Instant Trivia

Episode 716 - The Comics - It's Our Turn To Sack Rome!!! - Stupid Geography - Wide World Of Trivia - Yum Yum!

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 716, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Comics

  • 1: From 1913-45 Arthur "Pop" Momand drew a comic strip called "Keeping Up with" them.
  • the Joneses.
  • 2: For years Herb and Tootsie Woodley have been neighbors to this couple.
  • Dagwood and Blondie.
  • 3: A 1960 No. 1 hit song was based on this V.T. Hamlin cave man strip.
  • Alley Oop.
  • 4: A 1930s comic strip starring a woman named Fritzi Ritz introduced this 8-year-old girl.
  • Nancy.
  • 5: Patrick McDonnell's comic strip has this canine name even though Mooch the cat is often seen with Earl the dog.
  • Mutts.

    • Round 2. Category: It's Our Turn To Sack Rome!!!

    • 1: 455 A.D.: These people, whose name is now synonymous with pillage and destruction, sack Rome.
    • the Vandals.
    • 2: 390 B.C.: These people usually associated with ancient France sack Rome.
    • the Gauls.
    • 3: 410 A.D.: Under Alaric, these "Westerners" sack Rome.
    • the Visigoths.
    • 4: 1084 A.D.: Having successfully invaded England 18 years before, they then sack Rome.
    • the Normans.
    • 5: 1527 A.D.: French and German troops working for this "Empire" end the High Renaissance by sacking Rome.
    • the Holy Roman Empire.

      • Round 3. Category: Stupid Geography

      • 1: This city on the Kankakee River is the seat of Kankakee County, Illinois.
      • Kankakee.
      • 2: The capital of Kuwait.
      • Kuwait City.
      • 3: When Quebec was called "Lower Canada", Ontario was called this.
      • Upper Canada.
      • 4: The main campus of the University of Mississippi is in this Mississippi town.
      • University, Mississippi.
      • 5: This nation used to be called Sukothai, meaning "dawn of happiness".
      • Thailand.

        • Round 4. Category: Wide World Of Trivia

        • 1: The first victim of this excavated mummy's curse may have been Lord Carnavon, a sponsor of the expedition.
        • King Tut.
        • 2: Also known as the "Bush", it's the Aussie term for the remote, rural areas of Australia.
        • the Outback.
        • 3: The lowest surface road in the world is more than 1,290 feet below sea level in this country.
        • Israel.
        • 4: When top Crayola Crayon maker Emerson Moser retired after 37 years, he revealed he suffered from this affliction.
        • colorblind.
        • 5: Home to the Temple of Buddha's Tooth, this Sri Lankan city's name sounds like it might cause a cavity in it.
        • Kandy.

          • Round 5. Category: Yum Yum!

          • 1: Inspired by the Harry Potter books, these beans come in odd flavors like grass, sardine and earwax.
          • Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.
          • 2: Introduced in 2002, Slimy Ghoul is a glow-in-the-dark dispenser for this 3-letter candy.
          • Pez.
          • 3: York introduced these yummy "patties" in 1940, but they weren't distributed nationally until 1975.
          • peppermint patties.
          • 4: H.B. Reese made Johnny Bars and Lizzie Bars before coming up with these famous "Cups" in the 1930s.
          • Peanut Butter Cups.
          • 5: Pop Rocks pop in your mouth because they contain bubbles of this gas.
          • carbon dioxide.

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

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