Instant Trivia

Episode 977 - Card games - You are very subtractive - Do the hits - A number less than 10 - Popular names for boys and girls

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 977, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Card Games

  • 1: In blackjack, it's the point value held by the most cards.
  • 10.
  • 2: When wild cards are used in straight poker, this replaces the royal flush as the highest type of hand.
  • five of a kind.
  • 3: Played by 2 sets of partners, it's the most popular form of bridge.
  • Contract Bridge.
  • 4: The bidding period of a card game; types of bridge and pinochle are named for it.
  • Auction.
  • 5: You could get a bird in the hand when you play this card game with a black bird on the box.
  • Rook.

    • Round 2. Category: You Are Very Subtractive

    • 1: You won my heart when you knew this is 85 minus 21.
    • 64.
    • 2: You drive me wild when you tell me it's 51 minus 14.
    • 37.
    • 3: Whisper in my ear this result of 253 minus 61.
    • 192.
    • 4: Tell me what I long to hear: 315 minus 213.
    • 102.
    • 5: We'll have a happy ending if you know it's what's subtracted from the minuend.
    • the subtrahend.

      • Round 3. Category: Do The Hits

      • 1: This rock pioneer's first and only No. 1 hit was 1957's "That'll Be The Day".
      • Buddy Holly.
      • 2: The Beatles had 20 No. 1 singles; this man had 18.
      • Elvis Presley.
      • 3: Her rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 1991 Super Bowl took the song into the Top 40 for the first time.
      • Whitney Houston.
      • 4: On the U.S. Billboard Top 40 chart, this UB40 hit climbed to No. 34 in 1984 and to No. 1 in 1988.
      • "Red Red Wine".
      • 5: Bee smart and name this 1968 No. 1 hit for Bobby Goldsboro.
      • "Honey".

        • Round 4. Category: A Number Less Than 10

        • 1: Word that begins the Gettysburg Address.
        • 4.
        • 2: In cricket scoring, it's a duck's egg.
        • 0.
        • 3: Points in a perfect aircraft landing.
        • 3.
        • 4: The number of legs on a daddy longlegs, aka the harvestman.
        • 8.
        • 5: Nations in the Iroquois Confederacy, after the Tuscarora tribe joined.
        • 6.

          • Round 5. Category: Popular Names For Boys And Girls

          • 1: Colonial Americans invented this girls' name by combining Sam from Samuel with the Greek for flower.
          • Samantha.
          • 2: This Irish form of Katherine is currently one of the 100 most popular names for girls.
          • Katelyn.
          • 3: Mr. Frome might know it's from the Hebrew for "solid" or "firm".
          • Ethan.
          • 4: Leon means "lion" and this name means "lion bold".
          • Leonardo.
          • 5: It's from the Old Norse for "ruler", whether he has red hair or not.
          • Eric.

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

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