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Instant Trivia
By Mark DonovanEducation
Instant Trivia episodes
- Episode 1056 - The food chain - Rock 'n' roll history - Aim! - Fold it 5 ways - The magic word
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1056, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Food Chain- 1: Black bears sometimes prey on the young of this big deer, Alces alces.
- a moose.
- 2: The $6 Footlong Sub of the Day.
- Subway.
- 3: This green stuff that encompasses diatoms and seaweed is the base of the food chain for almost all aquatic life.
- algae.
- 4: This convenience store was born when the Southland Ice Co. sold milk and eggs after grocery stores closed.
- 7-Eleven.
- 5: Cottageblanksteak.
- cheese.
Round 2. Category: Rock 'N' Roll History- 1: It premiered on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 A.M. with John Lack saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll".
- MTV.
- 2: In August 1994 about 30,000 gathered in Bethel, New York to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this festival.
- Woodstock.
- 3: In 1967 this TV group became the only band other than The Beatles to have consecutive No. 1 albums.
- The Monkees.
- 4: In January 1995 he became probably the only singer with a No. 1 record to serve in Congress.
- Sonny Bono.
- 5: Kurt Cobain's suicide note quoted from this man's "My My, Hey Hey": "It's better to burn out than to fade away".
- Neil Young.
Round 3. Category: Aim!- 1: Shaq holds the NBA record for most attempts of these in a game without making one, going 0-for-11 on a rough night in 2000.
- free throws.
- 2: Guinness reported the youngest male golfer to achieve this singular feat was 4 years and 195 days old.
- a hole-in-one.
- 3: Bull's-eye! On "Sport Science", QB Drew Brees of this team hit the center of a target 20 yards away 10 out of 10 times.
- the New Orleans Saints.
- 4: Bull's-eye! You ski cross-country to return to a 50-meter shooting range in this competition.
- the biathlon.
- 5: Bull's-eye! Cricket, baseball and 51 by 5s are varieties of this game.
- darts.
Round 4. Category: Fold It 5 Ways- 1: Kids make these from 1 sheet of typing paper; they use a lot less fuel than a Cessna.
- Paper airplane.
- 2: The word origami means "paper folding" in this language.
- Japanese.
- 3: It's black and white and read all over; it's also the perfect size to make a hat.
- Newspaper.
- 4: Complex snout folds are needed to make this animal, whose next Chinese year is 2007.
- Pig/boar.
- 5: A square sheet of paper can become a star to put on a Christmas tree, a triangle becomes this Jewish star.
- Star of David.
Round 5. Category: The Magic Word- 1: This 2-word rhyming phrase, a magical incantation, is also the name of a movie about 3 sister witches.
- hocus pocus.
- 2: In 1923 Horace Goldin was awarded a patent for this illusion; he later incorporated a buzz saw.
- sawing a person in half.
- 3: Ironically, this magician says he's never been able to finish the Dickens novel that gave him his stage name.
- David Copperfield.
- 4: Bullwinkle tried this cliched magic trick, but his results were feline and ursine, not leporine.
- pulling a rabbit out of his hat.
- 5: Author Peter Lamont traveled to India to write "The Rise of" this, called "the world's most famous illusion.
- the Indian rope trick.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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8 min - Episode 1055 - God - Tough tv trivia 2 - Music festivals - Sasha and malia - Got a wife and kids
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1055, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: God- 1: This prophet tried to flee God's presence by shipping out to Tarshish -- didn't work.
- Jonah.
- 2: In this speech Jesus said that God "knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him".
- the Sermon on the Mount.
- 3: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also" do this.
- reap.
- 4: "And God looked upon the Earth, and behold, it was corrupt" is part of the story of this man.
- Noah.
- 5: Nebuchadnezzar told him, "Your god is a god of gods, and a lord of kings".
- Daniel.
Round 2. Category: Tough Tv Trivia 2- 1: In the 1966-67 season, this Adam West superhero series aired 2 nights a week.
- Batman.
- 2: Lisa Kudrow plays twin sisters, one on "Mad About You", one on this series.
- Friends.
- 3: George Clooney has been a regular on 2 medical shows with this 2-letter title.
- ER.
- 4: He was the second person to play Chester A. Riley on TV; Jackie Gleason was first.
- William Bendix.
- 5: It was the second anthology series hosted by Rod Serling.
- Night Gallery.
Round 3. Category: Music Festivals- 1: Over 300,000 showed up for this August 1969 rock festival.
- Woodstock.
- 2: The Beale Street Music Festival in this city has been called the "Mardi Gras of the mid-South".
- Memphis.
- 3: It was billed as "an Aquarian exposition in White Lake, N.Y., 3 days of peace and music".
- Woodstock.
- 4: When Beyoncé headlined this California music festival in 2018, some called it "Beychella".
- Coachella.
- 5: For a 2018 festival Paul McCartney and Metallica were in the "City Limits" of this Texas "Live Music Capital of the World".
- Austin.
Round 4. Category: Sasha And Malia- 1: Like their mom, Sasha and Malia were born in this city, and they were living there when their dad was elected pres..
- Chicago.
- 2: When they moved into the White House, Sasha was 7 and Malia was this age (like some kids in our Kids Week).
- 10.
- 3: Marian Robinson, who moved to the White House to help take care of Sasha and Malia, is this relative of theirs.
- their grandmother.
- 4: On inaugural night, the girls had a White House scavenger hunt, and these singing brothers turned up at the end.
- the Jonas Brothers.
- 5: At their dad's inauguration, Sasha and Malia wore cute coats made by Crewcuts, the kids' line from this fashion co..
- J. Crew.
Round 5. Category: Got A Wife And Kids- 1: If you're going to wed 5 times, you might as well have 5 sons, and then you might as well name them all George, like this boxer did.
- George Foreman.
- 2: He was Mad Max beyond parenthood, fathering 7 kids with his now ex-wife.
- Mel Gibson.
- 3: This twice-married actor is 7/9 of the way home to having a full "Field of Dreams" baseball team of his kids.
- Kevin Costner.
- 4: Knowing when to hold 'em in 2004, this country singing legend and his 5th wife welcomed twins just shy of his 66th birthday.
- Kenny Rogers.
- 5: All about "One Love" and wed at age 21, this late musician ended up having 13 kids.
- Bob Marley.
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 1054 - Abolitionism - Historical transports - Divinity - Driving alexis - Genius: picasso
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1054, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Abolitionism- 1: Between 1830 and 1860, this system transported many runaway slaves to southern Ontario.
- the Underground Railroad.
- 2: Before the Harpers Ferry attack, he and his men killed 5 proslavers in Pottawatomie, Kansas.
- John Brown.
- 3: This 1787 ordinance included a fugitive slave clause.
- the Northwest Ordinance.
- 4: The first issue of this William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist paper was published January 1, 1831.
- The Liberator.
- 5: By means of the Missouri Compromise, this New England state was admitted as a free state.
- Maine.
Round 2. Category: Historical Transports- 1: The V-8 Ford in which this criminal couple were gunned down in 1934 became an instant attraction.
- Bonnie and Clyde.
- 2: Good grief! The Command Module and Lunar Module for Apollo 10 were named for these 2 characters.
- Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
- 3: It made its final flight in April 1928 when Charles Lindbergh presented it to the Smithsonian.
- the Spirit of St. Louis.
- 4: James Lawrence was referring to his frigate the Chesapeake when he gave this famous command in 1813.
- "Don't give up the ship".
- 5: When this "Express" train crashed in 1900, Casey Jones died with his hand still on the brake lever.
- the Cannonball Express.
Round 3. Category: Divinity- 1: Born from a golden egg, this multifaced god of creation in Hinduism mediates between Vishnu and Shiva.
- Brahma.
- 2: Shinto deities are called kami; Inari is the kami of this grain.
- rice.
- 3: The Mahdi is an anticipated messianic spiritual figure who will restore this faith to its rightful purity.
- Islam (or Muslim).
- 4: 1 John 4 says "God is" this and "perfect" this "casteth out fear".
- love.
- 5: When Christian Science refers to the supreme being, it uses the term "divine" this 4-letter word.
- mind.
Round 4. Category: Driving Alexis- 1: In 1912 someone must have driven Alexis Carrel to give his Nobel lecture on suturing these, arteries and veins.
- blood vessels.
- 2: If you're driving company founder Alexis Ohanian to Reddit's offices, head for the Tenderloin area of this city.
- San Francisco.
- 3: If you're driving this actress, it may be to the set of "The Handmaid's Tale".
- Alexis Bledel.
- 4: You'd want to drive the czarevich Alexis (born 1904) very carefully as he suffered from this condition.
- hemophilia.
- 5: Driving this author of "Democracy in America" may have been rough as he complained, "Trail infernal, carriage without springs".
- (Alexis) de Tocqueville.
Round 5. Category: Genius: Picasso- 1: Living in Barcelona in 1899, Picasso befriended fellow artists and dodged police looking for these radicals against all government.
- anarchists.
- 2: Young Picasso was influenced by bullfighting and the pageantry of this southern region that includes Malaga.
- Andalusia.
- 3: Many of Picasso's motivations are dramatized, like how the horrors of the Spanish Civil War inspired this masterpiece.
- Guernica.
- 4: As a young man, Picasso lived in Catalonia with a friend, painting and avoiding service in this 1898 conflict.
- the Spanish-American War.
- 5: The suicide of a close friend in 1901 stimulated the emotional expressiveness of this period of Picasso's work.
- the Blue Period.
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 1053 - Travel europe - Those are my initials, too - You can call me "al" - Anagrammed hobbies - From the german
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1053, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Travel Europe- 1: Stops on this city's Metro Line B include Termini Station, Tiburtina Station and the Colosseum.
- Rome.
- 2: The Friseurmuseum, a hairdressing museum in this German capital, has a lock of Bismarck's hair.
- Berlin.
- 3: "Wax" nostalgic (or is that nostalgique?) at Musee Grevin, this capital's answer to Madame Tussaud's.
- Paris.
- 4: It's the country from which you're most likely to bring home a souvenir bouzouki.
- Greece.
- 5: For a great view of this capital city, climb to the top of Lykavittos Hill, or take the funicular from Kolonaki.
- Athens.
Round 2. Category: Those Are My Initials, Too- 1: Skinner,Goodrich.
- B.F..
- 2: Milne,TV's Ron Balakay.
- A.A..
- 3: Griffin,Du Bois.
- W.E.B..
- 4: Woolworth,De Klerk.
- F.W..
- 5: Hunley,Mencken.
- H.L..
Round 3. Category: You Can Call Me Al. With Al in quotation marks- 1: A dead end lane, or a line of thought that leads nowhere, is called a blind this.
- an alley.
- 2: Italian for "to the tooth", it describes pasta cooked to be firm.
- al dente.
- 3: It designates both a constellation's brightest star and the head male in a group.
- alpha.
- 4: This bronchodilator helps ease breathing during an asthma attack.
- albuterol.
- 5: From the French for "others", this word is the opposite of egoist.
- altruist.
Round 4. Category: Anagrammed Hobbies- 1: Not just for grannies these days:TINT KING.
- knitting.
- 2: Get behind the wheel: TRY POET.
- pottery.
- 3: It's what you yeast expect: GRIN WEB.
- brewing.
- 4: Watch the fishies; NON RISK GEL.
- snorkeling.
- 5: Don't let Fluffy see what you're doing; MY DIRT AXE.
- taxidermy.
Round 5. Category: From The German- 1: Put this 4-letter word after "gab" or "fun" and you get an event with lots of those.
- fest.
- 2: If you say "he took a lot of" this, either he was criticized or his plane was shot at.
- flak.
- 3: I can't sit still; I've got this 10-letter need to roam.
- wanderlust.
- 4: Bringing extra defensive players to rush the passer.
- a blitz.
- 5: In 1969 the first watch using this mineral to keep time came on the market.
- quartz.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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7 min - Episode 1052 - Canadian geography - Hits of the '80s - A kiss is still a kiss - Color tv - B off!
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1052, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Canadian Geography- 1: Slowly I turned towards this over 160-foot cataract found on the U.S.-Canadian border.
- Niagara Falls.
- 2: The Klondike gold rush of the late 1890s took place in this territory that borders Alaska.
- the Yukon.
- 3: Made a British crown colony in 1849, this island aligned with British Columbia in 1866.
- Vancouver.
- 4: In surface area, it's the largest lake within or on the borders of Canada.
- Superior.
- 5: A popular children's book bear derived its name from this Canadian city of 600,000.
- Winnipeg.
Round 2. Category: Hits Of The '80s- 1: The only #1 pop hit for Kenny Rogers, it has a 1 word title.
- "Lady".
- 2: "All Out Of Love", "Lost In Love" and "The One That You Love" were 3 hits by this Aussie group.
- Air Supply.
- 3: No, they're the group that sang "Owner Of A Lonely Heart".
- Yes.
- 4: This song originally released in 1968 became a posthumous hit for Elvis in 1981.
- "Guitar Man".
- 5: Though he's better known as an actor/comedian, he had the following hit in 1985:"My girl wants to party all the time /Party all the time /Party all the time /My girl wants to party all the time /Party all the time...".
- Eddie Murphy.
Round 3. Category: A Kiss Is Still A Kiss- 1: In the fifth film of a series, this title guy had his first kiss, a magical one with girlfriend Cho Chang.
- Harry Potter.
- 2: The kiss between Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster in this 1953 movie seemed to go on forever.
- From Here to Eternity.
- 3: A busy Tokyo street is the setting of a goodbye kiss between Bill Murray and her in a 2003 movie.
- Scarlett Johansson.
- 4: A 2005 kiss between Heath Ledger and this actor was named "Best Screen Kiss of All Time" in a 2007 online vote.
- Jake Gyllenhaal.
- 5: Natalie Portman was just shy of lip action in this 2005 movie, though she does smooch Hugo Weaving's Guy Fawkes mask.
- V for Vendetta.
Round 4. Category: Color Tv- 1: "blank Is the New blank".
- Orange is the New Black.
- 2: "Murphy blank".
- Murphy Brown.
- 3: "blank Acres".
- Green Acres.
- 4: "blank Collar".
- White Collar.
- 5: "blank Bloods".
- Blue Bloods.
Round 5. Category: B Off!- 1: Remove "B" from an unfortunate biblical spot to get this unfortunate biblical brother.
- Abel.
- 2: Pluck "B" off a male swine (aren't they all?) to get this rowing implement.
- oar.
- 3: Without "B", a verb meaning to hit suddenly becomes this sports official many would like to hit suddenly.
- ump.
- 4: Empty "B" from a verb meaning to empty water from a boat to get this verb meaning to be unwell.
- ail.
- 5: Remove "B" from a German composer to get this German equivalent of "Oh".
- ach.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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8 min - Episode 1051 - 5-letter countries - Modern drunkard rules - Snack attack - Authors' home states - "t"3
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1051, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: 5-Letter Countries- 1: It stretches southward to Cape Horn.
- Chile.
- 2: Gaining independence in 1804, it was the second country in the Americas to free itself from colonial rule.
- Haiti.
- 3: In the 19th century, this Mideast nation fell under the control of the Al Thani Dynasty, which still rules there today.
- Qatar.
- 4: The rugged Mahabharat range of the Himalayas spans part of this landlocked Asian nation.
- Nepal.
- 5: This kingdom consists of some 170 islands located about 1,300 miles north of New Zealand.
- Tonga.
Round 2. Category: Modern Drunkard Rules- 1: "If you hesitate more than three seconds after" this person "looks at you, you do not deserve a drink".
- a bartender.
- 2: "The bar clock moves twice as fast from midnight to this" 2-word phrase hollered at closing time.
- last call.
- 3: Rule 18 is always have this in your house; rule 19 is if you break rule 18, try pushing down with a pen.
- a corkscrew.
- 4: "Never complain about the brand or quality of" this kind of drink.
- a free drink.
- 5: "Whoever buys the shot gets the first chance to offer" one of these.
- a toast.
Round 3. Category: Snack Attack- 1: I've got a big appetite, so give me the Big Cup version of this Reese's treat.
- a peanut butter cup.
- 2: Spice things up with this snack--tortilla chips covered with melted cheese and dare I say jalapenos!.
- nachos.
- 3: Wow! The Chocolate Delight snack bar named for this "Miami" diet has just 100 calories! I'll have 6 of them.
- the South Beach diet.
- 4: I could eat a whole bag of this type of snack invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853.
- potato chips.
- 5: A hike sounds like the right time for this snack that you can make with Chex cereal, MandMs, raisins and peanuts.
- trail mix.
Round 4. Category: Authors' Home States- 1: Stephen King.
- Maine.
- 2: John Irving.
- New Hampshire.
- 3: Larry McMurtry.
- Texas.
- 4: Mario Puzo.
- New York.
- 5: Anne Rice.
- Louisiana.
Round 5. Category: T3. With T in quotation marks- 1: The Holy Bible is made up of the "Old" and "New" ones.
- testaments.
- 2: Gouverneur Morris was responsible for much of the wording of this in 1787.
- the Constitution.
- 3: It's the lever pilots use to control the power and speed of many planes.
- throttle.
- 4: To create an opera, you need a composer and this person who writes or adapts the text.
- librettist.
- 5: While not an M.D., this person can still diagnose eye problems and prescribe glasses.
- optometrist.
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 1050 - Starts and ends with the same letter - 4-letter anatomy - Machinery - A world of pirates - Texans
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1050, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Starts And Ends With The Same Letter- 1: A Utah senator or boat's passageway.
- Hatch.
- 2: A cutting remark or a sharp point, perhaps on a fishhook.
- a barb.
- 3: A generally nonmalignant growth on the surface of a mucous membrane.
- a polyp.
- 4: It's the noble gas on the periodic table that fits the category.
- neon.
- 5: An estate given by a lord to a vassal in return for service.
- a fief.
Round 2. Category: 4-Letter Anatomy- 1: Cyrano's was really long, but Rudolph's was famous in a Christmas song.
- nose.
- 2: The covering that's all about, to keep your innards from falling out.
- skin.
- 3: Cooked most certainly is your goose, when this is surrounded by a noose.
- neck.
- 4: Be careful when you do a flip, that one of these back parts doesn't slip.
- a disc.
- 5: Ballerinas and night watchmen, are both alert when they stay on them.
- toes.
Round 3. Category: Machinery- 1: In 2002 China unveiled its first homegrown "super" one of these, with 272 gigabytes of RAM.
- computer.
- 2: In 1738 Lewis Paul patented a machine for this--processing fibers into yarn, not doing aerobics on a bike.
- spinning.
- 3: Named for a typographical mark, it copied written material using an ink-transfer process.
- ditto machine.
- 4: In 1895 Dr. Shields invented one of these machines that simulated the action of a calf.
- a milker.
- 5: The Jack LaLanne power one of these has surgical blades and a super-sized pulp catcher.
- juicer.
Round 4. Category: A World Of Pirates- 1: Later dictator, this Roman was kidnapped by pirates while on a journey to Rhodes around 75 B.C..
- Julius Caesar.
- 2: In 1815 Washington Irving planned to join Stephen Decatur on an expedition against these North African pirates.
- Barbary pirates.
- 3: Born around 1645, this pirate captain was sent to England for trial and hanged in 1701.
- Captain Kidd.
- 4: Kevin Kline won a Tony Award for his role in this swashbuckling Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
- The Pirates of Penzance.
- 5: The costumes for this 1991 Steven Spielberg film included 350 pirate outfits for the extras alone.
- Hook.
Round 5. Category: Texans- 1: The younger sister of Phylicia Rashad, this dancer won 2 Emmys for her choreography on "Fame".
- Debbie Allen.
- 2: Anchorman who wrote a memoir titled "The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures in TV Journalism".
- Dan Rather.
- 3: When orphaned at age 17, he took control of his father's Houston-based tool company.
- (Howard) Hughes.
- 4: This first black heavyweight boxing champ claimed he lost deliberately to Jess Willard in 1915.
- Jack Johnson.
- 5: This "outlaw" singer topped the country charts in 1977 with "Luckenbach, Texas".
- Waylon Jennings.
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 1049 - "b" prepared - A mighty wind - Relax, we're still rated g - On the old quarter - Tasmanian tidbits
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1049, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: B Prepared. With B in quotes- 1: A non-rigid flexible dirigible.
- blimp.
- 2: This type of piano is about 5 feet long.
- Baby grand.
- 3: This contagious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis can be spread by fleas from infected rats.
- bubonic plague.
- 4: "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner and Loewe musical.
- Brigadoon.
- 5: This Pennsylvania city was founded in 1741 and appropriately named on Christmas Eve.
- Bethlehem.
Round 2. Category: A Mighty Wind- 1: In 1951 they called the wind this in "Paint Your Wagon", but Ms. Carey might challenge the spelling.
- Maria.
- 2: In April 1934 Mt. Washington had a wind gust reach 201 of this unit equal to 1 nautical mile per hour.
- knots.
- 3: 2-word "aeronautical" term for the strong, generally westerly winds in the Earth's upper troposphere.
- the jet stream.
- 4: It has a low-pressure center and circular wind motion; the Coney Island ride opened June 26, 1927 is much more fun.
- a cyclone.
- 5: Volkswagen aficionados know this hot, dusty wind that blows from North Africa and affects Southern Europe.
- scirocco.
Round 3. Category: Relax, We'Re Still Rated G- 1: Paul Angelis voiced the chief Blue Meanie and some dude named Ringo in this 1968 film.
- Yellow Submarine.
- 2: The piscine lead in this '03 film: "If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny, and I know funny, I'm a clownfish".
- Finding Nemo.
- 3: For a category on G-rated films, that'll do, this 1995 title porker. That'll do.
- Babe.
- 4: Tom Hanks says, "That wasn't flying. That was...falling with style" in this 1995 animated movie.
- Toy Story.
- 5: In 2005 this title duo investigated "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit".
- Wallace and Gromit.
Round 4. Category: On The Old Quarter- 1: At 8 letters, it's the longest word (hint: it's Latin).
- pluribus.
- 2: The direction in which the figures are facing.
- left.
- 3: The single word at the top of the "heads" side.
- Liberty.
- 4: The leaves of this plant are depicted on the reverse of the quarter.
- (the) olive (tree).
- 5: The sole verb.
- trust.
Round 5. Category: Tasmanian Tidbits- 1: Tasmania is this country's smallest state.
- Australia.
- 2: Discovering the island in 1642, he named it Van Diemen's Land.
- Abel Tasman.
- 3: Also called wolfram, this metal used in lamp filaments is a big source of income.
- Tungsten.
- 4: The island is home to the Tasmanian devil and this animal.
- Wombat.
- 5: The Derwent River in Tasmania has a concrete one of these floating bridges.
- Pontoon bridge.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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8 min - Episode 1048 - The company line - Name that body part - Sports halls of fame - The 2011 emmys - Oscar
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1048, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Company Line- 1: In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger.
- McDonald's.
- 2: This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in and was first displayed on.
- Crate and Barrel.
- 3: This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a month.
- Bulova.
- 4: Edward Teller and this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women.
- (Paul) Bonwit.
- 5: The Kirschner brothers, Don and Bill, named this ski company for themselves and the second-highest mountain.
- K2.
Round 2. Category: Name That Body Part- 1: Dentine,Pulp,Crown.
- Tooth.
- 2: Calcaneus,Plantar arch, Sole.
- Foot.
- 3: Parietal lobe,Thalamus,Cerebellum.
- Brain.
- 4: Phagocytes,Alveoli,Bronchioles.
- Lungs.
- 5: Glomeruli,Nephron,Renal cortex.
- Kidney.
Round 3. Category: Sports Halls Of Fame- 1: A museum and hall of fame for this sport in Huntington Beach, Calif. includes a shrine to Duke Kahanamoku.
- surfing.
- 2: The Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts bears the name of this inventor of the game.
- (James) Naismith.
- 3: The original of this trophy, a silver bowl, is on permanent display at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
- the Stanley Cup.
- 4: 1960s inductees into this hall of fame include Don Budge, Alice Marble and Brooke Shields' grandfather Frank Shields.
- the Tennis Hall of Fame.
- 5: Start your engines please and head to this Alabama city to visit the Motorsports Hall of Fame.
- Talladega.
Round 4. Category: The 2011 Emmys- 1: Emmy has spoken: he won his fourth straight award as Best Reality Host and we can tell you for sure that he knows how to rock and roll.
- (Jeff) Probst.
- 2: Guy Pearce won an acting Emmy for playing Monty in this HBO miniseries.
- Mildred Pierce.
- 3: With clear eyes and a full heart, Kyle Chandler couldn't lose Lead Actor in a Drama for this show.
- Friday Night Lights.
- 4: After joining her fellow nominees onstage, Melissa McCarthy won for this double "M" sitcom.
- Mike and Molly.
- 5: This best director was a raging bull in an Emmy shop for his work on "Boardwalk Empire".
- Martin Scorsese.
Round 5. Category: Oscar- 1: This film about a family of superheroes beat out "Shrek 2" and "Shark Tale" as 2004's Best Animated Feature.
- The Incredibles.
- 2: (Al Gore delivers the clue.) This film about my campaign to recognize climate change as a worldwide problem won the Oscar in 2006 for Best Documentary Feature.
- An Inconvenient Truth.
- 3: Michael Douglas won for producing this 1975 film that swept all 5 major Oscar categories.
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
- 4: 1980's Best Picture nominees included 2 black and white films: "The Elephant Man" and this boxing film.
- Raging Bull.
- 5: She received 2 1982 acting Oscar nominations, both for playing actresses--a soap star and a '40s film star.
- Jessica Lange.
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8 min - Episode 1047 - Stay away from meat - Dairy products - U.s. mayors - Before and after: singers and writers - Latin lovers
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1047, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Stay Away From Meat- 1: AKA soybean curd, it can be frozen up to 3 months--but that will change its texture, making it slightly chewier.
- tofu.
- 2: This 5-letter term coined in 1944 is the beginning and end of "vegetarian".
- vegan.
- 3: Not "Yesterday" but in 2009, this musician and longtime vegetarian launched a "meat free Monday" campaign.
- Paul McCartney.
- 4: Kashi makes this type of crunchy grain-fruit-honey-nut breakfast cereal and bars of it, too.
- granola.
- 5: The Food Network says kosher salt is optional for a 1 lb. serving of this, Japanese for green soybeans.
- edamame.
Round 2. Category: Dairy Products- 1: A separator divides milk into light and heavy parts; this substance is light, so as they say, it rises to the top.
- cream.
- 2: Yogurt is made by curdling milk with purified cultures of these, like Streptococcus thermophilus.
- bacteria.
- 3: This process uses moderately high temperatures for a short time to kill microorganisms in milk.
- pasteurization.
- 4: Milk is tested for these, such as penicillin, which may have been used to treat cows that fell ill.
- antibiotics.
- 5: Greek-style this, like oikos, has become popular with its lush texture.
- yogurt.
Round 3. Category: U.S. Mayors- 1: In 1999 Oscar Goodman, once a lawyer for Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, was elected mayor of this Nevada city.
- Las Vegas.
- 2: In 1993 Thomas Menino became the 1st non-Irish American since 1929 elected mayor of this city.
- Boston.
- 3: It was a historic event when this man was sworn in in 1990.
- David Dinkins (first black mayor of NYC).
- 4: Ed Rendell was elected mayor of this city when Frank Rizzo died after the primary.
- Philadelphia.
- 5: In 1999 Mayor Wellington Webb of this state capital asked the NRA to cancel its convention there.
- Denver.
Round 4. Category: Before And After: Singers And Writers- 1: "The Heart Of Rock and Roll" lead singer who also wrote "Alice in Wonderland".
- Huey Lewis Carroll.
- 2: Folk trio that was "Blowin' In The Wind" with the writer of "Frankenstein".
- Peter, Paul and Mary Shelley.
- 3: "Super Freak" singer who also told "Tales of the South Pacific".
- Rick James Michener.
- 4: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" singer who takes up a pen and creates "The Mayor of Casterbridge".
- B.J. Thomas Hardy.
- 5: "Hit The Road Jack" with the singer and pianist who also came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection.
- Ray Charles Darwin.
Round 5. Category: Latin Lovers- 1: It's Latin for "O Come, All Ye Faithful".
- "Adeste Fideles".
- 2: "Dictum sapient sat est" translates as "A word to" these people.
- The wise.
- 3: We've probably asked "Nil novi sub sole" before, as there's "Nothing new under" this.
- The sun.
- 4: It's what's no excuse in "Ignorantia legis neminem excusat".
- Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
- 5: Ancient Romans put great stock in "Ars moriendi", "The art" of doing this.
- Dying.
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