Instant Trivia

Episode 545 - "Oil" - Why Didn't I Think Of That? - Origin Of The Specious - Tough Facts - Let's "Split"

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 545, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "Oil"

  • 1: Petroleum as it comes to the surface is called this; that's why it has to be refined.
  • Crude oil.
  • 2: This Procter and Gamble product has nearly a third of the U.S. facial moisturizer market.
  • Oil of Olay.
  • 3: A long waterproof garment for sailors in sou'westers.
  • Oilskin.
  • 4: "Beds Are Burning" was a 1988 hit from this rock band led by Peter Garrett.
  • Midnight Oil.
  • 5: Familiar phrase meaning to calm a tense situation.
  • "Pouring oil on troubled waters".

    • Round 2. Category: Why Didn't I Think Of That?

    • 1: This invention began in 1951 as a bottle of white tempera waterbase paint and a small brush.
    • Wite-Out (or Liquid Paper).
    • 2: In 1888 Nikola Tesla came up with the first practical system for generating and transmitting this type of current.
    • A.C..
    • 3: Hiram Percy Maxim invented the muffler for a car and this for a gun.
    • a silencer.
    • 4: Andrew Beard invented an improvement for the device that coupled 2 of these when they bumped together.
    • train cars.
    • 5: Garrett Morgan's "safety hood" was one of these used by World War I soldiers.
    • a gas mask.

      • Round 3. Category: Origin Of The Specious

      • 1: Forwarding an e-mail supposedly sent by this Microsoft chairman got you $1,000 and a free copy of Windows.
      • Gates.
      • 2: Altar-bound Jennifer Wilbanks' 2005 kidnapping proved to be less than true, so she was given this 2-word nickname.
      • the "Runaway Bride".
      • 3: This Caribbean leader's reported baseball tryouts for the Major Leagues in the '40s never happened.
      • Castro.
      • 4: Oprah Winfrey said that she was "deeply sorry" over the scandal that this man's "A Million Little Pieces" had caused.
      • (James) Frey.
      • 5: Words from Marianne Williamson's "A Return to Love" have been attributed to this African leader.
      • (Nelson) Mandela.

        • Round 4. Category: Tough Facts

        • 1: Throughout the Middle Ages, it was the principal, if not the only table utensil.
        • Knife.
        • 2: Former county of England known for a pudding and a terrier.
        • Yorkshire.
        • 3: Spanky was part of "Our Gang" and Jiang Qing, Mao's widow, was part of this gang.
        • The Gang of Four.
        • 4: Opposed to the Stamp Act, the Sons of Liberty formed committees of this to spread the word.
        • Committees of Correspondence.
        • 5: From Arabic for "authority", it's the title used by monarchs of the Seljuk and Ottoman Empires.
        • Sultan.

          • Round 5. Category: Let's "Split"

          • 1: A house with floors that differ by about half a story.
          • split-level.
          • 2: These singing and dancing animals hosted their own Saturday morning "Adventure Hour" from 1968 to 1970.
          • the Banana Splits.
          • 3: On May 25, 2000 Sony investors suddenly had twice as many shares thanks to one of these actions.
          • stock split.
          • 4: It could be slang for a town where divorced people live.
          • splitsville.
          • 5: In football, you'll find them outside the offensive tackles or when the quarterback has a bad hair day.
          • split ends.

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

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