Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 699, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Pick One
1: Of hippo, rhino or croc, the one whose common name has the most letters.hippopotamus.2: Of the Osmonds, the Osbournes or the Oswalds, the family that got MTV its highest ratings.the Osbournes.3: Of Woolworth, Wordsworth or Wadsworth, the one who was a stamp distributor in Westmoreland County.Wordsworth.4: Of Army, Navy or Marine, the one who began as a columnist for Variety in 1953.Army (Archerd).5: Of Walter Chrysler, Louis Chevrolet or Ransom Olds, the one who raced in the Indy 500.Chevrolet.Round 2. Category: International Actors
1: Her relative Sydney Kidman was a cattle baron who owned huge swaths of outback.Nicole Kidman.2: Toshiro Mifune and this director with whom he made 16 films died less than a year apart.Akira Kurosawa.3: This British veteran's films include "Tom Jones", "Under the Volcano" and "Erin Brockovich".Albert Finney.4: This blonde beauty from South Africa gained notice when she grappled with Teri Hatcher in "2 Days in the Valley".Charlize Theron.5: Seen here, she was born in Paris and starred in "An American Werewolf in Paris".Julie Delpy.Round 3. Category: Past Tense
1: Before the fall, Humpty Dumpty did it "on a wall".sat.2: Meaning "manufactured", it was in a famous telegraph message after "What hath God...".wrought.3: If you missed the big day, go online; Blue Mountain has a whole section of this kind of birthday e-card.belated.4: On pepper boxes, it means "milled".cracked.5: This synonym for "haggard" is also past tense for having pulled out your weapon.drawn.Round 4. Category: Rodent, Marsupial Or Primate
1: The Tasmanian Devil.Marsupial.2: The kangaroo rat.rodent.3: The chinchilla.Rodent.4: The wombat.Marsupial.5: The aye-aye.primate.Round 5. Category: Money
1: The common U.S. coin that's named for the metal it contains.Nickel.2: If you've still got these "jolly jolly" coins of England, they're no longer legal tender.sixpence.3: Canadians as well as U.S. 10-cent pieces are called this.dimes.4: The British called this now-obsolete coin a "bob".the shilling.5: In 1909 he became the first U.S. president ever to appear on a coin.Lincoln.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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