Instant Trivia

Episode 816 - what's your sign? - anatomy - siegfrieds and roys - things to do with carrots - fads and fashions

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 816, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: what's your sign?

  • 1: I'm this sign; my constellation's brightest star is called Hamal, Arabic for "sheep".
  • Aries.
  • 2: Add an "N" to the end of this sign and you get a type of animal.
  • Scorpio.
  • 3: I'm this sign and my name is also an ancient Roman unit of weight.
  • Libra.
  • 4: December 1:Go ahead, take a shot.
  • Sagittarius.
  • 5: The name of this sign begins with the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet.
  • Taurus.

    • Round 2. Category: anatomy

    • 1: The cones in the eye allow us to see colors and these light-sensitive cells allow us to see shades of gray.
    • rods.
    • 2: When fibrogen is converted to fibrin by thrombin, blood does this.
    • clot.
    • 3: A bone that vibrates when it hears "go horsey", or a place for your foot on a saddle.
    • a stirrup.
    • 4: When you toss a drink down the hatch, it goes down this tube to the stomach.
    • your esophagus.
    • 5: In osteoarthritis this tissue disintegrates and bones rub against one another.
    • the cartilage.

      • Round 3. Category: siegfrieds and roys

      • 1: In an 1870s ballet, Prince Siegfried falls in love with one of these graceful birds.
      • Swan.
      • 2: This singer took "Oh, Pretty Woman" to No. 1 in 1964.
      • Roy Orbison.
      • 3: This composer of the opera "Siegfried" also named his son Siegfried.
      • Richard Wagner.
      • 4: Before he became the "King of the Cowboys" on film, he formed the Sons of the Pioneers singing group.
      • Roy Rogers.
      • 5: In a Sir Walter Scott novel, this title character is an outlaw of the MacGregor clan.
      • Rob Roy.

        • Round 4. Category: things to do with carrots

        • 1: Have your mom cut your carrots into these for your lunchbox and you can play a "pick up" game with them.
        • sticks.
        • 2: A man named Mel Blanc crunched carrots while providing the voice of this carrot-loving rabbit.
        • Bugs Bunny.
        • 3: In February 1999 people in Bethel, Maine made one 113 feet tall with an 8-foot-long "carrot" nose.
        • a snowman.
        • 4: This popular dessert is usually topped with a cream cheese frosting.
        • carrot cake.
        • 5: Carrots go into one version of this side dish, shredded cabbage and a mayonnaise-based sauce.
        • cole slaw.

          • Round 5. Category: fads and fashions

          • 1: The bobbed hair style of this skater known for her camel was the rage in 1976.
          • Dorothy Hamill.
          • 2: To be fashionable, F. Scott Fitzgerald's Bernice did it to her hair.
          • bobbed it.
          • 3: Striking a prayerful pose on one knee isn't called Timming but this.
          • Tebowing.
          • 4: The 1950s Davy Crockett craze sent the price of these pelts from 25 cents to $8 a pound.
          • raccoon pelts.
          • 5: In the 1920s folks got all fired up about sitting at the top of these, sometimes for weeks at a time.
          • flagpoles.

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

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