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October 27, 2022Episode 624 - "Un" Words - Star Trek: Ds9 - Skiing - Weather - The "Rh" Factor
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 624, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Un" Words
1: Tom, Miltie, or $crooge.

uncles.

2: If you ask the Miami operator for Don Johnson's phone number, she'll probably tell you it's this.

unlisted.

3: An "unspeakable" euphemism for underwear.

unmentionables.

4: Hades is also known as this, sure as hell.

the underworld.

5: Ointment.

unguent (or unction).
Round 2. Category: Star Trek: Ds9
1: This Ferengi runs the bar on the promenade.

Quark.

2: The show is set in this century at the same time as "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

24th.

3: The station is located next to the first stable one of these quadrant-to-quadrant short-cuts ever known.

wormhole.

4: Rene Auberjonois plays this shape-shifting security officer.

Odo.

5: The symbiont in the body of this Terry Farrell character was previously in a man's body.

Dax.
Round 3. Category: Skiing
1: The T-bar, the chair and the gondola are 3 types of these devices that transport skiers.

a lift.

2: Skiers wear these in part to reduce glare and prevent eyestrain.

sunglasses.

3: "Cosmetic" name of the light, dry snow that's ideal for skiing.

powder.

4: In the snowplow method of stopping, a skier brings the tips of the skis together to form this letter.

a V.

5: The most basic movement in this type of skiing is the diagonal stride.

cross-country skiing.
Round 4. Category: Weather
1: This storm's name is derived from Spanish tronada, meaning "thunderstorm".

tornado.

2: If the air is Â½ saturated, this is the relative humidity.

50%.

3: During a storm this can occur in a cloud, between clouds or from a cloud to the ground.

lightning.

4: Season of the year when Arizona has its "monsoons".

Summer.

5: This Italian's invention of the wind vane about 1500 changed the direction of forecasting.

Leonardo da Vinci.
Round 5. Category: The "Rh" Factor
1: Scarlett O'Hara's favorite Butler.

Rhett.

2: While the reddish stalks of this plant may be eaten, the leaves are highly poisonous.

Rhubarb.

3: These 2 important European rivers differ by only one letter.

Rhine and Rhone.

4: This parallelogram with 4 equal sides resembles a slanted square.

Rhombus.

5: In mythology she's the wife of Cronus and the mother of Zeus.

Rhea.
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October 26, 2022Episode 623 - The Davis Cup - Salad - Movie Locations - "Sea" Ya - Which U.s. Cabinet Department?
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 623, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Davis Cup
1: Kim Carnes sang about her eyes.

Bette Davis.

2: In 1861 he resigned from the U.S. Senate.

Jefferson Davis.

3: He's moved his Raiders all over California.

Al Davis.

4: In 1978 this cartoonist introduced his character Garfield to the world.

Jim Davis.

5: This black activist ran for vice president on the 1980 Communist Party ticket.

Angela Davis.
Round 2. Category: Salad
1: The name of this salad comes from the Dutch for "cabbage salad".

coleslaw.

2: The ever-popular salad made from this elbow-shaped pasta often contains celery, olives and chopped pimiento.

Macaroni salad.

3: There's a kitchen honcho in the name of this classic salad with egg, cheese and meat.

a chef salad.

4: This salad of tomatoes and mozzarella gets its name from an island near the Bay of Naples.

caprese.

5: This salad with chopped turkey, bacon, tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs is named for the owner of the Brown Derby.

a Cobb salad.
Round 3. Category: Movie Locations
1: 1972:Brando prefers anonymity in "Last Tango in blank ".

Paris.

2: 2002:Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones get away with murder in " blank ".

Chicago.

3: 2004:Don Cheadle managed "Hotel blank ".

Rwanda.

4: L.A.'s Biltmore played the Sedgewick Hotel, where guests got slimed in this 1984 comedy.

Ghostbusters.

5: 1985:Jeff Daniels steps out of "The Purple Rose of blank ".

Cairo.
Round 4. Category: "Sea" Ya
1: The First Daughter.

Chelsea Clinton.

2: This company's V.O. whisky had a gold and black ribbon signifying the horse racing colors of its founder.

Seagram's.

3: This city's annual Seafair features various water sports and a hydroplane race on Lake Washington.

Seattle.

4: This fish of the genus Hippocampus has the ability to change its color to conform to its background.

Seahorse.

5: In this Bobby Darin tune, "My lover stands on golden sands and watches the ships that go sailing".

"Beyond the Sea".
Round 5. Category: Which U.s. Cabinet Department?
1: The Food Safety and Inspection Service.

the Department of Agriculture.

2: The Federal Railroad Administration.

Transportation.

3: The National Park Service.

Department of Interior.

4: The U.S. Parole Commission.

the Justice Department.

5: The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Department of Health and Human Services.
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October 25, 2022Episode 622 - When - Chimpanzees - What's The Matter...yellow?? - "Go"Ing - Company Symbols
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 622, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: When
1: On Aug. 28, 1963 he told a crowd gathered in Washington, D.C. "I have a dream".

Martin Luther King, Jr..

2: An American hero on April 18, 1775, he was accused of cowardice in 1779, but a court-martial cleared him.

Paul Revere.

3: As of April 7, 1984 it surpassed Chicago as the nation's second most populous city.

Los Angeles.

4: These Americans got the right to vote on August 26, 1920.

Women.

5: On June 11, 2004 this ex-British P.M. delivered a videotaped eulogy for Ronald Reagan at Washington's National Cathedral.

Margaret Thatcher.
Round 2. Category: Chimpanzees
1: Song that includes the line "Chatting to a chimp in chimpanzee".

"Talk To The Animals".

2: He was introduced in the first Tarzan sound feature.

Cheeta.

3: In 1989 Deborah Norville replaced Jane Pauley on the Today show; in 1957 Mr. Kokomo replaced him.

J. Fred Muggs.

4: Scientists at the University of Nevada taught Washoe the chimp some ASL, which is this.

American Sign Language.

5: She wrote "The Chimpanzees of Gombe".

Jane Goodall.
Round 3. Category: What's The Matter...yellow??
1: Call it crazy, but unlike other types of these birds, the yellow-billed one builds its own nest instead of invading.

Cuckoo.

2: Appropriately, you can see the yellow-bellied marmot in this Wyoming-Montana-Idaho national park.

Yellowstone.

3: The yellow-winged type of this mammal hopes insects don't see its yellow wings coming.

Bat.

4: Narcissus pseudonarcissus is the scientific name of this garden flower.

Daffodil.

5: East Africa is home to the yellow species of these large monkeys known for their colorful bottoms.

Baboons.
Round 4. Category: "Go"Ing
1: Transportation for kids.

go-karts.

2: From a Persian word for "snake-eater", a markhor is a wild type of this bearded ruminant.

goat.

3: This 1965 record was Shirley Bassey's biggest hit in the U.S..

"Goldfinger".

4: A word for mining haphazardly in irregular holes comes from the name of this burrowing rodent.

gopher.

5: Biblical name shared by the oldest son of Japheth and a TV Marine.

Gomer.
Round 5. Category: Company Symbols
1: This black-and-white flightless bird is the symbol of a British-American book company.

a penguin.

2: In 1946 Chicago maitre d' Frank Brown posed for this rice brand's trademark picture.

Uncle Ben's.

3: McDonald's are "golden".

the Arches.

4: This Swiss wristwatch company uses a white cross on a red square as its symbol.

Swatch.

5: In the '30s Sinclair Oil used this Brontosaurus in its ads; inflatable toys and other promotions followed.

Dino.
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October 24, 2022Episode 621 - Animal Offspring - Doohickeys - Driving Don'ts - A Day's Calories In One Meal - Bad Hair Days
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 621, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Animal Offspring
1: A general term for the young of most fish, or how you cook them after you catch them.

fry.

2: A young kangaroo, or a musical pal.

a joey.

3: The male young of these are called cockerels; the female young, pullets.

chickens.

4: A young rat, seal, or, so we're told, dragon.

a pup.

5: A hinny is the offspring of these 2 animals.

a horse and a donkey.
Round 2. Category: Doohickeys
1: It's a small swiveling wheel attached to the bottom of pieces of furniture.

a caster.

2: Also one of the senses, it's that little metal notch on a rifle barrel that helps you aim.

sight.

3: It hangs inside a bell and strikes the sides to produce ringing.

a clapper.

4: The raised connector for the positive side of a car battery.

the terminal (or the cathode).

5: That "CE" key on calculators... what's it stand for again?.

clear entry.
Round 3. Category: Driving Don'ts
1: "Piggish" term for an aggressive driver who invades the lanes of other drivers.

"Road Hog".

2: This phrase describes an accident in which the driver flees the scene.

Hit-and-run.

3: Don't gun the engine and pop this pedal.

Clutch.

4: To make your tires squeak and leave blackmarks is called "burning" this.

Rubber.

5: It's the term for what you're doing if you can read an "If you can read this you're too close" bumper sticker.

Tailgating.
Round 4. Category: A Day's Calories In One Meal
1: Double Whopper with cheese, King fries, large vanilla shake, Dutch apple pie.

Burger King.

2: Zesty Chicken Border Bowl, Fiesta Taco Salad, Nachos Bellgrande, apple empanada.

Taco Bell.

3: Market Fresh Roast Beef and Swiss sandwich, large Jalapeno Bites, Jamocha shake.

Arby's.

4: 2 large orders of popcorn chicken, 2 biscuits, potato wedges, BBQ beans, Lil' Bucket lemon creme, large Pepsi.

KFC.

5: 2 Big Bacon Classics, great Biggie fries, Homestyle Chicken Strips Salad with ranch dressing, medium Frosty.

Wendy's.
Round 5. Category: Bad Hair Days
1: It was hair today, gone tomorrow for this Biblical hero when he fell asleep on Delilah's knees.

Samson.

2: When this fairy tale maiden let down her hair, a handsome prince climbed up it -- must have hurt!.

Rapunzel.

3: We loved this Little Rascal, even though he never had a good hair day in his life.

Alfalfa.

4: In a 1903 opera, this queen strangles herself with her own hair after she's caught with Lancelot.

Guinevere.

5: This Irish singer had more than a bad hair day when she tore the pope's picture on "Saturday Night Live".

Sinead O'Connor.
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October 23, 2022Episode 620 - Definitions - Asian Places - Anatomic Quotes - Y-R - It's Miller Time
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 620, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Definitions
1: It's a "comfy" covering for your teapot.

a tea cozy.

2: This word means to speak pompously or to officiate as a pontiff.

pontificate.

3: Any place of great spiritual suffering, named for the garden in Mark 14.

Gethsemane.

4: Of a little lamb, a fugitive from the law, or a lady hamster, what a "lamster" is.

a fugitive from the law.

5: A "philhellenist" admires this.

Greek civilization.
Round 2. Category: Asian Places
1: Bandipur and Sanjay Gandhi are national parks in this nation.

India.

2: It was a small town until the opening of foreign trade made it China's largest city.

Shanghai.

3: We wonder if there's a village idiot in Moron, 350 miles west of Ulan Bator in this country.

Mongolia.

4: The smallest nation on the Bay of Bengal, most of it is less than 50 feet above sea level.

Bangladesh.

5: Not to be confused with Yakutsk, this region found on the Risk board lies just west of Lake Baikal.

Irkutsk.
Round 3. Category: Anatomic Quotes
1: Edmond Rostand work that includes the line "Enorme, mon nez!" -- "My nose is huge!".

"Cyrano de Bergerac".

2: The Latin proverb "Ubi amor, ibi oculus" is translated as "Where love is, there" this "wanders".

Eye.

3: Ben Franklin advised, "Keep your mouth wet" and these "dry".

Feet.

4: Jonathan Swift wrote, "I am as old as my tongue, and a little older than" these.

Teeth.

5: Shelley penned, "Worse than a bloody hand is a hard" one of these.

Heart.
Round 4. Category: Y-R
1: An astronomer may speak of a solar, lunar, equinoctial or sidereal one.

a year.

2: A short war between Israel and Egypt and Syria in October 1973 was named for this high holiday.

Yom Kippur.

3: In October 2002 he made another supersonic flight, 55 years after his first.

Chuck Yeager.

4: This Cole was a known associate of Jesse James.

Younger.

5: "Savage Sam" is a sequel to the Fred Gipson book called "Old" this.

Yeller.
Round 5. Category: It's Miller Time
1: This writer has been married to Ingeborg Morath and Marilyn Monroe.

Arthur Miller.

2: Pardon me boy, this bandleader's plane was reported missing December 15, 1944.

Glenn Miller.

3: Now a hot-shooting guard with the Indiana Pacers, he majored in history and played ball at UCLA.

Reggie Miller.

4: This Tony Award winner had hits with "Do-Wacka-Do" and "King of the Road".

Roger Miller.

5: The works of this writer, born in 1891, have been banned numerous times for their sexual content.

Henry Miller.
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October 22, 2022Episode 619 - Female Flyers - The Circulatory System - It's A Living - Money, Money, Money - House Standing Committees
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 619, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Female Flyers
1: On August 1, 1911 Harriet Quimby became the first American woman to get one of these.

Pilot's license.

2: "Charlie", now in the Smithsonian, was the plane in which Flying Angel Geraldine Mock did this in 29 days in 1964.

Circumnavigate the globe.

3: Anne Spencer Morrow's first date with this man, her future husband, was a flying lesson.

Charles Lindbergh.

4: Some say Ruth Law was the first woman to perform this big circle trick, others say it was Katharine Stinson.

Loop-the-loop.

5: Geraldyn Cobb began testing to get into this program in 1960; after besting many of the men, she wasn't allowed in.

Space/astronaut program.
Round 2. Category: The Circulatory System
1: Carbon dioxide is swapped for oxygen in the alveoli of these organs.

lungs.

2: Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of this poisonous metal.

mercury.

3: When the heart's atria contract, blood flows from the right atrium into the right this.

ventricle.

4: The plasma globulin called transferrin transports this ferric material.

iron.

5: These tiny bits of cytoplasm lacking nuclei are there to gang up in clots.

platelets.
Round 3. Category: It's A Living
1: Donna Karan,Mossimo.

a fashion designer.

2: Aka custodians, they may use the supplies of the Cintas Corp., which sponsors an award for the one of the year.

janitors.

3: A specialized job in a police force, CSI stands for this, just like on TV.

crime scene investigator ("crime scene investigation" accepted).

4: In 1968 a U.S. craft with this name, also George Washington's pre-military occupation, landed on the moon.

Surveyor.

5: 2-word term for one who studies the plant and animal life of the oceans.

marine biologist.
Round 4. Category: Money, Money, Money
1: In 1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized construction of a mint in this city.

Philadelphia.

2: In 1994 a portrait of this author whose father went to debtor's prison was put on the British 10-pound note.

Charles Dickens.

3: From 1792 to 1873 the U.S. issued silver 5-cent coins called not nickels but "half" these.

dimes.

4: Iraq's 25-dinar note features Saddam Hussein on the front and this ancient city's Ishtar Gate on the back.

Babylon.

5: Unit of currency used by the greatest number of Arab countries.

dinar.
Round 5. Category: House Standing Committees
1: There's a committee for this size of business.

a small business.

2: Transportation and Infrastructure is one committee; this and Means, another.

Ways.

3: There's a Permanent Select Committee on this headed by Porter Goss; how smart!.

Intelligence.

4: The name of a small committee says it covers the "standards of official" this for House members.

conduct.

5: C.W. Bill Young has a tendency to pass out (money) as chairman of this committee.

Appropriations.
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October 21, 2022Episode 618 - Rockin' Stupid Answers - Snowy Songs - 7-Letter Cities - Kiddy Lit Creatures - Book Reviews
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 618, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Rockin' Stupid Answers
1: It's the band that had a hit with "Up on Cripple Creek".

The Band.

2: It's the nickname of the Beatles album that has a stark white cover.

"The White Album".

3: In a 1978 song, this group asked, "Who Are You?".

The Who.

4: A song by this group says, "Everybody have fun tonight, everybody Wang Chung tonight".

Wang Chung.

5: This double album by Kiss was certified platinum.

"Double Platinum".
Round 2. Category: Snowy Songs
1: This guy "knew that the sun was out that day, so he said, 'let's run and have some fun now before I melt away'".

Frosty the Snowman.

2: Title that follows "the fire is slowly dying, and, my dear, we're still goodbye-ing, but as long as you love me so...".

"Let It Snow (Let It Snow, Let It Snow)".

3: He "looked out on the feast of Stephen, when the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even".

Good King Wenceslas.

4: "In the lane snow is glistening, a beautiful sight, we're happy tonight" in this place.

a winter wonderland.

5: In "I'll Be Home For Christmas", "please have" these 2 rhyming items "and presents on the tree".

snow and mistletoe.
Round 3. Category: 7-Letter Cities
1: The stevedores here, in West Germany's busiest port, must be really beefy.

Hamburg.

2: This city didn't rise from its ashes like its namesake, but from the Salt River Valley.

Phoenix.

3: The name of this Scottish city, 3rd largest in Great Britain, is said to be from the Celtic for "dear green spot".

Glasgow.

4: This city in Nova Scotia is the Atlantic terminus of Canada's 2 major railways.

Halifax.

5: As Iran and Iraq have 4 letters, these cities, their capitals, both have 7, as usually spelled in English.

Teheran and Baghdad.
Round 4. Category: Kiddy Lit Creatures
1: In "The 3 Little Pigs", the wolf huffed and puffed in order to do this.

blow the door (house) down.

2: Kipling's "Just So Stories" include the one which explains "How the Leopard Got" these.

his spots.

3: Some versions say Henny-Penny 1st said "The sky's a-going to fall"; some say it was this fowl creature.

Chicken Little.

4: This 1923 Felix Salten novel was originally intended for adults as well as children.

Bambi.

5: The mischievous, black Scotty dog who was curious about the ducks.

Angus.
Round 5. Category: Book Reviews
1: One review called this Robert James Waller tale of a photographer's affair with a farmwife "Yuppie women's porn".

"The Bridges of Madison County".

2: The N.Y. Times said his "Ragtime" "reflects all that is most significant and dramatic in America's last hundred years".

E.L. Doctorow.

3: It "is remembered as a stomach-turning expose of unsanitary conditions...in the meat-packing industry".

The Jungle.

4: One reviewer said "Wondrous beasts and scientific possibilities" made this Michael Crichton novel "alluring".

"Jurassic Park".

5: This 1925 classic "captures all the romance and glitter of the Jazz Age".

The Great Gatsby.
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October 20, 2022Episode 617 - My Favorite Films - Cow - Franks And Franklins - Test Your Snow How - Khomeini, Khamenei Or Khatami
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 617, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: My Favorite Films
1: William Holden leads this 1969 title group of robbers and killers with a sense of honor.

The Wild Bunch.

2: Cathy, Cathy, Cathy! A 1939 classic... amour on the moors... need we say moor?.

Wuthering Heights.

3: The hero of this 1962 epic is worshiped by the men he leads, though they do call him "Orens".

Lawrence of Arabia.

4: Paul Newman played a white man raised by Apaches in this '67 Western-- and you'll notice that "man" is your big clue.

Hombre.

5: At one point, John Huston wanted Gable and Bogart to star in this film about 2 schemers who want to rule Kafiristan.

The Man Who Would Be King.
Round 2. Category: Cow
1: At the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, the Borden exhibit featured a live version of this trademarked cow.

Elsie.

2: To prevent the bovine inflammation known as mastitis, practice good hygiene when doing this to your cows.

milking.

3: A cow's stomach has this many compartments.

4.

4: The 600-pound cow made by Sarah Pratt each year for the Iowa state fair is made from this dairy product.

butter.

5: A young and calfless cow is known as one of these.

a heifer.
Round 3. Category: Franks And Franklins
1: He's the man on the bill that's the value of this answer.

Benjamin Franklin.

2: He wanted to study architecture at the University of Wisconsin in the 1880s, but it wasn't offered.

Frank Lloyd Wright.

3: In 1882 there was a $10,000 dead or alive reward for him and his brother.

Frank James.

4: 1 of the 3 Franks in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

(1 of) Frank Gifford (Frank Kinard, Frank Gatski).

5: He went up in Gemini 7 and Apollo 8.

Frank Borman.
Round 4. Category: Test Your Snow How
1: One of these Inuit dwellings can be made out of sod or wood, as well as snow.

an igloo.

2: For a snowstorm to be called one of these, it must have winds higher than 32 mph for 3 hours or longer.

a blizzard.

3: Around 1800 Barry, a dog of this breed, saved more than 40 people trapped in the snow in the Swiss Alps.

St. Bernard.

4: (Video of Sofia in Squaw Valley, CA) Most snowflakes are basically symmetrical, and have this many sides.

6.

5: This hare with a white winter coat is named for its large feet that help it get around in winter snow.

the snowshoe hare.
Round 5. Category: Khomeini, Khamenei Or Khatami
1: Exiled from Iran in 1964.

Khomeini.

2: Died in 1989.

Khomeini.

3: Elected president in 1997.

Khatami.

4: Supreme religious and political leader since 1990.

Khamenei.

5: Published "Fear of the Wave" in 1993.

Khatami.
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October 19, 2022Episode 616 - 1995 - Gene Wilder - Proverbial Anatomy - The Ming Dynasty - Desserts
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 616, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 1995
1: France drew worldwide protests in September by doing this at the Mururoa Atoll.

detonating an atomic bomb.

2: This city's subway was hit by a nerve gas attack March 20, 1995.

Tokyo.

3: In January, Camilla Parker Bowles announced that she was getting a divorce, and this prince claimed that he wasn't.

Prince Charles.

4: Imelda Marcos' son "Bong Bong" lost his bid for a seat in this country's senate-- and was convicted of tax evasion.

the Philippines.

5: The Nobel prize went to 3 men for their studies on the depletion of this layer of the atmosphere.

the ozone.
Round 2. Category: Gene Wilder
1: In 1984 Gene married this woman with whom he later had a "Haunted Honeymoon".

Gilda Radner.

2: In his first movie, Gene played a mortician kidnapped by Warren Beatty in this 1967 film.

Bonnie and Clyde.

3: This man directed Gene in "The Producers" and "Blazing Saddles".

Mel Brooks.

4: Gene was nominated for a Screenwriting Oscar for this film that also starred Marty Feldman as Igor.

Young Frankenstein.

5: Gene's first movie pairing with Richard Pryor came in this 1976 comedy thriller about a murder plot on a train.

Silver Streak.
Round 3. Category: Proverbial Anatomy
1: Cervantes wrote in "Don Quixote", "A bird" here "is worth two in the bush".

a hand.

2: Ovid said, "Ugly is a field without grass, a plant without leaves, or" this without hair.

the head.

3: This is the mirror of the soul.

eyes.

4: Livy claimed, "Let a fool hold this and he will pass for a sage".

tongue.

5: A gluttonous man may dig his grave with these.

teeth.
Round 4. Category: The Ming Dynasty
1: The folding type of this cooling device became accepted in China during the Ming dynasty.

Fan.

2: Its use as a defensive barrier fell with the fall of the Ming dynasty, and it fell into disrepair.

Great Wall of China.

3: In 1421, the emperor Yung-Lo got gung-ho and moved the capital to this city where he built an imperial palace.

Peking/Beijing.

4: A housepet during the Ming dynasty was this Lhasa Apso relative, whose name is Chinese for "lion".

Shih Tzu.

5: In 1368 the Ming dynasty replaced this one founded by Kublai Khan.

Yuan (Mongol).
Round 5. Category: Desserts
1: This "frozen" fermented dairy product resembles soft-serve ice cream in texture.

Frozen yogurt.

2: It's said the Prince of Wales asked the chef to name this crepe dessert after a little girl.

Cr and ecirc;pe Suzette.

3: This old-fashioned cake made in a tube pan is made by alternating light and dark batter.

marble cake.

4: This cream named for a German region is a mix of eggs, whipped cream, flavorings and gelatin.

bavarois (Bavarian).

5: The earl never had this dessert of which a 1900 newspaper article said, "thin wafers...modify the coolness".

ice cream sandwich.
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October 18, 2022Episode 615 - Olympic Events - Radio Stars - The Bahamas - Nobel Peace Prize Winners - Green "T"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 615, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Olympic Events
1: Downhill and slalom.

Skiing.

2: 100-meter butterfly and 100-meter freestyle.

Swimming.

3: 10,000 meters and javelin.

Track and field.

4: Individual epee and individual foil.

Fencing.

5: Trap and skeet.

Shooting.
Round 2. Category: Radio Stars
1: This conservative icon describes himself as having "talent on loan from God".

Rush Limbaugh.

2: He took over from Red Barber and has been the voice of the Dodgers for almost 50 years.

Vin Scully.

3: Kyle Cantrell, operations manager at Nashville's WSM-AM, is the Saturday night announcer for this show.

Grand Ole Opry.

4: Heard here, he's been the voice of the U.S. heartland for decades("Now you know the rest of the story").

Paul Harvey.

5: This shock jock rival of Howard Stern is heard "in the Morning" on about 100 stations.

Don Imus.
Round 3. Category: The Bahamas
1: On July 10, 1973, Prince Charles represented Queen Elizabeth at ceremonies celebrating this.

the independence of the Bahamas.

2: With international banking #2, this is the leading industry of the Bahamas.

tourism.

3: Although considered part of the region, the Bahamas are not located in this sea.

the Caribbean.

4: Of Bimini, New Providence, or Grand Bahama, the island on which you would visit the capital, Nassau.

New Providence.

5: To prevent the Germans from kidnapping this ex-king, Churchill sent him to govern the Bahamas.

the Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII).
Round 4. Category: Nobel Peace Prize Winners
1: 1979: A nun like none other.

Mother Teresa.

2: 1990:A Communist party head.

Mikhail Gorbachev.

3: 1964: An American clergyman.

Martin Luther King, Jr..

4: 1978: An Israeli and an Egyptian.

Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat.

5: 1961:A U.N. Secretary-General.

Dag Hammarskjold.
Round 5. Category: Green "T"
1: You wouldn't want to meet this scary, royal, supposedly green creature in a dark alley.

a Tyrannosaurus rex.

2: Artificial green grass used on a playing field.

turf.

3: It's the art of trimming your green bushes and hedges into geometric shapes and animals.

topiary.

4: The main ingredient in salsa verde, this small green vegetable, is native to Mexico.

the tomatillo.

5: This republic of West Africa with a 4-letter name has 3 green stripes on its flag representing its natural resources.

Togo.
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