July 28, 2022

Episode 533 - Let's Split! - Historic Women - International "K"Uisine - Tv Pioneers - Before I Was Elected

7 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 533, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Let's Split!

1: In 2000 Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that this computer company should be split in two.

Microsoft.

2: Grammar alert: there's a split one of these in the phrase "He chose to wisely decline the invitation".

an infinitive.

3: Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassman got together long enough to split this in 1938.

the atom.

4: Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda share ownership of this body of water.

Lake Victoria.

5: Name given to the period between 1378 and 1417 when the Catholic Church had 2 or 3 popes serving simultaneously.

the Great Schism.

Round 2. Category: Historic Women

1: This 19th century woman boasted, "I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger".

Harriet Tubman.

2: As one of these in ancient Egypt, Peseshet was maybe the world's first woman to say, "Turn your head and Khufu".

physician (or doctor).

3: Some say this Scottish queen married the Earl of Bothwell only because he abducted her.

Mary, Queen of Scots.

4: The proceeds from some of her souvenir hatchets helped fund a home for wives of alcoholics.

Carrie Nation.

5: "Democracy and Social Ethics" is a 1902 book by this founder of Hull House.

(Jane) Addams.

Round 3. Category: International "K"Uisine

1: In Australia, some people make a soup from the tail of this marsupial; Run, Skippy!.

a kangaroo.

2: A steak made from this Japanese beef can set you back well over a hundred dollars.

Kobe beef.

3: It's also known as a Polish sausage.

a Kielbasa.

4: Chicken or shrimp go equally well with this Szechwan dish that's also packed with peanuts.

Kung Pao.

5: (Alex tastes a South Korean delicacy.) Here in South Korea, almost every dish comes with this spicy pickled condiment; and let me tell you, it can be hot.

kimchi.

Round 4. Category: Tv Pioneers

1: Michael Landon was the man of the Ingalls household on this family drama.

Little House on the Prairie.

2: Fess Parker played the title pioneer and Ed Ames his friend Mingo on this '60s series set in Kentucky.

Daniel Boone.

3: This Dan Haggerty character's companions included a Native American, a bear and Denver Pyle.

Grizzly Adams.

4: This city was the Rocky Mountain setting of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman".

Colorado Springs.

5: Ranching came second to ridding New Mexico of lawbreakers on this Chuck Connors series.

The Rifleman.

Round 5. Category: Before I Was Elected

1: A regular rocket scientist, U.S. Representative Rush Holt of this "Garden State" was a nuclear physicist.

New Jersey.

2: Congressman Tom Osborne used to coach a little football at this Big 12 school, going 255-49-3.

Nebraska.

3: Don't "procrastinate"; tell us the name of this house majority leader and ex-exterminator from Houston.

Tom DeLay.

4: Congressman Don Young of this state can list "Fort Yukon Riverboat Captain" on his resume.

Alaska.

5: Senator Lincoln Chafee of this New England state spent 7 years as a blacksmith at racetracks in the U.S. and Canada.

Rhode Island.

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

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By Mark Donovan

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