Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 942, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: coastal communities
1: Incorporated in 1901, there's no place like this Alaskan city on Norton Sound.Nome.2: Yale University is this city's largest employer.New Haven, Connecticut.3: Gloucester in this state has been a fishing center for over 3 centuries.Massachusetts.4: Hey Jack, it was the capital of Alta California from 1775 to 1846.Monterey.5: A whole lotta wood chips are shipped out of Coos Bay in this state.Oregon.Round 2. Category: st. augustine
1: St. Augustine, Florida boasts a "farm" founded in 1893 for these reptiles with more than 20 related species.alligators.2: Ending a long period of this country's rule, 1819's Adams-Onis treaty turned St. Augustine over to the U.S..Spain.3: Of course St. Augustine is home to this legendary spring sought by Ponce de Leon: okay, it's a tourist spot opened in 1901.the Fountain of Youth.4: Believe it or not, this man's oldest Odditorium of weird stuff is located in St. Augustine.Ripley.5: St. Augustine's Castillo de San Marcos is an old fort built from a form of limestone known as coquina, or "little" these.shells.Round 3. Category: 5 diamonds
1: In 1993 and 1994 Mile High Stadium was this N.L. team's home field.the Rockies.2: A red seat 502 feet from home plate in this ballpark marks the landing spot of a Ted Williams homer.Fenway Park.3: Ogren Park, home diamond to this state's Missoula Osprey, has a live osprey nest beyond the outfield fence.Montana.4: A huge apartment complex sits on the Brooklyn site that once housed this historic baseball field.Ebbets Field.5: A scaled-down version of the one in Chicago, L.A.'s Wrigley Field was the first home of this American League team.the Angels.Round 4. Category: works of art
1: An 1871 painting of an old woman in a long black dress, sitting in a chair.Whistler's Mother.2: A statue of the Madonna with the dead Christ in her arms.Pietà.3: A 1920 painting of a grim-faced couple with a pitchfork, standing in front of a farmhouse.American Gothic.4: An 1889 painting of a sky of blue and yellow swirling over a small village.Starry Night.5: An 1880 statue of a naked man with his arm on his knee and his chin resting on his hand.The Thinker.Round 5. Category: wine if you must
1: Hock is a British term for the Rhine wines from this country.Germany.2: When uncorked, a wine is said to begin to do this, something Faith Hill sang about.breathe.3: Term for the juice of freshly crushed grapes (Hint: remember the category).must.4: In the Bordeaux region this term refers to a vineyard rather than a castle.chateau.5: The Asti region of Italy is known for this "foamy" or "sparkling" wine.spumante.Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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