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Instant Trivia
By Mark DonovanEducation
Instant Trivia episodes
- Episode 1103 - Shakespeare's endings - Let it snow - The same vowel, every other letter - Album cuts - Tall tales
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1103, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Shakespeare'S Endings- 1: "With the help of your good hands, gentle breath of yours my sails must fill, or else my project fails".
- The Tempest.
- 2: "Gratiano, keep the house, and seize upon the fortunes of the Moor, for they succeed on you".
- Othello.
- 3: "We will unite the white rose and the red, smile heaven upon this fair conjunction".
- Richard III.
- 4: "Take up the bodies. such a sight as this becomes the field, but here shows much amiss".
- Hamlet.
- 5: "As for that ravenous tiger Tamora... being dead, let birds on her take pity".
- Titus Andronicus.
Round 2. Category: Let It Snow- 1: In a 3-day period in November 2014, this second-most-populous city in New York got 7 feet of the white stuff.
- Buffalo.
- 2: From July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, the Mount Baker ski area in this "Evergreen State" got 1,140" of snow--that's 95 feet!.
- Washington.
- 3: In February 2015, Boston set a record for a month's snowfall with 58.5 inches by the 15th; this landmark helps tell the tale.
- Fenway Park.
- 4: On Dec. 30, 1963 this "Crescent City" got a record 5 inches of snow.
- New Orleans.
- 5: This state's 24-hour record for snowfall is 40 inches in Orono on Dec. 30, 1962.
- Maine.
Round 3. Category: The Same Vowel, Every Other Letter- 1: This type of cloud forms in puffs, mounds or towers on a flat base.
- cumulus.
- 2: A brief 2-piece, poolside.
- bikini.
- 3: A diamond salesman has this job.
- a jeweler.
- 4: Also used as a royal epithet, it means calm or peaceful.
- serene.
- 5: It's also known as the pygmy chimpanzee.
- the bonobo.
Round 4. Category: Album Cuts- 1: Michael Jackson:"Beat It" and"Billie Jean".
- Thriller.
- 2: Santana:"Put Your Lights On" and"Smooth".
- Supernatural.
- 3: Taylor Swift:"Sparks Fly" and"Mine".
- Speak Now.
- 4: Eagles:"New Kid In Town" and"The Last Resort".
- Hotel California.
- 5: The White Stripes:"Seven Nation Army" and"You've Got Her In Your Pocket".
- Elephant.
Round 5. Category: Tall Tales- 1: This logger's griddle was so big it had to be greased by men skating with bacon on their feet.
- Paul Bunyan.
- 2: Some of the tales about this Tennessee congressman were spread by his Whig allies.
- Davy Crockett.
- 3: Stormalong's soapy ship squeezed through the English Channel, leaving these cliffs clean and white.
- White Cliffs of Dover.
- 4: Annie Christmas, who unloaded boats in this Louisiana city, could carry a barrel of flour under each arm.
- New Orleans.
- 5: This "King of the Keelboatmen" boasted of being half-horse and half-alligator.
- Mike Fink.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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8 min - Episode 1102 - Around the vatican - Pork and mindy - Measuring devices - It's "da" end - Books for cooks
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1102, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Around The Vatican- 1: The Vatican bank is unique in allowing ATM transactions to be conducted in this language.
- Latin.
- 2: This room with a ceiling fresco is where the Cardinals vote for a new pope.
- the Sistine Chapel.
- 3: The Vatican one of these was established by Pope Nicholas V, "The Great Humanist".
- the library.
- 4: The Vatican compiled a list of some 4,000 works in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, or "Index of" these.
- prohibited books.
- 5: In 1506 Pope Julius II founded this Vatican military group.
- the Swiss Guard.
Round 2. Category: Pork And Mindy- 1: Mindy's up on her slang and knows you can "bring home" this porky term -- or if you're in trouble, you can "save" yours.
- bacon.
- 2: Mindy's not overacting but is livin' on this meat from the hind leg of the hog; it's rich in thiamine and iron.
- ham.
- 3: On vacation, Mindy saw a '95 film about this title porker, known in Taiwan as "I am not Stupid, I have Something to Say".
- Babe.
- 4: Multi-tasking Mindy knows this term for a type of pig can also apply to a stove.
- potbelly.
- 5: Mindy goes semiwild hog with the Arkansas football team to name this type of pig.
- the razorbacks.
Round 3. Category: Measuring Devices- 1: An ebullioscope is used to determine this in liquids.
- the boiling point.
- 2: A chronoscope is used to measure this.
- time.
- 3: The amount of this in a solution can be measured by a saccharometer.
- sugar.
- 4: You might want to put one of these on the plain in Spain to measure how much precipitation occurs.
- a rain gauge.
- 5: The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer.
- the Sun.
Round 4. Category: It'S Da End. With Da in quotes- 1: Material used to advance a cause; it's original sense was the early 17th century advancement of the Catholic cause.
- propaganda.
- 2: These short notes are written as reminders.
- memoranda.
- 3: Something in its entirety is said to be "the whole" this Mexican food dish.
- enchilada.
- 4: Italian for "tail", it's the tail end of a musical composition or movement.
- a coda.
- 5: Rudolf Rassendyll is the sword-wielding narrator of "The Prisoner of" here.
- Zenda.
Round 5. Category: Books For Cooks- 1: A cookbook that promises "A Culinary Journey Through India" is called "Beyond" this 5-letter dish.
- curry.
- 2: Mimi Kirk explains how to "Live" this 3-letter way in which food is not cooked over 118 degrees Fahrenheit.
- raw.
- 3: This brand, "the original slow cooker", offers a book of its "Best-Loved Slow Cooker Recipes".
- Crock-Pot.
- 4: This title "At Home" is one of Ina Garten's many cookbooks.
- Barefoot Contessa.
- 5: This savory meat jelly is covered in the cold buffet chapter of Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking".
- aspic.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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9 min - Episode 1101 - An imp of a rhyme - One man's "meat" - It's a special day - Beauty and the greek - Mr. dwayne johnson
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1101, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: An Imp Of A Rhyme- 1: To spend time making adjustments to one's appearance.
- primp.
- 2: "Snoopy One" was one for Metlife.
- blimp.
- 3: 6-letter word meaning to economize.
- scrimp.
- 4: Crangon crangon is the scientific name for the common European one.
- shrimp.
- 5: To connect 2 wires by squeezing the ends together.
- crimp.
Round 2. Category: One Man'S Meat. With Meat in quotation marks- 1: This term for anything essential or basic could also refer to steak and home fries.
- Meat and potatoes.
- 2: Bill Murray summer camped it up in this 1979 comedy.
- Meatballs.
- 3: (Hi, I'm Earl Brown.) In 1978 two out of three wasn't bad for this singer who I played on VH1 in 2000.
- Meat Loaf.
- 4: Slang term for a singles bar, or any place with a similar atmosphere.
- Meat market.
- 5: For example: bonbons, chocolate, toffee...anyone hungry yet?.
- Sweet meats.
Round 3. Category: It'S A Special Day- 1: Made a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, it's also known as Black Independence Day.
- Juneteenth.
- 2: Every March brings a holiday in Iran on the date in 1951 when the country nationalized this industry.
- the oil industry.
- 3: This U.S. territory celebrates Flag Day on April 17, the day in 1900 that Old Glory was raised in Fagatogo on Tutuila Island.
- American Samoa.
- 4: Jerusalem's November 29 Street is named for the day in 1947 the U.N. voted to partition this British-controlled land.
- Palestine.
- 5: If you're in Peru in June, head to Cuzco on the 24th for Inti Raymi, "Sun Festival" in this language.
- Quechuan.
Round 4. Category: Beauty And The Greek- 1: Her name comes from the Greek for "gift"; Zeus gift-boxed her for the human race as punishment.
- Pandora.
- 2: Cheating Zeus hung his jealous wife Hera by her wrists on this mountain.
- Mount Olympus.
- 3: Plato said this Greek love goddess was actually 2 individuals: Urania and Pandemos.
- Aphrodite.
- 4: "Mourning becomes" this nymph who became one of the Pleiades.
- Elektra.
- 5: Zeus allowed this underworld goddess to spend part of her time in the world above.
- Persephone.
Round 5. Category: Mr. Dwayne Johnson- 1: Channeling his Pacific island heritage, Dwayne was the voice of Maui in this animated movie.
- Moana.
- 2: In the last 4 films in this speedy franchise, Dwayne has played Luke Hobbs.
- Fast and Furious.
- 3: D.J. flew a rescue chopper and saved lives in this "fault"-y disaster film.
- San Andreas.
- 4: In "Central Intelligence", Dwayne teamed up to catch a spy with this actor of smaller stature.
- Kevin Hart.
- 5: Still billed as "The Rock" in his film debut "The Mummy Returns", Dwayne played this ruler restored to life by ancient magic.
- the Scorpion King.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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8 min - Episode 1100 - Home, sweet home - Horton hears a hoosier - Big screen bloodsuckers - They named a mountain for me - 3-letter words ending in x
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1100, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Home, Sweet Home- 1: From 1903 to 1957, Beauvoir, his former home in Biloxi, was a home for Confederate veterans and their widows.
- Jefferson Davis.
- 2: Ralph Waldo Emerson owned a Concord home nicknamed this; Hawthorne rented it and wrote some "Mosses from" it.
- the Old Manse.
- 3: The site of this author's birth in Sauk Centre, Minnesota is now on an avenue named for him.
- Sinclair Lewis.
- 4: The Independence, Mo. house he lived in from 1919 belonged to his wife Bess' family.
- Harry Truman.
- 5: Michael Jackson, who identified with Peter Pan, lived on a sprawling California ranch he called this.
- Neverland.
Round 2. Category: Horton Hears A Hoosier- 1: This aviator first flew into the world near Millville on April 16, 1867; Orville landed in Ohio in 1871.
- Wilbur Wright.
- 2: From this Hoosier's "Top Ten New Words of 2010": Lohab and baconfetti.
- (David) Letterman.
- 3: This 1960s Teamsters president was born on Valentine's Day 1913 in Brazil, Indiana.
- Jimmy Hoffa.
- 4: His website says he "dedicated his life to perfecting a lighter, fluffier popcorn", a life that began in Brazil, Ind. in 1907.
- Redenbacher.
- 5: In 1965 this Indianapolis-born novelist published "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater".
- Vonnegut.
Round 3. Category: Big Screen Bloodsuckers- 1: The hypnotic eyes of this actor created a shiver of fear in his audiences as well as his victims.
- Bela Lugosi.
- 2: It was "Love At First Bite" for this actor when he played Count Dracula in 1979.
- George Hamilton.
- 3: The consumate vampire, this tall, dark and gruesome actor played a bloodsucker in 7 Hammer Studio films.
- Christopher Lee.
- 4: "Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck" was the subtitle of this Roman Polanski horror spoof.
- The Fearless Vampire Killers.
- 5: Before taking a bite out of Susan Sarandon, this French actress put David Bowie in a box in 1983's "The Hunger".
- Catherine Deneuve.
Round 4. Category: They Named A Mountain For Me- 1: Mount Walsh in the Yukon is named for an officer in the North West Mounted Police, today known as this force.
- the Mounties.
- 2: Mount Clarence King in this range is named for the man who discovered Mount Whitney.
- the Sierra Nevadas.
- 3: The USA's 14,264-foot Mount Evans was named for the second governor of this then-territory.
- Colorado.
- 4: The Agassizhorn in the Bernese section of these mountains is named for a 19th century scientist.
- the Alps.
- 5: Imeni Ismail Samani Peak, the highest in Tajikistan, used to be named after this man (like some other places).
- Stalin.
Round 5. Category: 3-Letter Words Ending In X- 1: Suit for a formal.
- a tux.
- 2: To dishonestly influence something to reach a predetermined outcome.
- fix.
- 3: To bewitch someone or cast a spell upon them is to do this.
- hex.
- 4: To disturb with minor irritations.
- vex.
- 5: No war, for a Roman.
- pax.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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9 min - Episode 1099 - Waits and measures - Czechs - Who wants dessert? - Proofreading - I got a strait
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1099, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Waits And Measures- 1: This name for a type of ounce used to measure gold comes from a city in medieval France, not ancient Turkey.
- the troy ounce.
- 2: One U.S. beer barrel contains 31 of these units; that's nearly 4,000 delicious ounces.
- gallons.
- 3: Glidden says it takes about an hour for latex this to dry; wanna watch?.
- paint.
- 4: A 2019 study found that Newark Airport had the longest average wait time, 23 minutes, in this 3-letter agency's lines.
- the TSA.
- 5: In 2019 more than 130,000 fans had their names on the Green Bay Packers' waiting list for these.
- season tickets.
Round 2. Category: Czechs- 1: In the 1890s he moved briefly from Prague to New York City, inspiring his best-known symphony.
- Dvořák.
- 2: Czech-born director Forman and Czech prime minister Zeman share this first name.
- Milos.
- 3: After 74 years together, it was splitsville for the Czech Republic and this nation on January 1, 1993.
- Slovakia.
- 4: This international alliance welcomed the Czech Republic as a member in March 1999.
- NATO.
- 5: The Bohemian Czech king Charles IV held this "Holy" title from 1355 to 1378.
- Holy Roman Emperor.
Round 3. Category: Who Wants Dessert?- 1: No dillydallying after taking this eggy dessert out of the oven; it will only stay fully risen for a minute or 2.
- souffle.
- 2: Colorful sprinkles baked in the batter turn ordinary birthday cake into this festive type, but don't toss it in celebration.
- Funfetti (Confetti).
- 3: This tangy dessert is an official state food of Florida.
- key lime pie.
- 4: At Christmas time we want traditional English this, slices of cake soaked in sherry and layered with fruit, custard and whipped cream.
- trifle.
- 5: Made with purple yams, ube hopia is a specialty of this country.
- the Philippines.
Round 4. Category: Proofreading- 1: Using 3 right triangles, president and former math teacher James Garfield gave an original proof of this.
- the Pythagorean Theorem.
- 2: A proof that shows a statement to be true by building an example is called this, like helpful criticism.
- constructive.
- 3: There's no "di" in this term for a short theorem used to prove a larger one--but watch out for the horns anyway.
- lemma.
- 4: In 1637 he wrote, "I have discovered a truly remarkable proof, but this margin is too small to contain it".
- Pierre de Fermat.
- 5: Mathematicians were shocked to read his 1931 proof of the incompleteness of any given formal system.
- Kurt Gödel.
Round 5. Category: I Got A Strait- 1: Bearing the name of an 8th century Berber conqueror, this strait separates 2 continents.
- the Strait of Gibraltar.
- 2: Some ancestors of Native Americans are believed to have crossed from Asia over what's now this about 13,000 years ago.
- the Bering Strait.
- 3: The Channel Tunnel travels under this strait for more than 20 miles.
- Strait of Dover.
- 4: The 1905 Battle of Tsushima Strait near Korea was a decisive victory for Japan over this nation.
- Russia.
- 5: The Sunda Strait connects the Indian Ocean with this sea that shares its name with an island.
- the Java Sea.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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11 min - Episode 1098 - Heavy metal heroes - 5-letter "w"s - More nasal passages - Elizabethan plays and playwrights - The 1780s
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1098, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Heavy Metal Heroes- 1: He bedeviled us as the lead singer of Black Sabbath before his reality TV fame.
- (Ozzy) Osbourne.
- 2: With his work on songs like "Hot For Teacher", some rank him as the greatest heavy metal guitarist.
- Eddie Van Halen.
- 3: 1980s heavy metal included this band that featured Izzy, Duff and Axl.
- Guns N' Roses.
- 4: "We're not gonna take it" if you can't name this band fronted by Dee Snider.
- Twisted Sister.
- 5: This "Fistful of Metal" band named itself for a disease.
- Anthrax.
Round 2. Category: 5-Letter WS. With W in quotation marks- 1: The name of this dance is from German for "revolve".
- the waltz.
- 2: To twist a wet towel to extract all the moisture.
- wring.
- 3: An edible grass in the genus Triticum.
- wheat.
- 4: I can see it in your eyes when you do this, to flinch in pain.
- wince.
- 5: Roger, I heard your radio message and I'll use this combination of 2 words to indicate I'll do what you asked.
- wilco.
Round 3. Category: More Nasal Passages- 1: The poem "Sing a Song of Sixpence" says, "Along came" one of these birds, "and snipped off her nose".
- blackbird.
- 2: "Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne, entuned in hir nose ful semely" in the prologue to this masterpiece.
- The Canterbury Tales.
- 3: The heathens "have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not" in no. 115 of this Biblical book.
- Psalms.
- 4: "My nose itched," wrote Jonathan Swift, "and I knew I should drink wine or" do this to "a fool".
- kiss.
- 5: "The nose of a mob is its imagination, by this...it can be quietly led", said this poet known for his "To Helen".
- Edgar Allan Poe.
Round 4. Category: Elizabethan Plays And Playwrights- 1: In "Gorboduc", one of England's earliest plays in this genre, Porrex kills his brother; then their mother kills him.
- a tragedy.
- 2: Thomas Kyd helped establish the unrhyming form called this verse on the English stage.
- blank verse.
- 3: In John Lyly's 1595 play "The Woman in the Moon", shepherds ask Nature to create this first woman of Greek myth.
- Pandora.
- 4: This author of "Every Man in His Humour" was apparently out of humor when he stabbed a man to death in 1598.
- Ben Jonson.
- 5: Ian McKellen calls this author's "Edward II" "perhaps the first drama ever written with a homosexual hero".
- Christopher Marlowe.
Round 5. Category: The 1780s- 1: He was given command of the Bounty in 1787.
- Bligh.
- 2: In 1788 French-Canadian trader Julien Dubuque became the first white settler in what is now this state.
- Iowa.
- 3: This first Constitution went into effect March 1, 1781 after Maryland became the last state to ratify it.
- the Articles of Confederation.
- 4: In 1784 Benjamin Franklin literally created a spectacle with his invention of these.
- the bifocals.
- 5: His "Blue-Backed Speller", published in 1783, helped standardize American spelling and pronunciation.
- (Noah) Webster.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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10 min - Episode 1097 - Nebraska, new york or north dakota - Mattel-ica - Emperors and empresses - "y" - 6-letter "s"ynonyms
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1097, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Nebraska, New York Or North Dakota- 1: The least populous.
- North Dakota.
- 2: Its name does not have a Native American origin.
- New York.
- 3: The Oregon Trail crossed it.
- Nebraska.
- 4: The largest in area.
- Nebraska.
- 5: Its cities include Minot, Jamestown and Grand Forks.
- North Dakota.
Round 2. Category: Mattel-Ica- 1: Can you identify this classic Mattel fortune-telling toy with an internal die that answers queries? Signs point to yes!.
- the Magic 8-Ball.
- 2: The Splittin' Image and the Peeping Bomb were among the models in this "fiery" Mattel toy car line introduced in 1968.
- Hot Wheels.
- 3: Mattel now makes this classic boxing game in which the Red Rocker and Blue Bomber try to knock each other's blocks off.
- Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.
- 4: "Let's play house" and "Please change my dress" were 2 of the 11 phrases said by this talkative doll introduced in 1959.
- Chatty Cathy.
- 5: Back in the '60s, you needed a Thingmaker to cook up the insect toys with this alliterative 2-word name.
- Creepy Crawlers.
Round 3. Category: Emperors And Empresses- 1: He was a rear admiral in the Austrian navy before he became emperor of Mexico.
- Maximilian.
- 2: Carolus Magnus is the Latin name of this king of the Franks and emperor of the Romans.
- Charlemagne.
- 3: This "fiery" Roman emperor reportedly said, "I have only to...sing to have peace once more in Gaul".
- Nero.
- 4: This Ethiopian emperor's wife, Wayzaro Menen, was a great- granddaughter of Menelik II.
- Haile Selassie.
- 5: In 963 Nicephorus II was crowned Byzantine emperor in this most famous Byzantine church.
- Santa Sophia.
Round 4. Category: Y. With Y in quotes- 1: Part of an egg, or a natural grease exuded from sheep skin; now it's on you.
- yolk.
- 2: "Seinfeld" popularized this repeating term meaning "and so on".
- yada yada yada.
- 3: This "Y" word is in the title of Robert Crawford's 1939 Air Corps (now Air Force) song.
- yonder.
- 4: You could say it's the desire to acquire this Japanese currency.
- a yen.
- 5: A plant of the agave family, or a Nevada mountain that may or may not end up full of nuclear waste.
- Yucca.
Round 5. Category: 6-Letter SYnonyms. With S in quotation marks- 1: A child's teeter-totter.
- a seesaw.
- 2: Slang for a black eye.
- a shiner.
- 3: Candle bracket.
- a sconce.
- 4: An ape, or apelike.
- simian.
- 5: To envelop or to bandage.
- swathe.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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9 min - Episode 1096 - Things to do on a rainy day - Hunting and fishing - Dumb guys' greatest inventions - Hundreds - New technology
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1096, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Things To Do On A Rainy Day- 1: Learn a new one of these from Duolingo.
- (foreign) languages.
- 2: Put together one of these; the 4,000-piece world map should take you a while.
- a jigsaw puzzle.
- 3: Assume the warrior pose, mountain pose or seated twist while practicing this.
- yoga.
- 4: Dress your dog in traditional colors and pretend it's this celebration.
- Mardi Gras.
- 5: If you have a piano, play his 1801 "Moonlight Sonata".
- Beethoven.
Round 2. Category: Hunting And Fishing- 1: Also a poker hand, in hunting this word means to cause game birds to break cover or take flight.
- flush.
- 2: The dall, stone, and desert bighorn are North American species of this game animal.
- sheep.
- 3: Make sure all flesh is removed from the hide before you begin this process of turning it to leather or things will get smelly.
- tanning.
- 4: About 1560, the modern type of these originated in Redditch, England, a needle-making region.
- steel fish hooks.
- 5: In Florida, the bag limit for the largemouth type of this is 5 a day, so don't get greedy.
- bass.
Round 3. Category: Dumb Guys' Greatest Inventions- 1: Dumb guys cherish this microwave button; they no longer have their ear to the door waiting for the kernels to quiet.
- the popcorn button.
- 2: Dumb guys now have a place to put their 32-oz. drinks; not only do these come in cars but they're on movie seats!.
- cup holders.
- 3: Dumb guys no longer rip lettuce apart to make it; Fresh Express has it in a bag! (Dumb guys still let it rot in the fridge).
- salad.
- 4: Dumb guys think it's cool they get to slide their own credit card at the store; even cooler? This word for "slide".
- swipe.
- 5: Dumb guys at desks feel smart clicking this and pushing the lead back in, especially considering its complicated name.
- a mechanical pencil.
Round 4. Category: Hundreds- 1: Scrape together 100 pence and trade it into the Bank of England for 1 of these.
- Pound.
- 2: Richard Dawson hosted this show that featured surveys of 100 people.
- Family Feud.
- 3: In 1955 this magazine first published its list of the 500 largest U.S. corporations by annual revenue.
- Fortune.
- 4: In 2000 a roll or "coil" of 100 first-class stamps set you back this much at the post office.
- $33.
- 5: In Rio in 2016, Kenya's David Rudisha won this Olympic running event equal to 2 laps around an outdoor track.
- the 800 meter.
Round 5. Category: New Technology- 1: Dogs take notice: a new A.I. with neuromorphic computing may recognize these emitted by narcotics and explosives.
- scents.
- 2: NASA's Parker Probe is the fastest man-made thing ever--it will hit the speed of 430,000 mph en route to this heavenly body.
- the Sun.
- 3: Using hydrogels, scientists achieved their goal of creating rudimentary versions of the charged organs in these marine animals.
- (electric) eels.
- 4: Airbus' solar-powered unmanned Zephyr aircraft can fly in this area of the atmosphere above the tropopause.
- the stratosphere.
- 5: Instead of contaminating a burger, this bacterium can now make indigo in a process invented by a biotech company.
- E. coli.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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8 min - Episode 1095 - Beastly literary characters - Everyone's taking sides - Foreign relations - World currency - To donuts
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1095, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Beastly Literary Characters- 1: The title character of this 19th c. tale had "a pretty white star on my forehead. I was thought very handsome".
- Black Beauty.
- 2: In the original Pinocchio story, the guy given this name in the movie is just called the talking cricket.
- Jiminy Cricket.
- 3: In a tale by Beatrix Potter, Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca are "two bad" these rodents.
- mice.
- 4: She is Harry Potter's pet owl and airmail delivery system.
- Hedwig.
- 5: Polynesia is the parrot who teaches this title physician how to talk to the animals.
- Dr. Dolittle.
Round 2. Category: Everyone'S Taking Sides- 1: In Mexican cuisine, these are refried and served as a side dish.
- beans.
- 2: Croutons or bread crumbs can be used to make this traditional Thanksgiving side dish.
- stuffing.
- 3: Simmer ground hominy in milk or water to make this Southern side dish.
- grits.
- 4: We're at liberty to tell you that during WWI this German side dish was known in the U.S. as Liberty cabbage.
- sauerkraut.
- 5: Tzatziki is a Greek side dish made with cucumbers and this fermented milk product.
- yogurt.
Round 3. Category: Foreign Relations- 1: In Swedish a brorsdotter is this.
- niece.
- 2: In French a frere is this, whether in the monastery or the family.
- brother.
- 3: Depending on where you are speaking Spanish, this relative could be a nana or an abuela.
- grandmother.
- 4: This older relative is a grosstante in German.
- great-aunt.
- 5: In Portuguese irma means this and cidade irma is this kind of city.
- sister.
Round 4. Category: World Currency- 1: In 2018 its pres. Erdogan urged his people to take euros and dollars from under their pillows and convert them to the native lira.
- Turkey.
- 2: The name of this Maltese currency comes from the Latin libra, meaning "pound".
- lira.
- 3: In December 1995 Venezuela devalued by 41% this currency named for its liberator.
- bolívar.
- 4: In England, paper bills of this monetary unit come in denominations of 5, 10, 20 and 50.
- pounds.
- 5: After the U.S. pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with this country in 2018, its currency plunged.
- Iran.
Round 5. Category: To Donuts- 1: "The Donut" by Michael Krondl says the treat became popular with this profession back when all-night food options were few.
- policemen.
- 2: Milk and powdered sugar are Mark Bittman's 2 ingredients for this 5-letter substance that covers many a Krispy Kreme donut.
- glaze.
- 3: In Israel, jelly donuts are the traditional food during this winter holiday.
- Hanukkah.
- 4: Your basic donut shop donut is made with yeast; this crispy type named for a different treat uses baking powder.
- a cake donut.
- 5: The doughboys of the WWI U.S. Army were grateful for the "Donut Lassies" of this "Army".
- the Salvation Army.
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9 min - Episode 1094 - You just made that stuff up - You've got yellow fever - Small words - "but" of course - Knowledge
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1094, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: You Just Made That Stuff Up- 1: It's the very hard-to-get substance that causes humans to set up shop on Pandora.
- unobtanium.
- 2: Fraudulin was the miracle ingredient in Crelm toothpaste in a 1970 episode by this comedy troupe.
- Monty Python.
- 3: Kyber crystals, which are attuned to the Force, glow either blue or green and power these weapons.
- lightsabers.
- 4: First mentioned in a 1943 "Adventures of Superman" radio show, when it debuted in the comics in 1949, it was red, not green.
- kryptonite.
- 5: This super-bouncy stuff from Disney's much-loved 1961 "The Absent-Minded Professor" was the title of a 1997 remake.
- flubber.
Round 2. Category: You'Ve Got Yellow Fever- 1: Control of yellow fever greatly aided the completion of this large-scale Central American project in 1914.
- the Panama Canal.
- 2: After Dolley Payne's first husband died of yellow fever in 1793, she married this man.
- Madison.
- 3: Yellow fever is caused by one of these microorganisms that get transmitted by mosquito bites.
- a virus.
- 4: From the old French for "yellowness", this skin condition puts the yellow in yellow fever.
- jaundice.
- 5: A Washington, D.C. hospital bears the name of this man who fought yellow fever in Cuba and discovered its cause.
- Walter Reed.
Round 3. Category: Small Words- 1: Derived from a 1726 novel, this adjective can describe someone very small or petty in outlook.
- lilliputian.
- 2: French for "small", this word can refer to a garment size or to the gal who wears one.
- petite.
- 3: This 3-letter word can refer to something really small or the early hours of the morning.
- wee.
- 4: This word that's used to describe the weight class of a boxer first meant a small chicken.
- bantam.
- 5: The "let" at the end of "booklet" is this type of suffix that indicates a smaller form.
- diminutive.
Round 4. Category: But Of Course. With But in quotation marks- 1: In a Gershwin tune, this phrase qualifies "They're writing songs of love" and "A lucky star's above".
- "But not for me".
- 2: Saying based on a quote by John Bradford on seeing criminals led to their execution.
- "There, but for the grace of God, go I".
- 3: This current pop duo took its name from a store that would sell almost any item.
- Everything but the Girl.
- 4: Romeo quiets himself with this interjection when Juliet appears at her window.
- "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?".
- 5: It completes Bette Davis' line to a suitor in "Cabin in the Cotton", "I'd love to kiss you....".
- "but I just washed my hair".
Round 5. Category: Knowledge- 1: A coherent series of propositions that serves as an explanation; the "Big Bang" is called one.
- a theory.
- 2: This curve is a representation of progress in gaining knowledge measured vs. the time required to achieve mastery.
- the learning curve.
- 3: It's the ability to form logical conclusions and its "age" began in England and France in the 18th century.
- reason.
- 4: The King James Bible says, "of the tree of the knowledge of" these two opposites, "thou shalt not eat".
- good and evil.
- 5: Found in the name of a human species, this Latin word can be translated as "knowing".
- sapiens.
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