Instant Trivia

Episode 850 - -ologies - "r"t - female athletes - leading "roll"s - ballpark figures

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 850, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: -ologies

  • 1: Biology is generally divided into 2 branches: botany and this study of animals.
  • Zoology.
  • 2: A high school requirement for many, it's the scientific study of life.
  • biology.
  • 3: Buzz in if you know that apiology is the study of these.
  • bees.
  • 4: Although it sounds like it deals with oil, it's the study of rocks.
  • petrology.
  • 5: A book with a mix of various authors writing on various topics.
  • an anthology.

    • Round 2. Category: "r"t

    • 1: Born in Limoges in 1841, as a child this Impressionist worked in a porcelain factory painting china.
    • Renoir.
    • 2: He was the youngest of the 3 creators of the high Renaissance.
    • Raphael.
    • 3: Fragonard, painter of "The Swing", is considered one of the greatest artists of this ornate style.
    • Rococo.
    • 4: His house in the Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam is now a museum.
    • Rembrandt.
    • 5: An adjective meaning "voluptuous" comes from the name of this old master.
    • Rubens.

      • Round 3. Category: female athletes

      • 1: Cammi Granato played 205 games for the U.S. women's team in this sport and has been a rinkside reporter for NBC.
      • ice hockey.
      • 2: This track star was nicknamed "Flo-Jo".
      • Florence Griffith Joyner.
      • 3: In the 1980s Katarina Witt dominated women's figure skating competing for this country that no longer exists.
      • East Germany.
      • 4: This tennis player won women's singles titles at Wimbledon in 2000 and 2001, but lost to her little sister in 2002.
      • Venus Williams.
      • 5: On July 30, 2002 Lisa Leslie became the first woman to do this in a pro game.
      • a slam dunk.

        • Round 4. Category: leading "roll"s

        • 1: Some people use spray deodorants, but many conservationists prefer this non-aerosol kind.
        • roll-on.
        • 2: If you have lots of dough, you can buy a really nice one of these implements to smooth out your dough.
        • a rolling pin.
        • 3: Your supply of ready cash, or what a financial backer does when he provides funding for a film.
        • bank roll.
        • 4: Because of its name, we'd expect this hairstyle to be popular in Paris.
        • French roll.
        • 5: The kind of sandwich bread that's most appropriate for a German emperor.
        • Kaiser roll.

          • Round 5. Category: ballpark figures

          • 1: In 2004 he published "My Prison Without Bars".
          • Pete Rose.
          • 2: With the Yankees from 1923 to 1939, his No. 4 was the first number retired in either league.
          • Lou Gehrig.
          • 3: Baseball's "Mr. October", he generated headlines for his cantankerous personality and his athletic prowess.
          • Reggie Jackson.
          • 4: Famous nickname of Leon Goslin, who played in all 19 World Series games with the Washington Senators.
          • "Goose".
          • 5: Sadly, this lefty pitcher who coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe" died in 2004.
          • Tug McGraw.

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

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