Instant Trivia

Episode 798 - faces in history - come together - tv vehicles - subatomic particles - department stores

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 798, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: faces in history

  • 1: Depicted here, he was the first vice president who never became president.
  • Aaron Burr.
  • 2: "Little Lady" depicted here who wrote the bestselling American novel of the 1850s.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe ("Uncle Tom's Cabin").
  • 3: This Tennessean is one of those we remember from the Alamo.
  • Davy Crockett.
  • 4: Towns and counties across America are named for this patriotic Pole.
  • Casimir Pulaski.
  • 5: Here's this 15th century French woman in happier times, at the coronation of Charles VII.
  • Joan of Arc.

    • Round 2. Category: come together

    • 1: It's a meeting with the pope, or a group of people attending a TV show taping.
    • audience.
    • 2: The name of this type of banquet that's often accompanied by entertainment is Hawaiian for "young taro tops".
    • a luau.
    • 3: It's the small hammer used to quiet disturbances at parliamentary functions.
    • gavel.
    • 4: A gathering of famous historical people, "Meeting of Minds" was an Emmy-winning creation of this comedian.
    • Steve Allen.
    • 5: This word for a religious festival devoted to a saint precedes Spain's "de San Fermin".
    • fiesta.

      • Round 3. Category: tv vehicles

      • 1: At first ABC would only let Fonzie wear a leather jacket when he was with this vehicle.
      • His motorcycle.
      • 2: Mr. T drove this title group around in a black GMC van with red trim.
      • The A-Team.
      • 3: The type of title automobile driven by Elaine Nardo, Tony Banta and Alex Reiger.
      • Taxi.
      • 4: Ernest Borgnine played this man, skipper of the U.S. Navy's PT73.
      • Quinton McHale.
      • 5: On "Knight Rider" William Daniels provided the voice of this talking Trans-Am.
      • KITT.

        • Round 4. Category: subatomic particles

        • 1: We're positive that an electron has this type of electric charge.
        • Negative.
        • 2: Bosons are named for Satyendra Bose, who with this German-American genius described their behavior.
        • Albert Einstein.
        • 3: Particle name of a 1984 Pointer Sisters "dance", or a bomb that destroys people and not buildings.
        • Neutron.
        • 4: In 1908 this German physicist "clicked" with his first device to count radioactive particles.
        • Hans Geiger.
        • 5: One proton makes up over 99% of the mass of an atom of this element, 2 of which are found in water.
        • Hydrogen.

          • Round 5. Category: department stores

          • 1: This NYC store has opened 2 mini stores at JFK Airport called Bloomie's Express.
          • Bloomingdale's.
          • 2: In the name of an upscale department store, it follows Bergdorf.
          • Goodman.
          • 3: 1 of 3 Western states where you might find a Goldwater's in the mall.
          • Arizona (or New Mexico or Nevada).
          • 4: The name of this chain tells you its flagship store is on Fifth Avenue.
          • Saks Fifth Avenue.
          • 5: London's largest department store, they claim to be Europe's largest.
          • Harrod's.

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

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