Instant Trivia

Episode 819 - eggs - pets - napoleon - international books and authors - people on the map

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 819, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: eggs

  • 1: When hard boiling eggs, add a pinch of this to the water to keep the eggs from cracking.
  • salt.
  • 2: "Joy of Cooking" says not to use a bowl made of this metal when beating eggs, as it will cause the eggs to gray.
  • aluminum.
  • 3: If you buy a dozen eggs weighing 2 oz. each, they'll have this size designation.
  • large.
  • 4: Of all reptile eggs, it's the type most commonly eaten.
  • turtle eggs.
  • 5: Japanese savor the tiny eggs of this game bird and eat them raw on top of sushi.
  • quail.

    • Round 2. Category: pets

    • 1: Of the more than 25 Amazon species of these birds, most have green body feathers.
    • parrots.
    • 2: To impoverish his enemies, the king of Siam gave them elephants of this color, not allowed to work.
    • white.
    • 3: From Greek for "bloodlessness", this condition can affect cats suffering from too many fleas.
    • anemia.
    • 4: Basic obedience training makes a dog comfortable, because he sees you as the leader of this group.
    • a pack.
    • 5: William Howard Taft was the last prez to have one of these grazing at the White House; her name was Pauline Wayne.
    • a cow.

      • Round 3. Category: napoleon

      • 1: The cast-off mistress of revolutionary leader Paul Barras, she married Napoleon in 1796.
      • Josephine.
      • 2: As a child Napoleon Bonaparte hated France for its bloody conquest of this island of his birth.
      • Corsica.
      • 3: Napoleon was "The Little" this; hey, one more promotion and he makes little sergeant.
      • Corporal.
      • 4: In 1793 24-year-old Napoleon was seriously wounded in the thigh by one of these musket attachments.
      • a bayonet.
      • 5: In 1798 Napoleon struck at England by occupying this country, threatening trade routes to India.
      • Egypt.

        • Round 4. Category: international books and authors

        • 1: Explorer "of Arabia" who wrote "Seven Pillars of Wisdom".
        • T.E. Lawrence.
        • 2: Moses Isegawa's 2000 novel "Abyssinian Chronicles" is set partly in Kampala in this, his native country.
        • Uganda.
        • 3: Argentina's Manuel Puig gave us the "Kiss of" this "Woman"; I read about it on the "web".
        • "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
        • 4: This author of "Shogun" called himself a "half-Irish Englishman...born in Australia".
        • James Clavell.
        • 5: Former first lady Jehan Sadat called her moving memoir "A Woman of" this country.
        • Egypt.

          • Round 5. Category: people on the map

          • 1: He wrote the songs "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "White Christmas".
          • Irving Berlin.
          • 2: This Los Angeles Lakers star with 3 championship rings speaks fluent Italian.
          • Kobe Bryant.
          • 3: He was nominated for an Emmy for his role as Buddy Sorrell on "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
          • Morey Amsterdam.
          • 4: Among the many larger-than-life characters he created are Captain Wolf Larsen and Buck the sled dog.
          • Jack London.
          • 5: This British-born actor has starred in "Cabaret", Logan's Run" and "Austin Powers".
          • Michael York.

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

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