Instant Trivia

Episode 666 - College Team Nicknames - Hero Sandwich - Shabbat Shalom - Weather Gear - Stars Behind Bars

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 666, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: College Team Nicknames

  • 1: (I'm Kurt Warner.) The team at my alma mater, Northern Iowa, is these big, fierce black cats.
  • Panthers.
  • 2: The Nittany Lions.
  • Penn State.
  • 3: Penn's peaceable players.
  • Quakers.
  • 4: The University of Maryland's reptilian representatives.
  • Terrapins.
  • 5: This University of Idaho nickname is from an old Germanic tribe whose name has come to mean troublemakers.
  • Vandals.

    • Round 2. Category: Hero Sandwich

    • 1: This hero of WWII was the "Lion of Luzon", but on Bataan he was known as "Dugout Doug".
    • MacArthur.
    • 2: For his leadership that resulted in final victory, General Ulysses S. Grant was known as "The Hero of" this location.
    • Appomattox.
    • 3: The parents of this mythological hero were told he'd live to a ripe old age as long as he never looked at himself.
    • Narcissus.
    • 4: This title swashbuckling hero rescues aristocrats during the French Revolution in an Orczy work.
    • the Scarlet Pimpernel.
    • 5: A 15th century poem by a guy known as Blind Harry is the main source for the life of this Scottish hero.
    • William Wallace.

      • Round 3. Category: Shabbat Shalom

      • 1: Traditionally, a married woman lights 2 candles for the sabbath just before this event on Friday.
      • sundown (or sunset).
      • 2: Observance of the sabbath appears on this do's- and -dont's list in Exodus 20.
      • the Ten Commandments.
      • 3: A portion of this scroll, whose name means "law", is read during the Saturday service.
      • Torah.
      • 4: 2 loaves are blessed; the 2nd one represents the extra portion of this God gave out on Fridays in the desert.
      • manna.
      • 5: Title of a Shabbat hymn, or pen name of the creator of Tevye the dairyman.
      • Sholom Aleichem.

        • Round 4. Category: Weather Gear

        • 1: To avoid the sun's glare at the beach, wear these tinted accessories.
        • sunglasses.
        • 2: A small cylinder of fur or cloth into which the hands are inserted for warmth.
        • Muff.
        • 3: A soft Eskimo boot made of reindeer or seal skin.
        • a mukluk.
        • 4: Its parts include ribs, stretchers and a crook handle.
        • an umbrella.
        • 5: These sunglasses were introduced in 1929; the "Who's that behind those..." ads began in the 1960s.
        • Foster Grants.

          • Round 5. Category: Stars Behind Bars

          • 1: His high school nickname "Bruno" stayed with him while he was a "Die Hard" bartender.
          • Bruce Willis.
          • 2: He tended bar and performed in coffeehouses before getting his break in "I Spy".
          • Bill Cosby.
          • 3: He was working as a bartender when he started performing with Dan Rowan.
          • Dick Martin.
          • 4: He's gone from jobs like tennis instructor and bartender to films like "Fletch" and "Foul Play".
          • Chevy Chase.
          • 5: Heard here, he tended bar to earn money while he wrote songs:.
          • Kris Kristofferson.

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

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