Instant Trivia

Episode 286 - Irish Counties - Collegiate Lexicon - A Country In Europe - South American Cities - Crossword Clues "R"

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 286, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Irish Counties

  • 1: The name of this southeastern county sounds like what someone often does on "South Park".
  • Kilkenny.
  • 2: Ireland's most populous county, it shares its name with Ireland's most populous city.
  • Dublin.
  • 3: Like Harris in Scotland, Ireland's County Donegal produces a distinctive type of this cloth.
  • Tweed.
  • 4: County whose name is in the title of the following piece of music.
  • Tipperary.
  • 5: On Ireland's west coast, the estuary of this river separates County Clare from County Limerick.
  • Shannon.

    • Round 2. Category: Collegiate Lexicon

    • 1: From the Latin for "write over", it's your official college record, with grades and courses taken.
    • transcript.
    • 2: Not just for taxes, you can do this to a class to review material but not receive a grade.
    • audit.
    • 3: Many schools have this large, scenic area; from Lumpkin Hall at Eastern Illinois, gaze upon the south one.
    • quad.
    • 4: The Stafford type of this is the most popular and federally guaranteed.
    • student loan.
    • 5: From the Latin for "east", these campus workshops introduce new students to college life.
    • orientation.

      • Round 3. Category: A Country In Europe

      • 1: Major cities in this country include Marseilles, Orleans and Lyon.
      • France.
      • 2: Most ruins of the civilizations of the ancient Spartans and Athenians can be found in this European nation.
      • Greece.
      • 3: The Apennines mountain chain occupies the center of this European nation's boot-like peninsula.
      • Italy.
      • 4: The University of Limerick is a leading educational institution in this European nation.
      • Ireland.
      • 5: King Juan Carlos I is the reigning monarch of this European nation of about 40 million people.
      • Spain.

        • Round 4. Category: South American Cities

        • 1: In this city's Plaza de Armas, you're walking in the footsteps of Francisco Pizarro.
        • Lima, Peru.
        • 2: South America's most populous city, it was founded by Jesuit missionaries from Portugal in 1554.
        • Sao Paulo.
        • 3: At an altitude of 12,001 feet, it's the world's highest capital city; co-capital Sucre lies about 3,000 feet lower.
        • La Paz, Bolivia.
        • 4: This section of Rio is known as the birthplace of the bossa nova; there was a "Girl From" there in song.
        • Ipanema.
        • 5: Cali, this country's 2nd-most populous city, is a center of paper production and the sugarcane industry.
        • Colombia.

          • Round 5. Category: Crossword Clues "R"

          • 1: The first "R" in radar.
          • radio.
          • 2: Skating venue (4).
          • Rink.
          • 3: A Mackintosh(8).
          • raincoat.
          • 4: Musical mass for the dead (7).
          • Requiem.
          • 5: "Buyer's" guilt(7).
          • remorse.

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

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