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Episode 349 - "Fit"Ness - Colorful Geography - Sunset Blvd. - Skyscraper Cities - Double-Letter Geography

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 349, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "Fit"Ness

  • 1: Greek mercenaries used a Cypriot dialect to put this on the Sphinx.
  • graffiti.
  • 2: It's where you try on clothes in a store.
  • a fitting room.
  • 3: This is the surplus left to an employer after deducting wages, rent and cost of raw materials.
  • profit.
  • 4: This legendary early film director had the given names David Wark.
  • D.W. Griffith.
  • 5: Duck or goose cooked and preserved in its own fat.
  • confit.

    • Round 2. Category: Colorful Geography

    • 1: The city of Santa Ana is the seat of this southern California county.
    • Orange County.
    • 2: A 1951 agreement with Denmark gave the U.S. rights to military bases on this island.
    • Greenland.
    • 3: At 5,729 feet, Mt. Rogers in this range is Virginia's highest point.
    • Blue Ridge Mountains.
    • 4: John Denver's country roads lead to these West Virginia mountains.
    • the Blue Ridge Mountains.
    • 5: This southern-most Texas city grew out of a fort whose establishment led to the Mexican War.
    • Brownsville.

      • Round 3. Category: Sunset Blvd.

      • 1: The naked truth is that the glamorous part of Sunset between Doheny and Crescent Heights is called this.
      • The Sunset Strip.
      • 2: Sprawling south from Sunset, you'll find this university where something's always "Bruin".
      • UCLA.
      • 3: Site of the former Filthy McNasty's, the Viper Room is now co-owned by this "Ed Wood" movie star.
      • Johnny Depp.
      • 4: A nasty bend at Sunset and Carolwood is often identified with this 1964 Jan and Dean hit.
      • "Dead Man's Curve".
      • 5: A mall stands on the site of this fabled drugstore and meeting place seen in the movie "Sunset Boulevard".
      • Schwab's.

        • Round 4. Category: Skyscraper Cities

        • 1: John Hancock Tower.
        • Boston.
        • 2: Westin Peachtree Plaza.
        • Atlanta.
        • 3: Chrysler Building.
        • New York City.
        • 4: USX Tower.
        • Pittsburgh.
        • 5: Pillsbury Center.
        • Minneapolis.

          • Round 5. Category: Double-Letter Geography

          • 1: The Arabic name of this Muslim nation in northwest Africa means "The Western Kingdom".
          • Morocco.
          • 2: This capital city was founded in 1840 on Lambton Harbour at the extreme south part of the North Island.
          • Wellington.
          • 3: Fort Peck Dam on this river in Montana provides irrigation and hydroelectric power for much of the region.
          • the Missouri.
          • 4: This Canadian provincial capital lies about halfway between Vancouver and Montreal.
          • Winnipeg(, Manitoba).
          • 5: The longest river originating in this mountain range is the Garonne, which flows northward through France.
          • the Pyrenees.

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

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