Instant Trivia

Episode 73 - Money Slang - Flag 'Em Down - The Exodus Files - Shakespeare Pitches To Hollywood - It's A Jungle Out There

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 73, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Money Slang

  • 1: The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate.
  • a clam.
  • 2: Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough.
  • bread.
  • 3: Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la.
  • Do-re-mi.
  • 4: When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized.
  • the Benjamins.
  • 5: 2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch.
  • Chicken feed.

    • Round 2. Category: Flag 'Em Down

    • 1: The flag of this U.S. possession is almost the same as the flag of Cuba.
    • Puerto Rico.
    • 2: This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key.
    • the Star-Spangled Banner.
    • 3: The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
    • red and white.
    • 4: The Alamo is located in this city and is depicted on its flag.
    • San Antonio.
    • 5: The first 50-star U.S. flag was officially raised on July 4 of this year.
    • 1960.

      • Round 3. Category: The Exodus Files

      • 1: It's the mount where Moses talks with God in Exodus 19.
      • Sinai.
      • 2: Thou knowest this list of nay-nays shows up in Exodus 20.
      • the Ten Commandments.
      • 3: Using gold jewelry from the Israelites, he fashions the Golden Calf.
      • Aaron.
      • 4: 33:2 promises to drive the Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite, Jebusite, and this -ite from the promised land.
      • the Canaanite.
      • 5: This unusual food falls from heaven for 40 years starting in Exodus 16.
      • manna.

        • Round 4. Category: Shakespeare Pitches To Hollywood

        • 1: "Battle of the Sexes" story, Katharina vs. Petruchio; she's tough but love wins out...it's a blockbuster!.
        • "Taming of the Shrew".
        • 2: This one's about a wannabe Scottish king and his wife, right, and he kills King Duncan...is Connery available?.
        • "Macbeth".
        • 3: Okay, this military guy marries a younger woman named Desdemona -- now the ending's sad, but that means Oscar!.
        • "Othello".
        • 4: 2 young lovers, families keep 'em apart -- it'd be a teen flick but we won't shoot in Verona; too expensive.
        • "Romeo and Juliet".
        • 5: So this king is crying about his kingdom for a horse and ...oh, you already made it in '55 with Olivier? Nuts!.
        • "Richard III".

          • Round 5. Category: It's A Jungle Out There

          • 1: About 2/3 of this river's 2.3 million square mile tropical rain forest lies in Brazil.
          • Amazon.
          • 2: A large knife whose name comes from an earlier Spanish word for "mallet"; it's handy for cutting jungle paths.
          • Machete.
          • 3: The length of this South American water boa may exceed 30 feet.
          • Anaconda.
          • 4: 6-letter term for the thick covering formed by the tops of trees and vines where many animals live.
          • Canopy.
          • 5: In 1863 French archaeologists began uncovering this temple of Vishnu in the jungles of Cambodia.
          • Angkor Wat.

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

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