Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 296, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "W"Ords
1: Walk like a duck.Waddle.2: It can mean to exercise power, or to handle and use a weapon.Wield.3: To hone or stimulate, like an appetite or one's curiosity.to whet.4: Ah-one and ah-two, it's the marine snail in the photo looking at you.Whelk.5: An intense desire to travel, or a best seller by Danielle Steel.Wanderlust.Round 2. Category: When You're "Hot"
1: It's slang for the electric chair.the hot seat.2: Empty, exaggerated talk is just a lot of this.hot air.3: A little horse sense will tell you it means eager to race.hot to trot.4: Hotheads know this phrase for "angry" comes from the blush of red they get around the neck.hot under the collar.5: Their hit "Give It Away" won this alternative rock band a 1993 Grammy.Red Hot Chili Peppers.Round 3. Category: 4 Years
1: In Julius Caesar's time this month had 30 days once every 4 years.February.2: In 1960 Abebe Bikila won this Olympic event barefoot; 4 years later he won it again, this time wearing shoes.Marathon.3: He was the first U.S. president to serve just 4 years.John Adams.4: His book "Daisy-Head Maysie" was published in 1995, 4 years after his death.Dr. Seuss.5: Every 4 years the Boy Scouts hold international rallies known as these.Jamborees.Round 4. Category: The European Past
1: July 14, 1789 was the Marquis de Launay's last day as governor of this edifice.the Bastille.2: While N. European sailors navigated by stars, Mediterraneans like Columbus relied mainly on this instrument.the compass.3: This 5th emperor built baths with running sea- and sulphur water; he should have used them to put out the fire.Nero.4: After World War II signs marking the entrance to East Berlin were usually in German and these 3 other languages.English, French and Russian.5: In 1323 this current part of the Netherlands gained control of Zeeland.Holland.Round 5. Category: The Jep-Tones World Tour 2006
1: More popular than Regis, the Jeps play their last stadium gig in San Francisco, like this band did on Aug. 29, 1966.The Beatles.2: After a stint with the Maharishi, the group tries Kaballah with this singer whose hits include "Beautiful Stranger".Madonna.3: The Jeps cover this group's 1988 Top 10 hit "Welcome To The Jungle", until the inevitable cease- and -desist order.Guns N' Roses.4: No way! The Jeps' "Potpourri" video isn't the 2005 VMA Viewer's Choice; this band's "American Idiot" is.Green Day.5: Oops... the 'Tones hire Mensa's Angels as security at this speedway in California, site of a 1969 free concert by the Stones.Altamont.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!