Instant Trivia

Episode 398 - Iraq - The Wit And Wisdom Of Pudd'nhead Wilson - Country Music Tourism - Postal Abbreviation Spelling - Movie Prequels And Sequels

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 398, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Iraq

  • 1: It's the country Iraqi nationalists call Iraq's 19th province.
  • Kuwait.
  • 2: Iraq's old name, Mesopotamia, was derived from its location between these 2 rivers.
  • the Tigris and Euphrates.
  • 3: Roughly 75 percent of Iraq's people are Arabs and 20 percent are of this ethnic group.
  • Kurds.
  • 4: After this country's 1948 independence, the armies of Transjordan and Iraq invaded.
  • Israel.
  • 5: It's the only one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World once found in Iraq.
  • The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

    • Round 2. Category: The Wit And Wisdom Of Pudd'nhead Wilson

    • 1: "Man is the only animal that" does this, "or needs to".
    • blush.
    • 2: This man "did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden".
    • Adam.
    • 3: "Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others--his last" one of these.
    • breath.
    • 4: "Put all your eggs in the one basket and" then do this.
    • watch that basket.
    • 5: "When in doubt", do this.
    • tell the truth.

      • Round 3. Category: Country Music Tourism

      • 1: She opened Dollywood Boulevard, an $8 million addition to her Dollywood theme park in 1996.
      • Dolly Parton.
      • 2: This "Grand Ole" theme park is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 1996.
      • Opryland USA.
      • 3: You can tour a simulated coal mine at this coal miner's daughter's home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.
      • Loretta Lynn.
      • 4: When visiting Disney World, line dancers head for the Neon Armadillo on this night club "island".
      • Pleasure Island.
      • 5: Alabama and the Gatlin Brothers are among the country stars who have theatres in this S.C. beach city.
      • Myrtle Beach.

        • Round 4. Category: Postal Abbreviation Spelling

        • 1: Colorado,Oklahoma.
        • cook.
        • 2: Virginia,Nebraska.
        • vane.
        • 3: Michigan,Maine.
        • mime.
        • 4: Pennsylvania,Connecticut.
        • pact.
        • 5: California,North Dakota,Oregon.
        • candor.

          • Round 5. Category: Movie Prequels And Sequels

          • 1: Angelina Jolie rocked as this sexy tomb raider in "The Cradle of Life".
          • Lara Croft.
          • 2: This prequel to a Farrelly Brothers movie was subtitled "When Harry Met Lloyd".
          • Dumb and Dumberer.
          • 3: In 2002 Anthony Hopkins starred in this "colorful" prequel to "Silence of the Lambs".
          • Red Dragon.
          • 4: Also known as episodes I and II, 1 of 2 "Star Wars" prequels to be released.
          • The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones.
          • 5: In "Rocky II" Rocky becomes the world heavyweight champ after a rematch with this opponent.
          • Apollo Creed.

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