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Episode 729 - Bits And Pieces - Name That Pope - "Tt"S Me - Eat Your Veggies! - "Pop" Culture

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 729, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Let's "Split"

  • 1: A house with floors that differ by about half a story.
  • split-level.
  • 2: These singing and dancing animals hosted their own Saturday morning "Adventure Hour" from 1968 to 1970.
  • the Banana Splits.
  • 3: On May 25, 2000 Sony investors suddenly had twice as many shares thanks to one of these actions.
  • stock split.
  • 4: It could be slang for a town where divorced people live.
  • splitsville.
  • 5: In football, you'll find them outside the offensive tackles or when the quarterback has a bad hair day.
  • split ends.

    • Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 729, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

    Round 1. Category: Bits And Pieces

    • 1: In addition to the cradle and handset, older ones of these included finger holes and a finger stop.
    • Telephones.
    • 2: A 1998 32-cent stamp shows a woman as this type of performer in an "Attitude Derriere" pose.
    • ballet dancer.
    • 3: Spankers, jiggers and jibs are types of these.
    • sails.
    • 4: The spells of the magician in this Johnny Hart comic strip usually backfire...if they work at all.
    • The Wizard of Id.
    • 5: In a compass, this swings on the pivot.
    • needle.

      • Round 2. Category: Name That Pope

      • 1: This second pope shares his name with a male friend of Charlie Brown (but not the blanket).
      • Linus.
      • 2: He was the first pope who wasn't born in Italy.
      • Saint Peter.
      • 3: This name taken by 8 popes means of or relating to a city.
      • Urban.
      • 4: His reign as pope, 34 days long, was the shortest in modern history.
      • John Paul I.
      • 5: In 1964 this pope canonized 22 Christian Ugandan martyrs killed in the 19th century.
      • Paul VI.

        • Round 3. Category: "Tt"S Me

        • 1: "Imitation is the sincerest form of" it.
        • Flattery.
        • 2: This rocker is the leader of the Heartbreakers.
        • Tom Petty.
        • 3: A diplomatic official, or his briefcase.
        • Attache.
        • 4: On a male North American turkey it's that long, loose piece of red flesh that hangs from its neck.
        • Wattle.
        • 5: It's the text of an opera, as opposed to the music.
        • Libretto.

          • Round 4. Category: Eat Your Veggies!

          • 1: In the 1970s horticulturists developed sugar snaps by crossing the snow and green varieties of this.
          • peas.
          • 2: If chives were chive talkin' they'd mention they were part of this veggie's family.
          • onions.
          • 3: If these are too hot, drink milk: casein in milk wipes away capsaicin, the fiery compound that gives them heat.
          • chilies (chili peppers).
          • 4: The French know this purple pear-shaped vegetable as an aubergine.
          • eggplant.
          • 5: Red globes are radishes; yellow and white globes are varieties of this veggie.
          • onion.

            • Round 5. Category: "Pop" Culture

            • 1: Fruit-flavored ice on one or 2 sticks.
            • popsicle.
            • 2: Easy infield out in a baseball game.
            • a pop fly.
            • 3: The Brits call it an ice lolly; we call it this.
            • a popsicle.
            • 4: You'll often find them sprinkled on top of kaiser rolls.
            • poppy seeds.
            • 5: It was the nickname of Eddie Egan, the cop whose life was the basis of "The French Connection".
            • "Popeye".

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

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