Instant Trivia

Episode 529 - Real Ghosts? - Economics - 1893 - The Census - Amphibious Invasions

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 529, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Real Ghosts?

  • 1: Not one but two of this king's six wives are said to haunt Hampton Court Palace.
  • Henry VIII.
  • 2: Glamis Castle in this U.K. country has several ghosts, including an earl who gambled with the devil, and lost.
  • Scotland.
  • 3: Screaming ghosts have been heard at the old Lalaurie House on Royal Street in this section of New Orleans.
  • the French Quarter.
  • 4: This magician who died on Halloween is said to haunt the ruins of his Hollywood Hills estate.
  • Houdini.
  • 5: A violent ghost called the Bell Witch allegedly murdered John Bell in this "Volunteer State" in 1820.
  • Tennessee.

    • Round 2. Category: Economics

    • 1: Economists say if the rate of this is 2 or 3% a year, it's normal; if it's "galloping", it's bad.
    • Inflation.
    • 2: It represents one-seventh of the U.S. economy; President Clinton tried to reform it in his first term.
    • Healthcare.
    • 3: Holders of this type of stock take precedence over common stock holders.
    • Preferred.
    • 4: It's a government takeover of a private industry, like steel in postwar Britain.
    • Nationalization.
    • 5: First American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, he's the author of a widely used college textbook.
    • Paul Samuelson.

      • Round 3. Category: 1893

      • 1: U.S. interests deposed Queen Liliuokalani of this kingdom, paving the way for its annexation.
      • Hawaii.
      • 2: More than 100,000 rushed to the Cherokee Strip area of this territory to claim land.
      • Oklahoma.
      • 3: Lord Stanley of Preston gave a trophy to be awarded to the best Canadian team in this sport.
      • hockey.
      • 4: Laos was added to this French Southeast Asian dependency.
      • Indochina.
      • 5: This state's governor, John Peter Altgeld, pardoned the 3 surviving Haymarket Riot conspirators.
      • Illinois.

        • Round 4. Category: The Census

        • 1: The Census Bureau bought its first electronic one of these in 1951, the UNIVAC.
        • Computer.
        • 2: This large, untaxed group was counted for the first time in the 1860 census.
        • Indians.
        • 3: The cost of the last major U.S. census held in this year was $10.40 a head.
        • 1990.
        • 4: The Bureau of the Census is part of this cabinet department that also includes the Patent Office.
        • Commerce.
        • 5: 200 years ago it was near Chestertown, Md.; today it's 9.7 miles SE of Steelville, Mo..
        • the population center of the U.S..

          • Round 5. Category: Amphibious Invasions

          • 1: In WWI, an Allied amphibious assault on this Dardanelles port city collapsed after the Turks counterattacked.
          • Gallipoli.
          • 2: Landing at Sussex, his forces invaded Britain by sea on September 28, 1066.
          • William the Conqueror.
          • 3: The 5-beach attack in this momentous operation was known as the Montgomery Plan.
          • D-Day (Normandy).
          • 4: Supported by catapults mounted on the invasion ships, he landed 2 legions of soldiers near Dover in 55 B.C..
          • Julius Caesar.
          • 5: In 1759 Gen. James Wolfe sailed up the St. Lawrence River to capture this Canadian city.
          • Quebec.

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