Instant Trivia

Episode 426 - May Day - Bird Words And Phrases - Blank Of The Blank - Clean 4-Letter Words - Really Long Rivers

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 426, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: May Day

  • 1: On May 1, 1996 this national railway passenger service celebrated its 25th anniversary.
  • Amtrak.
  • 2: This Palestinian leader's status was confirmed in 1996 when President Clinton met with him.
  • Yasser Arafat.
  • 3: On May 1, 1937, 5 days after the town was bombed, he began sketching "Guernica".
  • Pablo Picasso.
  • 4: The Croats opened fire again May 1, 1995 after the ceasefire negotiated by this ex-U.S. president expired.
  • Jimmy Carter.
  • 5: He was ready and he fired May 1, 1898.
  • Captain Charles Gridley.

    • Round 2. Category: Bird Words And Phrases

    • 1: Many a slugabed has been reminded that "The early bird catches" this.
    • The worm.
    • 2: Originally a place in which fowl fought, it now often refers to the pilot's compartment in an airplane.
    • Cockpit.
    • 3: In a famous 1962 film, Gregory Peck says it's "a sin to" do this.
    • kill a mockingbird.
    • 4: If you're completely undressed, you're as "naked as" this bird that's noisy and often bright blue.
    • Jaybird.
    • 5: It's a "homicidal" phrase for achieving 2 goals with a single effort.
    • Killing two birds with one stone.

      • Round 3. Category: Blank Of The Blank

      • 1: This expression meaning "the best part" mixes dairy and plant farming.
      • cream of the crop.
      • 2: This comparison of 2 boxers before a fight includes numbers for height, reach and chest size.
      • tale of the tape.
      • 3: Thomas Dixon wrote a play about Abe Lincoln titled this kind of guy with a common touch.
      • Man of the People.
      • 4: This local public officer with judicial powers may accept payment for your speeding ticket.
      • a justice of the peace.
      • 5: To make a favorable judgment when you're uncertain is to give someone this.
      • benefit of the doubt.

        • Round 4. Category: Clean 4-Letter Words

        • 1: Dial and Zest are 4-letter brands of this.
        • soap.
        • 2: The first appearance of daylight, or the dishwashing detergent that's tough on grease.
        • Dawn.
        • 3: How you feel when you're happy, or the joy of putting trash in this product's garbage bags, the first plastic ones sold.
        • Glad.
        • 4: The rise and fall of the ocean water, or a detergent that has cleaned clothes for more than 50 years.
        • Tide.
        • 5: The knob on a radio, or the antibacterial soap you'd use on your hands if the knob was dirty.
        • Dial.

          • Round 5. Category: Really Long Rivers

          • 1: While cruising down this river in 1542, Francisco de Orellana was attacked by female warriors; thus, its name.
          • Amazon.
          • 2: Ptolemy guessed the area of the source of this river almost 2,000 years before it was found.
          • Nile.
          • 3: This Chinese river is really "long" since its alternate name, Chang Jiang, means "long river".
          • Yangtze.
          • 4: During high water, this river was once navigable from Fort Benton, Montana to St. Louis.
          • Missouri.
          • 5: At Khone Falls on the Cambodia-Laos border, this river is 6 1/2 miles wide.
          • Mekong.

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

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