Instant Trivia

Episode 321 - "Rocky"S - Homophonic Duos - Where The "H" Are We? - The Titanic - The Twin Cities

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 321, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "Rocky"S

  • 1: [Audio Daily Double] Musical featuring "Dammit Janet" and the following: It's astounding Time is fleeting.
  • Rocky Horror (Picture) Show.
  • 2: In the 1930s William Dreyer mixed chocolate ice cream, almonds, and marshmallows to create this.
  • rocky road.
  • 3: He realized that "going the distance" would prove he "wasn't just another bum from the neighborhood".
  • Rocky Balboa.
  • 4: Sporting a pilot's helmet and June Foray's voice, he debuted in November, 1959 on ABC.
  • Rocket J. Squirrel (Rocky the Flying Squirrel).
  • 5: In a Beatles' song, he "checked into his room, only to find Gideon's Bible".
  • Rocky Raccoon.

    • Round 2. Category: Homophonic Duos

    • 1: 2 Bartletts make up this couple.
    • pear pair.
    • 2: Biblical killer's walking sticks.
    • Cain's canes.
    • 3: Consumed an octet.
    • ate eight.
    • 4: To forcefully grab small oceans.
    • seize seas.
    • 5: The stuff breathed by the designated successor to the king.
    • heir air.

      • Round 3. Category: Where The "H" Are We?

      • 1: Parker Ranch,Kilauea Volcano,Monument to Captain Cook.
      • Hawaii.
      • 2: Victoria Peak,Kai Tak Airport,Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel.
      • Hong Kong.
      • 3: Lake Balaton,Bela Bartok Memorial House,Buda Concert Hall.
      • Hungary.
      • 4: Senate Square,Mannerheim Museum,Sibelius Park.
      • Helsinki.
      • 5: The Malecon,Morro Castle,Revolution Square.
      • Havana.

        • Round 4. Category: The Titanic

        • 1: 2 of these towered over the deck and were used as flagpoles and to string the wireless aerial.
        • masts.
        • 2: The Titanic carried plenty of these, 3,560, but many passengers died wearing them in the 28-degree water.
        • lifejackets.
        • 3: This happened between the third and fourth funnel, a fact no one knew until the Titanic was found in 1985.
        • it broke in half.
        • 4: The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck.
        • the crow's nest.
        • 5: You can still see the crane to lower these; the starboard and port ones weighed 9 tons, the center one, 17 tons.
        • anchors.

          • Round 5. Category: The Twin Cities

          • 1: One of St. Paul's architectural highlights is this 1905 building with a marble dome.
          • Capitol Building.
          • 2: Ya sure, go to Minneapolis' Park Avenue to visit the institute devoted to this ethnic group.
          • Swedes.
          • 3: The Twins and Vikings play in the Metrodome, named for this politician.
          • Hubert H. Humphrey.
          • 4: Word for the pedestrian shopping area of Nicollet Avenue, less imposing than this nearby one "of America".
          • Mall.
          • 5: In Minneapolis' name, polis is Greek for "city" and minne is an Indian word meaning this substance.
          • Water.

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

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