Instant Trivia

Episode 390 - You Bot It - Medical Matters - Baseball Record Breakers - Trees Company - The Company Line

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 390, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: You Bot It

  • 1: In 1961 the world's first production-line robot was used by this U.S. automaker.
  • General Motors.
  • 2: Started in 1997 to develop robotics and A.I., the Robocup features robots playing this competitive sport.
  • soccer.
  • 3: The humanoid robot Asimo performs some John Travolta dance moves in this Disneyland "land".
  • Tomorrowland.
  • 4: This toy company created Mindstorms for robots, with programmable bricks and sensors.
  • Lego.
  • 5: For this robot vacuum, the company iRobot uses technology developed to clear minefields.
  • Roomba.

    • Round 2. Category: Medical Matters

    • 1: Hemicrania, literally "pain on one side of the head", gives us this word for a terrible pain in the head.
    • migraine.
    • 2: Before becoming a resident, most medical college graduates spend a year in this capacity.
    • intern.
    • 3: Listen up! Teens and adults, as well as children, may have this disorder, ADD for short.
    • Attention Deficit Disorder.
    • 4: In 1997 dieters who'd taken this drug combination were advised to get checked for heart damage.
    • Fen-phen.
    • 5: Central vision is affected but peripheral vision is maintained in this degeneration.
    • macular degeneration.

      • Round 3. Category: Baseball Record Breakers

      • 1: On Sept. 26, 1981 he hurled his record-breaking 5th no-hit game; he went on to pitch 2 more in his career.
      • Nolan Ryan.
      • 2: This Cincinnati Red had more career at-bats than any other player, 14,053; that's one reason for all those hits.
      • Pete Rose.
      • 3: In 2004 this Seattle Mariner had 262 hits, breaking an 84-year-old record.
      • Ichiro.
      • 4: In 2003 this Atlanta Braves pitcher set a record by winning at least 15 games for the 16th straight season.
      • Greg Maddux.
      • 5: While with the Rockies, this outfielder became the first Canadian-born major leaguer to collect 2,000 hits.
      • Larry Walker.

        • Round 4. Category: Trees Company

        • 1: This timber tree of the genus Fraxinus sounds like what's left over after you burn some of it.
        • an ash.
        • 2: The yellow or silver type of this tree has peeling, papery bark when it's young.
        • birch.
        • 3: This tall tree can be lodgepole or ponderosa.
        • a pine.
        • 4: Trees of the genus Fraxinus are easily transplanted: these to these, dust to dust.
        • ash.
        • 5: It's the Asian tree-growing art represented here.
        • Bonsai.

          • Round 5. Category: The Company Line

          • 1: In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger.
          • McDonald's.
          • 2: This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in and was first displayed on.
          • Crate and Barrel.
          • 3: This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a month.
          • Bulova.
          • 4: Edward Teller and this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women.
          • (Paul) Bonwit.
          • 5: The Kirschner brothers, Don and Bill, named this ski company for themselves and the second-highest mountain.
          • K2.

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

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