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Episode 449 - From The French - Aesop A.s.a.p. - Whatever - Movie Stars - Sunday School

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 449, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: From The French

  • 1: This word for a type of business like Quizno's comes from the French for "free".
  • a franchise.
  • 2: The name of the U.S. state is partly from the French word for "green".
  • Vermont.
  • 3: The name of this rodent that hibernates nearly half the year may come from the French for "sleep".
  • a dormouse.
  • 4: The name of this type of vehicle is a shortened version of the French for "walking hospital".
  • ambulance.
  • 5: This word for an alpine cottage comes from the Swiss French for "shelter".
  • a chalet.

    • Round 2. Category: Aesop A.s.a.p.

    • 1: One of these creatures talks a lion out of eating him, later saves the lion from a trap.
    • mouse.
    • 2: Farmer proves strength in unity to sons by showing a bundle of these that can't be broken all at once.
    • sticks.
    • 3: Fox can't reach these, decides they are sour.
    • grapes.
    • 4: Wolf disguised as one of these gets killed by shepherd wanting dinner.
    • sheep.
    • 5: Hungry, lazy grasshopper tries to talk these insects out of food in winter.
    • ants.

      • Round 3. Category: Whatever

      • 1: Unlike most birds, which have 4, ostriches have this many toes on each foot, adapted to aid in running.
      • 2.
      • 2: This is how he looked in high school; today he's a talented actor and director as well.
      • Ben Affleck.
      • 3: For one brief shining moment, the Kennedys were said to live in this mythic kingdom.
      • Camelot.
      • 4: The name of this physicist is used to describe measurements of supersonic speed.
      • (Ernst) Mach.
      • 5: In "A Psalm of Life", Longfellow wrote of leaving "behind us" these "on the sands of time".
      • footprints.

        • Round 4. Category: Movie Stars

        • 1: In "Apollo 13" he played astronaut Jim Lovell, who was much smarter than Forrest Gump.
        • Tom Hanks.
        • 2: Robert Duvall felt Sally Kellerman's "hot lips" when he played Major Frank Burns in this 1970 film.
        • M*A*S*H.
        • 3: Teri Garr played Dustin Hoffman's neglected girlfriend in this 1982 comedy; what a "drag"!.
        • Tootsie.
        • 4: In 1997 he was named best actor at Cannes for "She's So Lovely", which co-starred his lovely wife Robin Wright.
        • Sean Penn.
        • 5: He gave Lauren Bacall a gold bracelet with her name engraved on one side and "The Whistler" on the other.
        • Humphrey Bogart (her husband).

          • Round 5. Category: Sunday School

          • 1: Chipping in for charity will show us the truth of Jesus' words "it is more blessed" to do this "than to receive".
          • to give.
          • 2: Timmy, here's an old shirt to wear; we'll act out the scene where Saul's robe is cut by this future king.
          • David.
          • 3: Today we'll learn about this agreement God makes with man; Deuteronomy 10 talks about the "ark of" it.
          • the Covenant.
          • 4: No, the ladder is not for changing a light bulb--it's supposed to be the one from Genesis that this patriarch dreamed about.
          • Jacob.
          • 5: No, the ladder is not for changing a light bulb--it's supposed to be the one from Genesis that this patriarch dreamed about.
          • Jacob.

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

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