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Episode 865 - let's talk turkey - donald trump - old west dogs - a czar is born - the golden age of radio

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 865, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: let's talk turkey

  • 1: Be happy, the turkey's breastbone is also known by this more hopeful name.
  • Wishbone.
  • 2: Farmboys know a female turkey is a hen, a baby is a poult and a male is called this.
  • Tom.
  • 3: Of wiggin, snood or hackle, the one that's the fleshy growth hanging down over a male turkey's beak.
  • Snood.
  • 4: Pass him a drumstick; this president made Thanksgiving a national holiday in the 1860s.
  • Abraham Lincoln.
  • 5: Despite their name, turkeys originated on this continent.
  • North America.

    • Round 2. Category: donald trump

    • 1: A noted germophobe, Trump said, "I think" this form of greeting "is barbaric... you catch the flu".
    • handshaking.
    • 2: Trump owned the N.J. Generals, a team that featured Doug Flutie and Herschel Walker, in this league.
    • the USFL.
    • 3: This Trump family minister and author of "The Power of Positive Thinking" performed the Donald's marriage to Ivana.
    • Norman Vincent Peale.
    • 4: Heavily in debt in '91, Trump spotted a beggar and said to this woman, wife No. 2, "He's worth $900 million more than I am".
    • Marla Maples.
    • 5: The Donald graduated first in his class from this school of finance at U.Penn. in 1968.
    • Wharton.

      • Round 3. Category: old west dogs

      • 1: This cavalry leader left a pack of about 40 dogs behind when he went to the Little Bighorn.
      • George Custer.
      • 2: Catch dogs and heelers helped humans drive these animals along the Chisholm Trail.
      • cattle.
      • 3: In the novel Old Yeller catches this viral disease from a wolf's bite.
      • Rabies.
      • 4: In May 1805 Scannon, a Newfoundland, saved this expedition from a charging buffalo.
      • Lewis and Clark Expedition.
      • 5: Developed by Plains Indians, this device consisted of a frame on 2 poles dragged by a dog.
      • Travois.

        • Round 4. Category: a czar is born

        • 1: Born 1530, died 1584, known for his extreme despotism.
        • Ivan the Terrible.
        • 2: Born 1868, died 1918, 'nuff said.
        • Nicholas II.
        • 3: Born 1551, died 1605, inspired a drama by Pushkin and an opera by Mussorgsky.
        • Boris Godunov.
        • 4: Born 1818, died 1881, freed the serfs and sold Alaska.
        • Alexander II.
        • 5: Born 1672, died 1725, built Russia's second-largest city.
        • Peter the Great.

          • Round 5. Category: the golden age of radio

          • 1: All-American boy Jack Armstrong never tired of this "Breakfast of Champions".
          • Wheaties.
          • 2: He's the answer to the question posed in the following:"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?".
          • the Shadow.
          • 3: "Lux Radio Theatre" was brought to you by Lever Brothers, makers of the Lux brand of this product.
          • Soap.
          • 4: "Sorry Wrong Number", a popular episode of "Suspense", starred this "Bewitched" actress.
          • Agnes Moorehead.
          • 5: Robert Ripley hosted the 1930s radio adaptation of this newspaper feature.
          • "Ripley's Believe It or Not!".

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

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