Instant Trivia

Episode 415 - Let's Get Syria-S - Famous Quotes - Political Caricatures - The Calendar - Homonyms

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 415, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Let's Get Syria-S

  • 1: Syrians enjoy a drink called Arak, a strong liquor made from anise and this vined fruit.
  • grapes.
  • 2: Cultural attractions in this city include the Umayyad Mosque and The Tomb of Saladin.
  • Damascus.
  • 3: In the 1967 6-day war, Israeli troops captured this southwestern corner of Syria.
  • the Golan Heights.
  • 4: In June 2000 he succeeded his father as Syria's president.
  • Bashar (Assad).
  • 5: In 1958 Syria joined this country in forming the United Arab Republic; the union disbanded 3 years later.
  • Egypt.

    • Round 2. Category: Famous Quotes

    • 1: "When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks -- not that you won or lost -- but" this.
    • How you played the game.
    • 2: "Socrates is a doer of evil, who corrupts the youth...such is the charge", he reported in "Apology".
    • Plato.
    • 3: Complete's John Acton's line "Power tends to...".
    • corrupt.
    • 4: He said in 1970 of invasion of Cambodia, "We are all the President's men".
    • Henry Kissinger.
    • 5: In "The Picture of Dorian Gray" this author claimed, "All art is quite useless".
    • Oscar Wilde.

      • Round 3. Category: Political Caricatures

      • 1: This senator's U.S. Navy career lasted from 1958 to 1981.
      • John McCain.
      • 2: Her July 1, 2005 career decision sent shock waves across the country.
      • Sandra Day O'Connor.
      • 3: He was a U.S. Attorney for Manhattan from 1983-1989.
      • Rudy Giuliani.
      • 4: We raise a toast to this guy who in 1993 dissolved his country's parliament.
      • Boris Yeltsin.
      • 5: He was elected Senator from New Jersey in 1978, 1984 and 1990.
      • Bill Bradley.

        • Round 4. Category: The Calendar

        • 1: The Jewish calendar is now on the year 5765 counting from the date of this.
        • the Creation.
        • 2: In "Marmion" Sir Walter Scott wrote that this month's "sky is chill and drear" and its "leaf is red and sear".
        • November.
        • 3: The U.S. team almost arrived late to the 1896 Olympics because this host country still used the old style calendar.
        • Greece.
        • 4: Muslims began their calendar on the day Muhammad fled from Mecca to this city.
        • Medina.
        • 5: Number of days into the year on which you hit Groundhog Day.
        • 33.

          • Round 5. Category: Homonyms

          • 1: To switch, or the dimes and quarters in your pocket.
          • change.
          • 2: To throw a fishing net into the water, or the actors in a play.
          • cast.
          • 3: Part of the covering on a lizard, or the minimum wage fixed by a performer's contract.
          • scale.
          • 4: A heap, or the loops of yarn forming the surface of a carpet.
          • pile.
          • 5: The triangular blade on an anchor's arm, or an accidental stroke of good luck.
          • a fluke.

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

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