Instant Trivia

Episode 755 - Tim, Tom, Tammy - Nyc Street Foods - Hello, Bb - Club Me - Lightning Safety

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 755, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Tim, Tom, Tammy

  • 1: "This will be pure H-E double L for me, oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E", sang this woman.
  • Tammy Wynette.
  • 2: This classic 1843 story character was the child of a clerk.
  • Tiny Tim.
  • 3: It's a perennial grass of the family Poaceae, widely cultivated as a hay grass.
  • timothy.
  • 4: This native of Blowing Rock, N.C. penned "Still Life with Woodpecker".
  • Tom Robbins.
  • 5: The first collection of this author's short stories was 1898's "Der Kleine Herr Friedemann".
  • Thomas Mann.

    • Round 2. Category: Nyc Street Foods

    • 1: (Sofia is on Park Avenue, enjoying a pretzel, when....) Oops! I forgot to get a side of this traditional yellow condiment.
    • mustard.
    • 2: (Sofia is tasting a Mediterranean delicacy.) This pita contains little balls of this, a deep-fried Mideast treat made from chickpeas or fava beans.
    • falafel.
    • 3: (Sofia is enjoying a foreign potato product.) From the Ukranian for "dumpling", it's the name of the potato product I'm eating.
    • knish.
    • 4: (Sofia holds up a slice of thin-crust pizza.) You can get pizza New York-style or in this thicker style named for an Italian island.
    • Sicilian.
    • 5: (Sofia wraps up our taste of the Big Apple--with a stomache--and a bottle of a well-known product for curing such.) Fortunately, also available in New York is this Procter and Gamble tummy-soothing liquid.
    • Pepto-Bismol.

      • Round 3. Category: Hello, Bb

      • 1: Riding without a saddle.
      • bareback.
      • 2: The legal instrument to spring you after an arrest.
      • a bail bond.
      • 3: A menorah is the symbol of this international organization founded in 1843.
      • B'nai B'rith.
      • 4: In Internet domain names, this country of the West Indies.
      • Barbados.
      • 5: Friction reducers noted on technical drawings.
      • ball bearings.

        • Round 4. Category: Club Me

        • 1: To join England's venerable Carlton Club, Margaret Thatcher had to be made an honorary one of these.
        • a man.
        • 2: For many years, Henny Youngman received much of his fan mail at this comedy "club" found on NYC's East 55th Street.
        • the Friar's Club.
        • 3: It's the "happy" name for a group of college singers who perform short pieces of choral music.
        • a glee club.
        • 4: The Baum Bugle is the newsletter of the international club for fans of this tale.
        • The Wizard of Oz.
        • 5: Founded in 1795, this Harvard club is famed for its theatricals.
        • the Hasty Pudding Club.

          • Round 5. Category: Lightning Safety

          • 1: A website for this sport advises that if you play through a storm, your great round could be your last round.
          • golf.
          • 2: You're advised to seek a safe location if less than 30 seconds pass between a lightning flash and this.
          • a thunderclap.
          • 3: Lightning victims don't carry a charge; it's safe to use this heart-beat-restoring technique if you know how.
          • CPR.
          • 4: Panamax of San Rafael, California introduced this type of "protection" for PCs in 1981.
          • surge.
          • 5: Based on data gathered from 1959 to 1994, this hurricane-prone state also has the most lightning fatalities.
          • Florida.

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

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