Instant Trivia

Episode 437 - In The Thesaurus - "Sea" Duty - They Do Good Work - Colors En Español - How Touching!

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 437, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: In The Thesaurus

  • 1: If Jefferson had a thesaurus, he could have written of "The Pursuit of Oblectation" instead of this.
  • Happiness.
  • 2: This word or a "flight of" it is a common synonym for "imagination".
  • Fancy.
  • 3: On the road, it's on triangular signs; in the thesaurus, it's listed with "submit" and "kowtow".
  • Yield.
  • 4: "Cretaceous" and "lactescent" are fancy ways of describing this color.
  • White.
  • 5: 5-letter synonym for "maledict" or "swear".
  • Curse.

    • Round 2. Category: "Sea" Duty

    • 1: To get these is to gain the ability to walk around on a moving ship.
    • sea legs.
    • 2: Aquatic critter of the genus Hippocampus.
    • seahorse.
    • 3: Hardtack.
    • seabiscuit.
    • 4: U.S. Navy construction battalion.
    • the Seabees.
    • 5: In "The Tempest", Ariel sings of this type of substantial transformation.
    • a sea-change.

      • Round 3. Category: They Do Good Work

      • 1: It's the small independent state that's headquarters to the aid group Caritas Internationalis.
      • the Vatican.
      • 2: In 2004 Pitt alumna Wangari Maathai became the first woman from this continent to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
      • Africa.
      • 3: The Louisville-based factory named for these tries to make them come true for very ill children.
      • dreams.
      • 4: It's not just doctors--there are now groups called teachers, builders and clowns "without" these.
      • borders.
      • 5: Charles Dole helped create the Army's 10th Mountain Division and this "National" winter rescue organization.
      • the National Ski Patrol.

        • Round 4. Category: Colors En Español

        • 1: To be "en numeros rojos" means to be in this color.
        • red.
        • 2: In kids' drawings el sol is amarillo, this color.
        • yellow.
        • 3: As its name says, salsa verde is made with chiles and tomatillos that are this color.
        • green.
        • 4: Azul, this color, can be marino or celeste.
        • blue.
        • 5: Spanish painter Juan Gris has a last name that means this color.
        • gray.

          • Round 5. Category: How Touching!

          • 1: It's good luck to touch a bronze statue of a turtle named Testudo at this East Coast school.
          • University of Maryland.
          • 2: It's the usual name for the kind of zoo where you can stroke-- and sometimes even feed--young animals.
          • a petting zoo.
          • 3: Literally French for "touched", this expression indicates a hit in fencing.
          • touché.
          • 4: When Sir Walter Scott wrote, "Have I not licked the black stone of that ancient castle?" he meant this fabled object.
          • the Blarney Stone.
          • 5: It's been reported that the Elle Macpherson figure in this London museum was attracting gropers.
          • Madame Tussauds.

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

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