Instant Trivia

Episode 493 - "M"Enagerie - In A Pickle - Four - Triangles - Summertime

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 493, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "M"Enagerie

  • 1: As adults, these lepidoptera are harmless, but the caterpillars love to feast on your clothes.
  • moths.
  • 2: Though its voice is shrill, this small monkey's name is derived from Old French "marmouser", to murmur.
  • a marmoset.
  • 3: It's said ancient Romans not only ate these eels but fed their disobedient slaves to them.
  • a moray eel.
  • 4: The tiny eyes of this insectivore are hidden in its fur.
  • a mole.
  • 5: These crow relatives got their name from a girl's name, Margaret.
  • magpie.

    • Round 2. Category: In A Pickle

    • 1: To make your standard pickle, pickle this veggie.
    • cucumber.
    • 2: This pickle maker introduced its spokesstork in 1974.
    • Vlasic.
    • 3: Common name of Anethum graveolens, a plant in the parsley family used in a popular pickle.
    • dill.
    • 4: In 1900 this company built the first electric advertising sign in New York City, a 40-foot-long pickle.
    • H.J. Heinz.
    • 5: This noted pickle dealer of 15th century Seville has 2 continents named for him.
    • Amerigo Vespucci.

      • Round 3. Category: Four

      • 1: Naismith sport played by the men on the "Road to the Final Four".
      • Basketball.
      • 2: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse appear in the book of Revelation, written by this "divine" saint.
      • Saint John the Divine.
      • 3: His third wife was a member of the Gang of Four.
      • Mao Tse-tung.
      • 4: Suffering is the substance of all of the Four Noble Truths of this religion.
      • Buddhism.
      • 5: In a 1939 article for National Geographic, Lincoln Ellsworth described his 4 expeditions to this continent.
      • Antarctica.

        • Round 4. Category: Triangles

        • 1: Body part in the triangle atop the pyramid in the Great Seal of the United States.
        • Eye.
        • 2: In the "Steel City" of Pittsburgh, the downtown area is known as this triangle.
        • the Golden Triangle.
        • 3: To get into this city's Golden Triangle you can use the Fort Pitt Bridge.
        • Pittsburgh.
        • 4: The east side of this large, triangular citadel faces Red Square.
        • the Kremlin.
        • 5: In 1911 a devastating fire at this company's factory in New York City killed 146 garment workers.
        • the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

          • Round 5. Category: Summertime

          • 1: This object is the "S" in SPF, which should be at least 30 in the stuff mom slathers onto you.
          • the sun.
          • 2: On warm days the mind turns to this rhyming word that precedes "basket" and "table".
          • picnic.
          • 3: In the northern hemisphere, Vega, Altair and Deneb, 3 of these, make up the "summer triangle".
          • stars.
          • 4: Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Not a fifth grader who's at SIG, summer institute for them.
          • the gifted.
          • 5: In Houston in the summer, this averages over 90% for the morning.
          • humidity.

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

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