August 19, 2022

Episode 555 - The Jackie Auction - In The News 2005 - Africana - The Rise Of The Machines - Washingtonians

9 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 555, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Flower Power

1: You can get a low-cal treat by sniffing Cosmos astrosanguineus, with the aroma of this sweet treat.

Chocolate.

2: This popular Christmas flower comes in several different colors, but the red variety is in greatest demand.

the poinsettia.

3: This "bruised" Maryland state flower is also called a yellow daisy.

Black-Eyed Susan.

4: A species of this beautiful tropical flower is classified as vanilla planifolia.

the orchid.

5: The term "perfect" refers to a flower that has both of these male and female reproductive organs.

Stamens and pistils.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 555, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Jackie Auction

1: Can we talk? This comedienne snapped up a French painting, saying it was for her daughter Melissa.

Joan Rivers.

2: A triple strand of these went for $211,500, even though they were fake.

pearls.

3: Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager paid $453,500 for this piece of furniture JFK used in the White House.

a rocking chair.

4: This husband of JFK's niece "terminated" the bidding for a set of Kennedy's golf clubs with $772,500.

Arnold Schwarzenegger.

5: The decorator who bought this item for $48,875 said the first thing he measured with it was his sanity.

a tape measure.

Round 2. Category: In The News 2005

1: This country's new president Ahmadinejad may have minored in embassy hostage taking in the 1970s.

Iran.

2: 12 years after approving NAFTA, Congress barely passed this trade deal opening southern markets.

CAFTA.

3: On Sept. 28, 2005 he stepped down as House Majority Leader (at least temporarily) upon being indicted.

Tom DeLay.

4: Napster's gone legit, but the Supreme Court ruled against this file-sharing company in MGM Studios v. it.

Grokster.

5: (Hi, I'm Nancy Grace with CNN Headline News.) On a busy March 16, 2005, I reported on Scott Peterson's death sentence and this actor's murder acquittal.

Robert Blake.

Round 3. Category: Africana

1: The southern part of Africa is often called "Sub-" this 3 1/2-million-square-mile area.

Sahara.

2: The country's name is properly pronounced "Luh-Soo-Too", but is spelled this way.

L-E-S-O-T-H-O.

3: In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference and the first held on the continent.

South Africa.

4: A lion subspecies shares its name with these nomadic people of Tanzania and Kenya.

Masai.

5: Meaning "guided one", it was the title of the 1880s Sudanese leader whose forces defeated General Gordon.

The Mahdi.

Round 4. Category: The Rise Of The Machines

1: This refrigerator introduced in 1918 was named for a scientist who created a temperature scale.

Kelvinator.

2: Milestone machines using this type of energy include Clarence Kemp's 1891 water heater.

solar energy.

3: The 880-ton Hulett ore unloaders were built for ports like Cleveland and Ashtabula along this lake.

Lake Erie.

4: Barthelemy Thimmonier, an early maker of these machines, saw them smashed by a mob of angry tailors.

sewing machines.

5: In computers, the ILLIAC IV pioneered the simultaneous processing of many operations, known by this geometric term.

parallel processing.

Round 5. Category: Washingtonians

1: Since his death in 1970, some 100 albums of this guitarist's wo

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August 19, 2022

Episode 555 - The Jackie Auction - In The News 2005 - Africana - The Rise Of The Machines - Washingtonians

9 minutes

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 555, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Flower Power

1: You can get a low-cal treat by sniffing Cosmos astrosanguineus, with the aroma of this sweet treat.

Chocolate.

2: This popular Christmas flower comes in several different colors, but the red variety is in greatest demand.

the poinsettia.

3: This "bruised" Maryland state flower is also called a yellow daisy.

Black-Eyed Susan.

4: A species of this beautiful tropical flower is classified as vanilla planifolia.

the orchid.

5: The term "perfect" refers to a flower that has both of these male and female reproductive organs.

Stamens and pistils.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 555, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Jackie Auction

1: Can we talk? This comedienne snapped up a French painting, saying it was for her daughter Melissa.

Joan Rivers.

2: A triple strand of these went for $211,500, even though they were fake.

pearls.

3: Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager paid $453,500 for this piece of furniture JFK used in the White House.

a rocking chair.

4: This husband of JFK's niece "terminated" the bidding for a set of Kennedy's golf clubs with $772,500.

Arnold Schwarzenegger.

5: The decorator who bought this item for $48,875 said the first thing he measured with it was his sanity.

a tape measure.

Round 2. Category: In The News 2005

1: This country's new president Ahmadinejad may have minored in embassy hostage taking in the 1970s.

Iran.

2: 12 years after approving NAFTA, Congress barely passed this trade deal opening southern markets.

CAFTA.

3: On Sept. 28, 2005 he stepped down as House Majority Leader (at least temporarily) upon being indicted.

Tom DeLay.

4: Napster's gone legit, but the Supreme Court ruled against this file-sharing company in MGM Studios v. it.

Grokster.

5: (Hi, I'm Nancy Grace with CNN Headline News.) On a busy March 16, 2005, I reported on Scott Peterson's death sentence and this actor's murder acquittal.

Robert Blake.

Round 3. Category: Africana

1: The southern part of Africa is often called "Sub-" this 3 1/2-million-square-mile area.

Sahara.

2: The country's name is properly pronounced "Luh-Soo-Too", but is spelled this way.

L-E-S-O-T-H-O.

3: In 2000 Durban in this country hosted the 13th International AIDS Conference and the first held on the continent.

South Africa.

4: A lion subspecies shares its name with these nomadic people of Tanzania and Kenya.

Masai.

5: Meaning "guided one", it was the title of the 1880s Sudanese leader whose forces defeated General Gordon.

The Mahdi.