Instant Trivia

Episode 454 - Instant Messaging Shorthand - Science Fair - We're Not In Kansas Anymore - Getting Hungary? - Sax And The City

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 454, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Instant Messaging Shorthand

  • 1: TTFN:This way of saying I'll chat with you at a later time.
  • ta ta for now.
  • 2: RUMORF:"Are you" this "or" this.
  • are you male or female.
  • 3: POS:This person "over my shoulder".
  • a parent.
  • 4: RTBS:"Reason to be" this.
  • single.
  • 5: SSEWBA:"Someday soon, everything will be" these.
  • acronyms.

    • Round 2. Category: Science Fair

    • 1: Janice's project on the layers of this included the mesosphere and the thermosphere.
    • Atmosphere.
    • 2: Dennis recreated a 1995 test and confirmed this product is 68% air.
    • Twinkies.
    • 3: Viki's samples from the locker room floor showed how the trichophyton fungi caused this "sporty" condition.
    • Athlete's foot.
    • 4: Darlene's exhibit on minerals in the human body included iron nails, copper tubing and a 1943 penny for this.
    • Zinc.
    • 5: Arvid's diorama on the history of these included the following symbols(V, for example).
    • Numbers.

      • Round 3. Category: We're Not In Kansas Anymore

      • 1: We're attending the Strings in the Mountains chamber music festival in Steamboat Springs in this state.
      • Colorado.
      • 2: We left Abilene and drove straight north on Highway 15 to Fairbury in this state.
      • Nebraska.
      • 3: We're in the Ozarks seeing a show at Andy Williams' Moon River Theatre in this bordering state.
      • Missouri.
      • 4: We're visiting the Will Rogers Memorial in this state where the humorist is buried.
      • Oklahoma.
      • 5: We've left Lawrence, Kansas for Lawrence in this state, Leonard Bernstein's birthplace.
      • Massachusetts.

        • Round 4. Category: Getting Hungary?

        • 1: Called the "Queen of the Danube", this city is home to about one-fifth of the country's population.
        • Budapest.
        • 2: More than two-thirds of Hungarians are of this Christian denomination.
        • Roman Catholic.
        • 3: When it was known as Pannonia, Hungary was incorporated into this empire around 14 A.D..
        • the Roman Empire.
        • 4: In March of 1867, Hungary was joined with this country in a dual monarchy.
        • Austria.
        • 5: A devastating invasion by these Asian warriors in 1241 killed half of Hungary's population.
        • the Mongols.

          • Round 5. Category: Sax And The City

          • 1: As one of these Jim Henson creations, Zoot played the sax in Dr. Teeth's band.
          • a Muppet.
          • 2: This president went to band camp in the Ozarks.
          • Clinton.
          • 3: This animated kid is voiced by Yeardley Smith, but when she plays sax, you're hearing Terry Harrington.
          • Lisa Simpson.
          • 4: Wynton's older brother, he knows how to blow his own tenor horn.
          • Branford Marsalis.
          • 5: Born David Jones, this rock legend worked as a saxophonist and a mime before battling Martian spiders.
          • David Bowie.

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

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