Instant Trivia

Episode 937 - lousy scrabble words - states' men - to the nines - wealthy - bodies in water

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 937, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: lousy scrabble words

  • 1: The story says little George couldn't tell one of these; 3 letters, 3 points.
  • lie.
  • 2: This conjuction usually works with neither; 3 letters, 3 points.
  • nor.
  • 3: While it may be 2,000 pounds, it's only 3 letters, 3 points.
  • ton.
  • 4: Fall into one of these furrows made by wagon wheels and it's 3 letters, 3 points.
  • rut.
  • 5: Overexert your muscles or pour through a filter and it's 6 letters, 6 points.
  • strain.

    • Round 2. Category: states' men

    • 1: Jerry Seinfeld andJerry Stiller.
    • New York.
    • 2: Count Basie andBruce Springsteen.
    • New Jersey.
    • 3: Mark Twain andJesse James.
    • Missouri.
    • 4: Abraham Lincoln andJefferson Davis.
    • Kentucky.
    • 5: Andy Warhol andAndrew Wyeth.
    • Pennsylvania.

      • Round 3. Category: to the nines

      • 1: He's starred in "12 Monkeys", "Four Rooms", "The Fifth Element" and "The Whole Nine Yards".
      • Bruce Willis.
      • 2: In the U.S., it's a one followed by nine zeroes.
      • a billion.
      • 3: This popular poem begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville Nine that day".
      • "Casey at the Bat".
      • 4: Paintings in Herculaneum portray this group of 9 mythic female inspirers showing off their attributes.
      • the muses.
      • 5: This peninsula opposite Hong Kong island gets its name from the Chinese for "Nine Dragons".
      • Kowloon peninsula.

        • Round 4. Category: wealthy

        • 1: One of the world's wealthiest women, her great income is from the Privy Purse, the Civil List and her personal holdings.
        • Queen Elizabeth II.
        • 2: The Wonowidjojos and former president Suharto are among this country's wealthiest citizens.
        • Indonesia.
        • 3: Considered the world's wealthiest man when he died in 1976, this oil man's family is now buying Irish passports.
        • Jean Paul Getty.
        • 4: This flat pack furniture store chain has made Swede Ingvar Kamprad a very wealthy man.
        • IKEA.
        • 5: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal is the biggest individual shareholder in Apple Computer and this amusement park near Paris.
        • Euro Disney.

          • Round 5. Category: bodies in water

          • 1: Oceanographer James Snodgrass invented a gnathodynamometer to measure the force of this creature's bite.
          • Great white shark.
          • 2: The fin type, the second-largest species of this, can be 80 feet long and travel at ocean liner speed.
          • Whale.
          • 3: Free-floating algae that form a foul film are called the pond type of this.
          • Scum.
          • 4: These organisms cemented to ships and rocks are also called cirripedes, for their food-gathering cirri.
          • Barnacles.
          • 5: A creature that expels water through a siphon is called a "sea" one of these, like a pipsqueak kid.
          • Squirt.

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

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