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Episode 765 - Warthogs - Oh, Witty Woman - Iraq - "Lock"S - They Named It For Me

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 765, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Warthogs

  • 1: A young warthog's canine teeth eventually grow into a pair of these formidable defensive weapons.
  • tusks.
  • 2: Warthogs stick this long, thin, tufted body part straight up in the air when they run.
  • their tails.
  • 3: A warthog's enemies include these 2 predators that begin with the same "L"etter.
  • lions and leopards.
  • 4: In a movie he's the warthog who befriends young Simba.
  • Pumbaa.
  • 5: For warthogs, home is often an adopted den of one of these insectivores AKA an ant bear.
  • an aardvark.

    • Round 2. Category: Oh, Witty Woman

    • 1: 1893-born wit who reportedly said, "The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue".
    • Dorothy Parker.
    • 2: Lucille Ball once quipped, "The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about" this.
    • your age.
    • 3: Funny lady Roseanne used to joke that she wouldn't do this chore "'til Sears makes one you can ride on".
    • Vacuum.
    • 4: This country singer said, "I was the first woman to burn my bra--it took the fire department 4 days to put it out".
    • Dolly Parton.
    • 5: Erma Bombeck advised, "Before you try to keep up with" them, "be sure they're not trying to keep up with you".
    • the Joneses.

      • Round 3. Category: Iraq

      • 1: It's the country Iraqi nationalists call Iraq's 19th province.
      • Kuwait.
      • 2: Iraq's old name, Mesopotamia, was derived from its location between these 2 rivers.
      • the Tigris and Euphrates.
      • 3: Roughly 75 percent of Iraq's people are Arabs and 20 percent are of this ethnic group.
      • Kurds.
      • 4: After this country's 1948 independence, the armies of Transjordan and Iraq invaded.
      • Israel.
      • 5: Initially set up as a monarchy, Iraq became this type of political order in 1958 as its ensuing "Guard" could attest.
      • a republic.

        • Round 4. Category: "Lock"S

        • 1: Tetanus.
        • lockjaw.
        • 2: This small ornamental case for a keepsake is often worn as a pendant.
        • a locket.
        • 3: Hairstyle popular among Rastafarians.
        • dreadlocks.
        • 4: This phrase meaning the grave of all who perish at sea dates back about 200 years.
        • Davy Jones's locker.
        • 5: In 1690 this founder of empericism outlined his philosophical doctrine in "An Essay on Human Understanding".
        • John Locke.

          • Round 5. Category: They Named It For Me

          • 1: They named a poll after this man born in Iowa in 1901.
          • George Gallup.
          • 2: They named a knot for this Duke who was briefly king of England.
          • Duke of Windsor.
          • 3: She left her mark on Louis XV and her name on a big hair style.
          • Madame de Pompadour.
          • 4: They named a smear after a Greek-American doctor and shortened the name to this.
          • Pap.
          • 5: A territory in Africa and a scholarship in Oxford have borne this businessman's name.
          • Cecil Rhodes.

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

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