Instant Trivia

Episode 799 - exotic fruits and vegetables - sermonizing - a piece of cake - file under "j" - camping

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 799, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: exotic fruits and vegetables

  • 1: When sliced crosswise, a carambola resembles a 5-pointed one of these.
  • star.
  • 2: Feijoa fruit resembles this New Zealand product but has no fuzz.
  • kiwi.
  • 3: Laver, a type of seaweed eaten in Ireland and Wales, is called nori in this country.
  • Japan.
  • 4: In this Middle East country, the prickly pear is called sabra, like the country's native-born citizens.
  • Israel.
  • 5: This Chinese fruit, sometimes called a "nut" is related to the longan.
  • litchi.

    • Round 2. Category: sermonizing

    • 1: Today's text is from this biblical book: "With a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
    • Exodus.
    • 2: Take hope, friends, from Isaiah 35--this sandy area "shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose".
    • the desert.
    • 3: Perhaps life is unfair--John 4:37 tells us that one person sows and another does this.
    • reaps.
    • 4: Sometimes we all feel like Orpah, who stayed behind when this woman followed Naomi.
    • Ruth.
    • 5: We can learn from this man's epistle to Philemon, asking him to receive a slave as a brother.
    • St. Paul.

      • Round 3. Category: a piece of cake

      • 1: Daffodil cake is so named for its bursts of this color, from a mixture of egg yolks and orange rind.
      • Yellow.
      • 2: If you don't add raisins to this holiday baked good, you might be "as nutty as" one.
      • a fruitcake.
      • 3: Italian for "recooked", it's the key ingredient in the creamiest cheesecake.
      • Ricotta.
      • 4: A sponge cake without egg yolks or butter, it's fat free, pure white, and, as its name implies, a little piece of heaven.
      • angel food cake.
      • 5: A long twisted doughnut topped with sugar or glaze, its name is from the Dutch for "twisted cake".
      • a cruller.

        • Round 4. Category: file under "j"

        • 1: A deep shade of black, or a 747.
        • Jet.
        • 2: In 1882 Prof. Jigaro Kano opened the first school for this in Japan.
        • Judo.
        • 3: A dexterous person does it to balls, a devious person to books.
        • juggle.
        • 4: Slang for electric current.
        • Juice.
        • 5: To put together in a makeshift fashion is to jury-rig or to "build" this way.
        • Jerry-build.

          • Round 5. Category: camping

          • 1: I gotta have my trail mix, aka GORP, "good ol"' these 2 items.
          • raisins and peanuts.
          • 2: Time to turn in and hit the Everest mummy, this 2-word item that lives up to its name, covering your head and shoulders.
          • a sleeping bag.
          • 3: Mary, let John attach this from the side of the tent to a stake--"it's a" this "thing".
          • guy.
          • 4: I have a preposition for you; the clip-on mosquito repellent from this brand has a fan inside to circulate the stuff.
          • Off.
          • 5: Like some antiseptics, water purification products like Potable Aqua are based on this element.
          • iodine.

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

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