Instant Trivia

Episode 423 - They Took Debate - Foreign Animal Noises - Then We Can Dig It - Constitutional Powers Of Congress - Fruit Bowl

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 423, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: They Took Debate

  • 1: This "League" has sponsored many political debates, including the Mondale/Reagan fisticuffs in 1984.
  • the League of Women Voters.
  • 2: In 1858 Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had a series of debates over who should be senator from this state.
  • Illinois.
  • 3: In 1993 Vice President Al Gore and Ross Perot appeared on Larry King to debate this trade pact.
  • NAFTA.
  • 4: In the late 1970s conservative columnist James Kilpatrick debated liberal journalist Shana Alexander on this TV show.
  • 60 Minutes.
  • 5: "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" was a quip from the famous debate between these two men.
  • Quayle and Bentsen.

    • Round 2. Category: Foreign Animal Noises

    • 1: To the Germans and Vietnamese, these say wau wau when chasing a postman or a cat.
    • a dog.
    • 2: It will wake you up with kokekokko in Japan and kykeliky in Norway.
    • a rooster.
    • 3: Albanian ones say hunk hunk; maybe it's the smell that makes French ones say groin groin while truffle hunting.
    • pigs.
    • 4: In Argentina they berp; Swedish ones kvack while hopping.
    • frogs.
    • 5: They say piv while stealing havarti and squitt squitt if they get into the provolone.
    • mice.

      • Round 3. Category: Then We Can Dig It

      • 1: Finds at Whitehall Villa in Britain reveal that this ancient people ate dormice and really loved oysters.
      • the Romans.
      • 2: The neolithic folk of Catal Huyuk, Turkey exposed their dead to the vultures, then put these remains under their beds.
      • their bones.
      • 3: Ironically, an "aquatic civilization" has been unearthed in this area that covers much of North Africa.
      • the Sahara Desert.
      • 4: Some skulls from colonial America show wear on a tooth from sucking on the stem of this artifact.
      • a pipe.
      • 5: Homeric Troy was found to date from this age, the metal of the Trojans' weapons in the "Iliad".
      • the Bronze Age.

        • Round 4. Category: Constitutional Powers Of Congress

        • 1: Congress can do this, but by the 27th Amendment it can't take effect until after the next election.
        • give themsleves a raise.
        • 2: Article I, Section 8 says "Congress shall have the power to lay" these; the IRS agrees.
        • taxes.
        • 3: Congress has the right "to Constitutional tribunals inferior to this one".
        • the Supreme Court.
        • 4: Yo ho ho, Congress can "define and punish" these acts "and felonies committed on the high seas".
        • piracy.
        • 5: Article I, Section 8 says Congress can make this, regulate its value and punish people who copy it.
        • money.

          • Round 5. Category: Fruit Bowl

          • 1: Casaba,Cantaloupe,Honeydew.
          • Melons.
          • 2: Asian and Anjou.
          • pears.
          • 3: Flame Seedless and Red Globe.
          • grapes.
          • 4: Jonathan and Pink Lady.
          • apples.
          • 5: Donut and Elberta.
          • peaches.

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

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