Instant Trivia

Episode 420 - What's Hot - Money Problems - Here Comes The "Sun" - College Aka - Illegalities

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 420, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: What's Hot

  • 1: The most popular toy of the '96 Christmas season was this Sesame Street doll.
  • Tickle Me Elmo.
  • 2: This designer's cK be is "The New Fragrance for People", male or female.
  • Calvin Klein.
  • 3: This company created the Virtual Boy, a 3-D game system.
  • Nintendo.
  • 4: After The Sugarcubes dissolved in 1992, this Icelandic lead singer went solo.
  • Bjork.
  • 5: The introduction of Dolly the Sheep to the world kicked off a debate on the ethics of this in February 1997.
  • Cloning.

    • Round 2. Category: Money Problems

    • 1: If the 4 members of the band Moonpools and Caterpillars split a $2,000 royalty evenly, each gets this amount.
    • $500.
    • 2: John's jar had 300 pennies in it, but he lost 2/3 of them in a pitching contest with Bob, leaving this many.
    • 100.
    • 3: If I had a nickel for every time I said "I" in this answer, I would have this much money.
    • 20 cents (4 times).
    • 4: Change for a quarter in 4 coins.
    • 3 nickels and a dime.
    • 5: If Mary, a dime-a-dance girl, handles 10 partners an hour, she earns this amount in 4 hours.
    • $4.00.

      • Round 3. Category: Here Comes The "Sun"

      • 1: From the Middle English for "apart", this term tends to follow the words ripped or torn.
      • asunder.
      • 2: This medical term is also known as insolation or thermic fever.
      • sunstroke.
      • 3: This interjection is literally German for "health".
      • Gesundheit.
      • 4: Describes an egg fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over.
      • sunny side up.
      • 5: In tan-speak, it's what SPF stands for.
      • sun protection factor.

        • Round 4. Category: College Aka

        • 1: In Alabama:A reddish-brown colour.
        • Auburn.
        • 2: In New York:A brand of toothpaste.
        • Colgate.
        • 3: In Texas:An edible grain of the Gramineae family.
        • Rice.
        • 4: In Massachusetts:Small clumps of hairs, trees or grass.
        • Tufts.
        • 5: In Iowa:A male duck.
        • Drake.

          • Round 5. Category: Illegalities

          • 1: On Jan. 12, 1998 NYC mayor Giuliani announced he'd crack down on these pedestrian miscreants.
          • Jaywalkers.
          • 2: Anti-gang laws target this, defined as hanging around or moving too slowly.
          • Loitering.
          • 3: This adjective often found before "exposure" means the exposer knows others can see.
          • Indecent.
          • 4: From the same root as consecration, this opposite term is sometimes done to flags.
          • Desecration.
          • 5: In 1931 Al Capone got 11 years not for murder or bootlegging but for this.
          • Tax evasion.

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

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