Instant Trivia

Episode 767 - Bear Feat - River Cities - Skin Deep - Magic And Magicians - Pits Burg

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 767, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Bear Feat

  • 1: At about 9 feet and 1,700 pounds, this large bear shares its name with an Alaskan island.
  • Kodiak.
  • 2: The Asiatic black bear also bears the beary nice name of these Indian mountains where it dwells.
  • Himalayas.
  • 3: Often named Bruin, this species is the most likely to be found in children's stories of Europe and Asia.
  • Brown bear.
  • 4: This smallest bear species bears the name of a heavenly object.
  • Sun bear.
  • 5: Spectacled bears are the only species found on this continent.
  • South America.

    • Round 2. Category: River Cities

    • 1: The sacred Hindu city of Benares is located on the left bank of this river.
    • Ganges.
    • 2: This large and commercially important U.S. river begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • Ohio.
    • 3: This international river flows past Alamosa, Colorado and Brownsville, Texas on its way to the Gulf of Mexico.
    • Rio Grande.
    • 4: Baghdad, Iraq lies on this Fertile Crescent river.
    • Tigris.
    • 5: 1 of the 2 rivers at whose confluence the city of Montreal lies.
    • Ottawa or St. Lawrence.

      • Round 3. Category: Skin Deep

      • 1: Wrinkles at the corner of the eye, perhaps caused by squinting while bird watching.
      • Crow's feet.
      • 2: Contact dermatitis can be the result of contact with this plant, Rhus radicans.
      • Poison Ivy.
      • 3: The little sections of dead epidermis around your fingernails.
      • Cuticles.
      • 4: This term for a balm for the skin or the conscience goes back to the Sanskrit sarpis, "melted butter".
      • Salve.
      • 5: The skin's 2 exocrine types of glands are sweat and these, which produce oils.
      • Sebaceous glands.

        • Round 4. Category: Magic And Magicians

        • 1: In 1942 this "Citizen Kane" director created the "Mercury Wonder Show", a magic show for servicemen.
        • Orson Welles.
        • 2: Haruo Shimoda and Lance Burton are famous for acts featuring these birds.
        • doves.
        • 3: This star of TV's "Dave's World" once did an act featuring the dangerous bullet catch trick.
        • Harry Anderson.
        • 4: Lynette Chappell appears as the evil queen in this duo's show at Las Vegas' Mirage Hotel.
        • Siegfried and Roy.
        • 5: Hardeen, born Theodore Weiss, briefly performed with this famous escape artist, his brother.
        • Harry Houdini.

          • Round 5. Category: Pits Burg

          • 1: Head to this state's peach festival in Fort Valley if you want to help make the world's largest peach cobbler.
          • Georgia.
          • 2: Any pilgrimage to find the best olives will lead you through Kalamata in this country.
          • Greece.
          • 3: This country's Murcia and Valencia regions produce many of the world's apricots.
          • Spain.
          • 4: 76 years old, the original Hass avocado tree died in 2002 in La Habra Heights in this state.
          • California.
          • 5: In 1852 cherries were planted on Old Mission Peninsula in this Midwest state; it now grows 75% of the tart type.
          • Michigan.

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