Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 734, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Great Things
1: On the Great Seal of the U.S. there are 13 stripes, 13 stars and 13 of these weapons.arrows.2: The Great Smokies are part of this larger system.the Appalachians.3: Playwright who wrote, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em".William Shakespeare.4: The marine life in this U.S. lake is pretty thin: Colonial Algae and Brine Shrimp.the Great Salt Lake.5: Term for the Boer migration in the 1830s and 1840s, it comes from an Afrikaans term for a trip by ox wagon.the Great Trek.Round 2. Category: What's The Pitch
1: "Like a rock".Chevrolet.2: "Where's your mustache?".milk.3: "Bo knows".Nike.4: "Don't leave home without it".American Express.5: "Mom's other little helper".Shake 'n Bake.Round 3. Category: Whatsits, Doohickeys, Thingamabobs
1: A tailor's term, it's also the spiral part of a screw.Thread.2: Also a body part, in plumbing it's the fitting used to connect the joints of 2 pipes that meet at an angle.Elbow.3: To set up one of these in the Northern Hemisphere, point the gnomon on its face to the North Pole.Sundial.4: A key is inserted into this part of a lock that contains the pins, springs and plug.Cylinder.5: It's a trough used by "carriers" for carrying bricks.Hod.Round 4. Category: 50-50
1: It's the only letter of the alphabet not used in the names of the 50 states.Q.2: In Genesis 6, it's described as being 50 cubits wide.Noah's Ark.3: Up to 50 yards of cloth may be used in one of these headdresses worn by Sikhs and Muslim men.a turban.4: In exchange for more than 1,000 POWs, this country received about $50 million from the U.S. in December 1962.Cuba.5: In some versions, this Hellenic hellhound has as many as 50 heads.Cerberus.Round 5. Category: Restaurants
1: In 1993 this TV comedienne and her husband Tom opened their Big Food Diner near their farm in Eldon, Iowa.Roseanne Arnold.2: Move over, Baskin-Robbins; NYC's Russian Tea Room serves 31 varieties of this potent potable.vodka.3: Oprah Winfrey co-owns The Eccentric in this city, and Oprah's potatoes are featured on the menu.Chicago.4: At a sushi bar, spice wimps should learn the word "sabinuki", or "no" this.wasabi.5: When Hiltl opened in Zurich in 1898, its customers were called Grasfresser, as it's this kind of restaurant.a vegetarian restaurant.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 734, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Everyday Inventions
1: C. Latham Sholes invented this - - not Olivetti or Smith or even Corona.a typewriter.2: Clarence Birdseye got the idea for frozen food after living among these people for 3 years.Eskimos.3: Of Dunlop, Goodyear or Goodrich, the veterinarian who invented the pneumatic bike tire.(John) Dunlop.4: This, not corn, was used to make the Kellogg brothers' 1st flakes.wheat.5: The 1st lightweight one for home use consisted of a fan motor, a soap box, a broom handle and a pillowcase.a vacuum
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