Instant Trivia

Episode 596 - Hummingbirds - Singers' First Films - "Down" Words - Southernmost Points - Approbation

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 596, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Hummingbirds

  • 1: The largest hummingbird is the 8 1/2-inch Patagona gigas, native to this mountain range.
  • the Andes.
  • 2: Of 50, 100 or 200, the number of wingbeats per second for the smallest hummingbirds during courtship.
  • 200.
  • 3: Although it's true that hummingbirds prefer flowers of this color, the shape of the flower is equally important.
  • red.
  • 4: When migrating, the ruby-throated hummingbird flies more than 500 miles nonstop over this body of water to reach the Yucatan.
  • the Gulf of Mexico.
  • 5: Part of a male's courtship is this maneuver in which he reaches 50 mph and experiences 9G forces when pulling out of it.
  • a mating dive.

    • Round 2. Category: Singers' First Films

    • 1: "Lady Sings The Blues".
    • Diana Ross.
    • 2: "The Bodyguard".
    • Whitney Houston.
    • 3: "9 To 5".
    • Dolly Parton.
    • 4: "Oh, God!".
    • John Denver.
    • 5: "The Electric Horseman".
    • Willie Nelson.

      • Round 3. Category: "Down" Words

      • 1: Othello's was jealousy.
      • his fatal downfall.
      • 2: According to Petula Clark, "The lights are much brighter there".
      • "Downtown".
      • 3: Word describing a period when computers can't compute.
      • downtime.
      • 4: On a PBS series, Hudson, Rose and Mrs. Bridges resided there.
      • Downstairs.
      • 5: Description of someone who is practical.
      • down-to-earth.

        • Round 4. Category: Southernmost Points

        • 1: Willem Schouten was the first to sail around this cape, South America's southernmost point.
        • Cape Horn.
        • 2: Cape Tainaron on the Peloponnesus is the southernmost mainland point of this country.
        • Greece.
        • 3: Mexico's southernmost point lies on its Pacific coast border with this country.
        • Guatemala.
        • 4: Asia's southernmost mainland point, Cape Piai, lies in this country just north of Singapore.
        • Malaysia.
        • 5: Cape Sarych, Ukraine's southernmost point, lies on this peninsula that juts into the Black Sea.
        • the Crimean Peninsula.

          • Round 5. Category: Approbation

          • 1: In 1982 Lenny Skutnick rescued a passenger on a crashed 737 from this D.C. river.
          • Potomac.
          • 2: Fittingly, CNN broke the news in 1997 when this man decided to give $1 billion to the U.N..
          • Ted Turner.
          • 3: Jody Williams won a 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to ban these weapons.
          • land mines.
          • 4: In 1997, 5 decades late, 7 black soldiers received this highest award for bravery during WWII.
          • the Congressional Medal of Honor.
          • 5: Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara, who saved hundreds of Jews in WWII, bears the title "Righteous" this.
          • Gentile.

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

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