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March 14, 2024Episode 1129 - The writing stuff - It's hyphenated - Let's take a world tour - What's in a dog's name? - Cheers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1129, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Writing Stuff
1: "Passing away" is this kind of term, an indirect substitute for something harsh or offensive.
a euphemism.
2: "Uneven" 2-word term for an early version; Jefferson used it about one pass at the Declaration of Independence.
a rough draft.
3: Aunt Grace wants 1 more copy; good thing you put out your poems using P.O.D., short for this.
printing on demand.
4: Add a dose of this quality to your novel, the incongruity between what was expected and what actually occurs.
irony.
5: Orson Scott Card said this is never solved by "writing through it" because you haven't solved the original problem.
writer's block.
Round 2. Category: It'S Hyphenated
1: The Venerable Bede said they were descendants of 3 different Germanic peoples--the Jutes and the 2 in their name.
the Anglo-Saxons.
2: "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself", Emerson wrote in this essay.
"Self-Reliance".
3: Named for a cave in France, these prehistoric humans were skillful artists and toolmakers.
Cro-Magnon.
4: It's a synonym for Old English, spoken before about 1150.
Anglo-Saxon.
5: This city is home to Hanesbrands, the Hanes Mall and Wake Forest University.
Winston-Salem.
Round 3. Category: Let'S Take A World Tour
1: It's the sacred river that runs through Kanpur and Allahabad.
Ganges.
2: Heaviest of the parrots, the flightless kākāpō, of this Down Under island nation, can weigh up to nine pounds.
New Zealand.
3: Southern Cross University and Lake Tuggeranong College are found in this large country.
Australia.
4: Newspapers in this Asian kingdom include the Phuket Gazette and The Chiangmai Trader News.
Thailand.
5: Originally settled by the Dutch, this country of NE South America came under British control in the 19th century.
Guyana.
Round 4. Category: What'S In A Dog'S Name?
1: The name terrier goes back to the Latin word for this.
earth (terra).
2: Rottweil, home of the Rottweiler, is a city in this country.
Germany.
3: This silky-haired, droopy-eared variety is just a "Spanish" dog.
spaniel.
4: Some claim it's the plural of mosenji, a Lingala word for "native".
basenji.
5: This royal dog of Egypt was named for a town in Arabia.
saluki.
Round 5. Category: Cheers
1: Yalies once cheered, "Brek-ek-ek-ex, ko-ax, ko-ax", the chorus of these creatures in an Aristophanes play.
frogs.
2: Tequila and lime juice go into this cocktail that's served in a salt-rimmed glass.
Margarita.
3: It's the booze that's in both a Bloody Mary and a screwdriver.
vodka.
4: Mayday! This "Cheers" star's films include "Dad", "Getting Even with Dad" and "Three Men and a Baby".
Ted Danson.
5: Equal parts of champagne and this juice make up a mimosa.
Orange juice.
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March 13, 2024Episode 1128 - The quotable einstein - Begins and ends with the same vowel - Presidents' speeches: one word off - Classical dance - Numbers in song
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1128, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Quotable Einstein
1: "Life is like riding" one of these; "to keep your balance you must keep moving".
a bicycle.
2: This "is more important than knowledge".
imagination.
3: "I never think of" this period of time. "It comes soon enough".
the future.
4: This "cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding".
peace.
5: "As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power," this "is inevitable".
war.
Round 2. Category: Begins And Ends With The Same Vowel
1: Golden and triple double chocolate are varieties of this sandwich cookie.
an Oreo.
2: One who lives in Haifa or Tel Aviv.
an Israeli.
3: It's the area of study where kids make the acquaintance of polynomials.
algebra.
4: For the Latin for "fox mange", it's the loss of hair.
alopecia.
5: To take in marriage, or to speak in favor of a cause.
espouse.
Round 3. Category: Presidents' Speeches: One Word Off
1: Reagan:"Mr. T, open this gate! Mr. T, tear down this wall!".
Gorbachev.
2: LBJ:"The Great Pumpkin rests on abundance and liberty for all".
Society.
3: Lincoln:"A world divided against itself cannot stand".
house.
4: FDR:"In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good time".
neighbor.
5: George H.W. Bush:"A thousand points of purchase, of all the community organizations... doing good".
light.
Round 4. Category: Classical Dance
1: Jean-Baptiste Lully pioneered music for this dance whose name, from the Latin for "small", comes from its small, dainty steps.
a minuet.
2: Not "sausage" but this dance follows "Vienna Blood" in a Johann Strauss Jr. title.
waltz.
3: Between 1915 and 1917, after traveling among rural people, Bela Bartok wrote 6 "Romanian" these "Dances".
Folk.
4: Bach's keyboard suites include music for this happy dance, 5 letters long (not 3) and starting with "G" (not "J").
a gigue.
5: The gopak or hopak from Tchaikovsky's "Mazeppa" is a dance of these people who really know their steppes.
the Cossacks.
Round 5. Category: Numbers In Song
1: The Beatles promised they'd love their girl this many days a week.
8.
2: It's the length of the Camptown racetrack.
5 miles long.
3: Biggest hit for The Crests was about a birthday cake with this many candles.
16.
4: According to Bobby Vee, the night has this many eyes.
a thousand.
5: ? and the Mysterians' only #1 hit was about crying this many tears.
96.
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March 12, 2024Episode 1127 - Asian capitals - At a loss for worlds - At the dentist's office - Everyone into the pool! - Hits of the '80s
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1127, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Asian Capitals
1: This capital is named for a religion.
Islamabad.
2: In 1959 this city was designated to replace Karachi as the capital; its construction began 2 years later.
Islamabad.
3: On Jan. 6, 2005 an international summit on tsunami relief opened in this city.
Jakarta.
4: King Rama I built this city's Grand Palace, which contains the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
Bangkok.
5: The Ming rulers gave this city its name, which means "northern capital".
Beijing.
Round 2. Category: At A Loss For Worlds
1: This 1963 work was published in English with the title "Monkey Planet".
"Planet of the Apes".
2: This 1963 work was published in England with the title "Monkey Planet".
Planet of the Apes.
3: At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End", this world is destroyed.
Earth.
4: Anne McCaffrey's written about "The Dragonriders of", "The Skies of" and "The Renegades of" this imaginary planet.
Pern.
5: It's the real name of the planet referred to in the title of a 1965 Frank Herbert novel.
Arrakis.
Round 3. Category: At The Dentist'S Office
1: Drill speed is measured in these; Dr. Morrison's in 1871 did about 600, today's turbine-powered ones about 300,000.
RPMs.
2: The ADA says this is perfectly safe as the basis for amalgam fillings--it combines with other materials to make it stable.
mercury.
3: Cavities form when bacteria break down sugars, forming this substance that dissolves enamel.
acid.
4: Modern lead aprons worn during X-raying have a collar to protect this gland from the radiation.
the thyroid gland.
5: From the Latin for "to close", it's the alignment and spacing of your upper and lower teeth when you bite.
occlusion.
Round 4. Category: Everyone Into The Pool!
1: "Swimming World" magazine named him Male World Swimmer of the Year eight times.
Michael Phelps.
2: One of the most popular swimming pool games bears the name of this Venetian traveler.
Marco Polo.
3: He found relief from his polio swimming in the mineral pools of Warm Springs, Georgia, where he had a little "White House".
FDR (Franklin Roosevelt).
4: Once known as water ballet, it became an Olympic sport in 1984.
synchronized swimming.
5: You can enjoy some spectacular backdrops from this type of pool, also called a vanishing or negative edge pool.
an infinity pool.
Round 5. Category: Hits Of The '80s
1: This song by Olivia Newton-John "worked out" to be No. 1 longer than any other song in '81.
"Physical".
2: The only #1 pop hit for Kenny Rogers, it has a 1 word title.
"Lady".
3: The profits from this Sager/Bacharach Grammy-winning 1986 single go to AIDS research.
"That's What Friends Are For".
4: Diana Ross dedicated "Missing You" to this late singer with whom she had 2 Top 40 hits in the '70s.
Marvin Gaye.
5: "All Out Of Love", "Lost In Love" and "The One That You Love" were 3 hits by this Aussie group.
Air Supply.
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March 11, 2024Episode 1126 - Going for "ward" - Old testament heroes - Sounds serious - Legendary creatures - Broadway musicals by setting
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1126, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Going For Ward. With Ward in quotation marks
1: Former name for what we today call a flight attendant.
a stewardess.
2: All the clothes belonging to you, or a tall piece of furniture to put them all in.
a wardrobe.
3: Michael S. Evans holds this top administrative position at Folsom Prison.
warden.
4: It precedes "Christian Soldiers" in a 19th century hymn.
"Onward".
5: "Cavalcade" and "Conversation Piece" are 2 of his most popular plays.
Noël Coward.
Round 2. Category: Old Testament Heroes
1: When presented with this son's bloodstained coat, Jacob assumed that "an evil beast hath devoured him".
Joseph.
2: This man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman".
Adam.
3: This prophet "prayed unto the Lord his god out of the fish's belly".
Jonah.
4: When he came to present the Israelites with the tablets of the law, they were dancing around a golden calf.
Moses.
5: Because of the many psalms he wrote, this king was called "The Sweet Psalmist of Israel".
David.
Round 3. Category: Sounds Serious
1: Alcohol and spicy foods can cause pyrosis, better known as this painful sensation.
heartburn.
2: Cutis anserina is nothing to worry about; it's just this "fowl" reaction to cold or fear.
goose bumps.
3: If you have pollinosis, you have this seasonal allergy and not necessarily to the crop in its name.
hay fever.
4: Diplopia is what doctors call this, also the title of a Foreigner hit.
double vision.
5: Runners know medial tibial stress syndrome better by this 2-word name; ice may help.
shin splints.
Round 4. Category: Legendary Creatures
1: It's a multiheaded sea serpent in Psalms and the title of a masterwork of political philosophy by Thomas Hobbes.
Leviathan.
2: In heraldry a dragon is often depicted sticking this barbed feature out of its mouth; how rude.
its tongue.
3: The hideous basilisk can be killed by showing it this, something a vampire can't see.
its reflection in the mirror.
4: In ancient China they came in different colors, and yellow ones were superior.
dragons.
5: After going to a lot of trouble building a nest of fragrant boughs and spices, the Phoenix does this to it.
burns it.
Round 5. Category: Broadway Musicals By Setting
1: In and around the royal palace in Bangkok in the 1860s.
The King and I.
2: The land of Oz, before and after Dorothy dropped in.
Wicked.
3: A junkyard on the night of the Jellicle Ball.
Cats.
4: The small village of Anatevka in Russia.
Fiddler on the Roof.
5: Mushnik's skid row florists.
Little Shop of Horrors.
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March 10, 2024Episode 1125 - Lakers - Nyc authors - 20th century books - Statuesque authors - Smarties
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1125, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Lakers
1: Locals in this Upstate New York City know it hosted the 1980 winter Olympics.
Lake Placid.
2: Folks on the Nevada border know this lake took its name from the Washoe word for "Big Water".
Lake Tahoe.
3: Workers are way above average in ports such as Duluth on this Great Lake.
Lake Superior.
4: People walk like Egyptians around this lake formed by the creation of the Aswan High Dam.
Lake Nasser.
5: U.N. office workers in Switzerland overlook this lake and have a view of the Alps.
Lake Geneva.
Round 2. Category: Nyc Authors
1: Walt Whitman, Henry Miller, and Betty Smith's "tree" all grew up in this borough.
Brooklyn.
2: Tho he "looked homeward" to North Carolina, he lived in NYC because "You Can't Go Home Again".
Thomas Wolfe.
3: James Baldwin called this "the only human part of New York", but left it anyway.
Harlem.
4: Mark Twain, Dylan Thomas and Arthur Miller all lived in this famed hotel named for a London district.
The Chelsea.
5: The Algonquin Hotel apparently threw this "Borstal Boy" out when he chased the maids thru the halls.
Brendan Behan.
Round 3. Category: 20Th Century Books
1: "What is fire? It's a mystery", says this novel; "Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences".
Fahrenheit 451.
2: In a Steinbeck tale this title object is thrown back into the water after causing trouble.
the pearl.
3: Modern Library's pick as one of this century's top English-language novels is this 1969 Philip Roth book.
"Portnoy's Complaint".
4: This novel begins on the porch of Tara.
Gone with the Wind.
5: Lucy steps into this part of the title in a 1950 tale and discovers a "second row of coats hanging up behind the first".
a wardrobe.
Round 4. Category: Statuesque Authors
1: Much of her 6th century B.C. poetry is lost, but her reputation as a female writing pioneer remains.
Sappho.
2: That's not such an ugly duckling beside the statue of this Dane in Central Park.
Hans Christian Andersen.
3: Never mind the "Nevermore",he's been in Baltimore since 1921.
(Edgar Allan) Poe.
4: As you might expect, this author's statue is relaxing at the bar in the El Floridita in Havana.
Hemingway.
5: The statue of this Victorian author, born Mary Ann Evans, is in Warwickshire, where she set many of her novels.
George Eliot.
Round 5. Category: Smarties
1: In 1800 William Nicholson managed to break water molecules into atoms of these 2 elements.
hydrogen and oxygen.
2: The temperature scale that this Swede invented in 1742 is used pretty much everywhere except the U.S..
Anders Celsius.
3: We'd have much dirtier windows if Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau hadn't liquefied this gas in 1798.
ammonia.
4: In 1996 Gary Hack discovered the sphenomandibularis, a previously unknown one of these in the face.
muscle.
5: Last name of the French brothers who introduced the pneumatic tire for cars.
Michelin.
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March 09, 2024Episode 1132 - Books for the young - "pipe" dreams - Scrambled kegs - Genesis basics - Country confusion
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1132, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Books For The Young
1: This Mark Twain character is "hated" by moms because he is "vulgar and bad" but "all their children admired him".
Huckleberry Finn.
2: This Margaret Wise Brown children's classic about bedtime begins "In the great green room...".
Goodnight Moon.
3: He illustrated "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?".
Eric Carle.
4: Discovered in 1993 an asteroid was named Besixdouze, an homage to this title character who lives on Asteroid B-612.
the Little Prince.
5: Russell Hoban wrote 6 picture book stories about this little badger and her family.
Frances.
Round 2. Category: Pipe Dreams. With Pipe in quotes
1: It stretches from the larynx to the bronchi.
the windpipe.
2: This head covering is named for its shape.
a stovepipe hat.
3: In 2006 and again in 2010 it was all golden for Shaun White in this Olympic event.
the halfpipe.
4: The yagua of the Peruvian Amazon are skilled in using these weapons to bring down game.
a blowpipe.
5: Also known as a syrinx, this variety of flute is popular in the Pyrenees.
a panpipe.
Round 3. Category: Scrambled Kegs
1: Cheers, mate:FORESTS.
Fosters.
2: It's been known to shed a little light:A/C OR NO.
Corona.
3: Not just for the stoutest:INN GUESS.
Guinness.
4: Weekends were made for it:CLIMB HOE.
Michelob.
5: Perfect for award season:PROBABLE BIB NUTS.
Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Round 4. Category: Genesis Basics
1: In Genesis 40 he takes a job as a dream interpreter.
Joseph.
2: It sets sail in Genesis 7.
Noah's Ark.
3: He is slain in Genesis 4.
Abel.
4: These metropolises are destroyed in Genesis 19.
Sodom and Gomorrah.
5: Thestartofthis structureis found inGenesis 11.
the Tower of Babel.
Round 5. Category: Country Confusion
1: Togo is in Africa; Tobago is just off the coast of this continent.
South America.
2: Slovakia was once part of Czechoslovakia; Slovenia was part of this country until 1991.
Yugoslavia.
3: Mauritania is in northwest Africa; this island nation lies 500 miles east of Madagascar.
Mauritius.
4: In Africa, there is Guinea and Guinea-this, a neighbor of Guinea.
Bissau.
5: The Dominican Republic is part of Hispaniola; Dominica is part of these "Lesser" islands.
the Antilles.
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March 09, 2024Episode 1124 - Dr. alex' old-time feel-good medicine show - "v"acation spots - 5 guys named moe - Cable dramas - The lost "world"
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1124, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Dr. Alex' Old-Time Feel-Good Medicine Show
1: Muscles inflamed?Joints in pain?Dr. Alex' Youth Elixir clears away the ol' rheumatiz, or osteo- this (and it ain't "porosis"!).
arthritis.
2: Make your mucous membranes merry and mirthful! Enjoy Dr. Alex' Cure-All to fight these, be they duodenal or gastric.
ulcers.
3: Ate too much MSG or feelin' a megrim, or one of these, comin' on? Beta-blocker, shmeta-blocker! Try Dr. Alex' Head Cream!.
migraine.
4: For this inherited trait in men, sure, you can use Propecia--or my amazing new "Trebektophan".
baldness.
5: Step right up!I got me an "L" of an ointment for the chronic lower back pain known as this 7-letter malady.
lumbago.
Round 2. Category: VAcation Spots. With V in quotes
1: A town 14 miles southwest of Paris developed around this 17th century palace that tourists flock to.
Versailles.
2: Covering only 44 hectares, this country is found on the west bank of the Tiber River.
Vatican City.
3: Ferdinand III made this city his royal residence in 1248, maybe to be near his barber.
Seville.
4: The Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe in this state welcome skiers as well as superfans of "The Sound of Music".
Vermont.
5: Brothers of the Sword merged with the Teutonic Knights and conquered this Baltic nation in the 13th century.
Latvia.
Round 3. Category: 5 Guys Named Moe
1: Last name of Moe of the Three Stooges.
Howard (real name Moses Horvitz).
2: Moe Strauss founded this auto parts chain along with Manny Rosenfield and Jack Jackson.
Pep Boys.
3: Major league catcher Moe Berg was also a WWII spy for this agency, precursor of the CIA.
OSS (Office of Strategic Services).
4: Term for the type of country music Moe Bandy plays, the clubs where he began, or the "Queen" he sang of in 1981.
Honky Tonk.
5: This "Kool" rapper's album "How Ya Like Me Now" began a rivalry with LL Cool J.
Kool Moe Dee.
Round 4. Category: Cable Dramas
1: Please refer to this actor as "Boss", his title role on a Chicago-set drama.
Kelsey Grammer.
2: Denis Leary has to deal with fires and ghosts as Tommy Gavin on this show.
Rescue Me.
3: CIA officer Claire Danes suspects that a U.S. marine sergeant is working for al Qaeda on this Showtime drama.
Homeland.
4: Starz entered the arena with an ultra-bloody take on this character once played by Kirk Douglas.
Spartacus.
5: The Starz series about this title swordsman has subtitles like "Blood and Sand" and "Gods of the Arena".
Spartacus.
Round 5. Category: The Lost World. With World in quotation marks
1: The American League's Boston Pilgrims won the first of these in 1903.
World Series.
2: This NYC complex is noted for its huge twin towers of 110 stories each.
World Trade Center.
3: Peter Jennings hosts this show on ABC.
World News Tonight.
4: Abbreviated the WTO, it promotes and enforces international commerce laws.
World Trade Organization.
5: A giant panda is the symbol of this international organization.
the World Wildlife Fund.
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March 08, 2024Episode 1123 - Colors of the rainbow - She blinded me with science - Guardians - Unfinished operas - Songs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1123, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Colors Of The Rainbow
1: This genre of country music is fittingly Kentucky's state music.
bluegrass.
2: Sad or gloomy.
blue.
3: In the 1996 and 2000 presidential elections, Ralph Nader ran as a member of this party.
the Green Party.
4: In a sad mood.
blue.
5: IBM is known informally as Big this.
Blue.
Round 2. Category: She Blinded Me With Science
1: Dorothy Hodgkin's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was for her work on this vitamin, whose deficiency causes pernicious anemia.
B12.
2: Alice Ball was 23 and a college instructor in Hawaii in 1915 when she developed the first successful treatment for this, also known as Hansen's disease.
leprosy.
3: Pioneering computer programmer Grace Murray Hopper coined this term for a mysterious computer problem.
bug.
4: Nobel laureate Gertrude Elion helped develop drugs to treat herpes, gout and this, cancer of the bone marrow.
leukemia.
5: In 1963 Maria Goeppert Mayer received a Nobel Prize in Physics for her "shell model" of this part of an atom.
Nucleus.
Round 3. Category: Guardians
1: U.S. Coast Guard units based in Cleveland, Ohio are known as the "Guardians of" these bodies of water.
the Great Lakes.
2: 4-letter term for a person, usually a minor, legally placed in the charge of a guardian.
a ward.
3: "Keeping it safe" is the motto of this red-bereted group founded by Curtis Sliwa.
the Guardian Angels.
4: The scarlet and gold dress uniforms of these guardians of the Tower of London date back to 1552.
the Beefeaters (or Yeoman Warders).
5: In Arthurian legend this wounded monarch is the guardian of the Holy Grail.
the Fisher King.
Round 4. Category: Unfinished Operas
1: This composer finished just 3 scenes of "Olav Trygvason"; they're sometimes performed as a cantata.
Edvard Grieg.
2: Make an exodus from the theatre after seeing Schoenberg's incomplete opera about this man and his brother Aaron.
Moses.
3: Biondello hides inside a mechanical goose in Mozart's unfinished opera "The Goose of" this Egyptian city.
Cairo.
4: Let's wax philosophical and wonder why Rousseau left only fragments of his opera about Daphnis and her.
Chloe.
5: Smetana's "Viola", with just 365 bars of music, is based on this play.
Twelfth Night.
Round 5. Category: Songs
1: Having this title problem, Barry Manilow sings, "I can't laugh and I can't sing, I'm finding it hard to do anything".
"Can't Smile Without You".
2: 1930s song to which the Marcels added the following over 25 years later:"Bom ba ba bom ba bom ba bom bom ba ba bom ba ba bom ba ba dang a dang dang / Ba ba ding a dong ding".
"Blue Moon".
3: 2 of the 3 Top 10 Fats Domino songs with "Walk" in the title.
"I'm Walkin'", "I Want to Walk You Home", and/or "Walking to New Orleans".
4: "Under the Sea" from this Disney animated feature won the 1989 Oscar for Best Song.
The Little Mermaid.
5: He's told to "mind the music and the step, and with the girls be handy".
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
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March 07, 2024Episode 1122 - 3rd graders know this stuff - Churches - Castle life - Literary title characters - Small jobs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1122, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 3Rd Graders Know This Stuff
1: Zero divided by 6 yields this quotient.
zero.
2: Of I'm, they've, you're or won't, the contraction that lost the most letters.
won't.
3: The predicate of a sentence tells what this part is or does.
the subject.
4: The size of this body part changes, depending on the light.
the pupil.
5: The 15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th and 26th ones of these are specifically concerned with voting.
constitutional amendments.
Round 2. Category: Churches
1: Famous signal lanterns were once hung there, and the oldest colonial peal of bells is still there.
the Old North Church.
2: St. Etheldreda's, built in 1251, survived Henry VIII and is London's oldest church of this faith.
Roman Catholic.
3: From the Latin for "raised place", originally it was where offerings were placed or sacrificed.
an altar.
4: Milan's Santa Maria Delle Grazie features what's left of this mural masterpiece by Leonardo.
"The Last Supper".
5: They're small churches often used for weddings, funerals or private worship.
chapels.
Round 3. Category: Castle Life
1: It's usually a body of protective water spanned by the drawbridge.
Moat.
2: Under feudal law this 4-letter word was the general title for the owner of a manor or castle.
Lord.
3: Term for the trainer of a predatory bird used for hunting.
Falconer.
4: 2-word term for the big chamber that was the main meeting and dining area.
Great hall.
5: Crossbows were stored in the balistraria and these were stored in the chandlery.
Candles.
Round 4. Category: Literary Title Characters
1: In this novel inspired by a painting, Griet is the title 17th century portrait sitter.
the Girl with a Pearl Earring.
2: The name of this Sinclair Lewis Minister is a byword for hypocrisy.
Elmer Gantry.
3: 1851:A white whale.
Moby-Dick.
4: A whale of legendary size and ferocity, tormentor of Ahab.
"Moby Dick".
5: Devil-dealing doctor-turned-necromancer.
"Dr. Faustus".
Round 5. Category: Small Jobs
1: This little Roman love god performs his matchmaking job with a bow and arrow.
Cupid.
2: The Munchkins toiled as slaves for this woman until a house fell on her.
The Wicked Witch of the East.
3: To find a leprechaun, follow the tapping of his hammer as he busies himself making these.
Shoes.
4: In the "Dilbert" comic strip, he's the evil director of human resources.
Catbert.
5: Describing his job, this Shakespearean sprite says, "I jest to Oberon and make him smile".
Puck.
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March 06, 2024Episode 1121 - U.s. colleges and universities - The iberian peninsula - Don't lose your train of thought - The 10 plagues of egypt - You got nerve
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1121, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: U.S. Colleges And Universities
1: Recovering from Katrina, it scheduled a makeup "lagniappe semester" starting in May 2006.
Tulane.
2: The 2 founders of Yahoo! and the 2 founders of Google all attended this California school.
Stanford.
3: Texas Lutheran University is in Seguin; this school founded in 1873 is in Fort Worth.
Texas Christian University.
4: The North Carolina university founded in this town in 1834 is now in Winston-Salem.
Wake Forest.
5: It's the northernmost Ivy League School.
Dartmouth.
Round 2. Category: The Iberian Peninsula
1: The Spanish called the Muslims Moors, meaning from this country.
Morocco.
2: This expensive spice from La Mancha gives paella its golden hue.
saffron.
3: This 2.25-square-mile area on the Iberian Peninsula belongs to the United Kingdom.
Gibraltar.
4: To make port in Porto, Portugal, add this to wine and age.
brandy.
5: Eastern region that's the center of Spain's citrus industry; its oranges are harvested in December.
Valencia.
Round 3. Category: Don'T Lose Your Train Of Thought
1: Platfprm 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station in this city is the place where Harry Potter boards the train to Hogwarts.
London.
2: The Grand Traverse Dinner Train specializes in tours of this duration, so let's invite Gilligan.
3 hours.
3: The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, one of the world's steepest, starts in this "Choo Choo" city.
Chattanooga.
4: In 1912 Henry Flagler rode the first train that linked the U.S. mainland to this, the southernmost city in Florida.
Key West.
5: After touring the Coors Brewing Company, you may want to visit the Colorado Railroad Museum in this city.
Golden.
Round 4. Category: The 10 Plagues Of Egypt
1: The first plague was the turning of the waters of Egypt into this.
blood.
2: The third plague was these parasitic arthropods that also plague kids in the classroom.
lice.
3: In the seventh plague, this rained "upon the land of Egypt", breaking "every tree of the field".
hail.
4: In the eighth plague, swarms of these covered the face of the Earth, darkening the land.
locusts.
5: Passover gets its name from when God passes over the Israelites' homes, sparing them from this final plague.
death of the firstborn.
Round 5. Category: You Got Nerve
1: When you "hit" this "bone", the ulnar nerve creates the "unamusing" sensation in your elbow.
humerus.
2: Term for a group of nerves; among the most famous is the "solar" one.
plexus.
3: As part of his "drill", this doctor often anesthetizes the mandibular and lingual nerves.
dentist.
4: The olfactory nerve is the nerve of this sense.
smell.
5: Running from the lower back down the leg, the sciatic nerve holds this distinction among the body's nerves.
the longest nerve.
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