Instant Trivia

Episode 409 - Countries Named After People - -Grams - I've Got An "Itch" - Europe On Film - Sam Houston

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 409, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Countries Named After People

  • 1: The name of this Mideast country comes from the name of the royal family that rules it.
  • Saudi Arabia.
  • 2: This Latin American country is named for a man born in Genoa in 1451.
  • Colombia.
  • 3: It's named for the man who "liberated" it from Spain in 1824 and was its first president.
  • Bolivia.
  • 4: It takes its name from the mythological Kambu, from whom its kings claimed descent.
  • Cambodia.
  • 5: The Tswana are its largest ethnic group, and the country is named after them.
  • Botswana.

    • Round 2. Category: -Grams

    • 1: J. Crew and Lands' End allow you to add this type of personalization to some items.
    • monogram.
    • 2: A witty expression; Oscar Wilde had a flair for them.
    • epigram.
    • 3: The main cause of false-negative results with this type of imaging is breast tissue that is highly dense.
    • mammogram.
    • 4: In 2013 this image-sharing app said its 90 million users were posting 40 million photos per day.
    • Instagram.
    • 5: In 2013 this image-sharing app said its 90 million users were posting 40 million photos per day.
    • Instagram.

      • Round 3. Category: I've Got An "Itch"

      • 1: On TV, Sabrina is a "Teenage" one.
      • a witch.
      • 2: In this high-flying game, balls called bludgers can knock players off their brooms.
      • Quidditch.
      • 3: He's Lilo's mischievous alien pal.
      • Stitch.
      • 4: Throw a baseball, or set up a tent.
      • pitch.
      • 5: It diverts a train from one track to another.
      • a switch.

        • Round 4. Category: Europe On Film

        • 1: Life in this city was a "cabaret" for Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey.
        • Berlin, Germany.
        • 2: In a 1974 film, a melange of murderers took this famed train from Istanbul to Calais.
        • the Orient Express.
        • 3: This 1959 film set in Amsterdam won Shelley Winters herfirst Oscar as Mrs. Van Damme.
        • The Diary of Anne Frank.
        • 4: Country in which Hitchcock's "Jamaica Inn" was set.
        • Britain.
        • 5: Parts of this 1958 Kirk Douglas film about icy invaders were filmed on location in Norway.
        • The Vikings.

          • Round 5. Category: Sam Houston

          • 1: Sam Houston's Indian "wife" Tiana Rogers was related to this famous humorist.
          • Will Rogers.
          • 2: It took less than 20 minutes for Houston's forces to defeat this Mexican's troops at San Jacinto.
          • Santa Anna.
          • 3: The highest post Sam held in the Republic of Texas.
          • President.
          • 4: Of 10 years after his death, 1 year after or while he was alive, it's when Houston, Texas was named for him.
          • While he was alive.
          • 5: In 1861 Houston refused to swear allegiance to this government.
          • The Confederacy.

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