Instant Trivia

Episode 957 - Say cheese! - Recycling - Blank that guy - Business men - "i" didn't expect

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 957, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Say Cheese!

  • 1: Add white wine to some shaved Gruyere and Emmentaler and then heat to make this dipping treat.
  • fondue.
  • 2: It's a long way to this Irish county famous for its Cashel blue cheese.
  • Tipperary.
  • 3: Napoleon III may have named this white, downy-rind cow's-milk cheese after the Norman village where he first sampled it.
  • Camembert.
  • 4: The name of this cheese of India follows saag in a spinach and cheese dish.
  • paneer.
  • 5: A favorite of Charlemagne, a true version of this cheese can be authenticated by a red sheep on the wrapper.
  • Roquefort.

    • Round 2. Category: Recycling

    • 1: Because a yellow dye has been found that washes out, some of these directories are now recyclable.
    • Yellow Pages (telephone book).
    • 2: Doing this to aluminum cans makes it easier to store and transport them.
    • crushing them.
    • 3: For some envelopes to be recyclable, this material must be removed from the address window.
    • cellophane (plastic).
    • 4: Some cities provide curbside pickup of leaves, which are then recycled into this for fertilizing gardens.
    • mulch (compost).
    • 5: To make this material, furnaces must run at 2800° F.; to recycle it, at lower temperatures.
    • glass.

      • Round 3. Category: Blank That Guy

      • 1: Connived his way to control of the New York City Treasury in the 1870s:William "blank" blank.
      • "Boss" Tweed.
      • 2: Alliterative SS chief:Heinrich blank.
      • Himmler.
      • 3: Ran a brutal gang in Prohibition-era NYC:Dutch blank.
      • Schultz.
      • 4: Shot near a Virginia farmhouse in April 1865:blank blank blank.
      • John Wilkes Booth.
      • 5: Took over in Cambodia in 1975:blank blank.
      • Pol Pot.

        • Round 4. Category: Business Men

        • 1: This company founded by Berry Gordy Jr. celebrated its 40th anniversary in 1998.
        • Motown Records.
        • 2: In 1998 he went to his first owners meeting since 1989, to try to stop rival Murdoch's Dodgers buy.
        • Ted Turner.
        • 3: It shouldn't take you overnight to deliver the name of this company Fred Smith founded in 1973.
        • Federal Express.
        • 4: With a yardstick and a piece of plywood, Edwin Shoemaker felt inclined to design this recliner in 1928.
        • La-Z-Boy.
        • 5: This inventor of vulcanization was sent to debtor's prison; maybe for bouncing checks?.
        • Charles Goodyear.

          • Round 5. Category: I Didn'T Expect. With I in quotes

          • 1: It precedes coffee, setter, whiskey and wolfhound.
          • Irish.
          • 2: Jacques Rogge was elected president of this governing body in July 2001.
          • the IOC, the International Olympic Committee.
          • 3: Ron Kovic could have called his book "Born on" this--it's the same thing.
          • Independence Day.
          • 4: This verb form makes the word a command.
          • imperative.
          • 5: The black, shiny crystals of this element are dissolved in alcohol to make an antiseptic.
          • iodine.

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

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