Instant Trivia

Episode 885 - what's cooking, cowboy? - humor - an "a" in history - entertaining at home - folklore

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 885, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: what's cooking, cowboy?

  • 1: After a good feed, it's time to settle down with a cup of arbuckle, or this.
  • coffee.
  • 2: If you know what kind of wagon it was served in, you'll know this old west word for food, chow, grub.
  • a chuckwagon.
  • 3: From genus prosopis, this western wood that started a cooking craze gives off a tangy smoke.
  • mesquite.
  • 4: The bone-in type of this steak with a double anatomical name is also called a cowboy steak.
  • ribeye.
  • 5: Trail cooks couldn't carry eggs and milk, so they used starter to make this type of biscuit called a "hot rock".
  • sourdough.

    • Round 2. Category: humor

    • 1: Only a groan man should attempt this "lowest form of wit".
    • Pun.
    • 2: The name of this comic imitation that lacks the moral aspect of satire also means a strip show.
    • Burlesque.
    • 3: It's defined as a tumble in which one lands on the buttocks.
    • Pratfall.
    • 4: Stout Shakespearean character "Not only witty myself; but the cause that wit is in other men".
    • Sir John Falstaff.
    • 5: Canine term for a long, drawn-out, complicated, overinvolved and even purposely irritating story.
    • "Shaggy Dog" story.

      • Round 3. Category: an "a" in history

      • 1: Built in the early 1700s, it was originally the chapel of the Mission San Antonio de Valero.
      • the Alamo.
      • 2: Henry Wirz, commander of this Confederate prison, was executed in November 1865.
      • Andersonville.
      • 3: In 1741 Vitus Bering discovered Unimak and Unalaska, the largest islands in this archipelago.
      • the Aleutian Islands.
      • 4: This sailor, a former slave, was one of 5 men killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre.
      • Crispus Attucks.
      • 5: In 1867 entrepreneur Joseph McCoy selected this Kansas town as the railhead for Tex. cattle drives.
      • Abilene.

        • Round 4. Category: entertaining at home

        • 1: Tulip-shaped glasses are good for champagne since the elongated shape preserves the life of these.
        • bubbles.
        • 2: Putting the liquor away, emptying ashtrays or openly stifling a yawn are 3 ways to encourage this.
        • getting people to leave.
        • 3: Of 3, 5 or 7, the maximum number of courses Emily Post says should be served at one meal.
        • 5.
        • 4: Nuts or shellfish in food should never be discussed for this health reason.
        • many people are allergic to them.
        • 5: Since red wines produce this, the bottle should stand upright for one day before opening.
        • sediment.

          • Round 5. Category: folklore

          • 1: Blind men examining different parts of this big animal thought it was a pillar, fan, broom, spear....
          • an elephant.
          • 2: Lady Godiva's ride was a protest against these.
          • Taxes.
          • 3: Dragging his spiked lumberjack pole behind him he cut out the Grand Canyon.
          • Paul Bunyan.
          • 4: A small spirit that torments pilots, or a small car once made by American Motors.
          • Gremlin.
          • 5: In the folklore of flowers, the peony stands for this; gosh it's perfect for a Disney dwarf.
          • bashfulness.

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

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