Instant Trivia

Episode 581 - Ants - A Brief History Of Thyme - La Langue Francaise - The '70s - There Is No Place Like Nebraska

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 581, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Ants

  • 1: In a famous fable, the ant is portrayed as hard working while this insect just has a good time.
  • grasshopper.
  • 2: The echidna, pangolin, and aardvark, for example.
  • anteaters.
  • 3: Ants protect themselves from their enemies by stinging or doing this to them.
  • biting.
  • 4: After mating in the air, the queen ant lands and tears these off.
  • wings.
  • 5: Unlike termites, these ants don't eat wood, only chew out holes big enough to "build" their nests.
  • carpenter ants.

    • Round 2. Category: A Brief History Of Thyme

    • 1: Thyme honey from the Iblei Mtns. on this large Mediterranean isle has been a delicacy for centuries.
    • Sicily.
    • 2: Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme figure prominently in this hit by Simon and Garfunkel.
    • "Scarborough Fair".
    • 3: This "elder" Roman encyclopedist referred to thyme as a fumigant.
    • Pliny.
    • 4: Monks know that thyme is an ingredient in this popular upscale French liquor, one of the "B"s in B and B.
    • benedictine.
    • 5: Thyme contains about 1% this type of "oil" used in fragrances and pharmaceuticals.
    • essential oil.

      • Round 3. Category: La Langue Francaise

      • 1: It's "one", "two", "three", mon ami.
      • Un, deux, trois.
      • 2: What the French call Janvier and Fevrier, we call these months.
      • January and February.
      • 3: 4-word phrase for the best of the best, you might say it rises to the top.
      • Creme de la creme.
      • 4: French for "puffed out", it describes a hairstyle popular in the '60s.
      • Bouffant.
      • 5: This 2-word phrase gives a person complete freedom to act at will.
      • Carte blanche.

        • Round 4. Category: The '70s

        • 1: The 2 reporters at the Washington Post who blew the whistle on Watergate.
        • Woodward and Bernstein.
        • 2: In a 1976 article in New York Magazine, Tom Wolfe dubbed the '70s this decade.
        • the "Me Decade".
        • 3: On January 1, 1978 he was sworn in as the 105th mayor of New York City.
        • Ed Koch.
        • 4: In the 1970s many studied ESP, short for this awareness beyond the normal senses (but you already knew that).
        • extrasensory perception.
        • 5: She went to court in 1972 to get an injunction to keep photographer Ron Galella away from her.
        • Jackie Onassis.

          • Round 5. Category: There Is No Place Like Nebraska

          • 1: The USA's emergency 911 system was developed and first used in this "presidential" city.
          • Lincoln.
          • 2: This man organized his famous "Wild West Show" in 1883 at his ranch near North Platte.
          • Buffalo Bill Cody.
          • 3: In 1948 Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base became home to SAC, which stood for this.
          • Strategic Air Command.
          • 4: The U. of N. College of Agriculture helped develop the technology for this McDonald's McPork sandwich.
          • McRib.
          • 5: The childhood home of Willa Cather, this colorfully named town inspired the setting for her 6 Nebraska novels.
          • Red Cloud.

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

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