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September 08, 2022Episode 575 - Jim-Boree - 10, 11 Or 12 - Anagrammed Hitchcock Films - "B" - Veterinary Affairs
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 575, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Jim-Boree
1: Wherever she was, Mrs. Calabash knew he was the schnozzola.

Jimmy Durante.

2: Seen here he won the Best Actor Oscar for 1940s "The Philadelphia Story".

Jimmy Stewart.

3: In 1976 he said, "I have looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times".

Jimmy Carter.

4: He's the only man who's been the head coach of both the Dallas Cowboys and the Miami Dolphins.

Jimmy Johnson.

5: This baseball player hit a literary home run with his memoir "Ball Four".

Jim Bouton.
Round 2. Category: 10, 11 Or 12
1: Number of biblical commandments revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai.

10.

2: November is this number month of the year in the modern calendar.

11.

3: The highest roll possible using a pair of standard dice.

12.

4: X is the Roman numeral for this number.

10.

5: Total number of the labors of the mythological Hercules.

12.
Round 3. Category: Anagrammed Hitchcock Films
1: "PORE".

Rope.

2: "TO ZAP".

Topaz.

3: "ZEN FRY".

Frenzy.

4: "POUND BELLS".

Spellbound.

5: "BOIL FATE".

Lifeboat.
Round 4. Category: "B"
1: Appropriately, the stock ticker symbol for Sotheby's is this 3-letter word.

BID.

2: Let's hear it for this capital of Idaho.

Boise.

3: "Streetwise" nickname of the Super Bowl III MVP.

"Broadway Joe" Namath.

4: Oh, you can call it Istanbul, or you can call it Constantinople, or you can call it this.

Byzantium.

5: A carillon is a set of 23 or more of these.

Bells.
Round 5. Category: Veterinary Affairs
1: Contrary to myth, this part of a dog doesn't need to be cold, but should usually be moist.

nose.

2: It's another common name for foot-and-mouth disease.

hoof-and-mouth disease.

3: Vets use antibiotics on fish suffering from "rot" of this, whether dorsal or caudal.

fin.

4: The Association of Avian Veterinarians says that to protect other birds, do this to a new bird for at least 6 weeks.

isolate it.

5: In 1987 researchers found a new virus in cats, known by this 3-letter abbreviation.

FIV (Feline Immunodeficiency Virus).
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September 07, 2022Episode 574 - "House" And "Home" - Martha My Dear - A Walk In The Park - Murder And Mayhem - French Words And Phrases
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 574, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "House" And "Home"
1: It's the part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line.

Homestretch.

2: On Nov. 8, 1972 this subscription cable TV service began transmitting.

Home Box Office.

3: This 1862 act gave ownership of 160 acres to anyone who lived and worked on them for 5 years.

The Homestead Act.

4: It's an insubstantial plan subject to imminent collapse.

House of Cards.

5: In 1960 James Agee's book "A Death In The Family" was dramatized into this Pulitzer-winning play.

"All The Way Home".
Round 2. Category: Martha My Dear
1: Her "Everyday" line is sold at K-Mart.

Martha Stewart.

2: Her father, Col. John Dandridge, was a wealthy landowner.

Martha Washington.

3: Backed by the Vandellas, she had hits with "Heat Wave" and "Dancing in the Street".

Martha Reeves.

4: "The Dirty Duck" and "The Case Has Altered" are mysteries by this woman.

Martha Grimes.

5: This woman depicted here by Al Hirschfeld "could have danced all night".

Martha Graham.
Round 3. Category: A Walk In The Park
1: This London park was named for the position held by the future King George IV.

Regent's Park.

2: In 1989 George Bush had the DEA buy drugs in a park across from this building to show on TV.

The White House.

3: You can follow streets named for King George V and King David to Independence Park in this city.

Jerusalem.

4: A giant ferris wheel graces this city's Prater, opened to the public by Joseph II in 1766.

Vienna.

5: 30-mile Wildwood Trail is in this northwest city's Forest Park; William Clark visited when it was just forest.

Portland, Oregon.
Round 4. Category: Murder And Mayhem
1: In this 1987 film, after 1 of the main characters was killed, the word "Touchable" was written in his blood.

The Untouchables.

2: Some say he shot himself in Bolivia after soldiers killed Sundance.

Butch Cassidy.

3: Thousand of heretics were burned at the stake by order of this Catholic tribunal.

The Inquisition.

4: John Billington, who arrived on this boat, is generally considered America's 1st murderer.

Mayflower.

5: These young killers were nicknamed "Babe" and "Dickie", as C. Darrow could have told you.

Leopold and Loeb.
Round 5. Category: French Words And Phrases
1: "Le silence est d'or" is the French version of this proverb.

silence is golden.

2: What the French abbreviate ap. J.-C., meaning apres Jesus-Christ is abbreviated this way in Latin.

A.D. (Anno Domini).

3: This phrase meaning ahead of one's time is often used to describe modern artists.

Avant-Garde.

4: It means "pen name" or pseudonym, and is used as such.

nom de plume.

5: It's the French word for kitchen; we use it to mean a manner of preparing food or the food prepared.

cuisine.
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September 06, 2022Episode 573 - Tv Dualists - Sports Trivia - I Feel Like Such An Idiom - Tv Sports - Tv Title References
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 573, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Tv Dualists
1: Barnaby Jones,Uncle Jed Clampett.

Buddy Ebsen.

2: Tom Corbett,Dr. David Banner.

Bill Bixby.

3: Sophie Berger,Mrs. Cunningham.

Marion Ross.

4: Officer Bill Gannon,Col. Sherman Potter.

Harry Morgan.

5: Judge Bone,Uncle Martin.

Ray Walston.
Round 2. Category: Sports Trivia
1: The 1988 winner of this April marathon beat the 2nd place finisher by only 1 second.

Boston Marathon.

2: The Orangemen of Syracuse were NCAA champs in '88 and '89 in this Native American sport.

Lacrosse.

3: At age 18, he was youngest ever to defend a Wimbledon singles title.

Boris Becker.

4: In July 1987, this wife of baseball star Ray Knight was inducted in the LPGA Hall of Fame.

Nancy Lopez.

5: Number worn by Sandy Koufax, O.J. Simpson, and Magic Johnson.

32.
Round 3. Category: I Feel Like Such An Idiom
1: To find a reasonable compromise.

strike a happy medium.

2: This idiom, meaning to show extreme modesty, has its origin in the Bible's book of Matthew.

hiding your light under a bushel (keeping your light underneath a bushel accepted).

3: You can "beat" this 1987 Bond title "out of" someone.

The Living Daylights.

4: To not spend more than absolutely necessary.

to pinch pennies.

5: It means to be physically overdeveloped to the point of hindrance.

to be muscle-bound.
Round 4. Category: Tv Sports
1: He was "The Mouth" of "Monday Night Football" until he retired in 1984.

Howard Cosell.

2: Jim McKay ABC series that shows "the thrill of victory" and "the agony of defeat".

Wide World of Sports.

3: "TODAY" he's a host, but his "Baseball World" show won a Peabody Award in 1973.

Joe Garagiola.

4: Sport you'll see if you watch NBC's late-night specials, "Saturday Night's Main Event".

wrestling.

5: Thousands protested in 1968 when NBC left a Jets-Raiders game to telecast this kids' special.

Heidi.
Round 5. Category: Tv Title References
1: Matthew Fox and 47 others survive a plane crash but are stranded on a mysterious Pacific island.

Lost.

2: On a primetime ABC soap, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman and their neighbors on Wisteria Lane.

Desperate Housewives.

3: The Kansas hamlet that's home to the Kents.

Smallville.

4: Patricia Arquette, who sees dead people.

The Medium.

5: The McCallister brothers, one of whom becomes president in 2040.

Jack and Bobby.
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September 05, 2022Episode 572 - The Silver Screen - Notorious Women - It's A Breeze - Veggies' Scientific Names - I Know What You Did Last Summer
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 572, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Silver Screen
1: You should know that she played Batgirl in "Batman and Robin" -- unless you're "Clueless".

Alicia Silverstone.

2: 1960 film that says "Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all", especially for "the son who commits it".

Psycho.

3: Rent the 1978 film "Silver Bears" and you'll see this "Tonight Show" host playing a mafioso's son.

Jay Leno.

4: Her 6-minute role as Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare in Love" was the shortest Oscar-winning role.

Judi Dench.

5: Schwarzenegger is a Soviet cop teamed with James Belushi's Chicago cop in this action movie.

Red Heat.
Round 2. Category: Notorious Women
1: An FBI press release said that she also went by the names Mrs. Roy Thornton and Mrs. Clyde Barrow.

Bonnie Parker.

2: In 1954, Lolita Lebron and other nationalists from this island wounded 5 congressmen on the house floor.

Puerto Rico.

3: It was ambitious Kathryn Kelly who bought and forced her husband George to use this weapon.

machine gun.

4: In 19th c. London, Mrs. Mary Pearcey disposed of victims' bodies by wheeling them off in this vehicle.

baby carriage.

5: She served 7 years for the attempted murder of Mary Jo Buttafuoco and then became a columnist for the Long Island Press.

Amy Fisher.
Round 3. Category: It's A Breeze
1: These steady winds of the tropics are so named because they aid commerce.

Trade winds.

2: From the Arabic for "50", the Khamsin can blow for 50 days across the north of this continent.

Africa.

3: Kona winds from the southwest can bring bad weather to this state.

Hawaii.

4: Also called the snow eater, this strong Rocky Mountain wind shares its name with a type of salmon.

Chinook.

5: Dry and cold, the Mistral blows through this river valley in southern France.

Rhone.
Round 4. Category: Veggies' Scientific Names
1: Allium cepa, and stop that crying right now!.

onion.

2: Solanum tuberosum, we dig 'em!.

potato.

3: Lactuca sativa, it's also a slang term for paper money.

lettuce.

4: Brassica oleracea italica, it was once "banished" from the White House kitchen.

broccoli.

5: Raphanus sativa, its giant white variety is known as a daikon in Japan.

radish.
Round 5. Category: I Know What You Did Last Summer
1: A rocket scientist in training, you interned at this lab, JPL for short.

the Jet Propulsion Lab.

2: You worked with this group founded by Millard Fuller to help build homes for low-income families.

Habitat for Humanity.

3: You worked as a "blended beverage technician" at this chain that started as The Juice Club in 1990.

Jamba Juice.

4: You went to summer school to take this branch of science that deals specifically with compounds of carbon.

organic chemistry.

5: You slept til noon every day and read novels like "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Bergdorf" these.

Blondes.
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September 04, 2022Episode 571 - Know Beans - Famous Hardys - Shakespearean Actors - Foreign Festivals - Mixed Dog Breeds
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 571, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Know Beans
1: To make the popular Mexican dish frijoles negros, begin with these beans.

Black beans.

2: It's the bean whose "milk" is used to make tofu.

Soybean.

3: When making a homemade pot of pork and beans, you'll be at sea without these beans.

Navy beans.

4: Like contracts, runner beans should have none of these attached; remove them before cooking.

Strings.

5: Also known as a broad bean, it should be de-podded and skinned before cooking.

Fava bean.
Round 2. Category: Famous Hardys
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Round 3. Category: Shakespearean Actors
1: Roger Rees tried to domesticate Bebe Neuwirth (Good luck!) in a 1999 production of this comedy.

The Taming of the Shrew.

2: Helen Mirren was only about 20 when she played this Egyptian at the Old Vic in 1965.

Cleopatra.

3: In 1988 Val Kilmer was doomed to play this Dane at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder.

Hamlet.

4: Helen Hayes and Maurice Evans co-starred in a 1940 production of this play named for a holiday.

"Twelfth Night".

5: A 1955 production of this play featured Roddy McDowall as Ariel, Jerry Stiller as Trinculo and Jack Palance as Caliban.

"The Tempest".
Round 4. Category: Foreign Festivals
1: His "Day" is celebrated in Spain, Mexico and some Central and South American countries on October 12.

Christopher Columbus.

2: Country whose Confederation Day marks the freeing of 3 cantons from Hapsburg rule in 1291.

Switzerland.

3: Highly decorated elephants wearing bells march in this large country's Republic day parade's.

India.

4: Every March 25 Greece celebrates its winning of independence from this country.

Turkey.

5: A week-long carnival in July marks the 1953 revolt led by this communist.

Fidel Castro.
Round 5. Category: Mixed Dog Breeds
1: Low to the ground:DADS HUNCH.

dachshund.

2: DADS HUNCH.

dachshund.

3: A hunter:PROTEIN.

a pointer.

4: A lap dog: EEL MAST.

a Maltese.

5: A sled dog: TEAM ALUM.

malamute.
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September 03, 2022Episode 570 - "Sick" - "Cut" Once - That's So "Continental" - Military Wives - Grimm Fairy Tales
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 570, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: "Sick"
1: It's junior's longing for mommy and daddy his 1st time away at summer camp.

homesick.

2: Beanie's friend Cecil was this type of sea serpent.

seasick.

3: Tool a loyal communist would use to cut wheat.

sickle.

4: Thoroughly fatigued and bored, or a Fats Domino hit of 1958.

"Sick And Tired".

5: Compartment in ship used as dispensary and hospital.

sick bay.
Round 2. Category: "Cut" Once
1: Dining utensils.

Cutlery.

2: Someone known for telling jokes or playing pranks.

Cut-Up.

3: A flat, boneless piece of veal, for example.

Cutlet.

4: A murderer, or an aggressively dangerous person.

Cutthroat.

5: A small, lightly armed patrol boat.

Cutter.
Round 3. Category: That's So "Continental"
1: It met for the first time in at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774.

Continental Congress.

2: Its main hub cities are Newark, Cleveland and Houston.

Continental Airlines.

3: Abbreviated CBA, it includes teams called the Yakima Sun Kings and the Gary Steelheads.

the Continental Basketball Association.

4: The theory of the slow tectonic movement of plates across the Earth.

continental drift.

5: To cartographers, it's known as CONUS.

the Continental United States.
Round 4. Category: Military Wives
1: Her married life began in military housing in San Antonio in 1916; 37 years and 22 moves brought her to the White House.

Mamie Eisenhower.

2: This widow of a slain Israeli general and prime minister now speaks out on the need for Middle East peace.

Leah Rabin.

3: In 1998 activist Doris Mozley testified on pensions before the House committee on these "Affairs".

Veterans Affairs.

4: A few weeks before their 1864 wedding, his fiancee Elizabeth called him her "old fellow with the golden curls".

(George Armstrong) Custer.

5: That's the former Beatrice Ayer, gazing up at this husband of hers.

General George Patton.
Round 5. Category: Grimm Fairy Tales
1: His fee the first time was a necklace, the second, a ring, the third, the firstborn child.

Rumpelstiltskin.

2: In the story "The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids" the kids were these animals.

goats.

3: She pushed the witch who lived in the edible abode into the oven.

Gretel.

4: Her punishment for letting a prince into the tower was a haircut and a one-way ticket to the desert.

Rapunzel.

5: When the king's daughter dropped her golden ball down the well, this animal retrieved it.

the frog.
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September 02, 2022Episode 569 - Bringing Home The Bacon - Paris - Striking - "Wind" Words - The Regina Monologues
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 569, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bringing Home The Bacon
1: Served hot or cold, this "European" style of potato salad is made with vinegar and bacon.

German.

2: Spaghetti a la this has a sauce made with eggs, cream, Parmesan cheese and Italian bacon.

carbonara.

3: Oui! This thick, round cut of lean beef tenderloin is popularly served with a bacon strip wrap around it.

filet mignon.

4: Named for a French region, it's a brunch dish of eggs, crumbled bacon and often Swiss cheese in a pastry shell.

Quiche Lorraine.

5: Wrap bacon around a water chestnut and a piece of chicken liver and you've got this Asian-style appetizer.

rumaki.
Round 2. Category: Paris
1: Unless flooding occurs, you can tour the Paris underground by way of les egouts, which are these.

the sewers.

2: This Paris subway system opened in July 1900.

Metro.

3: It's 1 of 2 international airports serving Paris.

(1 of) Charles de Gaulle ( or Orly).

4: This avenue, once a marshland, was created as a fashionable carriage-drive by Marie de Medicis in 1616.

Champs- and Eacute;lys and eacute;es.

5: Charles de Gaulle Airport was opened in 1974 to relieve traffic at this airport south of Paris.

Orly.
Round 3. Category: Striking
1: Abbreviated the WGA, this entertainment union went on strike in 1981, 1985 and 1988.

Writers Guild of America.

2: A major 1970 strike by federal employees in this "service" helped change it to an independent gov't agency.

U.S. Postal Service.

3: International Women's Day on March 8 honors a famous 1857 strike began by textile workers in this city.

New York City.

4: In 1892 a workers' strike at this steel magnate's Homestead, Penn. plant led to several injuries and deaths.

Andrew Carnegie.

5: In May of 1926, unions in this nation banded together and quit work in support of striking coal miners.

Great Britain.
Round 4. Category: "Wind" Words
1: The largest one is in Hawaii, not Holland.

a windmill.

2: This knot usually is wider than the 4-in-hand.

a windsor knot.

3: The tractor to convey Saturn rockets at Cape Canaveral has largest set of these squeegees.

windshield wipers.

4: President Carter proposed that oil companies would have to pay taxes on these.

windfall profits.

5: The British call them windcheaters.

windbreakers.
Round 5. Category: The Regina Monologues
1: In 1882 the city then known as "Pile O' Bones" was renamed Regina in this person's honor.

Queen Victoria.

2: Regina is the capital of this Canadian province.

Saskatchewan.

3: Regina is home to a training center and museum for this group, the RCMP.

the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

4: Until 1905 Regina was the capital of these "Territories".

the Northwest Territories.

5: Regina is home to one of the world's largest rinks for this sport of sliding stones on ice.

curling.
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September 01, 2022Episode 568 - Yangtze Doodle - Men And Women Of Science - Medical Milestones - Music Of The '70s - Politics
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 568, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Yangtze Doodle
1: The Grand Canal connects the Yangtze River to this other major river.

the Yellow River.

2: The 2 rivers in the world that are longer than the Yangtze.

the Amazon and the Nile.

3: The Yangtze flows through this province that's China's most populous and known for its spicy cuisine.

Szechuan.

4: Native to the Yangtze river valley, this fruit is also known as a Chinese gooseberry.

a kiwi.

5: This dam, one of the world's largest when completed, is being built on the Yangtze to control flooding.

the Three Gorges Dam.
Round 2. Category: Men And Women Of Science
1: In the 1930s this California transplant posthumously received plant patents No. 12-16.

Luther Burbank.

2: In 1925 this American anthropologist first visited Samoa; she wrote a book about it 3 years later.

Margaret Mead.

3: In 1909, after 7 years with the Swiss Patent Office, he became a professor at the University of Zurich.

Albert Einstein.

4: In the 1870s this French chemist demonstrated that anthrax was caused by a particular bacillus.

Pasteur.

5: The "Hans"-on work of this biochemist born in 1900 unraveled the mystery of the citric acid cycle.

Hans Krebs.
Round 3. Category: Medical Milestones
1: Louise Brown, the first human conceived by in vitro fertilization, is better known as the 1st this "baby".

test tube baby.

2: In 1853 Charles Gerhardt buffered salicylic acid, creating acetylsalicylic acid, later marketed as this.

aspirin.

3: This type of surgery introduced in 1961 uses extreme cold to perform a "bloodless" operation.

cryogenic (or cryosurgery).

4: In 1977 the balloon type of this procedure was used for the first time to unblock clogged heart arteries.

angioplasty.

5: In 1866 Dr. Thomas Allbutt was all brain when he invented a 6-inch one of these; safer fluids have replaced mercury.

a thermometer.
Round 4. Category: Music Of The '70s
1: In 1973 Bette Midler revived this Andrews Sisters hit, reaching the Top 10.

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

2: This "Diana" singer wrote Tom Jones' 1971 hit "She's A Lady".

Paul Anka.

3: His "52nd Street" was the No. 1 album of 1979.

Billy Joel.

4: This James Taylor hit is subtitled "To Be Loved by You".

How Sweet It Is.

5: In 1973 he won a Grammy for Best Country Song for "Behind Closed Doors".

Charlie Rich.
Round 5. Category: Politics
1: Cities as big as L.A. and Dallas have this kind of mayoral election where there's no "D"' or "R" after the candidates' names.

nonpartisan.

2: In 1913 James Hamilton Lewis became the first senator in this job of counting votes and rounding up members.

whip.

3: Military-sounding term for a local leader who oversees a political party's activities in one precinct.

a captain.

4: The rooster was symbol of this party before Thomas Nast drew their new one in 1870.

the Democrats.

5: A contraction of "procuracy", it's a person you authorize to vote in your place.

proxy.
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August 31, 2022Episode 567 - Animal Adjectives - "B" In Rock - Clio Hall Of Fame - June 1969 - Straw
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 567, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Animal Adjectives
1: Something shabby, as though gnawed by rodents.

ratty.

2: What you might feel after spilling wine all over your hostess' lamb chops.

sheepish.

3: A vulpine synonym for sexy.

foxy.

4: Lupine, like the Ethiopian or the timber.

the wolf.

5: Anserine, like the snow or the nene.

a goose.
Round 2. Category: "B" In Rock
1: On a "Manic Monday", this group taught us to "Walk Like An Egyptian".

The Bangles.

2: Soap star Katherine Kelly Lang was in many of this group's music videos, as the modern "California Girl".

The Beach Boys.

3: Elvis' last Top 10 hit, it says, "I feel my temperature rising, help me I'm flaming I must be a hundred and nine".

"Burning Love".

4: Adam Yauch and Michael Diamond are 2 of the 3 "Boys" in this group.

The Beastie Boys.

5: Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris, Michael McCary and Wanya Morris are this "Boy" group.

Boyz II Men.
Round 3. Category: Clio Hall Of Fame
1: "Does She or Doesn't She?".

Miss Clairol.

2: "In The Driver's Seat".

Hertz.

3: "Mean Joe Greene" and "Buy The World".

Coca-Cola.

4: "Three Brothers --- Mikey".

Life cereal.

5: "Acapulco Diver" and "Watch On Propeller".

Timex.
Round 4. Category: June 1969
1: J. Edgar Hoover said RFK authorized the FBI to tap this black leader's phone.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..

2: Riots that followed games in this sport set off a war between El Salvador and Honduras.

soccer/football.

3: The U.N. security council voted to keep peace-keeping forces on this island near Turkey another 6 months.

Cyprus.

4: Nixon became the 1st president to address the Supreme Court when this chief justice was sworn in.

Warren Burger.

5: This president emeritus of the United Mine Workers "kicked the coal bucket".

John L. Lewis.
Round 5. Category: Straw
1: Proverbially, this animal keeps getting its back broken by one straw too many.

the camel.

2: Water, clay and a little straw combine to make this type of brick common in the Southwest.

adobe.

3: Skimmers, boaters and sailors are types of these made of straw.

hats.

4: Politically speaking, O. Henry wrote, "A straw" one of these "only shows which way the hot air blows".

a poll.

5: Sacrificial tokens in ancient Asia; Sam Peckinpah extinguished a few in 1971.

straw dogs.
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August 30, 2022Episode 566 - Also An Auto - Bones - I Dunno - The Sandbox - I Feel Like Such An Idiom
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 566, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Also An Auto
1: This Kate Mulgrew "Star Trek" show would've been very different if the crew traveled around space in the Chrysler van.

Star Trek: Voyager.

2: It won't tax you much to take a gamble and name this Riviera city 9 miles from Nice, France.

Monte Carlo.

3: One might think that this make of Ford runs best from April 20 to May 20.

Taurus.

4: Once living near the Great Lakes but defeated by the Iroquois, this tribe moved to the Southeast (but not in Jeeps).

Cherokee.

5: It orbits the sun at a mean distance of about 888 million miles, though we're not sure what kind of MPG it gets.

Saturn.
Round 2. Category: Bones
1: This framework of bones supporting the lower abdomen includes the Ilium and pubis bones.

the pelvis.

2: Also called the kneecap, it's an example of a sesamoid bone because it's encased in tendons.

the patella.

3: Ligaments link bone to bone while these link bone to muscle.

tendons.

4: Infection-fighting white blood cells called neutrophils are produced in this part of the bone.

the marrow.

5: Though its name is shorter, this forearm bone is slightly longer than the radius.

the ulna.
Round 3. Category: I Dunno
1: Alicia Silverstone's 1995 breakthrough film.

"Clueless".

2: "To draw" this is said to have originally referred to a non-winning lottery ticket.

A blank.

3: This phrase for a mind with no empirical knowledge is Latin for "scraped tablet".

Tabula rasa.

4: Shakespeare wrote, "There is no darkness but" this; having it "of the law is no excuse".

Ignorance.

5: In the Iran-Contra affair, George Bush was "out of" this, like a Chicago suburbanite.

The Loop.
Round 4. Category: The Sandbox
1: This American won 2 Pulitzer Prizes: one for his poetry and one for his 4-volume biography of Lincoln.

Carl Sandburg.

2: In folklore, he makes children sleepy.

the Sandman.

3: It completes the intro to a popular TV soap opera, "Like sands through the hourglass, so are" these.

the Days of our Lives.

4: In 1945 the first atomic bomb explosion occurred at this "colorful" New Mexico missile range.

White Sands.

5: Related to the sea urchin, this flat, disklike invertebrate lives in shallow coastal waters.

sand dollar.
Round 5. Category: I Feel Like Such An Idiom
1: It means to be daring or risky.

throw caution to the wind.

2: When you're fully prepared for action, you're like a hunter with a heavy charge of ammo who's "loaded for" this.

bear.

3: This idiom, meaning to show extreme modesty, has its origin in the Bible's book of Matthew.

hiding your light under a bushel (keeping your light underneath a bushel accepted).

4: To not spend more than absolutely necessary.

to pinch pennies.

5: You can do this "through the ranks", "to the bait" or "to the occasion".

rise.
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