Instant Trivia

Episode 689 - Thump! - The "Class" Struggle - Blogs - Terms With Greek Letters - I Can't Stop This Feeling

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 689, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Thump!

  • 1: Slump to the floor "like a bag of wet" this, a mix of clay and limestone, and you're not likely getting up soon.
  • cement.
  • 2: You "hit" these when you walk the streets; if something hits you like a ton of 'em, you're shocked.
  • bricks.
  • 3: Jimmy Page got this band name from Keith Moon's description of bad gigs going down like one.
  • Led Zeppelin.
  • 4: In 1964 a researcher wanted to count the rings of a bristlecone type of this tree, so he felled it and oops, it was 4,900.
  • a pine tree.
  • 5: The eastern gray species of this thumps the ground with its big feet to signal others of danger.
  • a kangaroo.

    • Round 2. Category: The "Class" Struggle

    • 1: When the CIA does this to a formerly secret document, you and I may read it.
    • declassify.
    • 2: Lawsuit type representing the common interests of a large group.
    • class action.
    • 3: On Emirates Airlines, the seats in this section between first and economy recline into beds.
    • business class.
    • 4: U.S. Army rank just below specialist.
    • private first class.
    • 5: Term for a senior or a junior compared to a freshman.
    • an upperclassman.

      • Round 3. Category: Blogs

      • 1: American Papist bills itself as "not your average" blog for those of this faith.
      • Catholic.
      • 2: With sections devoted to "OLTL" and "B and B", Daytime Confidential is loaded with news about this type of show.
      • soap opera.
      • 3: The popular mommy blogosphere includes Katherine Stone's site named for this new-mom sadness.
      • post-partum depression.
      • 4: Add one letter to the last name of the director of "The Last Picture Show" and you get this, his movie commentary site.
      • Blogdanovich.
      • 5: lunchinabox.net is a blog devoted to these Japanese meals.
      • bento.

        • Round 4. Category: Terms With Greek Letters

        • 1: A and B in this multiple star system are 4.4 light years from Earth.
        • Alpha Centauri.
        • 2: Inderal is one of this class of drugs that can lower blood pressure.
        • a beta-blocker.
        • 3: It was a No. 1 hit song for Helen Reddy.
        • "Delta Dawn".
        • 4: The Mayo Clinic says these fatty acids from fish oil reduce blood triglyceride levels.
        • omega-3 acids.
        • 5: A boy crosses the Pacific in a lifeboat (oh yeah, with a tiger!) in this 2001 Yann Martel novel.
        • Life of Pi.

          • Round 5. Category: I Can't Stop This Feeling

          • 1: I have a craving for this unleavened bread traditionally eaten during Passover.
          • matza.
          • 2: I'm really in the mood to play this board game that features the Chocolate Swamp and Gumdrop Mountain.
          • Candy Land.
          • 3: For a pet, I want this marsupial named for an island state, but its diet of roadkill and dead sheep ain't at Petco.
          • a Tasmanian devil.
          • 4: I have to visit this world capital, though its name is Malay for "muddy estuary".
          • Kuala Lumpur.
          • 5: I gotta wear this brand of pants--the stripes are slimming, right?.
          • Zubaz.

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

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