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Episode 440 - Tough Nursery Rhymes - Hold It - Architecture - Flinchius The Gladiator - Executive Perks

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 440, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Tough Nursery Rhymes

  • 1: An early version had 4 and 20 naughty boys in a pie; it was changed to these feathered friends.
  • Blackbirds.
  • 2: According to the rhyme, she had a little crook.
  • Little Bo Peep.
  • 3: Webster's defines this 6-letter word as a low seat; Chambers' defines it as a mound.
  • Tuffet.
  • 4: "These two fruits, say the bells of St. Clemon's".
  • Oranges and Lemons.
  • 5: Completes "As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark, though I know not what you are".
  • "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star".

    • Round 2. Category: Hold It

    • 1: Gunny comes from the Sanskrit for this container, so it's redundant when followed by it.
    • Sack.
    • 2: A small box to hold tea leaves, or a person who carries another container, a golf bag.
    • Caddy.
    • 3: A silo--but for this, only since the mid-20th century.
    • nuclear missiles.
    • 4: A metal scuttle.
    • coal.
    • 5: A jerrycan in WWII Britain (danger: flammable).
    • gasoline (or petrol).

      • Round 3. Category: Architecture

      • 1: Italian high-tech architect Renzo Piano co-designed this city's celebrated Pompidou Center.
      • Paris.
      • 2: A flight is a series of these unbroken by a landing.
      • stairs.
      • 3: At each end, a pitched roof has one of these triangles, from an Old English word meaning "fork".
      • a gable.
      • 4: Some living rooms feature these high ceilings named for a type of church.
      • cathedral.
      • 5: This Swiss man who used a pseudonym was known for houses on stilts like the Savoye house in Poissy.
      • Le Corbusier.

        • Round 4. Category: Flinchius The Gladiator

        • 1: Because he speaks Latin, Flinchius knows that "gladiator" means a "man of" this weapon.
        • sword.
        • 2: Flinchius covers his eyes when the crowd determines his fate by displaying this digit.
        • a thumb.
        • 3: Flinchius calls it his office, but it's the better known name for the Flavian amphitheater where he fights.
        • the Colosseum.
        • 4: Flinchius never quite got a handle on this 3-pronged weapon that was a favorite of the god Neptune.
        • the trident.
        • 5: With his chariot payments, Flinchius is glad this first Christian emperor failed to ban gladiator bouts.
        • Constantine.

          • Round 5. Category: Executive Perks

          • 1: From 1997 to 2001 Tyson Foods paid 84,000 of green to care for this area at the homes of its chairman.
          • the lawn.
          • 2: In "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?", Tony Randall's goal is to get the key to this executive sanctum.
          • the executive washroom.
          • 3: An exec might be kept happy with a membership in one of these, like Winged Foot.
          • a country club (or a golf club).
          • 4: A book helping women get ahead is called "Nice Girls Don't Get" this desirably positioned workspace.
          • the corner office.
          • 5: The right to buy a certain number of shares of the company you work for for a certain price at a certain time.
          • a stock option.

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

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