Instant Trivia

Episode 599 - A Lovely Port - 1930s Aviation - In A Minute - California Cities - State Borders

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 599, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: A Lovely Port

  • 1: This Australian city was given its name by a former HMS Beagle sailor.
  • Darwin.
  • 2: Built for Spanish trade with Asia, this Mexican city is now famous for the cliff divers of La Quebrada.
  • Acapulco.
  • 3: La Libertad is a port supplying this alliterative capital of El Salvador.
  • San Salvador.
  • 4: If you take the last train to this Tennessee port, you'll be at the junction of the Red and Cumberland Rivers.
  • Clarksville.
  • 5: 5 years as an unsold slave in this north African capital inspired Cervantes' play "El Trato de Angel".
  • Algiers.

    • Round 2. Category: 1930s Aviation

    • 1: In the 1930s he moved the Wright Bros.' home and bicycle workshop to Dearborn, Michigan.
    • Henry Ford.
    • 2: The Mitsubishi flown from Japan for George VI's coronation was named this, Japanese for "divine wind".
    • Kamikaze.
    • 3: On January 8, 1930 Walter Mittelholzer took off from the Serengeti plain to fly in a plane over this mount.
    • Mount Kilimanjaro.
    • 4: In 1932 and '33 one of these airships made a total of 18 trips between Germany and Brazil.
    • Zeppelin.
    • 5: In 1931 Boeing, National, Pacific and Varney Airlines joined forces under this new name.
    • United Airlines.

      • Round 3. Category: In A Minute

      • 1: Each minute 5 million of these are sent; how many of them are spam, we don't know.
      • E-mails.
      • 2: Men's Health magazine says the average guy can do 33 of these in a minute in his 20s, 21 in his 40s.
      • push-ups.
      • 3: In a June 2000 film Nicolas Cage played a guy who could do this in a minute.
      • Steal a car.
      • 4: Each minute it pumps about 5 quarts of blood.
      • The heart.
      • 5: Under the slogan "Real Estate for the Real World", this company claims on average to buy or sell a home every minute.
      • Century 21.

        • Round 4. Category: California Cities

        • 1: This city near the U.S.-Mexico border is home to a naval base and a world famous zoo.
        • San Diego.
        • 2: This city's zoo, located in Balboa Park, is one of the largest in the world.
        • San Diego.
        • 3: This upscale community was founded in 1906 by the Rodeo Land and Water Company.
        • Beverly Hills.
        • 4: Its name comes from the Santa Ana River and the German word for home.
        • Anaheim.
        • 5: This Silicon Valley city served as California's first capital from 1849 to 1851.
        • San Jose.

          • Round 5. Category: State Borders

          • 1: Kansas and Utah.
          • Colorado.
          • 2: Oklahoma and Arkansas.
          • Texas.
          • 3: New York and Ohio.
          • Pennsylvania.
          • 4: Montana and Oregon.
          • Idaho.
          • 5: Alabama and Louisiana.
          • Mississippi.

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

            Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

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