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Episode 778 - starts with "q" - flyboys - look out! - william and mary - texas

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 778, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: starts with "q"

  • 1: Klugman's coroner.
  • Quincy.
  • 2: Annette Dionne, Emilie Dionne, Yvonne Dionne, Marie Dionne and Cecile Dionne, for example.
  • quintuplets.
  • 3: Hugo's hunchback.
  • Quasimodo.
  • 4: In the Bible it is said that "many waters cannot" do this to "love".
  • quench.
  • 5: Popular name of the Religious Society of Friends.
  • the Quakers.

    • Round 2. Category: flyboys

    • 1: In 1922 this "Lone Eagle" learned to fly at a Lincoln, Nebraska flying school.
    • Charles Lindbergh.
    • 2: During World War I, this German ace painted his plane red to make sure he'd be noticed.
    • Manfred Von Richthofen ("The Red Baron").
    • 3: Charleston, West Virginia's booming airport is named for this pilot who first broke the sound barrier.
    • Chuck Yeager.
    • 4: In 1926 Floyd Bennett piloted the plane in which this admiral flew over the North Pole.
    • Richard Byrd.
    • 5: In 1935 Will Rogers and this pilot were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.
    • Wiley Post.

      • Round 3. Category: look out!

      • 1: In one of these dangerous events, the dry, powdery snow is traveling at 100 mph straight downhill toward you.
      • an avalanche.
      • 2: Your sortie's getting dangerous--here comes some antiaircraft fire, better known by this 4-letter name.
      • flak.
      • 3: The 16-ton weight featured in this '70s comedy series is poised above somebody and ready to....
      • Monty Python's Flying Circus.
      • 4: Pilot error! Your flight path has you too close to a caravan turboprop from this Kansas company.
      • Cessna.
      • 5: A herd of these animals, loxodonta africana, is stampeding your way in a wall of gray.
      • elephants.

        • Round 4. Category: william and mary

        • 1: A century before the French one, William and Mary came to power in the "Glorious" or "Bloodless" one.
        • Revolution.
        • 2: The Glencoe Massacre in this country, of those supposedly late in swearing loyalty, was a stain on William's reign.
        • Scotland.
        • 3: Soon after ascending to the throne, William and Mary commissioned him to rebuild Hampton Court in a Baroque style.
        • Sir Christopher Wren.
        • 4: William took a fatal spill when his horse tripped over one of these hills created by a mammal.
        • a molehill.
        • 5: This revolution of 1688 that ousted James II and brought William and Mary to the throne is aka the Bloodless Revolution.
        • the Glorious Revolution.

          • Round 5. Category: texas

          • 1: About 60% of Texas' foreign-born residents are from this country.
          • Mexico.
          • 2: In addition to the city, a national forest and a fort in Texas are named for him.
          • Sam Houston.
          • 3: In 1901 this was discovered at Spindletop.
          • oil.
          • 4: It was said they "can ride like a Mexican, trail like an Indian... and fight like a very devil".
          • the Texas Rangers.
          • 5: The third largest city in Texas is named after this saint of Padua, Italy.
          • San Antonio.

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

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