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Episode 489 - "Zo" Far So Good - College Hodgepodge - Religious Festivals - Adverbs - '90s Fiction

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 489, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "Zo" Far So Good

  • 1: The Chinese version of this astrological cycle covers 12 years.
  • the zodiac.
  • 2: Title Greek character of a 1946 bestseller.
  • Zorba.
  • 3: A scientist who studies clams or camels.
  • a zoologist.
  • 4: In 1902 Alfred Dreyfus attended this author's funeral.
  • Zola.
  • 5: This prophet and religion founder was born around 630 B.C. in what's now Iran.
  • Zoroaster.

    • Round 2. Category: College Hodgepodge

    • 1: Check it out: in 2000, 17-year-old M.I.T. freshman Elina Groverman was the U.S. women's co-champ in this board game.
    • chess.
    • 2: (Hi, I'm Margaret Bickers, a contestant in the 1992 "Jeopardy!" College Tournament, now a pilot in Iowa) This government agency runs a center for aviation systems reliability at Iowa State.
    • FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).
    • 3: 30% of Bryn Mawr students spend at least one semester abroad during this year of study.
    • Junior year.
    • 4: This adjective for a second-year student is defined as "intellectually pretentious", "conceited" and "immature".
    • sophomoric.
    • 5: (Hi. I'm Keith Olberman.) I started when I was 16 and I graduated at 20 with a B.S. in communications at this Ivy League school in Ithaca.
    • Cornell.

      • Round 3. Category: Religious Festivals

      • 1: Purim,Sukkot.
      • Judaism.
      • 2: Assumption,Ascension.
      • Roman Catholicism.
      • 3: Eid al-Fitr,Laylat al-Qadr.
      • Islam.
      • 4: Diwali,Holi.
      • Hinduism.
      • 5: Wesak,Navam.
      • Buddhism.

        • Round 4. Category: Adverbs

        • 1: It followed "absolutely" and preceded "has to be there overnight" in a memorable FedEx ad.
        • positively.
        • 2: Gently or mildly, it describes how he's "killing me" with his Top 40 song.
        • softly.
        • 3: It precedes "ineligible" to describe a college athlete who can't play because of lousy grades.
        • academically.
        • 4: By definition, this adverb describes something that happens every 3 years.
        • triannually (or triennially).
        • 5: Actually, in the strict sense without inaccuacy or exaggeration, it's this 9-letter adverb.
        • literally.

          • Round 5. Category: '90s Fiction

          • 1: In 1997 Ira Levin delivered "Son of Rosemary", the sequel to this novel.
          • "Rosemary's Baby".
          • 2: "This kind of certainty comes only once", Robert tells Francesca in this bestselling love story.
          • "The Bridges of Madison County".
          • 3: In "The Fourth K", Mario Puzo put a new member of this political family in the White House.
          • Kennedy.
          • 4: This 1993 James Redfield book has been described as "An adventure in pursuit of a spiritual mystery".
          • "The Celestine Prophecy".
          • 5: This "Beloved" author set her latest novel "Paradise" in the fictional all-black town of Ruby, Oklahoma.
          • Toni Morrison.

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