Instant Trivia

Episode 99 - 3Rd Graders Know This Stuff - You've Got Our Number - European Geography - A Literary Tour - Hints From Heloise

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 99, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: 3Rd Graders Know This Stuff

  • 1: The 15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th and 26th ones of these are specifically concerned with voting.
  • constitutional amendments.
  • 2: The predicate of a sentence tells what this part is or does.
  • the subject.
  • 3: Zero divided by 6 yields this quotient.
  • zero.
  • 4: The size of this body part changes, depending on the light.
  • the pupil.
  • 5: Of I'm, they've, you're or won't, the contraction that lost the most letters.
  • won't.

    • Round 2. Category: You've Got Our Number

    • 1: Use a pedometer to try to reach the goal of this many steps a day, the usual number given to maintain long-term health.
    • 10,000.
    • 2: The Schwinn Continental, introduced in 1960, had this many gears.
    • ten.
    • 3: The EPA doesn't want kids breathing air with more carbon monoxide than 9 parts per this.
    • million.
    • 4: An editor of Forbes' 2006 list of the World's Richest People said this "just isn't what it used to be".
    • a billion dollars.
    • 5: We're sure you scored well above this in standard IQ tests; it generally indicates average for one's age.
    • 100.

      • Round 3. Category: European Geography

      • 1: Ports on this bay include Bilbao, Spain and Bayonne, France.
      • the Bay of Biscay.
      • 2: Alphabetically, the countries in Europe run from Albania to this tiny landlocked nation.
      • Vatican City.
      • 3: Malta lies about 60 miles south of this largest Mediterranean island.
      • Sicily.
      • 4: Yding Skovhoj, Denmark's highest point, is located on this peninsula.
      • Jutland.
      • 5: Germany's tallest peak, Zugspitze, lies in these Alps.
      • Bavarian Alps.

        • Round 4. Category: A Literary Tour

        • 1: Perhaps you'll draft your Nobel Prize acceptance speech at NYC's Algonquin Hotel, as this Mississippi man did in 1950.
        • Faulkner.
        • 2: Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant.
        • John Steinbeck.
        • 3: Chat about Lady Chatterley at this author's birthplace museum in Nottinghamshire.
        • D.H. Lawrence.
        • 4: To see the Great Bed of Ware mentioned in "Twelfth Night", go to this museum named for a royal couple.
        • the Victoria and Albert Museum (Victoria and Albert accepted).
        • 5: Head to Odense, Denmark to see his childhood home and sculptures inspired by his fairy tales.
        • (Hans Christian) Andersen.

          • Round 5. Category: Hints From Heloise

          • 1: After you thread them through a toddler's shoes, knot the ends of these so they can't be pulled out.
          • shoelaces.
          • 2: A marshmallow placed inside the bottom of the cone will help keep this treat from dripping through.
          • ice cream cone.
          • 3: In an emergency you can replace the pull tab on one of these fastening devices with a paper clip.
          • zipper.
          • 4: If you push each of these birthday items into a marshmallow, wax won't drip onto the cake.
          • candles.
          • 5: Wear these when handling hot peppers; the peppers can irritate your skin.
          • rubber gloves.

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

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