Instant Trivia

Episode 402 - Geograph"E" - Geographical Songs - You Give Me The Willies - Foreign Cuisine - Made Up

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 402, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Geograph"E"

  • 1: This city was probably named for Edwin of Northumbria, who built a fort on the Firth of Forth in the 600s.
  • Edinburgh.
  • 2: Sicilians call this active volcano Mongibello.
  • Etna.
  • 3: The ruins of Babylon lie on the banks of this river, the longest in southwest Asia.
  • the Euphrates.
  • 4: Large oceangoing vessels can travel from the North Sea inland as far as Hamburg on this river.
  • the Elbe.
  • 5: In 1979 an airliner crashed on this Antarctic peak, killing all 257 aboard.
  • Erebus.

    • Round 2. Category: Geographical Songs

    • 1: "Hooray for" this city, where you're terrific if you're even good.
    • Hollywood.
    • 2: "If God didn't make little green apples, then it don't rain" here "in the summertime".
    • Indianapolis.
    • 3: "Me and Mamie O' Rourke tripped the light fantastic on" these.
    • "Sidewalks Of New York".
    • 4: Cole Porter wrote that this city "loves lovers, for lovers it's heaven above".
    • Paris.
    • 5: "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" was a "high-falutin' scootin', shootin' son-of-a-gun from" this state.
    • Arizona.

      • Round 3. Category: You Give Me The Willies

      • 1: "Say Hey" -- he was the National League's most valuable baseball player in 1954 and 1965.
      • Willie Mays.
      • 2: He duetted with Waylon Jennings on the No. 1 country hit "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys".
      • Willie Nelson.
      • 3: In 1996 he was sworn in as San Francisco's first African-American mayor.
      • Willie Brown.
      • 4: All clowning aside, originally Emmett Kelly created this mournful hobo as a cartoon character.
      • Weary Willie.
      • 5: This pocket billiards champ was an adviser for the movie "The Hustler".
      • Willie Mosconi.

        • Round 4. Category: Foreign Cuisine

        • 1: No matter how you slice it, it's "brot" in German.
        • bread.
        • 2: This "orange" fish, a favorite in New Zealand, might be less popular if known by its other name: slimehead.
        • roughy.
        • 3: Jewish crepe filled with cheese.
        • a blintz.
        • 4: City Wiener Schnitzel is named for.
        • Vienna.
        • 5: It's not a real "duck"; it's a bummalo fish impregnated with a safetida plant resin and served with curry.
        • bombega.

          • Round 5. Category: Made Up

          • 1: The name of this brand of cosmetics is a French word for a type of hospital.
          • Clinique.
          • 2: This makeup line that includes Great Lash mascara takes its name from its founder's sister Mabel.
          • Maybelline.
          • 3: In ads for Revlon's Colorstay liquid lip, this country diva sings "Man! I feel like a woman".
          • Shania Twain.
          • 4: This company introduced Vamp, a black-red nail polish and a matching lipstick also called Vamp.
          • Chanel.
          • 5: This brand known for its clear glycerin soap introduced Lip Plush lipsticks.
          • Neutrogena.

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

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