Instant Trivia

Episode 905 - homework - buy a vowel - it borders both - "m"tv - dumb criminals

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 905, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: homework

  • 1: For starters you can read the first entry, dated June 14, 1942, in this girl's diary.
  • Anne Frank.
  • 2: Continue working on your math problems and give us this square root of 121.
  • 11.
  • 3: For science, classify rocks according to their 3 main types: metamorphic, sedimentary and this.
  • igneous.
  • 4: Write one of these 3-line, 17-syllable Japanese poems; any subject.
  • a haiku.
  • 5: For week's end, brush up on your Spanish and translate "Gracias a Dios es viernes" for us.
  • Thank God it's Friday.

    • Round 2. Category: buy a vowel

    • 1: This "A" word means to relinquish power or give up the throne.
    • abdicate.
    • 2: We're looking for an "I"; it's an animal without any backbone.
    • invertebrate.
    • 3: This "O" is the medical branch that deals with the anatomy and treatment of the eye.
    • opthamology (optometry accepted).
    • 4: It's what the Greeks call the letter "E".
    • epsilon.
    • 5: "U" may not be aware that this Florentine palace was originally built for Cosimo I de Medici.
    • the Uffizi Palace.

      • Round 3. Category: it borders both

      • 1: Maine and Vermont: this state.
      • New Hampshire.
      • 2: Belgium and the Czech Republic.
      • Germany.
      • 3: Costa Rica and Colombia.
      • Panama.
      • 4: Kansas and South Dakota.
      • Nebraska.
      • 5: Missouri and Louisiana.
      • Arkansas.

        • Round 4. Category: "m"tv

        • 1: This long-running series centered on the adventures of mystery author Jessica Fletcher.
        • Murder, She Wrote.
        • 2: The title character of this series is "F.Y.I."'s veteran star reporter.
        • Murphy Brown.
        • 3: On this '80s cop show, Det. Sonny Crockett shared his boat with a pet alligator named Elvis.
        • Miami Vice.
        • 4: The 2 Paul Reiser sitcoms that fit the category.
        • Mad About You and My Two Dads.
        • 5: In 1993 Russell Baker took over as host of this PBS anthology series.
        • Masterpiece Theater.

          • Round 5. Category: dumb criminals

          • 1: While robbing a West Virginia home, a man logged into this social network site but did not log out.
          • Facebook.
          • 2: A vending machine thief had a hard time claiming innocence after paying $400 bail in this currency with Washington on it.
          • quarters.
          • 3: In 2009 a thief broke into an NBC news van; in failing to steal a bolted-down camera, he hit this button by mistake.
          • record.
          • 4: A Minnesota man got a DUI for driving not a car but a redesigned recliner from this hyphenated Co.; it could go 20 mph.
          • a La-Z-Boy.
          • 5: Robert Ligon got 15 months for repacking these as "low fat" when each had 530 calories--as Homer says, Mmm, these.
          • donuts.

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

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