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Episode 717 - The Titanic - In The Spirit - Isn't It Romantic? - 4-Letter Verbs - It's Australia, Mate

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 717, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: The Titanic

  • 1: Unlike the Titanic, when sister ship the Britannic sank in 1916, it had enough of these for all aboard.
  • lifeboats.
  • 2: Frederick Fleet was here when he was first to spot the iceberg; he had a bird's eye view.
  • the crow's nest.
  • 3: The Titanic had 4 of these; 3 were functional, the fourth was mostly there for aesthetics.
  • smokestacks.
  • 4: The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck.
  • the crow's nest.
  • 5: The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room.
  • the bridge.

    • Round 2. Category: In The Spirit

    • 1: French for "a sitting", it's a meeting at which a medium tries to communicate with the dead.
    • Seance.
    • 2: This Sherlock Holmes creator became an advocate of spiritualism after his son died in WWI.
    • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
    • 3: Constance Bennett and Cary Grant appeared and disappeared in this 1937 film classic.
    • Topper.
    • 4: Roseanne and Madonna are among the stars who've studied this Jewish mystical tradition.
    • Kabbalah.
    • 5: Possibly inhabited by a piano-playing ghost, the Stanley Hotel in Colorado inspired this Stephen King tale.
    • "The Shining".

      • Round 3. Category: Isn't It Romantic?

      • 1: In 1993 Hershey's introduced these "snuggly" candies that go well with Kisses.
      • Hugs.
      • 2: www.princesspies.com specializes in cheesecakes in this romantic shape.
      • a heart.
      • 3: Young ladies once pinned bay leaves to these on the eve of Valentine's Day to see their future husbands in their dreams.
      • their pillows.
      • 4: By shooting arrows that made folks fall in love, this son of Venus made some people very, very happy.
      • Cupid.
      • 5: In a poem, this "Canterbury Tales" author wrote about birds choosing their mates on Valentine's Day.
      • Chaucer.

        • Round 4. Category: 4-Letter Verbs

        • 1: As a noun, it's the rear portion of an aircraft; as a verb, it means to follow and keep under surveillance.
        • tail.
        • 2: To heat and sweeten a beverage with spice.
        • mull.
        • 3: To plow the soil.
        • till.
        • 4: To rain in a fine shower, or moisturize with a fine spray of water.
        • mist.
        • 5: Itemize, or what a ship does when it tilts to one side.
        • list.

          • Round 5. Category: It's Australia, Mate

          • 1: For this holiday, schoolchildren in Australia receive a 6-week summer vacation.
          • Christmas.
          • 2: This Australian state reports it has lost the 1859 decree Victoria signed authorizing its name.
          • Queensland.
          • 3: The loud Australian bird known as a kookaburra is also known as this "laughing" equine.
          • jackass.
          • 4: The "Ground" for this sport in Melbourne, Australia has a capacity of about 100,000 spectators.
          • cricket.
          • 5: The Brisbane, the Murray and the Murrumbidgee are all famous ones of these in Australia.
          • rivers.

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

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