Instant Trivia

Episode 568 - Yangtze Doodle - Men And Women Of Science - Medical Milestones - Music Of The '70s - Politics

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 568, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Yangtze Doodle

  • 1: The Grand Canal connects the Yangtze River to this other major river.
  • the Yellow River.
  • 2: The 2 rivers in the world that are longer than the Yangtze.
  • the Amazon and the Nile.
  • 3: The Yangtze flows through this province that's China's most populous and known for its spicy cuisine.
  • Szechuan.
  • 4: Native to the Yangtze river valley, this fruit is also known as a Chinese gooseberry.
  • a kiwi.
  • 5: This dam, one of the world's largest when completed, is being built on the Yangtze to control flooding.
  • the Three Gorges Dam.

    • Round 2. Category: Men And Women Of Science

    • 1: In the 1930s this California transplant posthumously received plant patents No. 12-16.
    • Luther Burbank.
    • 2: In 1925 this American anthropologist first visited Samoa; she wrote a book about it 3 years later.
    • Margaret Mead.
    • 3: In 1909, after 7 years with the Swiss Patent Office, he became a professor at the University of Zurich.
    • Albert Einstein.
    • 4: In the 1870s this French chemist demonstrated that anthrax was caused by a particular bacillus.
    • Pasteur.
    • 5: The "Hans"-on work of this biochemist born in 1900 unraveled the mystery of the citric acid cycle.
    • Hans Krebs.

      • Round 3. Category: Medical Milestones

      • 1: Louise Brown, the first human conceived by in vitro fertilization, is better known as the 1st this "baby".
      • test tube baby.
      • 2: In 1853 Charles Gerhardt buffered salicylic acid, creating acetylsalicylic acid, later marketed as this.
      • aspirin.
      • 3: This type of surgery introduced in 1961 uses extreme cold to perform a "bloodless" operation.
      • cryogenic (or cryosurgery).
      • 4: In 1977 the balloon type of this procedure was used for the first time to unblock clogged heart arteries.
      • angioplasty.
      • 5: In 1866 Dr. Thomas Allbutt was all brain when he invented a 6-inch one of these; safer fluids have replaced mercury.
      • a thermometer.

        • Round 4. Category: Music Of The '70s

        • 1: In 1973 Bette Midler revived this Andrews Sisters hit, reaching the Top 10.
        • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.
        • 2: This "Diana" singer wrote Tom Jones' 1971 hit "She's A Lady".
        • Paul Anka.
        • 3: His "52nd Street" was the No. 1 album of 1979.
        • Billy Joel.
        • 4: This James Taylor hit is subtitled "To Be Loved by You".
        • How Sweet It Is.
        • 5: In 1973 he won a Grammy for Best Country Song for "Behind Closed Doors".
        • Charlie Rich.

          • Round 5. Category: Politics

          • 1: Cities as big as L.A. and Dallas have this kind of mayoral election where there's no "D"' or "R" after the candidates' names.
          • nonpartisan.
          • 2: In 1913 James Hamilton Lewis became the first senator in this job of counting votes and rounding up members.
          • whip.
          • 3: Military-sounding term for a local leader who oversees a political party's activities in one precinct.
          • a captain.
          • 4: The rooster was symbol of this party before Thomas Nast drew their new one in 1870.
          • the Democrats.
          • 5: A contraction of "procuracy", it's a person you authorize to vote in your place.
          • proxy.

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

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