Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 302, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Line 'Em Up
1: From largest in area to smallest:Australia, United States, Russia.Russia, United States, Australia.2: From farthest away to closest to the Earth:Uranus, Mars, Pluto.Pluto, Uranus, Mars.3: From earliest movie to most recent:"The Birds", "Birdman of Alcatraz", "The Birdcage".Birdman of Alcatraz, The Birds, The Birdcage.4: From longest river to shortest:The Volga, The Nile, The Po.Nile, Volga, Po.5: From north to south:Warsaw, Pretoria, Helsinki.Helsinki, Warsaw, Pretoria.Round 2. Category: Rhyme Quest
1: A final, as in a final exam.a test.2: Better than better.best.3: Repose.rest.4: A soiree invitee (if he shows up).a guest.5: Gusto.zest.Round 3. Category: Novel Vocabulary
1: Flaysome, a synonym for frightful, appears in this Emily Bronte novel."Wuthering Heights".2: In "Bleak House" this author used the word "swipes" for weak beer.Dickens.3: In "Animal Farm" Major is a prize boar whose "tushes had never been cut" (tushes being these).tusks.4: In "A Tale of Two Cities", Jerry Cruncher is a "resurrection-man"--defined as a person who steals and sells these.corpses.5: In "Emma", Emma speaks of being in Broadway-lane when "it began to mizzle", which means this.drizzle (mist accepted).Round 4. Category: Classic Cartoon Characters
1: ("Canadian Mountie").Dudley Do-Right.2: (alliterative Hanna-Barbera pooch).Huckleberry Hound.3: ("Have no fear...").Underdog.4: Jay Ward and Bill Scott created this moose and squirrel.Rocky and Bullwinkle.5: This cartoon character from Bedrock is a large purple-ish pet snorkasaurus.Dino.Round 5. Category: The Library
1: On most reference books in your local library, you'll find this letter above the call number.R.2: When a book has been checked out it's said to be "in" this.circulation.3: Sethe, a former slave, is haunted by the ghost of her daughter, whom she killed, in this Toni Morrison novel.Beloved.4: Shirley Jones played this part by the book in "The Music Man".(Marion the) librarian.5: For some really deep reading, grab this ancient Greek philosopher's "Physics" or "Metaphysics".Aristotle.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!