Instant Trivia

Episode 341 - He Did It! - Grains And Staples - Horsemen - Termite Trivia - The Little Things In Life

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 341, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: He Did It!

  • 1: Brewed up a 1954 marriage to Marilyn Monroe and several TV coffee ads.
  • Joe DiMaggio.
  • 2: Went solo in 1985 and had a hit with the following["Just A Gigolo"].
  • David Lee Roth.
  • 3: Graduated 21st of 39 from West Point in 1843, came out No. 1 at Appomattox in 1865.
  • Ulysses S. Grant.
  • 4: Born Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashivili in 1879, died suddenly under a different name in 1953.
  • Joseph Stalin.
  • 5: Mockingly suggested that poor children should be fed to rich people in his pamphlet "A Modest Proposal".
  • Jonathan Swift.

    • Round 2. Category: Grains And Staples

    • 1: The name of this food, not a true grain, comes from the Dutch meaning "beech wheat".
    • buckwheat.
    • 2: The rolled form of this grain cooks in about 5 minutes; the steel-cut takes much longer.
    • oats.
    • 3: Basmati, an aromatic type of this grain, is grown in India.
    • rice.
    • 4: Millet seed, an important food for North Africans, is most often fed to these pets in the U.S..
    • birds.
    • 5: The pot type of this grain retains more of the bran than the pearl type.
    • barley.

      • Round 3. Category: Horsemen

      • 1: A baseball team is named for this noted group of riders that dates back to the 1830s.
      • Texas Rangers.
      • 2: Napoleon divided these troops into light and heavy forces.
      • Cavalry.
      • 3: It's the federal police force of Canada.
      • Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
      • 4: Argentine literature has a whole category of tales of these horsemen of the Pampas.
      • Gauchos.
      • 5: From a word meaning "adventurer" or "vagabond", they were the Russian army's elite horsemen.
      • Cossacks.

        • Round 4. Category: Termite Trivia

        • 1: Termites are found in every state except this one.
        • Alaska.
        • 2: The closest relative to the termite is this household pest.
        • Cockroach.
        • 3: Of 15 days, 15 months or 15 years, it's the approximate lifespan of a termite queen.
        • 15 years.
        • 4: The primary food of termites is this carbohydrate found in plants.
        • Cellulose.
        • 5: One form of termite communication is the production of trails of these chemicals.
        • Pheromones.

          • Round 5. Category: The Little Things In Life

          • 1: Maybe these smallest birds got their name because they just don't know the words.
          • Hummingbirds.
          • 2: As P.T. could tell you, this man's real name was Charles Sherwood Stratton.
          • Tom Thumb.
          • 3: Look out! These can fly around the nucleus at over 4 million MPH!.
          • Electrons.
          • 4: By carrying plague, this tiny insect killed 1/3 of the population of Europe in the 14th century.
          • Flea.
          • 5: This little girl hatches out of a flower in a Hans Christian Andersen tale.
          • Thumbelina.

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

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