Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 756, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Boo"!
1: Word that can precede hatch, prize or trap.booby.2: Pirate plunder.booty.3: The NCAA calls them "representatives of the institution's athletic interests".boosters.4: Grant me this gift or favor.a boon.5: Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! -- the Hamadryas species of this was revered by the ancient Egyptians.a baboon.Round 2. Category: Praise The "Lord"
1: The upper chamber of the British parliament.House of Lords.2: Hardly idle, this poet wrote over 10,000 lines of "Idylls Of The King".Alfred Lord Tennyson.3: It's also called the Pater Noster.The Lord's Prayer.4: As Steve McGarrett, he often finished off wrongdoers with the words "Book 'Em, Dano".Jack Lord.5: Clive Barker's cinematic thriller about the evil resurrected magician Nix.Lord of Illusions.Round 3. Category: About "Face"
1: "Elevating" cosmetic surgery people keep secret--except Phyllis Diller, Betty Ford, Mr. Blackwell....a face lift.2: The worth of a stamp or coin stated on it.face value.3: Song sung and drawn by Dick Van Dyke in the film "Bye Bye Birdie"."Put On A Happy Face".4: Maintaining one's reputation.saving/keeping face.5: To deal with a pressing problem directly, or the name of a 1980 TV game show similar to "Name That Tune".Face the Music.Round 4. Category: Autumn-Atic
1: Each November this sporting event starts in Staten Island and ends hours later in Central Park.New York City Marathon.2: Around Thanksgiving you start to see store ads reminding you that there are only about 28 of these "before Christmas".Shopping days.3: In-ciders know October is the national month for this fruit.Apples.4: Every October 19 this Virginia town remembers the last major battle of the American Revolution.Yorktown.5: On October 12 many Latinos celebrate El Dia de la Raza, meaning "The Day of" this.The Race/Community/People.Round 5. Category: 1905
1: June 7: Norway dissolves the union that had existed since 1814 with this country.Sweden.2: July 16: This American commander sets off on his second expedition to the North Pole.Peary.3: January 26:This largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found is unearthed in South Africa.the Cullinan.4: November 28:Arthur Griffith forms this nationalist political party in Dublin.Sinn Fein.5: June 13:Prime Minister Delyannis of this Mediterranean country is assassinated.Greece.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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