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Episode 686 - Mountain / Man - Lifescript.com - Those Are My Initials, Too - Up In The Attic - Cartoons

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 686, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Mountain / Man

  • 1: Why ask about this mountain named for a British surveyor in 1865? Because it's there.
  • Everest.
  • 2: A 16,000-foot Venezuelan mountain is known as Pico this last name, honoring a noted liberator.
  • Bolívar.
  • 3: In 1792 George Vancouver named this mountain, the tallest in Wash., after a British navy man who never even saw it.
  • Rainier.
  • 4: In 1792 William Broughton named this mountain, the tallest in Oregon, after a British navy man who never even saw it.
  • Mount Hood.
  • 5: Around 1890 I.C. Russell named this mountain, the tallest in Canada, for a geologist.
  • Logan.

    • Round 2. Category: Lifescript.com

    • 1: Devin Alexander, a chef for this NBC weight-trimming show, offers low-cal dessert recipes.
    • The Biggest Loser.
    • 2: Online you can "choose your condition"; maybe osteoarthritis, which inflames the lining of these, such as the knee.
    • joints.
    • 3: Cynthia Nixon told lifescript readers how she beat rosacea, which causes these under the skin to swell.
    • capillaries.
    • 4: Lifescript has an online test to gauge your BMR, which measures this fat-burning rate.
    • metabolism (base metabolic rate).
    • 5: It's important for women to have a healthy ratio of waist to this area of the body; pear-shaped is better than apple.
    • the hips.

      • Round 3. Category: Those Are My Initials, Too

      • 1: Skinner,Goodrich.
      • B.F..
      • 2: Milne,TV's Ron Balakay.
      • A.A..
      • 3: Griffin,Du Bois.
      • W.E.B..
      • 4: Woolworth,De Klerk.
      • F.W..
      • 5: Hunley,Mencken.
      • H.L..

        • Round 4. Category: Up In The Attic

        • 1: Grandpa never played this sport, but we found a bat used for it.
        • cricket.
        • 2: From a bygone vacation comes this hat; its name is from Spanish for "shade".
        • sombrero.
        • 3: We found this medal, awarded to all U.S. service personnel who suffer a wound requiring a medical officer.
        • a Purple Heart.
        • 4: Joseph is missing an ear, but otherwise this nativity scene, a word from the French, is in pretty good shape.
        • a crèche.
        • 5: Way out of tune, there's this stringed instrument for which John Dowland mainly composed.
        • the lute.

          • Round 5. Category: Cartoons

          • 1: He was the original voice of Mickey Mouse.
          • Walt Disney.
          • 2: Bullwinkle's "arch" enemy with a name derived from Russian czar, Boris Godunov.
          • Boris Badenov.
          • 3: Tweetie Pie "t'awt" he "taw" this "puddy tat".
          • Sylvester.
          • 4: In "Mouse Musketeers" this cat and mouse speak with French accents.
          • Tom and Jerry.
          • 5: Though he never married, Paramount's Popeye had this many "nephews" who all looked just like him.
          • 4.

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

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

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