Instant Trivia

Episode 460 - Nickelodeon - State Dept. Travel Warnings - Airlines - Computer History - The 1860s

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 460, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Nickelodeon

  • 1: Summer Sanders is the host of this game show.
  • Figure It Out.
  • 2: These 2 guys were on Nickelodeon's "All That" before getting their own show.
  • Kenan and Kel.
  • 3: This character got her secret powers after being doused with a chemical in a freak accident.
  • Alex Mack.
  • 4: Henry and June live inside a comic book filled with mind-scrambling cartoons on this show.
  • KaBlam!.
  • 5: Hey! This cartoon boy has a football-shaped head and is bullied by Helga.
  • Arnold.

    • Round 2. Category: State Dept. Travel Warnings

    • 1: The U.S. uses the Swiss embassy in Iran to conduct business and the Polish embassy in this neighboring country.
    • Iraq.
    • 2: Say so long to Sarajevo; the U.S. has been warning people about visiting this country since 1992.
    • Bosnia.
    • 3: In June 1997 the U.S. closed its embassy in Brazzaville in this country and advises you not to visit.
    • The Congo.
    • 4: If you decide to go to this country (against U.S. wishes), really avoid the city of Cali.
    • Colombia.
    • 5: With tensions between Ethiopia and this country mounting, the State Dept. warned Americans to get out.
    • Eritrea.

      • Round 3. Category: Airlines

      • 1: Icarus is the frequent-flyer program of this international airline.
      • Olympic Airlines.
      • 2: In 1973 there was "Something Special in the Air": this airline's first female pilot, Bonnie Tiburzi.
      • American Airlines.
      • 3: Richard Branson has called this airline "My baby...and...something I am enormously proud of".
      • Virgin Atlantic.
      • 4: Not surprisingly, in 1988 it was the official carrier of the Seoul Olympic games.
      • Korean Airlines.
      • 5: Pilot Sully Sullenberger performed the "Miracle on the Hudson" while flying for this airline.
      • U.S. Airways.

        • Round 4. Category: Computer History

        • 1: This removable item used for data storage was introduced in 1971; the first one was 8 inches square.
        • floppy disk.
        • 2: This computer was introduced in 1984 and came with a MacWrite text program and a MacPaint program for graphics.
        • Apple Macintosh.
        • 3: This company whose name is synonymous with copying introduced the first hand-held mouse in 1973.
        • Xerox.
        • 4: Even before all the polls closed, CBS used this huge computer to predict the result of the 1952 presidential election.
        • UNIVAC.
        • 5: In 1993 Intel introduced this new chip, which had 3.1 million transistors.
        • Pentium.

          • Round 5. Category: The 1860s

          • 1: In an 1867 article, this English physician wrote, "The first ojject must be the destruction of any septic germs".
          • Joseph Lister.
          • 2: In 1865 this city succeeded Auckland as capital of New Zealand.
          • Wellington.
          • 3: On October 4, 1861 the U.S. Navy authorized the construction of this ironclad ship; it was launched 118 days later.
          • Monitor.
          • 4: In 1986 this 23-year-old from Cleveland invested $4000 in an oil refining business; he became very, very rich.
          • John D.) Rockefeller.
          • 5: In 1868 this lodge, the B.P.O.E., was founded in New York City by 15 entertainers.
          • Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

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