Instant Trivia

Episode 305 - Declaration Of Independence Signers - A"Ha" - Nations Of Africa - Jon Stewart's America - American Novelists

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 305, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Declaration Of Independence Signers

  • 1: We all know John Hancock signed it, but how many of you know he did it representing this state.
  • Massachusetts.
  • 2: He's the only signer the World Almanac lists with the occupation "printer, publisher".
  • Benjamin Franklin.
  • 3: Francis Lewis was the only signer born in this U.K. country--he was from Llandaff.
  • Wales.
  • 4: Before Benjamin Harrison landed the job of signer, he was getting his hands dirty in this occupation.
  • farmer.
  • 5: Elder statesman John Witherspoon was the only clergyman to sign; he was part of this church of "Elders".
  • Presbyterian.

    • Round 2. Category: A"Ha"

    • 1: Its nicknames include the "Paradise of the Pacific" and "The Pineapple State".
    • Hawaii.
    • 2: Well, Praise the Lord! It means "Praise the Lord".
    • Hallelujah.
    • 3: In 1640 Henry Dunster became this university's first president; he was also the entire faculty.
    • Harvard.
    • 4: Type of men's store once owned by Harry Truman.
    • Haberdashery.
    • 5: This king's reign has been referred to as the Golden Age of Babylon.
    • Hammurabi.

      • Round 3. Category: Nations Of Africa

      • 1: Add 2 letters to Niger to get the name of this country just south of it.
      • Nigeria.
      • 2: In a song title, this country whose capital is Nairobi might come before "Feel the Love Tonight".
      • Kenya.
      • 3: In a song title, this country whose capital is Accra might come before "Fly Now".
      • Ghana.
      • 4: (Hi, I'm NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo) One of the many languages I speak is this official one of my birthplace, Congo.
      • French.
      • 5: Milton Obote, no bargain either, ran this country before and after Idi Amin.
      • Uganda.

        • Round 4. Category: Jon Stewart's America

        • 1: "This follow-up to 'The Articles of Confederation' is the rare sequel that's more bicameral than the original!".
        • the Constitution.
        • 2: He was "quoted" as saying, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself...oh, and starvation. We might all starve".
        • Franklin Roosevelt.
        • 3: This D.C. building's rotunda "was made famous by the Stephen Baldwin/Pauly Shore vehicle Bio-Rotunda".
        • the Capitol.
        • 4: This 1215 document "served as a wake-up call that Europe would be forced to answer...in about 500 years".
        • the Magna Carta.
        • 5: This mascot "is like Uncle Sam, only shorter and fatter, clearly playing to the British infatuation with stoutness".
        • John Bull.

          • Round 5. Category: American Novelists

          • 1: Tired of whaling, he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands in July 1842 and lived there for a month.
          • (Hermann) Melville.
          • 2: Having served on a mine-sweeper during World War II, he wrote about one in "The Caine Mutiny".
          • Herman Wouk.
          • 3: This author of "The Good Earth" wrote 5 books using the pseudonym John Sedges.
          • Pearl Buck.
          • 4: This "tasty" author bakes her novels a while: 1992's "The Secret History" was her 1st, and "The Goldfinch" from 2013 is her 3rd.
          • Donna Tartt.
          • 5: This "tasty" author bakes her novels a while: 1992's "The Secret History" was her 1st, and "The Goldfinch" from 2013 is her 3rd.
          • Donna Tartt.

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

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