Instant Trivia

Episode 389 - Geographic Saints - Wit - Starts With "E" - Science - Have A Whiskey

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 389, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Geographic Saints

  • 1: After its 1980 eruption, this volcano in the American Northwest lost over 1,200 feet in height.
  • Mount St. Helens.
  • 2: This city's metro area includes Universal City, Castle Hills and Alamo Heights.
  • San Antonio.
  • 3: Exceeded only by the Mackenzie, it's Canada's second-longest river if you include the seaway.
  • the St. Lawrence.
  • 4: The Diavolezza and the Piz Corvatsch are famous ski areas near this Swiss resort.
  • St. Moritz.
  • 5: This largest island in the U.S. Virgin Islands was earlier owned by the Dutch, English, Spanish, French and Danes.
  • St. Croix.

    • Round 2. Category: Wit

    • 1: On the first episode of this sitcom, Jerry did a routine about socks escaping from the dryer.
    • Seinfeld.
    • 2: This director and star of "Deconstructing Harry" once said, "Eighty percent of success is showing up".
    • Woody Allen.
    • 3: On this sitcom, Niles understates, "We're an odd little family, aren't we?".
    • Frasier.
    • 4: This comedian ends his TV "rants" by saying, "Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong".
    • Dennis Miller.
    • 5: Oscar Wilde wrote that there are only 2 tragedies: not getting what you want and this.
    • Getting what you want.

      • Round 3. Category: Starts With "E"

      • 1: Anything relating to "Good Queen Bess" is known by this adjective.
      • Elizabethan.
      • 2: The ES in ESP stands for this kind of perception, which we don't have to tell you if you have it.
      • Extra Sensory.
      • 3: Dale Evans, Princess Anne, or any other horsewoman.
      • equestrienne.
      • 4: A smoldering coal.
      • an ember.
      • 5: The kind of letter you'd send to the Ephesians.
      • an epistle.

        • Round 4. Category: Science

        • 1: In breathing it's the gas you expel to the atmosphere.
        • Carbon Dioxide.
        • 2: The length of this on Jupiter is less than 10 hours.
        • the day.
        • 3: Of a quartan, joule, or kilocalorie, the one that is not a unit of energy.
        • a quartan.
        • 4: In biological classification this comes between family and species.
        • genus.
        • 5: Frenchman who discovered the Piezoelectric Effect, that certain crystals when stressed make electricity.
        • Pierre Curie.

          • Round 5. Category: Have A Whiskey

          • 1: The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark.
          • Kentucky.
          • 2: Whiskey is usually about 40% alcohol, which is equal to this number in proof.
          • 80.
          • 3: The world's most popular whiskey is this color Johnnie Walker.
          • Red.
          • 4: In the 1880s Ontario-brewed Club whiskey got this new national name.
          • Canadian Club.
          • 5: This "Regal" brand assures us it's "Without Question the Best of the Scottish Blends".
          • Chivas Regal.

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

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