Instant Trivia

Episode 947 - I made it through the reign - Behold the power of cheese - Familial phrases - "tas"-mania - Geographical words and phrases

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 947, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: i made it through the reign

  • 1: For 164 years, 1610 to 1774, France was ruled by just 3 kings, all of this name.
  • Louis.
  • 2: Franz Joseph got plenty of new clothes when he ruled Austria for 68 years with this loftier title than king.
  • emperor.
  • 3: Fath Ali Shah ruled this country from 1797 to 1834 and led it in disastrous wars against Russia.
  • Iran.
  • 4: Averaging 23 years per reign, the last 5 Russian czars were named either Nicholas or this.
  • Alexander.
  • 5: Otto, who ruled Greece from 1832 to 1862, was the son of King Ludwig of this German state.
  • Bavaria.

    • Round 2. Category: behold the power of cheese

    • 1: "On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball, when" this happened.
    • somebody sneezed.
    • 2: Things concocted in 1915 include Corning's Pyrex and this company's processed cheese.
    • Kraft.
    • 3: Bearing the name of a Belgian province, it's a cheese with a really strong aroma.
    • Limburger.
    • 4: It's wonderful to do this to cheese, reducing it to fragments by rubbing it against an abrasive surface.
    • grating.
    • 5: Salata is the dense processed form of this "recooked" Italian cheese.
    • ricotta.

      • Round 3. Category: familial phrases

      • 1: Here's this figure personified.
      • Father Time.
      • 2: Enacting this 2-word phrase of concession can sometimes stop a tickle attack.
      • saying uncle.
      • 3: The stars of this reality series on TLC marched on the Utah capitol to protest a ban on polygamy.
      • Sister Wives.
      • 4: All of a computer's components and peripherals connect to this; ATX is the main design today.
      • a motherboard.
      • 5: Term for a ready target of criticism, or the female relative who wants to adopt Huck Finn.
      • Aunt Sally.

        • Round 4. Category: "tas"-mania

        • 1: Another word for disaster; in drama, it's a synonym for denouement.
        • catastrophe.
        • 2: Hypokalemia is a deficiency of this mineral.
        • potassium.
        • 3: It's the group of threadlike strings on the top of a stalk of corn.
        • tassel.
        • 4: This Mexican dish whose name means "little meats" is shredded pork.
        • carnitas.
        • 5: This lake is considered the main source of the Mississippi River.
        • Itasca.

          • Round 5. Category: geographical words and phrases

          • 1: A shade of grayish blue is named for this Danish capital.
          • Copenhagen.
          • 2: This nationality precedes onyx, hairless, and jumping bean.
          • Mexican.
          • 3: This nationality precedes uncle, treat, and elm disease.
          • Dutch.
          • 4: This tuber with a city in its name is also called a sunchoke.
          • Jerusalem Artichoke.
          • 5: This high quality black tea is named for a district in West Bengal.
          • Darjeeling.

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

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