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Instant Trivia
By Mark DonovanEducation
Instant Trivia episodes
- Episode 1036 - Soda pop quiz - On the first lady's imdb page - Good thinking - Internal rhymes - B__d
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1036, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Soda Pop Quiz- 1: Quite simply, Bubble Up is "a kiss of lemon, kiss of" this.
- lime.
- 2: Fenton and Fowler's calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink in the world.
- Vernor's.
- 3: It was originally called bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda.
- 7 Up.
- 4: Pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle developed the soda sweetener Aspartame, marketed as this.
- NutraSweet.
- 5: In addition to root beer, AandW also sells this flavor of soda.
- cream soda.
Round 2. Category: On The First Lady'S Imdb Page- 1: "Hellcats of the Navy" (1957) as "Nurse Lt. Helen Blair".
- Nancy Reagan.
- 2: "Miss Universe Pageant" (1999) as "herself - judge".
- Melania Trump.
- 3: "Masterchef Junior" (2017) as herself.
- Michelle Obama.
- 4: "The War Room" (1993) as herself.
- Hillary Clinton.
- 5: "Women in Defense" (documentary short) commentary written by (1941).
- Eleanor Roosevelt.
Round 3. Category: Good Thinking- 1: With little wind resistance, these domes housed the radar equipment along the DEW line.
- Geodesic Domes.
- 2: Sales were slow for cellophane Scotch Tape until John Borden invented one of these for the roll.
- a dispenser.
- 3: After his 3-year-old was impatient to see the photo he'd taken, he set out to invent an "instant" camera.
- Edwin Land.
- 4: In 1892 Henry Perky invented a machine to shred this grain and form it into little pillow-shaped biscuits.
- wheat.
- 5: In 1949 he created a machine to shave an ice rink, scoop up debris and spread fresh water.
- Frank Zamboni.
Round 4. Category: Internal Rhymes- 1: This term for an important person sounds like a giant toupee.
- a bigwig.
- 2: A flightless bird that's a national symbol.
- a kiwi.
- 3: The largest Bantu-speaking group of South Africa.
- the Zulu.
- 4: It can be a meeting among business colleagues, or a Native American ceremonial feast.
- a powwow.
- 5: This adjective meaning unkempt and varied is often applied to disorganized armies or militias.
- ragtag.
Round 5. Category: B__D- 1: When followed by "Light", it comes from Anheuser-Busch.
- Bud.
- 2: Hef's home in Chicago was famous for its round one.
- Bed.
- 3: It was the way Jessica Rabbit was "drawn".
- "Bad".
- 4: To win on eBay, you gotta do this.
- Bid.
- 5: This Fruit of the Loom company goes under everyday.
- BVD.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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8 min - Episode 1035 - Nobel winners by category - Clean 4-letter words - College rhyme time - Office supplying - Water we doing
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1035, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Nobel Winners By Category- 1: Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Peace.
- 2: Nadine Gordimer.
- Literature.
- 3: Alexander Fleming.
- Medicine.
- 4: Max Planck.
- Physics.
- 5: Linus Pauling(the first time).
- Chemistry.
Round 2. Category: Clean 4-Letter Words- 1: Dial and Zest are 4-letter brands of this.
- soap.
- 2: Everything "will come out in" this.
- the wash.
- 3: The bird that found land for Noah, or the soap that's 1/4 moisturizing lotion.
- Dove.
- 4: Meaning free from dirt or taint, it's used in describing food and drug laws.
- pure.
- 5: The knob on a radio, or the antibacterial soap you'd use on your hands if the knob was dirty.
- Dial.
Round 3. Category: College Rhyme Time- 1: A pack of playing cards for a Pasadena school with a Jet Propulsion Lab.
- a Caltech deck.
- 2: A ballroom dress for a Washington, D.C. university function.
- a Georgetown gown.
- 3: Precipitation falling on a New Orleans college.
- Tulane rain.
- 4: A stroke of unexpected good luck for a Durham college.
- a Duke fluke.
- 5: A tennis court divider at a university for the hearing impaired.
- a Gallaudet net.
Round 4. Category: Office Supplying- 1: The WorkCentre 5325, makin' copies! Copyin' for the office! Makin' '90s "SNL" references!.
- Xerox.
- 2: The 4-color mini ballpoint pen.
- Bic.
- 3: Carla in human resources brought in this alliterative brand's Smirk and Wink doughnuts.
- Krispy Kreme.
- 4: Scotch heavy duty shipping tape.
- 3M.
- 5: "The world's best pencil".
- Dixon Ticonderoga.
Round 5. Category: Water We Doing- 1: Just 50 miles separates the U.S. and Russia across this strait.
- the Bering Strait.
- 2: A Great Lake indeed, it stretches from Duluth to Ontario to Sault Ste. Marie.
- Lake Superior.
- 3: Appropriately, this 160-mile-long river in Canada flows past London; it passes Woodstock and Chatham as well.
- the Thames.
- 4: The northwest corner of the Indian Ocean is this grade-"A" sea.
- the Arabian Sea.
- 5: Lakes Maggiore and Garda empty into tributaries of this 400-mile-long Italian river.
- the Po.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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8 min - Episode 1034 - Bogey men - Money talk - Spelling casts - Before finals - Russellmania
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1034, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Bogey Men- 1: 1942:Bogart as bitter Rick Blaine runs a bar in north Africa, sweetheart.
- Casablanca.
- 2: 1941:Private dick Sam Spade seeks a priceless statuette.
- The Maltese Falcon.
- 3: 1948:Prospector Fred C. Dobbs really digs Mexico while facing bandits and greed.
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
- 4: 1954:Crazy Captain Queeg faces rebellious sailors aboard ship.
- The Caine Mutiny.
- 5: 1954:Linus Larrabee becomes interested in the chauffeur's daughter.
- Sabrina.
Round 2. Category: Money Talk- 1: It's the regular payment made to support an ex-spouse.
- Alimony.
- 2: It's the money paid for the return of a kidnap victim.
- Ransom.
- 3: Of the 7 deadly sins, it's the one concerned with money.
- Greed (Avarice).
- 4: It's a formal gift of funds given by, for example, a government to a scientist to "cary" on with research.
- Grant.
- 5: From a Latin word for "booty", it's the payment you make to keep your booty insured.
- Premium.
Round 3. Category: Spelling Casts- 1: Tori Spelling,Shannen Doherty,Jason Priestley.
- Beverly Hills, 90210.
- 2: Andrew Shue,Thomas Calabro,Heather Locklear.
- Melrose Place.
- 3: Catherine Hicks,Jessica Biel,Stephen Collins.
- 7th Heaven.
- 4: John Forsythe,Heather Locklear,Joan Collins.
- Dynasty.
- 5: John Forsythe,David Doyle,Kate Jackson.
- Charlie's Angels.
Round 4. Category: Before Finals- 1: The final event in the Olympic decathlon is the 1,500 meters; right before that is throwing this spear.
- the javelin.
- 2: It was the next-to-last state to join the Union.
- Alaska.
- 3: It was the next-to-last Harry Potter novel.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- 4: Alexander III, who reigned from 1881 to 1894, was the next-to-last man to hold this post.
- the Czar of Russia.
- 5: In the calendar year, it's the penultimate federal holiday.
- Thanksgiving.
Round 5. Category: Russellmania- 1: In 1966 this All-Star player became the first African-American head coach in the NBA.
- Bill Russell.
- 2: Astronomers Henry Russell and Ejnar Hertzsprung devised a diagram displaying the luminosity of these.
- stars.
- 3: "The Analysis of Mind" and "Marriage and Morals" are books by this thinker, grandson of a British prime minister.
- Bertrand Russell.
- 4: Until 1931 members of this religious movement founded by Charles Russell were known as Russellites.
- Jehovah's Witnesses.
- 5: A collection of this New York Times columnist's work was titled "Poor Russell's Almanac".
- Russell Baker.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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7 min - Episode 1033 - In the drugstore - An "un"category - Presidents and cherries - Women's groups - 1960s television
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1033, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: In The Drugstore- 1: Leo Gerstenzang thought up this product when he saw his wife twirl cotton on a toothpick and use it as a swab.
- Q-Tip.
- 2: One of its former slogans called it "The Candy Mint With The Hole".
- Life Savers.
- 3: In 1907 he developed his first corn pad, probably right after he developed his first corn.
- Dr. William Scholl.
- 4: This tissue-shrinking compound is said to be one of the top 5 items stolen from drugstores.
- Preparation H.
- 5: Vince Staten's book "Do Pharmacists Sell Farms?" calls this product "The WD-40 of the Drugstore".
- Vaseline Petroleum Jelly.
Round 2. Category: An UnCategory. With Un in quotation marks- 1: The husband of your mom's sister.
- your uncle.
- 2: The Eighth Amendment protects citizens against this kind of punishment.
- unusual.
- 3: A member of the Dalit caste in India, or Eliot Ness in Chicago.
- the Untouchables.
- 4: Technically passed on, but still animate, like a zombie.
- undead.
- 5: The framework that serves as the support for the body of a car.
- the undercarriage.
Round 3. Category: Presidents And Cherries- 1: The story of him chopping down a cherry tree was first mentioned in a biography by Mason Weems.
- George Washington.
- 2: In 1994 this former President was the Grand Marshal of the Macon, Georgia cherry blossom festival.
- jimmy Carter.
- 3: His circular Presidential memorial stands among the cherry trees that line the Tidal Basin in D.C..
- Thomas Jefferson.
- 4: The cherry trees that line the Tidal Basin in our nation's capital were donated by Japan in 1912 when he was President.
- William Howard Taft.
- 5: The second President to die in office, he expired in 1850 after eating a dessert of cherries and milk.
- Zachary Taylor.
Round 4. Category: Women'S Groups- 1: It's the group of wives, mistresses and female servants of a Turkish sultan, or their residence.
- the harem.
- 2: Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. is part of a 3-building complex owned and operated by this lineage society.
- the Daughters of the American Revolution.
- 3: MADD stands for "Mothers Against" this.
- Drunk Driving.
- 4: The first of these was founded in 1851 at Wesleyan Female College.
- a sorority.
- 5: Members of this group founded in 1890 are direct descendants of people who helped free the colonies.
- the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution).
Round 5. Category: 1960s Television- 1: Its theme song begins, "Come 'n listen to my story 'bout a man name Jed".
- The Beverly Hillbillies.
- 2: For 4 seasons Dr. Kimble was pursued by Lt. Philip Gerard in this popular series.
- The Fugitive.
- 3: In 1965 this 26-year-old Canadian became the youngest to anchor a U.S. network newscast.
- Peter Jennings.
- 4: 4 commandos battled Rommel's Afrika Korps each week in this WWII drama starring Christopher George.
- The Rat Patrol.
- 5: In the Joe the Bartender sketches on Jackie Gleason's show, he played Crazy Guggenheim.
- Frank Fontaine.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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9 min - Episode 1032 - "open" and "shut" - Name that pope - 3-letter responses - Sounds like an irish county - Body facts and figures
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1032, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Open And Shut. With Open" And "Shut in quotes- 1: A public showing of a residence that's for sale.
- an open house.
- 2: Someone who's stuck indoors.
- a shut-in.
- 3: 9 innings, 6 hits, no runs.
- a shutout.
- 4: A test where you're allowed to use notes.
- an open book test.
- 5: Public domain land in the 1800s where the buffalo and cattle roamed before the homesteaders fenced them in.
- open range.
Round 2. Category: Name That Pope- 1: This second pope shares his name with a male friend of Charlie Brown (but not the blanket).
- Linus.
- 2: He was the first pope who wasn't born in Italy.
- Saint Peter.
- 3: This name taken by 8 popes means of or relating to a city.
- Urban.
- 4: His reign as pope, 34 days long, was the shortest in modern history.
- John Paul I.
- 5: In 1964 this pope canonized 22 Christian Ugandan martyrs killed in the 19th century.
- Paul VI.
Round 3. Category: 3-Letter Responses- 1: In 2017 the parent company for QVC filled up its cart and acquired this longtime rival.
- HSN.
- 2: This network's original series have included "Monk", "Psych" and "Suits".
- USA.
- 3: George H.W. Bush was director of it from January 1976 to January 1977.
- the CIA.
- 4: Abu Dhabi is the largest of the states that make up the federation commonly known by these 3 letters.
- the UAE.
- 5: Timothy Leary was a leading advocate for the use of psychedelic drugs, this one in particular.
- LSD.
Round 4. Category: Sounds Like An Irish County- 1: It's something "held" on sandwiches.
- Mayo.
- 2: "de Lune" or Danes.
- Claire.
- 3: Young doctor played by Lew Ayres and Richard Chamberlain.
- Kildare.
- 4: Route Julius Caesar took to France; too hard? Okay, flutist James.
- Galway (or "Gaul way").
- 5: You may be asked to sniff one of these removed by a sommelier.
- Cork.
Round 5. Category: Body Facts And Figures- 1: The average person has some 18 square feet of this, making it the body's largest organ.
- skin.
- 2: If you want to count all the hairs on your head, hope you have this natural color; it has the fewest.
- red.
- 3: You have about 1 quart of this for every 30 pounds you weigh.
- blood.
- 4: You'll need 3 Trent Reznors to collect enough of this metal, Fe, from their bodies to make a nine-inch nail.
- iron.
- 5: These 2 of your 5 senses are connected; lose one and you lose most of the other.
- taste and smell.
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8 min - Episode 1031 - Let's visit cuba - Weird al-chemy - State of the book - Women in power - Women in literature
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1031, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Let'S Visit Cuba- 1: Disco Ayala in the city of Trinidad is located inside one of these, so you're always in the batroom.
- Cave.
- 2: Take note, hotels in Cuba rent by the night, most inns and posadas by this, hmmmmmm.
- By the hour.
- 3: Visit this site that Teddy did in 1898 and see small monuments marking the battle and a rusted ferris wheel.
- San Juan Hill.
- 4: The Cuban home of this "Snows of Kilimanjaro" author is preserved almost as he left it.
- Ernest Hemingway.
- 5: Diving and snorkeling are popular (between U.S. invasions) at Playa Giron on this bay.
- Bay of Pigs.
Round 2. Category: Weird Al-Chemy- 1: "Like A Surgeon".
- Madonna.
- 2: "Eat It".
- Michael Jackson.
- 3: "Canadian Idiot".
- Green Day.
- 4: "I Love Rocky Road".
- Joan Jett.
- 5: "I Want A New Duck".
- Huey Lewis (and The News).
Round 3. Category: State Of The Book- 1: "The Last Picture Show".
- Texas.
- 2: "Washington Square".
- New York.
- 3: "Centennial" by James Michener.
- Colorado.
- 4: "The Grapes of Wrath"--2 states please, where the story begins and ends.
- Oklahoma and California.
- 5: "The Help".
- Mississippi.
Round 4. Category: Women In Power- 1: The Falkland Islands war tested the mettle of this "Iron Lady".
- Margaret Thatcher.
- 2: This tough-talking Miamian is the nation's No. 1 cop.
- Janet Reno.
- 3: The pineapple of Bob's eye, she returned to Red Cross leadership in 1997.
- Liddy Dole.
- 4: She was publisher of The Washington Post during Watergate.
- Katharine Graham.
- 5: This NFL team owner moved her team from California to Missouri.
- Georgia Rosenbloom (Frontiere).
Round 5. Category: Women In Literature- 1: In "Pride and Prejudice", Mr. Bennet and this daughter discuss her possible engagement to Mr. Darcy.
- Elizabeth.
- 2: Charlotte Bronte wrote "Shirley" as well as this more famous novel with the heroine's name as the title.
- Jane Eyre.
- 3: Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which help Meg Murry and her brother in this 1962 novel by Madeleine L'Engle.
- A Wrinkle in Time.
- 4: This William Makepeace Thackeray novel deals with the interwoven fortunes of 2 women: the passive Amelia and the scheming Becky.
- Vanity Fair.
- 5: Rosalind from this comedy has the most lines of any of Shakespeare's women.
- As You Like It.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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8 min - Episode 1030 - How touching! - Willie nelson - 3-letter spanish words - Presidential music? - Historic america
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1030, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: How Touching!- 1: It's the usual name for the kind of zoo where you can stroke--and sometimes even feed--young animals.
- a petting zoo.
- 2: Literally French for "touched", this expression indicates a hit in fencing.
- touché.
- 3: When Sir Walter Scott wrote, "Have I not licked the black stone of that ancient castle?" he meant this fabled object.
- the Blarney Stone.
- 4: It's been reported that the Elle Macpherson figure in this London museum was attracting gropers.
- Madame Tussauds.
- 5: It's good luck to touch a bronze statue of a turtle named Testudo at this East Coast school.
- University of Maryland.
Round 2. Category: Willie Nelson- 1: For the past 3 years, Willie Nelson has put on charity concerts for the benefit of these workers.
- farm workers.
- 2: Willie Nelson's own recording studio and golf course, called "Cut and Putt", are in this Texas capital.
- Austin.
- 3: In 1 song Willie says they're his heroes; in another he urges "don't let your babies grow up to be" them.
- cowboys.
- 4: Willie's only Top-10 solo hit on the pop charts was in 1982 with the remake of this Elvis song.
- "Always on My Mind".
- 5: His "Red-Headed Stranger" album gave him his 1st crossover hit, this colorful, tearful tune.
- "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain".
Round 3. Category: 3-Letter Spanish Words- 1: No bull, it's "Bravo!".
- Ole!.
- 2: In 1980 Roberto Duran said to Sugar Ray Leonard, "No" this, meaning "no more".
- Mas.
- 3: Old Mexican movies and telenovelas end with this 3-letter word.
- Fin.
- 4: Domingo, Lunes or Martes, for example.
- Dia.
- 5: In Spanish it means "with"; in English, "against".
- Con.
Round 4. Category: Presidential Music?- 1: He had a string of No. 1 hits with his brothers, including "ABC", as well as solo No. 1s, like "Black Or White".
- Michael Jackson.
- 2: President Obama's got a friend in this "You've Got A Friend" singer who performed at Obama's second inaugural.
- James Taylor.
- 3: She co-wrote "Ring Of Fire" for future hubby Johnny Cash.
- (June) Carter.
- 4: "Atomic Dog" and "Nubian Nut" are solo hits by this giant of funk music.
- George Clinton.
- 5: Gavin Rossdale (Gwen Stefani's ex) is the lead singer of this British band.
- Bush.
Round 5. Category: Historic America- 1: A fine collection of Haida and Tlingit totem poles was toted to Sitka National Historic Park in this state.
- Alaska.
- 2: This Washington, D.C. house, once the residence of Harry Truman, is named for the founder of the Washington Globe.
- Blair House.
- 3: Williamsburg and this last Revolutionary War battle site are part of Virginia's "Historic Triangle".
- Yorktown.
- 4: The Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. use this founder's Savannah, Georgia birthplace as a national program center.
- Juliette Low.
- 5: Splendors of the Gilded Age adorn the Lightner Museum, once a Gilded Age hotel in this oldest Florida city.
- St. Augustine.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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6 min - Episode 1029 - Fair fare - Transportation in song - Rock "e" - "great" expectations - Words containing silent letters
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1029, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Fair Fare- 1: This carnival treat is threads of spun sugar, often pink.
- cotton candy.
- 2: This fried treat is named for the cone-shaped utensil through which the batter is poured.
- a funnel cake.
- 3: These cheese semi-solids are supposed to squeak when you bite into them.
- curds.
- 4: Dusted with sugar and cinnamon, these slender pastries have a Spanish name that may refer to their place of origin.
- churros.
- 5: Roll a caramel apple in marshmallows, nuts and chocolate and you have this variation, also an ice cream flavor.
- rocky road.
Round 2. Category: Transportation In Song- 1: In "The Christmas Song, "They know that Santa's on his way, he's loaded lots of toys and goodies on" this.
- his sleigh.
- 2: A hotel party inspired Steven Tyler to write, "Love In" one of these, "livin' it up when I'm goin' down".
- an elevator.
- 3: Day-o! This Harry Belafonte calypso favorite was featured in a raucous dinner scene in the film "Beetlejuice".
- the "Banana Boat" (song).
- 4: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis buy these vehicles that can be pedaled or driven with a gas engine and head "Downtown".
- mopeds.
- 5: On this, "You leave the Pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four, read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore".
- the "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
Round 3. Category: Rock E. With E in quotes- 1: Earth joined Wind and Fire and he joined Lake and Palmer.
- Keith Emerson.
- 2: In titles it preceded Eddie Money's "Nights" and Richard Marx's "Summer Nights".
- Endless.
- 3: This botanical tune grew up to No. 1 in 1988.
- "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (by Poison).
- 4: Though this Art Alexakis band was formed in Portland, its first hit was about Santa Monica.
- Everclear.
- 5: The Eurythmics were on the bill in 2000 at the grand opening celebration of this Seattle rock museum.
- Experience Music Project.
Round 4. Category: Great Expectations. With Great in quotation marks- 1: In the newspaper, Marmaduke is a funny one.
- Great Dane.
- 2: Clingmans Dome is the highest peak in this Appalachian range.
- Great Smoky Mountains.
- 3: As it's the nickname of Greg Norman, you're gonna need a bigger -- golf cart.
- "Great White Shark".
- 4: A Montana city is named for these on the Missouri, which Meriwether Lewis called the grandest sight he'd ever beheld.
- Great Falls.
- 5: Now extinct, we know what these look like from ones mounted in museums and drawings like this by Audubon.
- great auk.
Round 5. Category: Words Containing Silent Letters- 1: A land mass surrounded on all sides by water.
- an island.
- 2: It follows "Ash" in the name of the first day of Lent.
- Wednesday.
- 3: From the Greek for "soul", it's someone who can foresee the future or read minds.
- a psychic.
- 4: February 2013 has 672 of these units.
- hours.
- 5: A Bowie one is long and dangerous.
- a knife.
Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
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7 min - Episode 1028 - The highest-scoring scrabble word - Countries by region - Would you like flies with that? - Nutmeggers - Millers outpost
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1028, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: The Highest-Scoring Scrabble Word- 1: Hell,heavenor limbo.
- heaven.
- 2: Vow,knightor grail.
- knight.
- 3: Pickle,lettuce,onion.
- pickle.
- 4: Cozy,waxor quilt.
- cozy.
- 5: Butter, milk or cheese.
- cheese.
Round 2. Category: Countries By Region- 1: Thessaly,Epirus,Peloponnesus.
- Greece.
- 2: Western Plateau,Great Victoria Desert,Great Artesian Basin.
- Australia.
- 3: Roraima,Maranhao,Amazonas.
- Brazil.
- 4: Namaqualand,Bushmanland,Zululand.
- South Africa.
- 5: Chaco Central,Pampa de las Salinas,Chaco Austral.
- Argentina.
Round 3. Category: Would You Like Flies With That?- 1: The Hotlix company makes a green lollipop flavored like this fruit--appropriately, with a worm inside.
- an apple.
- 2: Crick-ettes (yep, they're made from crickets) come in several tangy flavors, including these breakfast strips and cheese.
- bacon.
- 3: These winged wood-eaters, aka white ants, are fried as a snack in Africa.
- termites.
- 4: edible.com sells ground beans for this hot beverage that have been regurgitated by weasels, cleaned and roasted.
- coffee.
- 5: The snack called Amber Insectnside features these stinging arachnids in amber-colored candy.
- scorpions.
Round 4. Category: Nutmeggers- 1: This Connecticut Yankee invented the revolver in 1836, not ".45".
- (Samuel) Colt.
- 2: This showman, famed for saying "There's a sucker born every minute, was elected mayor of Bridgeport.
- (P.T.) Barnum.
- 3: In a film, Spencer Tracy said of this actress, "Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice".
- Katharine Hepburn.
- 4: After he died, the part of Plymouth Hollow where he had his clock factory was renamed Thomaston.
- Seth Thomas.
- 5: To safeguard his "Blue-Backed Speller" in the 1780s, he was a staunch advocate of copyright laws.
- (Noah) Webster.
Round 5. Category: Millers Outpost- 1: For pioneering work in finance theory, Merton Miller won this prize in Economic Science for 1990.
- Nobel Prize.
- 2: 18th C. English comedian Josias Miller won lasting comic fame as first gravedigger in this play by Shakespeare.
- "Hamlet".
- 3: Born in Cromarty in this U.K. country in 1802, Hugh Miller did much to arouse public interest in geology.
- Scotland.
- 4: One of the most popular musical comedy actresses of the 1920s, Marilyn Miller appeared in these "follies" in 1918.
- Ziegfeld Follies.
- 5: In 1919 American lawyer David Hunter Miller helped compose the charter of this international organization.
- League of Nations.
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6 min - Episode 1027 - Finish the terrible rhyme - Detroit: news clues - You can't - Friend like me - Flag 'em down
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1027, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.
Round 1. Category: Finish The Terrible Rhyme- 1: "Diplomacy in action", which really does sound great / Is on the website of the cabinet department that we call....
- State.
- 2: Killing a dragon named python at Delphi, is that too much to swallow? / It wasn't odd for this Greek god, the one known as....
- Apollo.
- 3: To gather, rouse or summon / You better believe it, buster / It's this word that will be heard / This is the word you'll....
- muster.
- 4: "Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel" was not writ just to shame us / It is, however, right here now, from the Bible's book of....
- Amos.
- 5: "The best is the enemy of the good"--no dolt, there / It must be the enlightened author, Monsieur....
- Voltaire.
Round 2. Category: Detroit: News Clues- 1: (I'm Kimberly Gill.) Detroit was often the last stop before freedom on this network, and the Second Baptist Church, still a vibrant house of worship, was an important station.
- the Underground Railroad.
- 2: (I'm Rhonda Walker.) Speaking in Tiger Stadium in 1990, four months after his release from prison, this man quoted Marvin Gaye, "Brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying".
- Nelson Mandela.
- 3: (I'm Devin Scillian.) On October 3, 1997, the International Hockey League's Detroit Vipers welcomed a new teammate playing in his sixth decade; this 69-year-old ex-Red Wing, Alex Trebek's hero, took a 46-second shift in his very last pro game.
- Gordie Howe.
- 4: (I'm Evrod Cassimy.) After GM's president told Detroit car executives, "We must outbuild Hitler", Ford's Willow Run plant churned out the B-24 Liberator, a 4-engine this type of warplane at an unbelievable rate of one per hour.
- a bomber.
- 5: (I'm Kimberly Gill.) December 10, 2014 was a bright day in a long saga as Detroit officially exited the largest municipal one of these in the history of the United States, and emergency manager Kevyn Orr's resignation took effect.
- a bankruptcy.
Round 3. Category: You Can'T- 1: ...buy more of the golden Kellogg's cereal named for this "Star Wars" droid; it was discontinued years ago.
- C-3PO.
- 2: ...move this kind of big rock if it's on public property in the Colorado city of the same name; the municipal code says no.
- a boulder.
- 3: ...change gears in a manual transmission auto without first disengaging and then re-engaging this.
- the clutch.
- 4: ...go boating in Owens Lake near the California-Nevada border; it dried up in the 1920s after its water was sent to this city.
- Los Angeles.
- 5: ...visit Swaziland any more; in 2018 it changed its name to this.
- Eswatini.
Round 4. Category: Friend Like Me- 1: Mary Lincoln said her "best living friend" was her dressmaker Lizzie Keckley, who'd bought her own way out of this.
- slavery.
- 2: This physicist wrote a foreword to the bio of his German pal Emanuel Lasker, world chess champ from 1896 to 1921.
- Einstein.
- 3: Marilyn Monroe adored this jazz great and helped her get a booking at a Hollywood hot spot.
- Ella Fitzgerald.
- 4: George Vancouver named the highest point in Washington state for his friend Pete, this British admiral.
- (Peter) Rainier.
- 5: Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote a celebratory poem for the 80th birthday of this "life-long friend" and fellow crusader.
- Susan B. Anthony.
Round 5. Category: Flag 'Em Down- 1: The Alamo is located in this city and is depicted on its flag.
- San Antonio.
- 2: This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key.
- the Star-Spangled Banner.
- 3: The
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