Instant Trivia

Episode 946 - Random house defines it as... - Them literature type facts - Unions online - Literary gems - In case you're thirsty

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 946, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: random house defines it as...

  • 1: "Strangle" or "to enrich the fuel mixture of".
  • choke.
  • 2: "Slang... a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians".
  • roadie.
  • 3: "The withdrawal from the Union of 11 southern states in the period 1860-61".
  • secession.
  • 4: (2 words) "a deep...color" or "woolen cloth of this color, used esp. for U.S. Army uniforms".
  • olive drab.
  • 5: (2 words)"Goal achieved at too great a cost".
  • Pyrrhic victory.

    • Round 2. Category: them literature type facts

    • 1: In 1928 A.A. Milne published "House at" this title character's "Corner".
    • Pooh.
    • 2: You'll find "Time is now to be dreaded - since once he put that mark upon your throat" in this 1897 novel.
    • Dracula.
    • 3: The Knight's Tale, the Friar's Tale, and the Nun's Priest's Tale are part of this larger group.
    • The Canterbury Tales.
    • 4: It's no mystery that she was born in 1890 in Devon, England, wrote 67 novels under this name and 6 as Mary Westmacott.
    • Agatha Christie.
    • 5: In the 1830s he wrote, "'But he has nothing on at all,' said a little child at last".
    • Hans Christian Andersen.

      • Round 3. Category: unions online

      • 1: In any weather you can visit nalc.org, for the National Association of these Carriers.
      • letter carriers.
      • 2: ilwu.org is for the International Longshore and this type of storage facility Union.
      • warehouse.
      • 3: Go behind the scenes at iatse.net, the International Alliance of Theatrical these Employees.
      • stage employees.
      • 4: You can learn a lot at nea.org, NEA being short for this.
      • the National Education Association.
      • 5: afge.org belongs to the American Federation of these Employees, more than 700,000 of them.
      • government employees.

        • Round 4. Category: literary gems

        • 1: The Bible asks, "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above" these red gems.
        • rubies.
        • 2: In Tennyson's "Idylls of the King", knights fight for diamonds at this king's diamond jousts.
        • King Arthur.
        • 3: The "ice, mast-high, came floating by, as green as emerald" in this Coleridge "Rime".
        • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
        • 4: Shakespearean teenager who "hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear".
        • Juliet.
        • 5: The title gem brings tragedy to a Mexican fisherman in this Steinbeck novelette.
        • The Pearl.

          • Round 5. Category: in case you're thirsty

          • 1: The logo of this sports drink is a capital "G" with an orange lightning bolt in it.
          • Gatorade.
          • 2: The name of this lemon-lime soda means an elf or a fairy.
          • Sprite.
          • 3: Created in Atlanta, this soft drink was being sold in every state and territory of the U.S. by 1895.
          • Coca-Cola.
          • 4: This brand known for its vegetable juices has a line of V-Fusion juices.
          • V8.
          • 5: Glaceau makes a bottled beverage called "Vitamin" this.
          • water.

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

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