Instant Trivia

Episode 859 - it's my party - adjectives of the young and the restless - "m"-brace me - marine life - name game

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 859, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: it's my party

  • 1: "Honest Abe" was the first U.S. chief executive from this political party.
  • Republican Party.
  • 2: This country's controversial new prime minister Vajpayee is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
  • India.
  • 3: A Conservative Party member in Canada or a loyalist during the American Revolution.
  • Tory.
  • 4: Strom Thurmond,1956.
  • Democrat.
  • 5: Strom Thurmond,November 1948.
  • Dixiecrat.

    • Round 2. Category: adjectives of the young and the restless

    • 1: "Abby, I hear The Naked Heiress is gonna be on Jeopardy! that's huge!""Mom, please. I am rich and famous." [Sighs]"Honey, don't you think you're being..."...this adjective that means "world-weary" and "cynical"--it doesn't mean "covered in green gemstones".
    • jaded.
    • 2: "Please, Lily, understand, everything I did was to keep you and the twins safe.""Cane, you pretended that you were dead and made me think that I was sleeping with a ghost. I ended up in an insane asylum. You're..."...this 10-letter adjective from the Latin for "look down on" (and favored by Daffy Duck on occasion).
    • despicable.
    • 3: ...this 3-word type of punishment outlawed by the 8th Amendment.
    • cruel and unusual.
    • 4: (Mishael Morgan and Bryton James give the clue as Hilary and Devon from The Young and the Restless.) "Devon, please! You're like a teenage boy, we have the whole night to ourselves""I know, Hilary. I'm sorry. It's just that my passion for you, sometimes it's so overwhelming, so undeniable. It's this adjective, from the Latin for 'devour'".
    • voracious.
    • 5: ...this passionate type of love named for the Greek god of love.
    • erotic.

      • Round 3. Category: "m"-brace me

      • 1: Funnel-shaped amplifying device that's an essential cheerleader accessory.
      • a megaphone.
      • 2: Where your name is if it's up in lights in front of a theater.
      • the marquee.
      • 3: 1 of these equals 39.97 inches.
      • meter.
      • 4: From the French, it's a group of wild animals on exhibit.
      • a menagerie.
      • 5: This state’s university has its main campus in College Park.
      • Maryland.

        • Round 4. Category: marine life

        • 1: The red algae pepper dulse and landlady's wig are types of this found in the North Atlantic.
        • seaweed.
        • 2: The green type of this reptile gained protection in the 20th century because of its popular use in soup.
        • the turtle.
        • 3: The last of many books by Jacques Cousteau was titled "The Human, the Orchid, and" this other "O" creature.
        • octopus.
        • 4: Term for the individual animals that make up coral; it also has a less benign medical meaning.
        • a polyp.
        • 5: Natl. Geographic says without this small shrimplike crustacean, most "life forms in the Antarctic would disappear".
        • krill.

          • Round 5. Category: name game

          • 1: Based on the 1990 census, this color is also the fifth most common last name in the U.S..
          • Brown.
          • 2: Around the time of this war, Kimberley was a popular name for British boys.
          • the Boer War.
          • 3: This Russian form of George was in the headlines in 1961.
          • Yuri (as in Yuri Gagarin).
          • 4: The name of this villain in "Othello" is a Spanish version of James.
          • Iago.
          • 5: This presidential first name was originally used as a given name to honor Protestant reformer John.
          • Calvin.

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

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