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Episode 718 - Tv Facts - February Datebook - A Proverbial Mess - Can We Talk? - Waxes

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 718, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Tv Facts

  • 1: Star of 1984's "The Duck Factory", you can't "Mask" the fact he went on to a "Dumb" film career.
  • Jim Carrey.
  • 2: Beginning in 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports" captured "The thrill of victory" and this.
  • the agony of defeat.
  • 3: This former Cosby kid is the Malcolm in "Malcolm and Eddie".
  • Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
  • 4: Adrian Paul stars as Duncan MacLeod, an immortal in the series based on this movie.
  • Highlander.
  • 5: More than 20 years before Fran Drescher, she played a nanny in "Nanny and the Professor".
  • Juliet Mills.

    • Round 2. Category: February Datebook

    • 1: Feb. 4, 1929:Carrying mail from Miami to Belize, this famed aviator inaugurates air mail service to Central America.
    • Charles Lindbergh.
    • 2: Feb. 10, 1846:This religious group begins its exodus to the American west.
    • Mormons.
    • 3: Feb. 26, 1980:For the first time these 2 Mideast countries exchange ambassadors.
    • Egypt and Israel.
    • 4: Feb. 1, 1790:John Jay presides over the first meeting of this body.
    • U.S. Supreme Court.
    • 5: Feb. 23, 1633:This future English diarist and secretary to the admiralty makes his first "entry".
    • Samuel Pepys.

      • Round 3. Category: A Proverbial Mess

      • 1: What preach you practice.
      • Practice what you preach.
      • 2: At try don't you if again first try succeed.
      • At first if you don't succeed, try, try again.
      • 3: A is words picture a poem without.
      • A picture is a poem without words.
      • 4: The tune piper pays the he who calls.
      • he who pays the piper calls the tune.
      • 5: Never better than late.
      • Better late than never.

        • Round 4. Category: Can We Talk?

        • 1: When having a casual conversation, you do this to "the rag" or "the fat".
        • chew.
        • 2: Speak slowly with -- pauses; -- "He who" -- does it "is -- lost".
        • hesitates.
        • 3: Change one letter in yabber, Australian for "to talk foolishly", and you get this, "to talk rapidly".
        • jabber.
        • 4: Add this letter to "utter" to get a word meaning "to utter in low, unclear tones".
        • m (for "mutter").
        • 5: It means "to speak pompously and dogmatically" or, a little better, "to speak like a pope".
        • pontificate.

          • Round 5. Category: Waxes

          • 1: It's thought that the ancient Egyptians used this insect wax as a cosmetic base.
          • honey bees.
          • 2: Spermaceti wax, an excellent lubricant, comes from a cavity in this animal's head.
          • a sperm whale.
          • 3: This white wax was once used to waterproof milk cartons.
          • paraffin.
          • 4: Derived from a Brazilian palm, this wax is an important ingredient in many auto waxes.
          • carnauba.
          • 5: Wool wax, which serves as a dressing for leather goods, is more commonly known by this name.
          • lanolin.

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

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