Instant Trivia

Episode 746 - Tape - Let's Get It "On"! - Humor - Aviation - Miss Universe

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 746, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Tape

  • 1: For protection, these athletes tape both hands under their 6- to 12-ounce gloves.
  • Boxers.
  • 2: This type of tape is applied to bicycles and to children's clothing as a safety device.
  • Reflective tape.
  • 3: A popular calendar is titled "365 Days of" this often gray cloth tape.
  • Duct tape.
  • 4: As its name indicates, it's used especially to cover surfaces during painting.
  • Masking tape.
  • 5: Used to insulate electrical wires, it's named for the force that resists sliding objects.
  • Friction tape.

    • Round 2. Category: Let's Get It "On"!

    • 1: The type of light associated with Vegas, its atomic number is 10.
    • neon.
    • 2: In astronomy, one billion years.
    • eon.
    • 3: A person of low social status, or a day laborer.
    • peon.
    • 4: Brand name for the chemical chiefly used as a refrigerant.
    • Freon.
    • 5: Feisty former White House Chief of Staff Panetta.
    • Leon.

      • Round 3. Category: Humor

      • 1: Only a groan man should attempt this "lowest form of wit".
      • Pun.
      • 2: The name of this comic imitation that lacks the moral aspect of satire also means a strip show.
      • Burlesque.
      • 3: It's defined as a tumble in which one lands on the buttocks.
      • Pratfall.
      • 4: Stout Shakespearean character "Not only witty myself; but the cause that wit is in other men".
      • Sir John Falstaff.
      • 5: Canine term for a long, drawn-out, complicated, overinvolved and even purposely irritating story.
      • "Shaggy Dog" story.

        • Round 4. Category: Aviation

        • 1: On its first day of operation, April 17, 1973, this company founded by Fred Smith flew 186 packages.
        • Federal Express.
        • 2: Not surprisingly, in 1939 this nation had the strongest air force in Europe.
        • Germany.
        • 3: Of 12, 24,or 36, # of hours it took a passenger to fly across U.S. in 1930.
        • 36.
        • 4: In May 1987 a plane built by this Wichita, Kansas company landed in Red Square.
        • Cessna.
        • 5: Used to train military pilots in WWI and later to carry the mail, the Curtiss JN-4 was known by this feminine nickname.
        • the Jenny.

          • Round 5. Category: Miss Universe

          • 1: In 1952 Finland's Armi Kuuselan was crowned the first Miss Universe in this city, now home to the Queen Mary.
          • Long Beach, California.
          • 2: The pageant was first broadcast live in 1973 from the Parthenon in this city.
          • Athens.
          • 3: 1980's winner, Shawn Weatherly, was lifeguard Jill Watson on this TV show's first season.
          • Baywatch.
          • 4: Crowned in Cyprus in May 2000, Bombay U. grad Lara Dutta represented this country.
          • India.
          • 5: 4 women have won representing this U.S. commonwealth, home to the 2001 pageant.
          • Puerto Rico.

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

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