Instant Trivia

Episode 486 - "Whip"S And "Chain"S - Castles - Games - Haulin' "Oat"S - The Weasel Family

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 486, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "Whip"S And "Chain"S

  • 1: It's a series of positions in which each one has direct authority over the one immediately below.
  • Chain of command.
  • 2: It's Nevada Democrat Harry Reid's position in the Senate.
  • Minority Whip.
  • 3: This North American bird is named for its odd call, which it may repeat several hundred times without stopping.
  • Whippoorwill.
  • 4: Tool preferred by Leatherface in a 1974 horror classic.
  • Chain saw.
  • 5: "A Sandwich Just Isn't A Sandwich Without" the "tangy zip" of this Kraft salad dressing.
  • Miracle Whip.

    • Round 2. Category: Castles

    • 1: Now a national monument, the Alhambra in this European country was begun by Moorish rulers around 1238.
    • Spain.
    • 2: Do this at Blarney Castle and you'll receive a lovely parting gift -- the gift of gab.
    • Kiss the Blarney stone.
    • 3: This English castle, badly damaged by fire in November 1992, reopened to the public in December 1997.
    • Windsor Castle.
    • 4: You can see the royal crown of Scotland in a castle in this Scottish city, but you can't try it on.
    • Edinburgh.
    • 5: Neuschwanstein Castle, often described as a magical setting, is found in this country.
    • Germany.

      • Round 3. Category: Games

      • 1: Spelling game where player who adds a letter that completes a word becomes a fraction of this.
      • Ghost.
      • 2: In some versions of this game a crowned piece becomes a "queen", not a king.
      • Checkers.
      • 3: When you're playing this board game trademarked in 1948, you'll draw up to 7 letter tiles.
      • Scrabble.
      • 4: In gin rummy, a hand ends when one player calls "Gin" or does this.
      • Knock.
      • 5: In 1931 architect Alfred M. Butts developed this board- and -tile game, calling it Crisscrosswords.
      • Scrabble.

        • Round 4. Category: Haulin' "Oat"S

        • 1: A German submarine.
        • U-boat.
        • 2: It contains the pharynx and the larynx.
        • Throat.
        • 3: To move slowly and lightly through the air.
        • Float.
        • 4: To become swollen or inflated.
        • Bloat.
        • 5: AKA an ermine.
        • Stoat.

          • Round 5. Category: The Weasel Family

          • 1: This mammal, Mustela vison, has been raised on ranches at least since WWI because of its valuable pelt.
          • mink.
          • 2: This critter that lives in the North Pacific Ocean often sleeps in masses of floating kelp.
          • sea otter.
          • 3: Ironically, this creature had been unseen in Michigan for 200 years until one was photographed in 2004.
          • wolverine.
          • 4: It's also called foul marten due to its odor, but it probably prefers this partly feline name.
          • polecat.
          • 5: As a verb its name means "to drive out" or "uncover"; it's used in Europe to drive rats out of tunnels.
          • ferret.

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

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