Instant Trivia

Episode 294 - Words For Two - Fdr - Colors En Espanol - Temple - Don't Bug Me!

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 294, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Words For Two

  • 1: It's a musical composition for 2 voices or 2 instruments.
  • Duet.
  • 2: Word for 2 cards of the same value in a poker game.
  • Pair.
  • 3: They can be fraternal or identical.
  • Twins.
  • 4: In other words, "Similar as 2 legume fruits in a seed holder".
  • "Like two peas in a pod".
  • 5: On a riverboat, it's how you would "Mark" water that's 2 fathoms deep.
  • Twain.

    • Round 2. Category: Fdr

    • 1: Referring to the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR called December 7, 1941 "A date which will" do this.
    • "Live in Infamy".
    • 2: FDR gave the first of these talks March 12, 1933 from the White House diplomatic reception room.
    • Fireside Chats.
    • 3: While attending this school, FDR was editor of its newspaper, The Crimson.
    • Harvard.
    • 4: FDR was born and is now buried in this town on the Hudson River.
    • Hyde Park.
    • 5: During this 1932 campaign, FDR relied on a trusted group of advisers dubbed this --- pretty smart.
    • Brain Trust.

      • Round 3. Category: Colors En Espanol

      • 1: To be "en numeros rojos" means to be in this color.
      • red.
      • 2: In kids' drawings el sol is amarillo, this color.
      • yellow.
      • 3: As its name says, salsa verde is made with chiles and tomatillos that are this color.
      • green.
      • 4: Azul, this color, can be marino or celeste.
      • blue.
      • 5: Spanish painter Juan Gris has a last name that means this color.
      • gray.

        • Round 4. Category: Temple

        • 1: From the Greek for "assembly", it's a temple for Jewish religious worship.
        • Synagogue.
        • 2: Her last starring film performance was in 1949's "The Story of Seabiscuit".
        • Shirley Temple.
        • 3: Jachin and Boaz were the names of the 2 pillars at the entrance to this king's temple.
        • Solomon.
        • 4: The Reverend Jim Jones led this sect to its ultimate doom.
        • The People's Temple.
        • 5: In Amritsar, India Sikhs seek out this temple, the center of their faith.
        • Golden Temple.

          • Round 5. Category: Don't Bug Me!

          • 1: The spider species Argyroneta aquatica lives mostly in this environment.
          • water.
          • 2: In Africa, some nests of these wood-eating insects can reach a height of 20 feet.
          • termites.
          • 3: This large, hairy bee is one of the few insects that can control its body temperature.
          • bumblebee.
          • 4: Some scientists use the term hexapod in referring to insects; hexapod is Greek for this many legs.
          • 6.
          • 5: Also called loopers, spanworms and measuring worms, they are actually the caterpillars of moths.
          • inchworms.

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

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