Instant Trivia

Episode 546 - Truckin' - Uncommon Words - The "Real" World - That I Love You - Captains Courageous

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 546, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Truckin'

  • 1: Instead of "truck", the British use this other 5-letter word.
  • Lorry.
  • 2: You could drive this automaker's Silverado through an avalanche.
  • Chevrolet.
  • 3: This company's F-Series pickup, the USA's bestselling car or truck since 1981, turned 50 in 1998.
  • Ford.
  • 4: This maker of heavy duty trucks was founded by T.A. Peterman, who needed rigs to haul his lumber.
  • Peterbilt.
  • 5: This company gives its trucks an "F":150, 250 and 350.
  • Ford.

    • Round 2. Category: Uncommon Words

    • 1: Your "funiculus" is usally called this, and it was cut right after your were born.
    • umbilical cord.
    • 2: A "monopode" has only 1 of these.
    • foot.
    • 3: What a "frugivorous" person eats.
    • fruit only.
    • 4: Of a little tree, a little barrel, or a little rodent, what a "firkin" is.
    • little barrel.
    • 5: The number of people who govern a "heptarchy".
    • 7.

      • Round 3. Category: The "Real" World

      • 1: A simulated 3-D environment that a user can experience and manipulate as if it were physical.
      • Virtual reality.
      • 2: Land, including all the natural resources and permanent buildings on it.
      • Real estate.
      • 3: It finishes the 1942 advertising slogan: "The Only Thing Like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola Itself. It's...".
      • the Real Thing.
      • 4: A process viewed while it actually happens is viewed in this mode.
      • Real time.
      • 5: In mathematics, a quantity that can be expressed as a finite or infinite decimal expression.
      • Real number.

        • Round 4. Category: That I Love You

        • 1: He kicked into high gear with his 1999 marriage to Posh Spice-- on July 4, no less.
        • David Beckham.
        • 2: Kyra Sedgwick had a rasher of this actor ( and no degrees of separation) after their wedding on Sept. 4, 1988.
        • Kevin Bacon.
        • 3: He said "I want to father your children" as a line to Catherine Zeta-Jones-- it worked, they have 2.
        • Michael Douglas.
        • 4: In 1993 this "Fabulous Baker Boys" star ( and it wasn't Beau or Jeff Bridges) wed TV producer David E. Kelley.
        • Michelle Pfeiffer.
        • 5: Isla Fisher won Vince Vaughn's heart in "Wedding Crashers"; in real life, this "Borat" guy is glorious man type for her.
        • Sacha Baron Cohen.

          • Round 5. Category: Captains Courageous

          • 1: In an early account of Jamestown's first year, he made no mention of his rescue by Pocahontas.
          • John Smith.
          • 2: A city and island in British Columbia are named for this sea captain who explored the area in 1792.
          • Vancouver.
          • 3: It took him and his crew 37 days to traverse the South American strait now named for him.
          • Magellan.
          • 4: In 1642 and 1643 this Dutch captain circumnavigated Australia without seeing it.
          • (Abel) Tasman.
          • 5: King Louis XVI gave this American a gold sword and made him a chevalier of France.
          • John Paul Jones.

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

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