Instant Trivia

Episode 340 - Begins And Ends In "N" - Scandals - Ends In "Ough" - Brand "O" - Where Things Happened

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 340, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Begins And Ends In "N"

  • 1: This word for a bedtime garment worn by women dates back to the 14th century.
  • nightgown.
  • 2: From the Middle English for name, it's a part of speech that can be a name, place or thing.
  • noun.
  • 3: Last name of "Boy Genius" Jimmy who starred in his own animated feature film in 2001.
  • Neutron.
  • 4: In the early 20th century, this kind of theatre charged 5 cents admission.
  • nickelodeon.
  • 5: This legal process by which one becomes a citizen of his adopted nation grants him the rights of a native-born citizen.
  • naturalization.

    • Round 2. Category: Scandals

    • 1: The office of Baseball Commisioner was established in 1920 due to this 1919 event.
    • Black Sox Scandal.
    • 2: This fugitive financier said, "I want my own !#^%* country!".
    • Robert Vesco.
    • 3: In 1859 a sensational trial followed when a jealous husband killed Philip Barton Key, son of this man.
    • Francis Scott Key.
    • 4: Though the financial scheme known as the "Mississippi Bubble"burst in 1720, it led tothe settlement of this city.
    • New Orleans.
    • 5: In 1976 this country's Prince Bernhard quit several posts due to his unseemly relationship with the Lockheed Co..
    • The Netherlands/Holland.

      • Round 3. Category: Ends In "Ough"

      • 1: When it breaks, the cradle will fall.
      • the bough.
      • 2: A goon, a bruiser, a heavy, or a thug.
      • a tough.
      • 3: It's similar to batter, but it's too stiff to pour.
      • dough.
      • 4: To truly eat like a pig, put your food in one of these.
      • a trough.
      • 5: It's a political division of New York City; Queens is one.
      • a borough.

        • Round 4. Category: Brand "O"

        • 1: You can read "Story O's" about this cookie on its website.
        • Oreos.
        • 2: A line of beauty products once was called "Oil of" this; now it's just this.
        • Olay.
        • 3: The dad of TV's Matthew Perry was the sailor in commercials for this men's scent.
        • Old Spice.
        • 4: Boston lawyer Marcus Urann marketed cranberry sauce under this brand name way back in 1912.
        • Ocean Spray.
        • 5: This brand's catchy "Wiener Jingle", still used today, was written in 1963.
        • Oscar Mayer.

          • Round 5. Category: Where Things Happened

          • 1: This British prime minister gave a famous speech in Fulton, Missouri March 5, 1946.
          • Winston Churchill.
          • 2: This site of the Great Mosque and the Kaaba was the capital of the kingdom of Hejaz.
          • Mecca.
          • 3: California city where Father Junipero Serra is buried and Clint Eastwood once served as mayor.
          • Carmel.
          • 4: When Marco Polo reached this city in 1275 it was called Cambaluc.
          • Peking/Beijing.
          • 5: Edmund Halley had an observatory on this island 145 years before Napoleon was observed there.
          • Saint Helena.

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