Instant Trivia

Episode 822 - geograph"ia" - jingles and slogans - a time to be born - poland - a short history of western union

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 822, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: geograph"ia"

  • 1: Victoria is the capital of this Canadian province.
  • British Columbia.
  • 2: In 1976 Nadia Comaneci scored perfect 10s and Olympic gold for this country.
  • Romania.
  • 3: Lake Titicaca is on the border of Peru and this country.
  • Bolivia.
  • 4: This country is moving its capital to Dodoma from Dar es Salaam.
  • Tanzania.
  • 5: George Washington helped lay out the streets of this Virginia city.
  • Alexandria.

    • Round 2. Category: jingles and slogans

    • 1: "You Deserve a Break Today" at this chain.
    • McDonald's.
    • 2: It's slogan "The Milk Chocolate Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand" was introduced in 1954.
    • MandM's.
    • 3: "Like a Good Neighbor", this insurer "is There".
    • State Farm.
    • 4: It's "M'm! M'm! Good!".
    • Campbell's soup.
    • 5: According to the old jingle, he "Gets Rid of Dirt and Grime and Grease in Just a Minute".
    • Mr. Clean.

      • Round 3. Category: a time to be born

      • 1: Striae is the medical term for these silvery lines that sometimes appear on the skin during pregnancy.
      • stretch marks.
      • 2: The umbilical cord connects the baby to this organ, which is attached to the mom's uterus.
      • the placenta.
      • 3: Before this is done on a pregnant woman, she drinks a lot of water and gets a gel applied.
      • ultrasound.
      • 4: A 4- to 5-inch needle is used in this procedure that tests the fluid surrounding the fetus for genetic disorders.
      • amniocentesis.
      • 5: These contractions are known as "false labor".
      • Braxton Hicks.

        • Round 4. Category: poland

        • 1: After WWII, over 80% of the buildings in this capital were uninhabitable.
        • Warsaw.
        • 2: The 2 longest of these in Poland are the Oder and Vistula.
        • rivers.
        • 3: Lenin's name has been stripped from the shipyards in this city where the Solidarity union began.
        • Gdansk.
        • 4: Poland is among the world's largest producer of this fuel.
        • coal.
        • 5: These currency units come in notes of up to 2,000,000.
        • zlotys.

          • Round 5. Category: a short history of western union

          • 1: The 2006 New York Times headline on Western Union's last telegram used this word, telegrams' version of a period.
          • stop.
          • 2: Like the railroad would in 1869, the telegraph went transcontinental by linking up in this state, in 1861.
          • Utah.
          • 3: In 1866 Western Union had the "heart" to introduce the first of these stock-price reporting devices.
          • a ticker.
          • 4: Western Union introduced the first of these deferred-payment instruments in 1914; it was made of metal.
          • a credit card (or charge card).
          • 5: In 1964 Western Union began using these high-frequency beams transcontinentally to replace land lines.
          • microwaves.

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

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