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Episode 501 - Peru - Math And Science - Book Knowledge - Proverbs By Initials - "Sh"

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 501, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Peru

  • 1: Peru's national drink is pisco sour, a blend of lime juice, syrup, bitters and a heady brandy made from this vine fruit.
  • Grapes.
  • 2: The Uro Archipelago in this lake consists of about 40 inhabitable islands made of woven totora reeds.
  • Lake Titicaca.
  • 3: Lima's Palacio de Gobierno was built in 1938 on the site of this Spanish conquistador's palace.
  • Pizarro.
  • 4: He served as Peru's first ambassador to the Soviet Union before moving his diplomatic skills to the U.N..
  • (Javier) Perez de Cuellar.
  • 5: Several Indian languages are spoken in Peru, including this one that's now an official language.
  • Quechua.

    • Round 2. Category: Math And Science

    • 1: On the centigrade scale, it's the melting point of ice.
    • 0 (zero).
    • 2: 1 volt times 1 amp equals this unit.
    • watt.
    • 3: Forces like gravity are measured in units abbreviated N., named for this scientist.
    • Isaac Newton.
    • 4: To convert kilograms into grams, multiply by this.
    • 1000.
    • 5: Musical instruments are tuned to 440 cycles per second, this note on a piano.
    • A.

      • Round 3. Category: Book Knowledge

      • 1: A book's backstrip covers the part that has this anatomical name.
      • the spine.
      • 2: Shakespeare wrote, "What's past is" this introductory part of a book.
      • prologue.
      • 3: Mulvany, Nancy, 177;birth of, 28;education of, 213;as expert in creating these, 326-331.
      • an index.
      • 4: A colophon is a section at the end of a book that often names this, like 10-point Baskerville.
      • the font.
      • 5: Entomological name for a blank page at the start of a book, suitable for inscriptions.
      • the fly (or the fly leaf).

        • Round 4. Category: Proverbs By Initials

        • 1: "Blood is T.T.W.".
        • thicker than water.
        • 2: "Look B.Y.L.".
        • before you leap.
        • 3: "T.H.A. better than one".
        • two heads are (two hands are accepted).
        • 4: "A watched P.N.B.".
        • pot never boils.
        • 5: "T.I.S.T. fiction".
        • truth is stranger than.

          • Round 5. Category: "Sh"

          • 1: It's another term for stenography.
          • Shorthand.
          • 2: Resembling a large scarf, this garment, when folded in a triangle, may be worn in place of a sweater.
          • Shawl.
          • 3: Slate is commonly formed by the metamorphism of this rock.
          • Shale.
          • 4: Tecumseh was chief of this Indian tribe.
          • Shawnee.
          • 5: Found in some Indian tribes, it's a medicine man with special healing powers.
          • shaman.

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