Instant Trivia

Episode 740 - All The Presidents' Children - Genesis - The Summer Olympics - Business Biggies - History Problems

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 740, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: All The Presidents' Children

  • 1: His daughter Patti has written several books including "Bondage" and "The Way I See It".
  • Ronald Reagan.
  • 2: (Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl.) No mystery here, while her father was president, this soprano sang in concert at the Bowl.
  • Margaret Truman.
  • 3: It was the 3-letter nickname of Lincoln's youngest son Thomas.
  • Tad.
  • 4: In the 1970s Susan Ford, who became a photojournalist, studied with this landscape photographer.
  • Ansel Adams.
  • 5: "I can be President," Teddy Roosevelt said, "or I can control" this daughter, "I cannot possibly do both".
  • Alice.

    • Round 2. Category: Genesis

    • 1: Noah took clean beasts and fowls on the ark by sevens and unclean beasts by this amount.
    • Twos/pairs.
    • 2: The book of Genesis opens with these 3 words.
    • In the beginning.
    • 3: In Genesis 9:1, God told him and his sons to " Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth".
    • Noah.
    • 4: Chapter 1 says God placed the lights in this “of the heaven”.
    • the firmament.
    • 5: Genesis 2:25 says Adam and Eve were both this "and were not ashamed"-- and this was before Bally's or Jenny Craig!.
    • naked.

      • Round 3. Category: The Summer Olympics

      • 1: In 1976 Hungary's Miklos Nemeth threw this farther than any field apparatus in Olympic history -- 310' 4".
      • Javelin.
      • 2: You might have to get as high as 20 feet off the ground to win a medal in this "vaulting" Olympic event.
      • the pole vault.
      • 3: At 26.2 miles, it's the longest running event in the Summer Olympics.
      • the marathon.
      • 4: Then with the Phoenix Suns, he was a member of the USA's "Dream Team" in both 1992 and 1996.
      • Charles Barkley.
      • 5: In the Olympic 400-meter relay final, this many runners compete together as a team.
      • 4.

        • Round 4. Category: Business Biggies

        • 1: There's a glut of cola on the market, so this company's giving us more Kisses.
        • Hershey's.
        • 2: Elliot Handler, the "el" in this toymaker, died at age 95 in 2011.
        • Mattel.
        • 3: One version says the name of this product was inspired by a picture of William Penn.
        • Quaker Oats.
        • 4: Founded in 1857, this company makes Elsie Ice Cream and Elmer's Glue.
        • Borden's.
        • 5: A statue of the god Mercury inspired the logo of this tire company.
        • Goodyear.

          • Round 5. Category: History Problems

          • 1: Since Vermont entered the Union as State number 14 in 1891, this many more have followed it.
          • 36.
          • 2: If Newton had 1 apple drop on his head on Monday, 3 on Tuesday and 5 on Wednesday, he averaged this number a day.
          • 3.
          • 3: The Incan empire was split between 2 sons in 1525; if there had been 5 sons, each would have gotten this percent.
          • 20%.
          • 4: If Clyde the Chaldean turned out 3 cuneiform tablets an hour, and worked 8 hours a day for 5 days, he made this many.
          • 120.
          • 5: If the 15th C. Wars of the Roses had been fought with real roses, and each side had 48 roses, it totaled this many dozen.
          • 8.

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

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