Instant Trivia

Episode 562 - At The Building Site - Rodents - Taking Stock - The Post Office - Kenny Rogers

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 562, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: At The Building Site

  • 1: He's got the building wired for "current" affairs.
  • an electrician.
  • 2: The current affairs this person deals with are labelled H and C.
  • the plumber.
  • 3: A Fats Waller is a pianist and this "waller" is an installer of plasterboard.
  • a drywaller.
  • 4: He'll get you stoned or brickworked, and maybe even teach you a secret handshake.
  • a mason.
  • 5: A teacher could handle this, the moving of earth to form a smooth surface for a roadway.
  • a grader.

    • Round 2. Category: Rodents

    • 1: When threatened, it will stamp its feet and rattle its quills in warning.
    • a porcupine.
    • 2: This striped squirrel can gather more than 150 acorns in a day and enough in several days to last the winter.
    • a chipmunk.
    • 3: The common name of mus musculus, it fits into a Rhyme Time category.
    • a house mouse.
    • 4: In the U.S. there are 2 genera of this rodent: Geomys, or Eastern pocket, and Thomomys, or Western pocket.
    • a gopher.
    • 5: A S. Am. delicacy, this water-dwelling herbivore was declared a fish by the Vatican so it could be eaten during Lent.
    • a capybara.

      • Round 3. Category: Taking Stock

      • 1: BA isn't Bank of America but this plane-making company.
      • Boeing.
      • 2: The Nikkei Index tracks the top 225 stocks on this city's stock exchange.
      • Tokyo.
      • 3: Athletically, it's a shoe-in:FL.
      • Foot Locker.
      • 4: If you enjoy squeezing its Charmin, you can thank this company, "PG".
      • Procter and Gamble.
      • 5: IBM (stock symbol IBM) is short for this.
      • International Business Machines.

        • Round 4. Category: The Post Office

        • 1: The little mailman shown here helped the Post Office advertisee this 1963 innovation:.
        • the ZIP code.
        • 2: In April 1988 the cost of a 1st class stamp rose to 25 cents from this previous rate.
        • 22 cents.
        • 3: =.
        • =.
        • 4: =.
        • =.
        • 5: In 1680 William Dockwra's firm would deliver a letter anywhere in London for this price.
        • a penny.

          • Round 5. Category: Kenny Rogers

          • 1: 1 of 3 female artists with whom Kenny Rogers has had a top 10 pop hit.
          • (1 of) Dolly Parton (Kim Carnes and Sheena Easton).
          • 2: Home base for Kenny and family is a ranch in this "peachy" state.
          • Georgia.
          • 3: His wife Marianne was once a regular on this country comedy TV show.
          • Hee Haw.
          • 4: His only #1 pop hit as a solo artist was this 1-word title song of 1980 written by Lionel Richie.
          • "Lady".
          • 5: With the First Edition in 1967, Kenny "Just dropped in to see" this.
          • what condition his condition is in.

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

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