Instant Trivia

Episode 514 - Animals In Mythology - Historic Hbo - I'll Be Your Waiter - "Super" Words - Modern Quotations

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 514, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Animals In Mythology

  • 1: Ratatosk, a messenger of Norse myth, was one of these animals and ran up and down Yggdrasil, a giant tree.
  • Squirrel.
  • 2: If Romulus did a "Got Milk?" ad, he'd talk about this animal who suckled him and Remus.
  • Wolf.
  • 3: In Incan myth, it was this South American camel relative that warned man about the impending flood.
  • Llama.
  • 4: The Zuni believe that when the kachina Paiyatemu played the flute, these insects fluttered into existence.
  • Butterflies.
  • 5: Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur.
  • Crete.

    • Round 2. Category: Historic Hbo

    • 1: Helen Mirren won acclaim in 2006 playing this daughter of Henry VIII who faced down the Spanish Armada.
    • Queen Elizabeth.
    • 2: "Mrs. Harris" details the life and death of Herman Tarnower, known for creating this diet named for an east New York village.
    • the Scarsdale Diet.
    • 3: On "Deadwood," Gerald McRaney played a vicious magnate whose son would become this real-life publishing mogul.
    • William Randolph Hearst.
    • 4: In "Warm Springs", Kathy Bates gives therapy to this politico seeking a miracle cure in 1920s Georgia.
    • FDR.
    • 5: In this role, Albert Finney tries to keep Clemmie happy and warns the British P.M. about "the gathering storm".
    • (Winston) Churchill.

      • Round 3. Category: I'll Be Your Waiter

      • 1: We have an international flavor for this "of the day"--Cuban black bean or French onion.
      • soup.
      • 2: Sir, some fresh ground this spice, from Malabar, India, on your salad? No? Too late.
      • pepper.
      • 3: Ah, the pouilly-fuisse, a lovely choice from this region also called Bourgogne.
      • Burgundy.
      • 4: Even if you're not all related, we serve our portions this "style", so get used to sharing.
      • family style.
      • 5: We serve only Angus beef, known for this quality of having white flecks of juicy fat.
      • marbling.

        • Round 4. Category: "Super" Words

        • 1: On TV John Haymes Newton and Gerard Christopher played this hero, a college lad.
        • Superboy.
        • 2: An apartment house or janitor or custodian.
        • a superintendent.
        • 3: From the Latin for "eyebrow", it's an adjective meaning showing haughty disdain.
        • supercilious.
        • 4: A character written above and immediately to the side of another; the "2" in x2, for example.
        • a superscript.
        • 5: Until 1995 this federal toxic clean-up program was financed with taxes on toxic chemical manufacturers.
        • Superfund.

          • Round 5. Category: Modern Quotations

          • 1: Bob Hope was quoted as saying this "is my profession. I tell jokes to pay my greens fees".
          • golf.
          • 2: In 1999, Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Badawi warned that "freedom of" this "must have restrictions".
          • the press.
          • 3: The "Little Red Book" of 1964 was filled with "Quotations from" this man.
          • Mao.
          • 4: In 1994, Richard Nixon quipped, "The American people don't believe anything until they see it" here.
          • on television.
          • 5: Deng Xiaoping said in a 1962 speech, "It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it" does this.
          • catches mice.

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