Instant Trivia

Episode 517 - Christmas Songs - Top O' The World, Ma! - People From India - Rhyme Time Food - Getting There

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 517, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Christmas Songs

  • 1: In Eddie Arnold's "C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S", the "M" is for this place where Jesus lay.
  • Manger.
  • 2: The line "my true love gave to me five gold rings" comes from this song.
  • "The 12 Days of Christmas".
  • 3: Nonsense syllables that follow "See the blazing yule before us".
  • "Fa la la la la, la la la la".
  • 4: The only line from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" that contains the word "Christmas".
  • "Then one foggy Christmas Eve".
  • 5: In 1951 this "Music Man" wrote "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas".
  • Meredith Wilson.

    • Round 2. Category: Top O' The World, Ma!

    • 1: Satellite measurements in 1987 suggested that this peak reaches 29,108' -- 80' higher than thought.
    • Mount Everest.
    • 2: An ice cave at over 10,000 feet near Gangotri in the Himalayas is the source of this sacred Indian river.
    • Ganges.
    • 3: This shaggy-haired beast of Tibet is often called the grunting ox because of the sound it makes.
    • Yak.
    • 4: Some have suggested that this mythical Himalayan creature is a pre-human primate.
    • Yeti/Abominable Snowman.
    • 5: These Nepalese people are much sought after as porters for Himalayan climbing expeditions.
    • Sherpas.

      • Round 3. Category: People From India

      • 1: The international airport in New Delhi bears her name.
      • Indira Gandhi.
      • 2: As the first prime minister of independent India, he served from 1947 to 1964.
      • Nehru.
      • 3: This musician's album "In Celebration" was co-produced by George Harrison.
      • Ravi Shankar.
      • 4: In the 1950s he directed the landmark "Apu" triology of films.
      • Satyajit Ray.
      • 5: Born Prince Khurram in 1596, he built the Taj Mahal and ruled under this name.
      • Shah Jahan.

        • Round 4. Category: Rhyme Time Food

        • 1: Super-sized Creole stew with okra.
        • jumbo gumbo.
        • 2: A rippled sauce for meat, or a once popular Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor.
        • wavy gravy.
        • 3: It's one of the leaner types of chopped beef for hamburgers.
        • ground round.
        • 4: A throng of pumpkins or squash.
        • a gourd horde.
        • 5: A large Smyrna or mission fruit.
        • a big fig.

          • Round 5. Category: Getting There

          • 1: Glasgow residents call this transport the "Clockwork Orange", and you follow the "U" signs to get to it.
          • the underground (or subway).
          • 2: By definition this type of automobile has a top that can be removed or folded back.
          • a convertible.
          • 3: A boat that transports passengers across a river, it's a homonym for a tiny imaginary creature.
          • a ferry.
          • 4: t's the country that gave us the term for a 3-horse-drawn sled known as a troika.
          • Russia.
          • 5: From the Dutch for "small, fast ship", the name of this type of frigate sounds like a popular sports car.
          • a corvette.

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

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