Instant Trivia

Episode 465 - Yes Sir, That's My Scientist - Tasmanian Tidbits - Lousy Scrabble Words - That's My Royal Nickname - Dr. No...guchi

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 465, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Yes Sir, That's My Scientist

  • 1: Sir Alexander Fleming took a shot in the dark and discovered this in 1928.
  • Penicillin.
  • 2: The special interest of Nobel Prize laureate Sir Cyril Hinshelwood was how oxygen and hydrogen combine to form this.
  • Water.
  • 3: Sir David Brewster invented the Dioptic system of illumination for these on the seaside.
  • Lighthouses.
  • 4: In a fly-by-night operation in Africa, Sir David Bruce found that sleeping sickness was spread by this.
  • Tsetse fly.
  • 5: Sir Godfrey Hounsfield helped develop this medical imaging technology introduced in the 1970s.
  • CAT Scan.

    • Round 2. Category: Tasmanian Tidbits

    • 1: Tasmania is this country's smallest state.
    • Australia.
    • 2: Discovering the island in 1642, he named it Van Diemen's Land.
    • Abel Tasman.
    • 3: Also called wolfram, this metal used in lamp filaments is a big source of income.
    • Tungsten.
    • 4: The island is home to the Tasmanian devil and this animal.
    • Wombat.
    • 5: The Derwent River in Tasmania has a concrete one of these floating bridges.
    • Pontoon bridge.

      • Round 3. Category: Lousy Scrabble Words

      • 1: The story says little George couldn't tell one of these; 3 letters, 3 points.
      • lie.
      • 2: This conjuction usually works with neither; 3 letters, 3 points.
      • nor.
      • 3: While it may be 2,000 pounds, it's only 3 letters, 3 points.
      • ton.
      • 4: Fall into one of these furrows made by wagon wheels and it's 3 letters, 3 points.
      • rut.
      • 5: Overexert your muscles or pour through a filter and it's 6 letters, 6 points.
      • strain.

        • Round 4. Category: That's My Royal Nickname

        • 1: Ottoman emperor styled "the Magnificent".
        • Suleiman.
        • 2: Bloody Romanian prince known as "the Impaler".
        • Vlad.
        • 3: He was "the Confessor" king of England in the 11th century.
        • Edward.
        • 4: Basil "the Bulgar-Slayer" was emperor of this, also called the Eastern Roman Empire.
        • the Byzantine Empire.
        • 5: Holy Roman emperor Charles II was known by this nickname; today we might call him "the Follicularly Challenged".
        • "the Bald".

          • Round 5. Category: Dr. No...guchi

          • 1: Famed medical examiner Dr. Noguchi was a model for this Jack Klugman TV character.
          • Quincy.
          • 2: Dr. Noguchi autopsied this actress whose death in August 1962 is still the subject of debate.
          • Marilyn Monroe.
          • 3: Criticized for flamboyance, in 1982 Noguchi issued a terse statement on the death of this "SNL" comedian.
          • John Belushi.
          • 4: The appropriate one-word title of Dr. Noguchi's 1983 bestseller.
          • "Coroner".
          • 5: Dr. Noguchi concluded that in 1981 this star lost her life less than 200 yards from shore.
          • Natalie Wood.

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