Instant Trivia

Episode 678 - For The Sole - Fruits And Vegetables - Name The Faith - African Cities - Women In History

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 678, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 678, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: For The Sole

  • 1: The name of these soft leather loafers comes from an Algonquin word for "shoes".
  • moccasins.
  • 2: The Kyrie 2 and the Kobe XI are basketball shoes from this company.
  • Nike.
  • 3: "Digital" name for a ballerina's slippers that can take her to the ends of her feet.
  • toe shoes.
  • 4: Part of this online retailer's logo looks like a shoe with a "Z" in the sole.
  • Zappos.
  • 5: In 1989 Reebok introduced this hot-selling inflatable sports shoe.
  • Pumps.

    • Round 2. Category: Fruits And Vegetables

    • 1: A veggie that comes in spears, or the genus it belongs to.
    • asparagus.
    • 2: In most U.S. grocery stores, you should assume you are purchasing these, even if the sign says "yams".
    • sweet potatoes.
    • 3: The fruit sold under this name, from that of an Italian estate, is a muskmelon.
    • cantaloupe.
    • 4: Almost all California raisins are produced from this seedless grape named for an English immigrant.
    • Thompson seedless grapes.
    • 5: Pickled pods of this have been called "a standard hors d'oeuvre at... every Southern cocktail party".
    • okra.

      • Round 3. Category: Name The Faith

      • 1: The Shema, recited morning and night.
      • Judaism.
      • 2: The Church of Norway.
      • Lutheran.
      • 3: Speaking in tongues (it's named for a festival).
      • Pentecostalism.
      • 4: The learned class called ulama.
      • Islam.
      • 5: St. Gregory Palamas.
      • Greek Orthodox.

        • Round 4. Category: African Cities

        • 1: The name of this largest Moroccan city combines 2 Spanish words.
        • Casablanca.
        • 2: Several bridges, including El Tahrir, cross the Nile in this capital.
        • Cairo.
        • 3: This port is the southernmost of South Africa's 3 capitals.
        • Cape Town.
        • 4: Wooden 2-story verandas in this Liberian capital are an architectural link to the U.S. south.
        • Monrovia.
        • 5: Named for a 19th century queen, this capital of the Seychelles has fewer than 30,000 people.
        • Victoria.

          • Round 5. Category: Women In History

          • 1: She said of refusing to give up her seat, "The only tired I was, was tired of giving in".
          • Rosa Parks.
          • 2: This 18th-century Russian ruler hinted that none of her three children was fathered by her hubby--ouch.
          • Catherine the Great.
          • 3: Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of a corrupt man who got this title in 1492.
          • pope.
          • 4: Elizabeth Kennycame up with a method seen in use here to treat this disease.
          • polio.
          • 5: (Hi, I'm Ken Burns.) My documentary "Not for Ourselves Alone" explored the lives of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 2 of our country's greatest these, from the Latin for "voting tablet".
          • suffragettes.

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

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