Instant Trivia

Episode 395 - Also A Weather Term - People Eat That? - Science Stuff - Mergers And Acquisitions - Don't Pick Me!

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 395, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Also A Weather Term

  • 1: To welcome, or to order a cab.
  • hail.
  • 2: Usual noun for what appears on a TV with bad reception.
  • snow.
  • 3: Trumpets, trombones and flutes are grouped as this type of instrument.
  • winds.
  • 4: If you're "on" one, you're in high spirits; if you're "under" one, you're in disgrace.
  • a cloud.
  • 5: If you "steal someone's" this, you've ruined the effect of a remark by anticipating it.
  • thunder.

    • Round 2. Category: People Eat That?

    • 1: The cheeks of this animal can be smoked, as its belly is smoked for bacon.
    • Pig.
    • 2: Mold gives this type of colorful cheese, like Roquefort, its flavor.
    • Blue cheese.
    • 3: These fleshy growths that top roosters' heads are blanched, dipped in batter and fried for use as a garnish.
    • combs.
    • 4: Secreted by sperm whales and found in perfume, this waxy substance is used as a spice in the East.
    • ambergris.
    • 5: Tripe is the lining of this digestive organ of cattle.
    • Stomach.

      • Round 3. Category: Science Stuff

      • 1: It's the only calendar month that can go without a full moon.
      • February.
      • 2: Ventifacts are rocks that are shaped by sand driven by this force of nature.
      • Wind.
      • 3: Prone to volcanoes and earthquakes, the "Ring of Fire" borders this ocean.
      • Pacific Ocean.
      • 4: Hematite is an important ore of this metal.
      • Iron.
      • 5: Unwelcome in basements, this radioactive element is the heaviest of the noble gases.
      • Radon.

        • Round 4. Category: Mergers And Acquisitions

        • 1: In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time.
        • Exxon and Mobil.
        • 2: In 2004 this Dutch airlines merged with Air France.
        • KLM.
        • 3: In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor.
        • Volvo.
        • 4: In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, and you can copy me on that!.
        • Kinko's.
        • 5: Despite opposition from the 2 founders' families, this company merged with Compaq in 2002.
        • Hewlett-Packard.

          • Round 5. Category: Don't Pick Me!

          • 1: The card you don't want to pick in this children's game is the odd queen.
          • Old Maid.
          • 2: A sign on the road to Carlsbad Caverns reads, "Do not pick up" these; "prison facilities in this area".
          • hitchhikers.
          • 3: It's the crust of fibrin and serum that forms on a wound and then dries.
          • a scab.
          • 4: After 5 Emmys, this "Murphy Brown" star took herself out of the running for 1996 to give others a chance.
          • Candice Bergen.
          • 5: The robber hopes his victim doesn't pick him out of this police parade of prisoners.
          • a lineup.

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

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