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!