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Episode 848 - "hang" time - washington d.c. - happy new year! - key stones - virginia woolf

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 848, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: "hang" time

  • 1: It's a place to park your airplane.
  • a hangar.
  • 2: "Hair of the dog" is taken as a remedy for this.
  • a hangover.
  • 3: It's the type of look worn by a browbeaten or defeated person.
  • hang dog.
  • 4: To be completely candid in expressing one's feelings, or to live without inhibitions.
  • let it all hang out ("to hang loose" accepted).
  • 5: A contest in which the outcome is uncertain until the last moment.
  • a cliffhanger.

    • Round 2. Category: washington d.c.

    • 1: What the "D.C." stands for.
    • the District of Columbia.
    • 2: 287 miles long, it flows past Washington and induces "fever" in ambitious politicians.
    • the Potomac River.
    • 3: Though this mound rises only 88', it's synonymous with building which stands upon it.
    • Capitol Hill.
    • 4: This floral festival takes place in late March or early April, even if the trees aren't in bloom yet.
    • the Cherry Blossom.
    • 5: Former Secretary of State for whom Washington, D.C. International Airport is named.
    • John Foster Dulles.

      • Round 3. Category: happy new year!

      • 1: In 1998 November 1 is a Sunday; therefore, this date will be election day for Congress.
      • November 3 (the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday).
      • 2: Some believe 1998 signals the end of the world because 1998 is 3 times this number.
      • 666.
      • 3: May 14, 1998 marks the 50th anniversary of this nation's independence; Mazel Tov!.
      • Israel.
      • 4: This ex-president turns 74 on October 1, 1998.
      • Jimmy Carter.
      • 5: 1998 marks the centennial of this U.S. war.
      • Spanish-American War.

        • Round 4. Category: key stones

        • 1: A small round glass toy; don't lose yours!.
        • marble.
        • 2: It's also the field of play in baseball.
        • diamond.
        • 3: Bamm Bamm's baby babe.
        • Pebbles.
        • 4: A Michigan city of 130,000 that you can use to start a fire.
        • Flint.
        • 5: A list of political candidates that when swept clean signifies a new beginning.
        • slate.

          • Round 5. Category: virginia woolf

          • 1: Woolf was active in this cause which she wrote "roused in man an extraordinary desire for self-assertion".
          • women's suffrage.
          • 2: This gathering of artsy types that flourished between 1907 and 1930 sometimes met at Virginia's house.
          • the Bloomsbury Group.
          • 3: A 1931 novel ends with the line: these, also the novel's title, "Broke on the Shore".
          • Waves.
          • 4: This event claims the life of the title character of "Jacob's Room", as it did of millions of real-life young men.
          • World War I.
          • 5: First name of Virginia's husband; he survived her by 28 years.
          • Leonard.

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

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