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Episode 434 - The Political Life - Hospitals - Drunk On Words - "Show" - Striking

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 434, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Political Life

  • 1: Proverbially, to indicate one's candidacy is to throw one's hat here.
  • In the ring.
  • 2: An officeholder during the interval before a successor takes over is known as one of these limping birds.
  • Lame duck.
  • 3: From the Latin for "to be away", this type of ballot is a vote cast by mail, not at a polling place.
  • Absentee.
  • 4: Term for the speech at a convention that sets the tone and outlines the main issues.
  • Keynote speech.
  • 5: From the Latin for "grow together", it's an alliance of different groups for a specific cause.
  • Coalition.

    • Round 2. Category: Hospitals

    • 1: This Rochester, Minnesota clinic is around 15 million square feet, about 3 times the size of the Mall of America.
    • the Mayo Clinic.
    • 2: Sylvia Plath worked as a secretary at this hospital, MGH for short.
    • Massachusetts General Hospital.
    • 3: This city's Johns Hopkins hospital opened on May 7, 1889; today, it's part of a $5 billion medical system.
    • Baltimore.
    • 4: This city's Johns Hopkins hospital opened on May 7, 1889; today, it's part of a $5 billion medical system.
    • Baltimore.
    • 5: Known for its mental health facilities, this NYC hospital was founded in 1736, 4 years after George Washington's birth.
    • Bellevue.

      • Round 3. Category: Drunk On Words

      • 1: Strangely, Ben Franklin's list of over 200 synonyms for "drunk" omits "As high as" one of these.
      • Kite.
      • 2: This 2-word expression is often followed by "Like a Christmas tree".
      • Lit up.
      • 3: Now meaning "sleepy", this term once described sailors knocked out on watered-down rum.
      • Groggy.
      • 4: This term compares a tipsy person to a recently stuccoed wall.
      • Plastered.
      • 5: "Bombed" came into slang usage for drunk before this other adjective inspired by the Luftwaffe.
      • Blitzed.

        • Round 4. Category: "Show"

        • 1: Each child brings something to school and informs the other kids about it in this activity.
        • show and tell.
        • 2: A judicial proceeding with a predetermined outcome held for propaganda purposes.
        • show trial.
        • 3: A part of a performance receiving so much prolonged applause it interrupts the program.
        • show stopper.
        • 4: A producer of a TV show who supervises most of the aspects of production.
        • show runner.
        • 5: Official nickname of the entity that joined the United States on August 10, 1821.
        • "Show-Me State" (Missouri).

          • Round 5. Category: Striking

          • 1: Abbreviated the WGA, this entertainment union went on strike in 1981, 1985 and 1988.
          • Writers Guild of America.
          • 2: A major 1970 strike by federal employees in this "service" helped change it to an independent gov't agency.
          • U.S. Postal Service.
          • 3: International Women's Day on March 8 honors a famous 1857 strike began by textile workers in this city.
          • New York City.
          • 4: In 1892 a workers' strike at this steel magnate's Homestead, Penn. plant led to several injuries and deaths.
          • Andrew Carnegie.
          • 5: In May of 1926, unions in this nation banded together and quit work in support of striking coal miners.
          • Great Britain.

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