Instant Trivia

Episode 694 - His 'Do - Bomb - Let's Visit Scotland - "X"S And "O"S - That Dress Needs Something

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 694, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: His 'Do

  • 1: This promoter who staged seven of Muhammad Ali's title bouts says God designed his hairstyle.
  • Don King.
  • 2: Hair-wise, Steven Seagal is famous for this, which has its own Facebook page.
  • his ponytail.
  • 3: The slick look of this movie-great lover inspired many imitators, who were known as "Vaselinos".
  • Rudolph Valentino.
  • 4: The name of this cut is also the sound of electric clippers; in 2012 Robert Pattinson made news when he got one.
  • a buzz cut.
  • 5: In the rediscovered Leonardo work "Salvator Mundi", Jesus has the long, spiraling curls called these.
  • ringlets.

    • Round 2. Category: Bomb

    • 1: In 1970 anti-war radicals attempted to blow up a U.S. Army Mathematics Research Center at this college in Madison.
    • the University of Wisconsin.
    • 2: Seen here, one of these was tested on Eniwetok Atoll in 1952.
    • a hydrogen bomb.
    • 3: Early grenades took their name from the French word for this exotic fruit they resembled.
    • the pomegranate.
    • 4: The Stuka, a key German weapon of World War II, was this type of aircraft that releases its bombs at low altitude.
    • a dive bomber.
    • 5: The expression hoisted on your own one of these refers to a type of ordnance once used to knock down walls.
    • a petard.

      • Round 3. Category: Let's Visit Scotland

      • 1: The staid Encyclopedia Britannica says this lake "is said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster".
      • Loch Ness.
      • 2: This town 7 miles west of Glasgow gave its name to a curved textile pattern created there.
      • Paisley.
      • 3: Edinburgh lies on the southern shore of this arm of the North Sea.
      • the Firth of Forth.
      • 4: Tossing the caber is an event at these games; the British royal family traditionally attends in Braemar.
      • the Highland Games.
      • 5: Prince Albert bought this estate in Aberdeenshire for Queen Victoria and helped design the castle himself.
      • Balmoral.

        • Round 4. Category: "X"S And "O"S

        • 1: "Horst Q. Limpit died aged 97 of athlete's foot", begins this type of article.
        • obituary.
        • 2: Let there be light with this element discovered in 1898.
        • xenon.
        • 3: This French word refers to the works of an artist taken as a whole.
        • oeuvre.
        • 4: A university in Ohio, or the last name of a Spanish saint.
        • Xavier.
        • 5: It sounds like a big mode of transport, but it's a congressional bill dealing with a large number of items.
        • omnibus.

          • Round 5. Category: That Dress Needs Something

          • 1: A few of these, perhaps ostrich or golden pheasant.
          • feathers.
          • 2: Give it razzle dazzle with these shiny disks; they were sewn onto King Tut's garments.
          • sequins.
          • 3: Try the uneven hemline called this, short in front and long in back, just like the hairstyle of the same name.
          • mullet.
          • 4: These, whether on-seam or welt; women love dresses that have them.
          • pockets.
          • 5: To stiffen the bodice, use stays, also called this after its original source material.
          • whalebone.

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

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