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Episode 791 - jackie robinson - begins and ends with "m" - country facts and figures - old business - yes, i can

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 791, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: jackie robinson

  • 1: Jackie's historic major league debut came April 15, 1947 at this Brooklyn Dodgers home park.
  • Ebbets Field.
  • 2: At age 28, Robinson won the very first of these awards for first-year players.
  • Rookie of the Year.
  • 3: Hall of Fame executive who went out on a "limb" to bring Robinson to the majors.
  • Branch Rickey.
  • 4: Jackie won the major leagues' first of these awards for first-year players.
  • Rookie of the Year.
  • 5: In 1956 Jackie was traded to this team, but retired rather than play for his old NYC rival.
  • the Giants.

    • Round 2. Category: begins and ends with "m"

    • 1: The next one officially begins January 1, 2001.
    • Millennium.
    • 2: "Psychic" size between small and large.
    • Medium.
    • 3: According to the title of a 1953 film, it's what Ethel Merman wanted to be called.
    • Madam.
    • 4: We're talking major whirlpool with this.
    • Maelstrom.
    • 5: In a special promotion, Rite Aid pharmacies have tied this medical test to Mother's Day.
    • Mammogram.

      • Round 3. Category: country facts and figures

      • 1: This third-largest country in area is home to over 1 1/4 billion people.
      • China.
      • 2: While Iran also exports fruit and nuts, this accounts for 80% of its exports.
      • oil.
      • 3: With a population density of about 7.0 per square mile, its people can easily duck Qaddafi.
      • Libya.
      • 4: .5% of the Greeks on this island live in the Turkish area and 1.3% of the Turks live in the Greek area.
      • Cyprus.
      • 5: The U.S. has the world's second-highest GDP per capita; this small nation next to Belgium beats it.
      • Luxembourg.

        • Round 4. Category: old business

        • 1: Original occupation of William Warner of Warner-Lambert and Charles Walgreen of Walgreens.
        • pharmacists.
        • 2: In 1911 the Supreme Court ordered this oil company to split, creating 33 new independent companies.
        • Standard Oil.
        • 3: In 1916 Charlie Soderstrom joined this company and picked the brown for its trucks.
        • UPS (United Parcel Service).
        • 4: You can be sure it was this man who paid Nikola Tesla a cool million for his AC patents.
        • George Westinghouse.
        • 5: In 1922 George Mecherle founded this insurance company for those in agriculture.
        • State Farm.

          • Round 5. Category: yes, i can

          • 1: No matter what you're canning, you need this space with no matter in it to seal the jar.
          • Vacuum.
          • 2: Keep canned fruit from darkening by adding ascorbic acid, better known nutritionally as this.
          • Vitamin C.
          • 3: Both these foods, the 2 main ingredients in succotash, should be packed loosely, as they expand.
          • Corn and lima beans.
          • 4: Quinces, rich in this thickening substance, can be added when jellying berries low in it.
          • Pectin.
          • 5: Add lemon juice to canned tomatoes to keep the level of this high enough to prevent botulism.
          • Acidity.

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

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