Instant Trivia

Episode 80 - Countries By Newspapers - "Pie" Flinging - A Capital Idea - Foreign States - New Words

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 80, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Countries By Newspapers

  • 1: Dimokratiki and Peloponnisos.
  • Greece.
  • 2: Diario de los Andes,The Buenos Aires Herald.
  • Argentina.
  • 3: The Newham Recorder,The Luton News.
  • England.
  • 4: El Cronista and El Patagonico.
  • Argentina.
  • 5: Przewodnik Katolicki and Glos Koszalinski.
  • Poland.

    • Round 2. Category: "Pie" Flinging

    • 1: A small sword with a narrow blade used for thrusting.
    • a rapier.
    • 2: A decorative floral arrangement in the middle of a dining table.
    • a centerpiece.
    • 3: Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman were founding members of this group.
    • the Yippies.
    • 4: 5-letter term for saintly goodliness or reverence.
    • piety.
    • 5: General term for a Xerox machine or a medieval transcriber.
    • a copier.

      • Round 3. Category: A Capital Idea

      • 1: Hmm -- the National Pawn Shop in this city was built on the site of the palace where Montezuma was killed.
      • Mexico City.
      • 2: Empress Taitu chose the name of this Ethiopian capital; it means "new flower".
      • Addis Ababa.
      • 3: In 1898, 10 years after inheriting the throne, 18-year-old Queen Wilhelmina was finally crowned in this city.
      • Amsterdam.
      • 4: In the 1920s Norway's parliament voted to change the name of Christiania back to this.
      • Oslo.
      • 5: Rawalpindi was selected as this country's interim capital while Islamabad was under construction.
      • Pakistan.

        • Round 4. Category: Foreign States

        • 1: Jalisco and Tabasco.
        • Mexico.
        • 2: Kogi, Oyo and Lagos.
        • Nigeria.
        • 3: Amazonas and Bahia.
        • Brazil.
        • 4: Victoria and New South Wales.
        • Australia.
        • 5: Bahia, Parana and Sao Paulo.
        • Brazil.

          • Round 5. Category: New Words

          • 1: "Greeny" is slang, not for a little martian, but for anyone concerned about this.
          • the environment.
          • 2: Canine name for a person who makes a business of smuggling aliens into U.S..
          • a coyote.
          • 3: If you're into "heavy breathers", you might have read one of these by Rosemary Rogers or Danielle Steel.
          • a romance novel.
          • 4: A U.S. Treasury bond called "a James Bond" matures in this year of the next century.
          • 2007.
          • 5: "Celebrity rot" refers to an aging entertainer's increasing inability to do this.
          • entertain.

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

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