Instant Trivia

Episode 511 - How To Be A Bad Sport - The Killers - Phun With Phonics - Shortwave - Household Hints

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 511, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: How To Be A Bad Sport

  • 1: When keeping score in this sport, "forget" to add your opponent's next pin score to his spare.
  • Bowling.
  • 2: If you're playing midfield in this sport and the center is dribbling the ball towards you, kick at his shins.
  • Soccer.
  • 3: Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway.
  • Golf.
  • 4: If your opponent asks for the "3s" you really do have in your hand, tell him this, the name of the game.
  • Go fish.
  • 5: If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board.
  • Risk.

    • Round 2. Category: The Killers

    • 1: In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy.
    • Cain.
    • 2: In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865.
    • Wild Bill Hickok.
    • 3: This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s and '40s.
    • Bugsy Siegel.
    • 4: This Texan died in 1967 while waiting to be retried for the murder of an alleged murderer.
    • (Jack) Ruby.
    • 5: In 1924 these 2 Chicago intellectuals kidnapped and killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks.
    • Leopold and Loeb.

      • Round 3. Category: Phun With Phonics

      • 1: Labionasal sounds are produced by these and the nose.
      • Lips.
      • 2: When you speak with a burr you trill this letter.
      • R.
      • 3: Your tongue touching your hard or soft one of these in your mouth produces different sounds.
      • Palate.
      • 4: Meaning "single pitch", it's a speaking voice that lacks inflection.
      • Monotone.
      • 5: From the Latin meaning "to hiss", it describes the "ss" sound In "fricassee".
      • Sibilant.

        • Round 4. Category: Shortwave

        • 1: The shortwave band begins at about 1700 these units abbreviated kHz; below that you're in AM territory.
        • kilohertz.
        • 2: Mainly funded by the CIA, this broadcasting operation began transmitting behind the Iron Curtain in 1949.
        • Radio Free Europe.
        • 3: One book calls this 12-letter word the "arch-enemy of shortwave listeners"; I just call it annoying.
        • interference.
        • 4: This service that broadcasts from Abuja and Lagos has a name reflecting that of the USA's official radio service.
        • Voice of Nigeria.
        • 5: To catch the BBC at 1700 UTC, or Universal Time Coordinated, tune in at this morning hour Pacific Standard time.
        • 9:00 AM.

          • Round 5. Category: Household Hints

          • 1: To deal with a drippy candlestick, put it in this appliance; later, remove it and scrape off the hardened wax.
          • the freezer.
          • 2: Heavy starching of braided rugs will keep ends from doing this.
          • curling.
          • 3: If you accidentally super glued your fingers together, dab nail polish remover containing this solvent--it breaks the bond.
          • acetone.
          • 4: If you accidentally super glued your fingers together, dab nail polish remover containing this solvent--it breaks the bond.
          • acetone.
          • 5: To remove odor from shoes, add oil of this spice to a cotton ball and leave it in the shoes.
          • cloves.

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

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