Instant Trivia

Episode 482 - Take A Wok On The Wild Side - Like Show Business - Gospel Truth - Bird Verbs - Giant

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 482, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Take A Wok On The Wild Side

  • 1: A crunchy treat commonly found in a Beijing vendor's stall is this arachnid and sign of the zodiac, skewered.
  • the scorpion.
  • 2: The feet are a prized delicacy from this bird that in China symbolizes the mythical phoenix.
  • the chicken.
  • 3: Despite their name, these pungent Chinese eggs are preserved in lime, ash and salt underground for about 100 days.
  • hundred-year-old eggs (or thousand-year-old eggs).
  • 4: After they've done their time spinning fine fiber, fry up some of these moth larvae for a Chinese midnight snack.
  • silkworms.
  • 5: If you're really hungry, stir fry some vegetables and buttered meat from this high Himalayan bovine.
  • a yak.

    • Round 2. Category: Like Show Business

    • 1: In the '70s Jon Landau wrote he saw rock and roll's future and its name was this Jersey guy; guess he was right.
    • (Bruce) Springsteen.
    • 2: 1930's "Anna Christie" was advertised with the line "Garbo" does this.
    • talks.
    • 3: Opening at No. 1 at the box office in 2004, a prequel to this 1973 horror flick really "turned some heads".
    • The Exorcist.
    • 4: Imitation gruel and "Non-Toxic Kologne" are endorsed by this "Simpsons" "k"lown.
    • Krusty.
    • 5: In 1992 Rene Echevarria wrote the classic "I, Borg" episode of this Patrick Stewart series.
    • Star Trek: The Next Generation.

      • Round 3. Category: Gospel Truth

      • 1: Mark 10 says a man shall "cleave to" this person "...so they are no more twain, but one flesh".
      • his wife.
      • 2: While eating at the Pharisee's house, Jesus had these washed, wiped with hair, then anointed with ointment.
      • His feet.
      • 3: He'd been dead 4 days before Jesus raised him back to life.
      • Lazarus.
      • 4: Call Greenpeace! In Matthew 4 Peter and Andrew left these in the sea when Jesus called them.
      • their nets.
      • 5: In Mark 1 Jesus "healed many that were sick... and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to" do this.
      • speak.

        • Round 4. Category: Bird Verbs

        • 1: Pass food or drink through the mouth and throat.
        • swallow.
        • 2: One who peddles goods by yelling out to potential customers is said to do this.
        • hawk.
        • 3: A long-necked wading bird gave us this verb meaning to stretch one's neck for a better view.
        • crane.
        • 4: Figuratively, to prod someone into action.
        • goose.
        • 5: Flutter, as in a candle.
        • flicker.

          • Round 5. Category: Giant

          • 1: The giant ones of these mammals live in the bamboo forests of China.
          • pandas.
          • 2: Completes Neil Armstrong's July 20,1969 statement "That's one small step for man...".
          • one giant leap for mankind.
          • 3: Giant tortoises and marine iguanas were featured in an IMAX film about these islands that Darwin visited in 1835.
          • the Galapagos Islands.
          • 4: The giant type of this seaweed, a form of leafy brown algae, can be 200 feet long.
          • kelp.
          • 5: In Greek mythology, this group of primeval gigantic beings includes Cronus and Rhea.
          • the Titans.

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