March 01, 2022

Episode 383 - Sinonyms - S-S-Snakes-S-S - Official State Things - Tv Jailbirds - Easy As "Pie"

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 383, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Sinonyms

1: "Sow" these and you may be sinning or just planting.

Wild oats.

2: A bad habit that can have a grip on you, the police have a squad to fight it.

Vice.

3: From a word meaning "uneven", you may find "a den of" one.

iniquity.

4: If you're doing this you're sinning; if you "Ain't", you're a musical.

Misbehavin'.

5: It can mean to sin or to sneak onto another's land, and you may be shot for doing it.

Trespassing.

Round 2. Category: S-S-Snakes-S-S

1: Each time a rattlesnake does this, its rattle gets a little bigger.

Sheds its skin.

2: These fluids are classified into 2 major groups: neurotoxic and hemotoxic.

Venom.

3: This snake, subject of a 1997 film, is the largest in the Western Hemisphere.

Anaconda.

4: The Naja Haje or Egyptian cobra is commonly known by this 3-letter name.

Asp.

5: This snake's French name is from its head's resemblance to the tip of a knight's weapon.

Fer-de-lance.

Round 3. Category: Official State Things

1: "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" is this state's official folk song.

Washington.

2: Everyone hit the beach to enjoy this state's official sports: surfing and outrigger canoe paddling.

Hawaii.

3: In 1973 North Carolina went dark green and designated this its official state precious stone.

an emerald.

4: State tree:Black Hills Spruce.

South Dakota.

5: We wonder whether the pheasant that's its state bird nests in the Black Hills Spruce, its state tree.

South Dakota.

Round 4. Category: Tv Jailbirds

1: Barney locks himself in jail after Gomer makes a "citizen's arrest!" on a classic episode of this series.

The Andy Griffith Show.

2: November 21, 1980: Sue Ellen's fingerprints are on the gun, so she's mistakenly arrested for shooting this man.

J.R..

3: November 26, 2006: Mike the plumber is arrested for murder; Edie visits him in jail and tells him she's dumping him on this series.

Desperate Housewives.

4: (Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni of Law and Order: SVU.) I've been on both sides of the law--I played devious serial killer Chris Keller on this HBO prison drama.

Oz.

5: The inmates on this Fox series escaped from a jail called Fox River.

Prison Break.

Round 5. Category: Easy As "Pie"

1: Little Jack Horner stuck his thumb in this and pulled out a plum.

Christmas pie.

2: This No. 1 hit referred to the death of Buddy Holly as "The Day the Music Died".

"American Pie".

3: This phrase refers to the deceptively rosy prospect of future events.

Pie in the sky.

4: It's a representation of facts presented as a circle divided into sectors of relative sizes.

Pie chart/graph.

5: Created by Paul Terry, the fast-talking Heckle and Jeckle are 2 of these crow relatives.

Magpies.

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March 01, 2022

Episode 383 - Sinonyms - S-S-Snakes-S-S - Official State Things - Tv Jailbirds - Easy As "Pie"

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 383, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Sinonyms

1: "Sow" these and you may be sinning or just planting.

Wild oats.

2: A bad habit that can have a grip on you, the police have a squad to fight it.

Vice.

3: From a word meaning "uneven", you may find "a den of" one.

iniquity.

4: If you're doing this you're sinning; if you "Ain't", you're a musical.

Misbehavin'.

5: It can mean to sin or to sneak onto another's land, and you may be shot for doing it.

Trespassing.

Round 2. Category: S-S-Snakes-S-S

1: Each time a rattlesnake does this, its rattle gets a little bigger.

Sheds its skin.

2: These fluids are classified into 2 major groups: neurotoxic and hemotoxic.

Venom.

3: This snake, subject of a 1997 film, is the largest in the Western Hemisphere.

Anaconda.

4: The Naja Haje or Egyptian cobra is commonly known by this 3-letter name.

Asp.

5: This snake's French name is from its head's resemblance to the tip of a knight's weapon.

Fer-de-lance.

Round 3. Category: Official State Things

1: "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" is this state's official folk song.

Washington.

2: Everyone hit the beach to enjoy this state's official sports: surfing and outrigger canoe paddling.

Hawaii.

3: In 1973 North Carolina went dark green and designated this its official state precious stone.

an emerald.

4: State tree:Black Hills Spruce.

South Dakota.

5: We wonder whether the pheasant that's its state bird nests in the Black Hills Spruce, its state tree.

South Dakota.

Round 4. Category: Tv Jailbirds

1: Barney locks himself in jail after Gomer makes a "citizen's arrest!" on a classic episode of this series.

The Andy Griffith Show.

2: November 21, 1980: Sue Ellen's fingerprints are on the gun, so she's mistakenly arrested for shooting this man.

J.R..

3: November 26, 2006: Mike the plumber is arrested for murder; Edie visits him in jail and tells him she's dumping him on this series.

Desperate Housewives.

4: (Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni of Law and Order: SVU.) I've been on both sides of the law--I played devious serial killer Chris Keller on this HBO prison drama.

Oz.

5: The inmates on this Fox series escaped from a jail called Fox River.

Prison Break.

Round 5. Category: Easy As "Pie"

1: Little Jack Horner stuck his thumb in this and pulled out a plum.

Christmas pie.

2: This No. 1 hit referred to the death of Buddy Holly as "The Day the Music Died".

"American Pie".

3: This phrase refers to the deceptively rosy prospect of future events.

Pie in the sky.

4: It's a representation of facts presented as a circle divided into sectors of relative sizes.

Pie chart/graph.