
          • a gallon.
          • 3: A Frenchman created this process that kills microorganisms in milk by heating it.
          • pasteurization.
          • 4: This type of sugar that's less sweet than sucrose is found only in milk.
          • lactose.
          • 5: In 1856 Gail Borden received a patent for his process to do this to milk.
          • condense it.

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

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