Instant Trivia

Episode 448 - Army, Navy Or Marines - 20Th Century Poetry - They're History! - Paying Tribute - Diamonds Are Forever

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 448, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Army, Navy Or Marines

  • 1: Chester Nimitz.
  • the Navy.
  • 2: World War I flying ace Frank Luke.
  • the Army.
  • 3: John Glenn.
  • the Marines.
  • 4: Roger Staubach.
  • the Navy.
  • 5: Comedian Drew Carey.
  • the Marines.

    • Round 2. Category: 20Th Century Poetry

    • 1: Frank O' Hara's "The Day Lady Died" is a tribute to this black singer.
    • Billie Holiday.
    • 2: In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", it's the color of the wood two roads diverged in.
    • yellow.
    • 3: It's the first name of Edwin Arlington Robinson's morose Mr. Cheevy.
    • Miniver.
    • 4: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness", he "howled".
    • Allen Ginsberg.
    • 5: He went from laboring in a Siberian camp to becoming a US citizen to winning the 1987 Nobel Literature Prize.
    • Josef Brodsky.

      • Round 3. Category: They're History!

      • 1: This "Scourge of God" was a real Hun-y; he had his brother Bleda killed in 445.
      • Attila.
      • 2: Having lost about half his troops whil crossing the Alps, he recruited about 15,000 Gauls.
      • Hannibal.
      • 3: Known for his long wall, he also built Rome's magnificent Athenaeum.
      • Hadrian.
      • 4: During his long reign, this Egyptian king built temples at many sites, including Abu Simbel.
      • Ramses II (or Ramses the Great).
      • 5: A little birdie "ptold" me: after Alexander the Great's death, this general took control of Egypt.
      • Ptolemy.

        • Round 4. Category: Paying Tribute

        • 1: War ensued when in 1801 this Barbary state, now part of Libya, tried to jack up the tribute the U.S. was paying.
        • Tripoli.
        • 2: In 434 this group led by Attila doubled the tribute they demanded from Roman Emperor Theodosius II.
        • the Huns.
        • 3: In 1004 the Chinese Song emperor pledged to pay the Khitan people 100,000 yearly oz. of silver and 200,000 bolts of this.
        • silk.
        • 4: Before repelling these invaders in 896, Alfred the Great of England tried to buy them off.
        • the Vikings (or the Danes).
        • 5: In the 790s this Frankish king forced the Slavs and Avars to pay him tribute.
        • Charlemagne.

          • Round 5. Category: Diamonds Are Forever

          • 1: If you were born in this month, the diamond is your traditional birthstone -- no foolin'.
          • April.
          • 2: One of the plane surfaces of a cut diamond; the brilliant cut has 58.
          • Facet.
          • 3: Sanguinary term for a diamond sold to finance military operations.
          • a blood diamond.
          • 4: A 41.94 carat diamond is named for this emperor; we assume his wife Carlotta was mad about it.
          • Maximilian.
          • 5: The slogan "A diamond is forever" was coined in 1947 by an ad exec for this South African commercial giant.
          • De Beers.

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

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