Instant Trivia

Episode 300 - Rhymes With Power - World Costume - Get The Vibe - Spanning The Globe - A Windy Category

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 300, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Rhymes With Power

  • 1: A tall building or structure.
  • tower.
  • 2: One carnation or one buttercup.
  • a flower.
  • 3: A light rain.
  • a shower.
  • 4: 3,600 seconds.
  • an hour.
  • 5: To cringe in fear.
  • cower.

    • Round 2. Category: World Costume

    • 1: Meaning "leather shorts", they can be seen at German festivals like Oktoberfest.
    • Lederhosen.
    • 2: Zipperless pants called broadfalls are worn by this U.S. group named for Jacob Ammann.
    • Amish.
    • 3: From Spanish for cape, this garment, a cloak with a hole in the middle, is common among Bolivian countrymen.
    • Poncho.
    • 4: It's been popular in the U.S. since the '60s and is still worn in Africa.
    • Dashiki.
    • 5: Hats worn in this country, unlike those just named for it, are braided, not woven.
    • Panama.

      • Round 3. Category: Get The Vibe

      • 1: You'll use these vibrating organs in your throat to give your response.
      • vocal cords.
      • 2: Named for an American seismologist, this kind of "scale" keeps track of earthquake vibes.
      • Richter scale.
      • 3: Any vibe with sounds higher than 120 of these units can be painful to the human ear.
      • decibels.
      • 4: If you hear this venomous reptile vibrating its segmented tail end, back off!.
      • a rattlesnake.
      • 5: These animals studied in ichthyology have no external ears and use skull vibrations to hear.
      • fish.

        • Round 4. Category: Spanning The Globe

        • 1: Haiphong, Cam Ranh and Dong Hoi are all important cities in this country.
        • Vietnam.
        • 2: At an altitude of 12,000 feet, this Bolivian city is the highest national capital.
        • La Paz.
        • 3: Made from fermented cabbage, radishes, red peppers and spices, kimchi is the national dish of this land.
        • Korea.
        • 4: The Venus Beach Hotel is at Paphos on this Mediterranean isle where Venus is said to have come out of the sea.
        • Cyprus.
        • 5: This most populous African country's main ethnic groups are the Hausa, Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba.
        • Nigeria.

          • Round 5. Category: A Windy Category

          • 1: The 1967 NFL "Ice Bowl" game was played in -46 degrees, if you include this factor.
          • wind chill.
          • 2: A typical warm winter wind of Switzerland is called Schneefresser, meaning "eater" of this.
          • snow.
          • 3: Like hurricanes, these pacific tropical cyclones get names; Omar devastated Guam in 1992.
          • typhoons.
          • 4: It's best to bring your boat in on this side of the dock, meaning the side the wind reaches last.
          • leeward.
          • 5: (Video clip from the Science Center of Minnesota) It's believed that tornadoes begin with a rising current of warm air called this, which eventually starts rotating.
          • updraft.

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

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