Instant Trivia

Episode 896 - villages - now that's inventive! - when in scotland... - doc talk - winnie-the-pooh's entourage

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 896, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: villages

  • 1: Washington Square Park is the hub of this area of New York City.
  • Greenwich Village.
  • 2: A famous hard cheese is named for this Somerset, England village in which it was first developed.
  • Cheddar.
  • 3: Jacques Cartier gave this name to the hill behind the village of Hochelaga.
  • Montreal (Mount Royal).
  • 4: At the start of the play, Macbeth is the thane of this Scottish village and lives in its castle.
  • Glams and Cawdor.
  • 5: The name of this California village near Monterey goes back to a group of monks, not a candy.
  • Carmel (Carmelite monks).

    • Round 2. Category: now that's inventive!

    • 1: Around 1862 this doctor invented a machine gun that could fire about 350 rounds per minute.
    • (Dr. Richard) Gatling.
    • 2: For astronomy, not hunting, William Gascoigne created the telescopic site with these strands.
    • crosshairs.
    • 3: In 1866 a physician invented one of these that took a few minutes to take a reading instead of the normal 20.
    • a thermometer.
    • 4: At the funeral of Sylvan Goldman, who invented this, there wasn't one wonky pallbearer who went in an odd direction.
    • the shopping cart.
    • 5: In the '40s ATandT used a radio with no conventional vacuum tubes to demonstrate this device invented in its lab.
    • a transistor.

      • Round 3. Category: when in scotland...

      • 1: Scots call this bird a hoolet; we hope you give a hoot.
      • Owl.
      • 2: A sporran is a large pouch with fur on it that highland men wear in front of this garment.
      • Kilt.
      • 3: In some parts of Scotland, this children's game with "Scotch" in its name is called peever.
      • Hopscotch.
      • 4: If you have this job, you're a flesher -- vegetarians need not apply.
      • Butcher.
      • 5: If a Scotsman tells you he's a Dundonian, you know he's from this city.
      • Dundee.

        • Round 4. Category: doc talk

        • 1: Meaning a feeding apparatus, IV stands for this.
        • Intravenously.
        • 2: Acute, meaning sudden and brief, is the opposite of this term that means persistent.
        • Chronic.
        • 3: A complaint of S.O.B. means shortness of this.
        • breath.
        • 4: It's not a backup for a farm machine, but a device to pull back tissue so a surgeon can look inside you.
        • Retractor.
        • 5: It's the C in a C-section.
        • Caesarean.

          • Round 5. Category: winnie-the-pooh's entourage

          • 1: His human friend.
          • Christopher Robin.
          • 2: His creator.
          • A.A. Milne.
          • 3: Tiny Pooh friend who went to school in a pocket.
          • Piglet.
          • 4: Mother and son marsupials.
          • Kanga and Roo.
          • 5: The imaginary creature who one night "set a trap" for Pooh.
          • Heffalump.

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

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